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David Allen Green

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 4 May 2024 English

Star Wars Day, 2024 I once came across a quote in a history book which I have never been able to re-find. It was from an acquaintance of I think …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 24 April 2024 English

24th April 2024 I am not an American lawyer, but here are some thoughts from an English litigation perspective. Trump is adept at what he calls (or his ghost writer …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 22 April 2024 English

22nd April 2024 One theme of my blogging is the relationship between law and lore. By ‘law and lore’ I mean what people believe to be the law to be, …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 17 April 2024 English

17th April 2024 Hugh Grant has acted in many counter-intuitive scenarios. But the situation he described today on Twitter is perhaps the most counter-intuitive predicament of them all: * Grant …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 25 March 2024 English

25 March 2024 Over at Prospect I have written a piece on the remarkable witness statement of Johnny Mercer MP given to the current Afghan war crimes inquiry. (On that …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 21 March 2024 English

21st March 2024 Back in December 2022, this Blog picked up on something odd. Click here to read that post. Joshua Rozenberg picked up on the strange development – and …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 8 March 2024 English

8th March 2024 Yesterday over at Prospect I did a post on the curious situation of the Michelle Donelan libel settlement. Please click and read the post here. Here I …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 10 February 2024 English

10th February 2024 This week Prospect posted something by me on the issue of a potential border poll in Northern Ireland. Please click (and read!) here. This post unpacks that …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 30 January 2024 English

30th January 2024 The decisions of judges, other than about case and court management, can be divided into two sorts. First, there are rulings. These rulings can be about the …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 29 January 2024 English

29 January 2024 * The next general election in the United Kingdom is now less than a year away. The latest possible date the next general election can be held …