It does seem extraordinary for the Solicitor General, of all ministers, to be writing in this way about a decision that according to the PM was very much based on legal advice.

Pretty good test of the marketplace of ideas with Anne Applebaum and Novara Media / Aaron Bastani. Are the Western liberal interventionist ideas even saleable anymore? Or are events so unable to fit the framework that people are looking for a better approach? Let the games begin!

On September 18-20 UPS_Politics&Government Center for Constitutional Politics will host an incredibly inspiring group of scholars who prove that Thomas Aquinas born 800 years ago is still worth consulting about real life problems! Program: pak.uni-nke.hu/hirek/2024/09/…

Here is an excellent review of the Post Liberal Turn and The Future of Conservatism by Andre P. DeBattista 🇺🇦 via The New Digest thanks to editors at The New Digest for running the review Conor Casey, Dr Michael Foran, Dr Asanga Welikala thenewdigest.substack.com/p/what-future-…

Once again, our event: Natural Law for Real Life Problems - Civil Liberties and Public Morality in the 21. Century keynote speakers: John Finnis and Christopher Tollefsen Conference program: pak.uni-nke.hu/hirek/2024/09/… Thanks to UPS and MCC to host it in Budapest.

An estimated 600,000 at Mass with Pope Francis in East Timor, a small tropical island country where 98% of the local population is Catholic. 🏝️ 🇻🇦

The Blue Danube

One of the most iconic images of Christian service ever captured. Fr Mychal Judge was the first identified casualty of the 9/11 attacks, killed as he ministered to people amid the unfolding carnage. Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends

Happy to announce that my article '‘The King[’s] Courts as the fountain of justice’ and the supremacy of ordinary law: implications for English arbitration' has been published open access in Arbitration International academic.oup.com/arbitration/ad… Law at Otago

Also grateful to Dr Laura Cahillane Dr Saoirse Enright David Kenny Rachael Walsh Maria Cahill for their considered engagement with the Foreword. We’re just completing our short response and all that will appear in next DULJ issue by mid November

An astroturfed so-called citizens' jury? Well I never.