Tony Hatfield's Retired Ramblings

The Leila Khaled principle- Revisited

One of the most stimulating-and lengthy-debates on Brian Barder's "magisterial" blog was on the post here in June 2005. This selection of Brian's post got me and perhaps others going. Are you seriously saying that in such circumstances ministers should... Read more →

The Chahal Dilemma - Revisited

Yesterday was not the best day the government lawyers have ever spent in the Court of Appeal. The same tribunal, including the Master of the Rolls, the leading civil judge, dealt with two cases here and here (both pdf ).... Read more →

The larger part of Mr Justice Coleridge's speech.

It's a pity that the speech (pdf) given by Mr Justice Coleridge to Resolution (formerly the Solicitors Family Law Association, was reported here and here and here only in terms of what he said about the results of the "broken... Read more →

The power of prayer...let the children die.

Madeline Kara Neumann Hundreds of thousands of Christian worshippers will be trooping into their churches this Sunday. Without exception they will acknowledge the existence of an invisible deity. A deity with absolute power over the world as we know it.... Read more →

The Rambler and "Thought for the Day"

I normally grumble when the Today Programme interrupts its current affairs with "Thought for the Day". But I listened to Rev. Dr. Allan Billings' contribution on 31st March with increasing interest. He adopts the same position as I do. In... Read more →