Lord Neuberger ‘s unambiguous and challenging remarks come at an especially challenging time. I never cease to marvel at and be humbled by our lawyer colleagues abroad where the separation of the powers and the rule of law are no more than gleams in the eye of those anguished daily about the oppression and brutality meted out to so many of their fellow compatriots. I force myself to learn about the feral inroads Trump and his henchmen and henchwomen are every day wreaking upon all that we here in the U.K. should hold as dear as life itself AND YET we accept those extensive rights we still possess and the - certainly creaking- mechanisms for accountability as though they were in our tiny island some unassailable birthright impossible for anyone to snatch away from us. Yes, we are right to grumble about shortcomings and about the seeming Everest to climb whenever holding out against moves to deprive the citizen of her/his equal rights by those in authority or in the “alternative state” of mega corporations in their power grab in the pursuit of maximal profit. BUT THEN : the sooner we start - each of us in our different ways- the better to care sufficiently to ACT, through lobbying, TRYING to keep up with the news and no longer sitting on our hands when others express unsustainable and intemperate views fed to them through insidious and all invasive media outlets.
Lord Neuberger ‘s unambiguous and challenging remarks come at an especially challenging time. I never cease to marvel at and be humbled by our lawyer colleagues abroad where the separation of the powers and the rule of law are no more than gleams in the eye of those anguished daily about the oppression and brutality meted out to so many of their fellow compatriots. I force myself to learn about the feral inroads Trump and his henchmen and henchwomen are every day wreaking upon all that we here in the U.K. should hold as dear as life itself AND YET we accept those extensive rights we still possess and the - certainly creaking- mechanisms for accountability as though they were in our tiny island some unassailable birthright impossible for anyone to snatch away from us. Yes, we are right to grumble about shortcomings and about the seeming Everest to climb whenever holding out against moves to deprive the citizen of her/his equal rights by those in authority or in the “alternative state” of mega corporations in their power grab in the pursuit of maximal profit. BUT THEN : the sooner we start - each of us in our different ways- the better to care sufficiently to ACT, through lobbying, TRYING to keep up with the news and no longer sitting on our hands when others express unsustainable and intemperate views fed to them through insidious and all invasive media outlets.