What on earth is the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, Section 2 supposed to add? It is sheer waffle and when read carefully, would have permitted "Our Andy" to appoint a legally unqualified bus driver to the highest judicial office in the land.
Even Lord Sadiq Khan who was a bus driver, was later a solicitor I believe.
Appointing Ministers of State who appear to be unqualified for the job has become standard practice in recent years. Some them go on to make serious errors with profound consequences. As a medic I think of some SoS Health and Social care. No names …
Would you fly in a plane piloted by a lorry driver?
It is a constitutional disgrace that this appointment has been made. Burnham has no respect for the law or the constitution, in fact he appears to hold both in contempt
The Arts Minister is a complete philistine, the Industry Secretary is the idlest man in town, the Education Secretary is illiterate and the Employment Secretary is unemployable!
The days when the office of Lord Chancellor was held by a Judge (Simonds, Mackay) or a top KC (Hailsham, Irvine) are long gone
Sadly, even those qualified in the law do not always show good judgment in their dealings! I may be wrong but was not Lord Falconer involved in the abolition of the office of Lord Chancellor with little to no consultation with the senior judiciary?
What on earth is the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, Section 2 supposed to add? It is sheer waffle and when read carefully, would have permitted "Our Andy" to appoint a legally unqualified bus driver to the highest judicial office in the land.
Even Lord Sadiq Khan who was a bus driver, was later a solicitor I believe.
Khan’s father was a bus driver, not Khan himself
Appointing Ministers of State who appear to be unqualified for the job has become standard practice in recent years. Some them go on to make serious errors with profound consequences. As a medic I think of some SoS Health and Social care. No names …
Would you fly in a plane piloted by a lorry driver?
It is hard to believe it credible that a new lord chancellor should have no experience - none - as a lawyer...
It is a constitutional disgrace that this appointment has been made. Burnham has no respect for the law or the constitution, in fact he appears to hold both in contempt
Worse he is obviously ignorant
I am reminded of the Yes Minister script.
The Arts Minister is a complete philistine, the Industry Secretary is the idlest man in town, the Education Secretary is illiterate and the Employment Secretary is unemployable!
The days when the office of Lord Chancellor was held by a Judge (Simonds, Mackay) or a top KC (Hailsham, Irvine) are long gone
I liked the literary allusion in the title to Christopher Isherwood's " Mr Norris changes Trains"
Well spotted. I searched — without success -- for something appropriate that rhymed with "trains".
“Brains”?
Thought that didn't quite work.
Sadly, even those qualified in the law do not always show good judgment in their dealings! I may be wrong but was not Lord Falconer involved in the abolition of the office of Lord Chancellor with little to no consultation with the senior judiciary?