I take defamatory attacks on my character seriously.
So let’s break down what has happened here. [THREAD]
Here are a couple of extracts. But the key point is that each case turns on its own facts.
The fact that the detention scheme is lawful in principle, doesn’t mean that every individual detained should be


The only conceivable answer is that the Home Office is hoping to influence future decisions.
And no doubt the HO is under pressure. But this is wholly improper.
Utterly cutting. Humiliating for a minister to have to be publicly told this.
But on we go...
“1. Thank you for your letter. It’s, umm, helpful.
2. Judges are independent.
3. You don’t seem to know the law. Here it is.
4. I tried to help you before and you failed to engage.
5. Here’s the law again.
Yours etc”
So there’s my take, anyway.
I invite the Home Office to prove the truth of its tweet describing my words as “completely untrue.”
[ENDS]