Brexit and British Identity
The much-loved BBC children’s series Horrible Histories found itself in the eye of the Brexit storm last week. Comedian Nish Kumar presented a special edition for 31st January, which put together a collection of favourite songs and sketches from past shows, all with...
Tradwives and the importance of equality law
Some trends seem to pop up overnight like mushrooms, seeded by unseen any mysterious cultural spores. All of a sudden, the “Tradwife Movement” has become topical in the UK, and given our interest in ideological freedoms beyond religion, as well as wider human rights...
Veganism Confirmed as a Protected Belief
An Employment Tribunal has recently confirmed that ethical veganism is a protected belief for the purposes of Equality Law. Alongside many others in the legal community we were very pleased for an express declaration, but not remotely surprised. We had looked at the...
Talk of abolishing the House of Lords: Are two Chambers better than one?
Update-Please note that Rebecca Long-Bailey provided more detail about her proposals after our original blog went live. We opted to keep the original post up, as we felt that in any debate around the future of the House of Lords, it was useful to have a discussion of...
Gender Identity and Freedom of Belief
The Employment Tribunal decision in the Forstater case has already attracted a lot of attention in the traditional press and online, and there is little doubt that plenty of academic, as well as journalist ink, will be spilt over it. This blog is not intended as a...
The Ghost of Christmas (Bans) Past
In popular culture, the Puritans of the XVII century get a fair bit of flack for banning Christmas. Oliver Cromwell in particular is often, unfairly, personally blamed for making the holiday illegal. In actual fact, the prohibition was passed by the...
Contemporary Challenges to Human Rights: “Brave New World”
The 10th of December is the United Nations Human Rights Day, an annual commemoration of the 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This affirmation that all people are born with inalienable rights and dignity, simply by virtue of their...
Should we celebrate International Men’s Day?
International Men’s Day is undoubtedly controversial. Its critics point out that unlike International Women’s Day, which had its genesis in initiatives of the United Nations and other highly respected cross-border organisations, International Men’s Day was triggered...
Constitutional Approaches to Religion: Why there is no neutrality when it comes to faith and belief.
Undoubtedly, a General Election looming on the horizon pervades all areas of life. Like olives in a salad, or the aroma of egg sandwiches, there is no escape or side-stepping, and even school nativity plays have found themselves dragged into a pre-election...
Lawyers, Microbes and Brexit
Lawyers often spend their time mulling over unpleasant and murky subjects: murder, violence, taxation etc, but those of us outside of highly specialised legal fields don’t tend to spend much time thinking about microbes. Nevertheless, as the twenty-first century...
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