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Cooper refuses to condemn US action in Venezuela as criticism among Labour MPs grows

Government facing mounting criticism from its own MPs urging Sir Keir Starmer to criticise the US intervention

The Independent UK · Jan 5

Palestine Action terror ban too heavy-handed, former Supreme Court judge warns Starmer

The law that saw hundreds arrested for supporting the group on Saturday should be changed, Lord Sumption says

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025

Voices: Palestine Action demonstrators should not be prosecuted for placards

COMMENT: Indicating support for a terrorist organisation with a placard should not be a criminal offence, as it is inconsistent with the basic rights of free speech, says Jonathan Sumption

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025

Assisted dying: Ex-judge says coercion ‘extraordinarily difficult to detect’

While agreeing with the principle of assisted dying, Lord Sumption has been critical of the Bill before Parliament.

The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025

Cancel study into the cost to NHS of assisted dying, Harman tells Streeting

Health secretary risks tainting the debate by turning it into an issue of pounds and pence, Labour grandee says

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2024

The Guardian view on the rule of law in Hong Kong: the verdict of foreign judges is damning

Editorial: The conviction of peaceful pro-democracy activists is another shameful moment in the ongoing crackdown

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2024

OPINION - Hamas's atrocities did not give Israel carte blanche and after the aid worker killings Britain must say so

Three former Supreme Court judges and 597 other lawyers have written to the Prime Minister to ask him to act against Israel by cutting arms sales. Britain is a signatory to the Genocide Convention and is therefore required to do what it can to prevent genocide. But the emotive issue…

Evening Standard · Apr 4, 2024

Tory rebels won’t kill our Rwanda bill in new year, home secretary insists

James Cleverly says government ‘willing to listen’, as Tory right threatens to ‘kill the bill’ after Christmas

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2023

UK Government’s Rwanda plan is 'probably dead' in current form, says former judge

THE UK Government’s Rwanda plan is “probably dead” in its current form, former Supreme Court judge Lord Sumption has said.

The National (Scotland) · Nov 19, 2023

OPINION - In the Conservative Party, there is always someone to your right

"Constitutionally really quite extraordinary" – that's the view of former Supreme Court justice Lord Sumption on the government's plan to use emergency law to "change the facts" and declare Rwanda safe. Is he right?

Evening Standard · Nov 16, 2023