NICOLE FRITZ: Why does it take a judge to get the state to feed school children?

In a webinar hosted by Prospect magazine on Tuesday night, titled “Democracy and the Rule of Law in the Age of Covid-19”, Lord Jonathan Sumption, a former judge of the UK’s supreme court, disclosed that there were certain of the UK’s lockdown regulations with which he refused to comply, that they struck him as absurdities.

That’s a fairly extraordinary admission from a former judge, even when said mellifluously, as the Brits are wont to do, so that the most subversive statements are uttered as if they were eminently sensible.A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as exclusive Financial Times articles, ProfileData financial data, and digital access to the Sunday Times and Times Select.

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