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The rule of law must be protected against further erosion, an all-party parliamentary committee warns us today. Failure to do so, says the House of Lords constitution committee, risks the rise of extremist political parties, ultimately creating space for dictatorship. I was one of many who gave oral evidence.

My analysis of the committee’s report— called The rule of law: holding the line against anarchy and tyranny — will appear in tomorrow’s Law Society Gazette.

For today’s episode of A Lawyer Talks, though, I interviewed the committee’s chair, Lord Strathclyde (pictured), at the House of Lords. The chimes you’ll hear in the background, I should explain, are not those of Big Ben; it’s the ubiquitous House of Lords annunciator system.

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