Judge or politician? How Jenrick might help us understand the role of the judiciary (and of parliament).

TOPSHOT - Britain's main opposition Conservative Party shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick holds up a judge's wig as delivers a speech on the third day of the annual Conservative Party conference in Manchester, north-west England, on October 7, 2025. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Robert Jenrick decries that over 30 judges who preside over immigration issues have previously been associated with “open borders charities”. This, he thinks, is an unconscionable breach of judicial independence. He refers in particular to Bail for Immigration Detainees, a charity for whom multiple judges have previously provided their services as a barrister, pro bono.… Continue reading Judge or politician? How Jenrick might help us understand the role of the judiciary (and of parliament).