When people in positions of trust mislead us - either recklessly, negligently or intentionally - that impacts the republic.

Ten thousand pounds is the legal value of a negligently taken life, of a child or a parent. A cold and somewhat mean-spirited calculation: you would do better if you slipped on a paving-stone and broke a front tooth.

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.

Ten thousand pounds is the legal value of a negligently taken life of a child or a parent. A cold and somewhat mean-spirited calculation: you would do better if you slipped on a paving-stone and broke a front tooth.