Jonathan Sumption explains how democratic processes have the power to accommodate opposition opinions and interests. But he argues that in recent years that politics has shied away from legislating ...

Judge, author and historian Jonathan Sumption is the 2019 BBC Reith Lecturer. Sumption will deliver five lectures on BBC Radio 4 outlining the decline of politics and the rise of law to fill the void.

'If scriptures were not open for interpretation… they would not continue to guide people''If scriptures were not open for interpretation… they would not continue to guide people' ...

Lord Sumption. Credit: Bloomberg Mercury. On Sunday's BBC News former Supreme Court justice Lord Sumption intervened in the civil liberties debate and the Covid-19 lockdown. In effect Lord Sumption's ...