Lord Jonathan Sumption The Challenges of Democracy and the Rule of Law

Across the globe, democracy is under threat - in the UK alone, it has been rocked by Brexit, the pandemic and successive attempts by governments to bypass legal norms. But how did this happen, and where might we go from here? The former Supreme Court judge and Sunday Times bestselling author - also known as ‘the cleverest man in Britain’ - cuts through the political noise with acute analysis of the state of democracy today - from the vulnerabilities of international law to the deepening suppression of democracy, activism in Hong Kong, Trump’s USA and from the complexities of human rights legislation to the defence of freedom of speech.

Talking to Tim Hubbard