A surprisingly quiet week, in which the reserved judgment in the Ashers Bakery case was put back from 7 May – possibly because there was something else going on…

General Election 2015

There is little to say that hasn’t by now already been said, except that the Charity Commission is apparently investigating a complaint that a religious charity indulged in party-political campaigning. However, there’s always the BBC’s Election quiz: How well have you been paying attention? with a reprise of the some of the trivia you may have missed – David certainly did.

On a more serious note, the fact that David Cameron has been able to form a majority Government presumably means that any radical reform of the House of Lords – Lords Spiritual included – is now off the agenda until 2020. Yesterday the BBC reported that Chris Grayling was to be replaced as Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary by Michael Gove and it remains to be seen what will happen to the Human Rights Act 1998 and UK adherence to the European Convention on Human Rights under the new regime. For a reaction to the change of government see Adam Wagner’s post on RightsInfo: The Election Result Means Big Changes Are Coming For Human Rights. Continue reading →