Joshua Rozenberg

Despotic laws can — even should — be ignored, says Jonathan Sumption

The retired Justice of the Supreme Court admits breaking lockdown regulations and seems willing to countenance civil disobedience

Jonathan Sumption. Credit: Alamy 
issue 01 May 2021

Jonathan Sumption has developed ‘many strange habits over the years’, he tells us disarmingly, and one of these is to read the international press. ‘I read the French and German press most days, and sometimes the Italian and Spanish press as well.’

Some might think the retired Supreme Court justice was showing off.

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