Will Counsel General agree with me that it’s perfectly lawful to challenge the independence of judges? Indeed, the Bill of Rights of 1688 specifically provides for this because a judge may be removed from office upon resolution of both Houses of Parliament. In the Supreme Court case involving General Pinochet, on whether he had immunity from prosecution as a former head of state in Chile, Lord Hoffmann was held to have disabled himself from hearing the case and the decision was overturned on grounds of his potential partiality. So, there’s nothing whatever wrong in politicians expressing views either on the judgments to which judges arrive, or indeed, their competence or other interest in doing so. Having said that—