Twice, the Justice Secretary said his brief was to bring “common sense” back into the Justice system. Dominic Raab may, in parliamentary language, be “a doughty champion” and “stalwart defender” and “passionate campaigner” for this rare quality, but it’s also true that anything with “common sense” in the title – party or campaign – is doomed. Guido has tried to explain this to John Hayes, chair of the Tory Common Sense Group but it didn’t go in.
Common sense isn’t enough at this point in what we used to call “our sad national decline”. The Justice system, the Oppositions said, is broken. This might be truer than they know.
