Britain risks being at the “tyranny of the executive” as the government continues to show disregard for the rule of law and judicial independence, according to a letter from BiE director, Professor Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos, published in The Guardian today.

In a strongly-worded public intervention, Prof Giannoulopoulos asks what Lord Bingham, hailed as the greatest judge of his era and a staunch defender of human rights, would make of the current situation.

Read the full letter here.