Richard Kay: PM's buddy, who netted share of £8m from Chagos surrender, and his courtroom tricks

It is hard to imagine the costly and symbolic legal case that has led to Britain's 'surrender' of the Chagos Islands without the earnestly reassuring face of human rights lawyer Philippe Sands.

Labour can’t find its way out of Reverse Keir

Maybe Keir Starmer had other things on his mind when Tony Blair was getting to grips with the challenges of governing after the 1997 general election.