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On 23 February, the UK’s Court of Appeal rejected the case of Shamima Begum to have her British citizenship reinstated. The 15-year-old schoolgirl had run away in 2015 to join the Islamic State and marry a jihadi. In 2019, the Home Secretary revoked her British citizenship, on the grounds that she had a Bangladeshi passport — and she’s been fighting to return home ever since.
Is this new ruling a victory for national security, or a wound to the legal premise of liberty?
Former Supreme Court justice Lord Sumption, one of the great legal minds of his generation, joined Freddie Sayers to discuss the case.
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