Sir Martin Chamberlain didn’t take long to make up his mind.
The High Court judge had listened to a day of legal submissions and by 10 o’clock the next morning his decision was announced: Tommy Robinson’s contention that his treatment as a prisoner was unlawful and breached his human rights was “not arguable”, and it was “not accurate” to refer to his segregation as “solitary confinement”. His plea for a judicial review after he brought legal proceedings against Shabana Mahmood, the Justice Secretary, had fallen at the first legal hurdle.
