‘‘TREASON DOTH never prosper: what’s the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
Between foreign Islamic State fighters and domestic terrorists, we do not live in an especially loyal age; and judging from a recent Lords’ debate, many of the country’s most distinguished lawyers are still loath to call this crime by its proper name.
The occasion was the committee stage of the National Security Bill, when Lord Bethell moved an amendment to insert a modernised offence of high treason which would
