It’s hard to believe, but you still have a couple of days to enter Obiter’s competition to guess the next justice secretary. We’re offering a bottle of something bubbly to the reader who predicts the the correct name and is closest to the date of appointment. Entries to obiter@lawsociety.org.uk.

We can’t reveal which way entries are leaning so far, but we reckon good odds are available on Jonathan Djanogly and Emily Thornberry (pictured). ‘Anyone who stops you banging on interminably about Grayling’s lack of legal qualification will be a relief,’ says one reader.

Amen to that.

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