If it does read like a padded-out script, and a preachy one at that (“Now more than ever we must ensure an independent judiciary is strong enough to protect justice from political malfeasance”), with screen-deep characterisation and no sign of copy-editing — “Calvin Kline underwear” suggests someone’s got Kevin Kline and his knickers in a twist — Gordon Newman has his heart, if not his words, in the right place. After all, as we are learning, civil liberties should never be taken for granted.
