2026-05-02
With the latest rebuttal by the High Court of Martin's efforts to secure legal clarification, he does what any good IT specialist would - he thinks bigger, and broadens the space of enquiry to encompass the larger factors at play, the factors that include the assumptions that underlie the broken nature of the system under scrutiny.
He has already done this at least once, when he broadened the scope of enquiry to include not just the legal traceability of the judicial authority imposed, but also to include the effect of the specific administrative procedures used to enforce the judicial authority.
Now the scope of enquiry is advancing once more, to examine not merely these aspects of the judicial systems, but the operations of government departments in general, of which Justice is simply one (albeit a rather important one).
" ... a clear picture is beginning to emerge ... "
Whereas 'the “Deep State' is necessarily conspiratorial — hence the language of 'conspiracy theories' ... the 'Ghost State' ... can arise from entirely visible forces: scale, cost pressure, digitisation, outsourcing, and the fragmentation of responsibility across institutions and systems"
I'm beginning to think that Martin may be developing a new science, the science of Governmentology, the means by which governments in practice exercise power over their people whether deliberately or accidentally.
This would be an extension of Governmentality which Britannia describes as "to include the active consent and willingness of individuals to participate in their own governance", something that appears to be missing from his encounters with our Justice systems unless 'consent and willingness' includes blind and unquestioning obedience to instruction.
To most good folk, 'consent and willingness' are dependent on mutual trust, which requires a willingness to resolve differences through reasonable argument within a reasonable time frame and at reasonable cost.
Martin has demonstrated that our Justice department is unwilling, despite his very considerable efforts (and concomitant costs) to abide by their own rules and procedures.
There''s the rub.
