Robert Buckland, Solicitor General for England and Wales, was on the guest panel for BBC Radio's 'Any Questions' last night, broadcast live. There was a question on Begum which brought a lot of discussion. It was noticeable (to me) that he made no attempt to defend Sajid Javid's decision to render her stateless: indeed. he referred to possible forthcoming legal proceedings which could reverse that decision and, from the way I heard it, he inferred that was probable. That day's 'Times' newspaper led on the Begum story and, in that article, it speculated that Javid had not sought legal advice at a top level before he made his decision and, in particular, charged him with politicking in his attempt to replace May as Tory leader, a job which may become vacant quite soon. Buckland reiterated that, under International Law to which we are signed up, nobody can be left stateless, regardless of what May and Javid think and say.