He insists the referendum was merely advisory and claims it was worth all his efforts to get the European Court of Justice to rule that the Article 50 decision was revocable – but the politics made both points irrelevant. Moreover, barristers owe a duty to the court to cite cases or laws which may conflict with their case.

But offering attention to such issues with a single spotlight, is like the RSC putting on Hamlet with only one actor.

The GLP depends on public outrage to fund its litigation, and few environmental causes have appalled the British public like the pollution of waterways with sewage.

Now the largest legal campaign group in the UK, Good Law Project is shining light into corners the establishment would rather keep dark - from the failures of Brexit to the still-developing PPE scandal, to the tax arrangements of business giants like Uber. A revealing, empowering vision of how the law can work better for all of us, from Jolyon Maugham KC, founder of Good Law Project.

This book covers one arm of the state (The law) challenging the legislator ( the incumbent government). Recently, he signed a declaration , with over 100 other lawyers, pledging not to act for those developing new fossil fuel projects or against those who protest such projects. In New Zealand, the Whanganui River became recognised as a legal person in 2017, under a settlement act that adopted Maori ways of thinking about it as a living whole. Mr Maugham claimed the bad review of his book, which explores a series of high-profile cases brought against the Government by his governance watchdog the Good Law Project, was because of where The Times "stands in relation to my politics".

The “real problem” which diversity must solve is changing the sort of judgments that come down, so that judges take the “political context” into account in the way Maugham likes.

The problem, however, is that Maugham doesn’t realise that the means of the rule of law are an end in themselves. Jolyon Maugham QC founded The Good Law Project with the belief that the law can also put power in the hands of ordinary people. Abuses of power in a constitutional setting became his fundamental interest, developed from abuses of power that he brutally experienced as a teenager. Maybe he is now, but his account of his dysfunctional childhood and upbringing leaves one impressed he was able to overcome it and forge his career. We both know I have written to many GC feminists seeking a private discussion of trans issues and to de-escalate the ‘debate’.

He has already attended 5 x Interviews and had 4 x Job offers and is hoping to make his decision tomorrow. It has brought a series of landmark cases against a dishonest and increasingly autocratic government and won widespread acclaim in successfully reversing the Prime Minister's unlawful suspension of Parliament.

He reveals that his vision is to give power to the underdogs, or David, in reference to the title, which alludes to the classic story of David and Goliath.