For the first half of this century, High Court judges have been cautious to the point of timidity in expressing any criticism of governmental action; the independence of the judiciary has been of a decidedly subordinate character.

He then became a regular contributor to Standpoint magazine. His son Harry Mount is also a journalist and his cousin Mary Cameron is the mother of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron leader of the Conservative Party. ISBN 978-1-84737-798-2.

His son Harry Mount is also a journalist and his cousin Mary Cameron is the mother of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron leader of the Conservative Party. He inherited the Mount baronetcy from his uncle William in 1993. He lives in Islington.