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patrickrol.bsky.social
Politics, People, Palace … and the Rule of Law. Former Head of the CPS International Division
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I mean, they were doing such a great job defending the west over the last 14 years …

Not for most of us it didn’t

Anyone that has passed through Norwood Junction on a match day will remember seeing Elloney, selling her knitted Palace hats. Her family are fundraising for her funeral. Please consider supporting them. www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

“You can’t say anything these days”

Sigh

Rule of Law is one of our greatest soft power levers

The champion of free speech has banned the world ‘felon’

when writing about the rise of British populism it’s worth bearing in mind that voters still prefer Starmer to Farage… ….and even prefer Ed Davey to Farage

🚨 NEW: A Russia-linked Telegram network is inciting terror and hate crimes in the UK. Already responsible for attacks on UK mosques, the network appears to be based in Russia - and it's gunning for violence on British streets. New from me & @hopenothate.org.uk hopenothate.org.uk/2025/02/10/e...

Delighted to be appointed to the soft power council

Sunak was finished the moment he appointed Braverman as H Sec ie day 1. So, the fact they’re unraveling should be no surprise when on day 1 Badenoch appointed Jenrick, Philp and Patel. I mean …. Jeez 🤦🏻🤢😷

Used to collect his first editions when I was in my 20s - loved them

Only 11% of Brits have a positive view of Yaxley-Lennon-Robinson, according to Luke Tryl of More in Common. That means even 9% of the Far/Hard Right don’t like him.

2025 needs to be the year the positive narrative of the new Government emerges - along with firm and clear rebuttal of the nonsense coming out on the other place and sucked up by the main media outlets

My mate just came out with what feels like the political quote of the year: “I think you could put Jesus in Downing Street at the moment and his ratings would be shit.”

If you haven’t read it , you should

#Change

🔴Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson and Junk Stats: Is This the Best the Anti-Inheritance Tax Farming Lobby Has to Offer? How millionaire landowners are using dubious statistics to campaign against the Government’s inheritance tax reforms bylinetimes.com/2024/11/19/j...

Clarkson was embarrassing today

Last yr non-farmers were responsible for 56% of farmland purchases official stats for agricultural land show 988,422 acres was taken out of use for farming last yr alone. Analysis links this to financial advice about the tax breaks of investing in farmland It’s no tax that’s killing farmers

Keir Starmer has quietly published his new Ministerial Code, setting out the standards required of Government ministers for their conduct and behaviour. Any rule-changes have a significant bearing on what happens in the wake of a political scandal (and hopefully prevent some too), so it matters.

Actual good news. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines: Measles: Before: 530,000, After: 47 Mumps: Before: 160,000, After: 429 Rubella: Before: 50,000, After: 3 Diphtheria: Before: 20,000, After: 2 Smallpox: Before: 30,000, After: 0 Polio: Before: 16,000, After: 0

Needs a police visit and then the long overdue family intervention.

Jeremy Clarkson is turning up to the protest tomorrow. A reminder that he bought his 312-acre farm in 2012 for £4.25million in HIS OWN WORDS so that he: *would not be required pay death duties on the land*