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Law prof in UK, I do empirical and conceptual work on lawyers regulation and ethics. Although that seems to mainly mean I do work on the Post Office and all who billed her. Horizon Compensation Advisory Board. Plastic Geordie. Novice cello player
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Merz just said on German TV that the primary priority of his government will be to ensure that Europe can achieve full strategic independence from the United States in the defence against Russia. Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist. Extraordinary.

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As usual, very much worth reading

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Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."

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🇩🇪‼️German exit polls CDU/CSU 28,5 SPD 16,5 AfD 20 GRE 12,0 FDP 5,0 BSW 5 Linke 9

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Germany, national parliament election today: Turnout estimate at 2 PM CET (excluding postal votes) 2025: 52.0% 2021: 36.5% 2017: 41.1% 2013: 41.4% 2009: 36.1% 2005: 41.9% Source: Bundeswahlleiterin ➤ https://europeelects.eu/germany/ #Bundestagswahl2025 #Wahl

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I am in a train station. It is raining. I am not watching the football. My train is late

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Why did Hegseth just fire every top military branch lawyer? What did they refuse to sign off on? A Pulitzer awaits the reporters and outlet who can tell the public.

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A lot of British advocates puzzled by this epithet

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lol

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Judge Advocate General JAGs are the military's top lawyers who administer the military code of justice. Hegseth has previously railed against the military's calling them “jagoffs” in his book. He fired the top 3 JAGs (Army, Navy, and Air Force) whom he plans to replace. He’s a Christofascist.

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Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

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Apart from anything else this is a useful explanation of what a ‘tick box’ redundancy consultation exercise feels like for those on the receiving end. voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...

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Interesting new post here

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Mint documentary on Geordie Dylan, Alan Hull, on BBC4.

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The situation in the US 🇺🇸 is serious, with the constitutional and political order rapidly changing. KIM LANE SCHEPPELE (kimlanelaw.bsky.social) explains in our editorial what has happened in the past few weeks and what is at stake. verfassungsblog.de/trumps-count...

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"We are the federal law"

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The government is looking at way of improving public inquiries, a minister announced last week. Should we be encouraged by the prospect of jam tomorrow? Or is the government trying to keep the inquiry system as well as the purse-strings under tight control? rozenberg.substack.com/p/jam-tomorrow

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Perhaps our greatest contemporary thinker on democracy.

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On the upside, Suella Braverman now looking like a subtle genius when it comes to undermining the Rule of Law

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Holy ROLy

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Hey, I know her! Time to dig out this old meme I made as advice to lawyers about social media.

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I am surprised to see these comments from the Lady Chief Justice. The PM’s remarks about the Gaza judgment last week were hardly intemperate. Moreover, while the Government may well take the view that it should appeal, it is also open to it to change the law. www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

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Penal populism has broken Britain’s prisons. My piece for @newstatesman.com on why our addiction to longer sentences is unsustainable. www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...

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Would you like one of the best jobs in employment law? We're hiring a Principal Legal Officer to run the FRU employment law service. Transfer your #EmpLaw expertise to the next generation of lawyers. www.thefru.org.uk/vacancies Salary £51,622, permanent, full time. Closing date 10 March.

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Watched Conclave. A decent film well executed but surprised it’s got such rave reviews.

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Lloyds Banking Group ordered to publish long-delayed report into its coverup of the £1bn HBOS Reading fraud. Treasury committee chair Meg Hillier, said she expects the bank to place a “full copy” of the Dobbs review into the public domain once completed. @jamesdhurley.bsky.social @thetimes.com

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Nick Akerman, an ex-Watergate and SDNY prosecutor, wants to file an amicus brief opposing dismissal of the Eric Adams corruption case—and asking the judge to haul Emil Bove into court and possibly sanction him for "making improper and unethical demands." Doc https://buff.ly/416cCKD

submitted 6 days ago • 82 comments

The whole thing with USAID and NED has really demonstrated to me how many people are detached from reality, and how they create elaborate fantasies about organisations and individuals they don't like based on each others' delusional thinking.

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Entertainingly this firm has a 'Head of Gaming' and, jokes aside, their founding partner is now in a fair bit of trouble... www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/solicit...

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New post just out: "Technology vs Democracy" On the origins of Muskworld's ideology, which it's so much more dangerous than merely stupidity or corruption, and what might stop it. (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...

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