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Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 5h

The US just now could use being in a body with a court that can hold it to international human rights standards.

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Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 8h

What are the Murdoch novels you're thinking of?

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Mark Elliott @profmarkelliott.bsky.social · 18h

New post, in which I argue the government's attempt to pin the blame for the collapse of the China spy trial on a single official will not wash constitutionally. Ministers must bear responsibility for an apparently deeply flawed decision-making process.

publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/10/13/c...

Cock-up or conspiracy? The Security Minister’s statement on the China espionage case

The Security Minister, Dan Jarvis, has made a statement to the House of Commons regarding the collapse of the prosecution of two individuals who had been accused of espionage contrary to section 1(…

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Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 8h

Yes. One reason constitutional monarchy works well in democracies is that it limits the status, pride and glamour of the most powerful politicians. In contrast, even in leading democratic republics, the most powerful politicians tend to live in palatial residences and are surrounded by pomp.

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Kate Bex @k80bex.bsky.social · 9h

Anyone got the link to the webinar @innertemple.org.uk which is about to start tonight? The Inn's website is not taking bookings even for online

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Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 9h

I'd say anyone on the right who's alarmed about a conflict with Strasbourg over this is probably hoping for such a conflict and talking it up for their own reasons, rather than reflecting a serious, informed concern that such a conflict is likely.

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Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 9h

I think the chance is very low indeed of the ECtHR ruling UK law and guidance is in breach of the ECHR by applying the principles in the For Women Scotland case.

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Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 14h

In fact of course they did raise taxes quickly on the better off (on private schools and farms) but that's been forgotten about.

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Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 14h

I'll back tax rises, but it's so easy to say Labour would've won anyway without tax pledges, should've gone back on their pledges instantly and should "simply" do so now. If tax rises come I bet the government gets little to no credit from those who wanted them, just criticism about polls.

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Public Law @publiclaw.bsky.social · 1d

In memory of Conor Gearty, Public Law's 2007 symposium on his Hamlyn Lectures, "Can Human Rights Survive?" is available to read here: www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/content/dam/...

www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk

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Adam Wagner KC @adamwagner1.bsky.social · 1d

It has been quite a journey

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OPINION: Our pride at standing with hostage families as they moved heaven and earth for their loved ones - Jewish News

Adam Wagner and Adam Rose, who have represented the seven British-linked families, offer their thoughts on what impact the British government might have had on getting us to this day

www.jewishnews.co.uk

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LexisNexis UK @lexisnexisuk.bsky.social · 1d

As we marked #WorldMentalHealthDay last Friday, it’s the perfect moment to pause & remember that caring for your #wellbeing is just as important as keeping up with your coursework as a #LawStudent.

Take a few minutes to explore practical ideas👉 https://ow.ly/sOeW50XatCN

Three students sitting on grass in a park, studying and discussing law materials together on a sunny day.

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Pants, Manchester @fantasticlife.bsky.social · 1d

Yet another new [1] bot account from everyone's favourite library [2]. @madenlaid.bsky.social posts whenever a made statutory instrument is laid before Parliament.

A made then laid statutory instrument being one that is made - signed into law by the minister - *before* being laid before Parliament.

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 1d

This deserves more attention than it has received.

Gove: "we were too anxious as a government to secure those deals in order to show that Brexit was working".

Exactly as so many of us warned at the time, and as the government denied at the time.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Susanne Baumann @germanambuk.bsky.social · 1d

His Majesty King Charles III has announced that he will host German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Büdenbender for a State Visit from 3-5 December. It will be an incredible moment for 🇬🇧🇩🇪 relations and the first State Visit by a German President in 27 years.

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Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 1d

I think an important aspect of radicalisation on the right is that they now tend to see any public health effort whether public or private, and however mild, as controversial "nannying".

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Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, you're right about Paris.

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SpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social · 2d

"Giving reasons is bad..."

Imaginable that a Supreme Court in any other common law jurisdiction would do this.

What does that tell you?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 2d

I bet beer isn't actually at London prices! It's not in North West England in my experience, outside Manchester (it's got dearer, but not London dear). I think chainification means a lot of casual dining (e.g. Pizza Express, maybe Nandos) is London prices everywhere now.

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Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, to be fair I suppose parts of Paris are the same.

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Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 2d

And I'm in a relatively high earning household. If you have relatively low earnings it must feel as if London is really excluding you.

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Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 2d

I mean shops really, I think. In some places I feel I'm walking past shop after shop that's beyond my budget. Restaurants too sometimes. I don't think the European cities I know are the same, or anywhere else in England. It does remind me of how I often felt in New York when I was there ages ago.

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Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, this is London's problem. If you're not really well off, then for maybe 10-15 years it's gradually been feeling as if more of it isn't for you.

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Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 4d

I don't understand his implication that Biden, Trump or Israel could have done this deal earlier. Has Hamas ever before agreed to release *all* remaining hostages within a few days of a ceasefire? I don't think they have, till now. I think that's the key change from what's gone before.

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 4d

Despite everything else going on, France last night honoured Robert Badinter, the former justice minister who ended the death penalty in 🇫🇷 in 1981. He entered the Panthéon in a moving moment of national tribute that the French do so well

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