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Jolyon Maugham KC
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Founder and Director, Good Law Project. King's Counsel. Hon Prof at Durham University.

Live your values. Fight the power. Keep the receipts.

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Over 8,000 emails sent and we have 24 hours left to stop Sex Matters sabotaging the vote for the conversion therapy ban 🔥

Email your MP right now 📩
https://goodlaw.social/945cd5
January 28, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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A social media ban for under-16s would be popular

But would it actually help?
A social media ban for under-16s would be popular. But would it…
A proposed ban is looking increasingly likely – yet it would come with tricky implications
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January 27, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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Nearly at 5,000 now - many thanks to everyone who's supported and shared so far! action.goodlawproject.org/tell-ofcom-s...
January 27, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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"Writing for Chatham House in 2011, Matthew Goodwin asked, 'What drives some citizens to abandon the mainstream in favour of populist extremists?' Since then, he has gone on to answer the question himself."
State of HATE 2025: The Opportunist Extremist: The Strange Radicalisation of Matthew Goodwin
Once a respected academic studying the far right, Matthew Goodwin has become one of its most influential figures. Now a GB News pundit and Reform UK fanboy, he’s traded scholarship for reactionary gri...
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January 27, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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Calling transphobia a 'gateway drug' to the far right undersells it. It's pure accelerant. Grimly fascinating to guess what crankery becomes any famous transphobe's secondary obsession, cos they all have one: 15 minute cities are fascism! Grok noncing is cool! ICE are good! We should kill all dogs!
Sharron Davies ranting against 15 minute cities, because of course she is. Suzanne Moore in the Telegraph saying she wants to... kill all dogs?? Julie Burchill asking "does it matter if Grok undresses us all?" in The Spectator Graham Linehan in the midst of his now four-day-long double down on Alex Pretti's murder being justified and fine.
January 27, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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With @stopfundinghate.bsky.social we've uncovered that The Times' sister channel TalkTV is pushing climate misinformation like “CO2 is not a threat to the planet” and the science behind it “doesn’t add up to a row of beans”.

We've written to Ofcom giving it 14 days to explain why it failed to act.
Ofcom won’t investigate TalkTV’s climate misinformation – we’re taking a stand | Good Law Project
Ofcom dismissed complaints over TalkTV’s blatant climate misinformation, so we’re fighting back
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January 27, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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A baffling piece, this, the entire premise of which is flatly contradicted by the trenchant observation from the EHRC at the end.
EHRC single-sex spaces guidance being adapted under ‘constructive’ new chair
Exclusive: Hope is that pragmatic approach could soften court ruling’s impact on trans people and businesses
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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Time for Government to stop tinkering around the edges and scrap leasehold altogether.
lewisgoodall.com Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 1d
Ground rent cap is good news (though peppercorn would be better straight away). Also welcome is promised abolition of new leasehold properties. Better still would be the outright abolition of leasehold altogether, a feudal anachronism virtually unique to England and Wales.
January 27, 2026 at 8:04 AM
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Campaign is live now! I'm beyond proud to be one of the leads of the @transunityquilt.bsky.social with @goodlawproject.bsky.social - arts activism by and for trans people and our allies.

We're making an enormous patchwork quilt, telling our stories, celebrating community, and we need you!
goodlawproject.bsky.social Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 1d
We've just launched the Trans Unity Quilt Project, a campaign by and for trans people across the UK to bring joy and hope by making a quilt that will stretch over 50m long

🎨 Make your own patch 👇
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January 26, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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"The volunteers at her unit were devastated. One cried while explaining it to us, because she had seen our daughter flourish. She had seen that there was no conflict, no disruption — only joy."
🌈 She Just Wanted to Wear the Uniform — How a Six-Year-Old Trans Girl Was Left Behind
An impact story of a 6 year old trans girl.
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January 26, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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Yeah. A lot of what Reform wants to do basically builds on what Labour is currently making possible
January 26, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.

It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
The Legislation Upon winning a general election, a Reform government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage will: 1) Leave the ECHR 2.) Repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. 3.) Pass The Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill: This Bill will: Create a legal duty to remove illegal migrants for the Home Secretary The Bill opens with a blunt obligation for the Home Secretary: "The Secretary of State shall ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of each person who does not have extant leave to remain and is not an Irish citizen or otherwise protected by regulations made under this Act." The following parts of the legislation are introduced on an emergency basis, with an in-built sunset clause after 5 years: Disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention (ECAT) Derogation is justified under the Vienna Convention doctrine of state of necessity: Britain faces a national emergency in which uncontrolled illegal migration undermines public order. These treaties will otherwise be used by activist judges to frustrate deportations, even after the repeals of the HRA and ECHR. Create Detention Power Without Hardial Singh Constraints This means illegal migrants can be detained until they are deported. Activist lawyers routinely use Hardial Singh to secure their client's bail, after which the client absconds. If you came to the UK illegally, you are ineligible for asylum. End of story All asylum claims will become inadmissible if made by a person within the Act's scope. If you came to the country illegally, you are ineligible for asylum in the UK. This strips the Home Office, the immigration tribunals and the higher courts of jurisdiction to even consider claims. A claim that cannot be considered cannot suspend removal and therefore, cannot delay a flight. Re-entering after deportation and destroying ID becomes a serious criminal offence Re-entry after deportation will be… The Operational Plan We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will power bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power addresses a failure mode observed over the past decade - for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property. Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000 Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes. This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month. Initial Voluntary Return Window A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids. Illegal migrants will be offered a financial incentive to self-deport. An app will be launched to facilitate this. The Deportation Flights The Home Office will scale up charters to 5 flights per day. To guard against last-minute aircraft unserviceability, the RAF will keep one Voyager aircraft on six-hour 'hot-spare' readiness. If a commercial charter breaks down, detainees can still be flown out that night, preserving operational integrity. The legal reset will mean activist lawyers will no longer be able preven…
January 26, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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I'm providing an update on my complaint to the police about the horrific conduct of Sex Matters' 'good friend' Richard Dunstan.
Richard Dunstan: Update
In December we reported that a complaint had been made to the police in respect of Mr Richard Dunstan, a “good friend” of the Sex Matters hate group.
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January 26, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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Half a day, and we've already sold out? Thank you all so much!

Please keep an eye on this account and
@goodlawproject.bsky.social
- we'll be sharing further details about in-person decorating workshops and the march this summer, and the more support we get, the greater the chance we can expand!
Blue text over an image of a person sewing a patch on a yellow table. The text reads: 'Sold out already?! Thank you everyone! Your enthusiasm for this project is more than we anticipated, and our patches have all sold out! We will share more ways to get involved soon, including in-person workshops that will take place around the UK. If you want to help us deliver (and potentially expand) this project, please donate! (Link in our bio)
January 26, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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Sadly, a rather myopic read but this did make me laugh: "members from both camps have come away from their discussions with the Health Secretary – known for replying quickly to MPs who WhatsApp him – believing he is really on their side."
Labour MPs Are Competing For Wes Streeting's Ear On Puberty Blockers
Amid the persistent will-he-won’t-he speculation over Wes Streeting’s leadership ambitions, Tom Scotson and Sienna Rodgers talk to the Labour MPs a...
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January 26, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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Force the government to listen to Umer, before it’s too late. Take action now 👇
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
January 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Thank you SO much everyone - we're very close to selling out, so please let the trans people and groups you think would be interested know so that they don't miss out?
transunityquilt.bsky.social Trans Unity Quilt Project @transunityquilt.bsky.social · 1d
Our campaign is live with @goodlawproject.bsky.social !

Please help us spread the word - and follow the link below to order your patch to become a part of our community quilt, by and for trans people and our allies throughout the UK.

This is how we fight back: in solidarity, creativity, and care.
goodlawproject.bsky.social Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 1d
We've just launched the Trans Unity Quilt Project, a campaign by and for trans people across the UK to bring joy and hope by making a quilt that will stretch over 50m long

🎨 Make your own patch 👇
goodlawproject.org/campaign/the...
January 26, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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goodlawproject.bsky.social
We've just launched the Trans Unity Quilt Project, a campaign by and for trans people across the UK to bring joy and hope by making a quilt that will stretch over 50m long

🎨 Make your own patch 👇
goodlawproject.org/campaign/the...
January 26, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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It's looking more and more like a reverse take-over of the Conservative Party by Nigel Farage.
Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman becomes latest Tory defect to Reform UK saying 'it feels like I've come home' | LBC
She becomes the latest in a slew of Conservatives to join Nigel Farage's party.
www.lbc.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 12:53 PM
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We've just launched the Trans Unity Quilt Project, a campaign by and for trans people across the UK to bring joy and hope with a quilt longer than an Olympic swimming pool.

Here's how you make your own patch. 👇
The Trans Unity Quilt | Good Law Project
Crafting visibility through community, fighting eradication through creation.
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January 26, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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Well, Starmer's given everyone an easy way to get rid of him: vote Green, or indeed anything but Labour, at Gorton and Denton.
January 25, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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🚨 6 DAYS LEFT 🚨

We have just one week to stop Sex Matters infiltrating a vote to ban conversion therapy.

Over 5,000 have taken action. Will you join them?
https://action.goodlawproject.org/stop-sex-matters-infiltrating-the-council-of-europe
Stop Sex Matters infiltrating the Council of Europe
In just one week, the Council of Europe will be voting to ban conversion therapy. This would be an incredibly important step to stop the rollback in the rights of LGBTQ+ people. But Sex Matters is inf...
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January 25, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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Thanks to @hackedoff.bsky.social for publishing this must read evidence - our newspapers look after one another so you won't read it anywhere else - of what the Daily Mail has done.
Prince Harry, as he & Liz Hurley give evidence at Mail trial: “My every move, thought or feeling was being tracked and monitored just for the Mail to make money out of it”
Prince Harry & Liz Hurley give evidence in opening week of trial against the Daily Mail, as the newspaper faces claims from Hurley, Harry, Sir Elton John, David Furnish, Sir Simon Hughes, Sadie Frost ...
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January 25, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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Sadly I'm gonna be re-upping this a lot until Trump's Presidency ends - or our next General Election.
goodlawproject.org Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 6d
Are you filled with righteous anger about Donald Trump's fascism in the States? Good, but not enough. Now, make it your personal responsibility to ensure Nigel Farage never gets to introduce it here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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Ed Miliband tells the Fabian Society conference: “I very much hope the local party will have the option of selecting Andy Burnham as the candidate”.
January 24, 2026 at 5:20 PM