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legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 18m

Have they lost your vote? 😉

legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 1h

We know Corbyn is a lemon posset of the highest order, but this is particularly mad. To write an article inviting a jury style approach to policy yet simultaneously announcing what those policies will be.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3h

Voters' voices are being shut out of British politics. Your Party has a radical plan to change that | Jeremy Corbyn

At our conference in November we will use a jury service-type model to allow members to discuss and decide policy, strategy and even the name of our party, says Your Party co-leader Jeremy Corbyn

www.theguardian.com

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legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 1h

To be fair, there is only room for one on the curriculum!

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legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 1h

Surely the very definition of liberal requires a tolerance of different views?

Refusing to work with Rowling would be illiberal.

legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 2h

Training his reaction time!

legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 2h

Blocked! Do tell!

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legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 2h

Is there some kind of control to make the glass opaque?

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legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 2h

I haven’t seen the article, but how can a woman rape another woman other than as an accessory?

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legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 4h

I make no further comment beyond suggesting anyone be cautious before celebrating a death in custody or applauding anyone who might have contributed to it.

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legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 4h

www.bbc.com/news/uk-engl...

Samuel Dodsworth: Derby rapist and kidnapper jailed for 24 years

A judge calls Samuel Dodsworth's behaviour "appalling" and says he has ruined his victim's life.

www.bbc.com

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legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 4h

Samuel Dodsworth has also been charged with murder. He may or may not be the Samuel Dodsworth who was jailed for 24 years after snatching a woman off the street and raping her five times: news.sky.com/story/men-wh...

Men who murdered aspiring lawyer Sven Badzak after Waitrose trip in case of mistaken identity jailed for life

Rashid Gedel and Shiroh Ambersley have been sentenced for the murder of 22-year-old Sven Badzak who was stabbed to death during an eight-second attack in Kilburn, northwest London. The Old Bailey hear...

news.sky.com

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legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 4h

I don’t know whether this is the same Rashid Gedel, but I note someone of that name was convicted of killing a man a few years ago: news.sky.com/story/men-wh...

Men who murdered aspiring lawyer Sven Badzak after Waitrose trip in case of mistaken identity jailed for life

Rashid Gedel and Shiroh Ambersley have been sentenced for the murder of 22-year-old Sven Badzak who was stabbed to death during an eight-second attack in Kilburn, northwest London. The Old Bailey hear...

news.sky.com

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legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 4h

Two men have now been charged with Watkins murder. We cannot of course make any comment on their guilt or otherwise, but we can deduce that they were both in prison for prior offending. The two men have been named. If you search for them online, there are two men with the same name. /1

legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 1d

Watkins was one of the most vile criminals I have ever read about, an offender whose depravity fell to lows even this hardened ex-prosecutor had not seen before. I am however uncomfortable with the celebrations of his murder. /1

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins dies after being attacked in prison

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legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 22h

I certainly won’t shed a tear over the fact Watkins is no longer breathing, one of the most vile men ever to live. But I remain firmly of the view that people should not be killed in prison. A very dangerous and slippery slope.

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legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 22h

Irrespective of any views on Allen, I don’t see this as a problem. The facts are they were a couple for some time and made many films together over a 30+ year period, including some of her finest work.

grainnemaguire.bsky.social @grainnemaguire.bsky.social · 1d

There are TWENTY FIVE Woody Allen mentions in Diane Keaton’s obituary.

Diane Keaton obituary: Oscar winner and symbol of independence

www.thetimes.com/article/840d...

Diane Keaton obituary: Oscar winner and symbol of independence

Best known as the muse of Woody Allen, the actress was once described as the most reclusive star since Greta Garbo

www.thetimes.com

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legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. Zero chance he would ever have been released.

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legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 1d

Under the Guardian article there are plenty of supporters of the killing. As you say, a Tory MP suggesting the return of capital punishment would receive vitriol.

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legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 1d

Once you start to condone prison justice, you start a very slippery slope. The correct justice for Watkins happened - his lifetime incarceration. Nobody will miss him. But let’s not make his killers out to be heros.

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legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 1d

Watkins was one of the most vile criminals I have ever read about, an offender whose depravity fell to lows even this hardened ex-prosecutor had not seen before. I am however uncomfortable with the celebrations of his murder. /1

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins dies after being attacked in prison

48-year-old was serving 29-year prison sentence after admitting multiple child sex offences The convicted child sexual abuser and former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has died after being attacked in prison. The 48-year-old was serving a 29-year prison sentence at HMP Wakefield, with a further six years on licence, after admitting a string of sex offences including the attempted rape of a baby. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome Beans!

Kathryn Rushent 🌊🐱🍁 @krushent.bsky.social · 1d

Introducing Beans! She's the cuddly-est kitten we've ever had, I think. #Caturday

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legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 3d

Even though he agreed to do the ironing.

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legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 3d

The very concept of agreeing to disagree seems to have vanished.

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legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty sure we will see a US version of the Nobel Prize launched shortly, followed by various commentators intend on discrediting the original. I am also reasonably convinced we can predict the first winner.

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legalclaret @legalclaret.bsky.social · 3d

No less well than most recent incumbents.

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