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Today the news will be about the government's proposals for juries.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Today the news will be about the government's proposals for juries.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
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Listening to David Lammy on @BBCr4today attempting to justify abolishing trial by jury, it is increasingly and terrifyingly clear that he simply does not understand the issues.
December 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Listening to David Lammy on @BBCr4today attempting to justify abolishing trial by jury, it is increasingly and terrifyingly clear that he simply does not understand the issues.
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 1
‘The village’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘The village’
Artist: SR Badmin
December 1, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 1
‘The village’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘The village’
Artist: SR Badmin
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A reminder that one of Wes Streeting's junior ministers is talking enthusiastically about 'cashing in' on NHS data (www.ft.com/content/0531...).
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A reminder that one of Wes Streeting's junior ministers is talking enthusiastically about 'cashing in' on NHS data (www.ft.com/content/0531...).
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Wow. The more you know…
November 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Wow. The more you know…
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Although you'd be forgiven for having missed it - yesterday's budget confirmed it: private partnerships are back to fund NHS projects.🚨
So who DID ask for PFI to come back? While 69 NHS trusts still owe £21bn on old PFI contracts?
👉 everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
So who DID ask for PFI to come back? While 69 NHS trusts still owe £21bn on old PFI contracts?
👉 everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
November 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Although you'd be forgiven for having missed it - yesterday's budget confirmed it: private partnerships are back to fund NHS projects.🚨
So who DID ask for PFI to come back? While 69 NHS trusts still owe £21bn on old PFI contracts?
👉 everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
So who DID ask for PFI to come back? While 69 NHS trusts still owe £21bn on old PFI contracts?
👉 everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
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Nearly every day, we find pink sea fans tangled in marine debris. This one has a covid mask attached. A soft coral, pink sea fans are nationally scarce and globally vulnerable. In the UK, they are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. #seafangle #covidarchaeology #hornycoral
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Nearly every day, we find pink sea fans tangled in marine debris. This one has a covid mask attached. A soft coral, pink sea fans are nationally scarce and globally vulnerable. In the UK, they are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. #seafangle #covidarchaeology #hornycoral
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St Ives Times & Echo closes after 126 years following death of editor
#Cornwall #Kernow
🔗: https://www.falmouthpacket.co...
#Cornwall #Kernow
🔗: https://www.falmouthpacket.co...
St Ives Times & Echo closes after 126 years following death of editor
One of Cornwall’s oldest newspapers, the St Ives Times & Echo, has published its final edition today after the sudden death of its…
www.falmouthpacket.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
St Ives Times & Echo closes after 126 years following death of editor
#Cornwall #Kernow
🔗: https://www.falmouthpacket.co...
#Cornwall #Kernow
🔗: https://www.falmouthpacket.co...
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Private Eye's Richard Brooks has revealed how financiers behind Ayanda Capital (which is owned by a Mauritius-based holding company)—Tim Horlick, Nathan Engelbrecht, and Liz Truss adviser Andrew Mills—amassed £64m from UK taxpayers despite supplying faulty PPE during the Covid-19 pandemic.
November 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Private Eye's Richard Brooks has revealed how financiers behind Ayanda Capital (which is owned by a Mauritius-based holding company)—Tim Horlick, Nathan Engelbrecht, and Liz Truss adviser Andrew Mills—amassed £64m from UK taxpayers despite supplying faulty PPE during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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PFI didn’t just burden NHS trusts with huge debt, it trapped them in decades of overpriced maintenance contracts.
One trust was charged + £300 to change a lightbulb. Outrageous.
And now the gov is exploring PFI-style schemes again. Fight back with us: bit.ly/NHSandBudget
One trust was charged + £300 to change a lightbulb. Outrageous.
And now the gov is exploring PFI-style schemes again. Fight back with us: bit.ly/NHSandBudget
November 27, 2025 at 8:42 AM
PFI didn’t just burden NHS trusts with huge debt, it trapped them in decades of overpriced maintenance contracts.
One trust was charged + £300 to change a lightbulb. Outrageous.
And now the gov is exploring PFI-style schemes again. Fight back with us: bit.ly/NHSandBudget
One trust was charged + £300 to change a lightbulb. Outrageous.
And now the gov is exploring PFI-style schemes again. Fight back with us: bit.ly/NHSandBudget
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Great stuff from Mark!
If you want to read more about Palantir's aggressive expansion into the UK, it is something I have mapped quite extensively over time.
2022: bylinetimes.com/2022/06/30/h...
2023: www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-defaul...
2025: bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
If you want to read more about Palantir's aggressive expansion into the UK, it is something I have mapped quite extensively over time.
2022: bylinetimes.com/2022/06/30/h...
2023: www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-defaul...
2025: bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
November 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Great stuff from Mark!
If you want to read more about Palantir's aggressive expansion into the UK, it is something I have mapped quite extensively over time.
2022: bylinetimes.com/2022/06/30/h...
2023: www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-defaul...
2025: bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
If you want to read more about Palantir's aggressive expansion into the UK, it is something I have mapped quite extensively over time.
2022: bylinetimes.com/2022/06/30/h...
2023: www.bylinesupplement.com/p/the-defaul...
2025: bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
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Cornwall is first area of the UK to say no to mandatory digital ID cards
The authority's Liberal Democrat leader joked he will march to London as one of 20,000 Cornishmen over the contentious proposal, following a Conservative proposal to reject it
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
The authority's Liberal Democrat leader joked he will march to London as one of 20,000 Cornishmen over the contentious proposal, following a Conservative proposal to reject it
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
Cornwall Council is first in UK to say no to mandatory digital ID
The authority's Liberal Democrat leader joked he will march to London as one of 20,000 Cornishmen over the contentious proposal, following a Conservative proposal to reject it
www.cornwalllive.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Cornwall is first area of the UK to say no to mandatory digital ID cards
The authority's Liberal Democrat leader joked he will march to London as one of 20,000 Cornishmen over the contentious proposal, following a Conservative proposal to reject it
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
The authority's Liberal Democrat leader joked he will march to London as one of 20,000 Cornishmen over the contentious proposal, following a Conservative proposal to reject it
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...
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Last night the Government steamrollered its Planning Bill through, slamming the door on vital protections for nature.
They said it would be a ‘win-win’ for the economy and nature.
But in reality, they’ve pushed nature into last place.
They said it would be a ‘win-win’ for the economy and nature.
But in reality, they’ve pushed nature into last place.
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Last night the Government steamrollered its Planning Bill through, slamming the door on vital protections for nature.
They said it would be a ‘win-win’ for the economy and nature.
But in reality, they’ve pushed nature into last place.
They said it would be a ‘win-win’ for the economy and nature.
But in reality, they’ve pushed nature into last place.
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Mark our words. Hunting will die out in this country. We will make sure of it.
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Mark our words. Hunting will die out in this country. We will make sure of it.
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
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A trans teen in Iowa completed suicide after severe bullying by classmates and teachers.
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
Heartbroken family of trans teen speaks out about how bullying led to his death
The family of trans Iowa student Miles Phipps has spoken out about bullying following losing their son to suicide. He was just 15-years-old.
www.thepinknews.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A trans teen in Iowa completed suicide after severe bullying by classmates and teachers.
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
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Have a huge smile!
November 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Have a huge smile!
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Throwback to when I added more sound fx to make this worse.
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Throwback to when I added more sound fx to make this worse.
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Zelensky admitting that the pressure Trump is putting on Ukraine to take this grotesque deal is immense.
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Zelensky admitting that the pressure Trump is putting on Ukraine to take this grotesque deal is immense.
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Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.