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David Burrows @dbfamilylaw.bsky.social · 1d

... and I'm off to find what Leigh Fermor I can to re-read...

Chris Dale @chrisdaleoxford.bsky.social · 1d

Now you've got me watching the ambush - at night in the film, doubtless for added drama, but I think you are right as to the book

Chris Dale @chrisdaleoxford.bsky.social · 1d

Now you've got me watching the ambush - at night in the film, doubtless for added drama, but I think you are right as to the book

David Burrows @dbfamilylaw.bsky.social · 1d

The Leigh Fermor book of all this, 2015, is entitled 'Abducting a general'. I've not re-read - yet; but I don't think the 'ambush' was at night: it was just when the general was going home for supper

Chris Dale @chrisdaleoxford.bsky.social · 1d

I hadn't realised that the film was renamed "Night Ambush" for the US market. I wonder why - too many words in the original, perhaps, and insufficient implied drama. I must watch it as well as do some reading.

David Burrows @dbfamilylaw.bsky.social · 1d

Oh dear (as to renaming). We found the film recently, and really enjoyed watching it. When had I last seen Dirk Bogard in a film? I remember a Guardian headline (c 1969) of a review by Derek Malcolm of 'Romeo and Juliet': 'Ill bred by moon light' - harsh, perhaps?...

Chris Dale @chrisdaleoxford.bsky.social · 1d

I hadn't realised that the film was renamed "Night Ambush" for the US market. I wonder why - too many words in the original, perhaps, and insufficient implied drama. I must watch it as well as do some reading.

Chris Dale @chrisdaleoxford.bsky.social · 1d

I hadn't realised that the film was renamed "Night Ambush" for the US market. I wonder why - too many words in the original, perhaps, and insufficient implied drama. I must watch it as well as do some reading.

David Burrows @dbfamilylaw.bsky.social · 1d

Power in civil proceedings for the court to order a party to request disclosure form another party: CP (Amndmt) Rules 2026 which introduce online procedure rules and may soon apply in some family proceedings www.civillitigationbrief.com/2026/02/11/t...

THE CIVIL PROCEDURE (AMENDMENT) RULES 2026 (2): THE COURT CAN ORDER A PARTY TO REQUEST ANY PERSON TO PRODUCE DISCLOSURE AND INSPECTION

We are continuing with our look at the The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 which come into force on the 6th April 2026. Here we look at a totally new provision which gives the court power to…

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David Burrows @dbfamilylaw.bsky.social · 1d

I saw the film of his part (mostly his idea) as undercover Brit/Cretan soldiers capture a German general in Crete: 'Ill met by moonlight' (Dirk Bogard as Leigh Fermor: c 1957). I've just ordered his book on this, to go with my small Battle of Crete library. I must read the story of his walk again...

Chris Dale @chrisdaleoxford.bsky.social · 1d

The second post in this short thread shows two pages of Patrick Leigh Fermor's account of his 1933 walk - the best writing you will see today. 1/2

Simon Knott @simoninsuffolk.bsky.social · 1d

The writer Patrick Leigh Fermor was born #OTD 11 February 1915. In December 1933, at the age of 18, he set out to walk across Europe from London to Constantinople, a journey which took him four years. His story captures the continent in the deceptive peace before the Second World War. 1/3

David Burrows @dbfamilylaw.bsky.social · 1d

Blasphemy appeal - “There is no offence of blasphemy" said Bennathan J. “Burning a Koran may be an act that many Muslims find upsetting and offensive. The criminal law, however, is not a mechanism that seeks to avoid people being upset." @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/rozenber...

Blasphemy appeal

High Court to consider overturning Koran-burner's acquittal

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Chris Dale @chrisdaleoxford.bsky.social · 1d

The second post in this short thread shows two pages of Patrick Leigh Fermor's account of his 1933 walk - the best writing you will see today. 1/2

Simon Knott @simoninsuffolk.bsky.social · 1d

The writer Patrick Leigh Fermor was born #OTD 11 February 1915. In December 1933, at the age of 18, he set out to walk across Europe from London to Constantinople, a journey which took him four years. His story captures the continent in the deceptive peace before the Second World War. 1/3

Simon Knott @simoninsuffolk.bsky.social · 1d

3/3 Artemis Cooper's biography 'Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure', and Stanley Moss's 'Ill Met By Moonlight', WWII adventures on Crete when Fermor kidnapped a German general! The two got on well thanks to a shared love of Latin verse, and were reunited emotionally on 'This Is Your Life' in 1972.

Simon Knott @simoninsuffolk.bsky.social · 1d

The writer Patrick Leigh Fermor was born #OTD 11 February 1915. In December 1933, at the age of 18, he set out to walk across Europe from London to Constantinople, a journey which took him four years. His story captures the continent in the deceptive peace before the Second World War. 1/3

David Burrows @dbfamilylaw.bsky.social · 2d

Court allows surveillance
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Court allows surveillance

P&O can rely on secret filming to defend £10m personal injury claim

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David Burrows @dbfamilylaw.bsky.social · 2d

@davidallengreen.bsky.social Why disclosure of Mandelson documents to Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (ISC) is so rare and potentially so damaging for the government emptycity.substack.com/p/three-reas...

Three reasons why the Mandelson disclosure exercise will be a shock for the government

Ministers and officials usually are in control of disclosure exercises - but here they will not be - and why that matters

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David Burrows @dbfamilylaw.bsky.social · 2d

'The Epstein emails are a demonstration of how misogyny – there really should be a stronger word for it in this context – is a currency, lavishly spent to show how much power you have.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

What links Jeffrey Epstein and Keir Starmer’s government? A thick seam of contempt | Nesrine Malik

We’re often told the PM is a ‘decent’ man. But in appointing Peter Mandelson he chose political convenience over doing right by trafficked women and girls, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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David Burrows @dbfamilylaw.bsky.social · 2d

In Mandelson' world where so many people seem to be 'against' you www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Mandelson I knew had a fatal flaw: he was a machiavellian who always cast himself as a victim | Andy McSmith

The UK’s first ‘spin doctor’ was immensely valuable to those he served. But he always felt entitled to more, says political journalist Andy McSmith

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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 2d

Not today's main point, but I do find it odd that ministers are signalling their support of Keir Starmer - pretty important as their silence is interpreted as a sign they might quit and force him to resign! - by... posting on X.

You know, the site condemned for being an AI porn hellscape last month

David Burrows @dbfamilylaw.bsky.social · 2d

We all live in Jeffrey Epstein's sick, sick world open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

We all live in Jeffrey Epstein's world

The most disturbing revelation so far

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David Burrows @dbfamilylaw.bsky.social · 2d

@alfdubs.bsky.social all good luck in your work for refugee and asylum seekers, especially of children. (If it is of interest, you worked with my father in the 1970s)

David Burrows @dbfamilylaw.bsky.social · 3d

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Keir Starmer’s electoral suicide – and how to fix it

Labour must abandon its “punch a hippy” strategy

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David Burrows @dbfamilylaw.bsky.social · 3d

Starmer will bring down the Labour party open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...

Keir Starmer’s electoral suicide – and how to fix it

Labour must abandon its “punch a hippy” strategy

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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 3d

Sir Sadiq Khan has stepped up his calls to reverse Brexit, describing it as his “ultimate goal” for the UK to join the European Union.
In an interview with The Observer, the Labour Mayor said he wanted Sir Keir Starmer to show more ambition on rebuilding links with the EU...

Sadiq Khan says his ‘ultimate goal’ is to reverse Brexit

Mayor of London urges PM to show more ambition in rebuilding links with EU

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David Burrows @dbfamilylaw.bsky.social · 3d

emptycity.substack.com/p/the-consti... Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (ISC): for members of parliament to insist that it is for a parliamentary committee, and not the cabinet, to decide on what constitutes prejudice to national security is an extraordinary development.

David Burrows @dbfamilylaw.bsky.social · 3d

JAC: another departure open.substack.com/pub/rozenber...; but how and who to 'choose' judges

JAC: another departure

This time, the acting chair steps down. But who needs judges?

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David Burrows @dbfamilylaw.bsky.social · 3d

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Asked if Mahmood had “pulled up the drawbridge” on child refugees, Dubs replied: “It looks like it”. Dubs, 93, was transported to the UK through the Kindertransport train organised by the Berlin-based stockbroker Sir Nicholas Winton.

‘Pulling up the drawbridge’: Alf Dubs criticises Shabana Mahmood’s plans for child refugees

Exclusive: Labour peer, who came to UK as a refugee, says some ministers try to show they won’t ‘just do things because of their background’

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David Burrows @dbfamilylaw.bsky.social · 3d

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Alf Dubs, a Labour party member for more than 50 years, accused Starmer’s government of using asylum like a “political football” while courting voters on the right of the Conservative party and of Reform.

‘Pulling up the drawbridge’: Alf Dubs criticises Shabana Mahmood’s plans for child refugees

Exclusive: Labour peer, who came to UK as a refugee, says some ministers try to show they won’t ‘just do things because of their background’

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David Burrows @dbfamilylaw.bsky.social · 6d

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Starmer in deepening trouble over Mandelson with intelligence and security committee increasingly involved

No 10 defies calls to sack Morgan McSweeney over Mandelson appointment

Amid warnings McSweeney’s survival would leave his position ‘untenable’, PM apologises to Epstein’s victims for appointing Mandelson as US ambassador

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David Burrows @dbfamilylaw.bsky.social · 7d

www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f... Elon Musk calls Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez a ‘tyrant’ over plan to ban under-16s from social media and curb hateful content
Pedro Sánchez says urgent action needed to protect children from ‘digital wild west’, drawing anger from owner of X

Elon Musk calls Spanish PM a ‘tyrant’ over plan to ban under-16s from social media and curb hateful content

Pedro Sánchez says urgent action needed to protect children from ‘digital wild west’, drawing anger from owner of X

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David Burrows @dbfamilylaw.bsky.social · 7d

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Keir Starmer, the intelligence services and just about everyone else knew that Peter Mandelson was still mates with Jeffrey Epstein long after the financier had been convicted of child prostitution.