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Aka “British state no longer competent to perform basic functions of governance, so will begin stripping citizens of their rights to try to disguise this”
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
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Criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury in order to increase the chances of proceedings collapsing, the courts minister has said, promising to enact radical changes to limit jury trials by the next election.
Drug dealers and career criminals were “laughing in the dock” knowing cases can take years to come to trial, Sarah Sackman told the Guardian, saying inaction would be a road to “chaos and ruin”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Aka “British state no longer competent to perform basic functions of governance, so will begin stripping citizens of their rights to try to disguise this”
Did any politician have more positive impact on Britain in the past 100 years than Barbara Castle?
This week is Road Safety Week & a chance to talk about Barbara Castle!
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
November 20, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Did any politician have more positive impact on Britain in the past 100 years than Barbara Castle?
A measure that has saved tens of thousands of lives - but it is hard to imagine a government taking the political risk of doing something that unpopular today.
The reaction to these sensible measures was extreme..
She received death threats & was told by a BBC journalist 'You're only a woman, you don't drive, what do you know about it?'
This report from the time shows some of the attitudes to the change!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_tq...
She received death threats & was told by a BBC journalist 'You're only a woman, you don't drive, what do you know about it?'
This report from the time shows some of the attitudes to the change!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_tq...
Legal Drunk Drivers from the 1960s
YouTube video by Robert Exley
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
A measure that has saved tens of thousands of lives - but it is hard to imagine a government taking the political risk of doing something that unpopular today.
My French is not the greatest but erm
On est pas bien là ? :)
November 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Am I the only one who thinks the capitalised FINAL is a bit ominous?…
All episodes of the third and FINAL season of Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures will be out December 8th - look at them all grown up as Padawans 🥹
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Am I the only one who thinks the capitalised FINAL is a bit ominous?…
I know that every male British actor has to eventually play a psychopathic villain - but Jack Whitehall- seriously?
November 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I know that every male British actor has to eventually play a psychopathic villain - but Jack Whitehall- seriously?
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Halligan's defense:
November 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Halligan's defense:
Not a lawyer - but this does sound really quite bad.
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Not a lawyer - but this does sound really quite bad.
I’m pretty sure this is the real Colin Firth and he seems like a very decent bloke - give him a follow. #InternationalMensDay
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I’m pretty sure this is the real Colin Firth and he seems like a very decent bloke - give him a follow. #InternationalMensDay
Nice thread
🧵International Men's Day is about trans men. It's about black and brown men. It's about NB people who go through life being seen as men for convenience. It's not only about the boy who gets bullied because he can't throw a football, but the athlete pressured out of a meaningful education.
November 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Nice thread
November 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This is really only the start- the rushed mass recruitment is going to bring in all sorts of monsters.
An ICE employee was among 16 men arrested after trying to solicit a minor for sex in Bloomington, Minnesota, police say
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said during a press conference. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said during a press conference. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
November 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This is really only the start- the rushed mass recruitment is going to bring in all sorts of monsters.
Worth remembering that the guy isn’t just a despicable murderer and a corrupt tyrant he is also a world class incompetent.
Great article about a pretty stupid idea. the more you read about it, the worse of an idea it becomes ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Worth remembering that the guy isn’t just a despicable murderer and a corrupt tyrant he is also a world class incompetent.
Saw a hedgehog at noon just behind Tesco in Botley today. Was not expecting that.
November 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Saw a hedgehog at noon just behind Tesco in Botley today. Was not expecting that.
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Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
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Arseholes: “We don’t need the BBC!!”
The BBC in a boss move: “ Oh really? You sure about that?”
#lineofduty
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The BBC in a boss move: “ Oh really? You sure about that?”
#lineofduty
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Line of Duty to return for seventh series, BBC confirms
Adrian Dunbar, Vicky McClure and Martin Compston will all reprise their roles in the hugely popular drama.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Arseholes: “We don’t need the BBC!!”
The BBC in a boss move: “ Oh really? You sure about that?”
#lineofduty
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The BBC in a boss move: “ Oh really? You sure about that?”
#lineofduty
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
‘A puppy and unlimited toilet paper’ make me wonder if she is trying to re-enact those Andrex advertisements from 1980s Britain. To what end?
November 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
‘A puppy and unlimited toilet paper’ make me wonder if she is trying to re-enact those Andrex advertisements from 1980s Britain. To what end?
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A good way for male academics to celebrate International Mens Day would be to sincerely congratulate the excellent Dr Turner.
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
A good way for male academics to celebrate International Mens Day would be to sincerely congratulate the excellent Dr Turner.
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saturation with Tolkien spinoffs has somehow not prepared our culture for the arrival of dark lords bearing a gift that everyone becomes convinced they can wield to accomplish great things but just makes them dependent and start whispering about preciouses if you suggest just throwing it away
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
saturation with Tolkien spinoffs has somehow not prepared our culture for the arrival of dark lords bearing a gift that everyone becomes convinced they can wield to accomplish great things but just makes them dependent and start whispering about preciouses if you suggest just throwing it away
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It was Miami Herald local reporter Julie Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social who actually covered the Epstein story and blew it wide open. She cared about the victims and Epstein's crimes, not access.
National outlets not only didn't, they refused to. They thought it was tawdry and beneath them.
National outlets not only didn't, they refused to. They thought it was tawdry and beneath them.
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
It was Miami Herald local reporter Julie Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social who actually covered the Epstein story and blew it wide open. She cared about the victims and Epstein's crimes, not access.
National outlets not only didn't, they refused to. They thought it was tawdry and beneath them.
National outlets not only didn't, they refused to. They thought it was tawdry and beneath them.
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Spending International Men's Day writing about how Britain culturally represented men who returned from the First World War across the 20th century. Given there were over 4 million of them, the story is a bit more complicated than 'forgotten heroes' and 'cheerful cripples'. #fww #ww1 #amwriting
November 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Spending International Men's Day writing about how Britain culturally represented men who returned from the First World War across the 20th century. Given there were over 4 million of them, the story is a bit more complicated than 'forgotten heroes' and 'cheerful cripples'. #fww #ww1 #amwriting
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We're still open.
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM
We're still open.
Cryptoinfluencer incels mansplaining evolutionary biology to a woman with a doctorate in evolutionary biology is unlocking a whole new circle of hell in the bad place.
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 19, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Cryptoinfluencer incels mansplaining evolutionary biology to a woman with a doctorate in evolutionary biology is unlocking a whole new circle of hell in the bad place.
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HAHAAHHAHAAHHAAA
Anthropic has posted two jobs, both paying $200K+.
FOR WRITERS. (Looks like a policy/comms hybrid.)
ANTHROPIC.
IS WILLING TO PAY HALF A MILLION A YEAR.
FOR WRITERS.
Whatsamatter boys, can't your plagiarism machine make a compelling case for you?
LOL. LMAO, even. #AI
Anthropic has posted two jobs, both paying $200K+.
FOR WRITERS. (Looks like a policy/comms hybrid.)
ANTHROPIC.
IS WILLING TO PAY HALF A MILLION A YEAR.
FOR WRITERS.
Whatsamatter boys, can't your plagiarism machine make a compelling case for you?
LOL. LMAO, even. #AI
November 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
HAHAAHHAHAAHHAAA
Anthropic has posted two jobs, both paying $200K+.
FOR WRITERS. (Looks like a policy/comms hybrid.)
ANTHROPIC.
IS WILLING TO PAY HALF A MILLION A YEAR.
FOR WRITERS.
Whatsamatter boys, can't your plagiarism machine make a compelling case for you?
LOL. LMAO, even. #AI
Anthropic has posted two jobs, both paying $200K+.
FOR WRITERS. (Looks like a policy/comms hybrid.)
ANTHROPIC.
IS WILLING TO PAY HALF A MILLION A YEAR.
FOR WRITERS.
Whatsamatter boys, can't your plagiarism machine make a compelling case for you?
LOL. LMAO, even. #AI