Sean Jones KC
@seanjones.org
King’s Counsel. Serious about Law, but only about Law.
General Editor of Tolley’s Employment Handbook.
Trustee of FRU
Member of Chelsea Pitch Owners board
Co-founder of Billable Hour Appeal.
General Editor of Tolley’s Employment Handbook.
Trustee of FRU
Member of Chelsea Pitch Owners board
Co-founder of Billable Hour Appeal.
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Sean Jones KC
@seanjones.org
· Oct 6
Announcing @billablehour.bsky.social's very first Halloween T-shirt by the fabulous @soengery.bsky.social. Links in the reply. Also available in extra Goth.
As usual, all proceeds go to @savechildrenuk.bsky.social /1
As usual, all proceeds go to @savechildrenuk.bsky.social /1
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I’m on my nonsense again. This week’s Six Things:
– Delia Derbyshire
– First Last Anything
– global webcams
– Trainspose
– Shakespeare deaths
– groovy word game
open.substack.com/pub/levparik...
– Delia Derbyshire
– First Last Anything
– global webcams
– Trainspose
– Shakespeare deaths
– groovy word game
open.substack.com/pub/levparik...
Six Things, Volume 135
Delia | First Last Anything | Webcams | Trainspose | Shakespeare Deaths | Omiword
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I’m on my nonsense again. This week’s Six Things:
– Delia Derbyshire
– First Last Anything
– global webcams
– Trainspose
– Shakespeare deaths
– groovy word game
open.substack.com/pub/levparik...
– Delia Derbyshire
– First Last Anything
– global webcams
– Trainspose
– Shakespeare deaths
– groovy word game
open.substack.com/pub/levparik...
I struggle to see why turning ourselves into a society so unwelcoming that even those afraid for the lives are deterred from coming is something we would actually *want*.
November 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I struggle to see why turning ourselves into a society so unwelcoming that even those afraid for the lives are deterred from coming is something we would actually *want*.
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*crumbles into dust*
November 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
*crumbles into dust*
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Another video from Charlotte, NC. Property owners scare off federal agents after they question a man putting up Christmas lights.
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Another video from Charlotte, NC. Property owners scare off federal agents after they question a man putting up Christmas lights.
With the aged P in M&S. She is buying ready meals for one and I am not sure whether this is a comment on my cooking, my company or both.
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
With the aged P in M&S. She is buying ready meals for one and I am not sure whether this is a comment on my cooking, my company or both.
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Can anyone who thinks the new settlement rules could reduce a "pull fsctor" explain why the 2022 Nationality And Borders Act (only temporary protection if come without permission) and 2023 Illegal Migration Act (can't claim asylum at all if unauthorised) didn't stop the boats/reduce the flow
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Can anyone who thinks the new settlement rules could reduce a "pull fsctor" explain why the 2022 Nationality And Borders Act (only temporary protection if come without permission) and 2023 Illegal Migration Act (can't claim asylum at all if unauthorised) didn't stop the boats/reduce the flow
Been on trains for about 5 hours now, but although I’m still a few hours from home it’s a NGD!!
November 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Been on trains for about 5 hours now, but although I’m still a few hours from home it’s a NGD!!
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you will not be disappointed
Jason Atherton’s restaurant is promoting its Sunday lunch using guess which song #AccidentalPartridge www.instagram.com/reel/DP1AqRH...
Sael on Instagram: "£27 per head for our classic Sunday Roast！
Includes one cauliflower cheese.
Sharing platter for 2/4/6, plus unlimited trimmings.
🥕🥔🥦
A British tradition dating back to the 15th...
3,230 likes, 93 comments - sael_london on October 15, 2025: "£27 per head for our classic Sunday Roast！
Includes one cauliflower cheese.
Sharing platter for 2/4/6, plus unlimited trimmings.
🥕🥔🥦
A ...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
you will not be disappointed
Met a lovely sherrif last night who told me that his wife used to follow me on Twitter until I posted a video of the kitchen window in Torridon crawling with midges.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Met a lovely sherrif last night who told me that his wife used to follow me on Twitter until I posted a video of the kitchen window in Torridon crawling with midges.
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I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Since it is apparently time to engineer cultural cohesion, we should set out a plan. The aim, of course, is that we should all ultimately adopt the culture native to Essex. It will need to be staged so in the first phase we will be requiring Yorkshire people to be more Scottish.
November 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Since it is apparently time to engineer cultural cohesion, we should set out a plan. The aim, of course, is that we should all ultimately adopt the culture native to Essex. It will need to be staged so in the first phase we will be requiring Yorkshire people to be more Scottish.
If we accept someone is a genuine refugee and they build a life here, perhaps have children born here, what is the advantage to us of expelling them once we’ve persuaded ourselves that their country of origin is safe?
November 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
If we accept someone is a genuine refugee and they build a life here, perhaps have children born here, what is the advantage to us of expelling them once we’ve persuaded ourselves that their country of origin is safe?
Chasing the xenophobic vote has destroyed the Conservative Party, why would Labour think it will work for them?
November 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Chasing the xenophobic vote has destroyed the Conservative Party, why would Labour think it will work for them?
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Bought these gorgeous cards and wrapping paper. Beautiful stuff.
November 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Bought these gorgeous cards and wrapping paper. Beautiful stuff.
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It just doesn't. At all.
The common law imposes no restrictions at all on how the UK state must behave. None. How could it, it is part of our domestic law, not an international law norm.
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The common law imposes no restrictions at all on how the UK state must behave. None. How could it, it is part of our domestic law, not an international law norm.
/3
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It just doesn't. At all.
The common law imposes no restrictions at all on how the UK state must behave. None. How could it, it is part of our domestic law, not an international law norm.
/3
The common law imposes no restrictions at all on how the UK state must behave. None. How could it, it is part of our domestic law, not an international law norm.
/3
My decision to put off getting a flu jab until after: a 2 hr flight; 8 hrs at a conference with 100+ people; a 2.5 hour journey in a packed train full of people coughing; a dinner with several hundred people and a 6 hour train journey back to London, suggests I’m more optimistic than I thought.
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
My decision to put off getting a flu jab until after: a 2 hr flight; 8 hrs at a conference with 100+ people; a 2.5 hour journey in a packed train full of people coughing; a dinner with several hundred people and a 6 hour train journey back to London, suggests I’m more optimistic than I thought.
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"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
Dear apologists, the answer to the question “is trafficking a 15 year old for sex really all that bad?” is yes. I hope that clears that up for you.
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Dear apologists, the answer to the question “is trafficking a 15 year old for sex really all that bad?” is yes. I hope that clears that up for you.
Staying with family in Scotland, my host put Question Time on. I’ve avoided it for years now and … OMG.
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Staying with family in Scotland, my host put Question Time on. I’ve avoided it for years now and … OMG.
<Phone rings>
Growth Fairy: Get that would you mate, I’m watching Homes Under the Hammer.
Efficiency Fairy: Don’t trouble your fat ass.
…
EF: That was you know who and we’re back baby, we’re so back.
Growth Fairy: Get that would you mate, I’m watching Homes Under the Hammer.
Efficiency Fairy: Don’t trouble your fat ass.
…
EF: That was you know who and we’re back baby, we’re so back.
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
<Phone rings>
Growth Fairy: Get that would you mate, I’m watching Homes Under the Hammer.
Efficiency Fairy: Don’t trouble your fat ass.
…
EF: That was you know who and we’re back baby, we’re so back.
Growth Fairy: Get that would you mate, I’m watching Homes Under the Hammer.
Efficiency Fairy: Don’t trouble your fat ass.
…
EF: That was you know who and we’re back baby, we’re so back.
I’m not saying I won’t moan about it when the time comes to pay, but I think the Govt should raise my income tax because I am profoundly worried about the state of public services.
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I’m not saying I won’t moan about it when the time comes to pay, but I think the Govt should raise my income tax because I am profoundly worried about the state of public services.
And yet, he chose you as VP. Curious.
JD Vance claims Trump "has better instincts about human beings than anybody I've ever met ... it's almost a supernatural ability"
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
And yet, he chose you as VP. Curious.
But incriminating evidence only matters in a politics which is reality-based.
November 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
But incriminating evidence only matters in a politics which is reality-based.
Seasoned travelers: a red light went off when I presented my flight boarding pass. I was asked for my passport and to sit to one side. A few minutes later I got the passport back. When I asked what the problem had been all I got was “they just needed to ask a couple of questions”. Any ideas?
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Seasoned travelers: a red light went off when I presented my flight boarding pass. I was asked for my passport and to sit to one side. A few minutes later I got the passport back. When I asked what the problem had been all I got was “they just needed to ask a couple of questions”. Any ideas?