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Good read

Love their writing.

This criticism is the rather regrettable sort of fallacy you risk when you seek opinions on criminal law from writers with no experience of the criminal courts, but it is hard to convey in sober terms how utterly batshit this proposition is

Love their writing

+1

"and his colleague Michael Fabricant suggested he would bring the intellectual might of the Home Secretary to bear on the case"

Thanks RHB.

That explains a lot about the legal verdict was reached (as inexplicable as it seems on the surface to a layman).

This info is long overdue. The papers should have explained this as soon as the jury came in. Another point to bring up is that legal precedents like this one immediately become part of
the UK's written constitution, as have the many other cases where protesters have admitted offences but been acquitted.

Another point to bring up is that legal precedents like this one immediately become part of
the UK's written constitution

They don't. A jury verdict does not set precedent.

1. Does this create a precedent? Does it mean that anybody can now pull down a statute of somebody they don’t like without consequence?
   
   

No. And no. Jury verdicts create no precedent in law. If a case with exactly the same facts were tried tomorrow by a different jury, that jury would be entitled to convict.

My bad. Supreme Court judgements do, but not jury trials.

That's not correct either.

An ITV news correspondent covered the Capitol riot on the spot, but the American networks didn't. He has some thoughts on how American TV news is failing to cover Trump's campaign adequately. In 12-18 months Trump is expected to announce he is running again. https://www.newstatesman.com/democracy/2022/01/if-trump-runs-again-are-journalists-ready-itvs-robert-moore-believes-theyre-not

This criticism is the rather regrettable sort of fallacy you risk when you seek opinions on criminal law from writers with no experience of the criminal courts

Worth also mentioning that we have an Attorney General who has no experience of criminal law (and is proving that fact with every Tweet).

Idk if criminal law is that essential for an Attorney General - although who knows with the current government.

Wiki is quiet on her legal career, but it does mention judicial review which you'd think would be more important.

That's a rather good article: thoughtful and detailed but perfectly accessible to the layman. Thanks for sharing.

Idk if criminal law is that essential for an Attorney General - although who knows with the current government.

Sure, not necessarily a preclusion from being appointed to AG but given that she is voicing questionable views on a criminal trial, its very telling.

Agreed.

Not overly keen on her general chat on HR either

Michelle Mone referred company for PPE contracts five days before it was incorporated

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jan/07/michelle-mone-referred-company-for-ppe-contracts-five-days-before-it-was-incorporated

Nothing to see here

Not news, but related to news. And a good pick you up.

https://twitter.com/goyal_izaak/status/1479510892165402632?s=20

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https://gizmodo.com/if-i-fits-i-sits-starlinks-self-heating-internet-sate-1848327155

I’m not sure, it sounds like a business meeting

I like how they just search for Martin Reynolds Drink to find the email.

Bit late but thanks for the SB link

"Djokovic is prominent and wealthy. There was always a chance that he would appeal the visa cancellation and expose the interview process. So many people in a similar uncomfortable position do not have the luxury of hiring a team of lawyers to dissect those procedural ills. It is an important insight and case study into how the immigration authorities are for regular people and how helpless most people are when at the mercy of the border force."

from

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jan/10/day-of-djokovic-mayhem-creates-more-questions-than-answers

Why is the Serbian community so proud of someone that has pissed off to Monaco?

The Met are actually going to investigate the BYOB party. I'm sure Cressida and the sex pests will do a thorough job before deciding there's been no breaking of the rules because someone changed their phone number or something.

The Serbs do seem to love a bit of good old-fashioned nationalism.

As the English love a bit of good old - fashioned sweeping generalisation.