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You won’t pay for every ill person to have a Harley street consultant on retainer would you?

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Lol that you chose that as a benchmark. If they were anywhere near that there wouldn’t be a strike

Driver arrested for hit and run, after killing a cyclist in Arizona.

https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/man-arrested-hit-run-death-bicyclist-buckeye-police

All this lawyer chit chat reminds me of that book by the Secret Barrister which IIRC goes into explaining a lot of this stuff.

In America they've started pouring drivers into cars now? WTAF

they've started pouring drivers into cars now?

I imagine the cops pulling him out sort of like how you pull a cooked escargot out of its shell.
With a soft, wet slurp like sound.

Johnson did ask the Times/Mail to spike the story about giving Carrie a £100k job.

Jabba the Hut in human form.

https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2022/06/boris-carrie-and-whack-mole.html

So does the cover-up become the story, or do the Tory press all stay true to their orders line and ignore it? Let's find out...

Tony Gallagher

Surprise, surprise...

Brilliant!

Criminal barristers get paid very little for the work they do. They have very good degrees from very good universities and those who weren't put through uni by mummy and daddy carry crippling student debt they are unlikely to ever pay off. Given their qualifications all of them could earn much more if they changed careers but they do what they do because they believe in the law, the legal process, and everyone's right to a fair trial, in otherwords being a criminal barrister or solicitor is a calling.

I suggest you educate yourself maybe start by reading the secret barrister. It really is an eye opening account of how the Tories have fucked over the legal system.

FWIW I have two family members who were senior criminal barristers. Both became judges when the Tories stopped allowing legal aid to pay QC rates (this means that if your defense relies on a complex point of law it is almost certain that the person arguing your case will not have the necessary experience to do so). Both of them would tell you in no uncertain terms (but in much more pleasant language) what utter bullshit it is you are spouting.

How do the people who think the Times takes orders from Downing Street square that with all the stories that the Times have scooped over the last couple of years that damage the government and Boris?

I'm not sure what it is you think I've said you disagree with so strongly.

criminal barrister... £100k a year

Trololololol

We can only imagine the damaging stories that they have spiked

i'm just curious, as a criminal barrister

You're really coming across kind of a dick here but maybe it's just your natural hard-earned barrister skillz

Was it really necessary to take the opposing position just to wind up half the thread?

Sitting here like "when is somebody gonna notice he said that?!"

Samesies.

Noticed, didn't care because of the bad faith shown.

Which is amusing after he told Lindsay Hoyle that it wasn't appropriate for politicians to meddle with the free press

Johnson is duplicitous?

Huge if true

How do the people who think the Times takes orders from Downing Street square that with all the stories that the Times have scooped over the last couple of years

The allegation in the linked story is that the deputy editor took advantage of the editors absence. You could also postulate that calling in a favour like this isn’t something that can be done every time.

there is bound to be articles

Barrister or barista?

Considering the importance of being able to make a coherent and convincing argument, persuading the audience of your case, you look overpaid to me.