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Jo Maugham QC @JolyonMaugham
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Just as @GoodLawProject begins a judicial review of the Electoral Commission for failing properly to investigate some highly dodgy dealings by the DUP.

What could possibly, possibly go wrong? bbc.com/news/uk-northe…
(For the avoidance of doubt that is the most rhetorical questions I, one of Her Majesty's Counsel, have ever asked.)
Someone in my office - who I shall not name - has genuinely just done this gesture.
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Wrong on virtually every count.

And only one of us is a convicted criminal, an anti-semite, "Brocialist", deliberately hiding his funders, who has written for the UCL Conservative Newsletter, has a dodgy PhD, and thinks table salt is a chemical weapon.
That would be you, Bastani, you weapon. Meanwhile, put your socks on.
Is this true, @AaronBastani, did you leave the Labour Party because your chosen Blairite lost out in the Labour leadership to his brother? leninology.co.uk/2010/12/more-t…
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There's a perfectly sensible case for a Party leader making policy from on high. But it's pretty grim watching smart folk on the Left demean themselves trying to pretend that's not what Corbyn is doing.
Question for all those folks insisting member-led democracy was served because delegates got to vote on a motion: why didn't they get to vote on whether Labour should commit to a referendum given how over 100 constituencies and at least three quarters of members wanted one?
It's a free country. Subscribe to whatever delusion makes you happy. Just don't expect anyone whose head is screwed on such that their nose and toes point in the same direction to join you in it.
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Only 29% of judges in England and Wales are women. Fewer than 1% are "black or black British".
theguardian.com/law/2019/jan/0…
Of the 1,360 odd *salaried* (ie full-time, permanent) judges in England and Wales the number who are "black or black British" is 7. That's right, about half of one percent.
Source here (Table 1.1). judiciary.uk/wp-content/upl…
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"Automation will lower labor costs"

!!!!!

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Surprise, Google's own Waymo is now testing fully autonomous vehicles around the Mountain View area in California.

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#AdamJoshPredictions

Cabbies, enjoy your career while you can.
You won't admit I'm right, but you'll jot the facts down somewhere.

I literally already knew all this stuff years ago.
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The US (under Obama and Trump) supplied the bombs to Saudis to fight our proxy war against Iran. Saudis likely have plenty of discussions on record that incriminate Obama and Trump officials in the deal, so they’ll get plenty of diplomatic cover from both major political parties.
2. Under a program started by Obama, code-named Timber Sycamore, Saudis contribute both weapons and large sums of money, and CIA trains rebels on using AK-47s and firing tank-destroying missiles.

What could possibly go wrong?

nytimes.com/2016/01/24/wor…
3. Under Democratic & Republican presidents, US has sold hundreds of billions of dollars in arms, intelligence and surveillance tech to Saudis, in support of proxy wars against Iran, neutralizing "terrorists" and to keep the Kingdom "stable" for oil production and US businesses.
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"the legislation will discontinue the need for a doctor’s note or health care provider’s affidavit to change one’s gender marker."
What could POSSIBLY go wrong?!
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@NYCGOV - Allowing anyone to change their gender marker on legal identification sets the stage, nay INVITES, abuse of the system. Allowing any man, with no diagnosis of transsexualism or dysphoria to merely declare himself a woman, and backing it legally,
@nycgov - (continued) easily allows sexual predators access to women in segregated spaces, including restrooms, locker rooms, shelters, and prisons. This does not help transsexual individuals, as we will easily acquire a diagnosis and health care provider's affidavit -
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What could possibly go wrong? nytimes.com/2018/09/01/us/…
Ah, "Republicans pounce," Bruce Ohr addition nytimes.com/2018/09/01/us/…
I'm pretty sure the investigation into "Trump-Russia collusion" by our betters in Congress and the FBI/DOJ has done the discrediting all by itself nytimes.com/2018/09/01/us/…
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BREAKING: Third Brexit whistleblower breaks cover. Ex-Vote Leave staffer says overspending was 'on industrial scale'
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"I am clear that I did not direct the activities of any separate campaign groups," said Theresa May's political secretary, Stephen Parkinson, 3 weeks ago. May says she has "full confidence" in him. Which is lucky. Because it's not what the emails suggest.
This is fun bit. In March, @matthew_elliott submitted evidence to the High Court in response to a judicial review of the Electoral commission by @JolyonMaugham. Here's his witness statement...
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The Senate should be working to #EndGunViolence. Instead, Mitch McConnell is teeing up legislation on what he thinks is a much more pressing issue: fulfilling the wish lists of big bank lobbyists.
The Senate – with the support of some Democrats – is set to start debate on a bill to roll back regulations on the same big banks we bailed out a few years ago. If we lose the final vote next week, we’ll be paving the way for the next big crash. politico.com/story/2018/02/…
The #BankLobbyistAct takes 25 of the 40 biggest banks in the country off the watch list for more federal oversight. It weakens consumer protections on mortgages – and makes it harder to fight racial discrimination in housing. huffingtonpost.com/entry/democrat…
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