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Jo Maugham QC
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Maintaining your usual standards for accuracy, I see. I didn't go to Eton. I went to a sink state school - and was the first member of my family to go to university. I hauled myself up, Toby. You were dragged up, by others.
Hey @toadmeister. Are you going to correct your falsehood ⬆️⬆️⬆️. Or have you joined the sullied ranks of those who are indifferent to the truth of what they say?
Called out for telling porkies, @toadmeister quietly deletes his tweet and, the precious flower, blocks me. Truly, a great hero.
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Lots of lawyers, including some thoughtful lawyers, are uncomfortable, some even angry, about a thread I tweeted this morning from the @GoodLawProject account. So let me put my case. THREAD.
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Hey @BorisJohnson it is a lie to say that MPs voted to leave the EU on 29 March 2019 and you are a liar.
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