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Jo Maugham QC
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"It's as serious as it gets". Please watch this clip in which a Consultant doctor risks his career by ignoring a legal gag to bring you the truth about No Deal. 1/2 bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07…
We at @GoodLawProject have been fighting this for months. Today we will lodge an urgent legal appeal. We don't know how many are affected because of legal gags. It could be hundreds of thousands or millions. Please help, we need more funding. 2/2 crowdjustice.com/case/not-ready…
More detail of the Government's staggeringly dangerous plans here. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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Jo Maugham QC
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Extraordinary for the Department of Health to be pushing advice that epilepsy sufferers should simply "Keep calm and carry on". THREAD.
Lots of extraordinary things about that tweet - not least the denial of a linkage to Brexit. Here's what the Department of Health's rushed consultation said.

The linkage, literally, could not be clearer.
Indeed, that rushed consultation (why was it rushed if not because it was in contemplation of No Deal?) goes on explicitly to contemplate that No Deal might generate "multiple large shortages".
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Jo Maugham QC
@JolyonMaugham
The arguments against this amendment in the Lords (waitingfortax.com/2019/04/04/an-…) are so reminiscent of the arguments about why I was wrong to pursue the Wightman case (and are being made by many of the same people). Here's what I'm saying to them about why the amendment is needed.
Here's what the EU Council Decision says about an extension beyond 12 April. Nothing in the Cooper/Letwin Bill puts the PM under any obligation to "indicate a way forward... for consideration". So it's as easy as you like for the PM to sidestep it.
And all the signs are that that's exactly what she's choosing to do. Isn't this exactly what you'd say today if you were her and had decided to go for No Deal?
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Jo Maugham QC
@JolyonMaugham
If this is right, the Government is playing roulette with our future. And following the decision of MPs (and the *unforgiveable* decision of the Labour Party) not to support the Cherry Motion, power to decide whether to No Deal or Revoke rests entirely in the hands of a Tory PM.
I've just drafted an amendment to the Cooper Letwin Bill in light of the above development. Trying to get it tabled. Do suggest amendments. waitingfortax.com/2019/04/04/an-…
For those wondering, the Business of the House Motion adopted yesterday creates Parliamentary time in the Commons to deal with any amendments made in the Lords.
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Mabalel
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There *will* be a public enquiry even if we have to set it up and fund it ourselves. Here's something to bear in mind. In December 2016 the #BBC revealed private advice given to Ministers, by Sir Ivan Rogers, then our ambassador to the EU. Who leaked it?
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
Who told the BBC? (I notice that John Redwood seemed pleased to see Rogers go.) On 3 January 2017, Rogers resigned. Was he forced? What on earth had Rogers done? He had told Ministers, CONFIDENTIALLY, that a UK-EU trade deal might take 10 years to materialise.(Btw, he was right.)
Ministers insisted a deal could be done within 2 years. Well, they certainly got that wrong! Nicholas MacPherson, Civil Servant Mandarin, now a Crossbench Peer, said at the time [Rogers'] departure marked a "wilful" and "total destruction" of EU expertise within Whitehall.
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So your favourite voice of @chesterforeu is back and I thought I would share some of our best bits from Saturday. \thread

What an amazing day that was.
We started early on coaches trains cars and planes to get to our meeting point
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Joel Benjamin
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The #BBC's @Hoskea10 digs into #LOBOloan bank debt at Sheffield City Council (from 27mins) bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… #Sheffield had to pay a £12.3m "breakage loan" to the Royal Bank of Scotland #RBS to escape a £20m loan.
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bpas
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The #BBC says it will not include abortion information on its Action Line website - a site that provides signposting for viewers seeking support on issues covered in their programmes - because it's too "contentious".

Our press release: bpas.org/about-our-char…
These organisations have written to the @BBC calling on them to reverse their stance. Read our letter in full here: bpas.org/media/3103/let…
The issue emerged after an episode of #CallTheMidwife, in which a woman died from an illegal backstreet abortion. Viewers visited BBC Action Line for support but were unable to find information on abortion.
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Cheryl Platz
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It's time for my 2018 #design recap! Less writing, more @ideaplatz speaking and podcasts, and a job transition to boot. I expanded my public talks to include not just VUI but conversational UI, artificial intelligence, and improv for creativity. Here's my year... 1/
My first 2018 post was aimed at #VUI #design job seekers. Rather than reply to a series of 1:1 inquiries, I look for patterns to inspire published pieces. A VERY common question: "Any tips for my Amazon/Google/etc voice design interview?" #voiceFirst medium.com/@muppetaphrodi… 2/
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BBC Radio Word at one #wato had this absolutely ludicrous interview with Christopher Montgomery MP. It's so bat-shit crazy, I've transcribed it below. 16.20 in on this link if you don't believe me, and I can see why you wouldn't.... bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09…
Interviewer: "Christopher Montgomerie - though a conservative now was until recently the DUP's chief of staff at Westminster he joins me now Mr Montgomerie, is it fair to say with reference to this document "never, never, never"?
CM: "absolutely, it's dead on arrival"

Interviewer:"is there anything worth discussing within the document as far as you think the DUP might be concerned?
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