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17 May, 4 tweets, 2 min read
I will be on the BBC news channel just after 830 this evening talking about this topic
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17 May
A good statement.
You may have noticed I have been quiet on the current conflict. That is deliberate - what is happening in Israel-Palestine is very personal for me for various reasons. The issue is hugely important - from a human rights perspective - but not one which I am a particular expert on
and I feel that others on this platform are better placed to comment than I am. I have, as some will know, experienced some difficult and scary situations over the past few years relating to antisemitism and other abuse and I have become a bit more circumspect about what I...
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14 May
🚨The travel regulations have been completely replaced - last thing on Friday before they come into force on Monday

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021

legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/582/…
I have no idea if they are substantially different or not - the explanatory note is extremely sparse!

I'm not going to be able to spend the next hour reading the 91 pages for you I'm afraid!
Interestingly, there has been no amendment yet to the Steps regulations to put the country into Step 3 from Monday, or to get rid of the "reasonable excuse" requirement for foreign travel. This is either coming shortly or the govt is going to delay it.
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13 May
I was involved in a campaign at my university to stop David Irving coming to speak, which was successful. It would have been utterly ridiculous (indeed, grotesque) he had been compensated for being disinvited.
I think there are complex issues around freedom of speech and speech which is not illegal, but I am confident those issues are better dealt with on the ground then by some government quango which has been expressly set up to protect particular political viewpoints
The particular example of David Irving is instructive. It was not clear cut that he would be disinvited (indeed, he was reinvited a 2 years later), but there was a thoughtful campaign and debate. There was no attempt to involve law which is not always the sharpest tool in the box
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12 May
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Looking forward to Sir James Eadie QC bowling up at Basingstoke County Court to make this application
(If this is a private matter then the government legal department and treasury counsel should not be acting for the PM)
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10 May
The Prime Minister has confirmed that "Step 3" restrictions will come into force, as expected, from Monday 17 May. Short summary in the thread below (which also explains the context).

You can find the law here: legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/364/…
And guidance here: gov.uk/government/pub…
What you won't find in the regulations is the "you can now hug" rule - that's because the recommendation against hugging has been part of social distancing guidance, not law.

But we are now all so hopelessly confused about the difference that I forgive you
What is really important is that I can from Monday update my thread on the indoor 'sex ban' - a real ban, illegal - for people who don't live together and aren't in a linked household, in place in some parts of the UK for well over a year!

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10 May
Would it be contrary to Article 6 ECHR to find someone in contempt of court + send to prison (or fine) and have no right of review or appeal?
I deal with contempt of court cases fairly regularly (as it happens in the environmental protest context) and there are strong appeal rights from the High Court - you don't need permission and legal aid generally available. Supreme Court (v unusual procedure) has no clear...
... right of appeal. I am being a bit lazy by not looking up whether in certain circumstance lack of appeal right might be a breach of Article 6 ECHR (right to fair trial), I do recall reading somewhere there is no right of appeal in Art 6, but contempt interesting jurisdiction
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