Thread by @JolyonMaugham

We understand that tomorrow @RobertBuckland will call for reform of crowdfunding.

In principle, @GoodLawProject supports a bespoke ethical framework and I have repeatedly called for one: see (for example) lawgazette.co.uk/practice-point…

In practice, the way Government is briefing makes this look like a very specific legislative attack on @GoodLawProject and the work we do.

We at @GoodLawProject have *repeatedly* been commended in judgments by High Court judges for the ethical and responsible way in which we have conducted ourselves. We also have an extraordinary record of success in exposing a Government that is contemptuous of the law.

What is actually happening here is that a corrupt regime - sleazy, self-interested, allergic to transparency and contemptuous of the law - is running scared of the only place and only way in which it can be held to account.

They want to be free to channel your money to their donors without you knowing. Their conduct shames the Union Jack and @GoodLawProject will continue to fight tooth and nail to expose them for the rogues we (and they) know they are.

Here's my response: "Good Law Project has used crowdfunding to expose the sleazy award of PPE contracts to donors and to reverse the unlawful attempt to mislead the Queen and cancel Parliament. Johnson's Government seems allergic to scrutiny."

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