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11 Sep, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Put the telly on Britain. Right now. #USOpen2021
The composure of both of these immensely talented young players on such a stage. Wow.

We’re cheering you on @EmmaRaducanu!
What a superstar!! Not a set lost in this #USOpen2021

So blown away by this powerful play and poise @EmmaRaducanu!

Exciting times for her, for us and for tennis ahead! 🎈🎈🎈
What a gorgeous, elegant speech @leylahfernandez! These two women, all class and all talent.

So exciting for tennis!

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India is verging on a catastrophic crisis. And the consequences will impact beyond India’s borders.

An international community - otherwise keen to pursue friendly trade deals - must be able to offer immediate assistance to a people in need. I hope Britain will lead. #O2IndiaSOS
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20 Apr
My India TL is full of the most harrowing stories, images, cries for help and heroic efforts, by medical staff and citizens alike. The government remains all but absent.

Watching this unfold in real time on Twitter, the scale is hard to comprehend. And heartbreaking.
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16 Apr
Breaking News from Hong Kong: Senior lawyers Martin Lee QC, Margaret Ng & Albert Ho have been handed suspended sentences.

Jimmy Lai & other pro-democracy veterans Lee Cheuk-yan, Cyd Ho, Leung Kwok-hung jailed immediately, sentences ranging from 8 to 18 months. H/t @alvinllum
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16 Apr
#HongKong “For the law must serve the people, not the people the law"

Barrister Margaret Ng speaking at her sentencing, alongside 7 veteran pro-democracy & human rights figures, inc Martin Lee QC & Jimmy Lai, convicted on 1 April for taking part in August 2019 protests.
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She adds “The law should give protection to rights, not take them away, especially in Hong Kong, where structural democracy is still absent”.
Today’s critical question posed in this Hong Kong court 👇🏼:-
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13 Apr
#FreedomofExpression judgments from @ECHR_CEDH on journalists in Turkey today, pending since 2017. #AhmetAltan, convicted of "aiding a terrorist organisation" for 3 columns, imprisoned for 4 years 7 months already. Court finds violations of Articles 5(1) (4) & 10, but not Art 18.
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Now, Turkish authorities must release him immediately.
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Nobody is above the law. A basic premise of the rule of law.

Judicial review acts as an essential check to ensure the government acts within the law.

That *is* its intended purpose.
Here's the Faulks Review of judicial review. I haven't had time to do more than skim the conclusions yet.

They note "the submissions are without exception opposed to, or at best not persuaded of, the need for reform."

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The concluding observations of the Faulks review counsel a high degree of caution. They are polite, but they are extremely firm.

“The govt should think long and hard before seeking to curtail (the independence of the judiciary).”
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