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Jan 20 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Here's the response from Government lawyers to our pre-action claim on 23 November that they were blackmailing MPs to vote to exonerate Owen Paterson. Not remotely a denial.
You can read the exchange of correspondence here (the crowdfunder remains closed for the time being). crowdjustice.com/case/tell-no-1…
It's been, I am afraid, the pattern since 2016. Contempt for our constitution. Contempt for the rule of law. Contempt for the truth. And contempt for the public.
If you value our attempts to reverse the decline you can join our mailing list here actions.goodlawproject.org/subscribe or set up a direct debit here goodlawproject.fundraise.tech.

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Jan 21
Interesting question whether Cressida Dick will have to obtain and hand over Sue Gray's evidence pursuant to Ms Dick's duty of candour in Good Law Project's judicial review... theguardian.com/politics/2022/…
A non-Defendant department which holds relevant material is subject to analogous disclosure obligations to those of the Defendant department (extract from Govt guidance on the duty of candour). Can't immediately see why the situation should be different here... Image
If that's so, I think the only question is relevance and if we're saying (amongst other things) that the decision not to investigate is irrational that casts a wide net on relevance. Anyway: watch this space, I guess.
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Jan 16
A good piece from @JonUngoedThomas on some of the (many) problems with Sue Gray's inquiry. theguardian.com/politics/2022/…
You can see the Terms of Reference for her enquiry here.
Her primary purpose is to investigate whether there were breaches of the guidance. She isn't asked to look at whether a criminal offence was committed.
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Jan 13
In a way, what the Met has permitted, parallel criminal law regimes, a normal one for normal people, and a special one for special people, is as profound an attack on the rule of law as Johnson's suspension of Parliament was on democracy.
I use the word "permitted" because I believe the Met is carrying out the will, be it expressed or just understood, of others, likely others in Cabinet.
The Met is gathering evidence in relation to a party attended by one of these two people but not the other. Why might that be?
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Jan 13
"Sue Gray is an immensely capable investigator but one has to recognise that two of the principal actors here – the PM and the cabinet secretary, effectively her bosses – are now deeply implicated in the inquiry." theguardian.com/politics/2022/…
If the Met was investigating you for a criminal offence they would not agree to suspend their enquiry because you told them 'don't worry, I have asked a subordinate to look into it.' So why have they agreed to do it for Johnson?
Sue Gray ought to say 'given the elevated public interest I cannot conduct a truly independent investigation into whether the Cabinet Secretary and PM have broken the law.' And kick the matter back to the Met which is, notionally, independent.
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Jan 12
The High Court has found that the Government's VIP lane - that channelled riches to its friends, donors and associates - was illegal. glplive.org/vip-lane-12012…
As regards the products supplied by the parties, the Court made, amongst others, the following findings. Pestfix's aprons:
More of Pestfix's aprons (Mr Jordan is International Sourcing Lead, PPE within the DHSC: see paragraph 103).
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Jan 11
I wonder how the hundred people who received the email reconciled their silence with public service?
I don't think one can talk of a conspiracy, exactly. But the reliability of the tacit understanding that politicians and, sad to say, civil servants will put self-interest before public interest is responsible for so much of what is wrong in England.
Imagine how much better a country we would be if politicians didn't know that they could break the law and feather their own nests with impunity?
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