#FakeLaw

I understand that @RobertJenrick has been on Question Time tonight peddling the #FakeLaw myth that we spend more on legal aid than any other country.This was a lie when his
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Andrew tells lies about legal aid.Andrew tells lies about immigration.Andrew tells lies about lawyers.Andrew incites hatred towards lawyers.Andrew is verging close to inciting violence towards lawyers.Andrew needs to be careful.#FakeLaw
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That’s not the conclusion.You’ve taken a report showing that justice spending in England & Wales has *decreased* and is *below* the European average, and you’ve isolated legal aid & compared
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More #FakeLaw from @pritipatel’s fundamentally dishonest Home Office.“Convicted foreign criminals” have absolutely *NOTHING* to do with the asylum system.The @ukhomeoffice is spreading false information and should immediately issue a
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Gutter journalism. #FakeLaw. 1. This man was not “handed £400k”. This is a lie. That was the overall cost of legal aid in his criminal and immigration proceedings. This is
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Gutter journalism. #FakeLaw. 1. This man was not “handed” £2.5m. This is a lie. That was the overall cost of legal aid in long-running serious criminal proceedings. This is like
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Some facts to counter this #FakeLaw from @MoJGovUK. [THREAD]1. The Crown Court backlog dropped to a 10-year low in 2019 very briefly and only because the government created a huge
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Gather round, children.The Mail on Sunday is pushing some vintage #FakeLaw today, with a classic reheating of some #LegalAidLies in the ongoing war on asylum seekers. Let’s take a brief
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Some Sunday morning #FakeLaw to deconstruct, courtesy of our regular guest star, The Sun.Buckle up, kids [THREAD] 1. Firstly, this man did not “spend £165,000”. That is a lie. This
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In 2018 I published a book on how politicians have broken our criminal justice system.In 2020 I published a book on how politicians lie to us about the law.Still didn’t
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Gutter journalism. #FakeLaw by The Sun and The Mail.A truly vile exploitation of a grieving widow to make dishonest and intellectually void attacks on legal aid and the rule of
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At the risk of giving this kind of #FakeLaw the publicity it craves, the reality is that thousands will read it, and I do think it’s important to put the
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“Seeing justice truly done” is an interesting soundbite.Is it, as this incoherent, sub-sixth-form essay rant suggests, only about locking more people up for longer?Or does “justice truly done” mean a
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*** TAKEN: THE LEGAL LIVE-TWEET - THE RULES***This lecture explores the cinematic classic 'Taken’ through the lens of English and Welsh law. Contributions and observations are welcome, but I'm perfectly
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