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Have had the delight of having my mentions dominated for the last couple of days by those with Very Strong Opinions about a Scottish independence referendumFrom the perspective of a

Have had a look at the Post Office civil judgments and Mr Justice Fraser has done some awesome judging in this case - both in substance and case management A

Just as the prime minister personally negotiated and agreed a Northern Irish protocol he now calls 'ludicrous' he personally hired, and gave a pay rise to, a chief strategist someone

The Five Ways In Which Prime Minister Boris Johnson Personally Owns The Withdrawal Agreement And Northern Irish Protocol- a thread One - policyJohnson changed the policy of his predecessor Theresa

Could Trump pardon himself?Some thoughts from an English law perspective(I am not an American lawyer but have long been fascinated by pardons and the law, see https://www.newstatesman.com/david-allen-green/2013/07/putting-right-wrong-done-a

If I were Trump's lawyer now (for the sake of exposition), I would start with what could actually be achievedThe aim would be to delay/stop certification of the results at

Animals and legal personality- a thread(Yes, Brexit and Trump and Covid, but sometimes other law and policy issues are worth considering too...)I will add to this thread throughout the day1.

People read the FB post in fullIt said you hoped local businesses which provided free lunches to children would not seek government supportThat was not taken "out of context" -

Quite the extraordinary intervention from the usually sedate world of Channel Islands politics(And I love the sudden and polite 'Thank You' at the end)https://twitter.com/GaryBurgessCI/status/1316772704587067394 Only this government

If Brexit, then Scottish independence and Irish unification Why did the "Conservative and Unionist Party" not see that coming?The EU was the invisible glue that kept the Union togetherhttps://twitter.com/AlbertoNardelli/status/131

Just seen this piece in the Guardian about elephants and legal personalityhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2020/oct/19/is-an-elephant-a-person-a-new-york-court-is-set-to-decideThe implication is that it is a strange ideaBut far s

An executioner executes a sentenceAn undertaker undertakes a taskAre there other occupations where a (general) verb has become the noun? Lots of too-specific examples in reply, but 'undertake' and 'execute'