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Law and magic - a thread (I have tweeted this before, but the 'lockdown' prohibitions have reminded me)1. You may think that magical thinking was something only our ancestors did,
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For those who were shocked/concerned by the torture of Iraq civilians by UK soldiers in my posts/video last week, please also see what happened in:Kenya https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau_Mau_Uprising#British_war_crimesHooded Men, Northern I
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This is Baha Mousa with his sonBaha Mousa was an Iraq civilian who was killed in 2003 by British soldiersHe was in detention and under restraintHe was tortured to deathA
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In the days of Grayling, Gove and Truss as Lord Chancellor there was the conventional view that all would be ok for the Rule of Law if only we had
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This government seems to think that issuing bans - lockdowns, curfews - is enough to arrest the spread of the virusNo thought has gone into some of the bans (the
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Look at the date of this tweet.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/752849315094298624 Yes, reply guys, there is 'always a tweet' - but that doesn't mean such tweets should not have a further thoughtThe reason the
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Two current legal/constitutional events - formally unconnected - go to why there are serious problems about the UK state1. The first is the drama over the threatened breach of domestic
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The UK’s constitution is not workingWhen there is no proper accountability and transparency, government policymaking becomes sloppyNew by me, at @FT https://www.ft.com/content/27e55f9b-018e-4f52-80c7-97844629f351 "The UK constitution
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Just reading around the 1933 Enabling Act for no particular reasonSome general observations follow1. When we think of 'Enabling Act' and Germany, we think of the 1933 oneBut in fact
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Once upon a time a government proposed breaking the lawThe matter got to the first gatekeeper, the government's most senior legal official'you cannot do that, I will resign'But he government
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French fishermen are no doubt looking forward to breaching international law in "specific" ways Spain is no doubt looking forward to breaching international law regarding Gibraltar in "specific" ways Argentina
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WELL(rare use of block capitals)https://twitter.com/SebastianEPayne/status/1303265244941373446 This is significant, so very significant The head of the government legal service is also, historically, the Treasury SolicitorA grand title and
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