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If Johnson genuinely believed the press held him to account, he would move to dismantle itLike he is seeking to with an independent judiciary, parliamentary scrutiny, an impartial civil service
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The suggestion that a sovereign state cannot be sovereign when it is party to a treaty is inherently absurd, as the modern notion of a sovereign state is that it
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Why lawyers, law students and anyone interested in the law should subscribe to @prospect_uk - and take advantage of getting @BarristerSecret book (offer has been extended to today)1.https://twitter.com/prospect_clark/status/1301146036149383
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Shamima BegumWhy the Court of Appeal judgment was a careful balancing act, and not a political decisionMy latest @FT 'guided tour' video, with @tomhannen FT: https://www.ft.com/video/53b1674e-5988-4aa9-a5eb-13899a550831?utm_source=d
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A commitment this significant would have had to have been explicit, not implicitThis assertion is nonsense, legally and otherwise: no court would imply such a termSo this would be a
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MidnightThe option has now expired for the United Kingdom to extend the Brexit transition period The transition period will now end, by automatic operation of law, on 31 December 2020There
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Regulation 6 - the prohibition on leaving or staying out of your house reasonable excuse - no longer applies from tomorrowReplaced with: "No person may, without reasonable excuse, stay overnight
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Some wrap-up thoughts on Cummings, media, law and policy1. Right legal outcome, on any sensible legal viewCastle Barnard trip was a breach of the regulations, but - without evidence of
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Power of police to direct a person home is under regulation 8(3)(a): http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/350/regulation/8/madeTo exercise power, police must be consider there was a breach of 6(1) - there was no reasonable
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Fwiw, current hypothesis1 Cummings statement was reverse-engineered to explain away actual/potential adverse evidence and stay within law/guidance2 That statement was latest in sequence of improvisations3 Trip to Durham and/or Barnard
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A short thread on Fake NewsAm slowly putting together a full analysis of the Cummings statement(These things take time)But a quick word about "fake news"1. There have been false/incomplete/misdirecting news
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This tweet by @bbclaurak becomes more fascinating as one looks at the statement of CummingsNot even an open tweet, but using the "source" to contradict a breaking storyThe "source" however
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