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Brexit. What’s going on and what’s going to happen? A thread. /1 Famously, the British were not much bothered by the EU until suddenly they were. A lot of effort
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The Shipman piece in today’s Times is a dispiriting read. We do not really know what goes on in the negotiation room. What is said by negotiators to the cameras
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Lightbulb! Boris Johnson’s non-existent unity: 1/n Remember how Boris Johnson suggested that once he’d “got Brexit done”, there would be levelling up and “unity”? It may have surprised you how
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A word or two about barristers who do publicly-funded criminal and family law. To get into any set of chambers these days you have to have pretty much excelled in
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"Let's get going" and Brexit's message drift /1 Brexit was sold on an implicit (and occasionally explicit) promise: that it was a solution to a problem. The root problem was
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Two things stuck with me today. The first was the documentary on BBC2 about an Italian hospital tackling the Coronavirus. The second was Mark Francois’s graceless letter to Barnier. /1
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Why am I angry about how the Govt has dealt with the Cummings affair? - A short thread /1 It’s not because of Brexit. Cummings’s role in the Leave campaign
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Taken at face value, there are some significant questions.1. Everyone working close to him had been or was ill. Why did he not self-isolate?2. 27/3 Wife fell ill. Why did
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If you follow any barristers on Twitter, you have probably at least glimpsed a discussion about mental health at the Bar. This thread is my first contribution. It’s discrete because
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In the session this morning I was asked a question by @LinkyTrott and wandered off into a burble. /1 Say an employer needs to furlough staff. They want to put
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I’m worried we’re not polarised enough, so ... you are allowed only two courses. If you say Starter and Dessert, you’re blocked.
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New Furlough Guidance - some highlights:1. Old guidance said the scheme was to "support employers whose operations have been severely affected by" CV19. It now says "If you cannot maintain
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