I've never been one of those "it's getting too dangerous for Jews to live here" people but this is getting really fucking scary. Not that there's anywhere better to go.

Inflating demand when supply is plummeting is insane economics. Not a serious party.

Byzantine Easter week.

Nolíte expavéscere: Iesum quǽritis Nazarénum, crucifíxum: surréxit, non est hic. — A blessed and joyful Easter to all!

“This is our God: Jesus, king of peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war ... He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them.” Strong words from the Holy Father. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

A totally unjust decision on the part of Israeli Police, stopping the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate Palm Sunday. www.custodia.org/it/news/join...

I think Jeremy Bowen is right www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Little has done more to dehumanise daily life than the spread of self-checkout machines.

Thank God America gave us Leo as well as Trump. Truly, a Pope for our times.

Good. A dreadful bill full of holes that would have endangered disabled people and those vulnerable to coercion. Am so proud of every MP and peer who stood firm and continued to raise their concerns in the face of smears and intimidation.

Lord Reed will retire from the post of President of the Supreme Court. Here is my writeup of his career, for The Critic Magazine: thecritic.co.uk/the-man-who-...

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

Come and join us at @robinsoncollege.bsky.social! We’re looking to appoint someone to a new position of Head of Academic Skills. Further information here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQZ261/h...

So, about those Eid prayers in London... "What's the highest thing in Trafalgar Square?" "Nelson's column, innit?" "And the highest thing on the column?" "Nelson." "And on Nelson?" "His hat." "And the highest thing on his hat?" "That bit that sticks up." 1/8

Significant day for UK trade policy. With the announcement of the EU-Australia FTA the UK now only has an FTA where the EU doesn't with Malaysia and Brunei as part of CPTPP. The EU meanwhile has a deal with Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay that the UK doesn't.

Corrupt to the core.

from Fraser Nelson:

Why axe so many juries? My plan would solve the courts crisis without harming justice | Alan Moses

Having now read the judgment, this is an imp decision, confirming the const status of Acts of the Senedd & their immunity from challenge on (common law) procedural grounds. A rare and welcome example in recent devo jurisprudence of reasoning from first principle. www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...)

OSCOLA 5th edition is out www.law.ox.ac.uk/oscola Changes spotted so far include: Adding Medium before Neutral Citation Not putting JSC (or SCJ) after UKSC judge’s names (CJ, MR, V-C, LJ, J, & DJ remain; ICC also there but no EJ) The end of Ibid More on web sources - and how to cite Gen AI

Just had this flagged with me. This is disgusting. If Kemi Badenoch had one ounce of leadership in her, she would condemn this. I don’t want any faux sadness from her or Nick Timothy when one of us is hurt or worse. This is how low the Conservative Party have sunk.

Today's newsletter. Cheery topic!

I'm glad I belong to a Church that can see the good in Islam, and don't follow the hollow ethno-nationalist 'Christianity' of Kruger et al. Here's what Vatican II's Nostra aerate (1965) says about Islam.

This is Enoch Powell level fear mongering from Farage. Gross race baiting that's beyond acceptable from any mainstream politician. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I… what? News to the Jews. And Roman Catholics. And various flavours of the Wrong Sort of Protestant (and if we’re including Scotland in “this country”, pretty grudging about Anglicans at one point, too).

As a Catholic, cycling my kids to their local CofE primary school, past a load of neighbours our and about joyfully celebrating Eid, I’m so glad we don’t live in the sort of country the Shadow Justice Secretary and Leader of the Opposition now stand for.

Congratulations to @robinsoncollege.bsky.social Law students for participating in this year’s mooting competition. We had a brilliant final last night, with first-year Taylor Lovegrove taking the prize. Here are the finalists, with Taylor receiving the college mooting trophy from the Warden.

📜 Today is the last chance to get your ticket for our fascinating talk: 'The Early History of the English Bar' Join us on 30 March for our first History Society Lecture of the year as Professor Sir John Baker KC explores the rise of the Inns of Court. 🔓 Open to the public 🕛 Book: nrtm.pl/4aldFfn

*cries in Catholic*

Very glad that The Jewish News has published this. Good on them. (And shame on the MPs not willing to say the same).

Jewish News editorial in defence of Muslim prayers in Trafalgar Square "It is counterproductive to combat extremism by telling many Muslims they – alone – should not celebrate their faith in public" "Uphold religious rights for all - you'll be glad you did" www.jewishnews.co.uk/voice-of-the...

The Jewish News, which I am proud to work for as Deputy Editor, has published an editorial on this week's Iftar prayers in Trafalgar Square www.jewishnews.co.uk/voice-of-the...

1. Britain has very much *NOT* always tolerated minority faiths. Just ask Jews and Catholics. 2. The idea that religious expression should be "in conformity with our values, our norms, our beliefs" should worry every faith group, starting with Christians.

I still love the last page of Kelsen's Pure Theory. I think more debates about legal interpretation should use it as a starting point.

60-40% in the Commons PLP, 15-85% in the Scottish PLP - this is the definition of divisive inside the Labour Party Let’s just get on with delivering our manifesto rather than returning to this yet again

Wonderful news from Scotland. So many congratulations to my colleagues campaigning against assisted dying who never gave up.

There’ll be disappointed feelings, even fear after the Scottish Parliament vote. But there’d have been as much fear and sadness if the bill had gone through. I’m glad that Scotland has refused to pass a law that would threaten the most vulnerable in society. Let’s hope Westminster follows suit.

I'm really looking forward to coming to @laws.ucl.ac.uk tonight to give a paper to their Legal History Research Group on the history of judicial review for error of fact. 🦆🐇 More info here: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

The idea that only a craven fear of Muslim voters is keeping Labour out of the war is delusional - and shameful. If there's a problem with "sectarianism" in UK politics, it's coming from those who routinely cast Muslim voters as standing outside "the national interest" & acting as a brake upon it.

Hegseth: "We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies." No quarter is the refusal to take prisoners and instead just execute everyone. It's been considered a war crime for over a century.

want to follow the news but can't bear thinking about ordinary Iranians, who've been stuck under such an oppressive regime for so long, who maybe got a flicker of hope, briefly, a few months ago, then watched in horror as their friends and relatives got killed by the state, and now this, unspeakable

NEW BLOGPOST: Keir Starmer and David Lammy are taking an extraordinarily dangerous gamble with our individual liberty For any MP unsure of how to vote on the government’s proposals to restrict trial by jury.

It's sad to see people who had never heard of Democracy Volunteers yesterday all over social media trashing them. They've been around for a decade & are partly funded by the (left-leaning) Joseph Rowntree Foundation. We protest when the right trashes these groups. The left shouldn't do it either.

Some reasons people might apply for an assisted death, according to Kim Leadbeater and Lord Falconer: (Credit to Dan Hitchens for sourcing and compiling)

The right to self-determination is vital. That's why Greenlanders should have ultimate say on the future of Greenland, and the Chagossians should have ultimate say on the future of the Chagos Islands. The proposed Chagos deal is a neocolonial giveaway. It should be cancelled.

This is great news for Cambridge, but only serves to remind us how precarious the palliative care sector is. It couldn't be a more dangerous time to be introducing assisted suicide. How about using public funds to properly resource hospices instead? premium.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/communi...

Trump 1.0 was Julius Caesar Trump 2.0 is King Lear And everyone watching in Congress is Hamlet

Realistically we can only hope that SCOTUS will come to our aid, the sooner the better. A big test for the United States’ highest court.

It's not the biggest issue today, but this statement should be given in Parliament. This isn't fuddy-duddyism. It allows MPs to ask questions, puts other parties on the record, and, most importantly, doesn't allow a PM to pick the audience: a power that Starmer does not abuse, but future PMs will.