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The Iranians are perfecting the art of Trump-trolling. [my screenshot]

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This should be fun.

Has Trump yet condemned Orbán for being a WEAKLING and making a TOTALLY UNNECESSARY concession?

“Another institutional abuse”: survivor of Irish mother and baby institutions, who lives in London, can’t afford to accept compensation. Read more about my client Rosemary Adaser & the c. 13,000 survivors still waiting for action by the UK Government: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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Tice is famously thin skinned and has been known to get the lawyers in when his rectitude is questioned. So, this should be interesting. My prediction: no writ.

A friend gave me this scarf, from Wallace Sewell, and I have had far more compliments for it from friends, strangers, shop assistants etc than for anything else I own.

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I really don't think that Duncan's "wow" does this justice.

I generally have almost as much fun reading DAG's posts as he surely must have composing them. And this one is no exception.

"This list is by no means conclusive, and it is up to you whether you think the news is either good or bad. "However, the examples do offer a flavour of some of the things that we could, but aren’t, talking about." bylinetimes.com/2026/04/10/1...

A smart investment tip a few years ago would’ve been to take shares in whichever company manufactures temporary traffic lights. Most of which are now situated in Gloucestershire.

A few belated shots from my walks on Wednesday.

If it is not against some journalistic or ethical code, or the rules of some regulatory body, for The Mail and others to publish such mendacious nonsense with the intention of stoking racial divisions, it really ought to be. @hackedoff.bsky.social @pressjustice.bsky.social

When I started legal blogging I thought it would be a little bit of contract law or libel law, and the occasional judicial review with constitutional implications. Now: a constant stream of constitutional crises, fundamental human rights abuses, and war crimes and other crimes against humanity.

Another reason to look forward to my walk later today.

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Such a waste of time and goodwill for all involved. Plus it reminds us that Gavin Williamson was once thought worthy of high office.

Early supper at the Porthmeor Beach cafe.

And here’s our report. Please don’t read it, share it, or repost it. The legal risk is, quite literally, incalculable. taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/04/07/w...

This makes a lot of sense, including the need to develop “liability rules that make companies bear the costs of harm”. Why focus on controlling the behaviour of billions (and failing) when we can adjust the incentives of a small number of identifiable businesses?

Far too many people still don’t seem to understand that a wealth tax would not lead to anyone ceasing to be wealthy. @patmillsuk.bsky.social

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Quite the weather for Easter Sunday.

This is probably revealing of my search history, but I just put “Oxford professor sacked” into Google and, well…….

I found this very helpful and it also triggered me to do what I should have done ages ago: subscribe to Naomi's substack.

It's adorable. I'm 35 and my mum still hides my Easter eggs every year. This year she hid them in our next-door neighbour's house. She even had them do a whole spiel. "Those are our children's eggs. We don't even know your mother. I'm calling the police!" LOL. Nice one mum.

Good questions here about the creeping enshittification of our urban environment. At the very least limit them to bus shelters, make them solar powered and dedicated to subsidising the bus service.

This quote from Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell has been in my head the last few days

Such uplifting views from where we’re staying in St Ives.

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The Critic, for those who find The Telegraph too woke.

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More good advice.

I’m hoping (praying?) this is right.

Macron could have a strong second career in standup. His delivery and timing is “impec”.

I see some discussions about the future of Bluesky. If you like people's output here, repost from time to time. That's the third least we can do.

This explains a lot. We were astonished when revisiting Brussels recently to see how much cycling had increased.

So, the self-styled Department of War, based in the Pentagon, has its own “chapel” with a capacity of at least 3500 persons. And they are spending Good Friday stoking division between different parts of the Christian faith.

As an antitrust lawyer, I get the sentiment. But it’s not down to a lack of laws. Trust me, we have all the tools we need to dismantle the monopolies and oligopolies. What’s long been lacking is the political and regulatory will.

Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive...... We have surrendered leadership of the free world to morons. Mencken would be slightly astonished it has happened so early.

I wonder whether there can be a better and tighter song for telling such a complete story, than Squeeze's "Up The Junction".

Wow! Some actual proper enforcement of environmental rules. Good to see. www.gov.uk/government/n...

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DISGUSTING! "The richest 0.1% of people on Earth are hiding more than $2.8 trillion in offshore accounts to avoid taxes. That money alone is more wealth than is owned by the entire bottom half of humanity, more than 4.1 billion people." #Pinks #ProudBlue www.commondreams.org/news/global-...

Now it all makes sense.

Important clarification of what the new proposals would really mean.