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.

I don’t think people around the world realize how bad the attack on Lebanon was today. It’s BAD. Like 9/11 BAD. Hospitals are overflowing and do not have enough blood. We still don’t know what the death toll is. This is TERRORISM. Pure and Simple. April 8. Never forget.

Doesn’t sound like he’s all in on the ceasefire to me.

You may wonder why the Europeans aren't responding more forcefully to JD Vance in Budapest 1/ Because Orban looks set to lose & any EU intervention could be counterproductive 2/ Because the US is so far beyond the pale - Greenland, Iran, Ukraine etc. The EU is quietly moving on

15 people have died in ICE custody JUST THIS YEAR. That is 1 death a week. Under this regime, 2026 is set to be the deadliest year for ICE detention EVER. The need for guardrails and meaningful oversight could not be more urgent.

This was The Beatles’ final public performance — their legendary rooftop concert on January 30, 1969.The show wasn’t publicly announced, so it took everyone by complete surprise. Crowds quickly gathered on the streets and nearby rooftops as the Fab Four rocked Savile Row

Spanish PM Pedro calls for the IMMEDIATE ARREST of Netanyahu He said: "Netanyahu launched the worst possible unjustified attack against Lebanon. His contempt for life and international law is intolerable. He is a criminal that must be arrested immediately.” #cdnpoli

Note the reference to a “real agreement“ that was “reached”. The problem is that unless each party agrees, then there is not an agreement. It is not for one party to unilaterally assert what was in some “real” agreement. There is never a “real” agreement separate to what each party agreed.

"five trillion. That’s roughly the number of search queries that Google processes every year, translating to tens of millions of wrong answers that the AI Overviews are providing every hour — and hundreds of thousands every minute, the analysis calculated."

It’s remarkable how rapidly Israel’s standing is collapsing in the United States. What was a bipartisan consensus a few years ago is a polarizing partisan issue now. Full pariah status looms, as 57% of Republicans below 50 years of age now say they dislike Israel. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

At least 10 Israeli airstrikes hit multiple areas simultaneously in Dahye and in the Lebanese capital Beirut, with additional strikes reported across southern and eastern Lebanon, including Saida, the Bekaa Valley, and other parts of the south.

Lord Haw Haw is at it again

Every time I see Margaret Thatcher trending I think of the misery she inflicted on generations of #LGBTQ+ children through the cruelty of Section 28. You can’t teach children to be gay. You can teach them that it’s ok if they are.

Passage through the Strait of Hormuz isn't just commercial- it is also needed for the US Navy to access the Fifth Fleet HQ in Bahrain. This brings the possibility that the US will have to pay Iran for USN ships to be able to access their own base - or that Iran won't permit USN access at all.

Inflation is currently 3.0% (CPI) 'Capping' something (and only temporarily) at twice the rate of inflation is not a win.

Fancy that!

The Spanish PM: "The govt of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket" In other news Starmer is in the Middle East today.

Important piece in the Guardian today about the outsized influence that the UK’s approach to fossil fuels, including approving new oil & gas fields, has on the rest of the world, especially on countries in the global South www.theguardian.com/environment/... (cont'd)

The more I’ve learned about private equity, the more I’ve come to see it as a metaphor for how power and wealth now operate in Britain. I wrote about it for @theguardian.com - two days before THE ASSET CLASS publishes: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:

I am sick and tired of innocent men, women and children in battered and beleaguered parts of the world being made to suffer and die in untold, horrific ways so the United States and its vassals can prove a bunch of points which have long lost all meaning.

Israel violated the previous ceasefire over 15,000 times in 13 months so we should expect them to violate this one, what, 500 times in 2 weeks?

$2 million per ship — to cross a Strait that was free six weeks ago. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/w...

The art of the deal

This 💔

Donald Trump must be removed from office for threatening war crimes and genocide. Speaker Johnson: bring the House back into session. Invoking the 25th Amendment and impeachment must be on the table, but Congress should also move on a War Powers resolution to stop Trump.

Has a single living former US President –– Clinton, Obama, Bush, Biden –– condemned Donald Trump's threat to commit mass-scale war crimes against the civilian population of Iran?

In 1953 Iran had a functioning democracy. A free press. Seven political parties. Women in universities. Women granted voting rights in municipal councils in 1952. A secular prime minister named Mosaddegh who believed Iran's oil belonged to Iran. The US and Britain decided he had to go.

"If Trump can't be checked, cannot be removed over his stated intent to murder an entire country, how then can he ever be removed? In that question lies the fundamental, and possibly terminal crisis of US legitimacy abroad. And at home."

The day gets worse. Defense for Children International - Palestine is shutting down. DCIP has been huge in helping document human rights abuses against Palestinian kids & giving them legal support in an otherwise apartheid system for 35 years. Amid attacks from Israel, it's now shuttering.

BREAKING: Extraordinary scenes as Iranian citizens start forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites. This is Kazerun Power Plant in Fars province, southern Iran (🎥 i24 News)

So much for turning the Iranian population against their government.

Trump suggested that carrying out war crimes against Iran is justified because Iranian leaders are “animals” — echoing Yoav Gallant’s “human animals” remark early in Israel’s Gaza genocide, which has been cited by judges in the Hague in determinations of crimes against humanity and genocide.

Donald Trump is deranged. He must be impeached and removed from office. Republicans who don’t stop him will have blood on their hands, and anyone who carries out an order to bomb civilian targets will be complicit in war crimes and will be held accountable.

Why do electricity prices rise with gas prices – even when much of our power i.e . wind & solar - is cheaper? Prof Richard Murphy explains why it’s not a bug, but how the system is designed. It needs to change to avoid higher bills

JD Vance called Trump directly from a rally held in support of Viktor Orbán. During the call, Vance told Trump that he was "on the line with 5,000 Hungarian patriots who love Trump even more than they love Orbán."

A recurring theme w/ MAGA/radical right is *endlessly* accusing their enemies (falsely) of doing why they are *actually* doing It’s Orban who spent fortune interfering in politics outside Hungary Including paying Reform’s Matt Goodwin €10k a month democracyforsale.substack.com/p/orbans-brits

i could look at this photo for hours...

I have written a letter to the Defence Secretary urging for the immediate refusal of all strikes on Iranian civilian infrastructure. Trumps rhetoric on such a critical issue is abhorrent and I urge the government to ensure RAF Fairford is not used to break international law.

JD Vance in Budapest says: "The bureaucrats in Brussels have tried to destroy the economy of Hungary" That's odd... as it is Orban's Govt that has stolen €bn from Brussels at the expense of the broader economy and population The stats don't lie

Keep in mind that Trump's threats communicated in his tweets are themselves war crimes.

But…what, exactly?

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/o...

BREAKING: Another person has died in ICE custody, per required notification to Congress, marking 15 deaths in detention this year and 45+ since Trump took office again.

This is a really good read.

This is appalling. How on earth can the trip planned by King Charles possibly go ahead after this?

I’ve read countless articles, from both liberal left and conservative right, about how we should have something like the US constitution, accompanied by warnings of the dangers inherent in our own system. Yet, when we had two leaders who were unfit for office, we got rid of them.

Mahmood should be sacked for her incompetent contempt of MPs, even if Starmer supports her policy approach.

The war crimes have apparently been scheduled

"Happy Eapter!" yelled Robert Jenrick. "Monday Thursday is here!" he screeched. "GREAT FRIDAY!" the man vomited while rolling in his own feces.