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CW: UK Politics
You've got until the morning to revel in your Gavin Williamson-related schadenfreude (#Gavinfreude?), but then we need to turn our attention back to the far-right zealot in the Home Office I'm afraid
And, indeed, whatever came of those named day questions put in by Labour about ministerial use of private emails across Government. The replies are already overdue ...👀https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/labour-demands-answers-tory-ministers-28375025
#UKPolitics #GavinWilliamson #SuellaBraverman #HomeOffice #PrivateEmails #GeneralElectionNow
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CW: UK Politics; Sewage dumping
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‘Southern Water has discharged raw sewage for more than 3,700 hours at 83 bathing water beaches during the first eight days of November alone’
#SOSWhitstable have been monitoring the discharges and described it as “the worst [they] have ever seen sewage pollution in the south-east”🚨
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CW: UK Politics; Child Poverty
📣 Did you know that some 800,000 children in England live in poverty but do not qualify for free school meals?
Great to see #ZaynMalik using his platform to support a campaign to extend eligibility for #FreeSchoolMeals
#FeedTheFuture #FoodFoundation #ChildPoverty #UKPolitics #OneDirection
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CW: Request for help! Now answered!
EDITED TO ADD: Thank you 🙏 I have an answer - here’s the link https://mstdn.media/explore
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Can anyone help please?
Is there a way to search for all users of a particular instance? e.g. I have read that journalists are being encouraged to join mstdn.media - is there a way for me to see them?
I understand this might depend on the rules of the instance you’re in - I’m in mstdn.social if that helps!
Thank you 🙏
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CW: UK Politics; Law
The hearing will be live streamed - you *should* be able watch it here 📺 👉 https://www.judiciary.uk/the-court-of-appeal-civil-division-live-streaming-of-court-hearings/
(This is one of the (many!) cases I worked on as Legal Director at #GoodLawProject - it feels very strange not to be there today!
It's probably a relief for our lawyers not to have me frantically passing them notes every 5 minutes!
Good luck to them all - they're an incredible team 💪)
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CW: UK Politics; Law
The key questions before the Court:
⭐️ is there a legal duty to create and maintain records so they are available for posterity (such that modern practices, including auto-delete, are unlawful)?
⭐️ to what extent are government policies enforceable as a matter of public law?
#UKPolitics #PublicLaw #JudicialReview #PrivateEmails #GoodLawProject
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CW: UK Politics; Law
So #GoodLawProject are back in the Court of Appeal today, tackling the issue of ministers using private email & Whatsapp to conduct Government business
The fact they do so - routinely - is not in dispute
The question today is whether it is lawful for them to do so
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CW: UK Politics; Brexit; Law
“A plan by ministers to review or repeal all EU laws on the UK statute book by the end of 2023 has suffered another setback after the discovery of 1,400 additional pieces of legislation”
I’ll save the political analysis for someone else because all I have is: LOL 😆
#EURetainedLawBill #UKPolitics #JacobReesMogg #Brexit #RishiSunak
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CW: UK Politics; Modern Slavery; Immigration
The UK is “rolling back” moves to tackle #ModernSlavery says Anti-Slavery International:
🚩 classifying modern slavery as an “illegal immigration and asylum” issue & talk of “abuse of the system”
🚩failures to protect victims of modern slavery from being deported under the #RwandaScheme
🚩the “dangerous and regressive” Nationality & Borders Act
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CW: UK Politics; Dido Harding
📣 Seeing a lot of “breaking news” about a #GoodLawProject and Runnymede Trust case from earlier this year (a time when I was Legal Director of GLP), in which then-Health Secretary #MattHancock was found to have acted unlawfully when he appointed #DidoHarding as the head of #TestAndTrace without due regard to equalities law
It’s not new, but it seems to do the rounds every so often. People are still really cross it seems!
You can read more👇 https://goodlawproject.org/update/dido-harding-mike-coupe-unlawful/
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CW: UK Politics; Dido Harding
📣 Seeing a lot of “breaking news” about a #GoodLawProject and Runnymede Trust case from earlier this year (a time when I was Legal Director of GLP), in which then-Health Secretary #MattHancock was found to have acted unlawfully when he appointed #DidoHarding as the head of #TestAndTrace without due regard to equalities law
It’s not new, but it seems to do the rounds every so often. People are still really cross it seems!
You can read more👇 https://goodlawproject.org/update/dido-harding-mike-coupe-unlawful/
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CW: UK Politics; Dido Harding
📣 Seeing a lot of “breaking news” about a #GoodLawProject and Runnymede Trust case from earlier this year (a time when I was Legal Director of GLP), in which then-Health Secretary #MattHancock was found to have acted unlawfully when he appointed #DidoHarding as the head of #TestAndTrace without due regard to equalities law
It’s not new, but it seems to do the rounds every so often. People are still really cross it seems!
You can read more👇 https://goodlawproject.org/update/dido-harding-mike-coupe-unlawful/
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CW: UK Politics; Dido Harding
📣 Seeing a lot of “breaking news” about a #GoodLawProject and Runnymede Trust case from earlier this year (a time when I was Legal Director of GLP), in which then-Health Secretary #MattHancock was found to have acted unlawfully when he appointed #DidoHarding as the head of #TestAndTrace without due regard to equalities law
It’s not new, but it seems to do the rounds every so often. People are still really cross it seems!
You can read more👇 https://goodlawproject.org/update/dido-harding-mike-coupe-unlawful/
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CW: UK Politics; Refugees
“Britain exists in an imaginary state of crisis about immigration…
[But] appalling failures have occurred not because there are too many migrants, but because the government has broken its own asylum system…”
Great read from Nesrine Malik on a “crisis by design, not of arrivals”
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The civil #LegalAid system is both underfunded and unsustainable in its current form
It needs radical action from Government
Instead we have a Minister for Justice obsessed with limiting human rights, not improving them 🙄
Would love to follow others interested in #AccessToJustice - please do share, or comment if that’s you! 🙏
(The stats in the post above (👆) on #LegalAidDeserts are from the #LawSociety - their report is linked below)
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The civil #LegalAid system is both underfunded and unsustainable in its current form
It needs radical action from Government
Instead we have a Minister for Justice obsessed with limiting human rights, not improving them 🙄
Would love to follow others interested in #AccessToJustice - please do share, or comment if that’s you! 🙏
(The stats in the post above (👆) on #LegalAidDeserts are from the #LawSociety - their report is linked below)
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The civil #LegalAid system is both underfunded and unsustainable in its current form
It needs radical action from Government
Instead we have a Minister for Justice obsessed with limiting human rights, not improving them 🙄
Would love to follow others interested in #AccessToJustice - please do share, or comment if that’s you! 🙏
(The stats in the post above (👆) on #LegalAidDeserts are from the #LawSociety - their report is linked below)
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The civil #LegalAid system is both underfunded and unsustainable in its current form
It needs radical action from Government
Instead we have a Minister for Justice obsessed with limiting human rights, not improving them 🙄
Would love to follow others interested in #AccessToJustice - please do share, or comment if that’s you! 🙏
(The stats in the post above (👆) on #LegalAidDeserts are from the #LawSociety - their report is linked below)
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The civil #LegalAid system is both underfunded and unsustainable in its current form
It needs radical action from Government
Instead we have a Minister for Justice obsessed with limiting human rights, not improving them 🙄
Would love to follow others interested in #AccessToJustice - please do share, or comment if that’s you! 🙏
(The stats in the post above (👆) on #LegalAidDeserts are from the #LawSociety - their report is linked below)
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CW: UK Politics: Far-Right Terrorism
“Britain had a far-right terrorist attack a week ago. Why the failure to call it by its true name?”
Powerful piece from Miqdaad Versi on the muted reaction to the Dover refugee terrorist attack 👏
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CW: UK Politics
And if you want to keep track of Rishi Sunak’s u-turns, I think he’s on six so far:
❌fracking
❌ not attending COP 27
❌charging for GP appts
❌reviewing all Retained EU law within 100 days
❌cruise ships for refugees
❌moving British embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
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CW: UK Politics; post-Brexit
If Rishi Sunak is looking for yet another u-turn, Jacob Rees-Mogg’s ridiculous plans to axe EU laws would be a great place to start
Even leading Brexiter Theresa Villiers thinks the proposal to axe thousands of laws is ‘unworkable and unnecessary’
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CW: UK politics
If you’re keen to understand more about the National Trust and the fight it’s got on its hands from culture warriors Restore Trust, this is a great explainer from Good Law Project👇
They’re running a campaign with AWO to tackle astroturfing - the practice where pressure groups/ campaigns pretend to be from the grassroots but hide their true sources of funding
You can read more on their site here: https://goodlawproject.org/news/astroturfing-who-can-you-trust/
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I am a bit surprised to have accumulated so many followers - it means my notifications are going off faster than a Government minister’s personal email account 😆
If I’ve missed you, please give me a nudge! I’d love to follow more mutuals from Twitter
📣 Oh, and a tiny tip if helpful - add an avatar/ profile pic and bio before you start following people, so they know who you are and can follow back!
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@DrBevW I’m not sure if there’s an easy way re: #LegalTwitter yet, but @davidallengreen has been kindly boosting accounts
Here are a few - @AlasdairMackenzie @GeorgePeretzKC @richardmoorhead @StevePeers @shitbarrister…
Once you follow them, their posts and their interactions with others should show up in your ‘home’ timeline (I think!)
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📣 Did you know that all children in England are entitled to FREE period products at school?
Government provides free supplies for all state-funded schools & colleges - they just have to order them!
If you know any students/ teachers/ heads/ governors/ parents etc - SPREAD THE WORD!
No child should have to miss school simply because they have their period 🩸
You can find out more here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/period-products-in-schools-and-colleges/period-product-scheme-for-schools-and-colleges-in-england
#FreePeriods #FreePeriodProducts #PeriodPoverty #EndPeriodPoverty #MenstrualEquity
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📣 Did you know that all children in England are entitled to FREE period products at school?
Government provides free supplies for all state-funded schools & colleges - they just have to order them!
If you know any students/ teachers/ heads/ governors/ parents etc - SPREAD THE WORD!
No child should have to miss school simply because they have their period 🩸
You can find out more here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/period-products-in-schools-and-colleges/period-product-scheme-for-schools-and-colleges-in-england
#FreePeriods #FreePeriodProducts #PeriodPoverty #EndPeriodPoverty #MenstrualEquity
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📣 Did you know that all children in England are entitled to FREE period products at school?
Government provides free supplies for all state-funded schools & colleges - they just have to order them!
If you know any students/ teachers/ heads/ governors/ parents etc - SPREAD THE WORD!
No child should have to miss school simply because they have their period 🩸
You can find out more here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/period-products-in-schools-and-colleges/period-product-scheme-for-schools-and-colleges-in-england
#FreePeriods #FreePeriodProducts #PeriodPoverty #EndPeriodPoverty #MenstrualEquity
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📣 Did you know that all children in England are entitled to FREE period products at school?
Government provides free supplies for all state-funded schools & colleges - they just have to order them!
If you know any students/ teachers/ heads/ governors/ parents etc - SPREAD THE WORD!
No child should have to miss school simply because they have their period 🩸
You can find out more here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/period-products-in-schools-and-colleges/period-product-scheme-for-schools-and-colleges-in-england
#FreePeriods #FreePeriodProducts #PeriodPoverty #EndPeriodPoverty #MenstrualEquity
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📣 Did you know that all children in England are entitled to FREE period products at school?
Government provides free supplies for all state-funded schools & colleges - they just have to order them!
If you know any students/ teachers/ heads/ governors/ parents etc - SPREAD THE WORD!
No child should have to miss school simply because they have their period 🩸
You can find out more here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/period-products-in-schools-and-colleges/period-product-scheme-for-schools-and-colleges-in-england
#FreePeriods #FreePeriodProducts #PeriodPoverty #EndPeriodPoverty #MenstrualEquity