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The Cane, the Conference, and the Curious Case of Self-Sabotage by Lawson Akhigbe
Behold the main character of British politics in 2026: a white, elderly gentleman, clearly leaning on a sturdy wooden cane for support, accredited badge swinging proudly from his neck at the Reform UK conference. Mouth open in mid-roar, eyes locked in righteous fury, he has somehow decided that the greatest threat to civilisation in that moment is a young woman holding a handbag. The crowd of fellow pensioners and patriots looks on with varying degrees of encouragement. Somewhere in the background, the usual sea of white hair and earnest lanyards nods along -
The Safe Place for Bigotry and Crime by Lawson Akhigbe
It has no postcode. It does not appear on Google Maps. There are no street signs pointing towards it. Yet, whenever one of its inhabitants is caught saying something outrageous or doing something politically or legally questionable, suddenly we are told that the offending words or conduct belonged there.https://lawakhigbe.com/2026/09/05/the-safe-place-for-bigotry-and-crime-by-lawson-akhigbe/
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“"America is no longer trusted," the economist warns. "Foreign governments can no longer count on us to obey the most basic rules, like the commandment that thou shalt not steal other people's gold. And even when Trump is gone, it will take many years of honest, responsible U.S. government to restore that lost trust."”
#uspolitics #economy #ruleoflaw https://www.alternet.org/trump-gold-central-banks/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fliberal
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As the core proposition of conservatism is indefensible if stated baldly, it has always been surrounded by an elaborate backwash of pseudophilosophy, amounting over time to millions of pages. All such is axiomatically dishonest and undeserving of serious scrutiny. Today, the accelerating de-education of humanity has reached a point where the market for pseudophilosophy is vanishing; it is, as The Kids Say These Days, tl;dr . All that is left is the core proposition itself — backed up, no longer by misdirection and sophistry, but by violence.
So this tells us what anti-conservatism must be: the proposition that the law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone, and cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone.
His full post: https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288
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#RuleOfLaw #laws #oligarchy #Epstein #EpsteinClass #Republicans #Trump #TrumpRegime
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As the core proposition of conservatism is indefensible if stated baldly, it has always been surrounded by an elaborate backwash of pseudophilosophy, amounting over time to millions of pages. All such is axiomatically dishonest and undeserving of serious scrutiny. Today, the accelerating de-education of humanity has reached a point where the market for pseudophilosophy is vanishing; it is, as The Kids Say These Days, tl;dr . All that is left is the core proposition itself — backed up, no longer by misdirection and sophistry, but by violence.
So this tells us what anti-conservatism must be: the proposition that the law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone, and cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone.
His full post: https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288
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#RuleOfLaw #laws #oligarchy #Epstein #EpsteinClass #Republicans #Trump #TrumpRegime
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(cont.)
As the core proposition of conservatism is indefensible if stated baldly, it has always been surrounded by an elaborate backwash of pseudophilosophy, amounting over time to millions of pages. All such is axiomatically dishonest and undeserving of serious scrutiny. Today, the accelerating de-education of humanity has reached a point where the market for pseudophilosophy is vanishing; it is, as The Kids Say These Days, tl;dr . All that is left is the core proposition itself — backed up, no longer by misdirection and sophistry, but by violence.
So this tells us what anti-conservatism must be: the proposition that the law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone, and cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone.
His full post: https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288
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#RuleOfLaw #laws #oligarchy #Epstein #EpsteinClass #Republicans #Trump #TrumpRegime
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As the core proposition of conservatism is indefensible if stated baldly, it has always been surrounded by an elaborate backwash of pseudophilosophy, amounting over time to millions of pages. All such is axiomatically dishonest and undeserving of serious scrutiny. Today, the accelerating de-education of humanity has reached a point where the market for pseudophilosophy is vanishing; it is, as The Kids Say These Days, tl;dr . All that is left is the core proposition itself — backed up, no longer by misdirection and sophistry, but by violence.
So this tells us what anti-conservatism must be: the proposition that the law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone, and cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone.
His full post: https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288
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#RuleOfLaw #laws #oligarchy #Epstein #EpsteinClass #Republicans #Trump #TrumpRegime
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As the core proposition of conservatism is indefensible if stated baldly, it has always been surrounded by an elaborate backwash of pseudophilosophy, amounting over time to millions of pages. All such is axiomatically dishonest and undeserving of serious scrutiny. Today, the accelerating de-education of humanity has reached a point where the market for pseudophilosophy is vanishing; it is, as The Kids Say These Days, tl;dr . All that is left is the core proposition itself — backed up, no longer by misdirection and sophistry, but by violence.
So this tells us what anti-conservatism must be: the proposition that the law cannot protect anyone unless it binds everyone, and cannot bind anyone unless it protects everyone.
His full post: https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288
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#RuleOfLaw #laws #oligarchy #Epstein #EpsteinClass #Republicans #Trump #TrumpRegime
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@OGJester As musician Frank Wilhoit famously wrote:
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:
There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time.
He continued:
For millenia, conservatism had no name, because no other model of polity had ever been proposed. “The king can do no wrong.” In practice, this immunity was always extended to the king’s friends, however fungible a group they might have been. Today, we still have the king’s friends even where there is no king (dictator, etc.). Another way to look at this is that the king is a faction, rather than an individual.
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#RuleOfLaw #laws #oligarchy #Epstein #EpsteinClass #Republicans #Trump #TrumpRegime
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@OGJester As musician Frank Wilhoit famously wrote:
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:
There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time.
He continued:
For millenia, conservatism had no name, because no other model of polity had ever been proposed. “The king can do no wrong.” In practice, this immunity was always extended to the king’s friends, however fungible a group they might have been. Today, we still have the king’s friends even where there is no king (dictator, etc.). Another way to look at this is that the king is a faction, rather than an individual.
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#RuleOfLaw #laws #oligarchy #Epstein #EpsteinClass #Republicans #Trump #TrumpRegime
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@OGJester As musician Frank Wilhoit famously wrote:
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:
There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time.
He continued:
For millenia, conservatism had no name, because no other model of polity had ever been proposed. “The king can do no wrong.” In practice, this immunity was always extended to the king’s friends, however fungible a group they might have been. Today, we still have the king’s friends even where there is no king (dictator, etc.). Another way to look at this is that the king is a faction, rather than an individual.
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#RuleOfLaw #laws #oligarchy #Epstein #EpsteinClass #Republicans #Trump #TrumpRegime
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@OGJester As musician Frank Wilhoit famously wrote:
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:
There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time.
He continued:
For millenia, conservatism had no name, because no other model of polity had ever been proposed. “The king can do no wrong.” In practice, this immunity was always extended to the king’s friends, however fungible a group they might have been. Today, we still have the king’s friends even where there is no king (dictator, etc.). Another way to look at this is that the king is a faction, rather than an individual.
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#RuleOfLaw #laws #oligarchy #Epstein #EpsteinClass #Republicans #Trump #TrumpRegime
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@OGJester As musician Frank Wilhoit famously wrote:
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:
There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time.
He continued:
For millenia, conservatism had no name, because no other model of polity had ever been proposed. “The king can do no wrong.” In practice, this immunity was always extended to the king’s friends, however fungible a group they might have been. Today, we still have the king’s friends even where there is no king (dictator, etc.). Another way to look at this is that the king is a faction, rather than an individual.
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#RuleOfLaw #laws #oligarchy #Epstein #EpsteinClass #Republicans #Trump #TrumpRegime
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https://www.europesays.com/dk/159590/ Turkish journalist detained over social media posts, YouTube broadcasts #AKParty #AKP #Ankara #AnkaraChiefPublicProsecutor’sOffice #Article217/A #BizimTV #democracy #DisinformationLaw #Erdogan #ErkAcarer #FreedomOfExpression #HalkTV #HumanRights #journalism #Journalists #Journalists’UnionOfTurkey #Justice #law #oppression #OyaLaleArslan #PressFreedom #ReportersWithoutBorders #RSF #RuleOfLaw #SocialMedia #Stockholm #Sweden #TerroristPropaganda #Turkey #TurkishMedia
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EU Plans Safeguards in Montenegro Accession Treaty to Protect Democracy | Ukraine news
Montenegro’s future membership could come with conditions that remain enforceable long after accession, reflecting lessons the EU says…
#Europe #EU #democracysafeguards #euenlargement #euenlargementmontenegroaccessiondemocracysafeguardsruleoflaweumembershipjudicialindependence #EUmembership #EuropeanUnion #judicialindependence #montenegroaccession #News #RuleofLaw
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The Moths to the Flame: Why Do Populist Movements Always Attract Such “Enterprising” Characters? By Lawson Akhigbe
There is an eternal, almost Newtonian law of modern politics: wherever a politician loudly proclaims they are "standing up for the forgotten working man," you will inevitably find a discreet corner table in a private Mayfair club where someone is eagerly trying to launder foreign money. -
The Moths to the Flame: Why Do Populist Movements Always Attract Such “Enterprising” Characters? By Lawson Akhigbe
There is an eternal, almost Newtonian law of modern politics: wherever a politician loudly proclaims they are "standing up for the forgotten working man," you will inevitably find a discreet corner table in a private Mayfair club where someone is eagerly trying to launder foreign money. -
The Moths to the Flame: Why Do Populist Movements Always Attract Such “Enterprising” Characters? By Lawson Akhigbe
There is an eternal, almost Newtonian law of modern politics: wherever a politician loudly proclaims they are "standing up for the forgotten working man," you will inevitably find a discreet corner table in a private Mayfair club where someone is eagerly trying to launder foreign money. -
The Moths to the Flame: Why Do Populist Movements Always Attract Such “Enterprising” Characters? By Lawson Akhigbe
There is an eternal, almost Newtonian law of modern politics: wherever a politician loudly proclaims they are "standing up for the forgotten working man," you will inevitably find a discreet corner table in a private Mayfair club where someone is eagerly trying to launder foreign money. -
The Moths to the Flame: Why Do Populist Movements Always Attract Such “Enterprising” Characters? By Lawson Akhigbe
There is an eternal, almost Newtonian law of modern politics: wherever a politician loudly proclaims they are "standing up for the forgotten working man," you will inevitably find a discreet corner table in a private Mayfair club where someone is eagerly trying to launder foreign money. -
Paul Krugman explores whether the American word remains reliable today. https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/ingots-we-no-longer-trust #GlobalTrust #USPolitics #RuleOfLaw #Economics Amid concerns over how policy decisions under President Trump eroded trust in international law, several nations have begun moving gold from U.S. vaults as a sign of declining faith in American stability. This shift highlights the tangible consequences of eroding diplomatic norms on global economic security. Read more to see why this transition is occurring. Paul Krugman provides an insightful analysis of these shifting dynamics.
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“Far from ensuring the separation of powers, the Court has used #standing to undermine the principle: According to the #Constitution, #Congress has the power to make laws, but the Court’s standing decisions have freed the executive branch (and other entities) from having to comply with them.”
It is maddening to realize that we have so many laws and rights that can’t be enforced or respected.
#civilrights #ballroom #vanityprojects #ruleoflaw #scotus #gift
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“Far from ensuring the separation of powers, the Court has used #standing to undermine the principle: According to the #Constitution, #Congress has the power to make laws, but the Court’s standing decisions have freed the executive branch (and other entities) from having to comply with them.”
It is maddening to realize that we have so many laws and rights that can’t be enforced or respected.
#civilrights #ballroom #vanityprojects #ruleoflaw #scotus #gift
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“Far from ensuring the separation of powers, the Court has used #standing to undermine the principle: According to the #Constitution, #Congress has the power to make laws, but the Court’s standing decisions have freed the executive branch (and other entities) from having to comply with them.”
It is maddening to realize that we have so many laws and rights that can’t be enforced or respected.
#civilrights #ballroom #vanityprojects #ruleoflaw #scotus #gift
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“Far from ensuring the separation of powers, the Court has used #standing to undermine the principle: According to the #Constitution, #Congress has the power to make laws, but the Court’s standing decisions have freed the executive branch (and other entities) from having to comply with them.”
It is maddening to realize that we have so many laws and rights that can’t be enforced or respected.
#civilrights #ballroom #vanityprojects #ruleoflaw #scotus #gift
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“Far from ensuring the separation of powers, the Court has used #standing to undermine the principle: According to the #Constitution, #Congress has the power to make laws, but the Court’s standing decisions have freed the executive branch (and other entities) from having to comply with them.”
It is maddening to realize that we have so many laws and rights that can’t be enforced or respected.
#civilrights #ballroom #vanityprojects #ruleoflaw #scotus #gift
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Rule of law in the United States at the federal level has ceased to exist, because the very branch that enforces the law repeatedly and purposely disregards it.
It won’t make any difference who “wins” the November elections, because the law doesn’t matter to the clowns and criminals who run the federal government, and the courts are disregarded with gusto.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-3-2026?r=14j7ia (1/2)
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https://www.europesays.com/people/213610/ CPJ calls for release of Turkish journalist jailed over ‘Erdoğan passed away’ post #AkParty #AKP #Article217/A #AydınDenge #censorship #CommitteeToProtectJournalists #CPJ #Democracy #DisinformationLaw #Erdogan #FreedomOfExpression #HumanRights #HumanRightsInTurkey #İremDelice #journalism #JournalistArrests #justice #MediaFreedom #oppression #PressFreedom #RecepTayyipErdoğan #RuleOfLaw #Turkey #TurkishJournalists
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https://www.europesays.com/people/213424/ Former PM Davutoğlu investigated for ‘insulting Erdoğan’ in 2021 remarks #AhmetDavutoğlu #AkParty #AKP #Democracy #Erdogan #HumanRights #justice #law #oppression #RecepTayyipErdoğan #RuleOfLaw #Turkey
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https://www.europesays.com/dk/158658/ Former PM Davutoğlu investigated for ‘insulting Erdoğan’ in 2021 remarks #AhmetDavutoğlu #AKParty #AKP #democracy #Erdogan #HumanRights #Justice #law #oppression #RuleOfLaw #Stockholm #Sweden #Turkey
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https://www.europesays.com/dk/158610/ 3 Turkish women journalists indicted 7 months after being jailed #AKParty #AKP #democracy #ElifBayburt #Erdogan #ETHA #EtkinNewsAgency #HumanRights #Justice #law #MediaAndLawStudiesAssociation #MLSA #NadiyeGürbüz #oppression #PınarGayip #RSF #RuleOfLaw #Stockholm #Sweden #Turkey
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12 detained in new probe targeting main opposition-run Istanbul municipality
Turkish police detained 12 people Thursday in a new corruption investigation targeting the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, the local…
#EuropeSays #Turkiye #Istanbul #AKParty #AKP #democracy #Ekremİmamoğlu #Erdogan #humanrights #IstanbulChiefPublicProsecutor’sOffice #istanbulmetropolitanmunicipality #Justice #law #oppression #RecepTayyipErdoğan #ruleoflaw #Turkey #Turkishpolice
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Former PM Davutoğlu investigated for ‘insulting Erdoğan’ in 2021 remarks
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into former prime minister Ahmet Davutoğlu on suspicion of insulting President Recep…
#EuropeSays #Turkiye #RecepTayyipErdoğan #AhmetDavutoğlu #AKParty #AKP #democracy #Erdogan #humanrights #Justice #law #oppression #PresidentofTürkiye #ruleoflaw #Turkey
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3 Turkish women journalists indicted 7 months after being jailed
Turkish prosecutors have completed the indictments of three journalists from the left-wing Etkin News Agency (ETHA) seven months…
#EuropeSays #Turkiye #Türkiye #AKParty #AKP #democracy #ElifBayburt #Erdogan #ETHA #Etkinnewsagency #humanrights #Justice #law #MediaandLawStudiesAssociation #MLSA #NadiyeGürbüz #oppression #PınarGayıp #RSF #ruleoflaw #Turkey #Turkish
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https://www.europesays.com/people/213325/ 12 detained in new probe targeting main opposition-run Istanbul municipality #AkParty #AKP #Democracy #EkremImamoglu #Erdogan #HumanRights #Istanbul #IstanbulChiefPublicProsecutor’sOffice #İstanbulMetropolitanMunicipality #justice #law #oppression #RecepTayyipErdoğan #RuleOfLaw #Turkey #TurkishPolice
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"Federal judges say they’re worried about increased threats to members of the judiciary since the start of Pres. Donald Trump’s second term, a trend some say is fueled by politically charged cases, online harassment and personal attacks from the president and his allies":
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/02/federal-judges-threats-trump-second-term-01062696
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India backs efforts for early resolution of conflicts in Ukraine, West Asia: PM Modi
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India and Belgium support…
#Ukraine #UA #Europe #Europa #EU #News #conflictresolution #dialogue #diplomacy #India #pmmodi #RuleofLaw #WestAsia
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Outrage as a Maltese tycoon is acquitted of a journalist’s 2017 murder.
The car-bomb killing of investigative reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia shocked the world and put Malta, the EU’s smallest member state, in the spotlight over its apparent rule-of-law failings.
#Journalism #DaphneCaruana #Malta #Court #Crime #DaphneCaruanaGalizia #RuleOfLaw
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Outrage as a Maltese tycoon is acquitted of a journalist’s 2017 murder.
The car-bomb killing of investigative reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia shocked the world and put Malta, the EU’s smallest member state, in the spotlight over its apparent rule-of-law failings.
#Journalism #DaphneCaruana #Malta #Court #Crime #DaphneCaruanaGalizia #RuleOfLaw
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Outrage as a Maltese tycoon is acquitted of a journalist’s 2017 murder.
The car-bomb killing of investigative reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia shocked the world and put Malta, the EU’s smallest member state, in the spotlight over its apparent rule-of-law failings.
#Journalism #DaphneCaruana #Malta #Court #Crime #DaphneCaruanaGalizia #RuleOfLaw
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Outrage as a Maltese tycoon is acquitted of a journalist’s 2017 murder.
The car-bomb killing of investigative reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia shocked the world and put Malta, the EU’s smallest member state, in the spotlight over its apparent rule-of-law failings.
#Journalism #DaphneCaruana #Malta #Court #Crime #DaphneCaruanaGalizia #RuleOfLaw
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Outrage as a Maltese tycoon is acquitted of a journalist’s 2017 murder.
The car-bomb killing of investigative reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia shocked the world and put Malta, the EU’s smallest member state, in the spotlight over its apparent rule-of-law failings.
#Journalism #DaphneCaruana #Malta #Court #Crime #DaphneCaruanaGalizia #RuleOfLaw
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Friday, August 28, 2026
Explosions, jet-powered drones rock Kyiv as rare hours-long Russian aerial attack continues into evening . . . . . Baltics assessment of Russia threat 'unchanged' after CIA director's Moscow visit . . . . . Russian disinformation tests its Ukraine election playbook . . . . . Kyiv records 13 air raid alerts in single day, most since full-scale invasion began, as explosions continue overnight . . . . . and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/08/friday-august-28-2026/
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(Peru) The cost of investigating those in power: the case of Harvey Colchado
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Navigating the Void: Why Nigeria Needs a Corporate Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) Framework
In a standard DPA regime, a company that self-reports and cooperates can avoid the "corporate death penalty" of a criminal conviction. In Nigeria, we are currently forced to rely on the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015. While the ACJA provides for Plea Bargaining, it is a fundamentally different animal from a DPA: -
Drawing the Line: Why the Palestine Action Case Matters for the Future of British Dissent & Direct Action!
Yesterday’s Court of Appeal ruling in R (Ammori) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [^1] isn’t just another dry legal headline. It marks a seismic shift in how the UK draws the line between passionate political protest and state-defined terrorism.
By reversing a February High Court decision [^2] that had quashed the government’s ban on the protest group Palestine Action, the Court of Appeal has sanctioned something unprecedented: using the state’s heavy-duty counter-terrorism apparatus to outlaw a domestic, corporate-targeted direct-action group. [^3]
For the first time, a group that does not target humans with physical violence has been officially proscribed—meaning it is now a criminal offense simply to belong to it, wear its emblems, or voice support for it. [^4] As the legal battle heads to the UK Supreme Court (#UKSC), the core of the argument isn’t just about one group; it’s about whether the British state is fundamentally rewriting the rules of democratic dissent.
1. The Legal Tug-of-War: How We Got Here
To understand why this is a massive deal, we have to look at how the Court of Appeal dismantled the High Court’s original, rights-protective ruling. The legal battle hinges on two main arguments.
The Policy Flip-Flop
When the High Court originally threw out the ban, it pointed out that the Home Secretary had violated her own explicit guidelines. [^5] Those guidelines state that the government shouldn’t just ban a group because they technically can under the broad wording of the Terrorism Act 2000. [^6] Instead, proscription is supposed to be a tool of last resort when ordinary policing fails. The High Court warned that using the automatic criminalization that comes with a ban as a shortcut to make policing easier was a dangerous, circular use of power.
The Court of Appeal completely rejected this. Lady Chief Justice Sue Carr ruled that the Home Secretary is entirely entitled to look at the big picture. If a ban gives the police “additional operational levers” to shut down a disruptive group, that is a perfectly legitimate reason to use it. [^7]
The Deference Trap
The High Court had carefully weighed the group’s rights to free speech (Article 10) and free assembly (Article 11) against the disruption they caused. [^8] But the Court of Appeal decided the lower court didn’t give the government enough credit. The appellate bench emphasized that because Palestine Action used a “covert structure of secret cells” to evade local police, the judges should defer to the executive’s judgment on national security. [^9]
The Government’s Stance (Court of Appeal)The Activists’ Stance (High Court & UKSC Appeal)Broad Definitions:
Property damage designed to influence policy fits the legal definition of terrorism.Dangerous Precedent:
Equating property damage with mass-casualty violence is an extreme overreach.Operational Need:
Decentralized cells make ordinary policing ineffective; a total ban is required.Proportionate Policing:
Hundreds of activists have already been successfully prosecuted under normal criminal law.Executive Deference:
Courts must defer to the Home Secretary on matters of national security.Judicial Check:
The judiciary must protect human rights (Articles 10 & 11) from executive overreach.2. The Activists’ Case for the Supreme Court
As the defense team prepares to take this case to the highest court in the land, their arguments are designed to highlight what they view as a dangerous constitutional overreach.
Argument I: The Ghost of the Suffragettes
Under section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2000, “terrorism” includes causing “serious damage to property” to advance a political or ideological cause. [^10] Activists argue that this creates a dangerous definition trap.
By this metric, historical vanguard movements like the Suffragettes—who intentionally smashed windows and targeted property to force political change—would be legally classified as terrorists today. [^11] The defense will argue that upgrading symbolic, corporate-targeted property destruction to “terrorism” erases a vital historical distinction between property damage and actual, physical violence against human beings.
Argument II: The Blanket Hammer vs. The Chilling Effect
The immediate fallout of the ban has been swift. Police have already made thousands of arrests, often targeting people simply holding placards that say “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.” [^12] Under the law, expressing support for a banned group carries a penalty of up to 14 years in prison. [^13]
The problem with a total ban is that it is a blunt, indiscriminate weapon. Previous Supreme Court rulings, like DPP v Ziegler, [^14] established that the state must look at the specific, individualized proportionality of an arrest. A total ban bypasses that nuance entirely, creating a massive “chilling effect” where everyday citizens become terrified to voice anti-war or pro-Palestinian views for fear of being swept up in a counter-terrorism dragnet. [^15]
3. The Unresolved Blindspots: Where the Supreme Court Battle Will Be Won
If the activists’ legal team wants to win at the Supreme Court, they have to fix a few strategic blindspots that the Court of Appeal exploited.
Deconstruct the “Secret Cell” Narrative:
The Court of Appeal was clearly spooked by the group’s decentralized, horizontal structure. The defense must show that operating in decentralized groups is standard practice for modern social movements (like Extinction Rebellion or Just Stop Oil) to prevent heavy-handed, preemptive policing—not a sign of a clandestine terrorist syndicate. They must hammer home the fact that the state can and has successfully prosecuted these activists using ordinary criminal law. [^16]Leverage International Law:
The Court of Appeal largely ignored warnings from the UN Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism about the dangerous trend of Western states weaponizing national security laws against political dissenters. [^17] The Supreme Court must be reminded of European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence, which consistently rules that while states can punish property damage under domestic criminal law, upgrading non-violent protest to “terrorism” violates the democratic minimums of a free society. [^18]Target the Original Intent:
Relying only on a human rights argument gives the Supreme Court an easy out to defer to the government on national security. Instead, the legal team needs to challenge the interpretation of the law itself. They must argue that when Parliament passed the Terrorism Act 2000, its intent for the phrase “serious damage to property” was aimed at high-consequence attacks on critical infrastructure (like blowing up the National Grid), not protestors throwing red paint on a corporate weapons facility.If the Supreme Court doesn’t step in to narrow this definition, the line between aggressive political protest and terrorism will be permanently blurred. And that should concern anyone who believes in the right to stand up and disrupt the status quo.
Footnotes
[^1]: Ammori v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWCA Civ (15 June 2026); see Judiciary of England and Wales Official Judgment.
[^2]: R (Ammori) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWHC 292 (Admin); see analysis on Public Law for Everyone.
[^3]: See Haroon Siddique, ‘Ban on Palestine Action was lawful, court of appeal rules’, The Guardian (15 June 2026) The Guardian.
[^4]: Terrorism Act 2000, s 11, s 12. Available at legislation.gov.uk.
[^5]: Home Office, Proscription Policy Paper (27 February 2025).
[^6]: Ammori [2026] EWHC 292 (Admin) at [91]-[95]; see also Doughty Street Chambers Case Commentary.
[^7]: Ammori [2026] EWCA Civ, per Carr LCJ at [8].
[^8]: Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Part I, Art 10, Art 11. See legislation.gov.uk.
[^9]: Ammori [2026] EWCA Civ at [12].
[^10]: Terrorism Act 2000, s 1(1)(b).
[^11]: Appellants’ skeleton argument summary; see historical parallels discussed in The Guardian (n 3).
[^12]: Metropolitan Police Service enforcement data cited in The Guardian (n 3).
[^13]: Terrorism Act 2000, s 11.
[^14]: DPP v Ziegler [2021] UKSC 23, [2022] AC 408.
[^15]: Liberty Policy Analysis, ‘Breaking down the Court of Appeal judgment on Palestine Action’s proscription’ (15 June 2026) Liberty.
[^16]: Ammori [2026] EWHC 292 (Admin) at [140].
[^17]: Written submissions of the UN Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights, intervening; noted in Doughty Street Chambers summary (n 6).
[^18]: See e.g., Kudrevičius v Lithuania (2016) 62 EHRR 34.
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Constitutional courts are often the last line of defence for democracy. Dukagjin Abdyli reflects on European legal standards, judicial independence, academic mobility, and on the role of courts in strengthening democratic resilience in the Western Balkans. Read the full interview on the #Trafo blog ⬇️
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USCIS Makes Major Change Compelling Aliens To Return Home For Proper Processing Of The Adjustment Of Statuses
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) formally announced a major change that will compel aliens seeking the adjustment of status to return to their respective countries and go through the consular processing via the Department of State. The change marks the USCIS’ return to the law’s original intent to ensure that aliens navigate America’s immigration system properly.
To put things in perspective, posted below is the excerpt from the USCIS’ official announcement. Some parts in boldface…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced a new policy memo reiterating the fact that, consistent with long-standing immigration law and immigration court decisions, aliens seeking adjustment of status must do so through consular processing via the Department of State outside of the country.
Officers are directed to consider all relevant factors and information on a case-by-case basis when determining whether an alien warrants this extraordinary form of relief.
“We’re returning to the original intent of the law to ensure aliens navigate our nation’s immigration system properly. From now on, an alien who is in the U.S. temporarily and wants a Green Card must return to their home country to apply, except in extraordinary circumstances. This policy allows our immigration system to function as the law intended instead of incentivizing loopholes. When aliens apply from their home country, it reduces the need to find and remove those who decide to slip into the shadows and remain in the U.S. illegally after being denied residency,” said USCIS Spokesman Zach Kahler.
“Nonimmigrants, like students, temporary workers, or people on tourist visas, come to the U.S. for a short time and for a specific purpose. Our system is designed for them to leave when their visit is over. Their visit should not function as the first step in the Green Card process. Following the law allows the majority of these cases to be handled by the State Department at U.S. consular offices abroad and frees up limited USCIS resources to focus on processing other cases that fall under its purview, including visas for victims of violent crime and human trafficking, naturalization applications, and other priorities. The law was written this way for a reason, and despite the fact that it has been ignored for years, following it will help make our system fairer and more efficient.”
Let me end this piece by asking you readers: What is your reaction to this development? If you are an American citizen, do you agree with the USCIS’ change of policy and processes with regards to aliens who are already present in the United States while seeking to adjust their respective statuses? Do you think this latest change will somehow bring down the number of illegal immigrants/aliens present in America? Do you think it makes sense for aliens in America to go back home to their respective countries to apply for change of status at the U.S. consular?
You may answer in the comments below. If you prefer to answer privately, you may do so by sending me a direct message online.
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"Právo je pro lidi nesrozumintelné. Ombudsman kritizuje stát za chaos" -- "často vytváří situace, v nichž se občan v právním systému ztrácí. Dávno tak podle něj už nemůže platit, že neznalost zákonů neomlouvá." -- "diskriminace starých lidí je nejčastějším způsobem diskriminace u nás" -- "největší úspěch v roli ombudsmana, je to posílení role veřejného ochránce práv jako lidskoprávní instituce. 'Podařilo se mi snad přispět k pochopení, že lidská a občanské práva jsou skutečně pro všechny, a nikoliv jen pro ty, kteří se jich hlasitě domáhají. Snad přispět i k tomu, že rozdělování občanů na menšiny k ničemu dobrému nepovede a že potřebujeme nejen rozmanitost" -- " úřad veřejného ochránce práv dokáže účinně korigovat chyby státní správy. „V 97 procentech případů, ve kterých jsme upozornili úřady na jejich chybné jednání, tak svá nesprávná rozhodnutí napravily." -- "největší neúspěch naopak označil nedostatečnou součinnost některých institucí. Zejména tam, kde byla zjištění úřadu politicky či institucionálně nepohodlná"
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From @EmmettMacfarlane "We must resist the forces in #Canada who want to turn #judicialappointments into a polarized, partisan process. We see what that cultural attitude has wrought for the United States, where their courts now struggle with their fingers plugging the damn of a broken #democracy, and where their top court has fallen to naked #corruption, its six-judge majority having abandoned the #ruleoflaw entirely."
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