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Magna Carta- a thread in response to this1. Chapter (not 'Article') 61 was in original Magna Carta of 1215This is the @britishlibrary's English translation of the original at https://www.bl.uk/magna-carta/articles/magna-carta-en
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Depp v Sun libel decision out at 10amYou can never predict a High Court decisionThat said: on basis of reports from the hearing, a Sun victory would be more remarkable
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ThisHave come across so many people, usually 'unpolitical', who are lockdown scepticsNever assume Twitter is representative, still less the tweets of those you choose to followhttps://twitter.com/lewis_goodall/status/132302907806525
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Law is not magic, and lockdown regulations are not spellsAnd it is not even a question of clarity, or of enforcement For such prohibitions to work, there needs to be
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Once upon a time a government proposed breaking the lawThe matter got to the first gatekeeper, the government's most senior legal official'you cannot do that, I will resign'But he government
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"Ha ha, you thought Article 50 would never be triggered" come the occasional tauntLooks around at the increasing political, policy, legal and economic chaos'And this is why,' is my response'No
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This morning it all still seems so bizarreA Conservative government is risking a full-blown constitutional crisis and destroying its international reputation over......increasing the role of public sector in subsidising otherwise
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This statement is so carefully written, and fun to read just as carefully.https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1304131578638012416 Let's go through the statement, as it is really so delightful The 'Government has today published...'
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Shamima BegumWhy the Court of Appeal judgment was a careful balancing act, and not a political decisionMy latest @FT 'guided tour' video, with @tomhannen FT: https://www.ft.com/video/53b1674e-5988-4aa9-a5eb-13899a550831?utm_source=d
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MidnightThe option has now expired for the United Kingdom to extend the Brexit transition period The transition period will now end, by automatic operation of law, on 31 December 2020There
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Not being able to extend the transition period means that, at a stroke, UK's negotiating position is profoundly weakenedUK will have to accept what EU offers, and get Johnson to
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Thought experimentAssume many of the estates in Jane Austen (the "thousands per year", dowries etc) were based in part on slaveryTo what extent would that change anything for you as(/if)
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