Faisel Sadiq
@faiselsadiq.bsky.social
Londoner. British.
Barrister (Inner Temple) practising from
@gatehouse.bsky.social.
Interested in law and politics.
Fiscal and Defence Hawk. Socially Progressive.
All views are my own. Reposts are not necessarily endorsements.
Barrister (Inner Temple) practising from
@gatehouse.bsky.social.
Interested in law and politics.
Fiscal and Defence Hawk. Socially Progressive.
All views are my own. Reposts are not necessarily endorsements.
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The rhetoric of “Hamas uses human shields”has been an all-purpose “get out of caring about civilian casualties” card for the IDF since the start of the war.
Several Palestinians and Israeli soldiers say troops are systematically forcing Palestinians to act as human shields in Gaza, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check for bombs and gunmen.
The dangerous practice has become ubiquitous during 19 months of war, they said.
The dangerous practice has become ubiquitous during 19 months of war, they said.
Israeli soldiers and former detainees tell AP Israel's use of human shields in Gaza is widespread
Several Palestinians and Israeli soldiers say troops are systematically forcing Palestinians to act as human shields in Gaza, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check for bombs and gunmen.
bit.ly
May 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The rhetoric of “Hamas uses human shields”has been an all-purpose “get out of caring about civilian casualties” card for the IDF since the start of the war.
Has any one else noticed an increase in the phenomenon of deputy district judges and recorders jumping through hoops to avoid determining applications they have said they find difficult for (frankly) spurious reasons?
May 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Has any one else noticed an increase in the phenomenon of deputy district judges and recorders jumping through hoops to avoid determining applications they have said they find difficult for (frankly) spurious reasons?
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Every moment of this horror is beyond comprehension
May 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Every moment of this horror is beyond comprehension
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Also, the claim "Africans were active in the slave trade" here is completely decontextualized. No one disputes that happened in some cases. What is relevant is how the right brings that up completely out of context to avoid reckoning with systemic racism and Jim Crow in the US.
amazingly fucked up that the NYT is uncritically publishing the claim, “Race has some biological reality.”
that is, definitionally, racism. textbook.
that is, definitionally, racism. textbook.
May 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Also, the claim "Africans were active in the slave trade" here is completely decontextualized. No one disputes that happened in some cases. What is relevant is how the right brings that up completely out of context to avoid reckoning with systemic racism and Jim Crow in the US.
Watching events in Gaza in the last few weeks, I’ve
increasingly been reminded of the quote from the film Gandhi:
“Whatever moral ascendancy the West once held was lost here today. India is free, for she has taken all that steel and cruelty can give and she has neither cringed nor retreated.”
increasingly been reminded of the quote from the film Gandhi:
“Whatever moral ascendancy the West once held was lost here today. India is free, for she has taken all that steel and cruelty can give and she has neither cringed nor retreated.”
I cannot get my head round the pain that seeing 9 of your 10 children killed must involve.
May 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Watching events in Gaza in the last few weeks, I’ve
increasingly been reminded of the quote from the film Gandhi:
“Whatever moral ascendancy the West once held was lost here today. India is free, for she has taken all that steel and cruelty can give and she has neither cringed nor retreated.”
increasingly been reminded of the quote from the film Gandhi:
“Whatever moral ascendancy the West once held was lost here today. India is free, for she has taken all that steel and cruelty can give and she has neither cringed nor retreated.”
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I cannot get my head round the pain that seeing 9 of your 10 children killed must involve.
May 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I cannot get my head round the pain that seeing 9 of your 10 children killed must involve.
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The idea that any form of Judaism as practiced today - Orthodox, Reform, or otherwise - reflects "authentic Judaism as practiced for thousands of years" is a complete nostalgic fantasy, just as most imagined claims for complete continuity between modern identities and ancient history tend to be.
Funny how the Jews that are most adherent to the Torah and authentic Judaism as practiced for 1000's of years, do support him
May 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The idea that any form of Judaism as practiced today - Orthodox, Reform, or otherwise - reflects "authentic Judaism as practiced for thousands of years" is a complete nostalgic fantasy, just as most imagined claims for complete continuity between modern identities and ancient history tend to be.
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Keep asking these questions, Peter Alexander. Bravo.
May 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Keep asking these questions, Peter Alexander. Bravo.
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Make this make sense. 🤷🏼♂️
May 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Make this make sense. 🤷🏼♂️
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There is nothing in life so precious as the memories that we make with loved ones.
To see somebody realising that their memories are being robbed from them reaching out and clutching onto their partner looking for reassurance and love hits like a hammer.
#Dementia
To see somebody realising that their memories are being robbed from them reaching out and clutching onto their partner looking for reassurance and love hits like a hammer.
#Dementia
May 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
There is nothing in life so precious as the memories that we make with loved ones.
To see somebody realising that their memories are being robbed from them reaching out and clutching onto their partner looking for reassurance and love hits like a hammer.
#Dementia
To see somebody realising that their memories are being robbed from them reaching out and clutching onto their partner looking for reassurance and love hits like a hammer.
#Dementia
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Really hoping that Springsteen adds a cover of Peter Gabriel’s Biko to his set list.
May 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Really hoping that Springsteen adds a cover of Peter Gabriel’s Biko to his set list.
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My article on the UK/EU common understanding in @renewaljournal.bsky.social: renewal.org.uk/blog/the-uk-...
The UK/EU Common Understanding: A big step forward
Anyone who has read a recent opinion poll, or spent any time canvassing voters, knows that the vast majority of voters – including strong supporters of Brexit – think that the UK’s current arrangement...
renewal.org.uk
May 22, 2025 at 8:46 AM
My article on the UK/EU common understanding in @renewaljournal.bsky.social: renewal.org.uk/blog/the-uk-...
Delighted to have acted for the Charity Commission in the Batmanghelidjh judicial review.
I have been surprised by the Good Law Project’s press release describing the outcome.
Those interested may find it helpful to read the order made by the court and compare it with the GLP press release.
I have been surprised by the Good Law Project’s press release describing the outcome.
Those interested may find it helpful to read the order made by the court and compare it with the GLP press release.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
May 22, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Delighted to have acted for the Charity Commission in the Batmanghelidjh judicial review.
I have been surprised by the Good Law Project’s press release describing the outcome.
Those interested may find it helpful to read the order made by the court and compare it with the GLP press release.
I have been surprised by the Good Law Project’s press release describing the outcome.
Those interested may find it helpful to read the order made by the court and compare it with the GLP press release.
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Well I have slept on it.
But I can‘t get over it.
"Island of Strangers“ is a horrible thing to say.
And honestly, as someone who spends her professional life trying to see the British side, constantly agonising whether I am too harsh or judgemental, I am deeply upset today.
(I don‘t live in 🇬🇧.)
But I can‘t get over it.
"Island of Strangers“ is a horrible thing to say.
And honestly, as someone who spends her professional life trying to see the British side, constantly agonising whether I am too harsh or judgemental, I am deeply upset today.
(I don‘t live in 🇬🇧.)
May 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Well I have slept on it.
But I can‘t get over it.
"Island of Strangers“ is a horrible thing to say.
And honestly, as someone who spends her professional life trying to see the British side, constantly agonising whether I am too harsh or judgemental, I am deeply upset today.
(I don‘t live in 🇬🇧.)
But I can‘t get over it.
"Island of Strangers“ is a horrible thing to say.
And honestly, as someone who spends her professional life trying to see the British side, constantly agonising whether I am too harsh or judgemental, I am deeply upset today.
(I don‘t live in 🇬🇧.)
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If you wouldn't accept "we are at risk of becoming an island of strangers" from Kemi Badenoch or Nigel Farage you probably shouldn't accept it from Keir Starmer. Don't pretzel yourself trying to explain why it's ok from the guy in the red tie.
May 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
If you wouldn't accept "we are at risk of becoming an island of strangers" from Kemi Badenoch or Nigel Farage you probably shouldn't accept it from Keir Starmer. Don't pretzel yourself trying to explain why it's ok from the guy in the red tie.
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Well done Labour
Anyone who thought you represented real change now despises you.
Anyone who didn’t, still won’t.
People who weren’t that convinced but hoped for the best are out of patience.
You’ve managed to turn off everyone.
Quite the achievement!
Anyone who thought you represented real change now despises you.
Anyone who didn’t, still won’t.
People who weren’t that convinced but hoped for the best are out of patience.
You’ve managed to turn off everyone.
Quite the achievement!
May 13, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Well done Labour
Anyone who thought you represented real change now despises you.
Anyone who didn’t, still won’t.
People who weren’t that convinced but hoped for the best are out of patience.
You’ve managed to turn off everyone.
Quite the achievement!
Anyone who thought you represented real change now despises you.
Anyone who didn’t, still won’t.
People who weren’t that convinced but hoped for the best are out of patience.
You’ve managed to turn off everyone.
Quite the achievement!
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2025: Keir Starmer suggests that pressure on housing and public services is because of migrants
2020: Keir Starmer, "Poor housing, poor public services are not the fault of the migrants, they're political failure"
2020: Keir Starmer, "Poor housing, poor public services are not the fault of the migrants, they're political failure"
May 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
2025: Keir Starmer suggests that pressure on housing and public services is because of migrants
2020: Keir Starmer, "Poor housing, poor public services are not the fault of the migrants, they're political failure"
2020: Keir Starmer, "Poor housing, poor public services are not the fault of the migrants, they're political failure"
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The House of Representatives is struggling to pass the Senate-passed and GOP leadership-backed Antisemitism Awareness Act, because far-right House Republicans are concerned it will mean they could be called antisemitic for saying Jews killed Jesus: punchbowl.news/article/poli...
Big hurdles for the Antisemitism Awareness Act
After a messy Senate markup last week, Hill Republicans are facing a real struggle to pass the Antisemitism Awareness Act.
punchbowl.news
May 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The House of Representatives is struggling to pass the Senate-passed and GOP leadership-backed Antisemitism Awareness Act, because far-right House Republicans are concerned it will mean they could be called antisemitic for saying Jews killed Jesus: punchbowl.news/article/poli...
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Red blade = the Dark Side.
I don’t make the rules.
I don’t make the rules.
May 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Red blade = the Dark Side.
I don’t make the rules.
I don’t make the rules.
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I never get this "prestigious" or "leading" school framing. It actually only ever seems to mean "expensive". And there is zero chance of any worthwhile or serious employer these days hiring someone on the basis of what school place they secured when they were in Year Six.
Some of the UK’s most prestigious independent schools are growing in strength and looking at ways to expand ⬇️
Private schools branch out and merge to offset VAT effect on fees
www.thetimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I never get this "prestigious" or "leading" school framing. It actually only ever seems to mean "expensive". And there is zero chance of any worthwhile or serious employer these days hiring someone on the basis of what school place they secured when they were in Year Six.
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Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
May 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
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This week the @thespectator1828.bsky.social podcast had a fantastic advert for @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social by Michael Gove.
Well worth a listen. Frankly, if I weren’t happy where I was and if I was willing to routinely defend the underdog pro bono or at legal aid rates, I’d be tempted to join.
Well worth a listen. Frankly, if I weren’t happy where I was and if I was willing to routinely defend the underdog pro bono or at legal aid rates, I’d be tempted to join.
Chambers of horrors, the ‘Dubai-ification’ of London & the enduring obsession with Diana
This week: the left-wing radicalism of Garden Court
audioboom.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This week the @thespectator1828.bsky.social podcast had a fantastic advert for @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social by Michael Gove.
Well worth a listen. Frankly, if I weren’t happy where I was and if I was willing to routinely defend the underdog pro bono or at legal aid rates, I’d be tempted to join.
Well worth a listen. Frankly, if I weren’t happy where I was and if I was willing to routinely defend the underdog pro bono or at legal aid rates, I’d be tempted to join.