Mike P
@mmiikkeepp.bsky.social
Immigration & public law solicitor
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The delays are caused by decades of underfunding of the criminal justice system. Blaming it on defendants is obscene.
Telling the quotes here referring to 'criminals' etc. presuppose the accused are guilty & the trial process an inconvenience standing in the way of locking them up.
Telling the quotes here referring to 'criminals' etc. presuppose the accused are guilty & the trial process an inconvenience standing in the way of locking them up.
“No one is being served in the case that we saw.. More victims and witnesses are pulling out of the process because they cannot wait that long. That is compelling illustration of justice delayed being justice denied.”
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The delays are caused by decades of underfunding of the criminal justice system. Blaming it on defendants is obscene.
Telling the quotes here referring to 'criminals' etc. presuppose the accused are guilty & the trial process an inconvenience standing in the way of locking them up.
Telling the quotes here referring to 'criminals' etc. presuppose the accused are guilty & the trial process an inconvenience standing in the way of locking them up.
There might a ghost of a point here, if the hats in question were actually being worn by identifiable *people* on their (singular) heads, rather than on the furry fin-like appendages of disgusting wolf-fish-bird things
"the majority of the people complaining about the artwork are against high levels of immigration and believe the artwork is an attempt to humanise small boat crossings because the people walking across the water have Christmas hats on"
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London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:09 AM
There might a ghost of a point here, if the hats in question were actually being worn by identifiable *people* on their (singular) heads, rather than on the furry fin-like appendages of disgusting wolf-fish-bird things
This "loophole" allowing children born in the UK and living here up to 10 to register as British (regardless of the immigration status of their parents) has been in primary legislation for 42 years. All respect to Madeleine Sumption, I think the Telegraph is mistaken in labeling it as her discovery
The "loophole" is that once somebody who was recognised as a refugee had a child born here then, ten years later, once that child was a citizen, we would not deport the parent (after their legal status had been renewed 3-4 times over say 12 years here)
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...
November 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This "loophole" allowing children born in the UK and living here up to 10 to register as British (regardless of the immigration status of their parents) has been in primary legislation for 42 years. All respect to Madeleine Sumption, I think the Telegraph is mistaken in labeling it as her discovery
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Me at the LRB blog on the atrocious refugee policy of Mahmood and Starmer
Christopher Bertram | ‘Core Protection’
Refugeehood is not supposed to be like this. The ideal envisaged by the Refugee Convention is that refugee status should...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Me at the LRB blog on the atrocious refugee policy of Mahmood and Starmer
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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It's an odd-shaped image, but let's see if this works.
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
It's an odd-shaped image, but let's see if this works.
Seeking asylum because you hate asylum seekers
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Seeking asylum because you hate asylum seekers
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New Substack: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/on-incompe... Parts of the Labour party and BBC simply don't know what their jobs should be.
On incompetence
Much of our political culture is fundamentally incompetent.
chrisdillow.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
New Substack: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/on-incompe... Parts of the Labour party and BBC simply don't know what their jobs should be.
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This is stone-cold racism from Daniel Hannan, a man who was born in Peru, notorious home of the implacably murderous Sendero Luminoso guerrillas, to where he should clearly be immediately deported.
Spectator running a piece by Daniel Hannan which leans heavily into the inferred idea that you're not necessarily British if you come from a migrant background, even if you were born and brought up here.
November 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This is stone-cold racism from Daniel Hannan, a man who was born in Peru, notorious home of the implacably murderous Sendero Luminoso guerrillas, to where he should clearly be immediately deported.
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Various examples of Home Office salary changes to the Skilled Worker route impacting sectors are (re)emerging. I thought I'd start putting a thread together of examples. Please share if you spot any!
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November 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Various examples of Home Office salary changes to the Skilled Worker route impacting sectors are (re)emerging. I thought I'd start putting a thread together of examples. Please share if you spot any!
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Monkey Tennis
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
HMP Wandsworth gets ‘green light’ to use AI after team sent in to find ‘quick fixes’ after spate of mistakes
Artificial intelligence chatbots could be used to stop prisoners from being mistakenly released from jail, a justice minister told the House of Lords on Monday.
Lord Timpson said HMP Wandsworth had been given the “green light” to use artificial intelligence (AI) after a specialised team was sent in to find “some quick fixes”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Monkey Tennis
Crowdfunder by his partner says she's been told "an immigration legal team who can confidently challenge the deportation is likely to cost at least £70,000"
Who is charging £70k for a deportation appeal? Does this include additional costs of raising "novel" arguments about climate/ protest rights?
Who is charging £70k for a deportation appeal? Does this include additional costs of raising "novel" arguments about climate/ protest rights?
Jailed climate activist facing deportation from UK fights ‘crazy double punishment’: Marcus Decker is supported by climate experts, religious leaders and celebrities as he fights being first person in UK to be ‘deported for peaceful protest’ A climate activist who is appealing against his...
Jailed climate activist facing deportation from UK fights ‘crazy double punishment’
Jailed climate activist facing deportation from UK fights ‘crazy double punishment’: Marcus Decker is supported by climate experts, religious leaders and celebrities as he fights being first person in UK to be ‘deported for peaceful protest’ A climate activist who is appealing against his...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Crowdfunder by his partner says she's been told "an immigration legal team who can confidently challenge the deportation is likely to cost at least £70,000"
Who is charging £70k for a deportation appeal? Does this include additional costs of raising "novel" arguments about climate/ protest rights?
Who is charging £70k for a deportation appeal? Does this include additional costs of raising "novel" arguments about climate/ protest rights?
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All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
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All in favour of shared spaces that get people out and about and it you’re going to burn money on gambling then yeah, better to do so with a friendly person on hand. But still some incredible “men’s mental health” lobbying against a gambling tax in the Sunday Times. www.thetimes.com/article/f115...
November 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
All in favour of shared spaces that get people out and about and it you’re going to burn money on gambling then yeah, better to do so with a friendly person on hand. But still some incredible “men’s mental health” lobbying against a gambling tax in the Sunday Times. www.thetimes.com/article/f115...
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I know this is a bit of a cliche about Badenoch but it really blows my mind that somebody would go into a room and sit down with the press to talk confidently about legislation they had put before parliament but never read. What are her exam dreams like?
Kemi Badenoch said today “No, we’re not being retrospective. When we put that amendment through, it was for a live Bill, so it wouldn’t have been retrospective. It was applied to a specific cohort,” she said.
“So she (Ms Lam) just stated it imprecisely”
Badenoch obvs wrong about what her bill said
“So she (Ms Lam) just stated it imprecisely”
Badenoch obvs wrong about what her bill said
October 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I know this is a bit of a cliche about Badenoch but it really blows my mind that somebody would go into a room and sit down with the press to talk confidently about legislation they had put before parliament but never read. What are her exam dreams like?
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This such a perfect patriotic 🇬🇧 Fleet Street cock-up. It's one thing for a news outlet to be duped by a competent hoaxer. Excruciating, yes, but there's a fairly long history of such fuck ups. But to put out a statement SAYING you'd been hoaxed but you'd actually just emailed the wrong guy?
October 30, 2025 at 6:34 AM
This such a perfect patriotic 🇬🇧 Fleet Street cock-up. It's one thing for a news outlet to be duped by a competent hoaxer. Excruciating, yes, but there's a fairly long history of such fuck ups. But to put out a statement SAYING you'd been hoaxed but you'd actually just emailed the wrong guy?
Find it really odd the way every BBC article on him mentions that he says he's 38 but court papers suggest he's 41 - as though there is some unidentified act he might be trying to do which would be acceptable for a 38 year old but which which would be gross and unacceptable for a 41 year old
What gets me about the Kebatu case is that he's being described as a dangerous individual on the run when in fact he was a confused man (yes, a convicted one) with nowhere to go. He wanted to be deported back to Ethiopia and had asked when it would happen. Then he was released and a 'manhunt' ensued
It keeps getting worse for the HMP Chelmsford authorities.
Kebatu went back there four or five times and attempted to hand himself in, knowing he would be deported. The authorities sent him away, telling him he had been released.
Kebatu went back there four or five times and attempted to hand himself in, knowing he would be deported. The authorities sent him away, telling him he had been released.
October 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Find it really odd the way every BBC article on him mentions that he says he's 38 but court papers suggest he's 41 - as though there is some unidentified act he might be trying to do which would be acceptable for a 38 year old but which which would be gross and unacceptable for a 41 year old
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Another parable from George Osborne's Britain
October 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Another parable from George Osborne's Britain
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Quite the story: www.politicshome.com/news/article...
The Attorney General Is A Defendant In A Torture Claim From A Libyan Military Commander That He Drafted
Exclusive: Lord Hermer is a defendant in a civil suit he drafted and represented until weeks before the 2024 election, which implicates the previou...
www.politicshome.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Quite the story: www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Suspect more tragicomic stuff will come out about this & follow - eg he couldn't be immigration detained because Ethiopia won't document him, UK government attempt to bribe Ethiopia unsuccessfully but lose £1m+ trying, he ends up being granted discretionary leave even though he agreed to return
However badly your day has gone, it’s gone better than that of one prison officer in Essex: on.ft.com/478pOmw
Lammy ‘appalled’ at accidental release of Epping asylum seeker from prison
UK justice minister orders probe after Ethiopian man jailed for sexual assault is freed instead of being moved to deportation centre
on.ft.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Suspect more tragicomic stuff will come out about this & follow - eg he couldn't be immigration detained because Ethiopia won't document him, UK government attempt to bribe Ethiopia unsuccessfully but lose £1m+ trying, he ends up being granted discretionary leave even though he agreed to return
"The role centres on immersing the child in British culture, values, and subtleties before any cultural bias takes hold."
TRAP THE CHILD IN BRITISHNESS BEFORE HE CAN ESCAPE!
TRAP THE CHILD IN BRITISHNESS BEFORE HE CAN ESCAPE!
There's a whole other world out there: www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...
Private Tutor - London, England, Oxfordshire - Tes Jobs
Tutors International, United Kingdom
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October 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"The role centres on immersing the child in British culture, values, and subtleties before any cultural bias takes hold."
TRAP THE CHILD IN BRITISHNESS BEFORE HE CAN ESCAPE!
TRAP THE CHILD IN BRITISHNESS BEFORE HE CAN ESCAPE!
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Honestly what is the point of a Labour government that won’t take a stand against mass revocation deportation of people with permanent settlement rights?
If you won’t stand against anything you stand for nothing.
If you won’t stand against anything you stand for nothing.
Worth saying that despite asking for more than 12 hours we’ve had nothing back from Labour on this
A Conservative MP tipped as a future party leader has been condemned for saying large numbers of legally settled families must be deported, in order to ensure the UK is mostly “culturally coherent”.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
October 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Honestly what is the point of a Labour government that won’t take a stand against mass revocation deportation of people with permanent settlement rights?
If you won’t stand against anything you stand for nothing.
If you won’t stand against anything you stand for nothing.
It's annoying that AI is being jammed into a million things unnecessarily when doing something like crawling a database of First-tier and Upper Tribunal judgments to find all deport appeals allowed under A3 ECHR is something it could do quite easily
October 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It's annoying that AI is being jammed into a million things unnecessarily when doing something like crawling a database of First-tier and Upper Tribunal judgments to find all deport appeals allowed under A3 ECHR is something it could do quite easily