Sean Jones KC
@seanjones.org
King’s Counsel. Serious about Law, but only about Law.
General Editor of Tolley’s Employment Handbook.
Trustee of FRU
Member of Chelsea Pitch Owners board
Co-founder of Billable Hour Appeal.
General Editor of Tolley’s Employment Handbook.
Trustee of FRU
Member of Chelsea Pitch Owners board
Co-founder of Billable Hour Appeal.
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Sean Jones KC
@seanjones.org
· Oct 6
Announcing @billablehour.bsky.social's very first Halloween T-shirt by the fabulous @soengery.bsky.social. Links in the reply. Also available in extra Goth.
As usual, all proceeds go to @savechildrenuk.bsky.social /1
As usual, all proceeds go to @savechildrenuk.bsky.social /1
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Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
In terms of gross political misjudgments the attitude that no real harm could come of allowing Trump the comfort of wallowing in a false sense of injustice about the outcome of the 2020 election must surely rank up with the grossest.
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
In terms of gross political misjudgments the attitude that no real harm could come of allowing Trump the comfort of wallowing in a false sense of injustice about the outcome of the 2020 election must surely rank up with the grossest.
Turned on the BBC and Nigel Farage was delivering another speech. Does he now have a weekly slot? He was expressing concern that a betting tax would mean that children would no longer be able to put “tuppence” into a slot machine in seaside amusement arcades. Which I’m sure is a real thing.
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Turned on the BBC and Nigel Farage was delivering another speech. Does he now have a weekly slot? He was expressing concern that a betting tax would mean that children would no longer be able to put “tuppence” into a slot machine in seaside amusement arcades. Which I’m sure is a real thing.
Contemplating the possibility of the BBC giving Donald Trump money to settle a claim has me envisaging being angry in a way I hadn’t previously imagined possible.
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Contemplating the possibility of the BBC giving Donald Trump money to settle a claim has me envisaging being angry in a way I hadn’t previously imagined possible.
Part of the reason I do think of the BBC as being fundamentally liberal is the amount of agonising it does about whether it is really to blame for the hostility of its enemies.
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Part of the reason I do think of the BBC as being fundamentally liberal is the amount of agonising it does about whether it is really to blame for the hostility of its enemies.
Imagine the pain Truss must feel waking up everyday and realising that we could be living in a land of milk and honey if only the meddling left wing financial establishment hadn’t brought her down.
November 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Imagine the pain Truss must feel waking up everyday and realising that we could be living in a land of milk and honey if only the meddling left wing financial establishment hadn’t brought her down.
What?
Rule of law says what now (Ireland edition)?
The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
November 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
What?
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Day Four of the Law Paw countdown - and hello to the faces of April 2026!
You have ONE WEEK left to order your calendar. Featuring all of these adorable faces (and many more) AND raising money for @savechildrenuk.bsky.social . What's not to love?
www.billablehour.org/calendar/uk2...
You have ONE WEEK left to order your calendar. Featuring all of these adorable faces (and many more) AND raising money for @savechildrenuk.bsky.social . What's not to love?
www.billablehour.org/calendar/uk2...
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Day Four of the Law Paw countdown - and hello to the faces of April 2026!
You have ONE WEEK left to order your calendar. Featuring all of these adorable faces (and many more) AND raising money for @savechildrenuk.bsky.social . What's not to love?
www.billablehour.org/calendar/uk2...
You have ONE WEEK left to order your calendar. Featuring all of these adorable faces (and many more) AND raising money for @savechildrenuk.bsky.social . What's not to love?
www.billablehour.org/calendar/uk2...
All the good taste of an earwax lollipop.
November 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
All the good taste of an earwax lollipop.
Trump’s increasingly bizarre policy announcements have the feel of interns competing to see who can talk him into saying the maddest thing.
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Trump’s increasingly bizarre policy announcements have the feel of interns competing to see who can talk him into saying the maddest thing.
What?
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
What?
Reposted by Sean Jones KC
Every single word!
New post just out:
Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list".
No part of the public sector is more broken or brings with it greater political risk. As we saw these past two weeks.
It desperately needs a new approach.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/f...
Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list".
No part of the public sector is more broken or brings with it greater political risk. As we saw these past two weeks.
It desperately needs a new approach.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/f...
Flashing Red
Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list"
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Every single word!
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At the end of September, Leeds prison had room for 641 men but was being forced to hold 1,092.
Chronic overcrowding has tragic consequences: https://howardleague.org/news/leeds-prison-report-reveals-the-tragic-consequences-of-chronic-overcrowding/
Chronic overcrowding has tragic consequences: https://howardleague.org/news/leeds-prison-report-reveals-the-tragic-consequences-of-chronic-overcrowding/
November 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
At the end of September, Leeds prison had room for 641 men but was being forced to hold 1,092.
Chronic overcrowding has tragic consequences: https://howardleague.org/news/leeds-prison-report-reveals-the-tragic-consequences-of-chronic-overcrowding/
Chronic overcrowding has tragic consequences: https://howardleague.org/news/leeds-prison-report-reveals-the-tragic-consequences-of-chronic-overcrowding/
Good evening to everyone but Thames Water which has just sent me a. £2900 water bill and claims I must have had over 9000 baths in the last 6 months.
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Good evening to everyone but Thames Water which has just sent me a. £2900 water bill and claims I must have had over 9000 baths in the last 6 months.
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Labour are obsessed with the name James 🤣
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social points out to @iandunt.bsky.social that Four Labour Party leaders were called James...
Full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#labour #ukpolitics #originstory
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social points out to @iandunt.bsky.social that Four Labour Party leaders were called James...
Full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#labour #ukpolitics #originstory
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Labour are obsessed with the name James 🤣
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social points out to @iandunt.bsky.social that Four Labour Party leaders were called James...
Full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#labour #ukpolitics #originstory
@dorianlynskey.bsky.social points out to @iandunt.bsky.social that Four Labour Party leaders were called James...
Full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#labour #ukpolitics #originstory
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Again, this is a fabulous book.
🎙️ New episode
Where did two-party politics actually come from? (Clue: it was chaotic from day one ⚔️)
👑 Monarchs v ministers
📜 Whigs v Tories
🧮 Parliamentary dark arts
🔗 Listen ⤵️
pod.link/1714627828/e...
Where did two-party politics actually come from? (Clue: it was chaotic from day one ⚔️)
👑 Monarchs v ministers
📜 Whigs v Tories
🧮 Parliamentary dark arts
🔗 Listen ⤵️
pod.link/1714627828/e...
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Again, this is a fabulous book.
Maybe … don’t commit crimes?
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Maybe … don’t commit crimes?
How’s Musk’s America Party coming along?
November 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
How’s Musk’s America Party coming along?
Impressed that @lordshortcake.bsky.social was once the Phantom Raspberry Blower of old London Town
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Impressed that @lordshortcake.bsky.social was once the Phantom Raspberry Blower of old London Town
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
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How glib and superficial and frankly ignorant can you be to dismiss this. How dare you suggest that France and Germany being close allies and friends is a small or even (in the words of many British colleagues) “weird“ and dispensable achievement.
I have had enough of it.
I have had enough of it.
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
How glib and superficial and frankly ignorant can you be to dismiss this. How dare you suggest that France and Germany being close allies and friends is a small or even (in the words of many British colleagues) “weird“ and dispensable achievement.
I have had enough of it.
I have had enough of it.
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Don't forget to order your 2026 Law Paw calendar!
Calendars cost £20 and feature dozens of adorable law-themed pet photographs. Plus all the money raised goes to @savechildrenuk.bsky.social .
www.billablehour.org/calendar/uk2022-n5hfj-bkdhx-nya88-t88th
Calendars cost £20 and feature dozens of adorable law-themed pet photographs. Plus all the money raised goes to @savechildrenuk.bsky.social .
www.billablehour.org/calendar/uk2022-n5hfj-bkdhx-nya88-t88th
There's still time to order your calendar! It features all of the wonderful pets you've seen this year, AND all the money raised goes to @savechildrenuk.bsky.social . Not to mention, they make great Christmas presents
www.billablehour.org/calendar/uk2...
www.billablehour.org/calendar/uk2...
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Don't forget to order your 2026 Law Paw calendar!
Calendars cost £20 and feature dozens of adorable law-themed pet photographs. Plus all the money raised goes to @savechildrenuk.bsky.social .
www.billablehour.org/calendar/uk2022-n5hfj-bkdhx-nya88-t88th
Calendars cost £20 and feature dozens of adorable law-themed pet photographs. Plus all the money raised goes to @savechildrenuk.bsky.social .
www.billablehour.org/calendar/uk2022-n5hfj-bkdhx-nya88-t88th
Just so I’m clear, to be properly English and not suspiciously foreign my ancestors have to be from Germany? 🤪
November 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Just so I’m clear, to be properly English and not suspiciously foreign my ancestors have to be from Germany? 🤪
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Spray tan = $150
Waxing = $100 half leg, $200 full leg
Complimentary prosecco 🥂
Walk-ins accepted!! 💝
Waxing = $100 half leg, $200 full leg
Complimentary prosecco 🥂
Walk-ins accepted!! 💝
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Spray tan = $150
Waxing = $100 half leg, $200 full leg
Complimentary prosecco 🥂
Walk-ins accepted!! 💝
Waxing = $100 half leg, $200 full leg
Complimentary prosecco 🥂
Walk-ins accepted!! 💝