Dragon Lord
@briandorken.bsky.social
I'm a retired clinical scientist
Stephen Hawking said the human race had only 200 years left on earth (for different reasons). However, if this article is correct the human race will have killed itself off before then.
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The UN is our best defence against a third world war. As Trump wields the axe, who will fight to save it? | Simon Tisdall
If the US cuts off the cash it will have world-changing effects, but it’s not the only country falling short in its obligations
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July 6, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Stephen Hawking said the human race had only 200 years left on earth (for different reasons). However, if this article is correct the human race will have killed itself off before then.
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I've just read this article in The Guardian this morning. Why do the media never address the real problem in the justice system. Years of underfunding from successive Tory governments is the real reason for the backlog, nothing to do with jury trials.
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Here’s a radical way to save England’s collapsing justice system: get rid of juries | Simon Jenkins
We’re saddled with an archaic system. As record numbers of trials stall and costs soar, it’s time for us to ditch this relic, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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May 5, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I've just read this article in The Guardian this morning. Why do the media never address the real problem in the justice system. Years of underfunding from successive Tory governments is the real reason for the backlog, nothing to do with jury trials.
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Surprising to hear that a government formed exclusively of a country’s most stupid people isn’t really working out.
March 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Surprising to hear that a government formed exclusively of a country’s most stupid people isn’t really working out.
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Whenever it is pointed out that US government may not get its own way in court, some reply guy asserts I am “optimistic”.
I am a legal commentator: I am never optimistic.
I have a Brummie accent: I never sound optimistic.
This all could very badly for the courts and rule of law.
Not optimism.
I am a legal commentator: I am never optimistic.
I have a Brummie accent: I never sound optimistic.
This all could very badly for the courts and rule of law.
Not optimism.
March 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Whenever it is pointed out that US government may not get its own way in court, some reply guy asserts I am “optimistic”.
I am a legal commentator: I am never optimistic.
I have a Brummie accent: I never sound optimistic.
This all could very badly for the courts and rule of law.
Not optimism.
I am a legal commentator: I am never optimistic.
I have a Brummie accent: I never sound optimistic.
This all could very badly for the courts and rule of law.
Not optimism.
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This is an exceptional piece of writing by an anonymous barrister recently diagnosed with ADHD.
www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/adh...
www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/adh...
ADHD Barrister
Marking Neurodiversity Week 2025, an anonymous barrister shares the revelations and emotions from a mid-career diagnosis with a view to encouraging others to find out more
www.counselmagazine.co.uk
March 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This is an exceptional piece of writing by an anonymous barrister recently diagnosed with ADHD.
www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/adh...
www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/adh...
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As Honest Bob Jenrick tours the country repeating far-right conspiracy talking points about “two-tier sentencing”, here is the letter his own government sent to the Sentencing Council last year approving the very Guidelines he now claims are evidence of “two-tier Keir”.
The man is a fraud.
The man is a fraud.
March 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
As Honest Bob Jenrick tours the country repeating far-right conspiracy talking points about “two-tier sentencing”, here is the letter his own government sent to the Sentencing Council last year approving the very Guidelines he now claims are evidence of “two-tier Keir”.
The man is a fraud.
The man is a fraud.
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The test of basic legal literacy in the UK is whether you think UK judges use gavels.
Not a single person involved in the production and publication of this cartoon would pass that test.
Not a single person involved in the production and publication of this cartoon would pass that test.
This whole rule of law thing and the UK Govt having to respect legal commitments (which in most of the recent "controversial" cases, have been imposed on it by Parliament, and applied by the courts). The Telegraph has only found out about all this, and they're very unhappy.
February 19, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The test of basic legal literacy in the UK is whether you think UK judges use gavels.
Not a single person involved in the production and publication of this cartoon would pass that test.
Not a single person involved in the production and publication of this cartoon would pass that test.
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Like many decisions, you will never get unanimous agreement.
February 6, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Like many decisions, you will never get unanimous agreement.
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
January 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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With the utmost sympathy to the relatives of anyone brutally murdered, there is absolutely no way sentencing is going yo take place in E&W courts with a disruptive and violent defendant in the dock. No chance whatsoever.
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January 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
With the utmost sympathy to the relatives of anyone brutally murdered, there is absolutely no way sentencing is going yo take place in E&W courts with a disruptive and violent defendant in the dock. No chance whatsoever.
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Why in a civilised modern country do we allow this type of exploitation?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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‘So immoral’: gig economy workers forced to pay fee to receive their wages
Retail assistants on low pay using YoungOnes platform docked cash or told to wait up to 30 days for earnings
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January 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Why in a civilised modern country do we allow this type of exploitation?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Not a single Reform MP has bothered to turn up to today's House of Commons debate on tackling violence against women and girls
January 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Not a single Reform MP has bothered to turn up to today's House of Commons debate on tackling violence against women and girls
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Isn't this just Trump trolling us? Greenland is an autonomous region of Denmark who are in NATO. If he did invade where does that leave us?
Isn't this just Trump trolling us? Greenland is an autonomous region of Denmark who are in NATO. If he did invade where does that leave us?
Trump refuses to rule out using military to take Panama Canal and Greenland
Remarks likely to set off alarm bells around the world as Trump prepares to return to the White House this month
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January 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Isn't this just Trump trolling us? Greenland is an autonomous region of Denmark who are in NATO. If he did invade where does that leave us?
Isn't this just Trump trolling us? Greenland is an autonomous region of Denmark who are in NATO. If he did invade where does that leave us?
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Britain, Canada, Mexico, Greenland, Germany. Trump and Musk like to demean and belittle America's allies. By the end of these four years, there's no limit to America's potential isolation.
January 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Britain, Canada, Mexico, Greenland, Germany. Trump and Musk like to demean and belittle America's allies. By the end of these four years, there's no limit to America's potential isolation.
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Farewell Twitter www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01... I planned to stay on Twitter until 20 January. But Musk has made that impossible. I won't be posting there again while he runs the show. This is now my main social media outlet.
Farewell Twitter
I had planned to cease using Twitter on 20 January in protest at Trump’s election and his promotion of Elon Musk. However, events have overtaken that plan.
It is now quite clear that Elon Musk is a t...
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January 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Farewell Twitter www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01... I planned to stay on Twitter until 20 January. But Musk has made that impossible. I won't be posting there again while he runs the show. This is now my main social media outlet.
Absolutely right. In fact the Times hasn't stopped it's easy on Starmer since July 5th and don't even bother listening to Times Radio. It's laughable.
Today is an object lesson in the radicalisation of the British right-wing press. Britain is being disparaged and insulted by a foreign far-right conspiracy theorist. But the Mail, the Express, the Telegraph and even the Times choose focus their criticisism on the British prime minister instead.
January 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Absolutely right. In fact the Times hasn't stopped it's easy on Starmer since July 5th and don't even bother listening to Times Radio. It's laughable.
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Happy about a social care review and I get that it would naturally take a long time. But I do not have confidence A) that Labour has the bravery to make the case for tax rises B) that the Tories have the decency to refrain from party political sabotage in 2028.
January 3, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Happy about a social care review and I get that it would naturally take a long time. But I do not have confidence A) that Labour has the bravery to make the case for tax rises B) that the Tories have the decency to refrain from party political sabotage in 2028.
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If there are politicians or activists with a genuine interest in fixing the problems in investigating and prosecuting sexual offences, there are many criminal justice experts happy to help.
I just mention it because we don’t hear from many of you unless it involves defendants of certain races.
I just mention it because we don’t hear from many of you unless it involves defendants of certain races.
January 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
If there are politicians or activists with a genuine interest in fixing the problems in investigating and prosecuting sexual offences, there are many criminal justice experts happy to help.
I just mention it because we don’t hear from many of you unless it involves defendants of certain races.
I just mention it because we don’t hear from many of you unless it involves defendants of certain races.
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My last film of the year was Rebel Ridge and what a goddamn pleasure it was. I dunno how this diamond slipped through the generic sludge of the Netflix process, but somehow it did. Simultaneously the best action film and the best legal thriller I've seen for months.
December 31, 2024 at 12:00 PM
My last film of the year was Rebel Ridge and what a goddamn pleasure it was. I dunno how this diamond slipped through the generic sludge of the Netflix process, but somehow it did. Simultaneously the best action film and the best legal thriller I've seen for months.
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Love it when bookshops or libraries arrange their books appropriately...
December 23, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Love it when bookshops or libraries arrange their books appropriately...
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The Conservative MPs, which include the Shadow Business Minister Greg Smith, want basic workers' rights to holiday and annual pay scrapped.
They are also resisting workplace protections against harassment, describing them as an attack on "free speech", that will stop "banter"
They are also resisting workplace protections against harassment, describing them as an attack on "free speech", that will stop "banter"
Conservative MPs Want to Scrap Workers' Rights to Paid Holiday and Annual Leave
They are also seeking to overturn workplace protections from sexual harassment, calling them an attack on "free speech"
bylinetimes.com
December 17, 2024 at 1:42 PM
The Conservative MPs, which include the Shadow Business Minister Greg Smith, want basic workers' rights to holiday and annual pay scrapped.
They are also resisting workplace protections against harassment, describing them as an attack on "free speech", that will stop "banter"
They are also resisting workplace protections against harassment, describing them as an attack on "free speech", that will stop "banter"
Yet another part of the UK being sold off for short term gain. I really do fear what will happen in this country if Europe turns on us. We are self-sufficient in nothing. It's frightening and nobody gives a
damn because of the money made in this short term period.
damn because of the money made in this short term period.
Royal Mail? Really? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/12... Is profit all that really matters now? What about service? What about community? What about national control of essential infrastructure? And what is Labour thinking? So many questions, and no answers.
Royal Mail? Really?
The Royal Mail is not royal, if ever it was.
It has not been an essential state-supplied service for some time, although I doubt we can survive without it as a universal service.
And now it is going...
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December 16, 2024 at 9:06 AM
Yet another part of the UK being sold off for short term gain. I really do fear what will happen in this country if Europe turns on us. We are self-sufficient in nothing. It's frightening and nobody gives a
damn because of the money made in this short term period.
damn because of the money made in this short term period.
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Royal Mail? Really? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/12... Is profit all that really matters now? What about service? What about community? What about national control of essential infrastructure? And what is Labour thinking? So many questions, and no answers.
Royal Mail? Really?
The Royal Mail is not royal, if ever it was.
It has not been an essential state-supplied service for some time, although I doubt we can survive without it as a universal service.
And now it is going...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
December 16, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Royal Mail? Really? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/12... Is profit all that really matters now? What about service? What about community? What about national control of essential infrastructure? And what is Labour thinking? So many questions, and no answers.
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There's a ball of fire in the sky
December 14, 2024 at 11:41 AM
There's a ball of fire in the sky