Jonathan Willson
@jonathanwillson.bsky.social
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As set out in this thread, the causes of the court backlog are chronic lack of funding and absurd inefficiency.
The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries.
Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.
The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries.
Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
December 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
As set out in this thread, the causes of the court backlog are chronic lack of funding and absurd inefficiency.
The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries.
Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.
The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries.
Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.
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Not the Brexit deal.
Brexit.
A prejudiced moronathon that will continue to damage our country until we’re brave/sane enough to admit it, demand accountability from those who insisted upon it and then, finally, start to fix it.
Brexit.
A prejudiced moronathon that will continue to damage our country until we’re brave/sane enough to admit it, demand accountability from those who insisted upon it and then, finally, start to fix it.
The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
November 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Not the Brexit deal.
Brexit.
A prejudiced moronathon that will continue to damage our country until we’re brave/sane enough to admit it, demand accountability from those who insisted upon it and then, finally, start to fix it.
Brexit.
A prejudiced moronathon that will continue to damage our country until we’re brave/sane enough to admit it, demand accountability from those who insisted upon it and then, finally, start to fix it.
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Robbie Gibb had "no editorial role" at the Jewish Chronicle in the same way as Rupert Murdoch had no editorial role at the media outlets he used to exert political influence for many years.
Gibb also had no editorial role at the BBC but still used his position to bully & browbeat BBC journalists.
Gibb also had no editorial role at the BBC but still used his position to bully & browbeat BBC journalists.
Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Robbie Gibb had "no editorial role" at the Jewish Chronicle in the same way as Rupert Murdoch had no editorial role at the media outlets he used to exert political influence for many years.
Gibb also had no editorial role at the BBC but still used his position to bully & browbeat BBC journalists.
Gibb also had no editorial role at the BBC but still used his position to bully & browbeat BBC journalists.
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The Danish Social Democrats suffering historic losses, including Copenhagen. Partly incumbency. Partly the strategic direction of deciding to signal tough approaches and not prioritise keeping liberal educated support in the capital from progressive challengers
cphpost.dk/2025-11-19/n...
cphpost.dk/2025-11-19/n...
Sune Steffen Hansen: "Voters are turning on the Social Democrats" - The Copenhagen Post
The Copenhagen Post’s political analyst Sune Steffen Hansen said Tuesday’s municipal and regional elections delivered a clearer message than many expected: voters are dissatisfied with the governing p...
cphpost.dk
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The Danish Social Democrats suffering historic losses, including Copenhagen. Partly incumbency. Partly the strategic direction of deciding to signal tough approaches and not prioritise keeping liberal educated support in the capital from progressive challengers
cphpost.dk/2025-11-19/n...
cphpost.dk/2025-11-19/n...
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As you might imagine, this is very good. It is also very funny.
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
As you might imagine, this is very good. It is also very funny.
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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2000-now: Storyville, I May Destroy You, In Our Time, Springwatch, 6 Music, Happy Valley, RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Gardener's World, A House Through Time, Fleabag, WILTY, Top Gear, Gone Fishing, This Country, CBBC, Dr Who, The Office, Sherlock, Wolf Hall, Glastonbury, Only Connect, The Traitors.
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
2000-now: Storyville, I May Destroy You, In Our Time, Springwatch, 6 Music, Happy Valley, RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Gardener's World, A House Through Time, Fleabag, WILTY, Top Gear, Gone Fishing, This Country, CBBC, Dr Who, The Office, Sherlock, Wolf Hall, Glastonbury, Only Connect, The Traitors.
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See what’s happening. A Trumpist US media company has taken over Channel 5. Another US company is gunning for ITV. Our social media is saturated by Musk’s calls for civil war in the UK. The BBC is the last thing standing, and Trump/Johnson are trying to bring it down
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
See what’s happening. A Trumpist US media company has taken over Channel 5. Another US company is gunning for ITV. Our social media is saturated by Musk’s calls for civil war in the UK. The BBC is the last thing standing, and Trump/Johnson are trying to bring it down
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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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'The majority of immigrants contribute more than they take.'
'You sound a lot smarter than me.'
Caller Gary vows to 'rethink' his support for Reform after @natashadevon.bsky.social explains her 'lack of faith' in Farage.
'You sound a lot smarter than me.'
Caller Gary vows to 'rethink' his support for Reform after @natashadevon.bsky.social explains her 'lack of faith' in Farage.
October 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
'The majority of immigrants contribute more than they take.'
'You sound a lot smarter than me.'
Caller Gary vows to 'rethink' his support for Reform after @natashadevon.bsky.social explains her 'lack of faith' in Farage.
'You sound a lot smarter than me.'
Caller Gary vows to 'rethink' his support for Reform after @natashadevon.bsky.social explains her 'lack of faith' in Farage.
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By way of a reminder folks...
You voted for Cameron
Everything got worse
You voted for Johnson
Everything got worse
You voted for brexit
Everything got worse
You voted for Truss
Everything got worse
If you vote for Farage
You have no idea how bad your life will become.
You voted for Cameron
Everything got worse
You voted for Johnson
Everything got worse
You voted for brexit
Everything got worse
You voted for Truss
Everything got worse
If you vote for Farage
You have no idea how bad your life will become.
October 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
By way of a reminder folks...
You voted for Cameron
Everything got worse
You voted for Johnson
Everything got worse
You voted for brexit
Everything got worse
You voted for Truss
Everything got worse
If you vote for Farage
You have no idea how bad your life will become.
You voted for Cameron
Everything got worse
You voted for Johnson
Everything got worse
You voted for brexit
Everything got worse
You voted for Truss
Everything got worse
If you vote for Farage
You have no idea how bad your life will become.
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Fuck. Ing. Hell.
This Israeli government decision to host Tommy Robinson will widen the growing gulf between the Netanyahu government and the British public, including the broad majority of Jews in Britain (3/4 of whom dsapproved of Netanyahu, before this new link to this anti-Muslim racist UK far right convict).
October 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Fuck. Ing. Hell.
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If you don’t like being called a racist, maybe don’t make a career of saying things that appeal to racists, don’t create a political party that keeps attracting racist candidates, don’t fawn over racist world leaders, and don’t make a convicted racist the guest of honour at your party conference.
September 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
If you don’t like being called a racist, maybe don’t make a career of saying things that appeal to racists, don’t create a political party that keeps attracting racist candidates, don’t fawn over racist world leaders, and don’t make a convicted racist the guest of honour at your party conference.
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Public views of Reform,July 2024
Need to do more to keep out candidates with racist views:
64% to 9% (+55)
Risk bringing prejudice to immigration debate
51% to 20% (+31)
Say things they shouldn't say
45% to 24% (+21)
Mainly dangerous + divisive
43% to 28% (+15)
Racist
41% to 30%
29% on fence
Need to do more to keep out candidates with racist views:
64% to 9% (+55)
Risk bringing prejudice to immigration debate
51% to 20% (+31)
Say things they shouldn't say
45% to 24% (+21)
Mainly dangerous + divisive
43% to 28% (+15)
Racist
41% to 30%
29% on fence
October 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Public views of Reform,July 2024
Need to do more to keep out candidates with racist views:
64% to 9% (+55)
Risk bringing prejudice to immigration debate
51% to 20% (+31)
Say things they shouldn't say
45% to 24% (+21)
Mainly dangerous + divisive
43% to 28% (+15)
Racist
41% to 30%
29% on fence
Need to do more to keep out candidates with racist views:
64% to 9% (+55)
Risk bringing prejudice to immigration debate
51% to 20% (+31)
Say things they shouldn't say
45% to 24% (+21)
Mainly dangerous + divisive
43% to 28% (+15)
Racist
41% to 30%
29% on fence
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How refreshing.
Jon Kay didn't let Zia Yusuf get away with his misrepresentation of the prime minister's words.
'He Didn't': BBC Presenter Blasts Reform Chief Over False Claim Starmer Called Voters Racist
Jon Kay didn't let Zia Yusuf get away with his misrepresentation of the prime minister's words.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 6:26 AM
How refreshing.
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Starmer clearly did not say this. He said it is wrong to strip the status of those told the UK is their permanent home - and added this policy was 'racist' when asked
September 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Starmer clearly did not say this. He said it is wrong to strip the status of those told the UK is their permanent home - and added this policy was 'racist' when asked
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It isn't racist to want reduced immigration - unless you do so for racist reasons & propose prejudiced rules. It is simply wrong to strip people of permanent status. It is discriminatory too to do it to people from the Commonwealth but not Europe.
This May 2014 editorial in The Sun about Nigel Farage said is not racist" to worry about the scale of immigration but it is "racist" to smear Romanians to say you wouldn't want to live next door to a Romanian & "you know the difference" [between a German and a Romanian neigbour]
September 29, 2025 at 7:46 AM
It isn't racist to want reduced immigration - unless you do so for racist reasons & propose prejudiced rules. It is simply wrong to strip people of permanent status. It is discriminatory too to do it to people from the Commonwealth but not Europe.
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Is this the first time a Cabinet secretary has publicly considered this?
Miliband says it's 'possible' government should come off Elon Musk's X social media platform
DO IT
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
DO IT
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
September 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Is this the first time a Cabinet secretary has publicly considered this?
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The depressing thing about today is that it was sold as Starmer's answer to Reform. This is apparently what he has to offer as a vision of a confident diverse nation: ID cards. Just utterly joyless and emotionless.
September 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The depressing thing about today is that it was sold as Starmer's answer to Reform. This is apparently what he has to offer as a vision of a confident diverse nation: ID cards. Just utterly joyless and emotionless.
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The government wants to bring back private finance in our NHS. 🤬
This would harm patients by siphoning off hundreds of millions of pounds in profits from our NHS. 🤑
Rachel Reeves and Wes Streeting, you can still drop these disastrous and unpopular plans. Share if you agree.
This would harm patients by siphoning off hundreds of millions of pounds in profits from our NHS. 🤑
Rachel Reeves and Wes Streeting, you can still drop these disastrous and unpopular plans. Share if you agree.
September 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The government wants to bring back private finance in our NHS. 🤬
This would harm patients by siphoning off hundreds of millions of pounds in profits from our NHS. 🤑
Rachel Reeves and Wes Streeting, you can still drop these disastrous and unpopular plans. Share if you agree.
This would harm patients by siphoning off hundreds of millions of pounds in profits from our NHS. 🤑
Rachel Reeves and Wes Streeting, you can still drop these disastrous and unpopular plans. Share if you agree.
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Yep, that's great. Just fantastic. We were told that Starmer would lay out the patriotic case for diversity today. What we got was an article in the Telegraph, behind a paywall, about how the left failed to tackle immigration and now we all have to have ID cards www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09...
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September 26, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Yep, that's great. Just fantastic. We were told that Starmer would lay out the patriotic case for diversity today. What we got was an article in the Telegraph, behind a paywall, about how the left failed to tackle immigration and now we all have to have ID cards www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09...
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It was a quadruple sabotage. When the President of the United States was speaking, the room was filled with the sound of a racist convicted fraudster and proven sex offender ranting incoherent conspiracy theories.
INQUIRY NOW.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
INQUIRY NOW.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump demands inquiry over UN 'triple sabotage'
The US president called the incidents that included an escalator and teleprompter mishap
www.bbc.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
It was a quadruple sabotage. When the President of the United States was speaking, the room was filled with the sound of a racist convicted fraudster and proven sex offender ranting incoherent conspiracy theories.
INQUIRY NOW.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
INQUIRY NOW.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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