Peter Cherbi
@petercherbi.bsky.social
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Investigations & news: Judiciary, Courts, Justice & Law 🧑⚖️⚖️
Wildlife 🐘🐋🐺🐝 Nature 🌳🦉 & otters 🦦 along for the ride
Based in Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴
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@petercherbi.bsky.social
· Nov 14
WOLFFE COURT: Lord Advocate James Wolffe and his judge wife at centre of £9million damages claim - Questions remain why Lady Wolffe avoided recusal during emergency judge swap on court case against he...
Lady Wolffe was set to hear court case against her own husband. SCOTLAND’S judiciary continue to face fresh allegations of concealing conf...
petercherbi.blogspot.com
How Scotland's judiciary neatly arranged it, so Lord Advocate James Wolffe's judge wife - Lady Sarah Wolffe - was to hear a £9Million claim against her own husband, and also Scotland's Chief Constable
Note, Lady Wolffe avoided recusal 👩⚖️⚖️
petercherbi.blogspot.com/2018/01/wolf...
Note, Lady Wolffe avoided recusal 👩⚖️⚖️
petercherbi.blogspot.com/2018/01/wolf...
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Read this piece by @rickhasen.bsky.social: “it’s no surprise that one of the nation’s Trumpiest federal judges issued an opinion at odds with text, law, and practice to side against voters….”
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Trump’s Biggest Voting Bugaboo Reached the Supreme Court. Should We Be Worried?
President Donald Trump’s obsession with mail-in balloting reached the Supreme Court on Monday.
slate.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Read this piece by @rickhasen.bsky.social: “it’s no surprise that one of the nation’s Trumpiest federal judges issued an opinion at odds with text, law, and practice to side against voters….”
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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“The fall of Tim Davie is a victory for a cabal of toxic plotters with links to the BBC board—who designed and executed a coup—and the circular firing squad in the UK press”. @davidyelland.bsky.social
Good overview piece of the BBC's existential crisis by Daniel Thomas and @pickardje.bsky.social
Good overview piece of the BBC's existential crisis by Daniel Thomas and @pickardje.bsky.social
BBC faces ‘existential’ threat after exit of top executives
Broadcaster’s deepest crisis in recent history comes amid fresh questions over its future role in British society
www.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
“The fall of Tim Davie is a victory for a cabal of toxic plotters with links to the BBC board—who designed and executed a coup—and the circular firing squad in the UK press”. @davidyelland.bsky.social
Good overview piece of the BBC's existential crisis by Daniel Thomas and @pickardje.bsky.social
Good overview piece of the BBC's existential crisis by Daniel Thomas and @pickardje.bsky.social
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England's water industry and govt put out inflated numbers about the cost of nationalisation.
I asked the Minister to explain the social cost of leaving water in private hands, likely to be over £1 trillion by 2050. Question was notified in advance.
Watch his reply.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eCV...
I asked the Minister to explain the social cost of leaving water in private hands, likely to be over £1 trillion by 2050. Question was notified in advance.
Watch his reply.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eCV...
House of Lords social cost of water 29Oct2025
YouTube video by Prem Sikka
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
England's water industry and govt put out inflated numbers about the cost of nationalisation.
I asked the Minister to explain the social cost of leaving water in private hands, likely to be over £1 trillion by 2050. Question was notified in advance.
Watch his reply.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eCV...
I asked the Minister to explain the social cost of leaving water in private hands, likely to be over £1 trillion by 2050. Question was notified in advance.
Watch his reply.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eCV...
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EXCLUSIVE: Judge Mark Wolf sits down for his first interview w/ independent media
He explains his decision to resign to sound the alarm on Trump turning DOJ into a tool for political revenge
Watch the full episode👇 youtu.be/KVivTZzPg1Y?...
He explains his decision to resign to sound the alarm on Trump turning DOJ into a tool for political revenge
Watch the full episode👇 youtu.be/KVivTZzPg1Y?...
BREAKING: Federal Judge QUITS to FIGHT TRUMP SCHEME
YouTube video by The Contrarian
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Judge Mark Wolf sits down for his first interview w/ independent media
He explains his decision to resign to sound the alarm on Trump turning DOJ into a tool for political revenge
Watch the full episode👇 youtu.be/KVivTZzPg1Y?...
He explains his decision to resign to sound the alarm on Trump turning DOJ into a tool for political revenge
Watch the full episode👇 youtu.be/KVivTZzPg1Y?...
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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Rachel Reeves signals plan to remove two-child benefit cap in budget.
Welcome. Would lift 350,000 children out of poverty.
Why did Starmer/Reeves follow the Tory policy? Why did 7 MPs have their whip withdrawn for voting against the policy?
What was the point of making children suffer?
Welcome. Would lift 350,000 children out of poverty.
Why did Starmer/Reeves follow the Tory policy? Why did 7 MPs have their whip withdrawn for voting against the policy?
What was the point of making children suffer?
Rachel Reeves signals plan to remove two-child benefit cap in budget
Chancellor understood to be preparing to fully reverse measure, which would cost over £3bn but could lift 350,000 children out of poverty
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rachel Reeves signals plan to remove two-child benefit cap in budget.
Welcome. Would lift 350,000 children out of poverty.
Why did Starmer/Reeves follow the Tory policy? Why did 7 MPs have their whip withdrawn for voting against the policy?
What was the point of making children suffer?
Welcome. Would lift 350,000 children out of poverty.
Why did Starmer/Reeves follow the Tory policy? Why did 7 MPs have their whip withdrawn for voting against the policy?
What was the point of making children suffer?
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NEW EPISODE: Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett joins me to break down the GOP’s chaos in the House, the fight over redistricting in Texas, and what these battles reveal about the road to 2026.
Sit back and enjoy. youtu.be/W0TZ1WqwIOc?...
Sit back and enjoy. youtu.be/W0TZ1WqwIOc?...
What Congress's Top Fighter Sees Coming in 2026 | Rep. Jasmine Crockett
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
NEW EPISODE: Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett joins me to break down the GOP’s chaos in the House, the fight over redistricting in Texas, and what these battles reveal about the road to 2026.
Sit back and enjoy. youtu.be/W0TZ1WqwIOc?...
Sit back and enjoy. youtu.be/W0TZ1WqwIOc?...
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Lawyers for Donald Trump say the BBC must retract the Panorama documentary Trump: A Second Chance? by Friday (i.e. remove it from iPlayer etc) or face a $1bn lawsuit. I hope the BBC doesn't cave in to this legal sabre-rattling.
Trump threatens BBC with legal action over edit of speech in documentary
Leaked BBC report said film had ‘completely misled’ viewers by splicing two parts of January 6 speech together
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Lawyers for Donald Trump say the BBC must retract the Panorama documentary Trump: A Second Chance? by Friday (i.e. remove it from iPlayer etc) or face a $1bn lawsuit. I hope the BBC doesn't cave in to this legal sabre-rattling.
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🚨BREAKING: In a case with major implications for voting access, the U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether a mail-in ballot must be received by Election Day to count, or if it merely must be sent by then. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
SCOTUS to Hear GOP Lawsuit That Could Radically Restrict Mail Voting
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🚨BREAKING: In a case with major implications for voting access, the U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether a mail-in ballot must be received by Election Day to count, or if it merely must be sent by then. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Opinion: William & Mary Professor Allison Larsen says a question from Justice Alito in the tariffs argument signals a disregard for the "passive virtues" of the judiciary: a slow-moving system in which the court takes stock of lower court judges' views.
No, Justice Alito, Leapfrogging Courts Doesn’t ‘Make More Sense’
Opinion: William & Mary Professor Allison Larsen says a question from Justice Alito in the tariffs argument signals a disregard for the "passive virtues" of the judiciary: a slow-moving system in which the court takes stock of lower court judges' views.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Opinion: William & Mary Professor Allison Larsen says a question from Justice Alito in the tariffs argument signals a disregard for the "passive virtues" of the judiciary: a slow-moving system in which the court takes stock of lower court judges' views.
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New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
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The chaos in the BBC is yet more proof that the pillars of the 20th century are collapsing in the 21st century. From the two-party system to the national broadcaster, the old certainties are falling apart. The decline has far to go. Is democracy itself next?
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Crisis-hit BBC is just another casualty of the collapse of the 20th century rulebook
Like the Tory-Labour duopoly and the NHS, the BBC is a hangover from an age that’s dying. We must find how to make the media relevant again,…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The chaos in the BBC is yet more proof that the pillars of the 20th century are collapsing in the 21st century. From the two-party system to the national broadcaster, the old certainties are falling apart. The decline has far to go. Is democracy itself next?
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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England homelessness grown by a fifth since 2022, now 300,000.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Homelessness figures higher than data suggests, research shows
Official data for England underestimates the scale of the problem, according to research for charity Crisis says.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
England homelessness grown by a fifth since 2022, now 300,000.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
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Nearly 300 protected areas are being damaged or put at risk by Scotland’s rampant deer population, including breeding grounds for capercaillie – a bird facing extinction, The Ferret can reveal. theferret.scot/nearl...
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Nearly 300 protected areas are being damaged or put at risk by Scotland’s rampant deer population, including breeding grounds for capercaillie – a bird facing extinction, The Ferret can reveal. theferret.scot/nearl...
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“This was a very very bad vote”
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
“This was a very very bad vote”
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The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically-motivated attack. With the resignations of director-general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness, Auntie has given in. @janemartinson.bsky.social
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it has given in | Jane Martinson
The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold, says Jane Martinson, professor of financial journalism
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically-motivated attack. With the resignations of director-general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness, Auntie has given in. @janemartinson.bsky.social
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A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived.
Scares people into paying extortionate price for freehold, 6000% profit.
Previously arrested, charged with stalking offences.
Govt must investigate these vampires.
Scares people into paying extortionate price for freehold, 6000% profit.
Previously arrested, charged with stalking offences.
Govt must investigate these vampires.
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived.
Scares people into paying extortionate price for freehold, 6000% profit.
Previously arrested, charged with stalking offences.
Govt must investigate these vampires.
Scares people into paying extortionate price for freehold, 6000% profit.
Previously arrested, charged with stalking offences.
Govt must investigate these vampires.
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The Police Scotland freebie & expenses law unto themselves regime - needs a fuller report on names & numbers of expenses, perks & junkets, secret payouts, NDAs & scandals at @policescotland.bsky.social under every Chief Constable, from 2013 to 2025
www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1948209...
www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1948209...
November 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The Police Scotland freebie & expenses law unto themselves regime - needs a fuller report on names & numbers of expenses, perks & junkets, secret payouts, NDAs & scandals at @policescotland.bsky.social under every Chief Constable, from 2013 to 2025
www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1948209...
www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1948209...
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(Former) Prince Andrew needs to testify before the Oversight Committee.
Ranking Members @robertgarcia.house.gov and @repsuhas.bsky.social are demanding he answer for his crimes.
Ranking Members @robertgarcia.house.gov and @repsuhas.bsky.social are demanding he answer for his crimes.
November 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
(Former) Prince Andrew needs to testify before the Oversight Committee.
Ranking Members @robertgarcia.house.gov and @repsuhas.bsky.social are demanding he answer for his crimes.
Ranking Members @robertgarcia.house.gov and @repsuhas.bsky.social are demanding he answer for his crimes.
Thread re new Chief Constable 2nd home expenses news 🏴🏠
In previous @policescotland.bsky.social admin during Iain Livingstone tenure as 'interim' & then actual Chief Constable
Scot Pol Authority Whistleblower revealed DCC Rose Fitzpatrick asked for relocation expenses (£67K) to be paid in cash ⬇️
In previous @policescotland.bsky.social admin during Iain Livingstone tenure as 'interim' & then actual Chief Constable
Scot Pol Authority Whistleblower revealed DCC Rose Fitzpatrick asked for relocation expenses (£67K) to be paid in cash ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Thread re new Chief Constable 2nd home expenses news 🏴🏠
In previous @policescotland.bsky.social admin during Iain Livingstone tenure as 'interim' & then actual Chief Constable
Scot Pol Authority Whistleblower revealed DCC Rose Fitzpatrick asked for relocation expenses (£67K) to be paid in cash ⬇️
In previous @policescotland.bsky.social admin during Iain Livingstone tenure as 'interim' & then actual Chief Constable
Scot Pol Authority Whistleblower revealed DCC Rose Fitzpatrick asked for relocation expenses (£67K) to be paid in cash ⬇️
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The rule of law has delivered:
Profiteering
Poverty
Poor housing
Low wages/pensions
Queues for hospital appointments
Premature death to many
Sewage in rivers
Cuts in spending on essential services
Closure of libraries, community centres.
Whose law, who rules? Govts appease corporations/rich.
Profiteering
Poverty
Poor housing
Low wages/pensions
Queues for hospital appointments
Premature death to many
Sewage in rivers
Cuts in spending on essential services
Closure of libraries, community centres.
Whose law, who rules? Govts appease corporations/rich.
Nothing will change until the political system is freed from the clutches of corporations and the super-rich
The law is being used to enforce existing power structures for the benefit of the few
leftfootforward.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The rule of law has delivered:
Profiteering
Poverty
Poor housing
Low wages/pensions
Queues for hospital appointments
Premature death to many
Sewage in rivers
Cuts in spending on essential services
Closure of libraries, community centres.
Whose law, who rules? Govts appease corporations/rich.
Profiteering
Poverty
Poor housing
Low wages/pensions
Queues for hospital appointments
Premature death to many
Sewage in rivers
Cuts in spending on essential services
Closure of libraries, community centres.
Whose law, who rules? Govts appease corporations/rich.
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Tees Valley mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen promised renewal. Instead, Britain’s biggest regeneration project has turned into a taxpayer-funded scandal - enriching a few local businessmen while leaving public bodies on the brink.
Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.
November 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Tees Valley mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen promised renewal. Instead, Britain’s biggest regeneration project has turned into a taxpayer-funded scandal - enriching a few local businessmen while leaving public bodies on the brink.
Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.
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Would recommend this interview Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s biographer Andrew Lownie gave to @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on how power and secrecy work in modern Britain.
Particularly interesting on the censoring of history and how the Prince was championed by Peter Mandelson and Tony Blair...
Particularly interesting on the censoring of history and how the Prince was championed by Peter Mandelson and Tony Blair...
Inside the Cover-up: How Prince Andrew was exposed
Behind the headlines lies a deeper story of privilege, protection and a public kept in the dark
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Would recommend this interview Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s biographer Andrew Lownie gave to @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on how power and secrecy work in modern Britain.
Particularly interesting on the censoring of history and how the Prince was championed by Peter Mandelson and Tony Blair...
Particularly interesting on the censoring of history and how the Prince was championed by Peter Mandelson and Tony Blair...
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A Reagan-appointed judge has quit the bench so he can speak out against assaults on the rule of law (he is a senior judge so it doesn’t create a vacancy):
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A Reagan-appointed judge has quit the bench so he can speak out against assaults on the rule of law (he is a senior judge so it doesn’t create a vacancy):
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...