politics watcher G. Witcombe
@politics-watcher.bsky.social
Follower of Australian and world politics, legal issues and the law. Interested in action on climate change, human rights, democracy and literature. Ex political staffer and lawyer.
From Canberra and Sydney.
From Canberra and Sydney.
Exactly
November 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Exactly
Type 2
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Type 2
Good grief 😬
November 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Good grief 😬
Good picks. Mine are
October 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Good picks. Mine are
Sorry. I tried to read it
but my brain stopped me.
but my brain stopped me.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Sorry. I tried to read it
but my brain stopped me.
but my brain stopped me.
Hope to see flowers in Canberra next Sunday for my birthday.
August 24, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Hope to see flowers in Canberra next Sunday for my birthday.
Yes. The reports are
not new and I am wondering where the protests are from the West.
not new and I am wondering where the protests are from the West.
August 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Yes. The reports are
not new and I am wondering where the protests are from the West.
not new and I am wondering where the protests are from the West.
And out of the hands of politicians who could change or delete them.
August 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
And out of the hands of politicians who could change or delete them.
They are in the common law .
August 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
They are in the common law .
They have been adopted in full by Australia though.
August 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
They have been adopted in full by Australia though.
Plato believed all politicians should be philosophers. Don’t know how much would get done though!
August 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Plato believed all politicians should be philosophers. Don’t know how much would get done though!
Very good luck to you.
July 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Very good luck to you.
A very very interesting and informative book helping our understanding of US history and current events, thank you.
July 27, 2025 at 6:18 AM
A very very interesting and informative book helping our understanding of US history and current events, thank you.
I think a law degree gives you a different kind of thinking, more an understanding and appreciation of the law, how and why it works. I have Arts and Law. A BA gives you a good bullsh*t detector teaches you how to research and to appreciate literature.
July 27, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I think a law degree gives you a different kind of thinking, more an understanding and appreciation of the law, how and why it works. I have Arts and Law. A BA gives you a good bullsh*t detector teaches you how to research and to appreciate literature.
And they learned critical thinking
July 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
And they learned critical thinking
1. The Forever War
America’s Unending War with Itself by Nick Bryant,
2. Israel by Noa Tishby.
(Both very educational)
America’s Unending War with Itself by Nick Bryant,
2. Israel by Noa Tishby.
(Both very educational)
July 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
1. The Forever War
America’s Unending War with Itself by Nick Bryant,
2. Israel by Noa Tishby.
(Both very educational)
America’s Unending War with Itself by Nick Bryant,
2. Israel by Noa Tishby.
(Both very educational)
No, don’t go. ☹️
July 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
No, don’t go. ☹️
Totally type 2
July 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Totally type 2
Also helps correct ignorance.
July 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Also helps correct ignorance.