Sal Robertson
@sal-robertson.bsky.social
Barrister at Cloisters, discrimination, equality, employment & social security law; Orient supporter; opinions mine but cats rule
Is the Labour gov really repurposing arguments for the 2 child benefit cap to shore up its Swiftian ‘solution’? #asylum #NoSafeSpaceHere
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Is the Labour gov really repurposing arguments for the 2 child benefit cap to shore up its Swiftian ‘solution’? #asylum #NoSafeSpaceHere
Sadness. RIP Robert Redford
September 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Sadness. RIP Robert Redford
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Nick Robinson (taxpayer-funded BBC salary c£345k) angrily pushing an NHS consultant to justify a salary of 'over £100k' is peak Nick Robinson. #r4today
June 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Nick Robinson (taxpayer-funded BBC salary c£345k) angrily pushing an NHS consultant to justify a salary of 'over £100k' is peak Nick Robinson. #r4today
Total failure to fact-check the article. Gas-lighting the history & development of disability benefits. Get the history right before offering an opinion
We must means-test welfare to protect the most vulnerable.
Disability is an expensive business – but those who can afford it should not receive the same benefits as those who can’t, writes Melanie Reid.
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Disability is an expensive business – but those who can afford it should not receive the same benefits as those who can’t, writes Melanie Reid.
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We must means-test welfare to protect the most vulnerable | The Observer
Disability is an expensive business – but those who can afford it should not receive the same benefits as those who can’t
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May 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Total failure to fact-check the article. Gas-lighting the history & development of disability benefits. Get the history right before offering an opinion
Duff pronunciation values displayed on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme just now! Plaistow in E London is NOT said as ‘play stow’. It’s ’plar stow’.
May 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Duff pronunciation values displayed on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme just now! Plaistow in E London is NOT said as ‘play stow’. It’s ’plar stow’.
Yay!!! @leytonorientfc.bsky.social 2 up on penalties #PlayOffs & good to see Linda & June on TV
May 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Yay!!! @leytonorientfc.bsky.social 2 up on penalties #PlayOffs & good to see Linda & June on TV
Saved by the post
May 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Saved by the post
@leytonorientfc.bsky.social what a game! End to end. Edge of seat! Hard to watch #PlayOffs
May 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
@leytonorientfc.bsky.social what a game! End to end. Edge of seat! Hard to watch #PlayOffs
In the 1980s when writing the Disability Rights Handbook our DHSS coordinator (now DWP) assured us the Dept would seek only to recover the net loss to the State. Think again, Labour
Mother of autistic boy left with £10,000 debt after breaching DWP rules by £1.92 a week
Mother of autistic boy left with £10,000 debt after breaching DWP rules by £1.92 a week
May 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
In the 1980s when writing the Disability Rights Handbook our DHSS coordinator (now DWP) assured us the Dept would seek only to recover the net loss to the State. Think again, Labour
Mother of autistic boy left with £10,000 debt after breaching DWP rules by £1.92 a week
Mother of autistic boy left with £10,000 debt after breaching DWP rules by £1.92 a week
Saw Wilko Love & Death & Rock & Roll at @swkplay.bsky.social last night, on the 31st anniversary of Lee Brilleaux’ death (Dr Feelgood’s singer & frontman). The run ends on 19/4: excellent, see it if you can.
Throw all your apples away because Dr Feelgood is here.
There's only 2 weeks until Wilko: Love and Death and Rock ‘n’ Roll opens at Southwark Playhouse Borough.
Jonathan Maitland's play with music tells the amazing true story of Wilko Johnson, founder of legendary band Dr Feelgood.
📸 Mark Sepple
There's only 2 weeks until Wilko: Love and Death and Rock ‘n’ Roll opens at Southwark Playhouse Borough.
Jonathan Maitland's play with music tells the amazing true story of Wilko Johnson, founder of legendary band Dr Feelgood.
📸 Mark Sepple
April 8, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Saw Wilko Love & Death & Rock & Roll at @swkplay.bsky.social last night, on the 31st anniversary of Lee Brilleaux’ death (Dr Feelgood’s singer & frontman). The run ends on 19/4: excellent, see it if you can.
What hope is there when @theguardian.com piece on not betting vs Trump serving a 3rd term fails to refer to the last sentence of the 12th Amendment. Plain words:
But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
April 6, 2025 at 7:33 AM
What hope is there when @theguardian.com piece on not betting vs Trump serving a 3rd term fails to refer to the last sentence of the 12th Amendment. Plain words:
But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
RIP Johnny Tillotson. One of the 1st 45s I handed over pocket money for - in Khan Market New Delhi
Johnny Tillotson - Poetry In Motion / OldiesUploadz
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Johnny Tillotson - Poetry In Motion
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April 3, 2025 at 7:16 AM
RIP Johnny Tillotson. One of the 1st 45s I handed over pocket money for - in Khan Market New Delhi
Why does Labour’s response to the shelved sentencing guidelines show ignorance of the Public Sector Equality Duty? Equality is also about treating people in materially different situations differently. To treat those in materially different situations the same is discrimination
April 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Why does Labour’s response to the shelved sentencing guidelines show ignorance of the Public Sector Equality Duty? Equality is also about treating people in materially different situations differently. To treat those in materially different situations the same is discrimination
As Trump gaslights total tosh, what has happened to fact checking? The 1951 Defense of Greenland treaty between USA & Denmark is still in force. This is not @ security but rapacious greed avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century...
Avalon Project - Defense of Greenland: Agreement Between the United States and the Kingdom of Denmark, April 27, 1951
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March 30, 2025 at 6:31 AM
As Trump gaslights total tosh, what has happened to fact checking? The 1951 Defense of Greenland treaty between USA & Denmark is still in force. This is not @ security but rapacious greed avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century...
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I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.
March 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.
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NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests.
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
March 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests.
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
Thanks @gracedent.bsky.social for your @theguardian.com review today of Bar Valette London E2. Definitely a place to avoid!
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March 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Thanks @gracedent.bsky.social for your @theguardian.com review today of Bar Valette London E2. Definitely a place to avoid!
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Language & gaslighting are all about power. Quote from Lewis Carrol - Alice through the looking glass
When I use a word, Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.
The question is, said Alice, whether you can make words mean so many different things.’
The question is, said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.
The question is, said Alice, whether you can make words mean so many different things.’
The question is, said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.
February 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Language & gaslighting are all about power. Quote from Lewis Carrol - Alice through the looking glass
When I use a word, Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.
The question is, said Alice, whether you can make words mean so many different things.’
The question is, said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.
The question is, said Alice, whether you can make words mean so many different things.’
The question is, said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.
February 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
When I use a word, Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.
The question is, said Alice, whether you can make words mean so many different things.’
The question is, said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.
The question is, said Alice, whether you can make words mean so many different things.’
The question is, said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.
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“The American team has almost no experience in high-level international negotiation, no regional expertise on Ukraine and Russia, and no relevant foreign language knowledge."
‘Bloodbath by design’: Trump’s Russia negotiators criticized for ‘almost no experience'
After a week of disastrous messaging by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, resulting in a 180-degree turn and leaving European leaders and some Americans wondering what U.S. foreign policy is, th...
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February 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
“The American team has almost no experience in high-level international negotiation, no regional expertise on Ukraine and Russia, and no relevant foreign language knowledge."