Matthew Buckland
@thebarwithmb.bsky.social
Member of the Criminal Bar.
www.mountfordchambers.com
Views all my own and mostly wrong.
www.mountfordchambers.com
Views all my own and mostly wrong.
Good news. Sense prevails- in part. Removing them altogether hopefully a short step away
Rule on wigs in court relaxed after black barristers speak out -- in the #student #law pages of @thetimes.com today. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Rule on wigs in court relaxed after black barristers speak out
The Bar Council has revised its guidance so that court dress requirements are not discriminatory where wearing a wig would be uncomfortable or impractical
www.thetimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Good news. Sense prevails- in part. Removing them altogether hopefully a short step away
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Can't believe Farage ran away from further questions today after soiling himself under scrutiny. Reminds me of something. Can't quite put my finger on what...
September 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Can't believe Farage ran away from further questions today after soiling himself under scrutiny. Reminds me of something. Can't quite put my finger on what...
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RULE ABOUT AMERICAN FLAGS:
If you burn the fabric part, you're looking at jail.
But it you use the pole part to assault a police officer, you get a presidential pardon, praise, and some cash.
If you burn the fabric part, you're looking at jail.
But it you use the pole part to assault a police officer, you get a presidential pardon, praise, and some cash.
August 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
RULE ABOUT AMERICAN FLAGS:
If you burn the fabric part, you're looking at jail.
But it you use the pole part to assault a police officer, you get a presidential pardon, praise, and some cash.
If you burn the fabric part, you're looking at jail.
But it you use the pole part to assault a police officer, you get a presidential pardon, praise, and some cash.
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Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪
August 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪
I fear for my kids for what people like Honest Bob have done to their prospects of work and freedom of movement- support services and public cohesion. Still- I’m sure Bob isn’t just exploiting the situation to try to outflank Farage and be the flag bearer for the racist right.
The Mail on Sunday: TOP TORY'S FEARS FOR DAUGHTERS OVER BOAT MIGRANTS #TomorrowsPapersToday
August 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I fear for my kids for what people like Honest Bob have done to their prospects of work and freedom of movement- support services and public cohesion. Still- I’m sure Bob isn’t just exploiting the situation to try to outflank Farage and be the flag bearer for the racist right.
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Joey did a 180 so hard the Lolita Express had to re-calculate its flight path.
July 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Joey did a 180 so hard the Lolita Express had to re-calculate its flight path.
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A Government being excited about their own ideas is normal. This chart made me laugh though. The White House’s economic impact assessment of their Big Beautiful Bill is comically out of whack with all major economic forecasters.
July 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A Government being excited about their own ideas is normal. This chart made me laugh though. The White House’s economic impact assessment of their Big Beautiful Bill is comically out of whack with all major economic forecasters.
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We will be properly honouring ‘Daniel Hannan Day’ on Tuesday with all the requisite pomp, circumstance & documentary evidence of what an irredeemable arse he is that you would expect. Elevating our world’s wrongest man to the House of Lords will always be the essence of Brexit.
Do join us…
Do join us…
June 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We will be properly honouring ‘Daniel Hannan Day’ on Tuesday with all the requisite pomp, circumstance & documentary evidence of what an irredeemable arse he is that you would expect. Elevating our world’s wrongest man to the House of Lords will always be the essence of Brexit.
Do join us…
Do join us…
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PUTIN WAS KICKED OUT OF G8 in 2014 WHEN HE ANNEXED CRIMEA. TRUDEAU WAS ELECTED IN 2015.
THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
June 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
PUTIN WAS KICKED OUT OF G8 in 2014 WHEN HE ANNEXED CRIMEA. TRUDEAU WAS ELECTED IN 2015.
THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
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Booker: He was made to kneel before the authority of the executive… They treated a member of the United States senate violently after he identified himself, dragged him out of a room, threw him upon the ground, and put him in handcuffs
June 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Booker: He was made to kneel before the authority of the executive… They treated a member of the United States senate violently after he identified himself, dragged him out of a room, threw him upon the ground, and put him in handcuffs
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I like this Gavin more than podcast Gavin.
June 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I like this Gavin more than podcast Gavin.
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I suspect in the days ahead we will hear a large number of people saying publicly what no one has been saying publicly.
I suspect everyone reading this knows what I am referring to.
A POTUS who falsely accuses Democratic leaders of paying for a military invasion of the United States is a madman.
I suspect everyone reading this knows what I am referring to.
A POTUS who falsely accuses Democratic leaders of paying for a military invasion of the United States is a madman.
June 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I suspect in the days ahead we will hear a large number of people saying publicly what no one has been saying publicly.
I suspect everyone reading this knows what I am referring to.
A POTUS who falsely accuses Democratic leaders of paying for a military invasion of the United States is a madman.
I suspect everyone reading this knows what I am referring to.
A POTUS who falsely accuses Democratic leaders of paying for a military invasion of the United States is a madman.
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The United States has lost all authority to condemn other countries for using soldiers to repress peaceful protesters.
The tragic fall from the world's leading democracy to a rogue authoritarian state.
The tragic fall from the world's leading democracy to a rogue authoritarian state.
June 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The United States has lost all authority to condemn other countries for using soldiers to repress peaceful protesters.
The tragic fall from the world's leading democracy to a rogue authoritarian state.
The tragic fall from the world's leading democracy to a rogue authoritarian state.
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BREAKING: ICE deported a Burmese man who doesn’t speak English to South Sudan—a country he’s not from and on the brink of civil war. He refused to sign English-only papers.
They deported him anyway—with 11 others. No hearings. No translators. Court order ignored. This is state-sponsored kidnapping.
They deported him anyway—with 11 others. No hearings. No translators. Court order ignored. This is state-sponsored kidnapping.
May 21, 2025 at 4:33 AM
BREAKING: ICE deported a Burmese man who doesn’t speak English to South Sudan—a country he’s not from and on the brink of civil war. He refused to sign English-only papers.
They deported him anyway—with 11 others. No hearings. No translators. Court order ignored. This is state-sponsored kidnapping.
They deported him anyway—with 11 others. No hearings. No translators. Court order ignored. This is state-sponsored kidnapping.
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Nile, blink twice if you're still being held at gunpoint
May 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Nile, blink twice if you're still being held at gunpoint
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There is no other word for illegally deporting a toddler with cancer apart from evil. Not just Trump and Stephen Miller but every single person involved in doing it from start to finish.
April 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
There is no other word for illegally deporting a toddler with cancer apart from evil. Not just Trump and Stephen Miller but every single person involved in doing it from start to finish.
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A helpful guide to the current state of US trade policy:
April 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A helpful guide to the current state of US trade policy: