Tim Buley KC
@timbuley.bsky.social
Barrister specialising in public and human rights law
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Conor Gearty was, without hesitation, the best academic writer I’ve read. He was also a thoroughly decent and kind human being who fearlessly used his position speak truth to power.
Conor did law, politics and academia the right way and he will be sorely missed.
Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann.
Conor did law, politics and academia the right way and he will be sorely missed.
Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann.
September 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Conor Gearty was, without hesitation, the best academic writer I’ve read. He was also a thoroughly decent and kind human being who fearlessly used his position speak truth to power.
Conor did law, politics and academia the right way and he will be sorely missed.
Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann.
Conor did law, politics and academia the right way and he will be sorely missed.
Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann.
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Social media is full of one set of people shouting that Angela Rayner is an evil tax evader who deserves jail, and another set shouting she's an innocent wrongly accused.
Real life is more boring than that.
A short piece in today's Times.
Real life is more boring than that.
A short piece in today's Times.
September 5, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Social media is full of one set of people shouting that Angela Rayner is an evil tax evader who deserves jail, and another set shouting she's an innocent wrongly accused.
Real life is more boring than that.
A short piece in today's Times.
Real life is more boring than that.
A short piece in today's Times.
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The most cost-effective way to reduce child poverty is to abolish the two-child limit, which would cost £7,480 per child lifted out of poverty.
If it is not scrapped then one-in-three children will be in poverty by 2029-39, including half of children in large families 👉 buff.ly/oiV5Re2
If it is not scrapped then one-in-three children will be in poverty by 2029-39, including half of children in large families 👉 buff.ly/oiV5Re2
August 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The most cost-effective way to reduce child poverty is to abolish the two-child limit, which would cost £7,480 per child lifted out of poverty.
If it is not scrapped then one-in-three children will be in poverty by 2029-39, including half of children in large families 👉 buff.ly/oiV5Re2
If it is not scrapped then one-in-three children will be in poverty by 2029-39, including half of children in large families 👉 buff.ly/oiV5Re2
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One thing to criticise the legal reasoning in a judgment, but the additional, evidence-free suggestion that the judges are Russian stooges is silly stuff
Byline Times: Why Did the ECHR Deny Us the Right to Know the Full Extent of the Russian Attack on British Democracy?
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/04/w...
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/04/w...
Why Did the ECHR Deny Us the Right to Know the Full Extent of the Russian Attack on British Democracy?
Whistleblower Sergei Cristo argues that the recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights serves to protect Kremlin meddling
bylinetimes.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
One thing to criticise the legal reasoning in a judgment, but the additional, evidence-free suggestion that the judges are Russian stooges is silly stuff
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Good news - and biggest impact (surprisingly) is on child poverty.
But still small compared to the two-child benefit cap - remains essential to remove that if government is to be serious about child poverty
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
But still small compared to the two-child benefit cap - remains essential to remove that if government is to be serious about child poverty
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Welfare bill will now lift 50,000 out of poverty after U-turns, assessment finds
Revised bill passed after UK government rowed back on cuts will mean fewer rather than more people in relative poverty in 2030
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Good news - and biggest impact (surprisingly) is on child poverty.
But still small compared to the two-child benefit cap - remains essential to remove that if government is to be serious about child poverty
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
But still small compared to the two-child benefit cap - remains essential to remove that if government is to be serious about child poverty
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Yeah that's the way to get MPs back onside...
FFS
FFS
THE SUNDAY TIMES: Two-child cap 'to stay' despite welfare retreat #TomorrowsPapersToday
July 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Yeah that's the way to get MPs back onside...
FFS
FFS
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Salman Rushdie shares one of the worst horrors of his time under fatwa: getting Harold Pinter’s terrible poems faxed to him.
April 12, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Salman Rushdie shares one of the worst horrors of his time under fatwa: getting Harold Pinter’s terrible poems faxed to him.
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There are very few people in the United States with more power or a larger platform than Elon Musk and the President feels comfortable issuing what is close to an explicit threat against him on the record to an NBC reporter.
Who do you imagine he wouldn't feel comfortable threatening?
Who do you imagine he wouldn't feel comfortable threatening?
June 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
There are very few people in the United States with more power or a larger platform than Elon Musk and the President feels comfortable issuing what is close to an explicit threat against him on the record to an NBC reporter.
Who do you imagine he wouldn't feel comfortable threatening?
Who do you imagine he wouldn't feel comfortable threatening?
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Trump Escalates Musk Feud By Nuking Mars
Trump Escalates Musk Feud By Nuking Mars
WASHINGTON—After days of listening to the tech billionaire criticize his ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ President Donald Trump escalated his feud with Elon Musk Friday by nuking Mars. “Elon was ‘wearing thin,’...
theonion.com
June 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Trump Escalates Musk Feud By Nuking Mars
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very fun to read frederick douglass accurately describe the problem with the pardon power in 1867
June 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
very fun to read frederick douglass accurately describe the problem with the pardon power in 1867
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In response to some recent idiocy:
NEW BLOGPOST: No, the Inns of Court are not biased against white barristers
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/05/18/n...
NEW BLOGPOST: No, the Inns of Court are not biased against white barristers
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/05/18/n...
No, the Inns of Court are not biased against white barristers
A quick one today, addressing a misnomer which began life as a conspiracy theory on Twitter, and this week found itself put forward as a news item by Kevin O’Sullivan and Isabel Oakeshott on “TalkT…
thesecretbarrister.com
May 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In response to some recent idiocy:
NEW BLOGPOST: No, the Inns of Court are not biased against white barristers
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/05/18/n...
NEW BLOGPOST: No, the Inns of Court are not biased against white barristers
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/05/18/n...
Found in my 4 year old son’s science kit
April 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Found in my 4 year old son’s science kit
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I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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