Usman Chaudhry
@usmanlaw.bsky.social
Lawyer, Principal and sports fan. Housing law, litigation and polite politics
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Israel admits firing at ambulances in Gaza after Palestinians say rescuers missing in Rafah
Israel admits firing at ambulances in Gaza after Palestinians say rescuers missing in Rafah
Body of team leader found almost a week after six rescuers went missing, Gaza’s civil defence agency says
Israel’s military has admitted it fired on ambulances in the Gaza Strip after identifying them as “suspicious vehicles”, with Hamas condemning it as a “war crime” that killed at least one person.
The incident took place last Sunday in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood in the southern city of Rafah, close to the Egyptian border. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Israel admits firing at ambulances in Gaza after Palestinians say rescuers missing in Rafah
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March 29, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Gathering aerial footage of Gaza is a dangerous task, and Bellingcat and our partners at @forbidden-stories.bsky.social /ARIJ/Paper Trail Media/Die Zeit/Der Standard/ Le Monde/RFI identified several cases where drone journalists were killed or injured shortly after capturing aerial images.
March 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Gathering aerial footage of Gaza is a dangerous task, and Bellingcat and our partners at @forbidden-stories.bsky.social /ARIJ/Paper Trail Media/Die Zeit/Der Standard/ Le Monde/RFI identified several cases where drone journalists were killed or injured shortly after capturing aerial images.
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The Telegraph's new chinless wonder, Guy Dampier, continues to make shit up. He is either thick or lying. Asylum seekers cannot get social housing in England and Wales (probably not in Scotland, but I don't know enough to say for certain). Housing Act 1996 section 160ZA (England) prevents it.
March 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The Telegraph's new chinless wonder, Guy Dampier, continues to make shit up. He is either thick or lying. Asylum seekers cannot get social housing in England and Wales (probably not in Scotland, but I don't know enough to say for certain). Housing Act 1996 section 160ZA (England) prevents it.
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Guerilla advertising seen in the London Metro
March 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Guerilla advertising seen in the London Metro
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Palestinians just took the British “Blitz spirit” up a notch…
This video is just epic.
The beauty of the human spirit’s ability to overcome & thrive. 🇵🇸 ❤️
The beauty of the human spirit’s ability to overcome & thrive. 🇵🇸 ❤️
February 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Palestinians just took the British “Blitz spirit” up a notch…
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Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
January 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
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We are at the point where it is becoming impossible for councils to fulfil their statutory duties on homelessness. But it is not an answer to plead force majeure and permit breach of duty - it is those to whom the duty is owed who lose out. Leicester should pay the compensation.
November 16, 2024 at 11:34 AM
We are at the point where it is becoming impossible for councils to fulfil their statutory duties on homelessness. But it is not an answer to plead force majeure and permit breach of duty - it is those to whom the duty is owed who lose out. Leicester should pay the compensation.
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Can we Brits all now stop pretending that Americans are like us and therefore it’s all fine to let US culture and marketing subsume our culture and media? I love Americans individually and many of them share our values but collectively they don’t.
We must be protectionist about *our* media.
We must be protectionist about *our* media.
November 6, 2024 at 8:23 AM
Can we Brits all now stop pretending that Americans are like us and therefore it’s all fine to let US culture and marketing subsume our culture and media? I love Americans individually and many of them share our values but collectively they don’t.
We must be protectionist about *our* media.
We must be protectionist about *our* media.
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Novak Djokovic lost at the US Open and that means this is the first year since 2002 - 2002! - that one or more of Djokovic, Federer and Nadal has not won a Slam
just an absurd era and I don’t think we’ll ever see anything like it again
just an absurd era and I don’t think we’ll ever see anything like it again
August 31, 2024 at 4:13 AM
Novak Djokovic lost at the US Open and that means this is the first year since 2002 - 2002! - that one or more of Djokovic, Federer and Nadal has not won a Slam
just an absurd era and I don’t think we’ll ever see anything like it again
just an absurd era and I don’t think we’ll ever see anything like it again
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is it a shell company?
Snail farm in Liverpool office sparks tax avoidance probe
Snail farm in Liverpool office sparks tax avoidance probe
City leaders claim the "agricultural use" of the office is a "tactic" to avoid paying business rates.
www.bbc.com
August 21, 2024 at 10:41 AM
is it a shell company?
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Hello XXX chambers do you have any counsel available in august this year?
No I’m afraid they’re all working on their bluesky accounts.
No I’m afraid they’re all working on their bluesky accounts.
August 20, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Hello XXX chambers do you have any counsel available in august this year?
No I’m afraid they’re all working on their bluesky accounts.
No I’m afraid they’re all working on their bluesky accounts.
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Getting inundated with twitter notifications:
"Ah crap, just another pornbot/cryptobot following me"
Getting inundated with Bluesky notifications:
"Oh cool, another King's Counsel following me!"
"Ah crap, just another pornbot/cryptobot following me"
Getting inundated with Bluesky notifications:
"Oh cool, another King's Counsel following me!"
August 14, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Getting inundated with twitter notifications:
"Ah crap, just another pornbot/cryptobot following me"
Getting inundated with Bluesky notifications:
"Oh cool, another King's Counsel following me!"
"Ah crap, just another pornbot/cryptobot following me"
Getting inundated with Bluesky notifications:
"Oh cool, another King's Counsel following me!"
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Oh hello Britain 😳
That blue line is activity in the UK spiking past all of the other countries on Bluesky right now.
Welcome, and invite a friend to join us! bsky.app/download
That blue line is activity in the UK spiking past all of the other countries on Bluesky right now.
Welcome, and invite a friend to join us! bsky.app/download
August 14, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Oh hello Britain 😳
That blue line is activity in the UK spiking past all of the other countries on Bluesky right now.
Welcome, and invite a friend to join us! bsky.app/download
That blue line is activity in the UK spiking past all of the other countries on Bluesky right now.
Welcome, and invite a friend to join us! bsky.app/download
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It would be objectively hilarious if Yaxley-Lennon's posting online of his Canadian immigration detention form resulted in his Irish passport being revoked for fraud. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/arti...
Tommy Robinson’s passport may be invalid, say Irish parliamentarians
Dáil members call for investigation after far-right leader gave false country of birth to Canada’s immigration officers
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2024 at 8:08 PM
It would be objectively hilarious if Yaxley-Lennon's posting online of his Canadian immigration detention form resulted in his Irish passport being revoked for fraud. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/arti...