Breaking Britain News: Deputy Prime Minister of the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse Coalition worried about his Lib-Dem voters

Lib Dems fear guilt by association with Osborne Independent: Liberal Democrat ministers have warned that the Conservatives will inflict lasting political damage to Nick Clegg’s party if voters think the coalition Government is relishing the task of cutting public spending. Although the Cabinet has agreed to try to blame the cuts on its inheritance from [...]

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Rive Gauche: Parliamentary Privilege and a trampolining masturbator

Well… after the decision today of a ‘strong’ Court of Appeal (LCJ, MR & P of QBD) it would appear that the MPs and a peer being prosecuted for expenses have run out of options to claim that Parliament should deal with them. The Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge, Lord Neuberger, Master of The Rolls [...]

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Breaking Papal Bull: Do unto others?!

I do love the smell of hubris and schadenfreude in the morning…. Yahoo.. reports.

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There’s more to heaven and earth, Clegg…..

I felt like a bit of Shakespeare tonight….

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Breaking Britain: PM tells President of India England 331-4 in first test against Pakistan

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Law Review: The right to arrest war crime suspects

The right to arrest war crime suspects Guardian Letter 29th July 2010 [I have reproduced the Guardian Letter in full] We are horrified at the proposals by justice secretary Kenneth Clarke to give the director of public prosecutions a veto over arrest warrants in private prosecutions for international crimes (Report, 22 July). The justice secretary’s [...]

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Breaking Britain: Cameron continues to cut a swathe through international diplomacy

Cameron and co tread carefully over Kashmir Guardian: It is clear that every minister accompanying David Cameron on his trip to India has been told not to talk about Kashmir LATEST…. Hague clarifies….! Not that I know anything about it… but I’d say that British foreign policy is  quite extraordinary at the moment….  Turkey, Gaza, [...]

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Lord Shagger seeks guidance on setting up a new Tax Avoidance university

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Breaking Britain news: The debate about BPP University College goes on…and on……

The ‘debate’ on Times Higher Education Supplement about BPP getting ‘University’ status goes on…and on…. I don’t suppose that I added much when I posted this early this morning… Charon QC 28 July, 2010 @Gary Yes… you are probably right. Governments of all complexions tend to be persuaded by the *Five millions flies eat shit [...]

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Breaking Papal Bull: Pope wants a back to front baseball cap – can anyone help?

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Law Review: BPP University College debated on THES Online!

My attention was drawn to a debate on The Times Higher Education Supplement website this morning about the new University status conferred on BPP Comments on this on the THES website before I engaged are here, with the original story I decided to put a number of points.  This is the exchange so far….. Charon [...]

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Coalition Viceroy, Sahib Hague, returns to India to spread good news about outsourcing opportunities

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Law Review: So… who is running the Ministry of Justice? Cameron The Flog ‘em Brigade appeaser?

Prisons minister says criminals could cut jail sentences by saying ‘sorry’ • Crispin Blunt wants victims to confront offenders • Restorative justice would lead to ‘rehabilitation revolution’ Guardian It seems, however, that Cameron has slapped this rather good idea down….. See John Hirst, writing on Old Holborn’s Blog – a thoughtful piece and well worth [...]

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Law Review: Piggies – Fast Track deportations – BPP gets University status.

 The bizarre case of Earl Spencer, his divorce lawyer…and seven little piggies The Daily Mail reports: “One of the country’s leading lawyers told the Earl that he had named his sow’s piglets after the character traits of a High Court judge – including ‘self-regarding’, ‘pompous’ and ‘pillock’….. The insults were revealed by Princess Diana’s [...]

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Tweet of The Week!

It may be the wine, it may be the Coalition government has finally got to me… but  Old Holborn’s tweet  made me laugh out loud…. Gordon Brown resurfaces with call for African growth Guardian: At African Union meeting in Kampala, former PM says more ‘smart’ aid and investment in IT can set continent on track

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“Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water”…. as Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra said!

Dudley poised to replace Tony Hayward as BP chief Telegraph: Bob Dudley is set to be named as the new chief executive of BP within 24 hours as the company launches the fight to repair its reputation and finances. I rather liked this quote from George W Bush…. “It is clear our nation is reliant [...]

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Law Review: The CPS decision in the matter of the death of Mr Ian Tomlinson

There has been a great deal of comment on Twitter, blogs, the mainstream press about the decision of the DPP not to prosecute in the case of Mr Ian Tomlinson. I extract below questions put by a very experienced lawyer – Simon Myerson QC – and my response.  You will appreciate that my response is [...]

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Lord Shagger writes…..

I have to say that I am baffled about Keir Starmer QC ‘s statement on Mr Tomlinson and the events surrounding it. As you know, The Guardian reported “The Crown Prosecution Service has admitted that the decision not to prosecute a police officer for the death of Ian Tomlinson rested on the evidence of a [...]

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Postcard From The Staterooms: Drinking Vin Rose in the sun edition

Dear Reader!   Bonjour!, After a very pleasant evening last night, doing a spot of writing and catching up with my Rioja drinking, I decided to ‘stress test’ my bank by telephoning them to ask if a payment had come in.   I was put through to a call centre and passed the security checks.  I had [...]

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David Davis MP BrokeBack Coalition pub talk! – excellent nonsense!

David Davis pub talk reveals Tory unease at the ‘Brokeback Coalition’ • David Davis reportedly repeats alleged remark by Lord Ashcroft • Remarks echo criticism of David Cameron’s ‘big society’ policy Guardian: Unease on the Tory right over David Cameron’s coalition with the Liberal Democrats was highlighted last night in unguarded comments made by the [...]

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