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Oh - and I just remembered that I managed to provoke Barry into talking about his Most Famous case (the story of Theresa May and the dreaded cat)

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government....

On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames

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Immigration roundup: September 2025

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I do enjoy when they come out and complain how much its taking up of their resources to arrest people holding signs as terrorists. Like nooo bubu is it a lot of work to opress dissent? Is it wasting your time? Aww well best just continue as you were babe crush that free speech such hard work

Also even if there is Top Secret material justifying a ban, it’s very difficult I think to argue that retired GPs and Quaker students holding up a cardboard sign are party to that information or responsible for it

When Yvette Cooper was Home Sec she hinted the govt had further material justifying a ban that they couldn’t reveal because of the legal process. If so, better to get that out in daylight ASAP. Because as things stand they have clearly not made the case for proscription to the public’s satisfaction.

Australia lacks ‘legitimate objective’ in fast-tracking Nauru deportations, Labor-led committee finds Parliamentary committee warns international human rights obligations could be breached under new regime * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Albanese government does not have a “legitimate objective” in denying fair hearings to those set to be deported to Nauru and could place Australia in breach of international human rights obligations, a Labor-chaired committee has found. The joint human rights committee’s scrutiny of the law said the changes would “likely exacerbate the underlying human rights concerns” with the regime to off-load more than 350 NZYQ-affected noncitizens to Nauru as part of a $2.5bn deal. Continue reading...

Australia lacks ‘legitimate objective’ in fast-tracking Nauru deportations, Labor-led committee finds

"the Bad Faith Threshold" is a great coinage.

The first wave of comments on a post, from those who do actually follow you, is usually interesting or fun or both.

But the later waves are of scolds, humourless reply-guys, "sorry to be pedantics", "whatabouts", and "why are you insulting".

Conor Gearty · Unwelcome Remnant: Erasing the Human Rights Act The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. In cases where human rights cannot be...

‘The​ current members of the Supreme Court, ten men and two women, all of them white, seem to regard the Human Rights Act as an unwelcome remnant of a past era.’

In his final piece for the LRB, Conor Gearty writes on the Supreme Court’s reinterpretation of the HRA: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Wolfson Final Report | Conservatives Wolfson Final Report

Here’s the Wolfson Report recommending the UK leaves the ECHR

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Take a shot every time Policy Exchange is cited as authority for a dubious legal proposition and you’ll be drunk before the end of the first chapter

The Tories also plan to abolish taxpayer-funded legal aid in immigration cases, with a document on the proposals arguing there "will be no need for lawyers" because claims would be "fairly assessed against the criteria".

You will not need to defend yourself against injustice, because all the state's decisions will be correct. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Freedom is just another name for “a gap in the law”.

Pro-Palestinian Group Can Appeal U.K. Ban, Judge Rules, Citing Free Speech

As it stands, Palestine Action's judicial review of the government's decision to ban it as a terrorist group will start on 25 November

We will learn this month if the government's attempt to stop it being heard has succeeded at the Court of Appeal
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is this good

Chatbots work a lot like a search engine, except they generate plain English answers rather than a list of blue links. This can be a quicker, easier and more intuitive way of answering questions, though chatbots often get things wrong and even make stuff up.

Ah if it wasn't for that little thing,

New UT(IAC) President appointed: Mr Justice Lavender
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two wombats playing on the ground among twigs and grass (credit: うりころる)

Sorry but: fucking HELL

Photo of a person holding a rainbow ribbon around their neck, with a blue textbox and white text reading "A gay man from Nigeria has been granted refugee status!"

🎉We have amazing news - a gay man from Nigeria who we supported has been granted refugee status in the UK!🌈

💖We are so happy for him, and wish him all the best in this next chapter of his life.

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Refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru going hungry despite government spending $1.5m a year for each person The Australian government is spending millions of dollars a year to house asylum seekers, yet many say they can not afford food and are forced to skip meals * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Refugees and asylum seekers held on Nauru claim they can’t afford to eat and are forced to skip meals. Their plight comes despite Australia spending $1.5m per person for a US prisons operator to house them, although the contract does not provide food. One asylum seeker, who spoke on condition of anonymity, claimed he often skipped meals to make his fortnightly stipend of $230 from Australia’s home affairs department last. Continue reading...

Refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru going hungry despite government spending $1.5m a year for each person

This comment nails it. Frankly it’s none of anyone’s business who else is in a public lavatory, even if they consider someone is in the “wrong” one. If you’re upset by the mere presence of somebody else for reasons of your own beliefs, that’s your problem.

Labour removing one of the last safe routes for asylum seekers will only benefit smugglers. If Starmerism can be defined as anything it's daily performative cruelty against the oppressed, for no political gain.

Sex Matters are trying to force the ponds to operate on a trans-exclusive basis, despite users of the ponds having voted against such an approach.

So far, all the scoffing I’ve seen about the risks and flaws of this latest UK ID card proposal, has come from people in those demographics least likely to experience harassment, discrimination or disadvantage from mandatory ID.

Fortunately, the range of critics is more diverse

The police cannot self-regulate. The Met must publicly & unequivocally accept the Casey Review's findings - that it is institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic - and the gov't must urgently review how police accountability can be improved. [3/4]

The trick is to FOI the tribunal and not the HO

Just got some stats on withdrawal of asylum appeals by Afghan nationals from the tribunal (presumably because HO has withdrawn the refusal) via FOI - am at Landmark conf today so will take a proper look next week

Starmer’s “brave” stance against Reform didn’t even last a week before normal immigrant bashing service returned

Commentators insist that Starmer has good, liberal
Intentions but you can only judge a person by their actions.

And his actions are grimly authoritarian and contemptuous of migrants.