Aidan McQuade

There are two sorts of people who want to tamper with the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR
1. Those who don't understand the causes of WW2;
2. Those whose side lost in WW2

We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?

Some Service to the State

Some Service to the State

The Undiscovered Country

Fine interview, Martin. Confirms my suspicion that I can really do without Banville.

Trump demands inquiry over UN 'triple sabotage' The US president called the incidents that included an escalator and teleprompter mishap

The UN should counter-sue him for breaking the escalator: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Cut Throat Trial, by the Secret Barrister Summary: One of these suspects is not like the others … As aficionados of Rumpole will know, a “cut-throat” trial is one in which co-defendants turn on each other. That is the heart of this novel a…

What a lovely review 😻

“By refusing to flinch from grotesque realities, the Secret Barrister has produced a novel several cuts above much contemporary English crime fiction, and one that, like the best of literature, illuminates the human condition while laying bare the failings of our world.”

I loved as a kid telling other kids that the bands they’d just learnt about, I’d known for ages!

Later I learnt that vital for building successful movements is to not lambast late-comers but rather welcome newcomers.

The goal is the winning many, not the longest-involved few.

Arbitrary Power and the Rule of Law: The UK’s Criminalisation of Protest Summary: The UK government’s shenanigans around Palestine Action undermines fundamental principles of rule of law In 2010, Tom Bingham — former Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice, and La…

The UK government’s shenanigans around Palestine Action undermines fundamental principles of rule of law

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New Banksy artwork to be removed from Royal Courts of Justice A judge in a wig and gown appears to use a gavel to beat a protester who is lying on the ground holding a blood-splattered placard.

Protest being beaten down by Starmer...

The inept pigheaded government forced a single vote on 3 separate organisations.
They blocked the option of 3 separate votes.
Some MPs (eg SNP) abstained on the vote (on all 3) as a result.

Arbitrary Power and the Rule of Law: The UK’s Criminalisation of Protest Summary: The UK government’s shenanigans around Palestine Action undermines fundamental principles of rule of law In 2010, Tom Bingham — former Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice, and La…

The UK government’s shenanigans around Palestine Action undermines fundamental principles of rule of law

aidanjmcquade.com/2025/09/07/a...

Arbitrary Power and the Rule of Law: The UK’s Criminalisation of Protest Summary: The UK government’s shenanigans around Palestine Action undermines fundamental principles of rule of law In 2010, Tom Bingham — former Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice, and La…

Arbitrary Power and the Rule of Law: The UK’s Criminalisation of Protest aidanjmcquade.com/2025/09/07/a...

Parliament Square, London, 6 September 2025 Summary: citizens keeping the conscience of their country

Keeping the conscience of a nation, Parliament Square, London, 6 Sept 2025

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Kemi Badenoch's 'Free Speech' Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Party Conference The ban on covering the party's annual gathering came despite Badenoch's repeated commitment to "fight" for free speech and a free press

I’m a scientist & historian, & over a decade ago I warned about the far right & their ‘free speech’ rhetoric - that it was an excuse for punching down & ‘saying the unsayable’, but that only they would be allowed such ‘freedom’. The two UK far right parties [Tory & Reform] are openly doing it now:

Police should focus on ‘streets not tweets’, says Wes Streeting after Graham Linehan arrest Health secretary criticises Tory policing record after Father Ted co-creator arrested over posts on transgender issues

Says a government who arrested hundreds of pensioners for holding sign opposing genocide. We are being run by fucking morons.

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My short video review of Wendy Erskine’s first novel, The Benefactors www.instagram.com/reel/DOD5aXf...

Rudy Giuliani to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom, Trump says America's highest civilian honour is awarded to those with

Aggravated sycophancy has its rewards: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

There are two sorts of people who want to tamper with the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHR
1. Those who don't understand the causes of WW2;
2. Those whose side lost in WW2

A flicker of gulls Summary: images obtained at great personal risk while eating chips in Folkestone

A flicker of gulls: images obtained at great personal risk while eating chips in Folkestone aidanjmcquade.com/2025/08/24/a...

From Siege to Safety: A Sudanese Family’s Journey Summary: First in a series of guest blogs on the war in Sudan, by “Elphaba” I have been writing family bulletins for myself and anyone ready to read them since the start of the war in S…

From Siege to Safety: A Sudanese Family's Journey aidanjmcquade.com/2025/08/28/f...

From Siege to Safety: A Sudanese Family’s Journey Summary: First in a series of guest blogs on the war in Sudan, by “Elphaba” I have been writing family bulletins for myself and anyone ready to read them since the start of the war in S…

From Siege to Safety: A Sudanese Family's Journey aidanjmcquade.com/2025/08/28/f...

New #historicalmystery coming out tomorrow!

Israel says there’s loads of food in #Gaza

A flicker of gulls Summary: images obtained at great personal risk while eating chips in Folkestone

A flicker of gulls: images obtained at great personal risk while eating chips in Folkestone aidanjmcquade.com/2025/08/24/a...

C’est Paris! Summary: Putting the “la” into “Ooh la” Sacre Coeur Darkness to light Est-ce que je me souviens…? Siene-side Artist at work Notre Dame dawning Purely historical interest Oval room, Bibliothèque nat…

C’est Paris! Putting the “la” in “Ooh la”… aidanjmcquade.com/2025/08/19/c...

C’est Paris! Summary: Putting the “la” into “Ooh la” Sacre Coeur Darkness to light Est-ce que je me souviens…? Siene-side Artist at work Notre Dame dawning Purely historical interest Oval room, Bibliothèque nat…

C’est Paris! Putting the “la” in “Ooh la”… aidanjmcquade.com/2025/08/19/c...

International law was a nice idea while it lasted. It may re-emerge after the next world war. If we make it that far.