Joe Hodson
@joehodson.bsky.social
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Paralegal with masters in international maritime law, interested in languages, ethics, governance, environmental protection and human rights. Mythology-loving humanist.
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joehodson.bsky.social
Greetings to all my new legal bluesky contacts! Allow me to introduce myself:

I have been the paralegal at the small but formidable London shipping disputes firm Sach Solicitors since just before the pandemic.

I am also slowly preparing to take the SQE.
joehodson.bsky.social
I would actually prefer it if Parliament made provision that human rights etc. automatically supersede incompatible statutes because they are what it values most highly, but that's not where we're at.
joehodson.bsky.social
The illustration is constitutionally illiterate, misleading conspiratorialism.

Parliament is free to overturn case law. Judicial review doesn't overturn statutes.

If any law firms are undermining democracy, it's the ones bringing extortionate ISDS claims, not Leigh Day and the like.
duncanrobinson.bsky.social
Wrote about Leigh Day, the law firm behind every other case against the British state right now. From equal pay to polluted rivers to alleged war crimes www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Meet the real opposition
From ambulance chaser to ministerial Range Rover chaser
www.economist.com
joehodson.bsky.social
I had not watched Question Time for aeons and the best part of that was the pleasant surprise of a panel of (mostly) xenophobes being made to squirm by a much more reasonable audience, to the point where Yusuf accused the audience of being unrepresentative.

How typical is that these days?
venividiverily.bsky.social
I could watch Zack Polanski utterly wreck Zia Yusuf ALL DAY LONG.
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prayingmantis.bsky.social
An outspoken antifascist US-born citizen was stopped from leaving the US. This should terrify you.

(BTW, this is not to imply this is ok for non-citizens or naturalized citizens.)
US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport
Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled
www.theguardian.com
joehodson.bsky.social
... finally, the upwardly biased ESG ratings are less informative of future ESG news. Overall, the business incentives of rating providers appear to engender ESG rating bias".
joehodson.bsky.social
Wait, what?

I'd agree that the current House of Lords reforms are too timid (the most principled method of upper chamber composition bring sortition imo) but getting all misty-eyed about the good old days of aristocratic power is just ludicrous, especially for leftists.
joehodson.bsky.social
σχέτλιος ὀβριμοεργὸς ὃς οὐκ ὄθετ' αἴσυλα ῥέζων

(Rash man, worker of violence, that recked not of his evil deeds - Iliad 5.403)
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opportunitygreen.org
📢 NEW BRIEFING 📢 Europe's ports are pollution hotspots – and it's a human rights issue.

Our new briefing reveals why port pollution could land governments and companies in legal trouble.

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#ClimateSky #GreenSky #LawSky
joehodson.bsky.social
All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten these little hands...
atrupar.com
Trump: "I want to be good because you want to prove to God so you go to that next step, right? So that's very important to me."
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peterjukes.bsky.social
🔴NEW🔴

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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...
bylinetimes.com
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techpriest.bsky.social
Trying to work out if "ungovernable mess where faragist/jenrick-ist ethnonationalism are blocked by a coalition of everyone to the left of Ed Davey's paddle boarding" is preferable to "a governing coalition of faragists and jenrickists" and right now I think the former may generally be a mercy...
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andybrockman.bsky.social
Leaked video from speech to Tech bosses at JP Morgan Tech Stars event appears to show Chancellor Rachel Reeves boasting of a "good relationship with the developer" as one of the rarest creatures in Britain "some snails on the site that are a protected species or something" could pay the price.
Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer
Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’
www.theguardian.com
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eastangliabylines.co.uk
Climate science is clear: emissions rates must peak in 2025 and go no higher.

But misinformation and wishful thinking push politicians – and crucial policy – off course.
MPs and public underestimate urgency of climate action, new UEA study reveals
Fewer than 15% of UK MPs knew emissions must peak by 2025, raising questions about climate communication
eastangliabylines.co.uk
joehodson.bsky.social
Luke 23:28 has some interesting implications:

- putting oneself and others before God isn't just allowed but encouraged here - even when he's being crucified

- but this seems not to apply to the disciples, who are still seen as cowards for doing so
granted. 25ἀπέλυσεν δὲ τὸν διὰ στάσιν καὶ φόνον βεβλημένον εἰς φυλακὴν ὃν ᾐτοῦντο, τὸν δὲ Ἰησοῦν παρέδωκεν τῷ θελήματι αὐτῶν. 25He released the man who had been thrown into prison  g for insurrection and murder, for whom they asked,  h but he delivered Jesus over to their will. The Crucifixion 26Καὶ ὡς ἀπήγαγον αὐτόν, ἐπιλαβόμενοι Σίμωνά τινα Κυρηναῖον ἐρχόμενον ἀπ᾽ ἀγροῦ ἐπέθηκαν αὐτῷ τὸν σταυρὸν φέρειν ὄπισθεν τοῦ Ἰησοῦ. 26 i And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross, to carry it behind Jesus. 27Ἠκολούθει δὲ αὐτῷ πολὺ πλῆθος τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ γυναικῶν αἳ ἐκόπτοντο καὶ ἐθρήνουν αὐτόν. 27And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were  j mourning and lamenting for him. 

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28στραφεὶς δὲ πρὸς αὐτὰς [ὁ] Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν· θυγατέρες Ἰερουσαλήμ, μὴ κλαίετε ἐπ᾽ ἐμέ· πλὴν ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτὰς κλαίετε καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν, 28But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

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29ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἔρχονται ἡμέραι ἐν αἷς ἐροῦσιν· μακάριαι αἱ στεῖραι καὶ αἱ κοιλίαι αἳ οὐκ ἐγέννησαν καὶ μαστοὶ οἳ οὐκ ἔθρεψαν. 29For behold,  k the days are coming when they will say,   ‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ 30τότε ἄρξονται λέγειν τοῖς ὄρεσιν· πέσετε ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς, καὶ τοῖς βουνοῖς· καλύψατε ἡμᾶς· 30 m Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’ 31ὅτι εἰ ἐν τῷ ὑγρῷ ξύλῳ ταῦτα ποιοῦσιν, ἐν τῷ ξηρῷ τί γένηται; 31For  n if they do these things when  o the wood is
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lastpositivist.bsky.social
The British government is Very Sensible and so can be trusted with the power to decide which protests have happened Enough Now and don't need to be heard from anymore thank you very much. It will be fine. When Reform get in they will be even more Sensible about all this.

inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Home Office could outright ban protests that risk ‘intimidation’ or ‘serious disruption’
The Home Secretary is considering giving police new powers to ban protests
inews.co.uk
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
eventually politicians need to start advocating for criminal and civil penalties for people involved in fabricating stories to get citizens incarcerated.

or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
joehodson.bsky.social
Trump on taxes, trade, tech, Cory Booker, visas, construction, renewables, drones, litigation, borders, infrastructure, economics:

"nobody knows more about _ than me"

Trump on Ghislaine Maxwell's case:

"I don't know anything about it, I'll have to look into it"

🤔

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