Martin Goodwin
@martingoodwin.bsky.social
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Nonsensical but not remotely shocking. A quick calculation confirms that the good doctor would have needed a salary of almost £82k when payments commenced just to cover the accruing interest (almost £102k now). His nominal debt is likely meaningless, with the balance written off after 30 years.
January 29, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Nonsensical but not remotely shocking. A quick calculation confirms that the good doctor would have needed a salary of almost £82k when payments commenced just to cover the accruing interest (almost £102k now). His nominal debt is likely meaningless, with the balance written off after 30 years.
In their ‘Operation Restoring Justice’ document (Aug 2025) they were claiming 1m+ to be removed at the rate of up to 24,000 a month, and establishing secure camps in unspecified ‘remote parts of the country’ to hold these rolling 24,000.
January 27, 2026 at 2:26 PM
In their ‘Operation Restoring Justice’ document (Aug 2025) they were claiming 1m+ to be removed at the rate of up to 24,000 a month, and establishing secure camps in unspecified ‘remote parts of the country’ to hold these rolling 24,000.
Although I’d not seen an A13 in Malta scheme before, their presence from early 1942 is well documented. IWM even have a photograph of the hold of one of the ships unloading in Grand Harbour that also includes an A9.
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
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THE BRITISH ARMY ON MALTA 1942
Cruiser tanks and a 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun being unloaded from a ship in Grand Harbour, 24 March 1942.
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January 16, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Although I’d not seen an A13 in Malta scheme before, their presence from early 1942 is well documented. IWM even have a photograph of the hold of one of the ships unloading in Grand Harbour that also includes an A9.
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
I don’t know where she gets her stats from but “10.8 million families use X as their main news source” is worrying, if true.
hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2026-0...?
hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2026-0...?
Government Communications: X - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : 'Government Communications: X' on Monday 5 January 2026.
hansard.parliament.uk
January 5, 2026 at 6:59 PM
I don’t know where she gets her stats from but “10.8 million families use X as their main news source” is worrying, if true.
hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2026-0...?
hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2026-0...?
Very often the business would be conducted by a wholly US owned but EU incorporated subsidiary, which would be covered I believe.
December 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Very often the business would be conducted by a wholly US owned but EU incorporated subsidiary, which would be covered I believe.
Challenging for US businesses operating within the EU which might find themselves prosecuted by OFAC if they fail to apply the sanctions and prosecuted by the EU if they do.
eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/1996...
eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/1996...
eur-lex.europa.eu
December 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Challenging for US businesses operating within the EU which might find themselves prosecuted by OFAC if they fail to apply the sanctions and prosecuted by the EU if they do.
eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/1996...
eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/1996...
Council Regulation (EC) No 2271/96 might apply where the sanction was being applied within the EU.
eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/1996...
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eur-lex.europa.eu
December 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Council Regulation (EC) No 2271/96 might apply where the sanction was being applied within the EU.
eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/1996...
eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/1996...
I’ve seen little discussion of the many non-farmers who, at a stroke of the Chancellor’s pen, now potentially find their pensions being brought into their estates. Presumably this is still going ahead.
December 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I’ve seen little discussion of the many non-farmers who, at a stroke of the Chancellor’s pen, now potentially find their pensions being brought into their estates. Presumably this is still going ahead.
I’m surprised that she could spare the time from answering her emails - does this mean that she received the extra £147k that she requested?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mayor Dame Andrea Jenkyns asks for £147k to help answer emails
Greater Lincolnshire council leaders urge government to cover £630k mayoral election overspend.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I’m surprised that she could spare the time from answering her emails - does this mean that she received the extra £147k that she requested?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I was looking at the remand figures earlier – some of the 17,701 recorded will doubtless be found to be innocent, and I remember a Fair Trials finding of a few years ago of approaching 2,000 having then been held for more than a year.
data.justice.gov.uk/prisons/offe...
data.justice.gov.uk/prisons/offe...
Offender management - Prisons data - Justice Data
Providing at a glance data on services provided by the Ministry of Justice, using quality assured and published data.
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December 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I was looking at the remand figures earlier – some of the 17,701 recorded will doubtless be found to be innocent, and I remember a Fair Trials finding of a few years ago of approaching 2,000 having then been held for more than a year.
data.justice.gov.uk/prisons/offe...
data.justice.gov.uk/prisons/offe...
While I would dispute that you can obtain ‘a fair, democratic expression’ by misrepresentation, Starmer’s speech last night seems to reflect a significant shift and warrants being the political lead today in my view.
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www.gov.uk/government/s...
PM speech at Lady Mayor's Banquet: 1 December 2025
Prime Minister Keir Starmer made a speech on foreign policy at the Lady Mayor's Banquet at the Guildhall, London.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
While I would dispute that you can obtain ‘a fair, democratic expression’ by misrepresentation, Starmer’s speech last night seems to reflect a significant shift and warrants being the political lead today in my view.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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A couple that I find useful:
support.microsoft.com/en-us/office...
support.microsoft.com/en-gb/window...
support.microsoft.com/en-us/office...
support.microsoft.com/en-gb/window...
Where is Picture Manager? - Microsoft Support
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December 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A couple that I find useful:
support.microsoft.com/en-us/office...
support.microsoft.com/en-gb/window...
support.microsoft.com/en-us/office...
support.microsoft.com/en-gb/window...
Although I expect that the current circumstances can be readily distinguished from this authority, the Hospital Ship Dover Castle judgment, where the U-boat’s commander successfully ran the ‘obeying orders’ defence is interesting.
www.jstor.org/stable/21875...
www.jstor.org/stable/21875...
German War Trials: Judgment in Case of Commander Karl Neumann on JSTOR
German War Trials: Judgment in Case of Commander Karl Neumann, The American Journal of International Law, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct., 1922), pp. 704-708
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December 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Although I expect that the current circumstances can be readily distinguished from this authority, the Hospital Ship Dover Castle judgment, where the U-boat’s commander successfully ran the ‘obeying orders’ defence is interesting.
www.jstor.org/stable/21875...
www.jstor.org/stable/21875...
WSC compiled this narrative for the War Cabinet from survivor interviews.
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9...
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9...
Record Type: Memorandum Former Reference: WP (39) 157 Title: The... | The National Archives
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November 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
WSC compiled this narrative for the War Cabinet from survivor interviews.
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9...
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9...
Worth remembering that the French carried out the first raids on Berlin in June 1940 using a Farman NC 223.4 that, improbably, still used pusher props.
dunkirk1940.org/index.php?p=...
dunkirk1940.org/index.php?p=...
French Air-raid on Berlin » Dunkirk 1940 - The Before, The Reality, The Aftermath
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November 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Worth remembering that the French carried out the first raids on Berlin in June 1940 using a Farman NC 223.4 that, improbably, still used pusher props.
dunkirk1940.org/index.php?p=...
dunkirk1940.org/index.php?p=...
Are you familiar with ‘The Royal Navy and the Battle of Britain’ by Anthony Cumming?
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The Royal Navy and Battle of Britain
This persuasive study attacks the key myths surrounding the Battle of Britain to revise the relative status of maritime and aviation factors in the defense of Britain. Without denigrating the heroism ...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Are you familiar with ‘The Royal Navy and the Battle of Britain’ by Anthony Cumming?
www.google.co.uk/books/editio...
www.google.co.uk/books/editio...
Public Spaces Protection Orders have been used previously to achieve that aim – see Tossici-Bolt for example.
October 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Public Spaces Protection Orders have been used previously to achieve that aim – see Tossici-Bolt for example.
Defaming a lawyer is a bold move - I think Starmer should just sue Tice and Sky seeking damages and a public retraction.
October 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Defaming a lawyer is a bold move - I think Starmer should just sue Tice and Sky seeking damages and a public retraction.
Citing an unrelated corporate and regulatory failure from 70-odd years ago is a pretty glib response.
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www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-...
Thalidomide | Science Museum
Not only did thalidomide change people’s lives, but it resulted in tighter drug testing and reporting of side-effects.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Citing an unrelated corporate and regulatory failure from 70-odd years ago is a pretty glib response.
www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-...
www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-...
Salient omissions include:
“JTAC assesses that PAG commits or participates in acts of terrorism”, “is involved in preparing for terrorism” and “has promoted terrorism”; that the “Support for terrorist groups” section is redacted; and there is no mention of the injuries sustained by its victims.
“JTAC assesses that PAG commits or participates in acts of terrorism”, “is involved in preparing for terrorism” and “has promoted terrorism”; that the “Support for terrorist groups” section is redacted; and there is no mention of the injuries sustained by its victims.
September 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Salient omissions include:
“JTAC assesses that PAG commits or participates in acts of terrorism”, “is involved in preparing for terrorism” and “has promoted terrorism”; that the “Support for terrorist groups” section is redacted; and there is no mention of the injuries sustained by its victims.
“JTAC assesses that PAG commits or participates in acts of terrorism”, “is involved in preparing for terrorism” and “has promoted terrorism”; that the “Support for terrorist groups” section is redacted; and there is no mention of the injuries sustained by its victims.
The Malay Peninsula too - apparently they had their origin in the eyes painted on the bows of boats by local ethnic Chinese seafarers of Fujian descent.
hub.hku.hk/handle/10722...
hub.hku.hk/handle/10722...
hub.hku.hk
September 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The Malay Peninsula too - apparently they had their origin in the eyes painted on the bows of boats by local ethnic Chinese seafarers of Fujian descent.
hub.hku.hk/handle/10722...
hub.hku.hk/handle/10722...
Of course Connolly’s is not an isolated case, so their near silence regarding the many others sentenced for similar offences is curious.
August 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Of course Connolly’s is not an isolated case, so their near silence regarding the many others sentenced for similar offences is curious.