Max Dunbar
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Could be argued that sending young people into cities where they don’t know anyone builds resilience and denying the opportunity only strengthens the UK’s many static, impoverished, closed communities
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Could be argued that sending young people into cities where they don’t know anyone builds resilience and denying the opportunity only strengthens the UK’s many static, impoverished, closed communities
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Presumably pre-publication would allow more robust scrutiny in Parliament as MPs would be able to read it and prepare questions beforeha- oh, I see why British governments don't like the idea
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Presumably pre-publication would allow more robust scrutiny in Parliament as MPs would be able to read it and prepare questions beforeha- oh, I see why British governments don't like the idea
Another practical objection to juryless trials: could lead to offences being downgraded by prosecutors looking to speed up the process
‘Juking the stats’
‘Juking the stats’
a man is sitting in a car with the letter a on the window
ALT: a man is sitting in a car with the letter a on the window
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Another practical objection to juryless trials: could lead to offences being downgraded by prosecutors looking to speed up the process
‘Juking the stats’
‘Juking the stats’
Adam Wagner explains the SJP much better in his book Emergency State www.penguin.co.uk/books/453539...
Emergency State
0n 26 March 2020, a new law appeared. In eleven pages it locked down tens of millions of people, confined us to our homes, banned socialising, closed shops, gyms, pubs, places of worship. It restricte...
www.penguin.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Adam Wagner explains the SJP much better in his book Emergency State www.penguin.co.uk/books/453539...
SJP was used for COVID offences and TV Licensing stuff and involves decisions made by one or two people behind closed doors, often without defendant’s input or even knowledge
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
SJP was used for COVID offences and TV Licensing stuff and involves decisions made by one or two people behind closed doors, often without defendant’s input or even knowledge
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Am enjoying BBC pundits' heads exploding over something that is entirely normal in Europe. Pretty sure the German budget (in draft, so not even decided) is just a press release...
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Am enjoying BBC pundits' heads exploding over something that is entirely normal in Europe. Pretty sure the German budget (in draft, so not even decided) is just a press release...