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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 19h

Tldr; we have the HRA/ECHR because we don't have a written constitution. So politicians can blame someone else rather than themselves for THEIR responsibility as guarantors of fundamental rights.

Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 19h

To others. So they can conveniently blame the ECHR and various articles for THEIR failure. But the last thing we can expect from the political establishment is any personal responsibility when there are convenient "foreigners" to blame.

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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 19h

If we had a constitution which wasn't a fucking mess, whether that was codified or established via statute, politicians couldn't get away with blaming anyone else but themselves. But they don't, they've subcontracted human rights protection (well not really because of the HRA, but rhetorically)...

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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 19h

Dogshit politicians can therefore blame everyone apart from themselves for the deficit. "Oh it's foreign judges".. what "foreign judges" (many of whom are British) doing YOUR JOB? That we have to rely on the ECHR is the failure of the British State, not the Council of Europe. Us, it's all us.

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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 19h

We don't. The Human Rights Act is our Bill of Rights, because we're not grown up enough to have it provided in any other way. Let's be clear; that's a political failure on the UK. NOT a failure of the ECHR or UN system. That's all on us.

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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 19h

This is a call for us understanding the actual situation we are in. An unwritten constitution means that we rely on the ECHR as a fallback. If we were a grown up country, we would EITHER have a constitution OR legislation and policy that filled the gaps for protection of fundamental rights.

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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 19h

Our problem, now stay with me here, is that we have no written constitution. Quick note to the constitutional lawyers I KNOW WE HAVE A CONSTITUTION. But our reliance on the ECHR is a political cop-out which we are reaping the deficits from. This is not a call for a constitution (calm down, Lib Dems)

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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 19h

I'd like to agree with this and do with 50% but "it's (ECHR) part of the problem".. "Article 3 and Article 8" reform is necessary, is absolutely not correct. It does not diagnose the issue, which I'll try to do....

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Tobias Ellwood, "British political debate is reduced to single one-liners that promise quick fixes"

"Stop the boats,
Take back control,
Get Brexit done,
Now, leave the ECHR"

"As if these are some sort of panacea, a silver bullet, to challenges"

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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 19h

They need this to prepare them for the world of work where they will definitely need to do this in any legally compliant organisation. So... good?

Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 19h

OMG young people are being taught the bare fucking essentials for them to hold down a job in the UK! Shock! Horror! Have we fallen down the Trump rabbit hole so much? This is preparing young people for being normal humans in the workplace and should not be headline news

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 20h

All new Oxford University students are being taught the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion this week, the vice-chancellor has said

Oxford students need diversity training ‘to protect free speech’

www.thetimes.com

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 1d

Thing is, if you’re a lawyer and a Tory - maybe you’re even a Tory peer - and you fail to speak out very clearly and publicly against this stuff, you’re signalling for all to see that you’re at best comfortable with fascism and the destruction of the rule of law

Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 1d

We've already seen judges and lawyers being targeted as "enemies of the people". This increases risk of threats/attacks, while undermining judiciary as a whole. Couple it with Tory plans to scrap immigration tribunals and legal aid for people seeking asylum and it shows utter contempt for the law.

Robert Jenrick lists 30 'activist judges' he vows to axe in war on UK's open border

In a bold move, Robert Jenrick is set to unveil a controversial plan targeting what he calls 'activist' judges, at the Conservative Party conference.

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 1d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 1d

Sacking judges is what authoritarians do. We all know where this is going and where it will end. This must not be acceptable discourse.

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Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · 1d

learn to edit films, with me, in Edinburgh - for your autumn self-improvement needs

4 week course - £20 a session - or free if you are an ECVS member (membership is £50 a year)

edinburghcinevideosociety.substack.com/p/learn-some...

Learn something new...

Weekend course in film editing

edinburghcinevideosociety.substack.com

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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks this is all good because this not a genre I know at all. I read the Hobbit as a kid and literally nothing else.

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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks, that's great to know! Will order one and see how it goes.

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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 3d

Oh perfect. I was thinking Terry Pratchett might be a wee bit too old for her? Still good for a 12 year old?

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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 3d

Awesome, thank you!

Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 3d

Oh LOVE the sound of this. Ordering now ❤️

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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 3d

Oh good call, she LOVES the Studio Ghibli film. ❤️

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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 3d

Looked that up, yes mate, that's the shit! Thank you!

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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 3d

Oh yes, just looked that up. That's the shit! Yes! Thanks!

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Naomi McAuliffe @naomimc.bsky.social · 3d

Can I have your recommendations please; fantasy books for a 12 year old girl. Specifically it has to have female protagonist/plenty of female characters, she hates things with no girls. It can have battles and darkness but ideally with girls doing the fighting. Help me out, Go!

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Hugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 5d

the social media platform that the nation's politicians and journalists overwhelmingly continue to use:

Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 5d

.......I just looked at twitter for the first time in a while and literally the first thing I saw was a Matt Goodwin tweet complaining that British TV ads have too many black people

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 5d

I wrote a short piece for the Observer on the attacks in Manchester.

observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

My son recently found a swastika drawn on the pavement at...

The Manchester attack didn't come as a shock. The only surprise is it hasn’t happened sooner

observer.co.uk

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