Rolotolomo
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What if, and hear me out, Sue Gray was right?
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
What if, and hear me out, Sue Gray was right?
This was my first thought. BBC runs a defence of truth, gets a High Court to determine as a matter of fact whether his comments amounted to incitement for the purposes of assessing whether the report was a fair depiction.
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
This was my first thought. BBC runs a defence of truth, gets a High Court to determine as a matter of fact whether his comments amounted to incitement for the purposes of assessing whether the report was a fair depiction.
It's not a story if the writer fails to substantively resolve the situations they create; it's an inciting incident.
October 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It's not a story if the writer fails to substantively resolve the situations they create; it's an inciting incident.
Is there a (unlikely) world where the Tomahawk discussion is a ratchet for more useful munitions?
You'll know more about this than me, but I understand that Tomahawks are broadly launched from naval platforms and other missiles with similar capabilities exist which could be launched more easily?
You'll know more about this than me, but I understand that Tomahawks are broadly launched from naval platforms and other missiles with similar capabilities exist which could be launched more easily?
October 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Is there a (unlikely) world where the Tomahawk discussion is a ratchet for more useful munitions?
You'll know more about this than me, but I understand that Tomahawks are broadly launched from naval platforms and other missiles with similar capabilities exist which could be launched more easily?
You'll know more about this than me, but I understand that Tomahawks are broadly launched from naval platforms and other missiles with similar capabilities exist which could be launched more easily?
High fantasy mecha.
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
High fantasy mecha.
CTR is my favourite. The others never quite hit that height. But YMMV.
September 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
CTR is my favourite. The others never quite hit that height. But YMMV.
No Crash Team Racing?
September 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
No Crash Team Racing?
I can't say without being close to the detail. However, the essence of the ethics report indicates precisely the opposite. It was because the adviser in question disclaimed the duty and advised her to take further and more specialist tax advice, that she was found to breach the MC.
September 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I can't say without being close to the detail. However, the essence of the ethics report indicates precisely the opposite. It was because the adviser in question disclaimed the duty and advised her to take further and more specialist tax advice, that she was found to breach the MC.
*tort is too broad: Negligence is more appropriate. Obviously that's a headline overview. There are, of course, nuances.
September 6, 2025 at 10:08 AM
*tort is too broad: Negligence is more appropriate. Obviously that's a headline overview. There are, of course, nuances.
Because that case is about the scope of duty of care. Your duty of care in tort only extends as far as that which you have expressly or impliedly assumed. If you exclude a matter from your duty, you cannot be said to have breached it, still less can you be said to have caused the losses.
September 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Because that case is about the scope of duty of care. Your duty of care in tort only extends as far as that which you have expressly or impliedly assumed. If you exclude a matter from your duty, you cannot be said to have breached it, still less can you be said to have caused the losses.
Someone, somewhere is double-checking Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton [2021] UKSC 20 for dear life.
September 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Someone, somewhere is double-checking Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton [2021] UKSC 20 for dear life.
Second this - Where's it from? It's gorgeous.
September 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Second this - Where's it from? It's gorgeous.
In today's news, reporter spends a day watching small claims hearings in *literally any* County Court. Just wait until they find out about the location of hard copy bundles sent in by solicitors.
August 8, 2025 at 7:26 AM
In today's news, reporter spends a day watching small claims hearings in *literally any* County Court. Just wait until they find out about the location of hard copy bundles sent in by solicitors.
But as for the journalism, just for fleeting moment, this was the lobby doing exactly what it is supposed to and taking this ghoulish manner of politics to its logical conclusion... and giving it the kicking it deserves. I think that deserves some credit.
July 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
But as for the journalism, just for fleeting moment, this was the lobby doing exactly what it is supposed to and taking this ghoulish manner of politics to its logical conclusion... and giving it the kicking it deserves. I think that deserves some credit.
You're modestly not citing your own fantastic book, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Upon finishing, I was inspired to begin looking up PPE reading lists for similar works too.
June 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
You're modestly not citing your own fantastic book, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Upon finishing, I was inspired to begin looking up PPE reading lists for similar works too.
My lecturer repeated this one to me when I studied PIL. I want to say James Crawford, but I could be wrong.
June 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
My lecturer repeated this one to me when I studied PIL. I want to say James Crawford, but I could be wrong.
Do you have any book recommendations about this? I have really got into reading political philosophy recently and one thing I'm struggling to balance is maintaining liberalism and similar norms when those norms are being comprehensively disregarded. It feels like bringing a knife to a gunfight.
June 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Do you have any book recommendations about this? I have really got into reading political philosophy recently and one thing I'm struggling to balance is maintaining liberalism and similar norms when those norms are being comprehensively disregarded. It feels like bringing a knife to a gunfight.
Sorry, but what about Trump usurping state functions such as the Ntl Guard, the widely reported partisanship in electoral boards ahead of the 2024 election, and a packed and partisan Supreme Court willing to legitimise the executive gives you any confidence in your electoral system at the moment?
June 13, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Sorry, but what about Trump usurping state functions such as the Ntl Guard, the widely reported partisanship in electoral boards ahead of the 2024 election, and a packed and partisan Supreme Court willing to legitimise the executive gives you any confidence in your electoral system at the moment?
Agreed. Without sounding like a sociopath, I've found that small talk is listening to the point, picking out the bit that interests you, and piggybacking with a statement to the effect of "what was that like / that must have been [insert feeling here]" and listening to the reply again.
May 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Agreed. Without sounding like a sociopath, I've found that small talk is listening to the point, picking out the bit that interests you, and piggybacking with a statement to the effect of "what was that like / that must have been [insert feeling here]" and listening to the reply again.
There is something exquisitely cathartic about finishing a research project and closing the tabs.
May 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
There is something exquisitely cathartic about finishing a research project and closing the tabs.
On this point, my wife ruled out Hecate for a girl, and I was devastated.
May 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
On this point, my wife ruled out Hecate for a girl, and I was devastated.
And he just... tweeted it out?
May 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
And he just... tweeted it out?
What's odd is that Labour began triangulating toward Reform-curious despite winning. If I vote for my team and they win, I don't expect them to start batting for the other side.
May 2, 2025 at 7:40 AM
What's odd is that Labour began triangulating toward Reform-curious despite winning. If I vote for my team and they win, I don't expect them to start batting for the other side.