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Sean Jones KC

@seanjones.org

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King’s Counsel, gobshite. General Editor of Tolley’s Employment Handbook. Trustee of FRU Member of Chelsea Pitch Owners board Co-founder of Billable Hour Appeal Pl

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 2d

Announcing @billablehour.bsky.social's very first Halloween T-shirt by the fabulous @soengery.bsky.social. Links in the reply. Also available in extra Goth.

As usual, all proceeds go to @savechildrenuk.bsky.social /1

A young woman in a sunlit and bewilderingly inappropriate field, wearing the new Billable Horror T-shirt

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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 19h

You can get my book Borderlines in electronic form for an amazing 99p at the moment; at a time when politicians are fetishising borders, why not look at them in a bit more detail, and get the view from Europe’s borders? www.amazon.co.uk/Borderlines-...

Borderlines: A History of Europe in 29 Borders

Borderlines: A History of Europe in 29 Borders eBook : Baston, Lewis: Amazon.co.uk: Books

www.amazon.co.uk

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 7h

Happy birthday!

Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 7h

It was in a tin with J N Gray QC written on it

Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 16h

It wasn’t even a judge’s wig.

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 18h

Are white ethnic enclaves a sign of failure too?

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 20h

My eyes! My eyes!

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 21h

Well done! That’s a cracking performance! Don’t forget to buy a humblebrag licence from BillableHour.org with a donation to Save the Children.

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 21h

Oh God. The pain.

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 1d

This is not a mere lofty ideal, my day-to-day experience as an advocate is that judges vary on a scale of affability but not on a scale of commitment to making a just decision.

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 1d

The job of a judge is doggedly to determine each case on its factual and legal merits. It’s what the oath demands. No government, no party, is entitled to expect to look to the judges as allies. /4

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 1d

A judge who was scared to find against a government because they feared for their job or worse, who was cowed by whipped-up public hostility, would break their oath. /3

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 1d

A judge whose personal political beliefs led them to favour a government they supported or to show ill will in decision-making to one they did not would break their oath. /2

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 1d

The judicial oath:

I [name], do swear by Almighty God that I will well and truly serve our Sovereign King Charles the Third in the office of [judicial role], and will do right to all manner of people after the law and usages of this realm, without fear or favour, affection or ill will.

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 1d

OMG

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 1d

Good lord. This would be a disappointing turnout for a school play.

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 2d

Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride's big speech.

#ToryPartyDeath

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SpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social · 1d

I hate to sound like some ancient old throwback, but I don't recognise the country I am living in.

When did racism become acceptable again?

Why do we have to rely on ageing retired Engand fullbacks for guidance on the misuse of flags?

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SpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social · 1d

What on earth has happened to the Tories? This wouldn't have been acceptable in 1965 let alone 2025.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit

www.theguardian.com

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Marie Enger @soengery.bsky.social · 1d

Had an absolute blast drawing the BILLABLE HORROR, you can never go wrong with Extra Goth.

A drawing of the billable horror telling you to PAY! UP!

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 1d

Ruh-roh

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2d

"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

www.ft.com

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 2d

Nothing beats Paulo di Canio’s book. It starts with an account of his childhood incontinence and ends with a recipe for tiramisu.

Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 2d

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 2d

There is an EXTRA GOTH in a women's T as well:

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Halloween 2025 EXTRA GOTH edition (by Maria Enger: @soenergy.bsky.social)(Womens)

Your new band

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 2d

Womens T: billablehour.teemill.com/product/hall...

Mens T:
billablehour.teemill.com/product/hall...

Extra Goth, special edition: billablehour.teemill.com/product/hall...

Halloween 2025 EXTRA GOTH edition (by Maria Enger: @soenergy.bsky.social)

Your new band

billablehour.teemill.com

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Sean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 2d

If you keep voting for politicians who want to cut public services and roll back human rights, eventually you end up desperate but powerless because if you so much as squeak in protest the government is free to do what it wants to you.

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