Year: 2025
Was Lucy Connolly a “political prisoner”? You be the judge
Lucy Connolly, sentenced to 31 months in October 2024 for stirring up racial hatred, claims she was a “political prisoner”. Read the Sentencing Remarks of His Honour Judge Melbourne Inman KC Recorder of Birmingham and be your own judge. 1. Lucy Connolly you have pleaded guilty to the offence of distributing material with the intention […]
The law? It’s what you believe it to be
“People … prefer stories that affirm their views of themselves, and of others, and of the world around them. The challenge for those who want to place the discussion of law and policy (and other things) on a sounder basis is to find ways to make people care about the actualité of the case rather than the […]
How not to treat your X
Reposted from the Internet for Lawyers Newsletter: In 2022, Twitter peaked at 368 million active users. It was the platform of choice for journalists, politicos and commentators across most disciplines, enabling users to curate their own news feeds and engage in informed debate, without significant interference from advertising or unwanted attention. Twitter was not, by some […]
