Observations on the world and its inhabitants
The thirty-year pattern this case belongs to This judgment handed down in June 2026 belongs to a pattern the reader will recognise, and which the Claimant himself identified. Writing to the Registrary in August 2023, he drew a comparison with the Chester Hospital Trust: “The circumstances are all very familiar. The Whistleblowers were threatened with ...
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Not everyone knows that Marco Rubio has vowed to dismantle the International Criminal Court. The process has been on the way for about the last year. This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal framework, historical context, and ongoing litigation arising from the United States’ coordinated campaign to dismantle the International ...
The following is entirely fictional, including all names and the status of every person depicted. Caution: The arguments presented are not necessarily legally correct nor entirely wrong. They do not represent cogent arguments. Proposition: “The House proposes to the parties that unjust law is still law, and that is the foundation of order.” Venue: The ...
The death of thirteen‑month‑old Preston Davey, murdered just four months after his adoption, has prompted one of the most searching safeguarding reviews in recent years. In the weeks leading up to his death, Preston was seen repeatedly by health professionals and social workers, and was taken to hospital on several occasions with injuries that should ...
You are a senior executive. You warn the board that the company is taking risks that could break it. You are ignored. You warn again. Then you are dismissed. A document is placed before you: a Settlement Agreement. It offers you a payment. In exchange, you must waive your right to bring any employment tribunal ...
The Slop Sieve is an Python application that was developed as a defensive linguistic tool for writers like me, operating in an era of heightened AI surveillance. As algorithmic “detection” becomes more prevalent, writers who produce precise or rhythmic prose are increasingly at risk of being flagged as non-human. This project history documents the rationale, ...
We live in an age of information overload, where one crisis instantly buries the last. History doesn’t so much vanish as it gets drowned out—washed away in the relentless noise of breaking news, hot takes, and algorithmically churned outrage. It takes deliberate effort to dig up a story, hold it to the light, and say: ...
Somewhere in the polished aisles of a Waitrose outlet in Clapham Junction, between the quinoa and the artisan focaccia, their veteran worker of 17‑years-of-service made the fatal mistake of caring about shoplifting (The Times 06 April 2026). Walker Smith, age 54, decided to do something about it. Not too much, mind you — just enough ...
This is the story of Laura Higginson, a 30-year-old trainee solicitor and mother of two, who died in 2017 after a hospital (iatrogenic) overdose in relation to Gitelman Syndrome (affecting 1 in 40,000 people in the UK). It details her husband; Antony’s nine-year battle to uncover the truth and hold the medical staff and regulatory ...
The formal announcement on 14 February 2026, by a coalition comprising the United Kingdom, Sweden, France, Germany, and the Netherlands, identifying the rare alkaloid epibatidine as the lethal agent in the death of Alexei Navalny, represents a watershed moment in the history of state-sponsored chemical operations.1 This disclosure, timed to coincide with the second anniversary ...
1. Introduction The Eva Vlaardingerbroek situation presents a case that demands careful scrutiny, not merely due to the specific politics involved, but because the mechanism itself appears slippery. It is generally accepted that the state must intercept “undesirables” at the border—criminals, terrorists, and those posing a physical threat. In the case of Vlaardingerbroek, however, the ...
Ula Nathai-Lutchman, the author, is an International Criminal Barrister at Law and a member of Justitia Omnibus Chambers in Port of Spain, Trinidad. She served as a member of the prosecution team in the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague from June 2007 to September ...
Author’s Note: The following article provides an objective analysis of the legal and geopolitical framework surrounding the extraction of Nicolás Maduro, as presented in official indictments, court documents, and international reporting. The narrative details the legal arguments and strategic rationales employed by the US Department of Justice and military command as documented in the public ...
What is power? The word appears everywhere. We speak of political power, purchasing power, horsepower, electrical power, power of attorney, statistical power. Each domain offers its own technical definition shaped by its particular concerns. But is there something fundamental beneath these variations? Something that unifies them? Rather than cataloguing the many meanings of power across ...
Act I: The Phantom of the Dossier Somewhere deep in the bowels of Whitehall, a dossier thicker than a minister’s skin was compiled. It contained “hundreds” of examples proving China was a national security threat. Cyberattacks, secret police stations, intellectual property theft—basically Beijing’s greatest hits. But when the curtain rose on the trial of two ...
Overview of the protest On 6 September 2025, a group of healthcare professionals were arrested during a protest in Parliament Square, London. The demonstration was organised by Palestine Action in collaboration with Health for Extinction Rebellion (HfXR). It coincided with a larger, separate march held by the Palestine Coalition. The protest attracted an estimated crowd ...
🕵️♂️ Scene One: Heathrow Terminal, 2025. Graham Linehan, comedy writer turned cultural insurgent, touches down from Arizona—jet-lagged, headphone-clad, and presumably unaware that his tweets have been upgraded to felony-grade contraband. Enter: five armed officers. Not one, not two, but five. Because clearly, nothing says “public menace” like a man who once wrote Father Ted and ...
One minute you’re asking it for a dinner recipe, the next you’re convinced it’s whispering quantum secrets and crowning you the next Einstein. According to Microsoft’s AI chief Mustafa Suleyman, we’ve apparently entered the age of “AI psychosis,” where people believe chatbots are sentient, emotionally invested, and handing out superpowers like party favours. 🧙♂️ ⚠️ ...
Across the UK healthcare sector, institutions are increasingly adopting tools like the “Safeguard-o-Matic 3000” to manage reputational risks and streamline compliance processes. This device, widely used in various settings, is designed to detect, deflect, and dilute allegations of misconduct before they escalate. Note: This satirical section is intended to critique broader trends in institutional safeguarding ...
In legal circles we talk a lot about “availability of appropriate treatment” under the Mental Health Act 1983 [England & Wales] (Amended 2007). But let’s stop for a second and actually unpack what “available” is supposed to mean. Because in JB v Elysium Healthcare (2025), a Tribunal – considered to be a court of law – was served ...
Well, I’ve been busy elsewhere as ‘some’ may know. But it’s a very busy world where I have to compete with Twitter, Instagram, Facetime, Netflix, Amazon etc to get people to even notice what’s going on. It’s fine – at least this article is evidence that people are too busy to notice things that should ...
Some will of course, be wondering what has led me to research this topic. Well, I’ve been hiding in Northern Ireland! That has brought me into this history of this country – a forgotten part of the UK, except when there is an explosion or serious violence over here. Youngsters of today will probably be ...
It often appears that there is a widespread misunderstanding of the fundamentals contract law in the UK. This is particularly noticeable when individuals or organisations attempt to introduce new terms and conditions after an agreement has already been made. Many encounters suggest a common belief that additional rules or conditions can simply be imposed once ...
Someone on a forum asked for assistance with putting in a complaint to a regulatory authority. I gave them my tips. So I put them up here as well to help anyone and for my ease of reference. This is absolutely not a ‘one size fits’ all. Read that again – slowly this time – ...
Why is this any of my business? My business is about anything that I see as grossly unfair – I couldn’t care less where it’s happening. I briefly touched on the plight of the Chagossians in Shamelessness – a new world order (2013). The situation has grown monumentally more ‘shameless’ for the UK. I feel ...
The internet has revolutionised the way we communicate, access information, and form communities. However, this technological advancement has also brought about unintended consequences. Over the past decade, there has been a growing concern about the rise of online tribalism, political correctness, cancel culture, and the suppression of dissenting voices. These phenomena, while seemingly disparate, are ...
This is about the murder of Sara Sharif. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) released a statement following the sentencing of Sara Sharif’s father, Urfan Sharif, and stepmother, Beinash Batool. The CPS described Sara as a “lively and joyful 10-year-old girl whose life was tragically cut short by the very people who should have protected and ...
This post and the embedded video is for mature audiences only! Tough – it offends any so-called adult. No one has a right to be not offended, except where there is a specific breach of law. Freedom of expression (a human right) means that on occasion somebody will feel offended. And whilst Freedom of expression ...
Yes – apparently that’s me! How? Because I told someone that they could delete their post, and said that I took a screenshot – when they twice said in the same post they were going to delete their post on social media. Ahhh… but there is context, you see. The individual was ‘opening up about ...
In the pursuit of freedom, many often focus on external factors such as the ability to travel, to spend money, acquire possessions, or surround themselves with friends. While these aspects of freedom are undoubtedly important, there exists a deeper, more personal form of liberation that emerges from embracing solitude and cultivating a rich inner life. ...
