davidallengreen

davidallengreen, 8 months ago to random

A post of absolute geeky beauty.

Bravo.

https://tylervigen.com/the-mystery-of-the-bloomfield-bridge

davidallengreen, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to random

I am sorry to those who came over here with me in November in the hope and expectation that a good chunk of UK legal Twitter would also come.

Sadly most of the accounts I recommended as they came over then are now fairly quiet on here - many not having posted since December/January.

Am looking out for other legal accounts to recommend - and if you know of any, do let me know.

Any area of law, any jurisdiction.

davidallengreen, 9 months ago to random

Once again.

It is an express part of the Good Friday Agreement that the ECHR is enforceable in Northern Ireland

The UK cannot quit the ECHR without either breaching or renegotiating the Good Friday Agreement. And Ireland will never agree to removing the Convention rights of the nationalist community in Northern Ireland.

davidallengreen, 5 months ago to random

Happy Winter Solstice to all those who do not realise that this is a rare year where the solstice falls tomorrow, on 22nd December.

And an especially happy Winter Solstice to "not in the southern hemisphere, actually" reply guys. We love you.

My annual "in six months" post will come tomorrow.

davidallengreen, 9 months ago to random

A future historian, tasked with working out from contemporaneous sources what ‘witch-hunt’ meant in 2023, would conclude it meant a slow methodical and evidence-based process, with full due-process rights, used to prosecute someone with significant political and media power.

davidallengreen, 11 months ago to random

"Mercenaries and auxiliaries are useless and dangerous; and if one holds his state based on these arms, he will stand neither firm nor safe"

Machiavelli, The Prince

davidallengreen, 10 months ago to random

Hello to new followers who have come over to Mastodon as Twitter implodes for real today

Please say Hi as a reply, and do ask any questions about this platform, and I or some nice other follower will try to answer them

davidallengreen, 11 months ago to random

[/Moscow]

h/t @Marktech

davidallengreen, 6 months ago to random

Result: UK Supreme Court holds that Rwanda policy is unlawful.

UK government has lost.

davidallengreen, 10 months ago to random

GOOD NEWS

The government has just confirmed it is dropping its plan to repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a "Bill of Rights".

This means is likely that the Human Rights Act will outlast the current government, despite the many attempts by this government to remove it.

https://twitter.com/mckinneytweets/status/1673657282532442115

davidallengreen, 4 months ago to random

The way the social media cards have fallen, I think my natural home is now here on Mastodon - despite its limitations.

Overall I prefer the exchanges on here, which can be considered views rather than instant 'takes'.

Threads is now tending towards toxicity (especially the default "for you" tab which you cannot opt out of); Bluesky has not caught me; and I really only visit X for the Aston Villa tweeters still on there.

davidallengreen, 10 months ago to random

#Introduction

I am a blogger in England. My earnest stuff tends to be about law and policy - and about how laws and policies work in practice, as opposed to how they are supposed or intended to work.

I comment on cases and matters in the news - and I try to explain how such things have come about.

I once had too many followers on Twitter, but now I prefer being among the geeks and nerds of Mastodon.

I am also a fantasy, comics and folklore fan and sometimes write about these too.

davidallengreen, 6 months ago to random

The Supreme Court explicitly states that today's Rwanda appeal decision does not depend on ECHR.

In other words: UK leaving ECHR would not make a difference to this decision.

davidallengreen, 2 days ago to random

Any “constitutional” or legal questions about the general election?

Ask below and I will reply if I can.

(I used to do this sort of thing on Twitter and I thought I would give it a go here.)

davidallengreen, 9 months ago to random

In my local public library I noticed on the reservations shelf that someone had ordered volumes by Ayn Rand.

Perhaps the borrower was some general researcher, but I did enjoy the thought it was an earnest libertarian missing the irony of using the municipal library system to state-subsidise their access to Atlas Shrugged and other works.

davidallengreen, 11 months ago to random

“Gradually, then suddenly.”

What Hemingway said about how one goes bankrupt is also true about how powerful politicians eventually lose power.

davidallengreen, 1 year ago to random

I know a lot of people came over to Mastodon with me in November.

Some have since given up on this site - or on social media generally.

Some have gone back to Twitter.

However, I quite like it here - it is a site for nerds and geeks.

And even though I once had near-on a quarter of a million followers on Twitter, the engagement here is generally so much more sensible and grown-up.

davidallengreen, 7 months ago to random

NEW SUBSTACK

"Computer says guilty" - an introduction to the evidential presumption that computers are operating correctly

The first in a seres of posts on the Post Office Horizon prosecutions scandal

https://emptycity.substack.com/p/computer-says-guilty-an-introduction

davidallengreen, 4 months ago to random

Half-expect the government to put forward legislation deeming Horizon to be a robust IT system.

#Rwanda

davidallengreen, 2 months ago to random

The remarkable witness statement of Johnny Mercer

How a government minister tried and failed to get to the bottom of serious war crimes allegations

By me, at Prospect

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/65403/the-remarkable-witness-statement-of-johnny-mercer

davidallengreen, 3 days ago to random

"I have called a general election by mistake"

davidallengreen, 6 months ago to random

The extraordinary situation that the Met police - the Met police! - are more liberal than the government.

davidallengreen, 10 months ago to random

Things I do on Mastodon which I did not do on Twitter.

This is not to scold anybody, but just some practices.

1. I add ALT text when I can to pics.

2. I use full stops (when I remember!) as it aids text readers.

3. I consider using CW (content warnings, or content wrappers). I usually decide against it, but I consider it and will do it if I think I may upset or irk a reasonable person.

4. I enter into exchanges assuming that it may be a new conversation, rather than making a sharp reply.

davidallengreen, 10 months ago to random

SUBSTACK

Why the United Kingdom government cannot leave the ECHR without either breaching or re-negotiating the Good Friday Agreement

The overlooked obstacle to the United Kingdom withdrawing from the ECHR

https://emptycity.substack.com/p/why-the-united-kingdom-government

davidallengreen, 4 months ago to random

How the legal system made it so easy for the Post Office to destroy the lives of the sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses

And how the legal system then made it so hard for them to obtain justice

New by me, at Substack

https://emptycity.substack.com/p/how-the-legal-system-made-it-so-easy