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Steven Barrett

3 months

Feedback on my talk: "You really smashed it yesterday. Every single talk referenced your core point" 🤯😁 See what you think 👇

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

2 months

You blamed the victim Then you pushed him, took his stuff, and arrested him And you think that a press statement admitting it, but splitting hairs over the technical reason for arrest will make it better? The Police are failing @metpoliceuk

Metropolitan Police

@metpoliceuk

2 months

@hurryupharry @MahyarTousi Please find our response:

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@metpoliceuk @IncMonocle It's called Outraging Public Decency You are performatively powerless - once again

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@SBarrettBar

6 months

She was not lost She was abducted By terrorists Adults have lost their ability to say the truth

Leo Varadkar

@LeoVaradkar

6 months

This is a day of enormous joy and relief for Emily Hand and her family. An innocent child who was lost has now been found and returned, and we breathe a massive sigh of relief. Our prayers have been answered.

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8 days

If she did this to him, he'd call her racist 😐

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Steven Barrett

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1 month

I'm just going to remind you all that you removed a democratically elected Prime Minister Over a perfectly lawful slice of cake 😐😐😐

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Steven Barrett

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8 days

Does anyone think that there might be an issue with postal votes? 🧐🧐🧐

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

6 months

BBC - you intending to say that the IDF brought these tunnels with them? Or are you ready to grow up and function again?

Israel Defense Forces

@IDF

6 months

OPERATIONAL UPDATE: IDF and ISA forces revealed a significant 55-meter-long terrorist tunnel, 10 meters underneath the Shifa Hospital complex during an intelligence-based operation. The tunnel entrance contains various defense mechanisms, such as a blast-proof door and a firing…

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

2 months

Hi @metpoliceuk as well as, once again, failing to properly police this march - which has involved serious unlawful behaviour You have unlawfully taken this man's property You cannot simply take people's belongings

Inc.Monocle

@IncMonocle

2 months

🚨🚨🚨 Quick interview with the man who was arrested. But has now been released without charge.

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@SBarrettBar

1 year

I have published my analysis of the proposed deal It is not for me to endorse or condemn it. My role is to say what it does as law As law, it empowers the EU to control a UK government of any kind and traps Northern Ireland outside the union

Is Rishi Sunak's Brexit deal all it's cracked up to be?

Rishi Sunak’s ‘deal’ on the Northern Ireland Protocol is finally out. My first impression is that it is no ‘deal’ at all: the version of the text published by the government is a document with no...

www.spectator.co.uk

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

5 months

When @afneil correctly points out that the question is stupid (it is also manipulative) the immediate response is to attempt to shame him Truth is under assault by shame These people (there are many on twitter) do not like truth - I have taken to calling them 'shame-pedlars'

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@TheBembridge

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

2 months

Right. @metpoliceuk One of the reasons that our legal system allows recordings like these Is because it can highlight terrible behaviour Like yours.

Inc.Monocle

@IncMonocle

2 months

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨While covering the arrest the police take an interest in why I’m filming. Which is in total contrast to when I drew their attention to Pro Houthi chants and hour earlier.

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

7 months

@JohnSimpsonNews 🧐 No. That is not what impartiality is - call a terrorist by any other name, endorse the terrorist Words matter

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@SBarrettBar

5 months

This is a serious matter 👇 “In both instances in 1998 and in 2003 we know Tony Blair received legal advice warning that military action was illegal and in both instances he ignored that legal advice" "Blair misled Parliament"

'Strip Tony Blair of his knighthood': Declassifeld documents show former PM 'misled parliament'

Declassified documents from 1998 show Sir Tony was determined to take military action, contrary to legal advice.

www.gbnews.com

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

6 months

Law is supposed to be consistent It is supposed to apply to all of us, equally That is the Rule of Law @metpoliceuk is betraying the Rule of Law

Chris Rose

@ArchRose90

6 months

The @metpoliceuk say that they can’t arrest disrespectful Palestine protesters climbing monuments. They can, they’re just pathetic cowards.

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

4 days

Sigh, @BBCNews No one believes "April was the warmest on record" Because we lived through it, and it was freezing We see your War on Truth 😐

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

2 months

The Princess of Wales deserves privacy. She and her family deserve our love, support and prayers. We must stand with her, we must surround her in support, we must not demean ourselves by descending to gossip and rumour May you get well soon Your Royal Highness 🙏❤️

The Prince and Princess of Wales

@KensingtonRoyal

2 months

A message from Catherine, The Princess of Wales

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

6 months

Hi @metpoliceuk Yes you do have legal powers to stop this Stop hiding

Claudia Webbe MP

@ClaudiaWebbe

6 months

We cannot be silent or silenced This is Liverpool Street Station, London

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

7 months

Hamas is a proscribed organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000 It is a criminal offence to support it Here are the offences - should anyone be confused 🧐

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@SBarrettBar

6 months

The @metpoliceuk Commissioner was consistently wrong in the media yesterday The March on Saturday *can* be banned, by him If he doesn't want to, that's his choice. But as a Police Office it is important he is accurate and honest This sets out the law

Is the Met doing all it can to control the Palestine protests?

The Metropolitan police force is falling apart before our eyes. With it is going our sense of safety and security in our capital city, as we watch hate filled marches and what would be, in any other...

www.spectator.co.uk

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

3 months

There is not a breakdown in law There is a breakdown in enforcing the law

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@SBarrettBar

19 days

Oi @metpoliceuk You do get that you can't make up for your chronic under policing By over policing today? 😐😐😐

Inc.Monocle

@IncMonocle

19 days

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨Must Share: Police move in with horses as a child screams in panic. Contrasting these scenes from previous protests will be inevitable Happening in Whitehall now

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@SBarrettBar

6 months

Threats to kill But @metpoliceuk just stand by and do nothing Apparently sacking the Home Secretary is the solution 🧐

Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈

@MrAndyNgo

6 months

“He’s a Zionist!…I promise you, if the police wasn’t here, I would end you.” I witnessed this encounter on Nov. 11 in Belgravia, London as police shut down a violent Palestine protest. Two Jewish men wearing skullcaps were confronted by Muslims.

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

2 months

Hamas are terrorists.

Inc.Monocle

@IncMonocle

2 months

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 PLEASE SHARE: I ask the man carrying the “Hamas are terrorists” sign why he has been arrested?

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

7 days

So, I asked a Q about the integrity of postal votes And got abuse, sworn at, called a racist and a Nazi And I'm really not sure that any of that makes me feel more confident about the integrity of postal votes 🧐🧐🧐

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

6 months

Why is the Met Police Force making repeated statements which are not true?

Inc.Monocle

@IncMonocle

6 months

This is footage JUST BEFORE protesters climbed up on the war memorial. The @metpoliceuk claimed in their statement “We regret they (officers) were not there quickly enough to prevent the protestors accessing the memorial” As this footage shows the police were ALREADY THERE!…

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@SBarrettBar

1 year

"Portugal has become the first country in the ... (EU) since Brexit to put in place a fast-track system at the airports via e-gates, enabling UK citizens with e-passports to bypass manual passport checks at the border. Airports with e-gates include Faro"

Anna Soubry 🖤🤍🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇧

@Anna_Soubry

1 year

Arriving at #Faro airport #Portugal V long queues for non EU arrivals ie British travellers but Irish passengers whizz through. Delays at passport control are a direct result of #Brexit - UK passports must be doubly checked & stamped. If anyone tells you otherwise they’re lying

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

24 days

Richard Tice is correct in law

BBC Question Time

@bbcquestiontime

24 days

“It’s under international maritime law, we’re allowed to do it, and we should do it” Reform UK’s Richard Tice says his party would return those crossing in boats to the countries from which they came, arguing it is “what the Australians did” #bbcqt

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

4 months

I have, and will, always defended barristers operating under the cab rank rule - or just doing their job This is neither These are political choices Sir Keir made, as part of a private political campaign People have every right to know that and to judge as they choose

Harry Cole

@MrHarryCole

4 months

Starmer worked for free as a lawyer to help scores of twisted killers around the world — including a monster who buried his two-year-old stepchild alive. Represented Jamaican who stabbed a 9 month year old baby — pro bono. No cab rank rule here

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

6 months

This statement should not have been made It is untrue

Adam Bienkov

@AdamBienkov

6 months

The Metropolitan Police say there has been "no issues" with the protest for Palestine, which was repeatedly called a "hate march" by Suella Braverman. Meanwhile hundreds of far right thugs are "intent on confrontation" and violence against the main march

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

6 months

"What I am trying to do, is facilitate their right to a protest" No. Police Offices do not exist (are not paid public money) to facilitate anyone (anyone) protesting Police Offices exist (by public money) to maintain The King's Peace That is it

Martin Daubney 🇬🇧

@MartinDaubney

6 months

TWO-TIERED POLICING? Tonight, a white British patriot, on his way to a gig, encountered a pro-Palestine mob in SW London He shouted at them: "Terrorists off our streets!" He was immediately approached by a cop, who demanded his details & threatened to arrest him. Thoughts?

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

5 months

The @metpoliceuk Commissioner and his PCC the @MayorofLondon permitted this Why?

Heidi Bachram 🎗️

@HeidiBachram

5 months

The pro-Palestinian protestors are currently blocking the busiest shopping street in London the day before Christmas Eve. I can’t imagine this endearing anyone to their cause. But that’s the not the point. It’s not outreach. It’s bullying.

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@SBarrettBar

7 months

I have taken a public political position (I am proud to help draft and to sign this) I have seen the evidence - We condemn the atrocity on 7th October - Free the hostages - Call terrorists, terrorists Above all - British Jews are not alone

The October Declaration – British Friends of Israel

The October Declaration signatories stand in support of British Jews and condemn acts of antisemitism. We unequivocally condemn the terrorist attack in Israel on 7 October 2023. We ask the media to...

britishfriendsofisrael.org

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

23 days

Read this 👇👇👇 The @metpoliceuk are broken because they are utterly terrified of 'causing offence' And you can't police (at all) if your main aim is to avoid offence They are utterly, utterly broken

Metropolitan Police

@metpoliceuk

23 days

Earlier we posted a statement about a video released on Thursday evening by the Campaign Against Antisemitism. That statement has now been removed. We apologise for the offence it caused.

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25 days

I am not terribly good at blowing my own trumpet - but I am on occasion unfairly maligned, so can we just notice: - the events in Belgium happened yesterday - within minutes I had tweeted a legal view - within hours, I went live on telly to explain it - by evening their PM…

GB News

@GBNEWS

26 days

'These are not in any way extremist figures!' Barrister, Steven Barrett, reacts to the Brussels based Mayor saying the 'far right is not welcome' in the city after a Conservative event was ordered to shut down. 🔓 Become a GB News Member:

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

7 months

Children 6 and 7 Tortured Mutilated Eyes removed. Fingers removed This is a war crime - why is it met by silence?

Lance Forman

@LanceForman

7 months

Reports from the massacre in Israel. 🥲

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

2 years

I have a strange feeling that my legal opinion suddenly became a lot less controversial

Tom Harwood

@tomhfh

2 years

EXCLUSIVE: Durham Police to re-examine Keir Starmer beer case.

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

6 months

9 years old As a father, I do not understand how anyone has forgotten the hostages If you intend to call for something - call for the return of these children

Aviva Klompas

@AvivaKlompas

6 months

Emily Hand turned 9 today as a hostage of Hamas in Gaza. This little girl is all alone in the hands of terrorists. Her heartbroken father: "We've got to hope that she's alive and that somehow we'll get her back and that we'll be able to hug her." #BringThemHomeNow

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@SBarrettBar

6 months

She repeats Hamas propaganda She is told she is repeating Hamas propaganda (she is) And she carries on repeating Hamas propaganda With the 2003 Communication Act bad law, Ofcom broken, it's not just the BBC which is failing

Sir Trev Skint MP - Recovering Tory

@SirTrevSkint

6 months

Skynews getting a new arsole ripped.

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

6 months

I did not understand that being actively political (here by mocking and denigrating the Home Secretary) in the media, was something a serving head of a police force could do Entirely appropriate if he has resigned. Has he resigned?

Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

@Haggis_UK

6 months

Emily Maitlis - What is a hate march? Mark Rowley(Met Commissioner) - "You'd have to ask Suella Braverman that... she's picked two words out the English language & strung them together... I don't know whether she means everybody there or some of the people there.. "

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

6 months

Erm, @metpoliceuk if you could stop removing me as a follower, then that would be great I am not the one engaged in wholesale and systemic legal failure And I have every legal right to watch your failings

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@SBarrettBar

11 months

I have published more on the kangaroo court I explain why the phrase is a defined technical term - it is not some base insult And it can be used to describe the committee accurately - although, ultimately, for precision, I prefer the term 'show trial'

Boris Johnson is right – this is a kangaroo court

The Privileges Committee investigation has made a mockery of due process.

www.spiked-online.com

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

6 months

The Met Commissioner failed yesterday He failed to use the powers he had to protect London Everything else is deflection

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

11 months

The report is utterly illegitimate - the committee sat as a quasi court, ignoring law and can't be appealed But Parliament can reject it We have been tyranny free since 1688 - history will record how each MP acts (Even those who hide) MPs will have the reputation they choose

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

10 months

I believe this is challengable at law It also persists in the modern error of failing to understand what is and is not a political decision It is a clear political decision to favour or discriminate based on "values" Welcome to political banking

Coutts closed Nigel Farage's account because he didn't 'align with their values'

Documents obtained by ex-Ukip leader show reputational risk committee ‘exited’ him after considering his views on issues such as Brexit

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

6 months

I've explained that we are moving from a rules-based system to a mob based system Some people will like that - then they very quickly won't Human societies have done all of this before - I'll be in my law library until anyone wants to restore a rules-based system again

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

10 months

There is a blacklist in operation It is unlawful Anyone on it can contact me

Nigel Farage

@Nigel_Farage

10 months

Just to keep people up to date… I have just had the 9th bank rejection confirmed. Maybe I need to go to law and fight this for the sake of so many people. I don't want to live in communist China.

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

5 months

Once you stop understanding what impartiality is, things break down 'Civil Servants seeking to block Sunak rwanda legislation' It may well be that the Civil Service is not merely incompetent - Sue Gray is only the tip 🧐 This is not democracy

Civil servants ‘trying to block’ Sunak’s Rwanda legislation

Sources claim Whitehall is offering conflicting advice on the deportation policy in an attempt to dissuade ministers

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

5 months

Just ignoring the ECHR is an option that many Countries use Your options are: 1. Ignore it, 2. Leave, and 3. Pretend it is a real court and do as it says France has chosen option 1 I am told, we must choose Option 3 because of the feelings of a small group

Remix News & Views

@RMXnews

5 months

Europe’s top human rights court said a suspected terrorist would be at risk of torture if he was returned to Uzbekistan, but France sent him back anyway.

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

27 days

Impartiality at the BBC has collapsed Israel has not "murdered" anyone - Israel has conducted a difficult urban war in self defence The murders were on 7th October

Nicole Lampert

@nicolelampert

27 days

The BBC’s @BBCr4today just lies here - dangerous lies. Israel has not deliberately ‘murdered tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians’. Dangerous inflammatory language.

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

4 months

It's not clear that being rude to me is going to make this go away CPS involved in up to 99 Post Office convictions, leaked letter shows

CPS involved in up to 99 Post Office prosecutions, leaked letter shows

Scale of possible Horizon cases outlined in document is much higher than 11 the service has confirmed it prosecuted

www.telegraph.co.uk

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@SBarrettBar

2 months

And they had the brass neck to criticise those who tried to highlight their many many failings And demand our respect, like a petulant primcess They have disgraced the reputation of Parliament 🦘🦘🦘

Privileges Committee Sat on Evidence Favouring Boris

As the Privileges Committee finally released Boris Johnson's 50-page written evidence submission, Guido was struck by one claim from the Committee. In

order-order.com

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@SBarrettBar

9 months

It is increasingly difficult to ignore the large number of civil servants who are openly taking up political jobs on 'retirement'

Tony Dowson

@TonyDowson5

9 months

"Emma Haddad, who was the Home Office’s director general for asylum until October 2022, will help to oversee Amnesty International UK, which has been campaigning against the Government’s attempts to halt Channel crossings and deport migrants to Rwanda."

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@SBarrettBar

1 year

Keir Starmer just misled the House To PM - “The only criminal investigation he has ever been involved in is when they found him *guilty*” FPN does not equal guilt Perhaps the Harriet Harman who has entered a guilty plea, can explain the difference

Harriet Harman pleads guilty to driving without due care and attention

Second charge of driving while using mobile phone withdrawn

www.theguardian.com

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

3 months

*folds down newspaper* At some point We will remember that there is a crime called Treason *folds newspaper back up*

Douglas Murray

@DouglasKMurray

3 months

These people hate Britain so much that their new fetish is to call on Yemeni terrorists to attack more British and American ships. These people will support any cause - so long as it is anti-West.

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@SBarrettBar

2 months

It really isn't 🧐🧐🧐

The Jewish Chronicle

@JewishChron

2 months

Charlotte Church says it is ‘difficult to know truth of October 7’

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@SBarrettBar

29 days

A startling reminder that it is not just @metpoliceuk who are failing But also children's social services 😐

Oli London

@OliLondonTV

29 days

Muslim man holding a Palestinian flag dresses his son as a Hamas terrorist complete with a gun and ammunition in London.

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@SBarrettBar

3 months

I have long had concerns over the legal advice given to Ministers The EU returns migrants to Turkey 🙄

Politics UK

@PolitlcsUK

3 months

🚨 NEW: Rishi Sunak’s “stop the boats” plan has suffered a collapse after govt lawyers told him Turkey is not a safe place to send migrants back to [ @thetimes ]

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

6 months

It is quite clear that the @metpoliceuk are not enforcing the (many) powers they have equally This is beyond mere incompetence The force is political, quite possibly racist, and engaging in the destruction of the Rule of Law

Campaign Against Antisemitism

@antisemitism

6 months

This evening our van was stopped by protesters who blocked the road and covered the windscreen, shouting the genocidal “From the river to the sea” chant. @RayAddisonLive was covering the protest and asked the people blocking the road and shouting slogans what they objected to…

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2 years

And not sure who needs to hear this But the Privileges Committee is, in the view of our most respected barrister (not me, although I agree with him) acting unlawfully That means it is standing outside the Rule of Law, outside the Right to a Fair Trial

The problem with parliament’s partygate inquiry

Boris Johnson has recently employed the services of the lawyer Lord Pannick, who has given his legal opinion on a House of Commons investigation into Boris Johnson’s partygate comments. The advice...

www.spectator.co.uk

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@SBarrettBar

5 months

Hi @metpoliceuk you are being consistently rubbish 🧐

Eye On Antisemitism

@AntisemitismEye

5 months

Just now!! Police tell person to take Israeli flag down but not Palestinian flag #london Thanks to M Martin @Campaign4T

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@SBarrettBar

6 months

This is what a breakdown of the Rule of Law, looks like Who is in charge?

Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈

@MrAndyNgo

6 months

“Come arrest me.” A Muslim woman at the London Palestine protest ignores police commands to leave the area after the gathering was declared unlawful through a dispersal order.

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@SBarrettBar

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Pushing back the boats has never been impossible You just have to do it safely (under current law - and you can change laws) If you want this fixed, it can be 😐😐😐

Conservative Post

@ConsPost

25 days

Greece pushes back the boats and illegal migration drops from 850,000 to just 12,500. Could the #UK do the same? #ConservativePost #IllegalMigration #StopTheBoats

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

5 months

When are we intending to admit that the international community paid for all of this?

Yaari Cohen

@YaariCohen

5 months

🚨 Breaking - Massive Hamas terror tunnel exposed! The IDF has captured footage taken by the Hamas terrorists themselves - an inside look at Hamas’ extensive terror tunnel system.

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

2 years

Journalist @tomhfh is to be commended for his interest in to the actual law on what has become 'Beer Starmer' If you start with the politics you will end in a muddle Better to start with the law - which must, always, be consistently applied Law matters and it can't do politics

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@SBarrettBar

11 months

The kangaroo court is *doing it again* You cannot, as law, select your victim Either every critic of the broken process is guilty (which would include me and a lot of others) or none of us are guilty Guess what? No one is guilty - just embarrassing now

Partygate: Rees-Mogg and Dorries likely to be named in ‘contempts of parliament’ report

Exclusive: Special report will raise issues encountered during initial inquiry into Johnson rule breaches

www.theguardian.com

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

9 months

If you go on trial, your barrister cannot help rehearse you No Court can, or would, 'rehearse' - Courts are interested only in truth - not skilled acting This, pretend, Court ignored the legal advice of our leading lawyer - but rehearsed its farce

Harriet Harman reveals more proof Boris trial was 'disinterested in the truth'

EXCLUSIVE: Harriet Harman has been blasted by a senior Tory MP after she revealed supposedly 'impartial' staff working for her Privileges Committee spent days doing 'hilarious' impersonations of...

www.express.co.uk

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

6 months

They beheaded her, and paraded her body So, say it after me, BBC 👉Terrorists👈

OSINTdefender

@sentdefender

6 months

Israel Defense Forces while conducting Operations in the Northern Gaza Strip have Discovered the Skull of 23-Year-Old Shani Louk, with IDF Officials stating they now believe she was Beheaded with her Body being Paraded through the Streets of Gaza; Shani’s Family had recently…

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6 months

I was very conscious, in the days following the atrocity of 7th October, that many British Jews felt alone Well You are not alone And I'm one of many in this video 😊

Christian Action Against Antisemitism

@caaauk

6 months

To our Jewish Community, You are not alone! #iamwithyou Which famous faces can you spot in our video? Can you help us get this message out to the world by reposting/quoting? 🙏 ‼️Let’s make this go viral ‼️

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

1 year

Our constitution requires, as law, the political neutrality of the Civil Service Top to bottom - political neutrality is a constitutional requirement This principle has frayed - and I have the evidence. A serious breach has occurred The constitution matters

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@SBarrettBar

6 months

Impartiality has died at the Civil Service They're just politicians now - Sue Gray's babies

Politics UK

@PolitlcsUK

6 months

🚨 NEW: Home Office civil servants celebrated this morning after hearing Suella Braverman was sacked “We are bloody happy” “You can lean to the right without being a jerk or an incompetent moron” “She was like a car continually crashing” [ @lizziedearden ]

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

5 months

How do we know Ofcom is broken? British media are accepting Hamas press releases as truth

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

6 months

There appears to be a breakdown of law and order in the capital @metpoliceuk when do you intend to notice the law?

Andy Ngô 🏳️‍🌈

@MrAndyNgo

6 months

Breaking Ngo exclusive: At the London emergency Palestine protest on Oct. 31 outside the prime minister’s residence, they chanted in Arabic at one point: “Oh beloved Abu Obaida, hit and bomb Tel Aviv.” Abu Obaida is the spokesman of the military wing of Hamas.

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

1 month

Goodness, yet another retired Civil Servant turns out to be political My my, what a coincidence 😐😐😐

Joe Rich

@joerichlaw

1 month

Outrage as ex-Treasury mandarin, Sir Edward Troup, former Head of HMRC and now working at Labour HQ for Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, demands that ‘codgers’ be hit with new taxes and lose their free TV licences because they have it ‘ridiculously good’

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

11 months

Harriett Harman has told the House, despite her having apparently pre-judged the outcome by finding the MP in question guilty in advance, it was OK because the chief whip said so I do not believe a judge could carry on A judge would have stepped down

Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

11 months

@Adrian_Hilton @Jacob_Rees_Mogg I don't believe it is The obligation is on a judge to conduct themselves properly and to actively avoid apparent bias The brilliant work of @jeremybrier , with which I agree, means the test for apparent bias was met - it's for a judge to fulfil their duty - not blame others

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

5 months

There are laws against politicising school children Does anyone ever enforce any law anymore?

Political impartiality in schools

www.gov.uk

SNN

@snntv_en

5 months

Hundreds of school children place 450 coffins outside Downing Street in #London to commemorate 6,150 #Palestinian children murdered by Israel's indiscriminate bombardment of #Gaza in under 8 weeks!

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

1 year

I have published on why saying the simple exercise of reviewing the 4,000 bits of Retained EU Law can't be done in a year makes no sense to me I've given some examples and hyperlinked to others If this meagre task is beyond us then we are in a bad way

Why can’t the UK remove EU laws in a year?

As is increasingly common, government policy was leaked to the Times this week by a ‘senior government source’. The source stated that the government’s plan to remove Retained EU Law (REUL) from the...

www.spectator.co.uk

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@SBarrettBar

2 months

One more time - International Law is not sovereign here We have government by democracy, not by random treaty - or by judges. IF they are confused, it is a simple matter to clarify for them 🧐

Politics UK

@PolitlcsUK

2 months

🚨 NEW: Civil servants are now threatening ministers with legal action over fears they'll be in breach of international law if they implement the Rwanda bill [ @PippaCrerar ]

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@SBarrettBar

3 months

I have known Douglas for 25 years His human kindness kept me going in difficult times Only a fool thinks they can bully Douglas 🧐

Douglas Murray

@DouglasKMurray

3 months

Wonderful event to a capacity audience in London. Shame on the Apollo Theatre for bowing to the mob. But London’s Jews will not be intimidated and neither will I.

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

3 months

I would like to say Thank You My Small Person is my world. Being a Dad is the thing I am most proud of. Being a single dad, not always easy. Small is deeply enjoying Harry Potter and the wizarding world created by @jk_rowling Thank you for the joy you have brought us ☺️

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

6 months

*sigh* The incoherent ramble (there is no other way to describe it) about why the BBC falsely reported that Israel had targetted a refugee camp (when it hadn't) is the end Goodbye @BBCRadio4 I listened to you from age 12 until now - you left me

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

2 years

For anyone who needs to hear it: The cake (just like the beers and curry) was always perfectly lawful You can make whatever political choices you want - but don't drag law in to it

No, Boris Johnson didn’t mislead parliament

The PM did not lie to the House of Commons. Now, ordinarily what goes on inside the House of Commons is not for lawyers like me to adjudicate. The 1688 Bill of Rights says ‘Freedome of Speech and...

www.spectator.co.uk

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

26 days

I had not realised that £150,000 in legal aid was used to fund the case against the school Inevitably questions about who gets legal aid - and who doesn't are political questions Access to legal aid is access to justice - and clearly not all get access to justice 😐

Katharine Birbalsingh

@Miss_Snuffy

26 days

My statement regarding the verdict on our ban of prayer rituals at Michaela.

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

4 months

Dear @elonmusk , The UK here. Over the last few days, it has become apparent that one of our political parties can get Community Notes published in its favour. Despite the fact these notes are often wrong. We have an election this year. What do you advise we do? Yours, UK

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

1 month

Ok. We've seen the Cass Review I realise no one apologises anymore. But can we at least uncancel Graham Linehan now? He's funny Which is, you know, handy in comedy. 😐😐😐

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

6 months

Met Police, you embolden this behaviour by failing to use your powers If those in charge of protecting us, pretend to be weak, the bad people feel they can do what they want 🤨

GB News

@GBNEWS

6 months

'I have to say it was really intimidating, I'm pretty shaken up by it, and we're filing a police report' GB News reporter, Katherine Forster, describes the 'distressing' incident she faced today, as pro-Palestine protesters surrounded and verbally abused her and the crew.

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

11 months

Keep up kangaroos! If these 3 are guilty, then all of us who criticise your farce of a quasi judicial process are guilty You committed error after error of justice, by choice You can't punish them without punishing me and Lord Pannick too - go on, try

Partygate: Rees-Mogg and Dorries likely to be named in ‘contempts of parliament’ report

Exclusive: Special report will raise issues encountered during initial inquiry into Johnson rule breaches

www.theguardian.com

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

4 months

Along with the breakdown of rules Comes the breakdown in basic manners Because manners were always rules that were not laws - both are under assault

Chris Rose

@ArchRose90

4 months

This is quite revealing, an audience member yells “shame on you” to @KonstantinKisin for simply saying that Britain is one of the best places in the world & that we need to stop talking it down. She was furious because Kisin dared to say something nice. #bbcqt

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@SBarrettBar

2 months

Not to go full Bernard Woolley, but you can't film the Met Police failing to police London from your armchair You need to go out on the streets in London, on a Saturday, to film the Met Police failing to police London 😐

Met chief hits out at 'armchair commentators' who film officers

Sir Mark Rowley criticises "armchair commentators", saying they could put off potential recruits.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

6 months

'Without fear or favour' is collapsing BBC, Civil Service, Police, the issue is the same They don't even know what impartiality is now

Metropolitan Police

@metpoliceuk

6 months

@MrHarryCole We always encourage our officers to be engaging and friendly with the public. However, in the context of a protest about such a contentious issue we acknowledge that it was not advisable for the officer to agree to pose for the photograph. No action will be taken against the…

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

23 days

Once again, political lawyers are spreading nonsense Pretending we are a uniquely weak state - we are not Did France have permission to send gun boats to Jersey? No. France is complicit in illegal migration to the UK. If we wanted to act we could - it's a political choice

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

2 months

@jk_rowling I was introduced to the phrase 'cry-bully' It struck me as a useful term for the phenomenon 😇

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

3 years

France is not permitted to take unilateral action. If it feels a breach has occured it must inform the EU, which in turn follows the dispute resolution mechanisms Anything else is a breach of the Rule of Law The EU is responsible in law for all its rogue Member States

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

8 months

A constitutional aberration made flesh Be you red team, blue team, or no team This is not how our system was designed to function

Stefan Rousseau

@StefanRousseau

8 months

Photo du Jour: Former civil servant Sue Gray on her first day as labour leader @Keir_Starmer Chief of Staff in Westminster. By Stefan Rousseau/PA

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

6 months

The @metpoliceuk must answer how they are protecting Jewish people who need to use this station If the Met has fallen - it can be replaced.

Claudia Webbe MP

@ClaudiaWebbe

6 months

We cannot be silent or silenced This is Liverpool Street Station, London

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

6 months

@metpoliceuk You embarrass yourselves Your employer is the public (I expect your employer may have views)

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

5 months

Hi @JamesTCobbler I was walking along High Holborn and my heel fell off The lovely man at this shop (corner of Grays Inn Road) stappled it on as a temporary fix for free With that kind act of generosity he has bought my loyalty for life - you are rightly proud of your team 😊

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

3 months

This is the very definition of mob rule 🧐🧐🧐

Helen Dale (not on your team, but always fair)

@_HelenDale

3 months

Christ on a pony. If true, this is horrendous.

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

2 months

This looks like an act of war against the UK And yet, members of the public will openly support this group, without consequences We are increasingly looking at Rule of Law breakdown 😔

Visegrád 24

@visegrad24

2 months

BREAKING: The British-owned bulk carrier Rubymar has now sunk after it was hit by Houthi anti-ship missile 2 weeks ago. It’s the first ship to be sunk by the Houthis. It was carrying more than 41 000 tons of fertilizer. Major ecologic disaster. Greta?

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Steven Barrett

@SBarrettBar

6 months

It is becoming much clearer, who the people with 'truth-issues' are

Diane Abbott MP

@HackneyAbbott

6 months

Suella says: “Decent British people have had enough of these displays of thuggish intimidation and extremism” Does she mean guys like this one out today?

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@SBarrettBar

8 months

A reminder You can have the Rule of Law *OR* You can have trial by media, mob rule, and anarchy It's a political choice - but it is an either/or choice. If you choose one way, don't expect law to protect you when the torches and pitchforks come ...

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