Jolyon Maugham KC
Founder and Director, Good Law Project. King's Counsel.
Live your values. Fight the power. Keep the receipts.
He/him.
goodlawproject.org
- Wild how invested the BBC is in spreading legal misinformation about the For (Some) Women Scotland decision. Whoever said 'A lie is halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on' can't have imagined it would one day be a descripton of the BBC.
- Imagine being a once Labour Minister in 2030. You'll know you used your single term in Government to betray every principle you ever had.* What a legacy to carry, to share with your loved ones.
- “Only ten years ago we were the best in the world in the annual LGBTI Rights Ranking. We’re now 22nd... This is not just an embarrassment abroad – it’s also a tragedy at home for tens of thousands of people struggling to live lives of quiet dignity.” goodlaw.social/5mgp
- Neglecting important obligations to members of the public to pursue private business interests feels like a way of life for Reform, doesn't it Nigel Farage?
- A chilling piece from @jessothomson.co.uk on what Labour's indifference or active hostility to the trans community in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision means for the Far Right's target of choice. goodlawproject.org/the-devastat...
- "The fact that - on top of everything else - Palantir's NHS offer is just not very good does make one wonder about the source of Wes Streeting's enthusiasm for it. And why the hapless Keir Starmer was dragged along to endorse them by Peter Mandelson." open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
- Never conclude this Labour Government has hit bottom. It can, and on the evidence it will, get worse.
- Very pleased, over at Instagram, to be collaborating with Ben and Jerry's who are urging their followers to support our litigation to undo the Supreme Court decision.
- Better trade, a place to call your own, decent social care, freedom to live where you want, food security, economic growth, a functioning health service: quite the list of sacrifices we have to make for Labour to try and stay in power. And do nothing again.
- The Observer - now under new ownership - is running a week long 'journalism school' for those 18 and over. observer.co.uk/news/interna...
