For that reason, this book deserves to be taken seriously, because the ideology underlying it is disturbing and dangerous. Yuan Yi Zhu did in his blistering review of the book for the Times on Saturday and the backlash was swift. Pretty well all of them have championed worthwhile causes unrelated to the EU membership issue that I have mentally bookmarked and thought I should find out more about.

As to a lack of facts, she detailed very well the actions she took and on what basis and laws she took those actions, even relating what rules and laws the attorneys and judges had broken. He founded the campaign organisation in 2017 and through crowdfunding appeals, the non-profit has brought cases on a range of issues - from Brexit to sewage pollution, trans rights to pandemic PPE contracts. I read this book over a year ago before the author removed this edition from off the market and replaced it with the upgraded 2nd book. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.He explains some of the most important legal and constitutional crises of our times and why they needed to be understood. Although my general politics aren’t as left-leaning as Mr Maugham’s, it’s clear from examples that the scales need to be recalibrated as the independence of the judiciary is vital if a health democracy is to be maintained.

This incisive and analytical description of the cultural hegemony that exists in Britain, to ensure the undeserving privileged elite, maintain and ensure their power is never challenged and they are never held. Quite the review from the (Brexit supporting, pro Climate Change, racist, transphobic, anti-abortion, supine to power) Times,’ Maugham wrote on Twitter. The judges of Scotland are wrong for not using the nobile officium in an unprecedented action to (pre-emptively) compel the government not to break the law in future, but when a ruling goes the other direction, and judges break new ground in a way that hurts the Good Law Project, Maugham demands restraint. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. The Times review was titled "the pompous bloviating of a Twitter KC" and said that the lawyer displayed "an ugly streak of meanness against anyone who disagrees with him".He doesn’t grandstand or preen, he makes us understand what the law is for and how it can be used to serve noble humanitarian ends, challenge injustice and curb the abuse of power. Wild swimmer Lindsey Cole swam 50 miles of the River Avon in a mermaid costume, towing a giant poo sculpture to highlight the UK's river pollution problem in 2021. His new “book”, Bringing Down Goliath, is a tedious, almost unreadable combination of Pooterisms , delusions of grandeur, and descriptions of his tweeting — intermixed with rambling thoughts. He reveals that his vision is to give power to the underdogs, or David, in reference to the title, which alludes to the classic story of David and Goliath.