Richard Moorhead

So it's his legacy? I don't think he's really interested in legacy. He wants the accolades in real time because he won't be around to enjoy them when he is dead. Putin and Xi are somewhat different because they see themselves as the inheritors of great history - millennia-long [history] in the case of China. For Trump, it is just Trump. He completely trashes every other American leader - he doesn't have a good word for any of them.

This interview of Fiona Hill by @meganjgibson.bsky.social is excellent and full of insight and zingers such as this on whether Trump is driven by his legacy
www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

We are supposed to love Roger though

Sovereignty for sale Tech monopolies and the future of the nation state

New post just out:

"Sovereignty for sale"

The UK is uniquely exposed to the power of US tech monopolies - from Palantir to AI and cloud services.

Why is it so dangerous? What are other countries doing? And what should we do?

(£/free trial)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/s...

Mark Carney IR trolling for the ages. Unofficial President of the Sane World and the shorter gentleman

We want the partisan splits

I mean... I just... You know?

It's OK because he also gets to unilaterally declare the opponent has surrendered the second he gets bored of it

Three Neat Rows Pierre Pellegrini

"the barrister acting for the Zong’s owners illustrated that point bluntly thus:

‘What is this claim that human people have been thrown overboard? This is a case of chattels or goods. Blacks are goods and property; it is madness to accuse these well-serving honourable men of murder.’"

US Intelligence believes China could be preparing to provide Iran with financial assistance, spare parts, and missile components, CNN reports.

So that’s both Russia and China providing assistance to Iran.

My parody-irony-cuss-speechless-generator app has excelled itself whilst in drink...

Public Inquiries: Recommendations and the Government Response Public inquiry recommendations and the government's response

I have just seen this.... Inquiries recommendations dashboards to monitor Gov reponses to Inquiries www.gov.uk/government/c...

I will never forget Joelinton in the Carabao Cup final and him coming back towards his best (if reports are to be believed, I only saw MOTD) and Osula's double step over, marauding run and goal (we all knew he had it in him ;-) are probably just another swing of the pendulum but celebrate anyway!

After an academic conference on Scandals and Crisis hosted by Cardiff Law School's Centre for Law, Justice and Society our paper on accidental activism and several others (one on Grenfell for instance) are here in the Journal of Law and Society... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14676478...

Docker. Carpenter. 😎

Football should only be watched in (Brazilian) Portuguese.
#SoundOn
#nufc
#golaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaçooooo

The number of commentators/journalists salivating at blaming Starmer for ruining the “special relationship” is genuinely pathetic

If anyone ruined it- if it even really exists- here’s a reminder of who did it.

Trump administration reverses course, seeks to continue battle with law firms The switch came after the Justice Department told a federal appeals court it would drop its battle over executive orders involving law firms.

“It was unconstitutional yesterday. It’s unconstitutional today. And it’ll still be unconstitutional tomorrow. Today’s reversal is an embarrassment."

GB News' accounts are out. Kept costs static but saw massive year-on-year growth in revenue. On its way to being a pretty decent media business as these things go. After some massive start-up costs, it's a wildly influential for Paul Marshall shifting UK political dial and only loses £25m a year.

Hillary Clinton to Republicans on the House Oversight Committee:

"You have made little effort to call the people who show up most prominently in the Epstein files... This intuitional failure is designed to protect one political party and one public official rather than to seek truth and justice".

Exclusive | Trump Administration to Drop Defense of Law Firm Sanctions The Justice Dept. plans to abandon its defense of the president’s executive orders that targeted Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, Perkins Coie, and Susman Godfrey.

WHOA: WSJ reporting that DOJ is dropping its appeals of the four law firm executive order rulings as soon as today. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Tbf the schemes for representation have been notified before so it's not new but it's not clear it's gotten through to everyone.

Capture is not covered by the Inquiry. There is an appeal case coming, so that should make things clearer

Representation in Compensation Cases Are you making or considering making a PO Compensation claim?

Not sure if there are any PO scandal victims on here, who are unrepresented, but if there are or you know any please take a quick look at this... richardmoorhead.substack.com/p/representa...

Watched I Swear today. Really moving

A govt legal summary; always fascinating & rare

“solely focussed on ending the threat of air and missile attacks against regional allies unlawfully attacked by Iran and who have not been involved in hostilities from the outset”

V telling (but one ‘s’ pls in focused. Not the important thing I know)

Asch had demonstrated three things. First, people will go against the evidence of their own eyes if contradicted by a unanimous group. Second, group pressure is much weaker if even a single person dares to disagree with the group. Third, and most remarkable: it does not matter if the dissenter is mistaken; dissent punctures group pressure either way. People are liberated to say what they believe, not because the dissenter speaks the truth but because the dissenter demonstrates that disagreement is possible.

Great piece from @timharford.ft.com on the famous Asch ‘conformity experiment’. Yes participants conformed with the group. But it only took one dissenter to make the participant much less likely to conform - even when the dissenter is wrong!
Lesson: Let’s value dissent!
www.ft.com/content/f94c...

Epic, a word that conjurs my teenage years...

The real lesson to take from Gorton and Denton is for the future of UK democracy | Institute for Government Westminster is dangerously underprepared for a multi-party future.

This is a good read on how the UK needs to adapt to a multi-party future.

I love these. Such a joyous thing