Chris King

Senior lecturer in law, clinical legal educator, art law student, moitié Français, art nut, live music afficionado and agent provocateur

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@Otto_English On the other hand, can't think of anyone more fitting to appear on 'I'm a Non-entity, Get Me on TV'. Desperate.

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@PaulWelters @terrychristian @SandraDunn1955 @AvantiWestCoast I don't disagree that service provided by a number of UK rail operators (not just Avanti) is going from bad to worse. Just pointing out, in case anyone thinks that, by contrast, rail services in other countries are all flawlessly excellent, that that's not always the case.

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@PaulWelters @terrychristian @SandraDunn1955 @AvantiWestCoast Train toilet issues not unique to UK. A while ago, I was on a local train journey in France of over an hour on brand new train. No toilets on train at all. Non-existent, rather than out of service. Destination station had toilets that appeared to have been closed for decades.

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@AngusCumming8 @Craignotepad @martynware @AbigailWeir5 Elected by the people back in 2006 (and it wasn't exactly a landslide). No under-35 year old Palestinian currently suffering and dying in Gaza voted for Hamas back then because they were too young to vote, or because they weren't yet born.

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@puritan1703 @UrbaneSlave @jrc1921 A 'dreadfully poor leader'? Really? Soon after May called 2017 GE, Tories' poll lead was around 25% They were expected to be a shoe in. I clearly remember the shock in voices of the election night presenters when they found the exit polls were showing it was too close to call

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@stuartm1971 @carryonkeith What was even more amazing about that was that 'Boris Johnson' wasn't even a real person but a fictitious persona. Imagine Keith Lemon or Ali G becoming PM. It was the same with Johnson - and people swallowed it, hook, line and sinker.

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@jay_snowdon @markoftheD On 23 Aug. 1944, Hitler gave orders for the destruction of Paris, sending this message: "Paris must not pass into the enemy's hands, except as a field of ruins." Fortunately, the German military governor of city, von Choltitz chose to defy Hitler's orders.

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@PaulbernalUK @kelsey_feed I'm following you on BSky.

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@SGriffin_Lab This would presumably mean that if managers found out that a member of staff had taken a test, contrary to these instructions, that would be a disciplinary matter, i.e. grounds for at least a verbal warning. I'm lost for words!

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@guyrleech @SoVeryBritish @HandsworthGS What is it with PE teachers? We had one (in the mid-late 70s), originally from N. Ireland. When he wanted to ridicule a pupil, he would address him as 'Georgina' (this was at a boys' school) and there was one boy in my class who he always addressed as 'cow' for no obvious reason

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@pdkmitchell Received this nonsense by email yesterday. Replied telling then that I didn't want a new membership card, given that I'd resigned my membership and cut up my old card at least a year ago. Is it just me, or does 'country first' sound suspiciously like 'Britain First'?

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@sharonodea @rhodri @braintree_ Even better connectivity between the two cities than shown on the map, which indicates having to change at Hamburg.

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@ChasingAphrodit I was involved at the beginning of the project to computerise documentation of the NMW's (as it then was) collection (my bit of the project related to the fine art collection) in 1990-92. Even in its very early stages, the project unearthed some items missing from the reserves.

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@chasinglamely @_leesanders @MrTomGray @G99____ Or breach of design right, but the press are reporting that the claimant has framed this as a TM infringement. Not the court's job to correct a claim which has been brought on incorrect grounds. If the reports are correct, then the claimant will lose (and have to pay D's costs).

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@GeantEndormi @stand_for_all Or, they don't envisage that, if the gov decides to e.g. remove certain HRs from those convicted of a crime + sent to prison, they themselves (or a loved one) may one day find themselves (perhaps wrongly) convicted and imprisoned.

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@GeantEndormi @stand_for_all Because they don't envisage that one day circumstances may force them to become refugees in another country fleeing from UK. If UK removes human rights from incoming refugees, why would other countries give those rights to future refugees from UK?

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@DaemonDaem88706 @13sarahmurphy @stand_for_all @curiocat13 FoM has nothing to do with the ECHR, which was drawn up by the Council of Europe, a body separate from the EU, and one of which UK remains a member. FoM, by contrast relates to EU membership and was a contentious issue prior to UK brexiting.

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@MrTomGray @PRHwestminster @easyJet @easylife Under the Civil Procedure Rules, a claimant is obliged to send the defendant a 'letter before action'. Where the C is alleging TM infringement, this would take the form of a 'cease and desist' letter. If C issues HC claim without having done this, court would throw out claim.

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@chasinglamely @_leesanders @MrTomGray @G99____ Parody is a defence to a copyright claim, but AFAIK, there isn't much UK authority on whether it's a defence to a TM infringement claim. There is, though, a decision of the SA Constutional Court which would support EasyLife's defence: Laugh It Off Promotions v SAB [2005] ZACC 7

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@markoftheD Various, including Becherovka and Midori (Japanese melon liqueur, bright green in colour).