Robin Pickard

Barrister (employment and discrimination law) @3PBChambers. Alumnus of @LSELaw and @SussexLaw

[Robin Pickard @RobnPickard]

If you’ve a state school background and would like a mock #pupillage interview, please drop me a DM.

I can’t guarantee an interview, but will do my best to assist. In your DM, please provide the date/chambers at which your pupillage interview will take place.

Good luck to all!

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@HansMahncke It’s actually one of the least cowardly things he’s done.

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It all makes sense💡- I’m barely British!

[Charlie Downes @cfdownes_]

Last night, Reform Yookay’s Alex Phillips pretended not to know what I meant when I said “Britain is a people”.

This isn’t surprising. Reform has made it clear from day one that they believe British identity is defined by adherence to “British Values”, whatever that means. Something anyone from anywhere can put on like a costume.

So let me be clear:

Britishness is first and foremost a matter of ancestry and lineage. The indigenous peoples of the British Isles are the English, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish. It’s as simple as that.

Merely living in Britain, holding a British passport, or believing in “British Values” does not mean that you are actually British.

Restore Britain is the only party that will say that without fear.

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@Frances_Coppola True - a negative isn't nothing, but there's an interesting question about the nature of multiplication, and axioms in maths, beneath the way in which the OP expressed her POV.

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@ProfMarkElliott P.s. excellent article!

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@ProfMarkElliott Perhaps the policy can be viewed as containing fact-specific factors for proscription - if so, it doesn’t seem a stretch to say it limits the SoS’s exercise of discretion. If that’s right then relying on universal benefits of the statutory scheme might well be a red herring.

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@ShippersUnbound You’re a journalist - please comment on the judgment’s contents.

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@Miss_Snuffy Those are distinct points. The presenter’s stance against generalisations re educational attainment doesn’t mean he thinks “brains” aren’t important… so being condescending (if he was) to someone being inarticulate, based on what they said, isn’t contradictory.

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@irvine75 @HughAcland @BornFarCenter @StPaul197173 @Artemisfornow It’s a simple sense check … most small coffee shops do not turnover £400K!

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@paulmasonnews Paul - Starmer is dismal. He doesn't stand (up) for anything.

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@BBCNewsnight Unfortunately, his point falls at the first hurdle: no civilised nation would have taken such steps.

[Barry Gardiner MP @BarryGardiner]

Disappointed by the failure of the Prime Minister to clearly state that our closest ally has violated Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter. Why have a lawyer as your leader if they are unwilling to uphold international law?

[Robin Pickard @RobnPickard]

Question: will the USA kidnap the following countries' heads of state due to their (lack of) democratic credentials:

• China
• Burkina Faso
• Chad
• Mali
• Myanmar
• Niger
• Sudan
• North Korea
• Saudi Arabia
• Afghanistan
• Gabon
• Brunei
• UAE

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@Alexarmstrong Anarchy is not an antidote to the state of nature ... it's like trying to extinguish flames with a fire.

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@rasmalai Fortran, R

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@AaronBastani @peterrhague These people are just ridiculous.

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@lisakeb007 @Thunda007 @tomhfh Most at the top were born there; and their kids will stay at the top. Inequality was much lower in the 1960s and 1970s and people could afford homes... You can't grow your way out of these problems. The USA has a higher GDP than the UK but has a HUGE underclass.

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@JakeWSimons It’s a perfectly valid question. We’ll see what happens at the end of the ICJ proceedings.

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@BurnsideWasTosh @garyseconomics PPE is not an economics degree.

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@PhilosophyLines @NathanpmYoung @AaronBastani I agree that the term "economist" is being used (very) liberally... I wouldn't ever call myself a legal academic just because of my qualifications.

[Robin Pickard @RobnPickard]

@PhilosophyLines @NathanpmYoung @AaronBastani Meh isn't that just appeal to authority...