Scott Stemp

Local Authority prosecution stayed as an abuse of process localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/litigation-and…

Sometimes you just strike lucky with places to eat near the Inquiry!

'There are no days off' says Nadine Dorries who swanned off to the Australian jungle for a month while a sitting MP.

If only there was some profession which could have prepared Starmer for no days off, no early finishes and a life and diary beyond his control.

10,406 sites were granted planning permission in the 12 months to the end of March 2024. This is 24% lower than the worst period ever recorded. 🏘️ 📉 Our latest #HousingPipeline report has been published today. 📃 📢 The number of new homes and sites that received planning permission in the first quarter of 2024 paints a bleak picture for future housing supply, as levels fall below that experienced in the wake of the Great Financial Crisis. Find the report👉 hbf.co.uk/policy/policy-…

As Kind Hearts and Coronets turns 75, we went in search of the places where the D’Ascoyne family meet their sticky ends. theb.fi/3Rk5w0S

There is always a video.

I have wanted to see these guys play live for over 30 years and last night it happened! And right at the front too. Easily one of, if not the, best live acts I've seen. Excellent gig in Camden, thanks @OFFICIALSTIG

Excellent day at the @RTPIPlanners Planning Enforcement conference. Great range of talks and roster of speakers, and a packed-to-capacity venue! Thank you for inviting me and Jessica Allen from @No5Chambers to talk about case law updates this morning.

We celebrate trans people & are determined to end discrimination they face. Let's come together to fight for human rights & reject toxic narratives spread by some in power who choose to scapegoat trans people rather than address real issues most of us face. #TransDayOfVisibility

#PostOfficeScandal Exclusive report tonight on @Channel4News by chief correspondent @alextomo @NanettevdLaan that reveal secret recordings from 2013 that prove beyond doubt that both @fujitsu_uk & @PostOffice knew that remote access was possible & that it was being used on a daily basis, at the very least for overnight corrections. The report features Second Sight investigators @RonRwarming @forensicgod who helped expose this injustice. We also hear from @CastletonLee a Postmaster bankrupted by the Post Office, who still has the civil judgement hanging over him, no redress & no accountability for those responsible. Lord Arbuthnot was visibly angry & upset, saying that it now proves that Paula Vennells lied to him & @UKParliament in February 2015 before @CommonsBTC Lord Arbuthnot is a man of total integrity & been one of the biggest drivers for justice for Postmasters. That man deserves a medal for all he has done, it is the worst feeling knowing you were deliberately misled and lied to when attempting to uncover an injustice on as grand a scale as the Post Office, once known as the UK’s most trusted brand. The major question left unanswered is what did Alwen Lyons & lead General Counsel Susan Crichton say to Paula Vennells. Why didn’t they speak up before now? They are just as culpable, how did Post Office maintain their position up until the GLO case in 2018/2019 that remote access was not possible? The final question is was @biztradegovuk (previously BEIS) aware of these conversations in 2013? Because the reality is had the GLO case been de-railed as planned by the PO then these revelations wouldn’t be seeing the light of day and the cover-up would have succeeded. We now have confirmation of potential perjury, cover-up, contempt of Parliament & a miscarriage of justice, the biggest in British Legal history. We must amend the upcoming Post Office Offences bill to deliver full redress under an independent process. Watch the report in below👇 #MrBatesVsThePostOffice #MrBates #MrBatesVsPostOffice

@Dempster2000 Look at him reading Lips move in time with the words as he sounds out them all: “Spot has a ball”

I was on a farm in Oz and they had a calf in a large paddock surrounded by some mild electric fencing. It would walk up to the fence, stick out its tongue, lick it, and get zapped. It would then look confused and then with intense focus and determination, lick it again.

I’m old enough to remember when we were told that we needed to increase national insurance to pay for social care. You know that massively important, expensive and shamefully-ignored thing that will be central to our collective future.

First, read the note. Second, go to Settings > Privacy and Safety > Direct Messages > Disable Calls. You’re welcome.

So if you’re watching the programme and think ‘ooh, my stint on the jury will make a good blog’ make sure you pack a small going-away bag, because you’ll soon be getting a whole new experience of the criminal justice system.