Sam Barker

@_F_B_G_ A perfect example of delivery dictating the entire atmosphere. Mesmerising

Lots of things that could be posted after such an incredible career but I always thought this was particularly sublime.

@James_M_Lloyd @Joanna__Hardy Steady, James!

@Joanna__Hardy If ever there were people on whom I would wish a lifetime of slightly damp socks with holes big enough to feel a toe poking out uncomfortably, but too small to remember to throw them away…

Shout out to my new fans. Who all seem really lovely people 🥰

@jamespriceglos @_F_B_G_ The best bits are all actually in Sussex.

Heading down to Kent for a bank holiday weekend - never really explored it before. What are the best bits? Canterbury, Battle, the white cliffs? Paging @_F_B_G_, @SamBarker2HB and any other massive Kents I know x

@TweetingYet @PollockMarrazzo Both?

@_F_B_G_ I trust you will address congregations using this approved gibberish. “Let us soak-it-all-in” “We soak-it-all-in for the King, and his ministers.”

The Book of Common Soaking It All In.

@James_M_Lloyd @andrew_mueller @crimcounsel @geofftech They should also be included in the ULS scheme.

@andrew_mueller @crimcounsel For the life of me, I can’t understand why there aren’t more prosecutions under TfL byelaws, though some of them are a little peculiar (the IFS Cloud Cable Car is, in law, a railway!) If @geofftech ever wants to create a video on their peculiarities, I’m available forever!

This is the greatest moment in 21st century British jurisprudence. standard.co.uk/news/crime/fin…

Sam Barker @SamBarker2HB prosecuted two men for shocking mass stabbing after a botched robbery in the City of London, securing 17 year extended sentences for each. The judge awarded £7500 from @cityoflondon for members of the public who tackled them. itv.com/news/london/20…

@LeonNathanLynch Leon - the Met responded to this with a fierce denial; I’m not up on the material enough to see whether that holds water, but it sounded as though the basis of the story was nonsense. I’d be glad of your view of their reply

This is very disappointing to read but not surprising. There is often a keenest to be heavy-handed with people from the black community.

@FrankieFoster3_ Simply, and excellently, put.

Here’s something to think about when you watch Animal Rising videos ⬇️

@jamespriceglos @michaelgove @Madz_Grant Who was interviewing whom?

Two MG’s, one a great polemical writer capable of generating massive interest wherever they go and whatever they do, and the other is @michaelgove!

@_F_B_G_ Congratulations! The Bull is a magnificent pub!

Hugely privileged, slightly daunted but absolutely delighted that it was announced today that I’ve been appointed to be the next vicar of Charlbury with Shorthampton beginning next year.

@TweetingYet We already had a reply - it was a typo.

@TweetingYet Because I now am up at night wrestling a tiny human to sleep, I have time to read this nonsense. I think there’s been a foul up. The guilty plea fee (45% of the brief fee) and the brief fee are the same in every case, if you look. There’s been shoddy copy + pasting going on.

On the face of it, this is a massive rejig and reduction in complex cases. No consultation was done, as far as I recall - it was just said to be an application of a 15% increase! This looks like a huge fee reduction to me.

Is a single signatory of this declaration actually a graded CPS advocate capable of prosecuting a trial that they say they would refuse to accept?

@TweetingYet @paulpowlesland I’d like to know how many are CPS graded…

Proud to join over 100 other lawyers in signing a declaration of conscience withholding our services from supporting new fossil fuel projects & prosecuting peaceful climate protesters. In the week that the IPCC issued its ‘final warning to humanity’, lawyers must act responsibly

@benmrowe And they wonder why people elect! It’s so morbid to have your morale boosted by sending people to prison…

@benmrowe Or “Justice 4 ‘defendant’s-name-here’”

@benmrowe Did it say, “we love you Mr Rowe”?