Happy Autumnal Equinox.
Six months now until we have this much daylight again.
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@davidallengreen@mastodon.green
mastodon 4.7.3Writer on law and lore.
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Wait until Elon Musk hears what James Joyce did with the Odyssey.
Being tapped for free legal advice has long been a feature of being a lawyer, but recently such requests have been accompanied by dollops of AI/LLM misleading slop which you are also asked to comment on.
Please, don't.
Unpicking such stuff is a nightmare.
NEW
How the BBC turned the litigation table on Trump
The president now faces a dilemma about revealing his business records
By me at Prospect
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/the-weekly-constitutional/74288/bbc-turned-litigation-table-on-trump
Healey in, and Benn out, as Harold Wilson reshuffles his cabinet one last time.
The "it is actually an embroidery not a tapestry" crowd will be thankfully distracted by "they did not actually wear horned helmets" for a few days.
NEW at the Empty City
On the early release of prisoners
The political-media addiction to lengthy sentences, and its consequences
https://theemptycity.com/blog/2026/07/on-the-early-release-of-prisoners/
Pitch
Three-way, split-screen film
James Bond, George Smiley and Jackson Lamb all given the same task to achieve separately - perhaps in different decades.
Each played by Gary Oldman, who also plays the villain.
"How can we get rid of you?"
The immense significance of the defeat of Orbán's illiberal political machine and methodology
By me at the Empty City blog
https://theemptycity.com/blog/2026/04/how-can-we-get-rid-of-you/
Boosted by @cstross@wandering.shop
Dear USA
Policing and law enforcement losing the confidence of the community does not end well.
Yours,
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The reason Trump enjoys the phrase “back to the Stone Age” is that, like a prehistoric man, he tends to cave.
“The stately pleasure-dome is essential for the safety and security of the Kubla Khan and his family. When the stately pleasure-dome is complete, Kubla Khan and his successors will no longer need to venture beyond the safety of pleasure-dome perimeter," commented a person on business from Porlock yesterday.
Prospect has dropped its paywall, so you can now read all my drivel there for free!
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/the-weekly-constitutional
Over at LinkedIn (sorry) I have posted this for those of you that partake:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-trumps-lawsuit-against-bbc-going-well-him-d-a-t-green-ewqre
Why President Trump’s threat of genocide matters
He may avoid immediate constitutional and legal sanctions, but this threat should not be forgotten
New by me, at Prospect
May the fourth be icummin in, lhude sing grogu.
“Apart from all that, Mr Vice President, how was your trip abroad?”
Boosted by @ferrix@mastodon.online
NEW
Why can a politician remove citizenship with little or no judicial consideration?
The home secretary has brutal, wide-ranging powers to deprive British citizens of this most basic of rights
By me at Prospect, on Begum and Abd el-Fattah
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/the-weekly-constitutional/72006/a-politician-can-remove-citizenship-with-little-judicial-consideration
Boosted by @ferrix@mastodon.online
NEW
The good, the bad and the ugly of ‘rebalancing’ the ECHR
Human rights law should be kept under review, but that does not mean it should be weakened
My latest post for Prospect
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/the-weekly-constitutional/71813/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-rebalancing-the-echr
Boosted by @cstross@wandering.shop
For those kind enough to be paying subscribers, I have done a treat post:
How the BBC censored the line that Trump is “the most openly corrupt president in American history”
Substack: https://emptycity.substack.com/p/how-the-bbc-censored-the-line-that
And Patreon, for those who don't like Substack:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/144717692
"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas"
The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending
And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on
Substack
https://emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-night-till-candlemas
Personal blog
That last link was to something a little different from my usual drivel about law and policy.
I have done a review, my first, of something other than a law-related book.
As Larkin said of his jazz criticism, think of it as TS Eliot on all-in wrestling.
Be kind, but I hope you like it.