I don’t wish to seem disloyal, but can we just agree that the black suit trousers and bum-length surcoat were a mistake that we should never ever see again?

@rebels2008 @LagasseSubstack Total rubbish. Declarations of war are part of the royal prerogative, unlike in the United States. Anyway, the issue is not about external wars but who the armed forces would obey in a civil war scenario. No-one who has ever served would be in any doubt as to where loyalties lie.

@rebels2008 @LagasseSubstack I can assure you that if push came to shove the vast majority of the armed forces would follow the orders of the King over any PM or Cabinet. In all likelihood there would be a split like during the English Civil War.

@VintageMrHobbes @yuanyi_z International law enforcement may be imperfect but it can still get you hanged, from time to time.

@CharlestonArchi Doors near the head of the bed, forcing people to walk round the bed to get from bathroom to closets, is bad feng shui and bad design.

@echetus @AdamWagner1 The pearl clutching is quite something.

Gender being a social construct doesn’t mean that individuals can determine their own gender, any more than they can determine their own ethnicity. If it is a social construct, then it is society that decides whether to class you as black or white, man or woman.

So many errors here: 1. Only UK-resident C’wealth and Irish citizens can register to vote, not 1.8 billion. 2. Eligibility is set by the Rep. of the People Act 1983, not the BNA 1981. 3. Until 1983, C’wealth citizens were British subjects and were entitled to vote as such.

@DaveTree111650 @sam_bidwell Wrong.

@FairWhip @sam_bidwell @DrewPavlou You have to be resident in a UK constituency to vote. The 1.8 billion figure is nonsense.

@sam_bidwell Only Commonwealth and Irish citizens who are resident in a UK constituency are eligible to register to vote. The UK does not have 1.8 billion residents.

@FurtherOr @legalstyleblog I think the statutory exception for fraud should be broadened to anything that involves an allegation of false representation or dishonesty.

@DianaBr95650186 @thedukeofhexham @AlexTaylorNews Birthright citizenship was abolished in 1983. Nobody has been enjoying that benefit for over 40 years.

@FurtherOr @legalstyleblog Not saying one is definitely preferable to the other, but the flip side to this would be American civil jury trials where one has to simplify issues to the comprehension of a 9th grader and present everything to fit a good guy vs bad guy framing…

RT @toadmeister: Katharine Birbalsingh, the head of one of Britain's best state schools, has written an excoriating letter to Education Sec…

RT @SebastianEPayne: The Times view on the Chagos Islands deal: Sir Keir Starmer and Lord Hermer appear to have completely lost their sense…

@NoKingCharlie @oldroyalty1 Black is what she wanted.

@tc1415 They aren't terminating it - they are suspending the operation of the treaty under Article 60 VCLT.

@Scott_Wortley I do personally think I would have been better off doing a 2-year senior status law degree. The saving of a year just isn't worth it in the long span of a legal career.

@tc1415 @flyinglawyer73 We definitely need to carve out privileges for that subset of Commonwealth citizens who remain HM subjects. It’s a shame the BNA 1981 didn’t retain the term British subject for that purpose.

@1bdub1 @crowningred They had updated the portrait twice by the 80s.