Peter Mandelson is widely known as the Prince of Darkness aka the Dark Lord. Deeply disturbing. And somehow once again, he’s and the people he works with have managed to get him out of the news. Who runs the press in the country that they’ll happily remove stories like

I spent longer today formatting a Claude document output than I did reviewing the actual legal content. Claude is pretty damn good.

Norway: kids under 12 don’t get rankings, tables, championships etc in sports. Everyone participates. It’s about fun not just winning.

Well discovery+ on my Sony Electronics Google TV has all of a sudden disappeared. I can install and uninstall. But can’t seem to open the app.

Was in a TfL Black Cab and it cost 60p waiting at traffic lights. Got me wondering how much is spent by people in black cabs waiting at traffic lights in London over a year. ChatGPT reckons about £100m per year, with a reasonable “don’t laugh me out of court” range of £50m

This is now my daily life as a lawyer and has been for many months.

What a country! ❤️

Just exercised without an Apple Watch on. So that was basically pointless. Doesn’t even count.

This is how media lies to you in real time.

The trouble with this is we’re still focused on whether a millimetre is “fully passed” or not. Best, ironically, to have been vaguer like “If the attacker is materially and substantially in front of the defender” Still allows for interpretation but not focused on millimetres

Tennis for me.

What’s that now

Eat it like a burrito 🌯

Drafts Disclaimers and Deaths is out now. Book: amzn.eu/d/00W7clwj Ebook: amzn.eu/d/06LgkLTn

Big fan of all these rules but the one I liked the most: Shoes off in restaurants. It kind of makes it feel more homely, cleaner and nicer.

Tennis on NOWTV is great but so frustrating. Indian Wells is on over night. I should be able to go back in and watch all the matches from last night on demand.

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This is compulsory viewing. Sir Geoffrey Cox KC - a barrister with 44 years at the Bar and still practising today - delivered a powerful defence of trial by jury in yesterday's debate on the Courts and Tribunals bill 👇 The CBA