"The administration has terminated more than 80% of USAID grants. "A BU global health professor estimated these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children. "That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished." nytimes.com/2025/05/30/opi…

Amazing brave plastic surgeon ⁦Rosie⁩ talks about all the children she is treating in Gaza and asks how can anyone justify this ? thetimes.com/article/51b4b0…

Stephen Nolan "You sound angry" Victoria Rose "I am.. the footage is everywhere. I don't understand why we are still actively supporting it. This is the needless killing of thousands of children" "But we are not actively supporting it" "We are by financing weaponry to Israel"

Israeli forces killed at least 27 people as they waited for food at a distribution point set up by an Israeli-backed foundation in Gaza. It is the third such incident in three days, with Israel admitting for the first time that its forces did the shooting. theguardian.com/world/2025/jun…

Judgment now published, with important general statements about the use of artificial intelligence and lawyers’ professional standards and duties. Ruling that although barrister’s conduct met threshold for contempt of court, regulatory referral sufficient assets.caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/d-7aeb3b4d-640…

At Glasgow Uni today for a conference run by SCOLAG on the future of Legal Aid in Scotland. Disc various problems, I pointed out main issue might be it's almost 30 years to the day I graduated from Glasgow, and I was paid more then for a summary case than I am now...

What a stupid game football is!!!!

There's been a Daniel Levy quote for both goodbyes this week to Ryan Mason and Donna-Maria Cullen but nothing on the statement for the man who won the biggest trophy of his tenure. Seems an opportunity missed to take ownership of the decision as he did with Pochettino and others.

“Daddy… I want a piece of bread.” These are not just words — they are the cry of a child being slowly devoured by hunger. This is my son — not just a child, but a piece of my soul and heartbeat. He hasn’t eaten in two days. His eyes scream in painful silence, and his trembling

Big news: Wayve is partnering with Uber dara khosrowshahi Andrew Macdonald to launch the first-ever public road trials of Level 4 fully driverless vehicles in London 🇬🇧🚗 London is our home and one of the most diverse cities - where I can't wait to bring the benefits of autonomy!

MP does their job and Paul Brand asks if this is because they’re being paid by interested parties to do so. That this raises eyebrows speaks volumes about Political journalism, MP’s and the Parliamentary process generally. Grim all round.

Only one day into the week and it's gone to pot already. The perfect illustration of everything that's wrong with with criminal law in Scotland. For context, I'm the only criminal lawyer in my firm, but I do have a NQ assistant who can help out with more straightforward cases.

Cut in funding to Scotland Europa by Scottish Enterprise is deeply disappointing, further weakening links with the EU post-Brexit, especially following folding of Scottish European Educational Trust & European Parliament office European Movement in Scotland Fife4Europe 🇪🇺 #FBPE #RejoinEU #FollowBackFriday Edinburgh4Europe @swScotland4Europe

The Israeli Army is now targeting starving children in the head and testicles in Gaza, while terrorising others, together with violent lunatics, in the West Bank. These past 650 days, Israel has written one of the darkest pages of human history. And it is absolutely sickening

There is no possible justification for this. No civilised model of war that can accommodate this. What purpose does it serve to starve children? It’s barbaric.

Gaza hospital says 21 children dead from malnutrition in 72 hours as UN warns 'last lifelines collapsing' bbc.in/4f2fKOd

Israel is continuing to use starvation as a method of warfare, a war crime, and as a tool to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip. The harrowing suffering of starving Palestinians in Gaza, including our own colleagues, on an hourly basis, is

Sam Altman just confirmed what lawyers have been saying for over a year: There’s no legal privilege when you use ChatGPT. So if you’re pasting in contracts, asking legal questions, or asking it for strategy, you’re not getting legal advice. You’re generating discoverable

Some 92% of donations to Reform UK come from the fossil fuels lobby. That might explain why it opposes Net Zero.