On the BBC’s flagship political show there is no discussion on the two most important political stories this week. Covid Inquiry report and Nathan Gill. Rupa Huq MP Paul Waugh MP you need to challenge Gibb on this when he’s in front of your committee tomorrow. #bbclaurak

Laura Kuenssberg should be embarrassed. She won't be, but she should. Nothing on the Nathan Gill story. Nothing on the Covid Inquiry and her beloved Boris Johnson's incompetence. Disgraceful bias and a blatant lack of impartiality. #BBCLauraK

In the same week the Covid Inquiry concluded that introducing lockdown a week earlier could have saved 23,000 lives and a former Reform politician was jailed for accepting Russian bribes, #bbclaurak hasn’t expended a single second talking about it That is fucking astonishing

New - Antwerp court adjourns high-profile drugs case amid questions over Sky ECC intercept computerweekly.com/news/366634892… via @computerweekly #encryption #EncroChat #law

Tony Blair attempted to impose 90 days detention without charge, and, thankfully, we defeated him.    Today, Starmer wants to impose digital ID and effectively abolish jury trials for all offenders, and I appeal to all those who believe in the rule of law to help us stop it.

BBC News - Post Office had deal with Fujitsu to fix Horizon errors 19 years ago bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The antisemitism case against comedian Reginald Hunter has been thrown out in remarkably contemptuous terms. Striking how often when an impartial and conscientious judge looks closely at these cases they are appalled by the sheer dishonesty (see also the rulings in favour of

Kudos to the legal team who helped Reginald Hunter win this important victory. The judge has dealt serious, possibly irreparable, damage to the reputation of “Campaign Against Antisemitism”. Zionist campaigners take note: even British judges are tired of your vexatious claims.

The Jewish diaspora should declare its independence from Israel. Synagogues need to remove Israeli flags and stop hosting events that promote Israel. This symbolic move can reduce antisemitism and send a clear message to Israel that the diaspora won’t blindly support its actions.

Jewish Australian Academic, Peter Slezak highlights how Israel is trying to drive a false narrative using the Bondi Attack to clamp down on all protests and demonstrations. “They are trying to legislate that any criticism of Israel is antisemitism” It’s not and it never will

EncroChat/Venetic Now that I have finished my last EncroChat expert witness instruction I thought I'd provide a narrative about the decisions and dilemmas that characterised the UK's NCA Operation Venetic. At one level Venetic was an outstanding success for law enforcement,/1

identifying, prosecuting and convicting many serious organised criminals. But there are also worrying features, not the least that access to how the critical evidence from the encrypted phones was collected and processed remains hidden and untested. /2

The trials also showed a number of problems with the law which will require correcting/updating. This is a piece of extended journalism covering the gist of the issues as opposed to an academic article which would have to be fully footnoted and complete with citations. /3

I hope this will reach a larger audience and also have a manageable readable length. You can read it here shorturl.at/br8iR /ends

This artist plays one of Vivaldi's most difficult pieces on his accordion, a work that is normally performed by a whole orchestra.

Computer Misuse Act reform is overdue - not all anniversaries should be celebrated computerweekly.com/opinion/Comput… via @computerweekly Two corrections to this piece: CMA was a reaction to the failure to find a valid means to charge the Prince Phillip Prestel hackers. /1

Computer Misuse Act reform is overdue. A significant difficulty for incident investigators is that the problem may have been triggered by a third party computer connected to their own computer. They are not able to investigate the third party computer for lack of authorisation.

Channel 4 Encro: But there was no mention that the Encro evidence itself was highly problematic. French refused to allow the decryption method to tested, the evidence itself showed deep faults and may not have been admissible. shorturl.at/br8iR