Ex MI6 agent and continuing thorn in the side of the UK spy establishment Richard Tomlinson has a blog entitled MI6 v Tomlinson.
Recent Bluessky Posts- Judicial recusal (in FL and I presume elsewhere) is required for "a person within the third degree of relationship to either of them [judge or spouse], or the spouse of such a person". Parent- and siblings-in-law thus are covered. July 31, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Jotwell Int'l: Jaclyn Neo, Responsiveness as a Constitutional Value, JOTWELL (July 31, 2026) (reviewing Rosalind Dixon, The New Responsive Constitutionalism, 87 Mod. L. Rev. 799 (2024)), intl.jotwell.com/responsivene.... July 31, 2026 Jotwell
- And to think I used to feel a bit guilty for teaching at a private university. (It's expensive, although there are lots of scholarships.) July 31, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Sure but it's a vivid and handy example of what he could reasonably have feared. AGs in FL and TX are headline-chasing MAGA-pandering zealots and one ignores their existence at one's peril. July 30, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- That's not what you'd advise your client, is it? Surely the safe course is to be silent? And certainly his legal right. July 30, 2026 Michael Froomkin
What a horrible invasion of privacy!
The UK is becoming oddly disposed to Big Brother solutions these days. They even have talking cameras on the street, so that operators can bark reprimands at the lawless, or even at the casually delinquent. I read about one poor female, who stumbled out of a pub because there was a long line for the washroom and headed into an alleyway for a pee. As she was settling into the squatting position, static and high decibel barking started up, berating her for having an emergency whizz. What next? Strobe lights and slavering German Shepherds on long expandable leashes?
There are even some of the bloody things outside George Orwell’s old house apparently.
Blair is a bizarre act when you think about it. On the surface the GQ look and impish boy scout smile – yet behind the facade a Machiavellian controller to beat the band.
I used to live in London, and I’m glad to be out of there. Canada is relatively free of the type of police atrocity described … (touching wood).