welshbairn Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 24 minutes ago, welshbairn said: I suspect they'll use an entirely different legal argument when it gets to court. The current 'reasons' are laughable. 5 minutes ago, Salt n Vinegar said: Not sure that'll wash in court. The Order itself must be justified in terms of the reasons upon which the decision to issue it was made. It's a long time since I studied constitutional law as part of my degree, but my recollections are that if there are not sound reasons at the time the decision was made, the decision is ultra vires and falls. Happy to be corrected if that is no longer the case! @Ad Lib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Pele Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Tim Farron, the man who says the SNP are akin to UKIP and who says gay sex is a sin, voted against S35. 1) why has he grown a conscience all of a sudden, and 2) what does that say about all but eleven of Labour’s MPs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 5 minutes ago, Derry Pele said: Tim Farron, the man who says the SNP are akin to UKIP and who says gay sex is a sin, voted against S35. 1) why has he grown a conscience all of a sudden, and 2) what does that say about all but eleven of Labour’s MPs I'd imagine that for him it's isn't the issue itself that's important, rather the very act of Westminster striking down a bill formulated by a democratically elected devolved parliament. There are a few people of all political persuasions who you would ordinarily expect to be all over anything that keeps minorities firmly repressed, yet are standing up against s35. It's a fundamental question of respect for democracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 How long has Jim Spence been a right wing bigot? He seems to be stirring the pot on an hourly basis with passive aggressive tweets about Gender Reform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 11 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: How long has Jim Spence been a right wing bigot? He seems to be stirring the pot on an hourly basis with passive aggressive tweets about Gender Reform. He's been tweeting this pish for at least a couple of years iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 13 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: How long has Jim Spence been a right wing bigot? He seems to be stirring the pot on an hourly basis with passive aggressive tweets about Gender Reform. Not very passive.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 He's a c**t. Got punted as rector from Dundee uni for it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Yeah, he’s an Alba Da basically. Yet another who’s had his brain melted by Twitter. You really do have to wonder if he and his ilk will actually genuinely go from SNP activists to Tory voters in the space of two years simply because the SNP want to make getting a bit of paper easier for 0.1% of the population. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 35 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Not very passive.. I mean, for a former journalist (ok I used that term loosely) that's an atrocity of a post. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Spence's brain has long since melted. He was going heavy on pro Blue Lives Matter stuff around the time George Floyd was murdered and had long been expressing very iffy opinions by the time I stopped following him on Twitter. I don't know if Radio Scotland still use him for anything, but that Tweet should hopefully get him off the airwaves for good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 53 minutes ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: Spence's brain has long since melted. He was going heavy on pro Blue Lives Matter stuff around the time George Floyd was murdered and had long been expressing very iffy opinions by the time I stopped following him on Twitter. I don't know if Radio Scotland still use him for anything, but that Tweet should hopefully get him off the airwaves for good. The way BBC Scotland operates now that will probably see him promoted rather than emptied !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Frank Gilfeather is another one of these fucking dinosaurs. I vaguely recall him blaming women who got their drinks spiked through his Evening Express column, which seems to be a weekly exercise in boomer, ANTI WOKE pish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 BBC reporting Lord Hope (former Supreme Court judge)as saying that the SG are on to a loser. Interesting, if true, as he is Scottish and was a top judge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 3 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said: BBC reporting Lord Hope (former Supreme Court judge)as saying that the SG are on to a loser. Interesting, if true, as he is Scottish and was a top judge! But not a top, top judge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: Spence's brain has long since melted. He was going heavy on pro Blue Lives Matter stuff around the time George Floyd was murdered and had long been expressing very iffy opinions by the time I stopped following him on Twitter. I don't know if Radio Scotland still use him for anything, but that Tweet should hopefully get him off the airwaves for good. Yeah, seems that way. I completely missed it. I met a few years ago and he seemed perfectly amiable and reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StellarHibee Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 4 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said: BBC reporting Lord Hope (former Supreme Court judge)as saying that the SG are on to a loser. Interesting, if true, as he is Scottish and was a top judge! Well they were never going to win this one in the Conservative Courts. Even if the courts have to ignore the law to get to their desired outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityDave94 Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 12 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said: BBC reporting Lord Hope (former Supreme Court judge)as saying that the SG are on to a loser. Interesting, if true, as he is Scottish and was a top judge! Why would being Scottish influence his opinion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 (edited) Don't think Spence is with the BBC anymore. He just writes whatever leaks out of his melted ice-cream brain in the Courier these days. No surprise either that for a massive bootlicking blue lives matter guy who consistently posted about the polis, there's not a peep in the last week or so after all the nonces in the Met were uncovered. Edited January 18, 2023 by Slim Charles. -1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Just now, approximately dave said: Why would being Scottish influence his opinion? Agreed. Totally irrelevant but I merely mentioned it as some on here look on the Supreme Court as being English or Conservative. Just scroll back a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 18 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said: BBC reporting Lord Hope (former Supreme Court judge)as saying that the SG are on to a loser. Interesting, if true, as he is Scottish and was a top judge! That's odd. I spoke to an old retired bloke the other day and he thinks the SG are on to a winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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