Sensational line from Sky News on Boris Johnson being turned away today for not bringing acceptable photo ID:

“Polling station staff were forced to turn the former prime minister after he initially failed to comply with legislation he introduced while he was in Downing Street.”

I don't want to be harsh to a sitting minister of the crown, but....

.... anyone who doesn't know the different between nominal and real numbers (or deliberately omits to mention they are using the wrong data)...

... doesn't deserve to be the UK's business secretary

There were three of us in the polling station when I voted earlier. One - an elderly lady - was turned away for not having the right ID.

As I argued here, Voter ID takes a hammer to the rights of entirely legitimate voters, to crack an imaginary nut. gladstonediaries.blogspot.com/2021/02/compul…

Just shows the arbitrary nature of voter ID rules - the government gets to decide what counts, and what doesn't

I have listened very carefully to the vision John Swinney set out this morning for Scotland.
I welcomed, and embrace, his commitment to ensure internal respect for robust and divergent debate in the party, which is the lifeblood of any democratic institution like the SNP. /1

Conservative MP Tom Hunt fails to get valid ID for election day and is left unable to cast his own vote by the same voter ID laws he had voted for three years ago, then asks one of his local party members to vote for him (2024)

Police believe golden eagle 'Merrick' was shot & killed in south Scotland.

Here's the official press release & my commentary ⬇️⬇️
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/05/01/pol…

Decision which featured the legal systems of North Korea, Iran, Ireland & Scotland. Only Ireland received unqualified positive comment! Will a Sc guardianship be recognised in E&W? Well, it depends. In the decision in this case commentary for Scots Law Times, the answer is ‘no’.

Know a great student keen to do a funded PhD in #ESC human rights law & emancipatory arts methods? Please share this opportunity to work with Jo Ferrie, Saskia Vermeylen, Barbara Bolton JustRight Scotland 🧡 & me to study nomadic oral traditions, justice & effective remedies. DEADLINE 21 MAY

We finally have a reasoned judgment from the Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary on #PostOfficeScandal Horizon appeals involving six Scottish subpostmasters, all of whom have had their convictions quashed. scotcourts.gov.uk/docs/default-s…

It took a while for the Juridical Review Twitter admin to post details of the contents of the most recent issue (that would be me - sorry Jane Mair), but here is a now complete thread of what is in said issue. Lots of interesting stuff, and I'm definitely not just saying that.

Consultation (from Scottish Government ) opens up on the scope of review of charity law and regulation 👇

gov.scot/publications/r…

For anyone in or around Moray, these events towards the end of May have been organised by my PhD student Lin Batten, being part of the conversation about a just transition in the agri-food system. Workshops are taking place in Dufftown, Keith & Forres: ticketsource.co.uk/mcan/e-gbojbp

A short piece by me on changes to succession law, most of which take effect today: lawscot.org.uk/members/journa…

READ HERE: the full text of the #ICJ Order on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by Nicaragua in the case #Nicaragua v. #Germany tinyurl.com/234nxfwe

'I was hoping I would find one good potato here, but there's not one left. They're all rotten.' says Paddy Graham-Jones of Albert Bartlett, the UK's leading potato supplier.

We were pleased to support this research exploring the complex role of beavers in the Scottish environment. Scotland’s Beaver Strategy has ambitions for wider beaver restoration so the potential interactions between beavers/deer will be an important consideration 1/2👇

this is the same town my great grandparents were living in when they were made stateless and later sent to a concentration camp

Lease retail, hospitality, or beauty premises? Is the Tenancy of Shops (Scotland) Act 1949 fit for: repeal, replace, reform? …. Have your say now!

scotlawcom.gov.uk/law-reform/con…