Barrister specialising in employment law. Trustee of Kisharon Noe school. Mainly talk employment law (do you see a theme?) with the occasional foray into politics and bad puns. https://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3muymbkaha22mDismayed that the editors of The Times decided to commission this puff piece about how nice and polite the balaclava-wearing thugs were to three (white) women on their train journey. https://www.thetimes.com/article/492457e3-b6fe-434d-84ac-d868d4524375?shareToken=080d195178701527b67c7d26642fceef08 Sep 2026 08:31 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3muymbkaha22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3mutzl3oa3s2zIs there any activity more transgressive than going to a supermarket with another supermarket’s bag?06 Sep 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mutzl3oa3s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3musalwozvc2oFor someone “not listening”, Farage made a heck of a lot of comments that made contextual sense in the course of the conversation to which he apparently wasn’t listening. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2026 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3musalwozvc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3muos7utw4k2xTrying to work out how to make these statements consistent. Where is the gap that allows something not to be wrong but to not look good, to require action and to involve saying things that shouldn't have been said?04 Sep 2026 10:51 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3muos7utw4k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3munkcrqbcs2eI wonder whether Farage will be damaged more from the exposé by the potential criminality or by the fact his Guinness is topped with champagne and accompanied by half a dozen oysters. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 22:56 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3munkcrqbcs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3muheu6mfm22wThat it’s a u-turn seems poetic. Keir Starmer announces he is standing down as MP01 Sep 2026 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3muheu6mfm22whttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3muem5afqys27I have to agree. Get your LLB first and then worry about an LLM. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3muem5afqys27https://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3mudjumpbok2fWordle 1,899 X/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 This is not the way a week should start. Curses to the NYT.30 Aug 2026 23:22 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudjumpbok2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3muasgbu6y22pI learnt this evening that I’m older than Christopher Lloyd was when playing Doc Brown in the first Back to the Future, and I now feel old.29 Aug 2026 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3muasgbu6y22phttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3mu4yisejus2xAt what point will Trump realise that America is named after an Italian explorer and sign an executive order to change the name to Trumpland to spite Meloni for slighting him?28 Aug 2026 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4yisejus2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3mu4w4vx2qs2bThis wording will have gone through a committee and been approved by senior management as the stock wording for JD Sports automatic emails after receipt of an order. I despair.28 Aug 2026 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4w4vx2qs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3mu4sda2ovs2zThe Great Lakes were always easy to remember by the mnemonic HOMES. I guess with Trump’s executive order it’s appropriate that in America the mnemonic is now SHAME.28 Aug 2026 07:05 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4sda2ovs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3mtvyadwnn226I sometimes wonder whether accent should be added as a protected characteristic under the Equality Act. Treating someone less favourably due to their foreign accent is protected under race (see eg Carozzi), but treating another Brit less favourably because they are Scouse or Brummie isn't. Thoughts? [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvyadwnn226https://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3mtvxrpbt7226This submission from the Tate brothers' lawyer (in seeking bail) puts in one sentence so much that's destructive about the modern day impact of social media.25 Aug 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvxrpbt7226https://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3mtc4p6cwas25I hope these Times quotes are not 100% accurate about the outcome of a discrimination case by one of the Jewish performers cancelled from last year’s Edinburgh Fringe. The outcome is right - it was clear discrimination- but the references to the Equalities Act by counsel & judge make me shiver!17 Aug 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtc4p6cwas25https://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3mt7yrfxljc2sThe Times reporting on what every employment lawyer talks about most weeks at the moment: Increase in tribunal claims as staff use AI to create complex cases https://www.thetimes.com/article/1cbf4663-88ee-4481-b25b-8a509d0b02bb?shareToken=bd56766ca79b58d21cb2908559aa9bc716 Aug 2026 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7yrfxljc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3mt6t46junc2mWould be great fun to see Count Binface (in full garb) v Nadhim Zahawi in court for a libel claim. Reminds me of the claimant who used to attend the RCJ dressed as Darth Vader 20+ years ago. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Aug 2026 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt6t46junc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3mszhrfs4wc2cI’m presuming the real reason Nigel Farage didn’t attend the vote count is that he’s not yet discovered how to get to Clacton.14 Aug 2026 05:52 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszhrfs4wc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3msz6oop7os2cFarage will not attend his own election count to avoid the humiliation (from the statement it isn’t suggested police advice is to avoid any threat to his person rather than to his ego)14 Aug 2026 03:10 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msz6oop7os2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3mswbfuve222gHad a great view of the eclipse on the Cornish coast. Looking forward to enjoying the next one, aged 103.12 Aug 2026 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswbfuve222ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3msdozlmyc22eI realise I’m being pedantic, but there have been at least 6 famous athletes plus swimmer and broadcaster Sharron Davies and 3 time world’s strongest man Tom Stoltman as Gladiators before Joe Marler. Surely he’s not the first celebrity Gladiator.05 Aug 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdozlmyc22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3ms7bt2stek2hI've no idea about the complainant's motivation, but even a bad-faith complaint can merit investigation, and I think we can be confident Daniel Greenberg, the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner, wasn't influenced by any antisemitic intent. https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/tice-claims-parliamentary-standards-probe-is-from-antisemitic-anti-israel-complaint/03 Aug 2026 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7bt2stek2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3mroyyztrwc2fI was once in the cinema with the late, great Bill Oddie. He was at the Hampstead Everyman to watch the Alan Partridge film. Quite surreal to look over at him for his reactions in the scenes where Partridge did his Bill Oddie schtick. I recall a whimsical raise of the Oddie eyebrow. RIP.28 Jul 2026 08:36 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mroyyztrwc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3mrnwdwz7l22qI'm not sure whether to be offended at being asked or amused at how bad LinkedIn auto-messaging algorithms are (presuming that's what this invite was).27 Jul 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnwdwz7l22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3mrmtmk6hxs2cAs someone whose father in law has been in a care home for 6 years, this thread hits the nail right on the head (save that his care home costs about double the amount Dan puts in the thread). The social care lottery is pure madness and someone needs to be brave enough to take tough decisions. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jul 2026 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmtmk6hxs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3mqztb7buh22tWorth trudging through the 120 minutes to be up for those boos.19 Jul 2026 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqztb7buh22thttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3mqzqrca5ls2zSurely there will be a VAR check for something. Too many players on the leg side in the power play or something19 Jul 2026 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzqrca5ls2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3mqzowmw5gk2cGood to see Fernandez go into the record books. Very well deserved.19 Jul 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzowmw5gk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonbraier.bsky.social/post/3mqzllnlfdk2cI don't understand this show. There's no coherence to it at all. It has no narrative arc, no purpose, and no relevance to the event (apart from Justin Bieber squeezing in the words "World Cup"). Couldn't they have just brought out Diana Ross to miss a penalty and keep everyone happy?!19 Jul 2026 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:io2xysvnn74e2getoozo6cgf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzllnlfdk2c