Legal commentator. Head of Online Content at ICLR. Also Transparency Project @seethrujustice.bsky.social and Courts and Tribunals Observers' Network. Currently doing MA Creative Writing at City, University of Londonhttps://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3mlgvvwk4h226Tanks for nothing, comrade! (Or some equivalent pun must be in order. Come on the tabloids! You can do it! ) Steve Rosenberg: This year's Victory Day parade in Moscow felt very different https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9pem481rwo09 May 2026 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgvvwk4h226https://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3mlgsubotss2mSocial change has been slow in some parts of London, and some dwellings still have outside toilets.09 May 2026 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgsubotss2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3mjncsdnavs2lOoh luvverly! Powdered soup and Angel Delight!16 Apr 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjncsdnavs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3mijgvxx3ik2jLatest roundup (March 2026) from Transparency Project @seethrujustice.transparencyproject.org.uk https://transparencyproject.org.uk/family-court-reporting-watch-roundup-march-2026/02 Apr 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijgvxx3ik2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3mij3whwjrc27It’s Holy Week so out comes this old favourite. (Bach never fails.)02 Apr 2026 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mij3whwjrc27https://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3mibijqgom22yThieves steal 12 tons of KitKat chocolate bars in Europe, according to Reuters (whose picture research is not great: these were bars not cereal). Who for? Surely no self-respecting European would want to eat such low grade so-called chocolate. https://www.reuters.com/business/thieves-steal-12-tons-kitkat-chocolate-bars-europe-2026-03-28/30 Mar 2026 10:50 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibijqgom22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3mhocda4yrs26Lord Mansfield’s magnificent magnolias (Kenwood)22 Mar 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhocda4yrs26https://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3mh7o2gvuqk2hHe’s been locked out!16 Mar 2026 23:59 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh7o2gvuqk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3mh22f5ihs227Sounds painful. Also a tad over the top, whatever your view of critics.14 Mar 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh22f5ihs227https://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3mg4aqjvgbk27How are things here in Hot Take City? Still keeping calm and carrying on?02 Mar 2026 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg4aqjvgbk27https://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3mfevef4s7c2bPeople are making a fuss about the posh car used by the police when arresting Andrew M-W but I assume it was because it had to be a Land Rover Defendant.21 Feb 2026 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfevef4s7c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3megbiuncoc2kNow I'm waiting for a bad poem, McSweeney among the Nightingales.09 Feb 2026 10:47 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3megbiuncoc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3mcnb76zopc26Eheu. Hope no one was hurt. Angel / Goswell junction.17 Jan 2026 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcnb76zopc26https://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3mc3t3lesrc2iL’age de pierre indeed! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jan 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc3t3lesrc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3mbyfacbixs26The NS&I (not on here apparently) bot when you ring them is so clever it can even offer to transfer you to a human and then cut you off, just like a real human!09 Jan 2026 11:26 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbyfacbixs26https://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3mbkorkzwyc2hWelcome to International Hot Take and Performative Indignation Day, only on this channel (and all the others)04 Jan 2026 00:40 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbkorkzwyc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3maxljvdfus2hWell spotted - Kusama on Naoshima27 Dec 2025 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3maxljvdfus2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3maparcdkbc2pIf you haven’t been on the Hello Kitty bullet train you really haven’t lived24 Dec 2025 02:47 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3maparcdkbc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3makv245cy22xHelpful summary of trumped up libel claim against the Beeb, via Inforrm’s blog https://inforrm.org/2025/12/20/united-states-trump-v-bbc-a-10-billion-total-loser-and-a-slapp/22 Dec 2025 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3makv245cy22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3makoxfm6mk27Osaka, I have questions22 Dec 2025 07:18 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3makoxfm6mk27https://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3mafr7r7fbc2wRice enough to eat?20 Dec 2025 08:15 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mafr7r7fbc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3mafqu5h2nk2wTranslation apps - what’s not to love?20 Dec 2025 08:08 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3mafqu5h2nk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3m73hts4kw22dSay what you like about the 70s but productivity in the area of Xmas songs was through the roof.03 Dec 2025 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3m73hts4kw22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3m6mtxvsvwk2dNever apologise. Never explain. But always say thanks. You'll be welcome again.27 Nov 2025 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6mtxvsvwk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/maggotlaw.bsky.social/post/3m64x7tgdp22yAnd they can keep their wives, unlike the left footers ab initio. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Nov 2025 09:18 +0000at://did:plc:tjodiipbbzh4nafeizanquig/app.bsky.feed.post/3m64x7tgdp22y