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Andy Tells it Like It Is

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Category: Free Citizen
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2026-10-21

No, not that Andy, the Andy that drives the Cabby (when he can somehow find the time between making YT videos) ...

Let's just say that events in France are putting a new urgency on matters.

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Is This Court Fit to Try?

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Category: Legal
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2026-10-20

Am aircraft must have an airworthiness certificate before it can carry passengers.

Shouldn't a court have a lexworthiness certification before it is permitted to try a case?

Martin Geddes thinks so, and has been documenting his experiences to illustrate the point.

But a certificate simply asserts that a set of tests has been devised and the aircraft tested against them.

So for a court to be tested we need a recognised set of standard tests that can be applied before he court can be considered lexworthy. And those tests must be based on a set of recognised standards of operation, standards that recognise both the possible flaws and the recognised defences against them.

"The difficulty deepens because law does not merely describe an independently existing world. It can also create authoritative legal states"

" ... the machinery may become more internally consistent while the original defect becomes harder to recognise"

"A supermarket cannot turn horsemeat into beef by changing its label. But an authorised legal institution can genuinely create legal relationships and statuses through its decisions"

Over  to Martin.

And once we have the Courts sorted, we just need a similar approach to legislationeering to answer the question: "Is this Parliament fit to Legislate?"

 

The Assault on Our Constitution Gathers Pace

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Category: Legal
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2026-10-20

The Courts and Tribunals Bill has passed the Commons and now goes to the Lords. From there it will be a short skip to Royal Assent.

Whilst the way in which the Bill is constructed doesn't facilitate our (or more to the point, our MP's) understanding, a glance through the headings shows that the general purpose is to give judges and magistrates more powers whilst limiting the rights of the accused.

"Whilst Trial.by Jury is in place, if a right-minded citizen wishes to stand against a piece of legislation and not comply on principled grounds because he knows that that legislation works against moral right and reason, at least you could rely on your fellow citizens to protect you"

But of course in the minds of Parliament it is more important to streamline delivery of a verdict than to secure the accused's constitutional right to a trial by jury. 

And this, which seems to be favoured by similar inclusion in most Bills these days:

"The Lord Chancellor may by regulations make provision that is consequential on any provision made by this Act."

So the Lord Chancellor can change this act as he sees fit provided that neither House of Parliament actually objects. If parliament doesn't choose to debate such a statutory instrument then it stands by default. And what MP has the time to review every statutory instrument that comes his way, let alone secure a debate on it?

 

End of the Ancen Regime Incoming - Fulford Report Monday 19 Oct 2026

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Category: Greater Reset!
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2026-10-19

I guess this only ends when nobody can figure out who they are supposed to be fighting any more 🙃. With governments all around in serious trouble, how to read the tea leaves?

As always Ben makes a good fist of it, and he's probably better informed than most, but I wouldn't bet the house on his infallibility. Probably the only certainty is that things will get worse before they get better ...

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Are the Police a Force or a Constabulary?

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Category: Legal
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2026-10-19

The police are (as always) the people who have to sweep up when other people foul up.

And when the Ministry of Justice fouls up, they find themselves at odds with the system.

When they start to complain, maybe matters are on the turn ...

And who can blame them? Joined-up government is now a very bad joke.

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