tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post1133499382089669667..comments2023-07-10T10:57:18.522+01:00Comments on The Magistrates' Blog: A Non-Political BitBystander http://www.blogger.com/profile/10211688955428527960noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-31764419373918183862012-11-28T22:42:16.384+00:002012-11-28T22:42:16.384+00:00It is difficult to see how anything on this blog w...It is difficult to see how anything on this blog would likely impact on anything the court was saying in a legal field miles away from the Magistrates Court. The excellent Freedom of Movement Blog is a better suspect, but I haven't looked to see if it's them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-47453179689966804662012-11-25T19:54:15.542+00:002012-11-25T19:54:15.542+00:00A tiny point of detail, of interest only to those ...A tiny point of detail, of interest only to those who attach importance to such arcane matters; Chris Grayling's correct "style" is "Rt Hon" (as a Privy Councillor) and NOT "Your Lordship". He may well hold the title of Lord Chancellor, but is not, and has not, as a result of his elevation to this position, been made a "peer of the realm". <br /><br />The TS PedantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-67999106665082408092012-11-24T17:01:51.229+00:002012-11-24T17:01:51.229+00:00As a corrective to the Telegraph piece try watchin...As a corrective to the Telegraph piece try watching Chris Grayling being interviewed by the Lords Constitution Committee - a very sensible and measured performance0nlookernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-80496245929026555592012-11-22T11:47:26.402+00:002012-11-22T11:47:26.402+00:00Many laws yet little justice.Many laws yet little justice.Ciaron Gogginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16838164507602097102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-65238147225419992782012-11-22T10:00:16.798+00:002012-11-22T10:00:16.798+00:00More is less, surely?More is less, surely?Jaguarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-90076524303272413032012-11-21T22:50:14.509+00:002012-11-21T22:50:14.509+00:00He's not in purgatory. They canonized him in ...He's not in purgatory. They canonized him in 1935.Tony Frostnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-82901461875560256442012-11-21T22:35:03.194+00:002012-11-21T22:35:03.194+00:00As a long time fan of Richard III,who gave the Eng...As a long time fan of Richard III,who gave the English, happy people, bail and something like legal aid, I have reservations of my own on More. But precisely in that respect I have lately come across the new, and really fascinating theory, that his account of Richard's reign might have been meant tongue in cheek, as a lampoon of sorts to Henry VII, of whom More was notoriously no admirer. There's a chance the patron saint of worthy politicians (will he ever be forgiven getting in the calendar, d'you think?) had more humour than meets the eye. At least, the eye of a bedevilled catholic school boy, if you'll pardon the freedom.<br />Was it the wrong side? Still , it was the side of a rift between the unquestionable authority of a faraway old priest and that of Henry VIII. The curiosity and intellectual adventure were quite unintended consequences. More may well have thought he was siding for the lesser enslavement and the greater freedom of conscience.Italian Lawyernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-23579890954294149462012-11-21T20:41:25.306+00:002012-11-21T20:41:25.306+00:00No offence taken certainly. I admit to a particul...No offence taken certainly. I admit to a particular dislake for More ever since I wriggled free of my catholic schooling. Too narrow, joyless, humourless. self-righteous and disingenuous for my taste - particularly given the vibrancy of the Tudor age. And he was on the wrong side of an important schism between curiosity and intellectual adventure - and unquestioning acceptance of received authority. However - other views are available and holding those other views doesn't make anyone a bad person.Beakynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-75694042572092661362012-11-21T18:33:55.171+00:002012-11-21T18:33:55.171+00:00A bit of healthy relativism, s'il vous plait. ...A bit of healthy relativism, s'il vous plait. Tudor England, or for that matter, XVI century Europe altogether, is an odd choice of a place to search for -a good role model for a pluralistic society.-<br />Might as well search their present day versions for a role model of something like More's integrity and sheer unadulterated brains. Seems to me sometimes this is, more than anything else, the era of Disingenuous Moroseness Triumphant, who very characteristically nitpicks their better for not being perfect. <br />P.S. I don't mean this as a reflection on your own good self, so please do not take it as one. Others have inspired me this musing, you just offered the occasion to express it. <br /> Italian Lawyernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-61160911834682556532012-11-21T18:14:49.756+00:002012-11-21T18:14:49.756+00:00OT, but...
Awuku at http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases...OT, but...<br />Awuku at http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2012/3298.html<br />is intriguing, most particularly the last remark made by Sir John Thomas. Which blog, one wonders? Naturally the court was not going to be influenced in any way by what was there said. Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18319912007268816030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-21743884875417687782012-11-21T12:10:06.122+00:002012-11-21T12:10:06.122+00:00Perhaps if More had admitted his guilt at the earl...Perhaps if More had admitted his guilt at the earliest opportunity and shown remorse he would have spent less time in purgatory.Beakynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-33634087566234271202012-11-21T10:37:15.716+00:002012-11-21T10:37:15.716+00:00What a joy to have such highly knowledgeable and c...What a joy to have such highly knowledgeable and cultured comments instead of the usual trolls. I am off to learn more about Sir Thomas, I already know too much about Mr Grayling.AnotherNorthernJPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-19574041754055597792012-11-21T09:12:18.724+00:002012-11-21T09:12:18.724+00:00To be fair, More always denied torturing prisoners...To be fair, More always denied torturing prisoners, although he did enjoy heretic roasting. Some of the language in his Response to Luther is unworthy of a judicial officer, to put it mildly !Tony Frostnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-67715250341617467072012-11-20T23:39:04.770+00:002012-11-20T23:39:04.770+00:00I don't often find much to argue with in TM...I don't often find much to argue with in TM'sB but I must take issue with your implied encomium to Thomas More. Don't be overly influenced by Robert Bolt's bizarrely uncritical portrayal in A Man For All Seasons. More was a miserable fanatic's fanatic, arguably a singular disgrace to judicial office and not a good role model for a pluralist society. Dismal plasticky twerp he may be, but at least Chris Grayling doesn't have a home torture chamber so he can spend his evenings and weekends in aggressive doctrinal debate home with those he disagrees with. At least, so far as we know he doesn't. These Tories and their private lives . . .Beakynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-29468370635417725272012-11-20T23:38:09.972+00:002012-11-20T23:38:09.972+00:00Was that a reference to V for Vendetta or does tha...Was that a reference to V for Vendetta or does that office actually exist?Hidekihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788955910964690040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-50099838226163037522012-11-20T23:32:07.646+00:002012-11-20T23:32:07.646+00:00Take a look at this video:
http://www.youtube.com...Take a look at this video:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvageFukI48<br /><br />Chris Grayling being interviewed constantly unclasps his hands, raises them (or one) up and reclasps them - 40 times in a three minute interview. That's a rate of once every 4.5 seconds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com