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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Excerpt from McGaughey, E., 2018. Could brexit be void?. King's Law Journal, 29(3), pp.331-343. 
"Analysis
COULD BREXIT BE VOID?
Introduction
In July 2018 three major reports were issued on the conduct of the 2016 referendum.
First, the Electoral Commission found that ‘Vote Leave’ officials were guilty of criminal
offences for overspending £449,079.34.1 Second, the Information Commissioner gave a
‘notice of intent’ to issue a £500,000 fine against Facebook for the criminal offence of
enabling UK voters’ personal data to be harvested, and ultimately used in psychological
profiling and targeted political advertising.2 Third, the House of Commons Digital,
Culture, Media and Sport Committee on ‘Fake News’ concluded that Russia has
engaged in ‘unconventional warfare’ against the UK through Twitter and other social
media to procure Brexit.3 Further criminal offences have been alleged. Together these
findings raise the question: could Brexit be void, and article 50 annulled, because of illegality and irregularity in the vote?
This paper discusses four main issues: (1) the Reports’ findings of overspending and
data offences in the referendum, (2) the conclusion of foreign interference by Russia,
and others, (3) whether Brexit could be declared void for the vote’s irregularity, and
(4) the possibility that article 50 notification could be nullified. It finally addresses the
central problem: the need to defend the integrity of political discourse.
The issues discussed here have become the subject of litigation in Wilson v Prime
Minister, a case heard by Ouseley J on 7 December 2018, with a decision given on 10
December. While the judgment remains unreported, this first instance hearing rejected
permission to have a full hearing on the issues, and to request that because of legal irregularities that notification to leave the European Union could be declared void. The
apparent grounds for this decision were that the claims were out of time and lacked"
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Excuse me, it's not playing into the hands of Putin when the fucking vote was so close. Leave won by a 3.8% margin. To say the fake news trolls who tried (imo successfully) to divide us and spread false info about the EU had no effect, is completely disingenuous.
Headline: MI5 Chief - Russia did not sway the Brexit vote - The Daily Telegraph (aka Torygraph)
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Funny that, wonder why? In my opinion things will also be getting a lot worse. When you have academics leaving the UK due to precarity in the sector, the knock-on impacts on innovation are going to be huge.
i newspaper headline - Tax rises needed to plug 35bn gap, UK economists warn chancellorHeadline from universities UK website dates 2023. "International students boost UK economy by £41.9 billion"
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Queued 5:52 am. Top of queue @ 6:03 am. Searched 4 test centres I could feasibly use. None had test available. @labourlewis.bsky.social @labouruk.bsky.social please help. I've been trying to book a driving test since Aug but only the time from when the test is booked is the wait counted.
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Dug out my switch. ❤️ It's such a shame. Can never play more than an hour or two before I get stiff neck. There must be a special way to sit. Still - Cutesie!!
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Here I go again on my owwwwn dum dum (forgot the words something ever knowwwwww) 😬
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
💀🦇🎃
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Non-conformist cat (lol)
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trying again teaching myself - one of the issues is that my crochet stitches aren't very tall, so plan B - double rows. I need to practice turning it over too - somehow my second colour was only showing on the back of the work, but I needed it to show on the front. Unpicked again - 4th time lucky?
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Roight - never heard of this thing, but somehow had an invite. Weekend soon. Letss go bois!
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Having mixed feelings on this. I know fuel's expensive and that, but damn. Idk. Could be though, could be. 🤔 Be funny if it was that. Especially that they were being tracked internationally by the 'mericans (lol) - their gang must be really leet at siphoning.
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Something v. weird going on. If no explosives found, was it a training exercise? A warning? If so, from whom? Maybe a decoy - Did a real attack happen or was foiled while we got distracted? What of the other masked men alleged to have escaped? Why the 5 released? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Quote from guardian article from eyewitness who first reported the vans: “I think we sort of dazzled them, and they started to run, and some of them ran straight ahead across the road into the field, and some turned and started going down towards Kempsford, which is our next village.”

Despite five men having been arrested, the farmer said there were “definitely more than five” and estimated she saw between eight and 10 people with their faces covered and wearing “slim-fitting clothes”. Authorities have previously said the incident was contained."
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Bloody hell, don't like the sound of that - Whole area has been evacuated. 😱 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
Screenshot from live news stream - Waiting for police update after an incident at an RAF base
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
OK, not that I can crochet very well, but I just made some little pixel art embroidery patterns (my first time) and now I am super-hyped to try making them - now if only I could remember where I out my crochet stuff 🤔
16 by 16 bat (black on white background) in aseprite image creation program16 by 16 ghost (white on black background) in aseprite image creation program16 by 16 cat (black on white background) in aseprite image creation program16 by 16 spiderweb (white on black background) in aseprite image creation program
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The reply came out a bit lengthier than expected, but hope that explains!
They only release the tests once a week on a Monday morning at 6am, the slots are all for 5-6 months away. Everyone tries to get those, so they have a queue system to get onto the website (a bit like if you buy tickets to a festival). All the tests centres close enough for me to take it were booked by 6:10am when I got to the top of the queue. But in a previous week, I tried queueing earlier (5:40 am). However, that day I got to the top of the queue before 6am, so got a message saying "site closed come back later" and then I had to rejoin the end of the queue which meant no test available. There's a backlog caused by Covid plus a shortage of test examiners. There were also scammers who created a black market to use bots to buy up and resell tests. They upped security in past coupleof months, but it can create false positives where legitimate users like myself can be thrown off the system, which is what happened to me last week. It's ridiculous!
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
maggots floating in a ready meal
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I think I am going to be sick. I started eating one of these Bol ready meals for a quick lunch and I swear this is a maggot?? - Food's been refrigerated and is well in date (use by 27th Sept) Anyway, on closer inspection there are loads and I already ate 1/3rd 🤮 (that is NOT jasmine rice, no way)
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Also these 🦇
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
No one in this country can drive, but because they got their test prior to this mess, somehow got through as they can literally book a test every few weeks which is also less stressful. I'm on week 3 and can't even log into the system to book a test 6 months away. I'm out.
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
is this shit for real. I just can't deal with this country anymore
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Got in the queue at 5:50am come on, please 🙏
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"No bish, it's my birdbath!"
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
That's one stylish looking moth! Very fancy 🤩
A knot grass moth caterpillar eating a dock leaf in my garden. It is brown and orange and has spiky ginger hair, kind of like a punk
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Uploading videos is broken (can you see anything attached?)
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Decided I'd try to get a bit more done on this game I started a while back. Figured out how to make the the pupil follow the mouse in the UI widget. Just need to set it up on both eyes now! Should be pretty nice when done 🤓
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I should make this my avatar. I only tried to go in to cancel my test (c.f. prev. thread) -Going to have to call them.
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
And.. tried to send them this feedback but after typing it all in the connection to the site is not secure apparently (AKA just another excuse because they don't want to hear complaints).
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Queue is just taking ages to go down. I can tell already I probably won't get a slot. Whole system is a joke. Have to wait until next Monday and maybe try queuing at 5:50am.
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Got to top of queue. But it said come back at 6am! I've opened a 2nd browser to try again. Had to pass a CAPTCHA which needed me to click images of strawberries and glasses of orange juice based on the prompt "click foods you would store in fridge". Failed 1st time, OJ is not a food! So stressful :(
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
So Farage won Clacton and now total silence from the trending! :) Hats off to the 9455 people who voted for Binface - that was a huge two fingers up!
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
That's not right - the Clacton by-election is happening tomorrow and the result should be known on Friday
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I know the pond is in a right state atm, but earlier was almost in tears worrying about the wildlife as no end in sight to this drought. Can tell something big has been clambering in the pond recently and hadn't seen any frogs for ages. Thought they were all dead. Guess this little one heard me ❤️
Frog in a small tub pond. The eyes aren't really white, it's from the flash (this is taken at night, v. dark out atm)
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
!! (Also - That book sounds cool though 😱 great find)
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Congratulations España on your world cup win!! ❤️💛❤️💛 Can't believe Argentina were allowed to play like that throughout. It's lucky they didn't seriously injure someone. Could have ended someone's career. Hope Paredes is charged for assault for his little after-match tantrum. Abs. disgrace.
Spain men's football team smiling and lifting the trophy of the 2026 World Cup.
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Rice, Konsa, SAKA, Bellingham! Good job boys ❤️ www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
OK, I am gong to try to clear it up and see if I can figure where they are coming from :( RIP me!
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
SHIT! IS THAT RAT POOP?? Based on the location, they've been attracted by the the hedgehog water I've put down during hotweather 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱 Idk what to do, can't kill them, but can't let them get in the house. Just going to try not putting bird food out and tidy the garden. Not sure it will help.
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
As soon as Gordon went off, I had a feeling something like that would happen. Ah well - Next time boys, next time.💔
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Spence doing a mighty good job in first half. Come on England!! ❤️🤍❤️🤍❤️🤍
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Yes boys <3
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
And.. some more done to this little game - Next to stop it doing the ugly sliding when walking inside the trigger area (need to cancel the interacting and transition back to walk!)
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Made a bit more progress last night after work using the different technique to use imported character animations from Mixamo instead of trying to match the imported rig to Manny and use the existing animations - Happy to report this technique seems to be working much better!
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Look who made it!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
🙈
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Good lads :)
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
😭 lol
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Yep, it's very very not right. I thought it should map the bones on to the existing animations of the built in manequin but maybe I have to use the animations from mixamo. Will try more tomorrow. I really thought it was gonna work that time.
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
uhhh, I don't think this is right 😅
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buggystoof.bsky.social @buggystoof.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Trying to learn to retarget skeletal meshes in unreal engine is so hard, fff. On attempt 3 now - just trying lots of different tuts until one works at this point. Baby steps!
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