Reposted by John TurnerSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Translation: "I would like a job please" 3047252
Reposted by John TurnerSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Can someone ask Farage or Zia Yusuf why, if they're so concerned about incitement to violence, they had Lucy Connolly as a guest star at their conference? 572639744
Reposted by John TurnerPaul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 25/09/2025I confess. It’s still September and I put the heating on. But I set the thermostat WAY down, and as I did I sensed a rustle behind me, and turned to glimpse the ghosts of countless dads, nodding tersely in grudging approval before they drifted back into their sheds. 1127315
Reposted by John TurnerThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 26/09/2025"on a technicality" Not really. A failure to get necessary consents to a terror charge is not a slight error. They are safeguards when a person faces a serious charge. Prosecutors should take such safeguards seriously: this is terrorism law they are using. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...theguardian.comTerrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh thrown outChief magistrate at Woolwich crown court rules that ‘proceedings were instituted unlawfully and are null’ 211040356
Reposted by John TurnerPaul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Escalators are antifa. 3357177
Reposted by John TurnerFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Richard Tice, "We've already got 80 sharia courts in the UK" Billy Bragg, "There are also Jewish courts as well, thats part of their religion. We as a tolerant nation accept that" "To demonise, particularly the Muslims, is the sort of thing we worry about Reform UK" 55996310
John Turner @jt-prison-lawyer.bsky.social · 22/05/2025@mrjamesob.bsky.social there is of course a case for voluntary treatment and anti libidinal medication is used with great success in some cases 000
John Turner @jt-prison-lawyer.bsky.social · 22/05/2025@mrjamesob.bsky.social I appear before the Parole Board most days , including those convicted of child sex offences. Like any offence there is a spectrum with those at one end being repeat offenders who will stop at nothing to those at the other end who are often incredibly vulnerable/desperate 000
Reposted by John TurnerMax B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 05/04/2025More Led by Donkeys genius outside the Russian Embassy in London. #SlavaUkraini 7384104
Reposted by John TurnerThe Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 28/02/2025For two men who have professed such hostility towards taking the knee, they are surprisingly happy to do it for Putin, in the Oval Office, in full view of the world’s media. 352232426
Reposted by John TurnerChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Ian Fleming's original James Bond novels haven't aged well. For example, Moonraker - published almost exactly 70 years ago in April 1955 - features a villain who's a super-rich industrialist and rocket-maker seeking to cause chaos because he's a secret Nazi. Such a silly idea!media.tenor.coma man with a beard is sitting in a room with a harp in the backgroundALT: a man with a beard is sitting in a room with a harp in the background 9068312766
Reposted by John TurnerIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Ukraine represents truth. Russia represents lies. Every time we speak the truth, we support the war effort. Every time we reject lies, we help defeat the enemy. open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...open.substack.comThe lies are the pointThe Ukraine war has never been entirely military, or even territorial. It is epistemic. 13675170
Reposted by John TurnerGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19/02/2025The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame. 7793852910117
Reposted by John TurnerGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Here's one of the warnings I gave in an article before the US election. It's devastating to see it all happening. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 16180492243
Reposted by John TurnerPaul Singh 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @paulsingh.bsky.social · 20/02/2025The Telegraph has become nothing more than a national embarrassment 50441102
Reposted by John TurnerJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 19/02/2025I hear Nigel Farage is declining interview requests. First time for everything, I suppose. I suspect he’ll eventually speak to whoever is least likely to challenge him properly. 3264883779
Reposted by John TurnerThe Association of Prison Lawyers @prisonlawyersapl.bsky.social · 14/01/2025📢 BOOKINGS OPEN for our 2025 Conference When: Friday 31 Jan Where: Doughty Street Chambers, London Book here www.tickettailor.com/events/assoc... 012
John Turner @jt-prison-lawyer.bsky.social · 24/12/2024As a very busy year at work draws to a close I am reflecting on things as always. A few years back I went to the ECHR for Hutchinson v UK where we argued that whole life sentences breach article 3. The Court held that such sentences did not contravene the Convention. 110
Reposted by John TurnerOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/12/2024For years Nigel Farage has banged on about billionaire George Soros influencing the political climate in Britain and the rest of the world. Now - Farage's Reform is poised to take a rumoured £100 million from Elon Musk and the right wing media doesn't bat an eyelid. 891325531
Reposted by John TurnerHolte 🇪🇺 @holte.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Hats off to this man in the red sweater... Correctly drawing stark parrarels between the rhetoric of 1930s Germany, and the rhetoric being used by the far right again today We are allowing hate and extremism to fester in society again.... #bbcqt 524987
Reposted by John TurnerThe Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Plan to boost prison capacity could 'cost £4bn extra' and be short thousands of cell spaces. Our Chief Executive, Andrea Coomber, told @skynewsrss.bsky.social that the "scathing" NAO report confirms "we cannot build our way out of the prison capacity crisis". news.sky.com/story/plan-t...news.sky.comPlan to boost prison capacity could 'cost £4bn extra' and be short thousands of cell spacesLabour have promised to deliver the 20,000 extra prison spaces the Conservatives pledged, but Whitehall's spending watchdog said the plans are "insufficient to meet future demand". 011
John Turner @jt-prison-lawyer.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Hopefully this is our slump/bad patch. Lads worked hard last night against a very good side. Just need to take our chances #safc 030
Reposted by John TurnerAndy Dawson @andydawson.bsky.social · 29/11/2024My son noticed Sheff Utd's skinhead player and pointed out that SAFC needs at least one. 1997-99 - Makin, Clark, Phillips, Holloway, Rae, Ball. Classic skinhead era. 7211
Reposted by John TurnerParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Back on the other place 'call a general election now' is trending, promoted by the same people who responded to calls for a second Brexit referendum by saying "it was the will of the people, move on". 331122147
John Turner @jt-prison-lawyer.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Today will be biggest test we’ve faced since RLB arrived. Millwall away is tough enough without the injuries/suspensions that we have #SAFC 000
John Turner @jt-prison-lawyer.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Productive @prisonlawyersapl.bsky.social committee meeting earlier today. Lots to look ahead to including meetings with Ministers to push for an increase in fees and our annual conference in the NY organised by the unrelenting @laurajanes.bsky.social 011
Reposted by John TurnerJames Copley @jamescopley.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Day 10 of following all Sunderland fans back on Bluesky. Reply and share this tweet so we/I can follow you back and find more fellow supporters. HWTL. #SAFC 145024
John Turner @jt-prison-lawyer.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Twitter/X is a cesspit of disinformation. Having moved to this platform, I see others I hold in high regard have already made the shift @pazparish.bsky.social, @laurajanes.bsky.social 110
