Adolescence. Very powerful. But the solicitor in episode 1 was just dreadful. He should have got the police to tell him what evidence they had, have seen Jamie, told him what evidence was and then asked him to respond. Should not have advised him to answer some questions but not others. Disastrous.

On Truth Social, Trump posted, ‘agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came,’ and American students will be ‘permanently expelled or arrested.’

Trump’s latest move on free speech involves a plan to cut federal funding for schools, universities, and colleges that permit what he describes as ‘illegal’.

It is obvious but worth repeating that regimes built on lies survive only as long as they can suppress truth. The promotion of complicit media (alternative facts) & denigration of objective media (facts) is not just desirable but essential. This process is being turbo-charged in the USA right now.

Currently reading The Nazi Mind by Laurence Rees. Am 6 chapters in. Chapter titles so far: 1. Spreading conspiracy theories 2. Using them and us 3. Leading as a hero 4. Corrupting youth 5. Conniving with the elite 6. Attacking human rights Ring any contemporary bells?

Hitler said that would be dictators should do 3 things as soon as they can. 1. Destroy the rule of law 2. Eliminate the press 3. Suborn the police and the army. Goebbels said propaganda should avoid being boring and aim for entertainment. Just saying.

What this really means is “people must die”. We can only hope that one day he will be held responsible.

In Your Defence seeks to explain what criminal defence solicitors actually do. How can you defend someone you know to be guilty? Doesn’t the right of silence only protect the guilty? Don’t you just get people off on a technicality? These are some of the questions addressed. amzn.eu/d/inbMvlz

In Your Defence: Dispatches from the criminal justice frontline

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YouGov find just 30% of people think we were right to leave the EU. The lowest number yet. Just 10% of 18-24 year olds think it was the right decision.