Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Trump proposes we should unfreeze sanctioned Russian assets and place them under his control…. In other news I have a bridge to sell you which is more legit than that…..
Sean Wilken KC
@swilkenkc.bsky.social
KC, mediator and arbitrator specialising in international, commercial, construction and energy law. GB FIS rep. May post about international law, politics and various security issues. Also skis, climbs, dives, fences, reads & writes the odd book.
Thanks v much to the person who fly tipped in my recycling bin. <locates disposable blue gloves
Here is a quick list of the basic legal problems with Jenrick's shoot to kill policy. 1. Jenrick advocating violent crime. That is a crime. 2. Illegal orders. 3. Al Skeini. Assume a Reform government went all in and granted automatic immunity to the shooters & assume Reform could find the people 1/2
You know you’re back in Torridon and not HK when… you’re repairing a path, a bit of stone shrapnel hits you in the face and you figure that you might as well fix it here as by the time you have got to A&E and waited it will have pretty much stopped bleeding and there is little they can do
Anyone with a basic knowledge of energy security and a calculator can work out Trump’s diesel “deal” with Russia is nonsense on stilts… so the real reason? Someone has told Trump that public execution by firing squad is not medieval enough and is a one shot thing - he’s going auto da fe & needs fuel
The resident female has worked out I am back and there is no dog
That was one expensive pothole... Yesterday on the way to Lochcarron, I encountered a brand new very deep pothole - been a very wet summer. Tyre went Kaboom. Warning lights and emergency systems went "holy cr@p". Wheel rim will need some love at some point. Still am now mobile again...
Clearly no one in the Trump Regime turns to someone in a meeting and goes "you sick and twisted b&stard, that's disgusting". They probably nod and say "yeah, public excecutions that will really own the Libs. Plus ICE gets to save on the ammo budget"
I must admit that I did not have US has public executions on my 2026/7 bingo card. Someone should remind the Trump Regime that the penalty for treason could be being hung drawn and quartered. If you were posh and it was corruption - beheading but that could take multiple strikes
6 week circuit: Torridon - London - Hong Kong - Dubai - London - Torridon
Current reading: Kai Bird’s “American Scoundrel” - biog of Roy Cohn. Excellent. Also shows you that Trump really did listen to his “mentor”. That and the American South pre-Civil war language really does suggest the administration has studied the worst people in US History and adopted them.
Wigs don’t get any cheaper do they….? (Had mine stolen in Preston Crown Court and HK robes in open court even in commercial cases and am sitting 3 times in the next year - ergo new wig)
Back in the UK. A somewhat interesting flight due to software failure. Still last night someone called me Sir Sean….
There are times when jet lag absolutely kicks you in the head. Yesterday was one of them. Got into the hotel at 0100 - by time had faffed around it was 0300. Awake at 0500. I retired to bed at 2000.
In this extended #ReadingRussia: Remembering Mikhail Gorbachev who died four years ago today. I read some of the new textbooks for Russian schools. And the petrol queues have made it into the joke pages of Russian newspapers. Plus, a long overdue spring clean.
I read some of the new textbooks for Russian schools
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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🇨🇦 🎶Oh, we’re going to a trade war… They thought Canada would fold without a fight. Instead, we rally side by side🍁 Never mistake Canadian politeness for weakness. We can say “sorry” AND stand our ground🇨🇦 #CanadaStrong #ElbowsUp #SheShed
@seanjones.org on the plane. My flight attendant also a Sean!
As a commercial practitioner, we don’t wear robes. So… blew dust off my silk stuff… made sure everything was ironed