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• Lefty lawyers, ‘enemies of the people’: how upholding the law is a crime in some eyes | Charles Falconer

  12-08-2023 19:02
  
  Key legal principles are threatened by the growing rightwing attacks on our judiciaryOn 4 November 2016, the Daily Mail’s front page was wholly devoted to a screaming attack on the three judges who had ruled that parliament had to pass an act of parliament before the UK could lawfully leave the European Union. The “enemies of the people”, who included, the Mail yelled, an “openly gay ex-Olympic fencer”, were accused of defying 17.4 million Brexit voters.That was the
  
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• ‘Never again’: is Britain finally ready to return to the office?

  12-08-2023 17:15
  
  With even the big internet firms warning staff they need to show up more often, is working from home over? Or have the attitudes and expectations of employees changed for ever?The Office is back. Not just the Ricky Gervais sitcom, which is getting an Australian makeover with a female lead (filming began last month). No: the office is back. Amazon has issued a warning to staff who are not spending at least three days a week in the office. Meta wants its workers to do the same from next month. And
  
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