Comments on: Blair: money whore & tyrant appeaser http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2008/04/10/blair-money-whore-tyrant-appeaser/ A barrister gossips & rants on intellectual property law, the legal system and civil liberties. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:12:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Charon QC http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2008/04/10/blair-money-whore-tyrant-appeaser/#comment-20073 Charon QC Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:16:57 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2008/04/10/blair-money-whore-tyrant-appeaser/#comment-20073 GL... the title of your latest post seems remarkably apt.... have you been writing careers books for law students again - if not, may I borrow the quote for a chapter heading on the profession for my knew online tractatus: 'Principia Legis for the new order' I'll pay a small fee in Rioja or Mead.... or cider, if you really must. GL… the title of your latest post seems remarkably apt…. have you been writing careers books for law students again - if not, may I borrow the quote for a chapter heading on the profession for my knew online tractatus: ‘Principia Legis for the new order’

I’ll pay a small fee in Rioja or Mead…. or cider, if you really must.

]]> By: Charon QC http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2008/04/10/blair-money-whore-tyrant-appeaser/#comment-20072 Charon QC Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:13:20 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2008/04/10/blair-money-whore-tyrant-appeaser/#comment-20072 Be you ever so high... the law is above you.... Ah.... The good old days of denning .... are they returning? Be you ever so high… the law is above you….

Ah…. The good old days of denning …. are they returning?

]]> By: simply wondered http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2008/04/10/blair-money-whore-tyrant-appeaser/#comment-20062 simply wondered Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:09:29 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2008/04/10/blair-money-whore-tyrant-appeaser/#comment-20062 as so often, the reporting and the decision itself (which by good fortune i spent last night reading in the vague hope it might give me a few eatra marks in Con & Ad next month) don't entirely mesh. it seems to my as yet unqualified eye that the court is playing a very careful hand here. when they get past the emotive words like 'abject', the court appears to say that the giving in to illegal saudi pressure was not what undermined the rule of law - it was that they didn't wriggle more before admitting that we like their money too much and giving in to illegal saudi pressure. or am i splitting hairs? don't worry - i have already built the wicker cage in tony's size, i just like to be precise... as so often, the reporting and the decision itself (which by good fortune i spent last night reading in the vague hope it might give me a few eatra marks in Con & Ad next month) don’t entirely mesh.
it seems to my as yet unqualified eye that the court is playing a very careful hand here. when they get past the emotive words like ‘abject’, the court appears to say that the giving in to illegal saudi pressure was not what undermined the rule of law - it was that they didn’t wriggle more before admitting that we like their money too much and giving in to illegal saudi pressure. or am i splitting hairs? don’t worry - i have already built the wicker cage in tony’s size, i just like to be precise…

]]> By: James C http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2008/04/10/blair-money-whore-tyrant-appeaser/#comment-20060 James C Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:11 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2008/04/10/blair-money-whore-tyrant-appeaser/#comment-20060 Geek, The SFO will be quietly nobbled. Geek,

The SFO will be quietly nobbled.

]]> By: Geeklawyer http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2008/04/10/blair-money-whore-tyrant-appeaser/#comment-20059 Geeklawyer Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:19:16 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2008/04/10/blair-money-whore-tyrant-appeaser/#comment-20059 Moi? :mrgreen: Moi? :mrgreen:

]]> By: lo-fi http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2008/04/10/blair-money-whore-tyrant-appeaser/#comment-20058 lo-fi Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:07:00 +0000 http://blog.geeklawyer.org/2008/04/10/blair-money-whore-tyrant-appeaser/#comment-20058 Are you baiting your fan club again? Are you baiting your fan club again?

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