Snippets and gleanings: the future beckons

The law's delay
Jason Nottage of legal recruitment agency, Origin Legal, reckons the UK is currently "under-lawyered" by around 10,000 solicitors. This can only add to the backlog in our courts. But what's this? Home Secretary, James Cleverly, as well as seeking a new treaty with Rwanda to prevent future legal challenges to deportations of 'illegal' immigrants to that country is also considering placing British lawyers in the Rwandan court system. I've said it before and I'll say it again, why don't we just all up sticks and move to Rwanda? 🇷🇼

Jabering on
COP28 President, Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, is under fire for climate denial. In a session with Mary Robinson, ex-President of Ireland and chair of the Elders group, he said: "There is no science out there, or no scenario out there, that says that the phase-out of fossil fuel is what’s going to achieve 1.5C.” Unsurprisingly perhaps, he now says his remarks were "misinterpreted and misrepresented". Well, as to the former, he said it in English so he can't blame his interpreter. As to the latter, I think he made himself abundantly clear. 🇦🇪

A game of marbles
Top marks to His Majesty for subliminally signalling his views on his PM's spat with his Greek counterpart over the return of the Parthenon sculptures. Actually, it wasn't that subtle. Wearing a tie covered in the Greek flag as he made his COP28 speech to a global TV audience was fairly out there. The text of his speech was pretty hard-hitting too so you're bound to wonder what the King and Rishi actually talk about in their weekly 'audience' at Buck House. The speech text must have had sign-off from Downing Street - mustn't it? Unless, of course, Charles was doing a Suella and going rogue. Just as well, perhaps, they took separate flights back to London. 🇬🇷

Securenomics
Labour Leader, Sir Keir Starmer, is addressing The Economy 2030 Inquiry being held by the Resolution Foundation in Central London. He talks a good talk and is doing a good job flogging his Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves', new book.  He also makes a good point about supply side economics. Needless to say, he has his five missions (what political party doesn't?) but he's struggling somewhat under close questioning to clarify what precisely it is that separates Labour from the Tories, especially in light of his recent comments about Thatcher. I think the most cogent and succinct answer to that should be "that we're not them". 🌹

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