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johnspringford.bsky.social
She misunderstands Sumption's point here. Cavendish wants immigrants to make more of a fiscal contribution. Sumption is saying that denying settlement - and making them stay on visas that do not allow them to change jobs and earn more - will reduce their contribution.
November 7, 2026 at 10:31 AM
sundersays.bsky.social
Restore Trust ran considerably better candidates after 2022, ditching overtly homophobic Stephen Green, and running Jonathan Sumption, Andrew Gimson on more centre-right message. But kept losing largely by being (fairly) perceived to be a primarily political campaign against 'politicisation'
November 7, 2026 at 10:01 PM
jimob1.bsky.social
If Sumption is on the right side, you really should re-examine your thinking.

I think we all know what she means when she talks about the composition of migrants.
November 7, 2026 at 12:25 PM
redfreyja.bsky.social
Currently reading: Triumph and Illusion, The Hundred Years War Vol. V by Jonathan Sumption

This is a nonfiction history of the end of the Hundred Years War in France.
November 6, 2026 at 2:42 AM
sandymosho.bsky.social
The Age of Pilgrimage: The Medieval Journey to God
Jonathan Sumption
EPUB · 1.7 MB

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Portada de The Age of Pilgrimage: The Medieval Journey to God
November 4, 2026 at 4:57 AM
sandymosho.bsky.social
The Hundred Years War Volume III
Jonathan Sumption
EPUB · 3.8 MB

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November 4, 2026 at 9:01 PM
sandymosho.bsky.social
The Albigensian Crusade
Jonathan Sumption
EPUB · 2.5 MB

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November 4, 2026 at 5:18 AM
sandymosho.bsky.social
The Hundred Years War Volume I
Sumption, Jonathan
EPUB · 2.4 MB

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Portada de The Hundred Years War Volume I
November 4, 2026 at 8:40 PM
fl-shawn.bsky.social
DONE

? where do i collect my nut?

or: was it a false ass-sumption
on my part, that rewards were in play? [🤣]

💙🟦🔵🔷
November 3, 2026 at 2:05 PM
sandymosho.bsky.social
The Hundred Years War: Trial by Fire
Jonathan Sumption
EPUB · 4.4 MB

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November 4, 2026 at 9:45 PM
sandymosho.bsky.social
The Hundred Years War, Volume 4: Cursed Kings
Jonathan Sumption
EPUB · 6.1 MB

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Portada de The Hundred Years War, Volume 4: Cursed Kings
November 4, 2026 at 9:22 PM
sandymosho.bsky.social
Hundred Years War Vol 3: Divided Houses
Jonathan Sumption
EPUB · 3.8 MB

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October 27, 2026 at 1:21 AM
sandymosho.bsky.social
Hundred Years War Vol 1: Trial by Battle
Jonathan Sumption
EPUB · 5.2 MB

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Portada de Hundred Years War Vol 1: Trial by Battle
October 27, 2026 at 12:59 AM
jessothomson.co.uk
Sorry, do I live in the same country as Lord Sumption?
it has been suggested that a government with a compliant parliamentary majority could commit outrages like sacking judges, deporting British citizens, introducing pre-publication censorship of the media, subverting free and fair elections and so on. But no one is threatening to do any of these things. There is no reason to believe that a parliamentary majority would be compliant enough to approve them, or that the British electorate would vote for such a program. It is not sensible to justify the complete reordering of our constitution in order to address remote threats like these or to erect barriers against non-existent dangers on the assumption that our fellow citizens may turn into monsters of prejudice and malice.
October 23, 2026 at 8:48 PM
sandymosho.bsky.social
Edward III (Penguin Monarchs): A Heroic Failure
Jonathan Sumption
EPUB · 22.9 MB

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Portada de Edward III (Penguin Monarchs): A Heroic Failure
October 25, 2026 at 12:31 AM
jessothomson.co.uk
How would you describe Restore Britain's platform except essentially what Sumption outlines above?
In order to avert this, Restore Britain will reverse mass immigration. If a legally resident foreign national is unable to speak English, lives in social housing, claims benefits, refuses to work, fails to integrate, commits crime or actively hates our way of life and wishes to do us harm, they will be deported. All state benefits will be withdrawn from foreign nationals and British citizenship will be redefined so that it is far more difficult to obtain. If an individual surrenders his second citizenship in an attempt to fraudulently remain in Britain, we will take the necessary steps to reverse that process and deport them. If that means millions go, then millions go.
October 23, 2026 at 8:51 PM
pollik.bsky.social
Agreed about Sumption.

And about judges.

My point was really about a written constitution not being a panacea for all our woes. If it can be created, then it can be broken.

Ultimately it comes down to a country's ability to enforce it.
October 23, 2026 at 9:07 PM
conunitucl.bsky.social
Second, Lord (Jonathan) Sumption made the case against.

He highlighted the inflexibility of a codified constitution and said that it would 'greatly increase the political role of the courts'.

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Should the UK adopt a codified or written constitution? The case against
Next week, the House of Lords will debate introducing a written constitution. This is also something that the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, discussed over the summer. Lord (Jonathan) Sumption makes the case against the UK adopting a written, or codified, constitution. The first post in this series, making the case in favour of a codified or written constitution, was published yesterday.
blogs.ucl.ac.uk
October 22, 2026 at 7:00 AM
danielsuitor.com
In Zadvydas, SCOTUS announced a rule intended to prevent years of civil detention, potentially indefinite. After 6 mos. of detention, a habeas petitioner can shift the burden onto the gov't to require a showing that there's a "significant likelihood of removal in the reasonably foreseeable future"
While an argument can be made for confining any pre- sumption to 90 days, we doubt that when Congress short- ened the removal period to 90 days in 1996 it believed that all reasonably foreseeable removals could be accomplished in that time. We do have reason to believe, however, that Congress previously doubted the constitutionality of deten- tion for more than six months. See Juris. Statement in United States v. Witkovich, O. T. 1956, No. 295, pp. 8–9. Consequently, for the sake of uniform administration in the federal courts, we recognize that period. After this 6- month period, once the alien provides good reason to believe that there is no significant likelihood of removal in the rea- sonably foreseeable future, the Government must respond with evidence sufficient to rebut that showing. And for de- tention to remain reasonable, as the period of prior post- removal confinement grows, what counts as the “reasonably foreseeable future” conversely would have to shrink. This 6-month presumption, of course, does not mean that every alien not removed must be released after six months. To the contrary, an alien may be held in confinement until it has been determined that there is no significant likelihood of removal in the reasonably foreseeable future. Zadvydas v. Davis, 593 U.S. 678, 701 (2001)
October 21, 2026 at 9:07 PM
cronoteca.bsky.social
Un 25 de octubre de 1415: Azincourt: el barro y los arqueros.

Enrique V vence en un campo embarrado de Artois, manda matar a los prisioneros en plena batalla y descabeza a la nobleza militar francesa.

https://cronoteca.eu/efemerides/25-de-octubre/

#historia #efemerides #undiacomohoy
Efeméride del 25 de octubre: Azincourt: el barro y los arqueros (1415). Qué pasó. El 25 de octubre de 1415, día de San Crispín, Enrique V de Inglaterra marchaba hacia Calais con un ejército agotado: había tomado Harfleur tras un asedio largo en el que la disentería le costó más hombres que los combates. Los franceses le cerraron el paso en un campo recién arado entre los bosques de Azincourt y Tramecourt, un embudo de apenas setecientos metros en el tramo donde formaron los ingleses. Había llovido. Los arqueros ingleses clavaron estacas afiladas delante de sus posiciones y esperaron. Por qué importa. Las cifras son el campo de batalla historiográfico. Las crónicas de uno y otro bando dieron números que no resisten un recuento. Anne Curry, trabajando con las listas de revista y los recibos de pago conservados en los archivos ingleses y franceses, calculó en su libro de 2005 unos nueve mil ingleses frente a unos doce mil franceses, una proporción de cuatro a tres. En datos. Fecha: 25 de octubre de 1415, día de San Crispín. Dónde: Azincourt, Artois. Cifras: Curry: 9.000 ingleses y 12.000 franceses. Barker, Sumption y Rogers: unos 6.000 ingleses y de 14.000 a 24.000 franceses. La historia completa, con sus fuentes, en https://cronoteca.eu/efemerides/25-de-octubre/
October 25, 2026 at 7:13 AM
kinglucythe1st.bsky.social
I have been critical of Sumption (a brilliant man) recently as I have left he was losing the plot in his old age. But he is right here.

Full disclosure: I briefed Sumption many years ago and was genuinely overwhelmed by his intellect.
rolandmcs.bsky.social Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 21d
Lord Sumption at The Spectator free speech debate, arguing against a motion 'This house believes Britain no longer has free speech'.

Here he explains why the buffer zones around abortion clinics are acceptable and why the restriction on 'silent prayer' is an incorrect characterisation of the law.
October 18, 2026 at 4:04 PM
rolandmcs.bsky.social
Lord Sumption at The Spectator free speech debate, arguing against a motion 'This house believes Britain no longer has free speech'.

Here he explains why the buffer zones around abortion clinics are acceptable and why the restriction on 'silent prayer' is an incorrect characterisation of the law.
October 17, 2026 at 3:53 PM
conunitucl.bsky.social
Should the UK adopt a codified or written constitution? The case against

Ahead of a House of Lords debate next week, and following comments by Andy Burnham in August, Lord (Jonathan) Sumption makes the case against a codified constitution. We have also published a case in favour.

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Should the UK adopt a codified or written constitution? The case against
Next week, the House of Lords will debate introducing a written constitution. This is also something that the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, discussed over the summer. Lord (Jonathan) Sumption makes the case against the UK adopting a written, or codified, constitution. The first post in this series, making the case in favour of a codified or written constitution, was published yesterday.
blogs.ucl.ac.uk
October 18, 2026 at 11:01 AM
dr-negrin.bsky.social
I quite like Sumption.
October 17, 2026 at 10:46 PM