Ex-legal chief attacks Theresa May’s ‘foolish’ claim on European court of justice by Jamie Doward of The Guardian

Theresa May’s Brexit strategy has been thrown into new doubt as a former head of the government’s legal services ridicules the prime minister’s claim that the UK can break free of all European laws while continuing to reap the economic benefits of the EU’s single market.Sir Paul Jenkins, who was the government’s most senior legal …

HE IS A 67 YEAR OLD FAAAA! By Hassan Mohammed

When I'm confused I engage in my usual circumlocution and rants. And today, I'm not even going to talk about politics or democracy. I'm want to talk about our culture, and especially religion related culture; not because I'm a cultural or a religious expert, but because the little I know helped me to identify and …

Meet Hajara Bashari from Jigawa, the first Hausa Muslim female wing commander in Nigeria

Hajara began her career as a non-commissioned officer in 1986. She rose to become the first Hausa Muslim woman from a core Northern state to reach the rank of Wing Commander, equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel in the Army.Hajara, a daughter of late Marafan Birnin Kudu, Colonel Bashari Umaru, from Birnin Kudu in Jigawa State, is …

Upper Tribunal provides guidance in cases of judicial bias By Nick Nason

In Sivapatham (Appearance of Bias: Sri Lanka)[2017] UKUT 293 (IAC) (7 July 2017) frustrated novelist and president of the Upper Tribunal McCloskey J considers the law surrounding judicial bias in the tribunal.As with previous exponents of the art (see Denning LJ, or Moses LJ), judgments of the President are almost always entertaining on some level, …

“The Foreigner from a Distant Land.” by Paula Addai | The Rants of a Ghanaian!

I am a foreigner, from a distant land.I speak your language but you don’t understand.I have hands like yours, that are never praisedI have eyes like yours that can also gaze.I know you came from the land of my fatherBut then why can’t we accept each other?It is sad you think that you are betterBut …