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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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It was so much fun I did it twice! Thanks, @YouTube @YouTubeCreators and everyone who has supported my channels for 17 years since 2006! BlackBeltBarrister BlackBeltSecrets
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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Do you support JK Rowling? @jk_rowling
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Scotland spent 3 years considering the laws on hate crimes before the Bill was introduced in 2020. 4 more years, after being voted into law and police training to deal with complaints, it came into force. It took @jk_rowling less than 24 hours to demonstrate why it is
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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Re-open Appeal (UK) of Johnny Depp defamation case, following unanimous US Jury Verdict - Sign the Petition! via @UKChange
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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@Morbidful I was told to get out of the labour ward at 9pm after we were rushed in early. I protested, fought, and stayed by their side. 7 hours later it was me having stayed awake, who noticed a drop in his heartbeat on the monitors, insisted they called an emergency team and saved my
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. @TwitterSupport please comment whether you will take any steps to ensure erases my personal data and refrains from processing it without my consent in accordance with my #GDPR rights. They claim they will not delete my data - this is unlawful in my view.
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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So, #BotSentinel is "tracking" my account and "adding [it] to a publicly available database" without my consent? #GDPR #dataprotection Video to follow ...
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It happened! not sure what took so long…
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@sharrond62 @AnneICoombes Female changing spaces should be limited to biological females. This should not be a debate.
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@Liberal_Isms @jk_rowling Total nonsense response (sorry).
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@ToffTalks The vehicle is exempt because the charge doesn't apply to newer diesel vehicles, not because @SadiqKhan is evading the charge. I suspect many people may have incorrectly assumed the latter. @CommunityNotes
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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80k Signatures to have this reassessed to avoid ‘real injustice’ - but we need a fresh push. Please re-Tweet.
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@SamanthaTaghoy To put this another way - this is discrimination against women, pure and simple (Given that the men’s was left as-is).
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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Share the 200K moment with me! Thank you all 😊 🙏 🥳🥳🥳
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@TRobinsonNewEra The account is gone. I hope they’re ok.
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1 year
@JebraFaushay Not appropriate for children. This should not be a debate.
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
2 years
At 150,000 signatures, this petition would become one of the top signed on Re-open Appeal (UK) of Johnny Depp defamation case, following unanimous US Jury Verdict - Sign the Petition! via @UKChange
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@stephencarlin @jk_rowling Indeed, but didn’t stop the endless and entirely correct comparisons!
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@kevdixon4 @jk_rowling Because laws creep and complaining to an MP would have achieved precisely nothing
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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@lottelydia You could totally lose it and say, "and the contents of my previous email are repeated"
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@iamtobster @jk_rowling It shouldn’t need a barrister to explain this
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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Still growing, but we need more signatures on this to correct the "incompatible result": #JusticeForJohhnyDepp
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@SuellaBraverman "Britain is at a turning point in our history and faces a threat of radicalisation and extremism in a way not seen for 20 years." This is what a great many people think and fear, yet too few are prepared to say.
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
2 years
From @Twitter 's own API Terms - "prohibited uses of data" includes 'tracking', and 'profiling', among others.
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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@DrProudman 13 words in the headline and 4 wasted on undeserved sympathy.
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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This is defamatory - @jk_rowling did NOT say that. The law on this (at least) is clear!
@OkayBiology
Biology Rules Ok
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Yasmin Alibhai Brown smearing & slandering JK Rowling 🫣
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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@JamesGilesRBK Genuine question, then: How do you even begin to discuss the issues in this example video (as @Nigel_Farage suggests) without being labelled racist or Islamophobic? I'm certainly neither—my wife is Chinese and I have friends from almost every faith; but this is a serious
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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@Twitter This is literally a "hate tracker" - surely that is covered by Twitter "prohibited use" umbrella?
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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She said she was “full of joy and pride” over Oct 7th and thus deemed a security risk. This is not discrimination.
@MiddleEastEye
Middle East Eye
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The UK government has revoked the student visa of Dana Abuqamar, a Palestinian law student and leader of the Friends of Palestine Society at the University of Manchester, following her speech in a university demonstration. Abuqamar said that her visa was revoked on the grounds of
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@mldauber I couldn’t disagree more. Shocking public views that I wouldn’t expect from a @Stanford professor.
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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Huge congratulations to @UncivilLaw for passing 100k subscribers! If you aren’t already subscribed, please do that now! @YouTube #lawtube
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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@carbdiem *half a glass, judging by the volume of the ice.
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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@StefAlterNerd Some folks haven’t grasped the size of GDPR fines. Amazon — €746 million ($877 million) ... WhatsApp — €225 million ($255 million) ... Google Ireland — €90 million ($102 million) ... Facebook — €60 million ($68 million) ... Google LLC — €60 million ($68 million) ...
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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97% of 5,400 polled so far think #BotSentinel should not be permitted to store, process, monitor, analyze, and 'profile' people based on @Twitter activity without their express and informed consent, and deny them the right to have it deleted.
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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@SaraThornton1 @RossLydall Came to say this 😅
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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@SamanthaTaghoy Cllr Stevens and his lawyers may find this useful: R v N [2016] EWCA Crim 92 (available at ). In particular, paragraph 32 of the judgment, which states: "Many actions that cause alarm or distress will not amount to harassment; hence, the requirement,
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@AlexGTech1 If Apple made it, it would at least connect to your phone. Come on - my FRIDGE connects to my phone …
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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What say you, @the_royal_rogue , Contempt, disappointment, embarrassment?
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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@VanguardTaxi Oh dear, that would be unwise.
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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@legalbytesmedia It will certainly need a lot of public support - but this is, in my humble view, certainly one of those 'exceptional' moments in history that meets the strict requirements in the Civil Procedure Rules!
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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You mean apart from the bugs flying around in the background and things like that, as illustrated in my clip here. How many of the 2.6 million people who read this post actually believed this crap? And people wonder why society is falling apart ...
@imanilfc
🤌🏿 Imani: That Good Craic
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This Kate Middleton video is clearly AI but members of the public who aren’t familiar with the technology will be easily fooled. The overly blurred background doesn’t move. Not a single breeze moving a petal, leaf or blade of grass. It’s clearly not real
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@SamanthaTaghoy Crazy… women need to keep safe spaces… this should not be a debate
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Former Dep. Prime Minister of Australia Calls for PRISON for Amber if Guilty of Perjury
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There is a real and credible risk, and it is not wrong to point it out.
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Ian Miles Cheong
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Listen to this woman on how she feels unsafe because of all the migrant men coming into Britain.
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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Put it this way, @jk_rowling taking a stand clarified the law better than the Act itself 🤷‍♂️
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Daily Mail Online
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SARAH VINE: JK Rowling is an inspiration, an icon and a hero. And while she's been let down by the Harry Potter stars she helped make... the women of Britain are behind her
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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@metpoliceuk How about reasonable suspicion that they were about to commit criminal damage? Or Public order offences? Either of which you could have arrested for.
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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The family should immediately make a full Data Subject Access request for the full footage of each and every bodyworn camera before any possibility of them being ‘lost’, and consult a lawyer as to whether the arrest was lawful and/or excess force. I’m not drawing conclusions,
@TPointUK
Turning Point UK 🇬🇧
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Does anyone know the name and badge number of this @WYP_LeedsCity Police Officer? This Leeds officer had an autistic girl violently arrested because she said the officer looked like her lesbian gran. Apparently this statement is a ‘hate crime’. RT so we can name and shame.
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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My opponent: “Your Honour, my client is studying for this qualification, so knows a little something about this issue; therefore, his view ought to be the correct one.” Me: “Your Honour, I have held that qualification for 15 years, so I know a little something about it too.”
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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I’ll say it. Because it was total crap.
@SkyNews
Sky News
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UK entry Olly Alexander's song Dizzy received the dreaded "nul points" at the Eurovision Song Contest, ending up in 18th place 🇬🇧
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@Sandford_Police 😂 “suspected of a crime that may or may not have been committed”
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
2 years
Just celebrated our Crystal Wedding Anniversary! More videos coming shortly! Have a lovely, relaxing Sunday.
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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Thank you all for following here and pushing me past 10K followers! (But alas, no sign of @verified by @Twittersupport yet! 😅) RT if you'd like to see that ☑️ 😁
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@Liberal_Isms @jk_rowling The fact that you think a man shouldn’t speak out for women’s rights is another problem in itself.
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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UK Barrister Analysis: Amber Heard Credibility in UK Johnny Depp Trial
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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Re-open UK Appeal in Johnny Depp Case - Meet Mrs #BlackBeltBarrister !
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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It is not automatically racist to discuss the skin colour of an unborn baby. (or eye colour, hair colour, etc.) My son is mixed race, and we discussed it just as lovingly as whose hands and feet he would have. Allegations of this nature should be particularised and complete if
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Daily Mail Online
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Meghan Markle claims there are TWO 'royal racists' who spoke about her son Archie's skin colour - as explosive book by the Sussex's cheerleader in chief Omid Scobie says Harry told King Charles 'don't you want to see your grandchildren any more?'
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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They booed because it is farcical. It would not be discriminatory to exclude biological males from female categories to avoid these ridiculous results and decimating women's sporting records. The 'records' need to be set straight and reverted to before this nonsense began. NB:
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Daily Mail Online
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Moment transgender runner is booed as she cruises past 400m finish line, winning herself a place in Oregon state championships
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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If people find this speech insulting, it quite literally fits their new offences
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Tommy 🇬🇧
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Does this hate speech have a negative impact on your feelings? This is the most hateful speech I have ever seen. If you feel the same then you can report this anonymously online here -
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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How is this not insulting and therefore a hate crime under the new laws?
@helen_spirit1
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Erm…… you fathered a child! 🤦‍♀️
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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Please invest just 25 minutes to watch and listen to this interview with Lord Pearson.
@TRobinsonNewEra
Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧
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MY CONVERSATION WITH LORD PEARSON - CAN WE TALK ABOUT ISLAM?
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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@ldonald3791 @jk_rowling Ugh, the tiresome "as a barrister" prefix to a weak argument. Article 10 Freedom of Expression is routinely referred to as and understood to mean "free speech". For example, in a High Court appeal case by way of case stated (in a case also regarding tweets), the judge said:
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@WarksCyclist Judging from the front camera, the car couldn’t have been much further over. I don’t really see any problem with this.
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@darrengrimes_ It’s a look of sheer contempt. Shameful.
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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@Vyyyper And having watched the explanatory video, I think there’s a strong case. (No pun😉)
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@OliLondonTV “We will burn your homes too” Direct threat to life by arson. Disgraceful criminal behaviour.
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND (and 53) have become part of my fantastic #BlackBeltBarrister legal community on @YouTube ​! Thank you all so much; it is our pleasure as @youtubecreators to share our knowledge, experiences, thoughts, and opinions with you on this platform. Here's to 1
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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Here’s a thought: what if shopkeepers were permitted tasers to prevent and deter theft? Discuss.
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Boots in London yesterday. No fear. No consequences.
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@MetroUK I think someone is trolling the Metro ... 😂
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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I’m so sorry you had to put up with this nonsense. I would not have stood idly by. Let’s get these cretins found.
@FauzanHashmi
Fauzan A. Hashmi
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Harassment of a neurosurgeon on London Elizabeth line: I was sitting on the train busy reading a research article& listening to music when these guys came and started harassing/threatening/hitting me without a reason. I changed seats! started filming in the end so they left!
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@CrimeLdn and the dog is still wagging his tail... Proof dogs are better than [some/most?] people!
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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Is it just me, or does this irritate anyone else? It plainly doesn’t irritate everyone…
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@looknorthBBC How utterly ridiculous…
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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3 Million 𝕏 views in 2 days, only 24k followers. Do consider 'bopping' that button! Thanks 😁
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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There comes a point when we must realise: this is unfair and discriminatory against the girls, but many people are afraid to say it, and some people will claim it is transphobic to say so. (It’s not) Discrimination is direct/indirect unfair treatment related to a protected
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Daily Mail Online
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Moment trans runner wins 400m race a full second ahead of rivals - before being booed on the podium while collecting her gold medal
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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@mldauber Carefully drafted words by a @Stanford rep. to avoid a defamation claim (as you cannot defame a group); but including a photograph may cut through that if enough people find it clear to whom you refer. Regardless, your views are part of the problem, not the solution.
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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@MayorofLondon A rent freeze isn't going to solve the problem, though, is it? If landlords cannot offset the mortgage cost against rental income (which they no longer can) and interest rates are going up again in attempts to control inflation (which they are), then freezing rents is going to
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Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister)
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@JustStop_Oil The problem is that by blocking roads and causing such disruption (and, in some cases, the loss of life), you probably harm your cause more than you help it.
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