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About wonkypolicywonk

Wonkypolicywonk is a recovering policy minion, assigned wonky at birth. At an early age, he chose to be a pain in the arse, rather than a liar. Unfortunately, he then spent much of his professional 'career' working for liars.

Good Law Project: Jolyon’s End of Days message

Posted on December 13, 2024 by wonkypolicywonk

It’s almost Crimbo time, which means Jolyon “I am a KC” Maugham KC will soon be recording the End of Year video message in which he gushes about how successful he and his (Not Very) Good Law Project have been … Continue reading →

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Assisted dying: Labour’s self-administered lethal cocktail

Posted on December 2, 2024 by wonkypolicywonk

So, on Friday, 236 Labour MPs voted for Keir Starmer, Wes Streeting, Shabana Mahmood and the rest of the Labour Government to assume responsibility for Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill, and for the increasingly bitter Red-on-Red warfare of the last … Continue reading →

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Assisted dying Bill: a ‘how to vote’ guide for Labour MPs

Posted on November 27, 2024 by wonkypolicywonk

Are you a Labour MP? Maybe newly-elected on 4 July, or otherwise unfamiliar with the deeply defective and anachronistic Private Members’ Bill process? Still undecided how to vote on Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying Bill on Friday? Well, fret no more! … Continue reading →

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Good Law Project: Look right, not left, then right again

Posted on November 1, 2024 by wonkypolicywonk

It’s November, winter is almost here, but Jolyon Maugham KC and his (Not Very) Good Law Project are still floundering around, trying to work out how to “re-conceptualise” themselves for the Starmer era that began on 4 July. Last month, … Continue reading →

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Assisted dying: Kim gets Keir off the hook, but at what price?

Posted on October 17, 2024 by wonkypolicywonk

So, Keir Starmer had himself filmed making a personal promise to TV celebrity Esther Rantzen – Democracy 2024, innit – and now backbench Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, having had her numbered wooden ball pulled out of a glass bowl at … Continue reading →

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Jilted Jolyon seeks to reform Reform

Posted on October 11, 2024 by wonkypolicywonk

So, three months on from the General Election of 4 July, Jolyon Maugham KC and his (Not Very) Good Law Project have finally launched their first crowdfunded legal challenge of the Starmer era. It’s been a torrid three months for … Continue reading →

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Chris Packham: Net Zero hero, or Net Zero zero?

Posted on September 19, 2024 by wonkypolicywonk

Television personality Chris Packham has re-opened the crowdfunder he launched in December last year – and closed just one week later, having raked in a stonking £84,945 from 3,132 donors – to enable him to take Rishi Sunak to court … Continue reading →

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Good Law Project: Tufton Street!!! Disabled kids!!!

Posted on September 11, 2024 by wonkypolicywonk

Should the (Not Very) Good Law Project be diverting money away from abandoned puppies to fund Jolyon Maugham’s mid-life crisis? I don’t think so either. My latest investigation on daft money in lawfare has found that the Good Law Project … Continue reading →

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Jolyon’s land of broken dreams

Posted on September 3, 2024 by wonkypolicywonk

Sometimes, it’s hard not to feel just a teeny-weeny twinge of sympathy for Jolyon Maugham, the bloviating barrister and executive director of the (Not Very) Good Law Project. In July, Jolyon had his arse handed to him on a plate … Continue reading →

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Good Law Project: things fall apart

Posted on August 27, 2024 by wonkypolicywonk

Next week, when MPs return to Westminster to begin work on the ambitious legislative programme set out in the King’s Speech on 17 July, the new Labour Government will be well into the second half of its first 100 days … Continue reading →

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