Twitter bio: Barrister at @brickcourt, ex-@terrorwatchdog, cross-bench peer (Lord Anderson of Ipswich KBE QC), @LordsEUCom Security and Justice Committee
Affiliation: Crossbench
Join Date: 10 Jul 2018
David Anderson
@bricksilk
Interesting thread on rule of law as a US political fashion statement. Not so much in UK, happily: appointments not… https://t.co/2qGsKJosl2
David Anderson
@bricksilk
RT @NotoriousRBG: In her oral dissent in Shelby County v. Holder, RBG quoted a familiar MLK Jr. line, but added her own coda. “‘The arc of…
David Anderson
@bricksilk
RT @DavidColeACLU: RBG: "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you." We would all do…
David Anderson
@bricksilk
RIP RBG, who stood for so much that is good. Being interrogated on my paper as she perched sparrow-like beside me d… https://t.co/6y4by950Ln
David Anderson
@bricksilk
An important point, given the more-than-hint in yesterday’s government statement https://t.co/zoVg5yArl1 that furth… https://t.co/QDlxNKJ6w1
David Anderson
@bricksilk
RT @DPhinnemore: Dispute resolution under the WA and the NI Protocol
"if the [UK Internal Market] Bill were to come into force in its pres…
David Anderson
@bricksilk
RT @PARLYapp: Ken’s back. https://t.co/g628cs96Bw
David Anderson
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RT @MarkerJParker: NEW: Lord Howard has NOT been won over by compromise on Internal Market Bill
Tells me: “The government is still asking…
David Anderson
@bricksilk
RT @KenRoth: The Swedish clothing giant H&M cuts all ties with its Chinese supplier in Xinjiang due to alleged use of the forced labor of U…
David Anderson
@bricksilk
RT @DavidGauke: This is an excellent thread. Should be read by all MPs, especially those patting themselves on the back for extracting a ne…
David Anderson
@bricksilk
With less fanfare, the government has also lodged amendments to the #IMBill ouster of judicial review. They may not… https://t.co/1QwB8zJ6EI
David Anderson
@bricksilk
Here’s what @BBCr4today missed: why Neill does not heal the Internal Market Bill (long thread) https://t.co/tgQCZnKevu
David Anderson
@bricksilk
In @UKHouseofLords we have (rightly) limited powers, and influence only if people will listen. But these points wil… https://t.co/vuH9HzyRyb
David Anderson
@bricksilk
When playing 4-dimensional chess, it is rather important to stick to the rules. Otherwise you just end up throwing pawns at each other. /19
David Anderson
@bricksilk
If this strategically pointless threat is ever activated, we will be in unexplored territory: the consequences will… https://t.co/oXFmXF0u1l
David Anderson
@bricksilk
American perceptions that this bill threatens the Good Friday Agreement threaten also to give Ireland, which is ver… https://t.co/nFR72B7T5C
David Anderson
@bricksilk
We need a future relationship agreement, and I hope may still get one. But threatening to tear up the WA makes it l… https://t.co/MbDTsplT6H
David Anderson
@bricksilk
If you don’t stick to what you agreed, and the established mechanisms for achieving it (including in the WA itself)… https://t.co/KLI4UU6srt
David Anderson
@bricksilk
My sense from @UKHouseofLords is that a very wide range of people – business people, diplomats, trade unionists, on… https://t.co/0YaRjnTzvl