David Thomas Jackson

Let’s talk about #CharlotteOwen - a 🧵
She’s 30, and has been appointed to the House of Lords FOR LIFE.

There is a super injunction on her, meaning that nobody in the UK media can talk about her, how she got appointed to the House of Lords, and her connection to #BorisJohnson

Jul 25, 2023 at 2:51pmWeb
Show threadStumpy The MuttJul 25, 2023
@DTJackson How does a thing like that even happen? It just stinks of scandal and back room deals.
Show threadPaul SquiresJul 25, 2023
@StumpyTheMutt @DTJackson there were rumours that Johnson had an affair with her, but then other rumours that’s way off the mark. After all, she’s young enough to be his daughter.
Show threadAndreas KJul 25, 2023

@StumpyTheMutt @DTJackson You mean Eau d' UK politics?

The new perfume, available from your nearest Tory section?

Show threadJoe Brockmeier (@jzb)Jul 25, 2023
@DTJackson Sorry - what is a super injunction?
Show threadLeonardo Di OttioJul 25, 2023
@jzb @DTJackson In short, an injunction is a legal ban on writing about a specific topic, a super injunction is a ban on even talking about the existence of the ban.
Show threadJoe Brockmeier (@jzb)Jul 25, 2023
@LeonardoDiOttio @DTJackson that’s bonkers.
Show threadDavid Thomas JacksonJul 25, 2023

@jzb

In English tort law, a super-injunction is a type of injunction that prevents publication of information that is in issue and also prevents the reporting of the fact that the injunction exists at all.

For further details please check Wikipedia.

Show threadJuggling With EggsJul 25, 2023
@DTJackson when you consider all the criminal, racist, homophobic and misogynistic facts in the public domain about Johnson, then you have to stretch your imagination to consider what it was that she prevented from happening or us knowing about for it to a) be rewarded with a life peerage and b) there to be a super injunction about it.
Show threadJohn G FitzgeraldJul 25, 2023
@DTJackson Super injunctions have no standing outside GB, e.g. where I live. If anyone wishes to pass on relevant, credible, information, in confidence, I'll be happy to publish it once I've checked its accuracy.
#ConsCorruption
Show threadVGJul 25, 2023
@DTJackson Left side, you will recognize the young Charlotte Fawcett, also known as Boris Johnson’s mother. Not my finding… just saw it floating around. Uncanny.