"We won"

Maximum shenanigans from the man behind the legal harassment of LGB Alliance

The Good Law Project tried to get away with sending an email to their supporters with the subject line: WE WON. Not only did they lose their recent case against the government, but they were humiliated. The judge ruled that the GLP had no legal standing, which hobbles its ability to continue launching these kinds of cases in the future. It was a devastating judgement for Maugham. Of course, that kind of full disclosure might slow down the donations, so they obviously decided to go with a little white lie, a half-truth, if you will: WE WON!

When confronted on the matter, Maugham initially stood by his comms team, which I suspect is a team of two: Maugham and his phone.

But then, because he can’t help himself, he tried to get away with maximum shenanigans!

Soon, in a panic, Maugham throws the whole story in the bin. Fuck the comms team! It’s every man for himself!

Jo Maugham @JolyonMaugham

This is a fair point - and I apologise. I did not know of it when I tweeted. We are under-staffed at the moment at a senior level and a huge amount of the burden is falling on me: more than I can realistically be across.

Ty Rees-Davies @TyRD17

@JolyonMaugham I'm an admirer of your work, but I'm not sure this point is sustainable. The email I received from GLP had the subject line "Breaking: We won". Pls don't let misleading comms undermine the valuable work you and the GLP do.

But anyway, all this is just an amuse-bouche before the main course, and I’m sorry it took me so long to get here; at a public spanking that is more like an execution. Take it away, Matt Hancock!

There’s no coming back from that.

By the way, I declare this to be the second funniest thing that has happened in this debate.