I hope others will comment on your letter, I'm wondering about the part where you mention your exams. They could say that you can resit exams or also that this is self-inflicted. Normally people talk about the effect on their job prospects and future career. Just a thought. HB

Have you heard from TfL since your email of 26th March? HB

So you need to do what LFI said and tell them not to use email any more. We've seen this cause trouble before. HB

We don't recommend emailing PPCs. They can use it to send documents at the 11th hour when it's too late for you to consider them, we've seen it. Use snail mail for them, email is fine for the court. HB

What kind of idiot does this? Who is behind the Westminster WhatsApp ‘honeytrap’ stings? | Politics | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Senior figures suggest a foreign state, others believe a political insider is the more likely culprit

Could you link us to what you're talking about please jk? HB

Honestly, what was Wragg thinking? And when he was the chair of a parliamentary committee. Also, what were the MPs who sent intimate photos of themselves to people they didn't know thinking? Makes you wonder about the quality of our MPs.

Hi. Thank you for the court claim information. Could you also let us have the details we ask for in the other forum sticky please? It will add extra information that will help us. HB

One or more were from Second Sight, weren't they? I'm not sure about the others.

If true this is a very worrying development. In an unprecedented move, according to two of the sources, the army also decided during the first weeks of the war that, for every junior Hamas operative that Lavender marked, it was permissible to kill up to 15 or 20 civilians; in the past, the military did not authorize any “collateral damage” during assassinations of low-ranking militants. The sources added that, in the event that the target was a senior Hamas official with the rank of battalion or brigade commander, the army on several occasions authorized the killing of more than 100 civilians in the assassination of a single commander.... For example, sources explained that the Lavender machine sometimes mistakenly flagged individuals who had communication patterns similar to known Hamas or PIJ operatives — including police and civil defense workers, militants’ relatives, residents who happened to have a name and nickname identical to that of an operative, and Gazans who used a device that once belonged to a Hamas operative.... “There was a completely permissive policy regarding the casualties of [bombing] operations — so permissive that in my opinion it had an element of revenge,” D., an intelligence source, claimed. “The core of this was the assassinations of senior [Hamas and PIJ commanders] for whom they were willing to kill hundreds of civilians. We had a calculation: how many for a brigade commander, how many for a battalion commander, and so on.” ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza WWW.972MAG.COM The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and...

I think Dan Neidle is looking at specific aspects of the case, UB. Other people are also trying hard, ITV News and Nick Wallis are working on it and Channel4 has shown a recording or two. I was quite surprised too about there being recordings but it's a good thing they've come out now.

Dan Neidle has a new X thread on POL, the compensation schemes and cover-ups. It doesn't look good for POL. https://twitter.com/DanNeidle/status/1775903101297610783

From Conservative Home on Twitter. EDITOR'S NOTE: A reliable source informs me Rishi's wife Akshata Murty has been telling Sajid Javid's wife Laura that she wants an election now so they can move to California immediately. If true, just resign NOW @RishiSunak and give us a Conservative leader who cares longterm!

Thread reopened. HB

Israel has kicked out Al-Jazeera and has brought in a law banning foreign journos. This could be a step towards a news blackout. Journos are worried. Israel: new law granting closure of foreign media outlets threatens media freedom WWW.NUJ.ORG.UK

That's great news, well done for persevering. I should think you're happy? HB

That sounds awful, TJ. If they'll do that to their own party members, what will they do to the rest of us whose information they have access to?

Would you say Hamas are more of a threat than Russia, TOR?

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From the Times. 'MPs exploring 'all options' to sanction Paula Vennells' Following the recent release of recordings, Liam Byrne of the business and trade select committee is looking to act on Vennells lying to the committee. https://archive.is/CYMTO

Thank you MitM, that's very helpful. HB

If TfL already know that you are living off your mother's benefits I'm not sure what difference it makes to tell them again. I thought you might have been able to find ways of having more income that would help your case. Maybe we can figure out some kind of wording that doesn't make it all about the effect on you. To be brutally honest, TfL aren't too concerned about that, they just want to know you won't evade your fare again because the consequences of doing that have changed your attitude. They're worried about the effect on TfL's finances and want people to follow the rules. If you do email them again we could think about telling them that you understand who pays for 60+ passes [you can check that online] and how you realise that you shouldn't have used it. I think the point of showing remorse was meant more for the magistrate/s on the day. I'll post again when I've had a think about this. HB

Remind us how many times you've written so far please. We usually say to keep writing but see what dx and Grotesque think. I mentioned SJPN because it's in your thread title. Isn't that what TfL sent you? I think dx may have altered the thread title and it's true that Lavender Hill has a lot of SJPN hearings. It just means that there is one magistrate instead of three. You can still get a criminal record from a single justice hearing. Ref benefits and part-time work I thought it was a way of showing that you're making an effort to have enough income to pay fares in future. Did you check with a welfare rights adviser or an online calculator? Remember that TfL want to know that you've learned from this experience and won't be fare-dodging in the future and I was just thinking of ways to show that. I hope you're paying the right fares anyway now because you don't want to be caught again. HB

I haven't personally attended a SJPN hearing but TfL's letter does talk about 'mitigation'. If you present yourself looking smartly dressed, give convincing reasons and are respectful then it can reduce the amount of the fine. I don't think it's a very long hearing but maybe @Grotesque or @Man in the middle know more than I do. I hope if they're about at the moment they'll come onto the thread to advise. HB