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Political Philosophy PodcastFighting Britain's Bathroom Ban with Jolyon MaughamI'm joined by the founder and director of The Good Law Project - the organisation fighting the UK's anti-trans bathroom ban in court. We cover rights and freedoms in the UK, the complex legal mess we find ourselves in, and how the rest of us should respond.
2025-10-161h 16
Peter York's Culture Wars House PartyJolyon Maugham, Good Law Project Founder, on Fighting Power and the Decay in Public LifeJolyon Maugham KC, founder of the Good Law Project, is one of the UK’s most prominent—and provocative—legal campaigners. Jolyon reveals how, as a high-flying tax barrister, “I knew where the bodies were buried often, because it was my clients who had dug them in,” and why he traded big money for bigger causes. He explains the origins of the Good Law Project, his mission to fight the “decay in our public life,” and candidly addresses why “the right hates me.” We delve into the mechanics of judicial review, the realities of modern culture wars, and t...
2025-10-091h 05
The Dumb AgesEpisode 11 SCARY MONSTERS SUPER CREEPS (FREE)Jack and I discuss updates on P Diddy, Labour freebies, Jolyon Maugham’s continued failure and the Royal College of Psychiatrists dumping Stonewall.PLUS in the And Finally section, we take a look at the monstrous Dr Bowers!
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2024-10-061h 07The Dumb AgesEpisode 11 SCARY MONSTER SUPER CREEPS PAIDJack and I discuss updates on P Diddy, Labour freebies, Jolyon Maugham’s continued failure and the Royal College of Psychiatrists dumping Stonewall.PLUS in the And Finally section, we take a look at the monstrous Dr Bowers!LINKS
Jo Maugham dumped by BAGIS
BAGIS website
Royal College of Psychiatrists dumps Stonewall (X post)
Rebecca Says No Substack on the RCPsych
All Roads Lead to WPATH - from Malcolm Clarke's substack
2024-10-061h 34
Do One Better with Alberto Lidji in Philanthropy, Sustainability and Social EntrepreneurshipJo Maugham KC, Founder and Director of the Good Law Project: leveraging the law to change the worldThe Founder and Director of the Good Law Project, Jo Maugham KC, on leveraging the law to craft the world you’d like to see.
The law is a powerful means to effect positive social change but not everyone has access to it and the law isn’t always used for good.
In this episode we explore social impact through the lens of public interest litigation, and we cover a wide range of examples and thought-provoking arguments.
The Good Law Project is a non-profit organisation but it is not a registered charity since, as J...
2024-07-2937 min
Last Orders - a spiked podcastHow local councils went wokeJohn O’Connell – chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss local councils spending millions on diversity officers, Jolyon Maugham’s crusade against ‘Tufton Street’ and why a comedian’s tour posters were banned by the London Underground.
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2024-03-3039 min
Beer ChristianityEpisode 88: Jolyon Maugham - Good Law, better world Jolyon Maugham has been called 'Public Enemy No. 1" by terrible right wing newspapers, attacked by Rishi Sunak and belittled with smears by the BBC. And if that wasn't enough to make you love him, he also heads up an organisation that works for justice in our laws and legal system, challenging powerful elites and holding wealthy corporations and careless governments to account on behalf of ordinary people. Come to think of it, the smears on his name may have something to do with that. Jolyon joined us to talk about the most popular...
2023-11-2359 min
The Hearing – A Legal PodcastEP. 137 – Jolyon Maugham KC (Good Law Project)How many of us would have the courage to blow up our careers and get back onto the path we dreamed of in law school? Jolyon Maugham KC, founder and executive director of the Good Law Project, did just that. Good Law Project (https://goodlawproject.org) is a publicly-funded not-for-profit organisation, based in the UK, that uses the law to campaign “for a better world”. Jo speaks with host Becky Annison about his transition from successful tax lawyer to outspoken public interest advocate. They talk about the ethical obligations of lawyers in choosing their clients, Jo's motiva...
2023-10-2348 min
Good Law PodcastIn Conversation with Dawn ButlerSend us a textJoin Brent Central MP Dawn Butler and Good Law Project Executive Director Jolyon Maugham for a discussion of Butler’s new book ‘A Purposeful Life’.As the first African-Carribean woman to become a Government Minister in this country, the lessons in this book are the culmination of a lifetime of breaking records and speaking up for some of the most marginalised people in society. Butler has changed countless lives through taking on corruption in institutions such as the Met Police and the NHS, as well as in the corridors of powe...
2023-10-0956 min
Blocked and ReportedEpisode 163: The Fox and the ClownThis week on the show, Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog discuss the recent killing of a homeless man on the New York City subway and the less recent killing of a fox in the UK. Featuring: A Michael Jackson impersonator, a marine, the American media, Jo Maugham and Jo Rowling (no relation). Also, please come to this FIRE event with Katie at the University of Washington on May 12th. It’s about free speech and it’s, appropriately, free. Part 1:The subway video New York Magazine: “Daniel Penny Identified As the Man Wh...
2023-05-081h 09
Full Trial Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Law & PoliticsThe Bringing Down Goliath: How Good Law Can Topple the Powerful by Jolyon MaughamPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610794 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bringing Down Goliath: How Good Law Can Topple the Powerful Author: Jolyon Maugham Narrator: Jolyon Maugham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: April 27, 2023 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. *Picked as a 2023 highlight by the Guardian* A revealing, empowering vision of how the law can work better for all of us, from Jolyon Maugham KC, founder of Good Law Project. Our legal system often feels like it only works for the rich and powerful - for those who have the means...
2023-04-2705 min
Press Play On The Best-Selling Full Audiobook Experience!Bringing Down Goliath by Jolyon MaughamPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/90392to listen full audiobooks.
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Our legal system often feels like it only works for the rich and powerful - for those who have the means to use the courts to enforce their will and defend their interests. But we can fight back. Jolyon Maugham KC founded Good Law Project in 2017 with the belief that the law can also put power in the hands of ordinary people...
2023-04-278h 07
Full Trial Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MemoirsThe Bringing Down Goliath: How Good Law Can Topple the Powerful by Jolyon MaughamPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/610794 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Bringing Down Goliath: How Good Law Can Topple the Powerful Author: Jolyon Maugham Narrator: Jolyon Maugham Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 7 minutes Release date: April 27, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. *Picked as a 2023 highlight by the Guardian* A revealing, empowering vision of how the law can work better for all of us, from Jolyon Maugham KC, founder of Good Law Project. Our legal system often feels like it only works for the rich and powerful - for those who have the means to...
2023-04-2705 min
The spiked podcastThe SNP scandal we can’t talk aboutTom Slater, Fraser Myers and Luke Gittos discuss how contempt-of-court laws stymy debate, the tyranny of the ECHR, the uselessness of Jolyon Maugham, and the joylessness of Just Stop Oil.
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2023-04-2137 min
Right to EqualityLAW AND ACTIVISM: Can lawyers be activists? with Jolyon MaughamIn this episode, Charlotte is joined by her good friend and founder of Good Law Project, Jolyon Maugham. Together they discuss Jo’s new book, Bringing Down Goliath – How Good Law Can Topple the Powerful; the discrimination of women under the law; the impact and need for the Good Law project as well as exploring whether lawyers can also be activists. When it comes to fighting for justice and tearing down inequality, these two are forces to be reckoned with.
2023-02-1744 min
The Owen Jones PodcastThe Boris Johnson Clusterf*ckAs Boris Johnson’s premiership is consumed in crisis after his repeated lies about multiple parties in No. 10, is it all over for him? Will he drag the Tories down with him? Are there even worse scandals? Will what comes next be even worse? Can’t imagine what that would look like? (We can).We are joined by Jolyon Maugham to explain how his Good Law Project successfully exposed the corruption of the government in the courts - and Ellie Mae O’Hagan to talk over what this all means.Please subscribe - and he...
2022-01-141h 05
Podcasting is PraxisE115 - Happy Birthday To This Future Acclaimed Author feat. Sinan KoseSinan is back, and he's escaped the containment of the paywall to bring cursed literary content to the masses! Both Rob and Sinan have read Hillary Clinton's novel "State Of Terror", and must share it with you, as is the nature of their curse.
If you're listening to this on release day then there is a Very Important Stream you should check out on Sinan's twitch at 19:30 TONIGHT with QC, Windmill Enjoyer, and Vulpine Incident Haver, Jolyon Maugham - http://twitch.tv/skthecrusader, and if you missed it, there'll likely be a VOD there too.
2021-12-161h 26
Full Disclosure with James O'BrienJolyon MaughamAfter leading a series of successful challenges to the Brexit process, Jolyon Maugham QC was thrust into the limelight and depicted by right-wing Brexiteers as an out of touch, elitist, Remainer. But for the first 17 years of his life, Jolyon was unaware of the existence of his biological Eton-educated father and was brought up on ‘nuisance payments’ of £5 a week. He is now the Director of the Good Law Project, a not-for-profit campaign organisation that uses the law to protect the interests of the public - regardless of the way they voted in the 2016 referendum.
2021-09-021h 00
Adrian Goldberg's Talk ShowJOLYON MAUGHAM: GOOD LAW PROEJCTBarrister Jolyon Maugham has become the scourge of government by using the law to challenge ministers' decisions. His crowd funded Good Law Project initially raised issues around Brexit, and has since succeeded in exposing the sleaze and cronyism surrounding PPE contracts. He talks to Adrian about how his life and career have been transformed since he first came to prominence helping wealthy people avoid paying tax.
Before that, Byline Times Executive Editor Peter Jukes reflect on a rarity for the Boris Johnson government - a Cabinet Minister losing their post, in this instance Matt Hancock.
Presented by Adrian Goldberg. Produced...
2021-06-3034 min
Oh God, What Now?“Totally F***ing Hopeless”: Dom’s Blog-Buster SequelAs yet another self-justifying Dominic Cummings megablog arrives, will this latest real-life No.10 Spider-Man meme affect actual politics? Barrister Jolyon Maugham joins us to explain “de facto opposition” the Good Law Project’s work on the Government’s breathtaking cronyism and back-handers, and what happens in a country where there’s no cost to lawbreaking. And five years on from the Brexit vote, Tom Peck of The Independent joins us to look at the Referendum winners who lost – and the losers who won.
“Is anyone is shocked any more by shocking revelations of Boris Johnson behaving like Boris Johnson?” – Tom...
2021-06-1857 min
Talking Law with Dr Sally Penni MBEJolyon Maugham KCThis week Sally Penni MBE is Talking Law with KC Jolyon Maugham. Jolyon is an Honorary Professor at Durham Law School as well as founder of the Good Law Project, which brought a number of legal challenges to the Brexit process to court. In this episode Jolyon shares highlights from his hugely varied career, as well as how the Good Law Project came about and some of its successes so far.Presented by Sally Penni MBE, barrister at law at Kenworthy’s Chambers Manchester and founder and chair of Women in the Law UK. Follow Sal...
2021-05-1038 min
Chambers Student PodcastThe Good Law Project with Jolyon Maugham QCThis week we interview Jolyon Maugham QC, the founder and director of the Good Law Project, which has earned fame via its work challenging government process and accountability, in particular on Brexit and the proroguing of Parliament case, and now on the government's response to the pandemic. We interview him about his career and the mission of the Good Law Project.
Topics discussed:
Becoming a barrister
The working of the Good Law Project
Government scrutiny and accountability
This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm
2021-03-1641 min
Imagining FreedomA global protection racketCovid 19 is a real disease that has sadly caused fatalities. But some people are profiting richly from it – in fact, it has become something of a gold mine, with compromised scientists, offshore firms, banking executives and big tech firms jostling to win their slice of the corona pie.In an effort to protect these juicy financial profits, an edifice of establishment science has been constructed, and any scientist who dares to entertain an opinion that runs contrary to this edifice risks losing their reputation and livelihood. Maybe this is why mainstream science seems – in my opinion – increasingly arroga...
2021-03-0238 min
What The Trans!?EP 55: We gotta think of the trans kids part 1Everything is terrible. The High Court has ruled that under 16's are incapable of giving consent to puberty blockers. This week: We examine the Bell/Mrs A vs Tavistock judgement. We look at how religious extremist hate groups may have influenced the decision. We talk to the Good Law Project's Jolyon Maugham about their Trans legal defence fund and their plans for fighting this judgement. And Ashleigh is sick and Michelle owns two Tamagotchis. References: https://bit.ly/2N8FnUA Podcast links sheet: https://linktr.ee/whatthetrans
2021-02-091h 11
What The Trans!?EP 55: We gotta think of the trans kids part 1Everything is terrible. The High Court has ruled that under 16's are incapable of giving consent to puberty blockers. This week: We examine the Bell/Mrs A vs Tavistock judgement. We look at how religious extremist hate groups may have influenced the decision. We talk to the Good Law Project's Jolyon Maugham about their Trans legal defence fund and their plans for fighting this judgement. And Ashleigh is sick and Michelle owns two Tamagotchis. References: https://bit.ly/2N8FnUA Podcast links sheet: https://linktr.ee/whatthetrans
2021-02-091h 11
The BMJ PodcastWhy the government is being sued over PPE contractsThe BMJ is a champion of openness and transparency in research, in clinical practice and in health policy.
However, if you’ve kept and eye on the journals recently, you’ll have seen that governments have been less diligent about keeping an eye on competing interests than they should be.
In this podcast we’re joined by Jolyon Maugham QC - one of the founding members of the Good Law Project, who have successfully litigated against the government on Brexit, and are now turning their eyes to procurement during the pandemic.
Jo talks to Kamran Abbasi about how big the contra...
2020-11-2648 min
Medicine and Science from The BMJWhy the government is being sued over PPE contractsThe BMJ is a champion of openness and transparency in research, in clinical practice and in health policy.
However, if you’ve kept and eye on the journals recently, you’ll have seen that governments have been less diligent about keeping an eye on competing interests than they should be.
In this podcast we’re joined by Jolyon Maugham QC - one of the founding members of the Good Law Project, who have successfully litigated against the government on Brexit, and are now turning their eyes to procurement during the pandemic.
Jo talks to Kamran Abbasi about how big the contra...
2020-11-2648 min
The Thought PoliceYou can hide but you can't run...the countryThe shackles may well be on for the public, but they are well and truly off for the Thought Police as Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan return. Today they discuss: why lockdown 2 was a terrible idea, Boris Johnson going into hiding to suit himself, the recent Cummings and goings from the government, lefties leading the green agenda, vaccine concerns, a counterproductive test and trace system, Carrie playing PM, getting back to work, Matt Hancock's gormless arrogance, the future of the Tories now two Brexiteers have gone, reopening the economy, the public sector having it all their own way, the death...
2020-11-1834 minThe Thought PoliceEpic failRing the bell, it's time to have your work marked by the Thought Police. On the agenda with Mike Graham and Kevin O'Sullivan today is: The A-level results fiasco, boring students, university education, the migrant matter, Priti Patel, why it's better to work from the office, Public Health England, Dido, institutional incompetence, becoming a nation of curtain-twitchers, the real coronavirus crisis, Boris Johnson's camping holiday, the death of the economy, Sadiq Khan, the suburbanisation of LA and New York, why crime is on the rise in London, Jolyon Maugham and loads more. As usual, anything can happen in the next...
2020-08-1931 min
Dale Vince's ZerocarbonistaEpisode 10 - Keep Fossil Fuels In The GroundHear why Dale, George Monbiot and Jolyon Maugham are challenging the UK government’s commitment to becoming zero carbon thanks to their archaic planning policy that favours fossil fuel developments. We also cover coronavirus for the first-time (things have moved quickly since then!)
2020-03-1222 minThe Thought PoliceRunning around like a headless chickenMike and Matt are back for more topical chat. The spread of covid-19 dominates the conversation as it does the conscience but there are plenty of other subjects and tangents including tone deaf tweeters, Jolyon Maugham, people who panic for no reason, keeping chickens, the RSPCA, travelling on the bus, turning 60 and why "Mugabe" was innocent.
Follow the podcast on Twitter: @ThoughtPoliceTP. Mike is: @IROMG and Matt can be found via his publication: @TheNewEuropean
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2020-03-1038 min
London CallingThe Fox and HoundsLike a two-man flash mob of International Men of Mystery you never know when you’re likely to get an extra dose of Delingpole & Young. We hadn’t planned on a show until the New Year – but with stuff this good you can’t stop it, you can only hope to contain it. What brings our gentlemen to the mic? How about the mental state of Jolyon Maugham QC, the anti-Brexiteer, who tweeted about wielding a... Source
2019-12-3050 min
The Another Europe PodcastA rule of law crisis in BritainJolyon Maugham QC ... Was the prorogation of Parliament illegal? And is the Supreme Court set to find against the Boris Johnson administration? As the British executive faces off against the two other pillars of the liberal democratic system - Parliament and the Courts - hosts Luke Cooper and Zoe Williams talk to one of the barristers at the centre of the case. Quite sensationally he says the government has failed to offer a defence in Court that its motives for prorogation were sound. He names two members of the government, which, it is said, according to a high level source...
2019-09-2133 min
Oh God, What Now?138: JUSTICE LEAGUE HITS SUPREME COURT with guest Jolyon MaughamWith the legality of prorogation being tested in the crucible of the Supreme Court, we welcome Good Law Project director and Remain legal vanguard JOLYON MAUGHAM QC to the studio to discuss exactly what’s at stake. If the Government wins this one, could future administrations simply suspend Parliament whenever it likes, as if in some authoritarian Hokey-Cokey?Plus, the maddening detail of what would be required to implement Johnson’s imaginary deal. What does the Lib Dems going broke for revoke mean for future dealings between the Remain parties? Is Jo Swinson out-Hulking the other part...
2019-09-191h 02
The Prospect PodcastJolyon Maugham QC on BrexitWhat's happening with Brexit, and what should we make of Scotland's Court of Session ruling the prorogation of parliament unlawful? Jolyon Maugham QC joins for a special edition of the Prospect podcast to explain everything going on in the courts in relation to Brexit, what he expects will happen in a no-deal Brexit and whether Boris Johnson's prorogation was unlawful. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-09-1223 minThe Prospect PodcastJolyon Maugham QC on BrexitWhat's happening with Brexit, and what should we make of Scotland's Court of Session ruling the prorogation of parliament unlawful? Jolyon Maugham QC joins for a special edition of the Prospect podcast to explain everything going on in the courts in relation to Brexit, what he expects will happen in a no-deal Brexit and whether Boris Johnson's prorogation was unlawful. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-09-1223 min
The Edinburgh ReportThe decision on the appeal to the Court of Session deliveredThe Inner House of the Court of Session delivered a unanimous decision regarding the unlawfulness of prorogation. We spoke to Joanna Cherry the lead petitioner and Jolyon Maugham from the Good Law Project who are coordinating the crowdfunding to pay for the action.
2019-09-1104 min
News RoastS3 Ep7 - Jolyon Maugham QCBarrister and author of the widespread blog, waitingfortax.com, joins us to discuss the cases he's brought against the government over Article 50, Uber and his concerns over the abuses of landlords providing unliveable accommodation to vulnerable people in the UK.
Jolyon launched the crowd funded ‘People’s Challenge’ which raised over £300,000 to challenge the Government’s position that Article 50 could be triggered by Royal Prerogative. And he crowdfunded £70,000 to launch the Dublin Case to establish whether we can revoke our Article 50 notification.
Thanks to The Economist for sponsoring this week's episode. Make sure you visit economist.c...
2018-04-2645 min
Andy Parsons: Slacktivist Action GroupEp 23: Green Party karaoke, Uber's tax bill & nominative determinismWith Jonathan Bartley, Angela Barnes and Jolyon Maugham
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2017-11-0100 min
World Update: Daily CommuteBrexit Watch: An Exit from Brexit?A court case in Dublin could give the British government the option of revisiting the Brexit decision and reversing it without the consent of the other 27 European Union member states. The court case will also consider whether Britain should still be able to attend all of the meetings of the EU until it actually leaves the organisation. Dan Damon spoke to Jolyon Maugham, director of the Good Law Project and to the BBC's political correspondent Chris Mason. (Photo:European Union flag with the Elizabeth Tower of the Houses of Parliament Credit: PA)
2017-02-0815 min
The Guardian’s Brexit Means ...Deciphering Article 50 – Brexit means... podcastJon Henley is joined by Jolyon Maugham, Philip Syrpis, Jennifer Rankin and Owen Bowcott to discuss the legal challenges to the government’s use of Article 50, and how the EU will interpret the Lisbon Treaty’s exit mechanism in the coming negotiations
2016-12-2037 min
Partly Political BroadcastPartly Political Broadcast - Episode 8, 8th March 2016Episode 8 – Tiernan chats tax talk with QC Jolyon Maugham, writer of the Waiting For Godot blog, how scary is Project Fear and at no point in the show do we misrepresent MP Chris Grayling. Much.Follow us on Twitter @parpolbro, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/parpolbro and our webpage at http://www.tiernandouieb.co.uk/podcastSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/partlypoliticalbroadcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2016-03-081h 02