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UK supreme court hearing interrupted by history podcast played from judge’s phone

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Veserr@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨unitedkingdom@feddit.uk⁩

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb/07/supreme-court-hearing-interrupted-by-podcast-rest-is-history

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  • Zombie@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    A supreme court spokesperson confirmed that the video is genuine. They added: “Lord Briggs switched off his phone quickly and apologised to the court.”

    The word quickly is doing some heavy lifting

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  • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Against all odds, judge confirmed to be human.

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  • Tweak@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Probably just automatically resumed when he connected to the bluetooth.

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  • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    At least it wasn’t porn

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