Christmas is just two weeks away, and with it comes an inauspicious anniversary. It will be three years since the Boxing Day massacre, when the kimono-wearing, baseball-bat wielding KC Jolyon Maugham brutally beat a fox to death, incurring much mockery and the opprobrium of the RSPCA for his boastful tweets about the slaying. Maugham – a self-made man who worships his creator – subsequently apologised but the damage was done to both the opportunistic omnivore and the lawyer’s own reputation.
Perhaps then that looming milestone is why the Babe Ruth of the bar has been in such a huffy, hysterical mood this weekend. First, he opted to attack the Charity Commission for daring to investigate Mermaids after safeguarding allegations were raised, labelling the non-ministerial government department a ‘joke’ and a ‘pretend charity regulator.’ Er, pretty sure it’s a real one, Jolyon.
Maugham’s Good Law Project has some history here, having previously supported Mermaids in litigating against one of the commission’s decisions.
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