Some of you may have seen that, in defiance of all common sense and decency, I was today named Independent Blogger of the Year at the Editorial Intelligence Comment Awards 2016. While entirely out of keeping with the general tone of cynical nihilism that pervades these posts, I would like to sincerely thank not only the judges at EI for their generosity, but more importantly all those who follow, read, comment upon and even troll my nonsense, both below these lines and on Twitter. At the risk of coming over all Gwyneth, I genuinely could not have foreseen when I started this blog 18 months ago that over half a million of you would take the time to read the workings of this disturbed legal mind, far less that your support would lead to any sort of recognition beyond possibly mild ridicule from established, better writers. That so many of you have supported me in my vanity project owes far more I’m sure to your collective patience than to any talent on my part, but I am nevertheless sincerely grateful to you all for joining me on my fool’s errand to bring law to the people. It is appreciated more than you know.
Thank you X
SB
