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There was a poetry slam between two barristers on Twitter yesterday

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By Alex Aldridge on

11KBW’s Sean Jones QC and direct access barrister Alistair Mitchell in #lawyerlovepoetry head-to-head

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On the basis of number of retweets, Jones is the clear winner. But then Mitchell has far fewer Twitter followers, and his raunchy gags are less shareable, so let’s call it a draw.

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