Lot of competition

I note Robert Jenrick’s invitation to black and asian people (and other minorities?) to move to his constituency. Bold move!

Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters on.ft.com/4pTvJ62

I don’t know anybody who does support the proscription of Palestine Action but all oppose Palestine Inaction

Might try an experiment in criminal law this year where for my public order offences lecture I just read through all the current and proposed protest offences and the students can place bets over whether I can cover them all in 2 hours or if I run out of time.

Had the government said "as a mark of respect, we'd like you to cancel football matches, concerts etc AND protests today", then fair enough. But to single out the protest they've long wanted to stop anyway as the one thing we should not do looks like disgraceful exploitation of a horrific attack.

This is grim & dangerous over reach. This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent. Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.

As always, if this act was perpetrated by Muslims instead of the IDF, no one would have any trouble calling it what it is: Terrorism

The grift goes on. Yeah, the grift goes on...

Israel inviting an actual Nazi - inarguable fact - to parade around just to spite Starmer and the UK. Netanyahu telling the world what he is.

It’s easy to say that this is the last desperate hurrah of a dying party, but can we be clear: Trump’s ICE agents are literally kidnapping people, detaining them without due process in concentration camps (yes, this is the right term) and 1000s have disappeared. These are fascist practices.

The film we commissioned as part of out ESRC funded homicide trends project is out, and can be viewed here: #academicsky #ESRC #documentaryfilms vimeo.com/1120080918?f...

Everyone agrees violence and hate must stop after the Manchester attack. So will the Media stop smearing Palestine supporters as terrorists and stop portraying all immigrants as dangerous criminals?

BREAKING Global Samud Flotilla THREAD 🧵👇🏼 The GSF is in international waters outside of Gaza. 40+ ships, 500 activists from 44 countries, w food & medicine for Palestinians. Israel has captured & arrested 4+ ships. In violation of international law. Protests have erupted across Europe. 👇🏼

If you don’t like being called a racist, maybe don’t make a career of saying things that appeal to racists, don’t create a political party that keeps attracting racist candidates, don’t fawn over racist world leaders, and don’t make a convicted racist the guest of honour at your party conference.

I’m opposed to palestine inaction as any moral empathic person should be

From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: A coalition of 50 professional athletes has signed a letter calling on UEFA to suspend Israel from its competitions.

Reform UK are pushing immigration hard as an issue in the Caerphilly by-election. Just for context, Caerphilly has the THE LOWEST, immigration rate of all Wales' 22 councils. 97.1% of people there were born in the UK. Only Cardiff and Newport have move that 10% born overseas.

“Steve Held, the journalist arrested tonight and taken to a so far undisclosed location, was part of the reporting team that exposed the falsity of ICE’s official narrative on the fatal shooting of Silverio Villegas González. His work speaks for itself.”

Waiting for the promIsed left turn

🚨 BREAKING: The former leader of Reform UK in Wales, Nathan Gill, has pleaded guilty to #bribery, admitting he received corrupt payments as a Brexit Party MEP in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament to promote Russia’s interests in #Ukraine.

"Byline Times stress-tested Reform UK’s numbers against the OBR’s modelling... "We found that over five years, the economy would be about £49bn smaller, while the Home Office would face £7bn in direct costs for detention, flights and enforcement, according to analysis of OBR projections."

@threads is acting suspiciously in baselessly labelling the majority of sentient beings (ie those opposed to fascism) as terrorists!

So Reform / Farage want to deport hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of UK residents, turning the country into an effective police state, breaking treaties, and impoverishing the economy and health service? Just focus on all that. The moral gutter of politics.

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

While I understand the BBC’s imperative to provide balance in stories, at times it can feel completely ludicrous. Data vs one person’s entirely anecdotal opinion isn’t balance.

KPI: be a dick a day

Making space for pesky protesting pensioners

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Obviously, if you're at the Open and see any protests, be sure to film them and put them on social media.

I've a feeling Mr Farage might very much be regretting his trip... round about ... Now 👇

Impose a tariff?

if people don’t like the ECHR they’re very welcome to move to Russia

These same masked men no doubt want to ban the burqa and blame asylum seekers for crime in Britain news.sky.com/story/police...

SORRY (from Australia) The USA should not be allowed to host the world cup next year 🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Fear of crime exaggerating the statistical risks is a constant of surveys over my 79 year life. Media and right wing politicians have much to answer for. And repairing broken windows is good. Better still is socioeconomic policy enhancing security and welfare

If he's proposing we begin negotiating peace with Russia once Ukrainian troops have seized Moscow and Putin has shot himself in a bunker, I guess I'd be ok with that. Feels a bit extreme though.

It's not asylum seekers who jack up rents, undermine the NHS, hold down wages and keep people insecure. It's capital. The role of the far right is to shift the blame for decades of economic attacks by the rich and powerful onto powerless people who have only just arrived here.

Pete Fussey yay!

Letter of the day (in the Times)

During a live broadcast of Big Brother in Israel, members of Standing Together rush the stage wearing “Leave Gaza” shirts and calling for an end to the genocide and against Netanyahu’s plan for permanent occupation.

Criminologists against criminalisation

I support Palestine Action’s right to protest and the right of others to protest about the removal of that right

Mo Salah is asking the right questions

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a... Minor academic here

I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts. The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative. Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.

1 in 3 doctors were born overseas. 1 in 2 builders were born overseas. 1 in 6 nurses were born overseas. 1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas. 1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas. 1 in 5 university academics were born overseas. The UK would be screwed without them.

open.substack.com/pub/nicgroom... #criminology #tattoos

Award-winning author and journalist, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social was today joined by 8 fellow Lift The Ban sign-holders and around 200 members of the public in support of the de-proscription of direct action group Palestine Action. Join us on August 9th: wedonotcomply.org