V short form: formal acknowledgement that a recognised state is a subject of int’l law, conferring various rights & obligations eg full diplomatic status, ability to enter into treaties, access to international courts & organisations etc; determines status, legitimacy & participation amongst govts.

If you support revoking the settled status of people who, even on your own contentious definitions, came to the country “legally” and are “fully integrated”, what, other than xenophobia, is your rationale?

Velcro me to the Cross Mr Centurion.

Scottish students studying nursing in Scotland get a bursary. Scottish students studying nursing in England get one. English students studying nursing in England get one. My eldest is an English student studying nursing in Scotland. Guess what!

I would be grateful if my fellow Roman Catholics would take a ****ing breath and consider where our all too recent willingness to cosy up to fascist authoritarians got us before leaning forward to kiss their hand again.

I don’t want everyone from Twitter to come to Bluesky. Whilst we would have the initial thrill of “number go up”, we’d then be immersed in the toxic slop produced by the very people I came here to avoid.

I wrote something about feeling like a guest in a country that is my home. bestforbritain.substack.com/p/my-place-o...

Great news everyone! He has a plan to control autism.

What use are credentials in the first place if you can only print what the Govt tells you?

TRUMP: That's why I sued the New York Times two days ago for a lot of money KARL: A judge just threw that out TRUMP: I'm winning. I'm winning the cases.

It's finally fucking Friday hooray- just when I think I can't possibly love this man more he does this. God bless you Mr. Stuart. youtu.be/_GXNJ3V9lzg?...

In Free Speech News today.

Haha people can’t go fishing because haha they know we might murder them hahaha. We’re so cool.

We scored their first for them. Gave a way a penalty for the second and Gusto gets an assist for the third. 😬

Sweet through ball to Kane from Gusto. Inch perfect.

No card for Olise?!

We are hiring at The Economist. This is not just any internship. You will be a paid staff member and writer for 6 months. www.economist.com/finance-and-...

The Trump March seems a more obviously “Left” affair than 2017. Lots of SP, SWP and STWC at the head and Billy Bragg warming up in Parliament Square.

Competition for most British sign on the Trump March won handily by: “Don’t give him the good biscuits!”

BBC4 just had Call My Bluff followed by Face the Music. OMG.

Bear with me, I anticipate your disagreement. There is a clear pattern to the advice given to those who want to press back against rising racism. What it boils down to is that if you point out that racism is often being dressed up as “legitimate concerns” you will alienate people. /1

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This post that a friend of my partner's shared on FB potentially explains the Kristin Chenoweth thing, and is frightening.

Lads, lads! I’m on a roll on LinkedIn. Again.

I’ve come to loathe the “say what you like” takes. Say what you like about [insane authoritarian] but politics is no longer boring! Say what you like about [his cracked and murderous followers] but they speak with a voice the establishment has too long ignored! /1

White nationalism is not a mere policy disagreement.

The political vibe is odd but familiar. It reminds me of my father’s politics, which was, in essence, the world would be better if it was run by school bullies.

The Far Right: Nazis were *left wing*, you can’t pin their crimes on us. Also the Far Right: Do you like my swastika tattoo and my extensive collection of Nazi memorabilia?

Do you remember when he wanted to rename the Gulf of Mexico it felt offensively dumb foolish and outrageous and now that seems like years ago and a sign of more innocent times?

Where could white South African Musk have come by a world view that a white ethnic hegemony should be preserved by violence?

So Musk’s message to the “reasonable centre” is to bring down the government and put a serially-convicted, coke-snorting, violent xenophobe in power. The *reasonable* centre?

I know these “interviews” with Justice Barrett are carefully scripted. But if she’s going to keeping urging Americans to “read the opinions,” and not just commentary, it sure would be nice if someone would ask her what we should do when—as is so often the case these days—there’s no opinion to read…

Happy birthday the greatest story ever told. Somewhere there is a video of me reading this out loud and I am literally crying with laughter as I struggle through it. nypost.com/2019/09/13/m...

This is untrue on most major issues (though the media eıite don't know this). It is untrue on immigration in particular. Untrue on climate, on Trump, on human rights, on inciting racism. And much else

People who reflexively point left when the shots are coming from the right are going to get us all killed.

Disconcerting to have a great drummer air-guitaring to a piano part #totp

Posh dancing as if she’s been told that if she moves her ankles apart she’ll explode. #totp

Ice Hockey Hair is fabulous, but never has a song so clearly yelled “I just bought a new effects pedal”. #totp

So shocked Conor Gearty has died He was a fearless lawyer, teacher and writer He was also one of the wittiest, smartest people you’d ever meet. It was an honour to call him a friend I will miss him, terribly. Thoughts with his family, in London and Longford www.matrixlaw.co.uk/news/profess...

Did we ever find out what she looked like with a chimney on her? #totp

This is not what I was expecting from the Top Gun sequel #totp

Somehow they’ve made me feel sorry for the Beastie Boys #totp

Mate, Putin invaded Ukraine having expressly said he wouldn’t. I think you can probably skip over the stage where you give him the benefit of the doubt.

Somebody’s painted a flag on Zoe Ball. This whole thing has gone too far. #totp

Feel a bit sorry for the Coor sister made to pretend to be a drum machine. A full body workout. #totp

I was hoping that someone would have cross-posted Musk’s mea culpa tweet in which he apologizes for suggesting that the Left is the party of murder and commits to reconsidering his support for far right groups in Europe. Someone must have it, surely.

It’s been a while since I checked in on the Employment Rights Bill and hoo boy, has it got complicated. Good time to be an Employment lawyer.

Public Law is looking make several appointments to its Editorial Committee - details etc ⬇️ - expressions of interest to [email protected] by 31 October 2025.

NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before. Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.

Oh Lord, I pray that you will give me the faith to keep lying to protect the narcissistic grifter I work from the consequences of his own actions. I beseech you to make ready the minds of his followers to receive these lies without question. The Almighty: Wait, what?!?!