Colin McKay
@colinimckay.bsky.social
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Law, mental health, mudlarking for CDs, literary pretensions
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Colin McKay
QueerAF
3 months ago
“Our community knows that too many trans people are falling through the gaps,”
@lucybrisbane.bsky.social
Our new investigation with
@goodlawproject.org
, out in tomorrow’s newsletter, looks at trans deaths in the UK over the past decade. Join 10,000+ readers:
www.wearequeeraf.com/subscribe/?u...
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Lucy Brisbane Mckay
4 months ago
I spoke to Baroness Kidron for
@tbij.bsky.social
about her proposed legal amendment which would make it an offence to create a chatbot that produces content that is illegal, or harmful, exploitative or coercive towards children. Read it in full ⬇️
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
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Lucy Brisbane Mckay
10 months ago
Thousands of workers who have fought hard to win employment tribunals are never being paid the money that rogue bosses owe them, with no consequences for bosses but a huge impact on them. Privileged to be working on this project with the brilliant
@mellino.bsky.social
and team at
@tbij.bsky.social
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Dr Danielle Watson
about 1 year ago
I also want to highlight the amazing work by my co-authors on this symposium -
@bevclough.bsky.social
,
@jillstavert.bsky.social
,
@colinimckay.bsky.social
, Linda Steele, Oche Onazi, and Peter Bartlett. You can find the full symposium here:
academic.oup.com/hrlr/issue/2...
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Volume 25 Issue 2 | Human Rights Law Review | Oxford Academic
Publishes critical articles that consider human rights in their various contexts, from global to national levels, book reviews, and a section dedicated to analysis of recent jurisprudence and practice...
https://academic.oup.com/hrlr/issue/25/2
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Lucy Brisbane Mckay
over 1 year ago
I am working with
@mellino.bsky.social
to uncover the many injustices workers are facing going through employment tribunals. Please help share our callout with your networks (available Polish, Portuguese Punjabi - Gurmukhi or Shahmukhi, Spanish, Romanian and Urdu) ⬇️
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Now finished but anyone wanting to see me and
@jillstavert.bsky.social
gallop through human rights and mental health in 30 minutes can get recording from
@lsa.org.uk
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over 1 year ago
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Edinburgh Napier University
over 1 year ago
🏘️ |
#EdNapier
academics have played a key role in a thought-provoking event at
@parliament.scot
, highlighting the issue of hospital detention for individuals with learning disabilities and autism. Story ➡️
orlo.uk/mQ0Oz
#MustBeNapier
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#ENUDifferenceMakers
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Louise Wilson
over 1 year ago
Morgan said often this community felt “quite alienated and marginalised”, and so “reaching out to an official or a politician can feel like a huge step, they might be quite frightened to do it”. Hopefully this guide will help address this.
www.holyrood.com/news/view,re...
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‘Reaching out to a politician can feel like a huge step, they might be quite frightened to do it’
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has launched a guide to mental health and mental illness to help MSPs support constit...
https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,reaching-out-to-a-politician-can-feel-like-a-huge-step-they-might-be-quite-frightened-to-do-it
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Colin McKay
Edinburgh Napier University
over 1 year ago
🚔 | The subject of neurodiversity in policing has fallen under the spotlight this week with a pioneering two-day event at
#EdNapier's
Sighthill campus. Read more ➡️
orlo.uk/tAbpY
@the-sipr.bsky.social
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@policescotland.bsky.social
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@glepha.bsky.social
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Sue Caton
over 1 year ago
Our research group is advertising a funded PhD opportunity with a focus on the mental capacity act, learning disabilities and sexual decision-making. The student will be supervised by
@moniquehuy.bsky.social
@bevclough.bsky.social
and me. Please share!
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Dani Garavelli
over 1 year ago
Here are 2 pieces I wrote when I broke the story of William Lindsay's suicide in Polmont in 2018. They expose failings in the prison & the care system. I hope the findings of the FAI into his death & Katie Allan's, released tomorrow, are as damning as they should be.
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
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Teenager flagged as suicide risk takes his life after 48 hours in prison
A vulnerable teenage boy killed himself at Polmont Young Offenders' Institution within 48 hours of being remanded despite having been flagged up as a suicide risk, The Scotsman can reveal.
https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/teenager-flagged-as-suicide-risk-takes-his-life-after-48-hours-in-prison-220708
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Colin McKay
Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
over 1 year ago
Today we published the closure report for our investigation into the care and treatment of Mr E, who'd been unwell a long time, and was known by health and social work services, yet whose condition deteriorated significantly and permanently without active intervention. More:
mwcscot.org.uk/node/2373
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Lucy Brisbane Mckay
over 1 year ago
This is tomorrow! Such an amazing line up. Let me know if you'll be there. ⬇️
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Colin McKay
Alastair McKay
almost 2 years ago
I wrote about Nick Cave. It’s free to read. Please share it around.
open.substack.com/pub/alastair...
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Ostriches, frogs, and Wild Gods. The luminescent parables of Nick Cave.
How a Bad Seed learned to love the interview process.
https://open.substack.com/pub/alastairmckay/p/ostriches-frogs-and-wild-gods-the?r=695tp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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