We already pay people to drive to work through fuel subsidies, tax reliefs, cheap parking and road investment. So why don’t we pay people to cycle instead? Cycling to work improves physical and mental health, cuts emissions, reduces congestion, and lowers healthcare costs, to name a few benefits 🚲💚

Didn’t deserve it tho

The Irish Government's foot dragging on addressing the scandal of AI generated abusive material on X is not an aberration. There has been a decade of avoiding any meaningful steps on business and human rights My final post on the BHRI blog: businesshumanrightsireland.wordpress.com/2023/08/01/m...

I mean, sure, if there was a war and they snuck up on some soldiers by adopting the trappings of civil aviation, you might call it a war crime. But since there wasn’t one and they snuck up on some civilians who were probably fishermen and at worst drug dealers, it’s just fuckin murder.

Our @leverhulmecal.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowship posts close for applications on 30 January. A few reflections on the frequently asked questions we have received. So much looking forward to reading your applications and building our team together youtube.com/watch?v=x4AMkxhe4bQ

More than 40 civil society groups say an amendment in the crime and policing bill requiring police to consider the “cumulative impact” of repeated protests in the same area represents a “draconian crackdown on our rights to freedom of expression and assembly” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

If you were part of the Robodebt class action settlement, you may be eligible for compensation. Registration for compensation ends in early March 2026. Make sure you’re registered. Contact Gordon Legal if you haven’t received a information document package from Services Australia

CMAT international pop sensation m.youtube.com/watch?v=g7tp...

🚨🚨 Powerful statement by @un.org experts condemning the large scale military action carried out by the United States against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the bombardment of Caracas and other cities and the forcible abduction of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife:

States that 'the UK provided enabling support in full compliance with international law' for the US interdiction of the Bella 1. Curious as to the legal basis for interdiction. www.gov.uk/government/n...

"If Sadiq Khan thinks today that London is the greatest city in the world, then he's deluded," says Nigel Farage. Suspect there may be one or two Londoners who, for all its faults, don't much like their city being talked down.

free speech news

For those teaching International Law this semester, you may want to consider assigning South Africa's statement to the UN Security Council today: dirco.gov.za/statement-by...

'Despite persistent myths, employment rates for humanities graduates are comparable to those of STEM graduates, as Humanities Indicators data shows. Early earnings differ but the salary gap narrows significantly mid-career, particularly for graduates who pursue further study'. 1/2

Join us in London on 23 January for the inaugural event of the Centre for the Critique of Law and Society @qmul.bsky.social. With stellar speakers we reflect on the state of (legal) critique as we confront a world of "death and destruction without alibi". 👇👇👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-state-...

NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir – a US spy-tech firm that has supported mass deportation in the US and enabled genocide in Gaza. Say No to Palantir in the NHS ⬇️ goodlaw.social/658abc

I agree this is very much worth a read if you want to understand why this government has made such a mess of its first 18 months -if this is the caliber of thinking/analysis in No 10. Just deeply confused, paranoid word salad. (1/2).

13 million people are exposed to a U.K. government abusing powers of citizenship. The Runnymede Trust are calling for a moratorium on U.K. laws allowing governments to remove a person’s citizenship. www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...

‘Risk exiting the market’ what a way to package the complete collapse of higher education

They also expressed concerns regarding the treatment of the hunger strikers, including reported delays in accessing medical care, use of excessive restraint during hospital treatment, denial of contact with family members and legal counsel … www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

The Guardian accused me of hubris because I dared post at 3pm. The Calais Appeal donations are shooting up. Maybe the King might like to donate too? Or maybe the Government could actually implement a fair & managed migration system? A Christmas miracle!

“Darkness was cheap, and Scrooge liked it.” - Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

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MI6 Chief gives speech. Speech may contain words that are interesting. But because MI6 Chief is a woman @telegraph.co.uk prints an article about her appearance, with no mention of the speech’s content.

This is fuckjng atrocious, also, the only nationality given is the US

When will this crisis get any attention whatsoever!? A THOUSAND ACADEMIC STAFF AT ONE INSTITUTION SERVED REDUNDANCY RISK NOTICES! And that's not counting what's surely being visited on professional services staff too. This is an economic catastrophe, to say nothing of the intellectual catastrophe!

Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252: Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email. Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

Looking forward to it :)

Next CRISP seminar (Dec 17 13:30) relevant to those interested in #biometrics and #surveillance @petefussey.bsky.social & @daragh.bsky.social will discuss their fantastic new book #FacialRecognition Surveillance: Policing and #HumanRights in the Age of #AI www.crisp-surveillance.com/event/332/fa...

Starmer urges Europe to tackle far right by becoming the far right. Smart. A ridiculously bad move. For ostensible human rights lawyer this seems to demonstrate significant misreading of HR law. What difference other than few headline cases will it make? www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...

Solidarity to colleagues at Essex. The government absolutely has to do something to help the university sector in the UK, instead of overseeing its destruction www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Excited to announce @leverhulmecal.bsky.social posts - we are looking for 7 interdisciplinary fellows to join our Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life, closing date 30 January 2026 (1/3) durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

This is a really great piece, on the importance of teaching IHL, and teaching it well, to the military lieber.westpoint.edu/teaching-ope...

I think it really would be helpful if there was a public explanation for this unusual decision, in this highly charged and important case. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Meanwhile... we could have seen this coming: Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS > Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum. UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands) UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany) Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.

📢 @minnierahman.bsky.social “Stripping migrants of basic human rights isn’t 'reform', it’s the first step down a dangerous slope. Today it’s migrants. Tomorrow it’s anyone who becomes politically inconvenient”. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

The Labour government are part of those ‘dark forces’. Sickening

What the absolute fuck? What kind of person thinks up this policy. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

So much this. Treating people who have suffered so much, and are just trying to rebuild a life, in this way is just so wrong on so many levels.

1️⃣ #UnitedKingdom | I joined a communication to the UK Government expressing concern over the proscription of the movement Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000. This measure raises serious questions about its compatibility with international human rights obligations.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

Fully funded PhD position in Law and the Nonhuman to work with me at @lawresearch-ncluk.bsky.social www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate... While this doesn't cover international fees, candidates can apply for separate funding to make up the difference. See: www.ncl.ac.uk/mediav8/post...

In two separate trials relating to the same protest, one group was able to use the "reasonable excuse" statutory defence of public nuisance that included stating agreed climate facts to the jury and were acquitted and the other group were not permitted to use the defence and were convicted.

A reminder that the UK’s ban on LGBT people serving in the armed forces was only lifted after a judgment from the European Court of Human Rights. 🔗 www.bbc.com/news/article... via www.bbcnews.com #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms #Article8 #PrivateLife #MeddlingForeignCourt #CreditWhereItsDue

The number of reports by nurses of racist incidents at work has risen by 55% over three years - the Royal College of Nursing calls on govt to stop using anti migrant rhetoric that drives this, and for employers to prioritise tackling racism and work with unions www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Most people in NI are really not surprised by the Soldier F outcome - but this was no show trial or witch hunt. The judge excoriated the soldiers' conduct, but because of a passing of time caused by extreme state failings, could not convict. That is the scandal. These headlines are grotesque:

You may have heard about UK ministers' plan to double to 10 years the time needed to reached settled status in the UK. But did you realise that it threatened access to pensions for the 180,000 people who came from Hong Kong on the UK government's visa scheme? My dispatch: www.ft.com/content/8b91...