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This is Kiki. She is here to calm your mind and align your chakras. And yes, she does do weddings. 13/10 (TT: texaspommysquad)

Summary of the Home Office Impact Assessment for Asylum Bill is hilarious (if it weren't so depressing). HO analysts say "basically no evidence to suggest *any* of these policies will work *even on their own terms*" (but will probably cost money). assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a43e1...

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Some Sunday Black Boy Joy

Reform Party members, owner Nige, MPs, councillors .. can you see this ??? Any special announcement media set up for today, ?tomorrow ? Any cold fury ? Any attack on our policing system??

Instead of removing trial by jury, fix shit like this.

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NEW BLOG: Watching the Watchers: The Intelligence and Security Committee: From Form to Substance In this post, Andrew Tyrie, author of a new Unit report on the ISC, sets out its legislative and practical limitations and how its scrutiny function can be enhanced through wide-ranging reforms

"Gatekeeping" sounds like a sinister elite conspiracy to marginalise dissent, but basic respect for facts is actually quite a good gate and it really could use a bit of keeping here and there

Hey everyone! Steven Berkoff has stolen Sting’s identity why is nobody callng this out??!!

Two new papers on Rohingya statelessness from the Peter McMullin Centre law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/stat...

I want to say thank you, and farewell, to Stephen Colbert before his final show this evening. But I also want to remind folks of the corruption behind his cancellation. Watch.

Changing my mind (or my reasoning) while I am writing is absolutely routine. You think an argument will work until you try to write it down. Or while you are writing you see a new, better, argument. I can’t see how you do that if you let AI do your basic drafting.

The Arsenal. Your Premier League champions.

Just can't believe people are totally uninformed about what their money is spent on and how public services work *looks at national media* no wait I've got it now

Another day another near death experience on a malfunctioning @forestbike.bsky.social This time it ceased functioning half way up Highgate hill and started to roll back in a zone where i couldnt park it push it or end the ride. Call the number no calls taken. So called live chat a bot

Big news from Zambia on refugee citizenship: www.zambiamonitor.com/zambia-court...

Meanwhile if @rentouljohn.bsky.social actually did the most basic homework before writing this BS, he could have read my analysis of the proposals here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... or the extensive expert evidence to HAC committees.parliament.uk/work/9389/ro...

Can updated interpretations of IHL close its longstanding gendered gaps? A new analysis examines how the revised Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention addresses – and is constrained by – its gendered foundations. Read more → lnkd.in/eTYytf57 #IHL #GenderJustice

The Policy Exchange culture warriors that captured the Office for Students always had a clear agenda - to destroy free speech/academic freedom in order to "save" it. Wrote this in 2020. Sadly accurate, although let's hope yesterday's judgment is a turning point. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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"UK government should focus on the true causes of the asylum backlog and delays rather than establishing a new appeals body, says the Law Society of England and Wales" www.lawsociety.org.uk/contact-or-v...

I’ve been hearing so much anger and disappointment from frontline workers about the BBC investigation into fraudulent asylum claims. One of the most damning responses has come from one of the experts they interviewed, solicitor Ana Gonzalez. It’s really worth reading her response in full:

I’m holding a Parliamentary screening for Blue Has No Borders, a documentary filmed in Folkestone highlighting the social divisions many coastal communities are facing at the moment. Tickets are available in the link 👇 #BlueHasNoBorders #CommunityCohesion www.eventbrite.com/e/parliament...

Wow. Today the ECJ found Hungary violated EU law with its anti-gay statute, but the most revolutionary part of the decision is that the Court found that Art. 2 TEU, laying out European values, could be used as an independent legal ground in cases before the Court. curia.europa.eu/site/upload/...

“Syria is not an anomaly, and divided societies need not be destined to live in a cycle of domination, subjugation, and polarization. Syrians deserve more than a formalistic constitution and theatrical transitional politics.” www.justsecurity.org/136468/urgen...

Farage thugs manhandle man with pacemaker after he objects to the Reform leader's chauffeur parking in disabled bay that he needs to use. Lovely People. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Woody Brown is non-speaking, autistic and a brilliant new novelist. I interviewed him, and he's bloody amazing. Would be great if you could share www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

Fake quotes, factual errors and ChatGPT links – my bizarre journey into Matt Goodwin’s new book... Andy Twelves reports for the Nerve www.thenerve.news/p/matt-goodw...

NEW BLOGPOST: Keir Starmer and David Lammy are taking an extraordinarily dangerous gamble with our individual liberty For any MP unsure of how to vote on the government’s proposals to restrict trial by jury.

This is a compelling piece of analysis from V Butler-Cole KC. Life and death open.substack.com/pub/rozenber...

Ooo im guessing “my department will make legally sound asylum decisions in efficient timescales and will not simply parrot unevidenced Reform talking points but instead show economically astute leadership”

St Lucia - I could see that coming.

🎉 Democracy wins! The government has scrapped ministers’ power to influence the Electoral Commission. The Strategy and Policy Statement risked political interference - now it’s gone! This is a significant step towards rebuilding public trust. Free and fair elections rely on an impartial referee.

The CPI analyses 182 countries and territories on their perceived levels of corruption in the public sector. How do we do it? Watch the video. #CPI2025 youtu.be/9JoNjIfbPV0

@rli-sas.bsky.social @elizabeth-mav.bsky.social @catbriddick.bsky.social @elisafornale.bsky.social and Professor Elspeth Guild It's today! Not too late to join us for the latest thinking on "Non-refoulement: legal issues around the return of refugees" Register here rli.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

@joshuarozenberg.bsky.social are you watching this? fairly shocking stuff. massive intake of breath in some parts of the Bar and not much in the media. We understand what this kind of behaviour means - but the public? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Very interesting. This should be read by everybody with an interest in the immigration debate.

Apparently the Home Office are continuing to contest Iranian asylum appeals. The law is that the judge has to assess risk on return as at the day of hearing.

It’s quite hard to see how there would not be a well founded fear of being persecuted right now irrespective of whether the appellant has lied about stuff or, indeed, the nature of the asylum case at all. Being returned from the UK would surely be enough.

I can see why, politically, and perhaps even morally, from their perspective, the HO might not want to willingly grant asylum to a bunch of people they feel don’t “deserve” it. But that’s THE major problem with immigration and asylum policy. Wishful thinking by policy makers.

We Told You So: Now What for Northeast Syria? at www.justsecurity.org/129727/north...

An inside job? Robbie Gibb’s campaign to rewire the BBC open.substack.com/pub/alanrusb...

who could have predicted that stopping international students, care workers and nurses from coming to the UK would damage the economy/public finances while yielding precisely no political benefits? Oh. Me. [& lots of others obviously]