Thrilled to share this call for papers for a conference on the Future of Constitutional Reform in the United Kingdom at @uomlaw.bsky.social with the support of @ukcla.bsky.social ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/03/e...

After transporting them back from Australia, I now have my undergrad degrees from UNSW in Manchester. Office decoration continues!

@uomsoss.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social

Maybe to turn this around, Starmer can offer to give away more UK territory (while paying billions to the receiving country). An inquiry into the TV show Adolescence might be another great idea

Campus looking very scenic as another academic year at the University of Manchester Law School (@uomlaw.bsky.social) begins!

OK but they are both in a lot of trouble from having their brain sliced open like this

Although buses are unreliable, they can be a great option if you don't care whether you are going anywhere or not. If you're at peace with the universe - going or not going is basically the same in the scheme of things - it's perfect

Bluesky is missing out by not having Grok to summarize your identity

Sencha is great though gyokuro is amazing. They make gyokuro by putting the tea plant in the shade and making it suffer. You can taste the pain

To quote One Piece: 嘘か本当かじゃねー！新聞はエンターテインメントだ！

The Well (2025 Remix) is out on Spotify 😊 open.spotify.com/track/3fgU8b...

Nobbys Beach, Newcastle, Australia

This was probably my favourite: talking to David Speirs on Insiders: On Background iview.abc.net.au/show/insider...

AI sucks www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...

“Making these copyright cases rather than privacy and defamation means that the public interest in the footage and any consumer rights to know, as well as animal rights, can rightly be ignored. This is clearly not the purpose of the Copyright Act…” www.uts.edu.au/news/2025/08...

Ocean Baths in Newcastle, Australia

Pleased to share this new remix of my 2021 song The Well youtu.be/4PO9rmbta-8

Thanks to UNSW Law & Justice for hosting me as a visiting scholar for the next three weeks! Looking forward to a productive visit

"Australians have expressed support for a significant increase to the country’s emissions-reduction target as the Climate Change Authority prepares to recommend a much more ambitious 2035 goal." www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Gail's is the best thing about the UK

Come and join us at Oxford Brookes Law School! We’re a lovely friendly department, with several permanent Lecturer and Senior Lecturer posts: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ986/l... www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ993/s...

My write up on last week’s first “ag gag” SLAPP suit in Australia, which has implications beyond just exposing animal cruelty. Could copyright be used to suppress information from the public sphere and undermine media freedom? pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/cou...

"The best estimate is that we’re emitting carbon perhaps 10 times faster than even the mindless, undirected Siberian volcanoes that brought about the worst mass extinction ever." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Waterstones opens 10 new stores a year as younger adults embrace reading

Great Blackpink concert last night in London

Pleased Vanessa MacDonnell and I are cited in Saskatchewan (Minister of Education) v UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity 2025 SKCA 74 on the evolution of the Canadian constitution.

It's time to cancel @mattyglesias.bsky.social over this take

People don't know this but the Corrs song Breathless is actually about sleep apnea

I was not aware of this terrible plant we have in Australia

Monograph forthcoming in 2026! I took the cover photo 📸

Imagine being the Paddington bear named after Euston

Unsurprising. Though the Minister has yet to publicly say, I imagine this is about the Climate Change Act. @nearlydoctornick.bsky.social and I set out a potential problem with the Act in 2 parts: 1. share.google/ZhAXGjzmP179... And 2. share.google/uzDIsFosqzSx... www.bbc.com/news/article...

Actually my energy and focus are a little low right now too

Hmmm

Peer reviewers when my article pops into their inbox

About to enter my third year as a law lecturer at @uomlaw.bsky.social. The past year has been one of very gratifying teaching and research, though my primary achievement was more extensively decorating my office

An excellent @icon-s.bsky.social public law conference this year in beautiful Brasília #iconsbrasília

End of day one at #iconsbrasília

The good news is that I’m enjoying #iconsbrasília, the bad news is that my handwriting is still terrible

Anurag Deb and Nicholas Kilford: Conditioning the UK Parliament’s Power to Legislate for a Devolved Part of the UK: Part II – Some Challenges Posed by Northern Ireland ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/25/a...

Paolo Sandro: Parliamentary democracy under the veil of secrecy: the Afghan leak super-injunction case as a bonfire of constitutional principles ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/23/p...

Dr Ella Vines and I enjoyed speaking with Jo Lauder about what the ICJ Advisory Opinion might mean for Australia and our downstream (exported) emissions. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Enjoying São Paulo sights before #iconsbrasília

“More than nine in 10 renewable power projects globally are now cheaper than fossil fuel alternatives.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I'm lucky to have an AHRC scholarship on a proposal I developed. It was highly competitive and went through about 7 or 8 drafts before submission. And led to many collaborations with colleagues in different unis. I've loved my PhD experience partly thanks to the scholarship. This is terrible.

Reposting this with lyrics! #originalsong #originalmusic #song

I am delighted to say that Lars Vinx and I have signed a contract with @universitypress.cambridge.org for our Handbook on the Limits of Constituent Power. The aim of the Handbook is to shed much-needed critical light on the concept and practice of constituent power. @cambridgelaw.bsky.social

We are proud to announce that a Manchester team comprising @guyjbaldwin.bsky.social (PI), @lukedgraham.bsky.social , Shiling Xiao, Robert Thomas and Javier Garcia Oliva have been awarded a Manchester-Melbourne-Toronto Research Fund grant.

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

During Japanese Emperor Naruhito's official visit to Mongolia, a little boy accidentally called him "Naruto." The Emperor and Empress were not offended and seemed quite amused by the mistake.