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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 9h

I’m a big fan of Labour-y people across the spectrum but I’m not sure that announcing a policy review or a massive private bank announcing an investment is really a “Labour achievement” in the same way as the Govt pumping in £84m (No1) is

LaindonFeminist: 10 Year Keir @viviane49.bsky.social · 1d

This week’s top ten Labour achievements include better GP access, new licensing laws and the phenomenal benefits of the trade deal with India. Welcome Bollywood!

1. £84 million injection to tackle homelessness
2. Half of rail operators publicly owned with Greater Anglia onboard
3. First illegal migrants returned under new UK-France agreement
4. Patients in poorer areas to get better access to GPs
5. 10,600 new UK jobs have been unlocked during the Prime Minister’s visit to India
6. New licensing laws are being reviewed
7. 64 Indian companies will invest over £1 billion into the UK, creating 6,900 jobs spread across every region
8. £167m funding will allow specialist employment advisers in GP surgeries & mental health services. Helping people back into workplace.
9. CEO of JP Morgan Chase in Bournemouth announced £350 million expansion of their campus there
10. 21,000 new homes in North Sussex unlocked after four-year bottleneck
11. More than 1,120 senior gang members have been charged and over 2,300

David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 1d

“Bringing facts to a vibes fight” deserves an entry into 2025 phrase of the year

Absolute genius

UK Constitutional Law Association @ukcla.bsky.social · 2d

Alan Greene: Bringing facts to a vibes fight: Kayfabe and debates on the UK and the ECHR ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/09/a...

Alan Greene: Bringing facts to a vibes fight: Kayfabe and debates on the UK and the ECHR

It is now 25 years since the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) entered into force and far from this endurance cementing its legitimacy, the judicial protection of human rights in the UK finds itself in t…

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UK Constitutional Law Association @ukcla.bsky.social · 2d

Alan Greene: Bringing facts to a vibes fight: Kayfabe and debates on the UK and the ECHR ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/09/a...

Alan Greene: Bringing facts to a vibes fight: Kayfabe and debates on the UK and the ECHR

It is now 25 years since the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) entered into force and far from this endurance cementing its legitimacy, the judicial protection of human rights in the UK finds itself in t…

ukconstitutionallaw.org

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, Mark; that’s very kind

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 1d

“It was the 89th anniversary of the arrest of my father for being one of the organisers of the 1936 Cable Street resistance to the rise of fascism in Britain.

I was arrested on Saturday with hundreds of others at the Defend Our Juries action…”

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Anti-protest proposals put free speech at risk | Letters

Letters: Readers respond to the proposal to give police further powers to curb ‘cumulative’ protests, in response to actions by the proscribed group Palestine Action

www.theguardian.com

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Netpol @netpol.org · 1d

One of our team was arrested yesterday for allegedly breaching protest restrictions, even though they weren't protesting – because wearing a keffiyeh while walking down the street is "reasonable suspicion".

This is the result of Starmer's crackdown: we're back in time to Nov 2023 under the Tories

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 1d

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 1d

And why is he talking about freedom of speech when there has been a right to freedom of speech for 25 years

Sounds the same…but conceptually different

David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 1d

The university’s free speech regulator was not all over the airwaves about this two days ago…

This too is a threat to the right to freedom of expression on campus

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show

Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests

www.theguardian.com

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 2d

A letter from @crwerren.bsky.social @suzmd.bsky.social @storiesfromjack.bsky.social and me on the plans to allow cumulatively disruptive protests to be regulated by the police

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Anti-protest proposals put free speech at risk | Letters

Letters: Readers respond to the proposal to give police further powers to curb ‘cumulative’ protests, in response to actions by the proscribed group Palestine Action

www.theguardian.com

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 2d

Nice

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Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 3d

C’mon folks, do the right thing!

(Kirsty is one of my former students, and I’m so proud of what she’s done since graduating 🙇‍♂️)

Kirsty Richards @82ladyk.bsky.social · 3d

www.surveymonkey.com/r/CRW9WBM - could you spare a minute to support my shortlisted nomination for most inspiring CEO of the year? The only female shortlisted! And a vote for NLS as the best place to work would be doubly amazing! Thank you

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 3d

I wish more academics would openly recognise when stepping out of their own lane - into an area in which they are not expert or unbelievably well versed - but nonetheless offer an informed view based on their wider experience and knowledge as the basis for a discussion

Mark Elliott @profmarkelliott.bsky.social · 3d

New post | On China, the Official Secrets Act and 'enemies': Is the Prime Minister wrong?
publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/10/08/o...

On China, the Official Secrets Act and ‘enemies’: Is the Prime Minister wrong?

The Prime Minister has claimed that his government’s hands are tied in relation to whether China constituted an ‘enemy’ for the purpose of a now-dropped criminal prosecution under…

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Mark Elliott @profmarkelliott.bsky.social · 3d

New post | On China, the Official Secrets Act and 'enemies': Is the Prime Minister wrong?
publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/10/08/o...

On China, the Official Secrets Act and ‘enemies’: Is the Prime Minister wrong?

The Prime Minister has claimed that his government’s hands are tied in relation to whether China constituted an ‘enemy’ for the purpose of a now-dropped criminal prosecution under…

publiclawforeveryone.com

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 3d

Nice

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 3d

The irony of labelling Film Studies a Mickey Mouse degrees is simply lost on these people…

..and in a post modern way, how apt is that

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 3d

Post-modern irony 101

An actual demonstration of a puppet judge

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 3d

“But that’s a puppet”

“Oh no he’s not, he’s Lord Chancellor in waiting …and waiting ..and waiting”

Ithangyew

David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 3d

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 4d

Big shout out @jim1902adams.bsky.social on R4 World Tonight to Aylsham High for its SEN work

David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 4d

That was very good

A favourite but underrated comedy sketch shows

Stoney-bridge

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Netpol @netpol.org · 4d

Netpol's 'State of Protest' report for 2024 launched with a stark title: ‘This is Repression’. On the second anniversary of the continuing genocide in Gaza, it is hard to know what we will call our assessment of protest rights for 2025.

Perhaps ‘An End to Our Illusions’? netpol.org/2025/10/06/a...

Photo of protesters opposing the ban on Palestine Action, Trafalgar Square, London, 4 October 2025

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 4d

These are not serious, defensible policies by Jenrick (especially) but others - sacking judges, deporting 150,000 per year etc but they’re not intended to be

They’re bluster-bollocks aimed at headlines and clicks, the desperate vacuous promises of the jilted lover seeking to win back favour

David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 4d

I liked it better when he fell in the freezer in Bejam

One for the older listener there

David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 4d

Total agree Colin

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