Anurag Deb
@anuragdeb.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Queen's University Belfast. Looking at legislative drafting. Interested in devolution, public law, politics and climate change. Mostly unserious takes (anything on Stormont) + a few slightly serious ones (N. Tayto > S. Tayto). He/him
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Anurag Deb
@anuragdeb.bsky.social
· Nov 7
a woman with blood on her face is screaming with her mouth open
Alt: a woman with blood on her face is screaming with her mouth open. Scene from the 2015 gothic horror film, The Witch
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So, hello new followers. I mostly post unserious takes on public law, occasionally changing it up with slightly serious takes on public law. Sometimes I incorporate the occult into these takes. Welcome
Earlier this year, the Indian Supreme Court "deemed assent" to 10 long-pending Bills where a particular Governor had done nothing. That judgment was scathing in its criticism of the Governor's conduct but its reasoning - the "deeming" of an act the Constitution doesn't assign it - was criticised. 1/
With so many eyes on SCOTUS right now, I've been remiss in ignoring one of my favourite apex courts.
Last week, the occasionally gunslinging Indian Supreme Court effectively granted assent to 10 long-pending Bills in a jaw-dropping exercise of its extraordinary constitutional powers 👇
Last week, the occasionally gunslinging Indian Supreme Court effectively granted assent to 10 long-pending Bills in a jaw-dropping exercise of its extraordinary constitutional powers 👇
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Earlier this year, the Indian Supreme Court "deemed assent" to 10 long-pending Bills where a particular Governor had done nothing. That judgment was scathing in its criticism of the Governor's conduct but its reasoning - the "deeming" of an act the Constitution doesn't assign it - was criticised. 1/
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Appeal allowed in IA: Upper Tribunal was wrong to find breach of Article 8 ECHR
www.judiciary.uk/judgments/ia...
This is the widely reported case about the Gazan family applying for settlement under the Ukrainian Family Scheme. The Court of Appeal makes no criticism of the choice to use that route
www.judiciary.uk/judgments/ia...
This is the widely reported case about the Gazan family applying for settlement under the Ukrainian Family Scheme. The Court of Appeal makes no criticism of the choice to use that route
IA and others -v- Secretary of State for the Home Department - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Appeal No: CA-2025-000713Case Nos: UI-2024-005295, UI-2024-005297, UI-2024-005301, UI-2024-005302, UI-2024-005309, and UI-2024-005311 In the Court of Appeal (Civil Division)on appeal from the Upper Tr...
www.judiciary.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Appeal allowed in IA: Upper Tribunal was wrong to find breach of Article 8 ECHR
www.judiciary.uk/judgments/ia...
This is the widely reported case about the Gazan family applying for settlement under the Ukrainian Family Scheme. The Court of Appeal makes no criticism of the choice to use that route
www.judiciary.uk/judgments/ia...
This is the widely reported case about the Gazan family applying for settlement under the Ukrainian Family Scheme. The Court of Appeal makes no criticism of the choice to use that route
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Just a jaw-dropping paragraph in Trevor Phillips's column for The Times.
This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school.
And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need".
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school.
And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need".
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Just a jaw-dropping paragraph in Trevor Phillips's column for The Times.
This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school.
And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need".
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
This is a policy that, by his own account, has left parents of a particular race too frightened to walk their children to school.
And that's the example he chooses of the "vigour" we "need".
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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🇵🇱⚖️🇪🇺💍🏳️🌈I see a lot of "CJEU just legalised same-sex marriage across the EU" or "this is the EU Obergefell v Hodges moment" comments, and that's not quite the case. While the obligation for Poland to recognise same-sex unions concluded abroad is now clear, will the country follow it and adapt its laws?
The EU court has ruled that Poland must recognise the marriage of a Polish same-sex couple who married in Germany, even though Polish law does not allow such marriages.
The ruling requires Poland to change its system for recognising such marriages so as not to discriminate against same-sex couples.
The ruling requires Poland to change its system for recognising such marriages so as not to discriminate against same-sex couples.
EU court orders Poland to recognise same-sex marriages conducted in other member states
notesfrompoland.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🇵🇱⚖️🇪🇺💍🏳️🌈I see a lot of "CJEU just legalised same-sex marriage across the EU" or "this is the EU Obergefell v Hodges moment" comments, and that's not quite the case. While the obligation for Poland to recognise same-sex unions concluded abroad is now clear, will the country follow it and adapt its laws?
The judgment is currently only available in French or Polish so my understanding is either basic or non-existent (+ Google translate is hardly authoritative as a matter of EU law), BUT: I think this is one of the more significant points: 1/
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The judgment is currently only available in French or Polish so my understanding is either basic or non-existent (+ Google translate is hardly authoritative as a matter of EU law), BUT: I think this is one of the more significant points: 1/
It's a small step (same-sex couples in EU members without marriage equality can now marry in another member state and have their marriages recognised at home).
But it's an important one. A consequence of a supranational system with a strong harmonising interest. Relevant to gender recognition.
But it's an important one. A consequence of a supranational system with a strong harmonising interest. Relevant to gender recognition.
Really important decision for the rights of gay people, who are EU citizens, moving around the EU and seeking to ensure their marriage in one Member State is recognised in another. Notably more weight placed on citizenship rights than in the AG Opinion:
curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/...
curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/...
November 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
It's a small step (same-sex couples in EU members without marriage equality can now marry in another member state and have their marriages recognised at home).
But it's an important one. A consequence of a supranational system with a strong harmonising interest. Relevant to gender recognition.
But it's an important one. A consequence of a supranational system with a strong harmonising interest. Relevant to gender recognition.
Without getting into the merits of the minister's decision, the "little used" call-in procedure is what *SHOULD* be used whenever ministers are accused of solo runs beyond their remit in NI, not the courts.
Fewer batshit judicial reviews, more political moves please ☺️
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Fewer batshit judicial reviews, more political moves please ☺️
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Stormont: Ministers set for showdown over Israel trade talk block
The economy minister previously defended her decision to blocks trade talks with Israel.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Without getting into the merits of the minister's decision, the "little used" call-in procedure is what *SHOULD* be used whenever ministers are accused of solo runs beyond their remit in NI, not the courts.
Fewer batshit judicial reviews, more political moves please ☺️
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Fewer batshit judicial reviews, more political moves please ☺️
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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How is this not the top story on every news bulletin?
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
More then 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care
Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central government
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
How is this not the top story on every news bulletin?
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
The essential trait every South Asian parent drills into their children from birth is the ability of charming the most cantankerous, unhinged uncles in the neighbourhood.
November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The essential trait every South Asian parent drills into their children from birth is the ability of charming the most cantankerous, unhinged uncles in the neighbourhood.
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I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
A productive conversation around these statistics is whether the public infrastructure has kept up with demand (it obviously hasn't) and so we've all been competing for increasingly smaller scraps from an increasingly hardened, unkind state.
But no, we must grab the less productive headlines.
But no, we must grab the less productive headlines.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood made more explicit her argument that when ethnic minorities face racism, "we have no choice but to ask: what is the cause of our division"
Her answer is the level of net migration, 2019-23 causes racism. (She on Monday said it was caused by the scale of asylum)
Her answer is the level of net migration, 2019-23 causes racism. (She on Monday said it was caused by the scale of asylum)
November 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
A productive conversation around these statistics is whether the public infrastructure has kept up with demand (it obviously hasn't) and so we've all been competing for increasingly smaller scraps from an increasingly hardened, unkind state.
But no, we must grab the less productive headlines.
But no, we must grab the less productive headlines.
Earlier today the UK Supreme Court decided the provision of religious education in NI was unlawful. Before the inevitable tides of Stormont's (delightful) politics drown us, here's an analysis of that judgment from @colinmurray.bsky.social, @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social and I.
JR87: indoctrination and religious education in Northern Ireland (and beyond?) administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/j...
JR87: indoctrination and religious education in Northern Ireland (and beyond?)
Introduction On 19 November 2025, the Supreme Court (Lord Reed PSC, Lords Burrows, Hamblen, Lloyd-Jones and Stephens JJSC) handed down judgment in Re JR87 [2025] UKSC 40. This case (involving an ap…
administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Earlier today the UK Supreme Court decided the provision of religious education in NI was unlawful. Before the inevitable tides of Stormont's (delightful) politics drown us, here's an analysis of that judgment from @colinmurray.bsky.social, @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social and I.
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Ofsted School Inspection Framework Changes Lawful administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/o...
Ofsted School Inspection Framework Changes Lawful
Following the tragic death of headteacher Ruth Perry in January 2023 after an Ofsted inspection of her school, Ofsted sought to introduce a new education inspection framework. At the time of her de…
administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Ofsted School Inspection Framework Changes Lawful administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/o...
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Applying Shvidler: Proportionality, Appeal and Review administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/a...
Applying Shvidler: Proportionality, Appeal and Review
Introduction In this post published earlier this year on this blog concerning the case of Shvidler v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs [2025] UKSC 30, I explained…
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November 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Applying Shvidler: Proportionality, Appeal and Review administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/a...
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Unlawful prisoner segregation administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/u...
Unlawful prisoner segregation
The High Court (Sheldon J, 18 November 2025) has upheld a wide-ranging challenge brought by Sahayb Abu, currently serving a discretionary life sentence for preparing terrorist acts, for his segrega…
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November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Unlawful prisoner segregation administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/u...
I can't remember where I read this but the practice of summoning the Home Secretary to witness a royal birth was only stopped in the 20th century. So much for the dignified part of Bagehot's constitution.
indeed
November 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I can't remember where I read this but the practice of summoning the Home Secretary to witness a royal birth was only stopped in the 20th century. So much for the dignified part of Bagehot's constitution.
Maybe I've missed a trick by not using my own experiences of racism to justify my (problematic) actions but then I don't have a seat in the Commons so what do I know.
November 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Maybe I've missed a trick by not using my own experiences of racism to justify my (problematic) actions but then I don't have a seat in the Commons so what do I know.
I'm having flashbacks to courts being directed to give "great weight" and "the greatest possible weight" to various matters under the hugely successful Bill of Rights Bill.
Some sort of further tightening of the rules that Theresa May introduced in 2012 is on the cards. Because Theresa May was such a softie.
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I'm having flashbacks to courts being directed to give "great weight" and "the greatest possible weight" to various matters under the hugely successful Bill of Rights Bill.
The gender pay gap is not a distinct thing outside other kinds of systemic struggle; it's a gateway for many such struggles.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The gender pay gap is not a distinct thing outside other kinds of systemic struggle; it's a gateway for many such struggles.
This is probably a niche observation but the survey asked "2025 or 1975" to at least some people who were not alive in 1975, never mind old enough to have an opinion of life in 1975.
To what extent therefore are the survey and its results pure shite?
To what extent therefore are the survey and its results pure shite?
"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This is probably a niche observation but the survey asked "2025 or 1975" to at least some people who were not alive in 1975, never mind old enough to have an opinion of life in 1975.
To what extent therefore are the survey and its results pure shite?
To what extent therefore are the survey and its results pure shite?
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Progress report on negotiations on a general EU anti-discrimination directive (outside employment) - still no unanimity on this - data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document...
data.consilium.europa.eu
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Progress report on negotiations on a general EU anti-discrimination directive (outside employment) - still no unanimity on this - data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document...
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Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis.
Opinion: Beware of the judicial review red herring
Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis.
www.irishlegal.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis.
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President Catherine Connolly says she will foster “inclusive and open dialogue” on a united Ireland.
She said any progress towards unity must honour the principle of consent and celebrate the heritage and traditions of all who live on the island.
#VMNews
She said any progress towards unity must honour the principle of consent and celebrate the heritage and traditions of all who live on the island.
#VMNews
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
President Catherine Connolly says she will foster “inclusive and open dialogue” on a united Ireland.
She said any progress towards unity must honour the principle of consent and celebrate the heritage and traditions of all who live on the island.
#VMNews
She said any progress towards unity must honour the principle of consent and celebrate the heritage and traditions of all who live on the island.
#VMNews
H/t to @nearlydoctornick.bsky.social for highlighting this hauntingly beautiful collab between the late Talos and Ólafur Arnalds:
youtu.be/nEBbhgMp8Ok?...
youtu.be/nEBbhgMp8Ok?...
Ólafur Arnalds, Talos - A Dawning (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by OlafurArnaldsVEVO
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November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
H/t to @nearlydoctornick.bsky.social for highlighting this hauntingly beautiful collab between the late Talos and Ólafur Arnalds:
youtu.be/nEBbhgMp8Ok?...
youtu.be/nEBbhgMp8Ok?...
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🚨🚨 I am very delighted to peer over my proofs to a new quite comprehensive article analysing the European Public Prosecutor's Office ( #EPPO) to be published in the December issue of #europeanlawreview. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🚨🚨 I am very delighted to peer over my proofs to a new quite comprehensive article analysing the European Public Prosecutor's Office ( #EPPO) to be published in the December issue of #europeanlawreview. 🧵