Liz Davies
@lizdsocialist.bsky.social
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Proud activist lawyer, Honorary Vice President Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, all views my own.
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You did. Great achievement from the 3 of us.
lizdsocialist.bsky.social
Mind you, Latin is a bit foreign, a bit European even.
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Today at #LabourConference2025 was the momentous day when the Labour Party membership and trades unionists began to find their voice again. Here’s a report in Labour Hub telling the story of the big decisions on Gaza and Wealth Tax motions.

#SavetheLabourParty

labourhub.org.uk/2025/09/29/l...
Labour Conference votes for a full arms embargo on Israel
Conference comes to life as delegates vote to sanction Israel and demand a wealth tax. In a victory for the tireless campaigning mounted by solidarity activists, Labour’s Annual Conference has vote…
labourhub.org.uk
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norrette.bsky.social
labourhub.org.uk/2025/09/26/w...

This is on my shopping list, more quotes in the article.

"[Emma Burnell] warns: “If it turns out that McSweeney’s clarity of vision began and ended with his changing the Labour Party, it may well be that his usefulness to Starmer and the party will run out.”
What does Keir Starmer stand for?
On the eve of Labour’s Conference, Mike Phipps reviews The Starmer Symptom, edited by Mark Perryman, published by Pluto. What does Keir Starmer represent? Does his wing of the Labour Party stand fo…
labourhub.org.uk
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dmachover.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - ‘A landless people & a peopleless land: these it appears are the aims of the Israeli government in Gaza…mass killing & expulsion of the Palestinians [and] rendering the land uninhabitable. Alongside the crime of genocide, another great horror unfolds: ecocide.’
Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
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gardencourtlaw.bsky.social
Garden Ct's Liz Davies KC @lizdsocialist.bsky.social to speak at Housing Law Practitioners Association (HLPA) Meeting on Renters Rights 🏘️⚖️

📅 17 September 2025, 6.30PM
📍 University of Bristol Law School

Find out more about our #1 ranked #HousingLaw team 🔗
gardencourtchambers.co.uk/areas-of-law...
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gardencourtlaw.bsky.social
Garden Court Chambers mourns the loss of Professor Conor Gearty KC (Hon).

Conor was a shining light in civil liberties and human rights for decades through his work as a lawyer, as an educator, and as a thinker.

Read on ▶️ gardencourtchambers.co.uk/garden-court...
lizdsocialist.bsky.social
Answer: maybe in Wales?
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gardencourtlaw.bsky.social
Garden Court's Adrian Berry KC writes in new Cosmopolis blog: 'The ECHR & UK international relations'💡📝

"To contend that #ECHR withdrawal is a simple act without consequential effect is simply to blind oneself to international political reality..."

Read here 🔽
tinyurl.com/4h4zh9jm
#HumanRights
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lizdsocialist.bsky.social
My guess, as you hint out, party managers will try to make sure there is only candidate for deputy leader, Lammy, so no need for a contest.
Co.bi
lizdsocialist.bsky.social
I quite fancy going to an isolated penguin colony & shouting fuck patriarchy. Should put it on bucket list.