David Mead
@seethingmead.bsky.social
Professor of UK Human Rights Law, UEA: public order/protest/policing/free speech/human rights
Poor but inveterate punster.Converse collector. Law, politics, Derby County, & music
Man of Sussex in exile…still fighting the forced East/West partition of ‘72
Poor but inveterate punster.Converse collector. Law, politics, Derby County, & music
Man of Sussex in exile…still fighting the forced East/West partition of ‘72
Don’t know about backlog in jury trials but David Lammy really should fix the audio quality in the RCJ
I’m in the overspill court for the Palestine Action JR watching a live relay, and cannot make out a thing that PA’s KC is saying
I’m in the overspill court for the Palestine Action JR watching a live relay, and cannot make out a thing that PA’s KC is saying
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Don’t know about backlog in jury trials but David Lammy really should fix the audio quality in the RCJ
I’m in the overspill court for the Palestine Action JR watching a live relay, and cannot make out a thing that PA’s KC is saying
I’m in the overspill court for the Palestine Action JR watching a live relay, and cannot make out a thing that PA’s KC is saying
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Full case submissions here: www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/wp-content/u...
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Full case submissions here: www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Writing the editorial for the PL Special Issue on 40 Years of the Public Order Act 1986, out next Spring...
"The current government’s approach to public order law is such a long way from the mantra of “Change”, emblazoned on its 2024 manifesto that the fictional character Keir Starmer ...
"The current government’s approach to public order law is such a long way from the mantra of “Change”, emblazoned on its 2024 manifesto that the fictional character Keir Starmer ...
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Writing the editorial for the PL Special Issue on 40 Years of the Public Order Act 1986, out next Spring...
"The current government’s approach to public order law is such a long way from the mantra of “Change”, emblazoned on its 2024 manifesto that the fictional character Keir Starmer ...
"The current government’s approach to public order law is such a long way from the mantra of “Change”, emblazoned on its 2024 manifesto that the fictional character Keir Starmer ...
A really worthwhile thing to get involved in if you have little bit of spare time and the sort of expertise they need
Would recommend
An excellent third sector organisation
Would recommend
An excellent third sector organisation
Defend the Right to Protest: Become a Trustee at Article 11 Trust | Article 11 Trust
article11trust.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A really worthwhile thing to get involved in if you have little bit of spare time and the sort of expertise they need
Would recommend
An excellent third sector organisation
Would recommend
An excellent third sector organisation
I once called for thousands of my supporters to march onto the Capitol on a cold January day ….but not in a hurtful or insulting way
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I once called for thousands of my supporters to march onto the Capitol on a cold January day ….but not in a hurtful or insulting way
I once abused and swore at a fellow footballer calling him c*** while breaking his leg … but not in hurtful or insulting way
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I once abused and swore at a fellow footballer calling him c*** while breaking his leg … but not in hurtful or insulting way
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My @uealawclinic.bsky.social partners at Norfolk Community Law Service, inc our students, have helped people in Norfolk successfully obtain £15m in wrongly refused welfare benefits, through appeals. How many cannot do this for want of the fee for the evidence?
November 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
My @uealawclinic.bsky.social partners at Norfolk Community Law Service, inc our students, have helped people in Norfolk successfully obtain £15m in wrongly refused welfare benefits, through appeals. How many cannot do this for want of the fee for the evidence?
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✨ A hard copy has arrived! 📘
Excited to share my contribution "A Feminist Critique" to the @oxunipress.bsky.social Handbook of Peaceful Assembly, edited by T. Abu El-Haj, M. Hamilton. @thomasprobert.com, and S. Srinvasan!
@edinburghpir.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social
Excited to share my contribution "A Feminist Critique" to the @oxunipress.bsky.social Handbook of Peaceful Assembly, edited by T. Abu El-Haj, M. Hamilton. @thomasprobert.com, and S. Srinvasan!
@edinburghpir.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
✨ A hard copy has arrived! 📘
Excited to share my contribution "A Feminist Critique" to the @oxunipress.bsky.social Handbook of Peaceful Assembly, edited by T. Abu El-Haj, M. Hamilton. @thomasprobert.com, and S. Srinvasan!
@edinburghpir.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social
Excited to share my contribution "A Feminist Critique" to the @oxunipress.bsky.social Handbook of Peaceful Assembly, edited by T. Abu El-Haj, M. Hamilton. @thomasprobert.com, and S. Srinvasan!
@edinburghpir.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social
I’ve seen some try to argue on here that Labour is already taxing wealth …through closing the non dom loophole and on private school fees
These are taxes (latter) on wealthy people not on their wealth
The first is not necessarily a tax on either wealth or wealthy people
These are taxes (latter) on wealthy people not on their wealth
The first is not necessarily a tax on either wealth or wealthy people
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I’ve seen some try to argue on here that Labour is already taxing wealth …through closing the non dom loophole and on private school fees
These are taxes (latter) on wealthy people not on their wealth
The first is not necessarily a tax on either wealth or wealthy people
These are taxes (latter) on wealthy people not on their wealth
The first is not necessarily a tax on either wealth or wealthy people
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
This obviously (I hope) is fairly foul line to be taking but a close read shows the problems & tensions at the heart of this fag-packet policy formulation
There is quite a difference b/w “illegal entry” (in breach of UK law) & illegal entrants who aren’t refugees
Very confused target marketing
There is quite a difference b/w “illegal entry” (in breach of UK law) & illegal entrants who aren’t refugees
Very confused target marketing
November 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This obviously (I hope) is fairly foul line to be taking but a close read shows the problems & tensions at the heart of this fag-packet policy formulation
There is quite a difference b/w “illegal entry” (in breach of UK law) & illegal entrants who aren’t refugees
Very confused target marketing
There is quite a difference b/w “illegal entry” (in breach of UK law) & illegal entrants who aren’t refugees
Very confused target marketing
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Funny how universities are 'independent' and 'academic freedom is important' when it comes to being left to fend for their own on income and lack of funding, but have to do whatever government wants when it comes to research funding.
Science secretary Liz Kendall rejects criticisms that Labour's increased direction of research funding towards its national priorities breach long-held conventions limiting political interference in science www.timeshighereducation.com/news/kendall... via @jgro-the.bsky.social
Kendall: Haldane not breached by research spending direction
Science secretary defends decision to dedicate nearly a fifth of UKRI budget to policy priorities
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Funny how universities are 'independent' and 'academic freedom is important' when it comes to being left to fend for their own on income and lack of funding, but have to do whatever government wants when it comes to research funding.
I remain pompously pleased with that…
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I remain pompously pleased with that…
London academic lawyers
Can anyone get me into a library tomorrow, central-ish?
I’ve got an unexpected free day due to a court case bringing pushed back 24 hours …but have already got train ticket so am in London for the day…marking
Thanks
I’ve reapplied to IALS so hopefully OK but…,
Can anyone get me into a library tomorrow, central-ish?
I’ve got an unexpected free day due to a court case bringing pushed back 24 hours …but have already got train ticket so am in London for the day…marking
Thanks
I’ve reapplied to IALS so hopefully OK but…,
November 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
London academic lawyers
Can anyone get me into a library tomorrow, central-ish?
I’ve got an unexpected free day due to a court case bringing pushed back 24 hours …but have already got train ticket so am in London for the day…marking
Thanks
I’ve reapplied to IALS so hopefully OK but…,
Can anyone get me into a library tomorrow, central-ish?
I’ve got an unexpected free day due to a court case bringing pushed back 24 hours …but have already got train ticket so am in London for the day…marking
Thanks
I’ve reapplied to IALS so hopefully OK but…,
Another reason to celebrate the fact that as I near 60, retirement hoves into sight
That’s on a personal level
I’m not sure the UK HE sector will be in a recognisable shape in 2035
I fear for current colleagues, my own PGRs who want to enter, kids who want go, society which will benefit
That’s on a personal level
I’m not sure the UK HE sector will be in a recognisable shape in 2035
I fear for current colleagues, my own PGRs who want to enter, kids who want go, society which will benefit
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Another reason to celebrate the fact that as I near 60, retirement hoves into sight
That’s on a personal level
I’m not sure the UK HE sector will be in a recognisable shape in 2035
I fear for current colleagues, my own PGRs who want to enter, kids who want go, society which will benefit
That’s on a personal level
I’m not sure the UK HE sector will be in a recognisable shape in 2035
I fear for current colleagues, my own PGRs who want to enter, kids who want go, society which will benefit
My talent is wasted in this house
Caught 30 seconds of some awful game show, picture round
Mrs S-M shouts “That’s All Saints!”
Me “That’s never ever All Saints”
Nothing
Caught 30 seconds of some awful game show, picture round
Mrs S-M shouts “That’s All Saints!”
Me “That’s never ever All Saints”
Nothing
November 23, 2025 at 9:44 AM
My talent is wasted in this house
Caught 30 seconds of some awful game show, picture round
Mrs S-M shouts “That’s All Saints!”
Me “That’s never ever All Saints”
Nothing
Caught 30 seconds of some awful game show, picture round
Mrs S-M shouts “That’s All Saints!”
Me “That’s never ever All Saints”
Nothing
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Very pleased to contribute a chapter to this new book:
‘Preparing for the end of consociational power-sharing?’
A much-needed conversation about the present and possible future.
www.routledge.com/Consociation...
‘Preparing for the end of consociational power-sharing?’
A much-needed conversation about the present and possible future.
www.routledge.com/Consociation...
www.routledge.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Very pleased to contribute a chapter to this new book:
‘Preparing for the end of consociational power-sharing?’
A much-needed conversation about the present and possible future.
www.routledge.com/Consociation...
‘Preparing for the end of consociational power-sharing?’
A much-needed conversation about the present and possible future.
www.routledge.com/Consociation...
You really should not lose a Test match in an afternoon when at lunch you had a lead of 99 with nine wickets standing
Shocking really
Shocking really
November 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
You really should not lose a Test match in an afternoon when at lunch you had a lead of 99 with nine wickets standing
Shocking really
Shocking really
Literary BlueSky
Am I making a mistake with this, borrowed on a whim from local library this morning
Is it going to be three months I won’t get back…like both Donna Tartt books I’ve tried
Am I making a mistake with this, borrowed on a whim from local library this morning
Is it going to be three months I won’t get back…like both Donna Tartt books I’ve tried
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Literary BlueSky
Am I making a mistake with this, borrowed on a whim from local library this morning
Is it going to be three months I won’t get back…like both Donna Tartt books I’ve tried
Am I making a mistake with this, borrowed on a whim from local library this morning
Is it going to be three months I won’t get back…like both Donna Tartt books I’ve tried
I'm told the proofs have been agreed and so it is back with publishers to print. Very glad to have been part of this project looking at #protest law and #policing internationally, and from a southern hemisphere/global South perspective ...
Due out early February
www.routledge.com/Internationa...
Due out early February
www.routledge.com/Internationa...
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I'm told the proofs have been agreed and so it is back with publishers to print. Very glad to have been part of this project looking at #protest law and #policing internationally, and from a southern hemisphere/global South perspective ...
Due out early February
www.routledge.com/Internationa...
Due out early February
www.routledge.com/Internationa...
I was 22 or so, younger than both my two children are now
A majestic album, of its time for me then, but everlasting
A majestic album, of its time for me then, but everlasting
I wish I lived in a world where I could forget what happens after the first ten seconds of She Bangs The Drums so I could innocently savour anew the shift that kicks in
How wonderful it would be to hear that - or This is the One - first time
How wonderful it would be to hear that - or This is the One - first time
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I was 22 or so, younger than both my two children are now
A majestic album, of its time for me then, but everlasting
A majestic album, of its time for me then, but everlasting
I wish I lived in a world where I could forget what happens after the first ten seconds of She Bangs The Drums so I could innocently savour anew the shift that kicks in
How wonderful it would be to hear that - or This is the One - first time
How wonderful it would be to hear that - or This is the One - first time
November 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I wish I lived in a world where I could forget what happens after the first ten seconds of She Bangs The Drums so I could innocently savour anew the shift that kicks in
How wonderful it would be to hear that - or This is the One - first time
How wonderful it would be to hear that - or This is the One - first time