Yuan Yi Zhu
@yuanyiz.bsky.social
Assistant professor of international relations and international law | sometime political advisor | All views mine alone | find me on Twitter at @yuanyi_z
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Yuan Yi Zhu
@yuanyiz.bsky.social
· Apr 29
I'm going to be honest: if you can't find Mississauga on a map I'm not interested in your Canadian political analysis.
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Good and fair review.
She is a serious person Baroness Hale, and deserves to be treated as such.
She also seems to have put effort into writing the book.
She is a serious person Baroness Hale, and deserves to be treated as such.
She also seems to have put effort into writing the book.
While I was offline I reviewed Baroness Hale of Richmond's newest book. It's actually very good! I'm going soft. Free link here @ www.thetimes.com/article/6dd6...
Return of the Spider Woman: Lady Hale tours Britain’s courts
With the Law on Our Side is a pleasingly old-fashioned look at our legal system by the former president of the Supreme Court
www.thetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Good and fair review.
She is a serious person Baroness Hale, and deserves to be treated as such.
She also seems to have put effort into writing the book.
She is a serious person Baroness Hale, and deserves to be treated as such.
She also seems to have put effort into writing the book.
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Dare I say it but you also write a very good nice review
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Dare I say it but you also write a very good nice review
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I’d missed this being published.
I know this is a niche point—& I think Lady Hale has tried to address it a bit from YYZ’s review—but I do wish more of these sorts of books would come not from the Great and the Good but those sitting a first instance, wrestling with litigation in the raw.
I know this is a niche point—& I think Lady Hale has tried to address it a bit from YYZ’s review—but I do wish more of these sorts of books would come not from the Great and the Good but those sitting a first instance, wrestling with litigation in the raw.
While I was offline I reviewed Baroness Hale of Richmond's newest book. It's actually very good! I'm going soft. Free link here @ www.thetimes.com/article/6dd6...
Return of the Spider Woman: Lady Hale tours Britain’s courts
With the Law on Our Side is a pleasingly old-fashioned look at our legal system by the former president of the Supreme Court
www.thetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I’d missed this being published.
I know this is a niche point—& I think Lady Hale has tried to address it a bit from YYZ’s review—but I do wish more of these sorts of books would come not from the Great and the Good but those sitting a first instance, wrestling with litigation in the raw.
I know this is a niche point—& I think Lady Hale has tried to address it a bit from YYZ’s review—but I do wish more of these sorts of books would come not from the Great and the Good but those sitting a first instance, wrestling with litigation in the raw.
Her agents haven't paid me enough for me to confirm this.
I think the last post I saw from you on here was your wedding. Does that mean you took Baroness Hale’s book with you on your honeymoon?!
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Her agents haven't paid me enough for me to confirm this.
While I was offline I reviewed Baroness Hale of Richmond's newest book. It's actually very good! I'm going soft. Free link here @ www.thetimes.com/article/6dd6...
Return of the Spider Woman: Lady Hale tours Britain’s courts
With the Law on Our Side is a pleasingly old-fashioned look at our legal system by the former president of the Supreme Court
www.thetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
While I was offline I reviewed Baroness Hale of Richmond's newest book. It's actually very good! I'm going soft. Free link here @ www.thetimes.com/article/6dd6...
A wise man once said that ‘jury trials are a fundamental part of our democratic settlement’. That man was David Lammy. Me for @unherd.com
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Scrapping jury trials won’t solve Britain’s legal backlog
A wise man once said that “jury trials are a fundamental part of our democratic settlement. Criminal trials without juries are a bad idea.” High office has a habit of deadening such wisdom, and now Da...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A wise man once said that ‘jury trials are a fundamental part of our democratic settlement’. That man was David Lammy. Me for @unherd.com
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I still think it's funny John Mearsheimer gave realism a bad name when all his Russia analysis is basically onthological security constructivism.
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I still think it's funny John Mearsheimer gave realism a bad name when all his Russia analysis is basically onthological security constructivism.
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Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
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British citizens who marry foreigners will have to make sure their spouses have a minimum income of £12,500 for 3 to 5 years, or they won't get indefinite leave to remain, the UK government has proposed. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691edd...
November 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
British citizens who marry foreigners will have to make sure their spouses have a minimum income of £12,500 for 3 to 5 years, or they won't get indefinite leave to remain, the UK government has proposed. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691edd...
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literally nobody has automatic ILR, that is not a thing that exists. meghan fucking markle had to apply for LtR
November 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
literally nobody has automatic ILR, that is not a thing that exists. meghan fucking markle had to apply for LtR
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for comparison (and it's not a direct comparison): when my wife arrived here at the start of 2016, they added a third language test but you only had to do it if you'd arrived within 6 months of it being introduced. expanding that out to "major rules can change inside of a 5 year period" is very bad
The government is announcing changes to indefinite leave to remain ahead of its consultation on these measures. Some changes will apply to those in the UK now who gave arrived in the last 4-5 years
November 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
for comparison (and it's not a direct comparison): when my wife arrived here at the start of 2016, they added a third language test but you only had to do it if you'd arrived within 6 months of it being introduced. expanding that out to "major rules can change inside of a 5 year period" is very bad
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'Not authorized': Family fights to regain Lemkin name from vehement Israel critic nationalpost.com/news/not-aut...
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
'Not authorized': Family fights to regain Lemkin name from vehement Israel critic nationalpost.com/news/not-aut...
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Bluesky's power users are in favor of violent threats, as long as the people receiving them "deserve" them. This is a much more complex and subjectivity-laden stance to take than the mods' stance, which is violent threats are always bad. The power users hate the mods for this.
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Bluesky's power users are in favor of violent threats, as long as the people receiving them "deserve" them. This is a much more complex and subjectivity-laden stance to take than the mods' stance, which is violent threats are always bad. The power users hate the mods for this.
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The last 2.5 years of Bluesky were a steady build up to "criticism of Jeffrey Epstein's writing ability is ableist." Congrats everyone, we did it.
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The last 2.5 years of Bluesky were a steady build up to "criticism of Jeffrey Epstein's writing ability is ableist." Congrats everyone, we did it.
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I'm still a bit uncomfortable with the number of people who seem to think what the BBC did with the Trump edit was either totally ok, or just a silly mistake. If a historian got caught playing fast and loose with sources and evidence like that in such an obviously politicised way, they'd be toast.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'm still a bit uncomfortable with the number of people who seem to think what the BBC did with the Trump edit was either totally ok, or just a silly mistake. If a historian got caught playing fast and loose with sources and evidence like that in such an obviously politicised way, they'd be toast.
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Nova Scotia’s top judges are defending their peers’ decision to ask that staff not wear poppies in provincial courtrooms
The move had been slammed by Premier Tim Houston and others late last week
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The move had been slammed by Premier Tim Houston and others late last week
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Top N.S. judges defend right to ban staff from wearing poppies in courtrooms
Nova Scotia's top judges say their peers were in the right to ban court staff from wearing poppies in the courtroom.
nationalpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Nova Scotia’s top judges are defending their peers’ decision to ask that staff not wear poppies in provincial courtrooms
The move had been slammed by Premier Tim Houston and others late last week
nationalpost.com/news/nova-sc...
The move had been slammed by Premier Tim Houston and others late last week
nationalpost.com/news/nova-sc...
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James Watson has died and much of the conversation has inevitably turned to Rosalind Franklin. I do commend anyone with access to read this 2002 New Yorker essay on her by Jim Holt. It presents a rather more complex version of the story than the somewhat mythic …
www.newyorker.com/magazine/200...
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Photo Finish
Rosalind Franklin and the great DNA race.
www.newyorker.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
James Watson has died and much of the conversation has inevitably turned to Rosalind Franklin. I do commend anyone with access to read this 2002 New Yorker essay on her by Jim Holt. It presents a rather more complex version of the story than the somewhat mythic …
www.newyorker.com/magazine/200...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/200...
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Call for evidence on proposed changes to routes to settlement in the UK (ILR). Sharing for people on my list who may be affected by this,this is opportunity to provide feedback as part of the process. Deadline 2 December. committees.parliament.uk/work/9389/ #indefiniteleavetoremain #settlement #ilr
Routes to Settlement - Committees - UK Parliament
The Government has announced major changes to eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR), also known as settlement, and is planning to consult on the proposed changes later this year.  ...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Call for evidence on proposed changes to routes to settlement in the UK (ILR). Sharing for people on my list who may be affected by this,this is opportunity to provide feedback as part of the process. Deadline 2 December. committees.parliament.uk/work/9389/ #indefiniteleavetoremain #settlement #ilr
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I'm posting this on BlueSky to (hopefully) disprove a theory I have about this platform.
Do people on here understand this is not 'pro-Palestine' activism, despite this individual describing her output as such? That this is in fact the Great Replacement theory so beloved of White Nationalists?
Do people on here understand this is not 'pro-Palestine' activism, despite this individual describing her output as such? That this is in fact the Great Replacement theory so beloved of White Nationalists?
November 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I'm posting this on BlueSky to (hopefully) disprove a theory I have about this platform.
Do people on here understand this is not 'pro-Palestine' activism, despite this individual describing her output as such? That this is in fact the Great Replacement theory so beloved of White Nationalists?
Do people on here understand this is not 'pro-Palestine' activism, despite this individual describing her output as such? That this is in fact the Great Replacement theory so beloved of White Nationalists?
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J'ai passé la journée à répondre à des messages injurieux m'accusant au mieux de complaisance avec l'extrême droite et au pire d'être moi-même un fasciste en chemise brune.
Je vais donc mettre les choses au point.
Il y a dans notre République un certain nombre de principes cardinaux.
1/
Je vais donc mettre les choses au point.
Il y a dans notre République un certain nombre de principes cardinaux.
1/
October 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
J'ai passé la journée à répondre à des messages injurieux m'accusant au mieux de complaisance avec l'extrême droite et au pire d'être moi-même un fasciste en chemise brune.
Je vais donc mettre les choses au point.
Il y a dans notre République un certain nombre de principes cardinaux.
1/
Je vais donc mettre les choses au point.
Il y a dans notre République un certain nombre de principes cardinaux.
1/
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Further updates on the ignominious end to Lam's ignominious policy. Good to hear Badenoch say "But we have a principle. We don’t believe in making things retrospective." Let's hope all Britain's parties follow that principle. And for a less punitive & vindictive approach to immigration more broadly
Tories will not deport legally settled people, Badenoch clarifies
Katie Lam spoke ‘imprecisely’ in stating large number of people would ‘need to go home’, says Conservative leader
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Further updates on the ignominious end to Lam's ignominious policy. Good to hear Badenoch say "But we have a principle. We don’t believe in making things retrospective." Let's hope all Britain's parties follow that principle. And for a less punitive & vindictive approach to immigration more broadly
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I wonder how any Spectator journalists on ILR or with loved ones who are feel about that... My sense is there are quite a few
October 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I wonder how any Spectator journalists on ILR or with loved ones who are feel about that... My sense is there are quite a few
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UK Parliament opens call for evidence on new settlement rules – have your say!
The Home Affairs Committee is reviewing UK “routes to settlement” — how long people must live here before ILR, and what counts as contribution. Deadline 02/12:
🔗 committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...
The Home Affairs Committee is reviewing UK “routes to settlement” — how long people must live here before ILR, and what counts as contribution. Deadline 02/12:
🔗 committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...
Call for Evidence - Committees - UK Parliament
Terms of Reference
committees.parliament.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
UK Parliament opens call for evidence on new settlement rules – have your say!
The Home Affairs Committee is reviewing UK “routes to settlement” — how long people must live here before ILR, and what counts as contribution. Deadline 02/12:
🔗 committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...
The Home Affairs Committee is reviewing UK “routes to settlement” — how long people must live here before ILR, and what counts as contribution. Deadline 02/12:
🔗 committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...
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The problem is they have scared off high skill workers toowith all the nonsense over ILR (I can confirm this is causing issues for us at Oxford). That’s on Blue Labour.
October 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The problem is they have scared off high skill workers toowith all the nonsense over ILR (I can confirm this is causing issues for us at Oxford). That’s on Blue Labour.
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Mike Tapp MP, Minister for Migration and Citizenship, was questioned by the House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee about the proposed changes to ILR. His answer continues to leave us legal migrants in the dark.
October 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Mike Tapp MP, Minister for Migration and Citizenship, was questioned by the House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee about the proposed changes to ILR. His answer continues to leave us legal migrants in the dark.