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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 7h

Which is to say, it is functionally identical to Tory policy.

REFUK policy just skips the first part.

Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 8h

Every Labour intervention on migration has 'trade - good, brown people coming here - bad' lurking in the background.

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 9h

Wilful ignorance of how trade and migration actually work in a globalised economy.

The idea that the (short and long-term) movement of people -especially between India and the UK - has nothing to do with trade and investment is (obviously) wrong.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Neilly from the Leftist Cooks (She/Her) @neillyleftistcook.bsky.social · 23h

For sale: baby shoes, never worn. Baby got too big. Really big really fast. Not sure if we're doing something right or something wrong. This is a giant baby. They hardly ever wear shoes anyway.
- Ernest Hemingway

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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 2d

Does this extend to Leinster titles as well?

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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 2d

It's hard to look at the discourse surrounding human rights in the UK today and not think that JS Mill was right.

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Pintbaby @pintbaby.bsky.social · 2d

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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 2d

I hear there's a lock-in in Fagan's tonight...
#Aras25

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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 2d

Politics has been so depressing and miserable recently.
I really needed a good ol' Fianna Fáil omnishambles to cheer me up. #Aras25.

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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 2d

D'oh! #JimGaffen #Aras25

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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 2d

Damn, he withdrew before I even thought of "Jim Gaffen" 🤦‍♂️
#Aras25

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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 2d

I love how he can't even withdraw without a gaffe. #Aras25

The museum of unconditional surrender @iamreddave.bsky.social · 2d

"may withdraw his candidature at any time before the completion of the ruling on nominations but not thereafter." www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1993/act... But I'm no lawyer #galvin #presidentirl

Presidential Elections Act, 1993, Section 30

www.irishstatutebook.ie

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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 2d

We didn't even have time to go to the shop to buy the lettuce...

Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 2d

🚨 Jim Gavin has withdrawn from the Presidential Election. #aras25 @virginmedianews.bsky.social

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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 2d

Labour are doing an excellent job of putting all the infrastructure in place for a far right Reform/ Tory government to do what Trump is doing in America.
And their ECHR-bashing is like handing them the keys to do it.

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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 2d

The conflation between pro-Palestine/anti-genocide protests and the attack on the Manchester synagogue is disgusting, dangerous, and deeply cynical.

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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 2d

The UK's three main political parties are just different flavours of authoritarianism at this stage.
This country is at a dangerous crossroads and every potential path looks bleak.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Police to get broader powers to crack down on repeated protests

The move is not a ban on protests but

www.bbc.co.uk

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 3d

A day to wonder “why couldn’t you have found contract law or trusts as interesting at university, David?”

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Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 3d

Bravo.

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 4d

Deeply, deeply saddening to see people at the Manchester vigil just saying quite bluntly that they feel marches against genocide in Gaza are, in fact, directed against all Jewish people.

This is exactly what both terrorists and genociders want.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...

Lammy heckled at vigil for Manchester synagogue attack; one victim died after apparently being hit by police bullet – latest

Justice secretary faces calls of ‘shame on you’ as crowd gathers to remember victims of terror attack

www.theguardian.com

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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 5d

Another disgusting conflation between the Manchester attack and peaceful political protest.
This is vile and authoritarian.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mahmood: Pro-Palestinian protests 'un-British' after terror attack

The home secretary told BBC Breakfast she was disappointed pro-Palestinian protests went ahead.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 5d

New video in my Coffee Time Constitutional Law Series: How the British King Lost His Power. In this video, I explain the UK's evolution into a constitutional monarchy and the pivotal clashes between the Crown and Parliament in the 1600s.

youtu.be/xIrRjPdgAQg?...

How the British King Lost his Power

YouTube video by Dr Alan Greene

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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 5d

This is a disgusting conflation by the police of an abhorrent act of political violence and antisemitism on the one hand, and a completely unconnected peaceful political protest on the other.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Police ask for Palestine Action protest to be postponed to free up officers in wake of terror attack

Exclusive: Group organising protest says it will go ahead as planned and it is up to Met police whether or not it diverts resources to make arrests

www.theguardian.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6d

This is absolutely horrific. To attack a synagogue and kill people, and that too on Yom Kippur. Vile and inexcusable.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6d

BREAKING: Two people have died and three others are in serious condition after a synagogue attack in the UK, police say.

Police are at the scene of a reported stabbing at a synagogue in English city of Manchester

Police are at the scene of a reported stabbing at a synagogue in Manchester, northwest England. Andy Burnham, the mayor of the Greater Manchester Area, said Thursday that the “immediate danger appears to be over” after reports of the incident in Crumpsall, north of the city.

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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 6d

Fucking hell - awful.

On top of a serious racial assault in Bristol last night as well. Feels like things are very much spinning out: we need to take this shit on in every way.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6d

Manchester synagogue attack latest: police say suspect shot after four people injured by vehicle and stabbings

Police say they are responding to an incident in Crumpsall, Greater Manchester Greater Manchester Police said a suspect has been shot and four people have suffered injuries caused by a vehicle and stabbings at a synagogue in Crumpsall north of the city. The force said: Police were called to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, on Middleton Road, Crumpsall, at 9.31am by a member of the public, stating he had witnessed a car being driven towards members of the public, and one man had been stabbed. GMP declared PLATO and a major incident at 9.37am. Shots were fired by Greater Manchester Police firearms officers at 9.38am. One man has been shot, believed to be the offender. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Cian Ó Concubhair @cianoconcubhair.bsky.social · 6d

Having a flashback to when a senior Garda contacted my college in Oxford to try to get me expelled because of my conviction

Then head of the college former DPP Ken McDonald told me about it in a slightly embarrassed tone

Funnily enough, he also had a conviction for drug dealing

The Journal @thejournal.ie · 6d

Counter-terrorism gardaí intervened to stop Catherine Connolly from hiring a woman convicted of a gun crime to work in Leinster House, The Journal has learned.
http://jrnl.ie/6830299t

Gardaí blocked Catherine Connolly from hiring woman convicted of gun crime

The presidential candidate sought to hire Ursula Ní Shionnáin, a former Éirigí member who was sentenced to six years in jail by the Special Criminal Court.

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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 7d

Pleased to see that Strasbourg Observers is now tagging blogs if they cover judgments that discuss "allegation-picking."
A new concept is born...
strasbourgobservers.com/category/all...

Allegation-Picking Archives - Strasbourg Observers

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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 7d

Jury trial is the gold standard according to the Irish constitution.

The UK prosecutes terrorist offences all the time before juries. I see no reason why Ireland cannot either.

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