Lydia Morgan
@lydiamorgan.bsky.social
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The UK's counter-terrorism laws are arguably at their most strict levels since 2010.
Stricter than since ISIS, the Westminster attacks, or the Manchester arena bombings.
This doesn't make any sense.
Stricter than since ISIS, the Westminster attacks, or the Manchester arena bombings.
This doesn't make any sense.
June 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The UK's counter-terrorism laws are arguably at their most strict levels since 2010.
Stricter than since ISIS, the Westminster attacks, or the Manchester arena bombings.
This doesn't make any sense.
Stricter than since ISIS, the Westminster attacks, or the Manchester arena bombings.
This doesn't make any sense.
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The issue with terrorism legislation was always that it allowed authoritarian governments to take sweeping action against organisations they find problematic. This slippage was always the point.
The word "terrorism" has been rendered utterly devoid of meaning if some red paint suffices.
The word "terrorism" has been rendered utterly devoid of meaning if some red paint suffices.
Short thread on Yvette Cooper's decision to ban Palestine Action. 🧵
June 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The issue with terrorism legislation was always that it allowed authoritarian governments to take sweeping action against organisations they find problematic. This slippage was always the point.
The word "terrorism" has been rendered utterly devoid of meaning if some red paint suffices.
The word "terrorism" has been rendered utterly devoid of meaning if some red paint suffices.
Interested that the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation is seemingly doing less ‘reviewing’ independently and more approving before action of ludicrous moves by the Home Secretary to proscribe Palestine Action. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/w...
June 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Interested that the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation is seemingly doing less ‘reviewing’ independently and more approving before action of ludicrous moves by the Home Secretary to proscribe Palestine Action. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/w...
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“They make a desert and call it peace.”
June 22, 2025 at 12:51 AM
“They make a desert and call it peace.”
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He has produced the real emergency that he can now use to stifle free speech, round people up, and demand total fidelity.
At the cost of many human lives and devastation.
Declaring it is time for peace right after bombing is quite the thing to say. An abuser’s tactic.
At the cost of many human lives and devastation.
Declaring it is time for peace right after bombing is quite the thing to say. An abuser’s tactic.
June 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
He has produced the real emergency that he can now use to stifle free speech, round people up, and demand total fidelity.
At the cost of many human lives and devastation.
Declaring it is time for peace right after bombing is quite the thing to say. An abuser’s tactic.
At the cost of many human lives and devastation.
Declaring it is time for peace right after bombing is quite the thing to say. An abuser’s tactic.
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Now is a moment to reshare this video
June 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Now is a moment to reshare this video
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I got a lot of requests, so here’s a gift link to my latest newsletter, about Democrats’ obsession with calling everything Trump does a “distraction.”
The Politics of Eternal Distraction
To some Democrats, everything Trump does is designed to distract you
stringinamaze.net
June 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I got a lot of requests, so here’s a gift link to my latest newsletter, about Democrats’ obsession with calling everything Trump does a “distraction.”
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#UKHE consultancies: turn everything in generic megacourses because the only metric for value we have is the largest possible enrolment number & fees
students: I will take my brain & my fees to where there's some respect for my interest in choice and specificity. www.lemonde.fr/en/campus/ar...
students: I will take my brain & my fees to where there's some respect for my interest in choice and specificity. www.lemonde.fr/en/campus/ar...
May 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
#UKHE consultancies: turn everything in generic megacourses because the only metric for value we have is the largest possible enrolment number & fees
students: I will take my brain & my fees to where there's some respect for my interest in choice and specificity. www.lemonde.fr/en/campus/ar...
students: I will take my brain & my fees to where there's some respect for my interest in choice and specificity. www.lemonde.fr/en/campus/ar...
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I mean, I’m boring myself by banging this drum, but almost every university in this country employs more people than British Steel, and the fact that Labour refuses to recognise that is simply intentional ignorance at this point.
May 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I mean, I’m boring myself by banging this drum, but almost every university in this country employs more people than British Steel, and the fact that Labour refuses to recognise that is simply intentional ignorance at this point.
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Over 200 lawyers, academic and practising, signed the following letter to the UK Govt and parliamentary committees (Westminster and devolved) expressing our concerns over the FWS decision, its implications for trans rights in the UK, and the EHRC approach to it:
www.parliament.scot/-/media/file...
www.parliament.scot/-/media/file...
May 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Over 200 lawyers, academic and practising, signed the following letter to the UK Govt and parliamentary committees (Westminster and devolved) expressing our concerns over the FWS decision, its implications for trans rights in the UK, and the EHRC approach to it:
www.parliament.scot/-/media/file...
www.parliament.scot/-/media/file...
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Registration for our Re-Imagining Counter-Terrorism Law workshop is now open! Registration is free but will close at 12pm on 2nd June and places are limited. Please use the following link to register. forms.office.com/e/NKSYSGMs9X
May 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Registration for our Re-Imagining Counter-Terrorism Law workshop is now open! Registration is free but will close at 12pm on 2nd June and places are limited. Please use the following link to register. forms.office.com/e/NKSYSGMs9X
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A reminder that the word 'terrorism' has no value. It is selectively applied to different people and groups and places, by the US government, and the West more broadly, based on self interest and convenience. (Until a few months ago, the US had a multi-million-dollar bounty on al-Sharaa's head.)
The White House and Trump have confirmed that Trump plans to meet tomorrow in Saudi Arabia with President Ahmed al-Sharaa of Syria.
May 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A reminder that the word 'terrorism' has no value. It is selectively applied to different people and groups and places, by the US government, and the West more broadly, based on self interest and convenience. (Until a few months ago, the US had a multi-million-dollar bounty on al-Sharaa's head.)
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“Experts on the laws of international conflict say it is illegal for a country to limit aid deliveries if it knows that doing so will cause starvation”.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/w...
In Private, Some Israeli Officers Admit That Gaza Is on the Brink of Starvation
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“Experts on the laws of international conflict say it is illegal for a country to limit aid deliveries if it knows that doing so will cause starvation”.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/w...
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anne widdecombe coming at labour from the left is wild af.
keir starmer has gotta go.
keir starmer has gotta go.
Ann Widdecombe has outflanked Keir Starmer
May 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
anne widdecombe coming at labour from the left is wild af.
keir starmer has gotta go.
keir starmer has gotta go.
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After due consideration, having weighed up the relevant evidence, assessed the balance of arguments and gamed the likely implications, I have reached the conclusion that Keir Starmer can fuck off from a great height.
May 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
After due consideration, having weighed up the relevant evidence, assessed the balance of arguments and gamed the likely implications, I have reached the conclusion that Keir Starmer can fuck off from a great height.
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Labour's biggest issue is neither being too socially conserative or not socially conservative enough. It's cuts. People have had enough.
make people’s lives worse, lose seats
May 2, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Labour's biggest issue is neither being too socially conserative or not socially conservative enough. It's cuts. People have had enough.
Extended deadline ending today! With a keynote from Professor Conor Gearty.
Call for Papers: Re-Imagining Counter-Terrorism Law Workshop
Come and talk with us about your interesting research in the area of counter-terrorism!
Come and talk with us about your interesting research in the area of counter-terrorism!
May 2, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Extended deadline ending today! With a keynote from Professor Conor Gearty.
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If you still believe Hamas, not Netanyahu, is the block on a hostage deal and ceasefire agreement then you are either the dumbest person in the world, or you have never read a word published in the Israeli press, or… both.
April 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
If you still believe Hamas, not Netanyahu, is the block on a hostage deal and ceasefire agreement then you are either the dumbest person in the world, or you have never read a word published in the Israeli press, or… both.
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I can’t help but think something has gone wrong in your life if you’re spending your morning off work holding a sign that says “Large Gametes”.
April 16, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I can’t help but think something has gone wrong in your life if you’re spending your morning off work holding a sign that says “Large Gametes”.
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On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies.
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Support resources for our trans friends and allies | Good Law Project
At a time when anti-trans discrimination is rife and hate crime has reached record levels, it’s important to know what support is out there for trans, non-binary or gender-questioning individuals and ...
goodlawproject.org
April 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies.
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
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This is an excellent long read. The blurring of military and civilian; strengthening of executive powers over commerce, land, and people.
President Trump may soon try to invoke the “Insurrection Act” to trigger the ability to use the military for domestic law enforcement.
Today’s “One First” offers an overview of the statute; how it’s been used; and what might happen if Trump tries to use it now:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/142-five-q...
Today’s “One First” offers an overview of the statute; how it’s been used; and what might happen if Trump tries to use it now:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/142-five-q...
142. Five Questions About Domestic Use of the Military
The federal government's authorities to use the military for domestic law enforcement are old, broad, and vague. They may soon become far more relevant than they've been for quite a long time.
www.stevevladeck.com
April 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is an excellent long read. The blurring of military and civilian; strengthening of executive powers over commerce, land, and people.
Call for Papers: Re-Imagining Counter-Terrorism Law Workshop
Come and talk with us about your interesting research in the area of counter-terrorism!
Come and talk with us about your interesting research in the area of counter-terrorism!
April 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Call for Papers: Re-Imagining Counter-Terrorism Law Workshop
Come and talk with us about your interesting research in the area of counter-terrorism!
Come and talk with us about your interesting research in the area of counter-terrorism!
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The self-professed ‘free speech absolutist’, with a crazed look in his eyes, says ‘we are going to go after’ the people pushing ‘lies and propaganda.’
Pretty sure, whether you like it or not, the First Amendment covers both lies and propaganda.
Pretty sure, whether you like it or not, the First Amendment covers both lies and propaganda.
Musk says the administration is going to “go after” people pushing lies about Tesla
March 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The self-professed ‘free speech absolutist’, with a crazed look in his eyes, says ‘we are going to go after’ the people pushing ‘lies and propaganda.’
Pretty sure, whether you like it or not, the First Amendment covers both lies and propaganda.
Pretty sure, whether you like it or not, the First Amendment covers both lies and propaganda.
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The Anglo world destroying one of its most valuable intangible assets of soft power - the Global University - because of xenophobia is a scary reminder of the power that otherisation can hold over people
March 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The Anglo world destroying one of its most valuable intangible assets of soft power - the Global University - because of xenophobia is a scary reminder of the power that otherisation can hold over people
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When @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social @helenhayes.bsky.social does this become a governmental issue or one for the HoC Education Committee?
We’re at 1000s of jobs under threat across multiple universities
I cannot think of any other ‘industry’ where such political silence would be acceptable
We’re at 1000s of jobs under threat across multiple universities
I cannot think of any other ‘industry’ where such political silence would be acceptable
Bournemouth University plans to cut 200 jobs
The university says it must make changes "to be in the best size and shape for the future".
www.bbc.com
March 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
When @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social @helenhayes.bsky.social does this become a governmental issue or one for the HoC Education Committee?
We’re at 1000s of jobs under threat across multiple universities
I cannot think of any other ‘industry’ where such political silence would be acceptable
We’re at 1000s of jobs under threat across multiple universities
I cannot think of any other ‘industry’ where such political silence would be acceptable