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Eric Clive

@ericclive.bsky.social

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Retired law professor and law reformer. Pro EU. Anti Brexit. Pro UN, pro international law and civilised international relations. Supporter of Scottish independence in Europe for pro European, internationalist, democratic, progressive and other reasons.

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Eric Clive @ericclive.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

If the EHRC has indeed “warned” the Scottish government on the limits on its legislative competence this seems insulting. As if it didn’t live with this problem every day. The “warning” seems to have been a response to concerns raised by “campaigners”. The only campaign group mentioned is FWS.

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Eric Clive @ericclive.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

From the Believe in Scotland march and rally in Edinburgh yesterday. The sun shone. The wind blew - strongly enough to break one flagpole. The mood was great.

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Eric Clive @ericclive.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Some fine oyster mushrooms on a poplar log.

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Eric Clive @ericclive.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I've been (belatedly) looking at reg 15 of the School Premises (Scotland) Regs 1967. Strange. Half of the toilets are to be for boys. Nothing about the other half. So could gender neutral toilets be taken out of that half? Surely not - too discriminatory against girls. What a mess! Updating needed.

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Eric Clive @ericclive.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Pheasant In north Edinburgh garden . First time I’ve seen this in over 50 years,

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Eric Clive @ericclive.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Edinburgh’s pigeons are voracious. Never thought I’d have to net peas against them.

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Eric Clive @ericclive.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

This is from the EHRC consultation. It is misleading. The Supreme Court did not alter the meaning of legal sex in UK law. It should perhaps say something like “For the purposes of the Equality Act ‘sex’ has been held to mean biological sex” but that in itself raises other questions. What a mess!

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Eric Clive @ericclive.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Always good to see some honesty. One on left is 5’8” high.

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Eric Clive @ericclive.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

For decades frogs spawned in this Edinburgh pond on or around 13 March. In recent years there have been two spawnings, weeks apart. This year there was one spawning on 23 Feb (seen in back of photo , already hatched and wriggling) and another on 22 March (in foreground).

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Eric Clive @ericclive.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Here is an example which seems to me to be just fine.

Sorry. Not very legible.

“1. Establishment

(1) There is to be a Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland.
(2) Schedule 1 makes further provision about the Commissioner.”

No need for “shall”.

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Eric Clive @ericclive.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Why waste last year’s growbags? Sowed broad beans last month and here they come. Hoping to plant them out en bloc for a delicious early crop. We’ll see what happens. Never tried this before.

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Eric Clive @ericclive.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Worth noting that the Scottish government is seeking views on its longstanding commitment to align with EU law.

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