Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There is not much to be gained in pondering whether U.K. voters might consider U.K. membership of the EU when it’s also for the governments (and perhaps also the peoples) of 27 EU states to decide if they want the U.K. back. Politicians have a tendency to focus on U.K. interests. 000
Reposted by Kenneth ArmstrongJill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Treasury underestimated the impact of the triple lock was that they did not anticipate the seesaw between inflation and earnings. That is what has led to the big rise in spending and the pension growing well ahead of earnings. There are proposals around to ensure it grows with earnings. 1166
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 21/09/2026My take on what “associate” status might mean 👇 theconversation.com/what-might-c...theconversation.comWhat might Canada’s EU ‘associate membership’ look like, and is it even a possibility?Making Canada the EU’s first ‘associate member’ may be a solution in search of a problem. 000
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 20/09/2026ICYMI 👇 theconversation.com/what-might-c...theconversation.comWhat might Canada’s EU ‘associate membership’ look like, and is it even a possibility?Making Canada the EU’s first ‘associate member’ may be a solution in search of a problem. 131
Reposted by Kenneth ArmstrongKenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 18/09/2026NEW! What would “associate” EU membership for Canada look like and why it might not happen. 052
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 18/09/2026NEW! What would “associate” EU membership for Canada look like and why it might not happen. 052
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 14/09/2026One more time. Regulate what political parties can SPEND on elections and campaigning. That applies to all parties equally. 100
Reposted by Kenneth ArmstrongCambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org · 14/09/2026Thank you to all our journal, book and Cambridge Elements reviewers! 👏 Your time, expertise and dedication help ensure the quality and integrity of our publications. Explore our peer review resources 🔗 cup.org/4r7Rjov #PeerReviewWeek #PRW2026 075
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Yes there are reasons to regulate political donations. But if you think a level playing field in campaigning is important then it’s campaign spending that needs to be controlled 001
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 11/09/2026There is not a single safeguard or legislative tweak that will ever satisfy critics of assisted dying law reform. Yet public opinion consistently and repeatedly shows voters want to see the law changed. Legislators need to get on with it. 010
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Reform UK’s USP is that it is an avowed Far Right illiberal authoritarian party. So why do its supporters scream ‘conspiracy’ when journalists and others point this out and evidence its real world implications? 110
Reposted by Kenneth ArmstrongKenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 16/08/2026A timely and important inquiry into the experience of veterans exposed to nuclear tests and subsequently to the apparatus of the legal system. So pleased to include this in the Law in Context book series 011
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 16/08/2026A timely and important inquiry into the experience of veterans exposed to nuclear tests and subsequently to the apparatus of the legal system. So pleased to include this in the Law in Context book series 011
Reposted by Kenneth ArmstrongScottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Applications are open for the Scots Language Publication Grant, which brings brilliant new writing in Scots into the world! If you're a publisher with a Scots-language title in the pipeline, this funding could be the push it needs✨ Apply by 2 September👇 www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-...scottishbooktrust.comThe Scots Language Publication GrantThe Scots Language Publication Grant exists to support publishers to publish and promote work written in Scots. 035
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 12/08/2026What’s all the fuss about the sun being obscured? In Glasgow that’s daily life. 000
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 02/08/2026No doubt there will be statutory intervention but the difference is the absence of an “England Act”. While devolved legislatures act within the constitutional constraints of the devolution statutes, Burnham has unconstrained resort to parliamentary sovereignty. 010
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 02/08/2026It also deflects attention from the fact that this shift in power - essentially devolution for England - is produced without the statutory framework that exist in Scotland Wales and N Ireland. This is unconstrained devolution. 100
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 02/08/2026But what is interesting about this version of English devolution is that there is no “constitutional” statute framing it. Instead it is devolution unconstructed by limits on competence. 100
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 02/08/2026The irony of that is that PM’s big policy push is only about English devolution and unlike Scotland, Wales or N Ireland it is unconstrained even by statute. This is English devolution backed with the full unbridled sovereignty of the U.K. Parliament. 021
Reposted by Kenneth ArmstrongThe Poverty Alliance @povertyalliance.org · 02/08/2026Weekend reading 📚 This Romano Lav and Poverty Alliance report is a clear reminder that adequate housing is a human right — and that change must be shaped by lived experience. povertyalliance.org/research-rights-to-housing-and-the-environment-experiences-of-the-roma-community-in-govanhill/ 021
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Does anybody think that what football really needs is more money? 000
Reposted by Kenneth ArmstrongKenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 28/07/2026As veterans call again for a tribunal to investigate effects of nuclear testing, this new book in our Law in Context series published last week: www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...cambridge.orgInjurious LawCambridge Core - Socio-Legal Studies - Injurious Law 002
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 28/07/2026As veterans call again for a tribunal to investigate effects of nuclear testing, this new book in our Law in Context series published last week: www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...cambridge.orgInjurious LawCambridge Core - Socio-Legal Studies - Injurious Law 002
Reposted by Kenneth ArmstrongDavid Phinnemore @dphinnemore.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Iceland votes on 29 August on whether to revive EU membership bid; early voting starts today. Views finely balanced... www.politico.eu/article/icel...politico.euIceland opposition chief to Europe: Don’t meddle in our referendumGuðrún Hafsteinsdóttir casts the Aug. 29 vote on reopening accession talks as a question of Iceland’s hard-won sovereignty. 194
Reposted by Kenneth ArmstrongKenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 26/07/2026NEW!!! Just published by Oxford UP. Pleased to have authored this chapter. Regulators academic.oup.com/book/63029/c...academic.oup.comRegulatorsAbstract. The chapter analyses the effects of Brexit on UK regulators. The analysis is situated against the backdrop of the rise of the UK regulatory state 001
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 26/07/2026NEW!!! Just published by Oxford UP. Pleased to have authored this chapter. Regulators academic.oup.com/book/63029/c...academic.oup.comRegulatorsAbstract. The chapter analyses the effects of Brexit on UK regulators. The analysis is situated against the backdrop of the rise of the UK regulatory state 001
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 25/07/2026If we’ve had 40 years of “neoliberalism” why is the tax take so high? 100
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Just three days left to get your entry in. Just 50 words featuring an ice creams It’s your Magnum opus … 000
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 25/07/2026If the Cpmmonwealth Games were being held in Manchester again rather than Glasgow I wonder if the BBC would have made the same decision not to provide television coverage ? 000
Reposted by Kenneth ArmstrongScottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Win Land by Maggie O'Farrell in our Book of the Month competition. Enter by 31 July 👇scottishbooktrust.comBook of the Month: Land by Maggie O'FarrellWe are a national charity bringing the benefits of reading and writing to everyone in Scotland. 012
Reposted by Kenneth ArmstrongUCL Constitution Unit @conunitucl.bsky.social · 23/07/2026ON THE BLOG: Safeguarding the Constitution: Key Steps to Strengthen UK Democratic Resilience @lisajames.bsky.social, Meg Russell and @alanrenwick.bsky.social discuss their new report on measures that can be taken to 'future proof' the UK constitution, including how to implement them. Read it 👇️blogs.ucl.ac.ukSafeguarding the Constitution: Key Steps to Strengthen UK Democratic ResilienceThe Constitution Unit today publishes a new report: Safeguarding the Constitution: Key Steps to Strengthen UK Democratic Resilience. In this post its authors, Lisa James, Meg Russell and Alan Renwick, discuss some of the report's conclusions. 011
Reposted by Kenneth ArmstrongScottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Book Discovery Sessions Are you looking for text recommendations to inspire children and young people? Join our online interactive forum to explore our favourite contemporary texts as selected by our School Communities team. 📆 5 August from 3 to 4:15 PM www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-disco...eventbrite.co.ukBook Discovery: Recently published textsJoin us for an interactive forum to share new exciting text recommendations for children and young people. 001
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 21/07/2026UK PM’s new minister for EU-UK relations is @mphamishfalconer.bsky.social With this month’s summit postponed key question is whether the Burnham government will simply conclude existing negotiations with EU or seek something different? I suspect the former. 000
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Sarwar called for Starmer to step down because U.K. Labour wasn’t offering Scottish voters what they might want. Does electing Burnham change that? It feels like a plan for England more than a plan for any other part of the UK. 000
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 16/07/2026If Ed Miliband does not get Chancellor role and ends up as Foreign Secretary this may signal Burnham’s focus on domestic policy with role of foreign secretary having more autonomy. But can that really last? The PM is the PM. 000
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Whether you prefer a cone or a tub you’ve got this challenge licked. 110
Reposted by Kenneth ArmstrongKenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Olly Robbins decision to seek a public law remedy is interesting. It is a more oblique review of the extent of PM’s powers over senior civil servants than a more specific claim about the substantive basis for his dismissal. Begs comparison with challenges to Trump’s dismissal of top govt employees. 011
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Olly Robbins decision to seek a public law remedy is interesting. It is a more oblique review of the extent of PM’s powers over senior civil servants than a more specific claim about the substantive basis for his dismissal. Begs comparison with challenges to Trump’s dismissal of top govt employees. 011
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 11/07/2026If Count Binface comes on and scores winning goal for England I predict the collapse of Reform. 031
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 07/07/2026We’ve all heard of TACO - Trump Always Chickens Out. Now we have FAJITAS - Farage Jitters Are Showing. #FAJITAS 021
Reposted by Kenneth ArmstrongCambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org · 07/07/2026We’ve passed one billion downloads on Cambridge Core! 🎉 Reaching this remarkable milestone is about more than just a number, as it reflects the enduring value of trusted academic content. 🌏💻 Read more 🔗 cup.org/4gGorQT 042
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Smartest political move would be for political parties not to stand any candidates in Farage’s invented by-election. 010
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Essentially Farage is getting ahead of a recall petition by resigning and seeking re-election. 000
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I appear to have mislaid my tiniest of tiny violins for Nigel Farage. 010
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 29/06/2026How much of “No 10 North” will be “No 10” and how much will be “North”? 000
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 29/06/2026What does Burnham’s regional and local devolution push mean for devolution outside of England? Couldn’t Glasgow do with a strong executive mayor? Wouldn’t Aberdeen and Edinburgh also benefit? 100
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 27/06/2026No Scotland it is then. Party is all it ever is. Maybe that’s enough. 000
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 27/06/2026A warm tribute to a remarkable field-defining scholar on the death of Sir Roy Goode. During my time at Queen Mary he was an incredibly positive presence for colleagues and students. www.qmul.ac.uk/law/news/202...qmul.ac.ukCommemorative Statement for Professor Sir Roy Goode CBE KC FBA 100
Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 23/06/2026That UK is soon to have its 7th PM since the Brexit vote ten years ago and that its politics is dominated by a sense that people are poorer with failing public services ought to fall us that leaving EU was never a magical solution to all the UK’s problems. 000