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Gina Romero / Special Rapporteur FoAA @unsrapporteurfoaa.bsky.social · 1h

Almost every human rights system, global and regional, recognizes the power of youth, but it stays on paper, since participation remains tokenistic and young people are still left out of the decisions that affect them. #RealParticipation #HumanRights www.ohchr.org/en/documents...

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 1h

They were asked last week and only responded this morning #Ithangyew

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 1h

Many in here are disgusted, surprised etc by this but I can’t see why? Capitalism expects nothing less - impartial, non-moral following of profit as main and sole goal of those who engage

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 5h

I was thinking this Tim of several that are being cut - Thinking Allowed

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Graeme Hayes @graemehayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A lot of this rings true with me, the conversations I've had with my mates and my brother, some of these pretty much verbatim. This is really a story about the everyday removal of collective public assets and spaces from the people who use and value them www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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‘Those memories are ours and no verdict changes that’: Manchester City fans’ views

While most supporters seem to want to get behind the club regardless, some fear the actions of the owners will divide the fanbase

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

And you’ve had to smile gracefully from the sidelines as distant cousins garnered the media spotlight on Blue Peter and through Tim Dowling’s Guardian column

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Mnemonic is such a tricky word to spell... if only there were some way to remember

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Met has imposed conditions on tomorrows planned student march - it’s not clear to me why/how banning face coverings that conceal identity will necessarily reduce risk of serious disruption - the legal test is serious disruption TO THE LIFE OF THE community not serious disruption to the community

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Won’t someone think of the poor public lecturers trying to release lecture handouts this month?

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I know this isn’t the point but if you’re making it up, at least use a biblically sound period - 40 days, and 40 nights, the week it took to create the world, coming back from heaven on the third day 18 days is just a fortnight holiday with travel day or so built in either side

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Public Law @publiclaw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Interested in contributing to Public Law as Co-Editor of the journal's 'current survey' section and member of the journal's editorial committee? Then look👇

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I took this role on for five years or so until maybe 2018?? when Sarah and Lee took over It’s a fantastic experience and exposure to all aspects of UK public law that really keeps you on your toes but offers valuable insights into what’s going on Would recommend

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Katrina Of course and will do Hope academic settling in going well - assume only academic not house move too?

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If Andy Burnham wants a sure-fire, apolitical vote winner, require haberdashers to put S, D, or K on all bedsheet labels Do I need to know washing instructions - no, everything goes in at 40 Do I need to know if it fits my bed or spare bed? You betcha

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Do you know, I bet Ted isn’t really I bet if someone published a book asserting he was a murdering paedophile, with made up ‘facts’, he’d want to sue or close it down …not simply defeat it in the marketplace of ideas

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

She was amazingly quiet when the Elbit/Filton protesters received extended sentences for being concerned in terrorism earlier in the year

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Murmur and Reckoning got to be up there as 1st rate brace of 80s debut/follow up

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And in good news for passport thieves ….

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Two immediate thoughts - I’m not sure how this will square in practice with the separation of church and state - that Congress shall make no law etc in 1st Am - How is this a ministry of defence issue?

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Recruitment to probation would be helped if security checks didn’t take four months

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What a fortnight for Ms S-M to have started her work with probation service, running training sessions to help rehabilitate

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Guy Baldwin @guyjbaldwin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In the flesh!

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’d add too (with no evidence!) that having a breadth of political representation makes local connections easier ie you’re more likely to feel listened to and trust someone whose party political allegiance aligns ..,I’d think??

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Very glad Seaford’s pub is here Had a couple of cracking ones few years back with Lindsay Stirton

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

@spinninghugo.bsky.social Plenty here to cogitate on I know it’s a bete noire

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Unfortunately I can feel a Wildean quip coming

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Good grief Radio 4 …nothing on the existential crisis and collapse of HE in the UK and then …you lead in with a disgruntled student affected by a strike Shame on you

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I got asked what turns out to be a cracking Q in class today - and I’m hopeful an expert practitioner can help What rules surround DNA retention following successful appeal or overturning conviction? s63l PACE is silent & quick search produces nothing Assume reverts to non-conviction rules but…?

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It’s not simply FPTP that creates a concern but that in a constitutional democracy premised on parliamentary sovereignty, it’s a double whammy …Parliament being able to pass whatever law it likes but with seats - and a majority - bearing no necessary relationship to popular vote

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I wish we could go back to the news reporting what had happened in politics not what some politicians’ PR tell them will likely happen But I imagine those days have really gone

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Or a Drones Club jape gone wrong It’s not a million miles from Brinkley Court

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

With tensions running so high in NI, here's @conorjkelly.bsky.social and my account of what happens if the DUP or Sinn Féin walk out of the Executive, and why the arrangements put in place in 2022 will not lead to an early election unless those parties work together: ukandeu.ac.uk/what-happens...

ukandeu.ac.uk

What happens next if power sharing at Stormont collapses over Drumcree? - UK in a changing Europe

Conor J. Kelly and Colin Murray discuss what would happen next if one of the major parties pulled out of the Stormont...

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Presumably it would be legally possible - politically fraught - to devise a triple lock rule that ensures it for those whose for whom it’s the only or major source of post retirement income but removes it if in receipt of £££s of private/work pension??

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What is the annual value of the triple lock to a pensioner Not how much has the pension gone up over a year but what is/would be the marginal loss in ££s of only using (say) inflation not RPI?

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

But always be careful what you wish for A trigger premised on who is protesting or what cause - from what ‘wing’ - is unlikely to be held as lawful so it would apply to whomever, to those we like and those we oppose

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Intimidatory purpose is already a trigger in s12 POA 1986 for police to impose what could be quite strenuous conditions Currently cannot kick start a ban - only reasonable belief that there might be serious public disorder

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When does Sharon Graham breathe?

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Is he filling in for the Norfolk PCC?

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