Chris McCorkindale

Yes but you do infamously revel
in your module’s 40% fail rate.

Fast and Furious prequel?

Conor Gearty obituary A skilled and persuasive human rights lawyer who fought for civil liberties in the face of over-reaching anti-terror law

Conor Gearty obituary - The Guardian

www.theguardian.com/law/2025/sep...

Very in keeping with the hormonal teenager on too much red bull tone of anonymous briefings from Labour over the last year.

An absolute golden rule that anyone who says “the grown ups are back in the room” is fundamentally for the watching.

The news of Conor Gearty's death has just been announced and I'm not coping. He was a mentor and the pole star in my constitutional thinking. He was also a great friend and fantastic fun to be around. I'm heartbroken for Aoife and the children.

Really sad to read about this. An impressive figure but also a supportive academic colleague, interesting, nice and always fun company. Will be sorely missed.

Well don’t just stand there!!!

This is the future liberals want.

*ahem*

This will be terrific:
@bymyong.bsky.social consistently illuminates aspects of the constitution that the rest of us - unjustifiably - ignore

Jack ❤️

No good can come of this!

@seethingmead.bsky.social Our worlds collide as Billy Davies is made assistant manager (with a fancier title) at Greenock Morton ⚽️

The defence rests. And snores as he does so.

Me and Squire watching the penultimate one now. Well, I’m watching, he’s snoring.

A minor criticism of Dept Q: if anything it *downplays* just how plush is the Lord Advocate’s office.

Thomas Horsley: Reforming the UK Internal Market: The UK Government’s Response to the Review of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 On 15th July 2025, the UK Government (UKG) published its response to its review and public consultation on Parts 1 and 2 of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (UKIMA). The Response confirm…

Thomas Horsley: Reforming the UK Internal Market: The UK Government’s Response to the Review of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/21/t...

But all that is needed to restore the authority of the Sewel Convention is for good chaps to get along. No risk of bad chap(esse)s getting back into power

“Under the Sewel Convention, HMG would normally seek devolved consent before legislating on devolved matters or amending devolved competences. But fuck it.”

To be fair to them they manage to spell Sewel correctly two of the three times they reference it.

In other words, the internal market will continue to be a shared regulatory space in which the UK Govt will continue to have the legal upper hand, and devolved autonomy will be constrained by the need for intergovernmental agreement.

As expected, a minimalist approach to UKIMA reform - no statutory change, but improved processes for agreeing exclusions, and a commitment to the Common Frameworks as a mechanism for co-operation.

UK Government response to the UKIMA review here:

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686fa1...

For #devolution anoraks, the UK Government will today publish a written ministerial statement in @houseofcommons.parliament.uk re. its response to the review of the UK Internal Market Act

Career Development Fellow in Public Law at Durham University An opportunity for an academic position as a Career Development Fellow in Public Law is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

Durham Law is hiring a 3yr career development fellow in public law! Some lovely ppl here: @jessieblackbourn.bsky.social @lizaoloughlin.bsky.social @seshauna.bsky.social @rogermasterman.bsky.social @dkagiaros.bsky.social @nataliesedacca.bsky.social ... and @aileenmcharg.bsky.social
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The new Superman movie is…. good actually!?

HWFG

Did he ever marry his son in the end?

Well? Don’t keep us in suspense.

Sorry to hear about Kemi Badenoch.