Hannah Graham

Excited to announce speakers for our JUSTICE Scotland panel on the ECHR at the Mackenzie Building, Edinburgh, 16 March:

- Angela O’Hagan, Chair of Scottish Human Rights Commission
- Aaliya Seyal, CEO at Legal Services Agency
- Hussein Patwa, accessibility consultant & SNAP 2 member

Register 👇

Maybe they didn't properly think this through 😬

On no. 3, new leadership *for Labour* is the most likely outcome of this election, be it Sarwar or Starmer, or both.

On no. 4, I dunno but maybe Labour lecturing others on ending division is a bit rich from the guy who called on his own boss to quit?

Of the two bases the UK has given the US permission to use to launch "defensive" airstrikes against Iran, one of those bases is in Gloucestershire, England: RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia.
#Iran #MiddleEast

Summary of the UK Government legal position: The legality of defensive action in respect of Iranian regional attacks Summary of the UK Government legal position: The legality of defensive action in respect of Iranian regional attacks

Looks like the UK is getting involved – in 'a specific and limited' way...

But UK Gov claims this defensive action against missile facilities in Iran 'does not signal the UK having any wider involvement in the broader ongoing conflict between the US, Israel and #Iran.'
www.gov.uk/government/n...

Drop in overseas workers is ‘car crash’ for UK hospitals and care homes, say experts Care roles hit particularly hard by UK’s lurch to the right on migration, according to analysis of Home Office data Hospitals and care homes in the UK face “an impending car crash”, experts have warned, as research shows the number of overseas nurses and carers has collapsed. Analysis of Home Office quarterly datasets reveals the number of overseas nurses granted entry to the UK has fallen by 93% over three years. Just 1,777 overseas nurses were granted entry in 2025, compared with 26,100 in 2022. Continue reading...

Drop in overseas workers is ‘car crash’ for UK hospitals and care homes, say experts

Tactical voting ‘to hand SNP stunning Holyrood majority’ An MRP poll suggests collapse in support for Labour could result in a landslide for the Nationalists and a mandate for a second independence referendum

It is just a (mega) poll. That extraordinarily yellow map will look ambitious to regular followers of #ScotPol.

But if these Holyrood majority predictions do come to pass, that'll be a mandate for a second Scottish IndyRef... #SP2026
www.thetimes.com/article/fc72...

“People need to hear a story like this now,” says Pinar Aksu. “We don’t always have a victory at the end of our stories but hope is all we have got.” Great piece on what sounds like a terrific, massively timely film that gives the lie to the notion that most communities see newcomers as a threat.

St Andrew’s House lit up in blue and yellow this evening, in solidarity with the people of Ukraine.

Today and always, Slava Ukraini. 🇺🇦

Yrs, this Irish one was great. There is a Traitors New Zealand one that is superb, with a similar streak of ousting traitors. But for me, at least, Alan Carr, Celia Imrie and the rest of the celebrity Traitors UK still pip the others, that series was pure joy!

The Traitors Ireland compilation photo picturing the castle in the background, every one of the 24 players, and the host Siobhán McSweeney.

Managed to watch entirety of The Traitors Ireland (on BBC UK) with no spoilers.

Love how much they laugh, the camaraderie.
Love how clued in they are at catching traitors.

Will admit smirking at how the An Garda Síochána example proves – again – police seem to be rubbish at this show
#TraitorsIRL

Photo of lots of snowdrops in the sunshine on the University of Stirling campus.

Photo of green ivy on a tree trunk in the foreground and bunches of snowdrops across the ground on the University of Stirling campus.

So many snowdrops across our campus #HelloSpring #Stirling

Iceland looks to fast-track vote on joining EU A referendum on resuming membership talks had been expected in 2027, but could come as early as this August.

🚨🚨Biggest #EU news of today: #Iceland looks to fast-track vote on joining EU as referendum on EU accession could come as early as August, departing from original plan for 2027 ref. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/icel...

So much grey plague 😬

Prison officer involved in Allan Marshall death sacked over assault claims

Kevin O'Hara - who was involved in the brutal restraint of Allan Marshall who died in a coma four days later - was sacked over claims another prisoner was assaulted, the Sunday Mail can reveal.

"In the North East region, MSP Michael Marra - tipped as a potential successor to Sarwar - came first" on list ranking. I mean, he's pretty close to the most Tory-like MSP that Scottish Labour have got, so this framing and prospect is also 👀

I mean, Scottish Labour folk might have some confidence in their Edinburgh Southern heartlands to return Daniel, but given current polling, some of these list rankings are still 👀 Arguably, one of their more effective and recognisable MSPs, Monica Lennon, may struggle to get elected #ScotPol #SP2026

We’re excited to announce this year’s JUSTICE Scotland Lecture

📍 Signet Library, Edinburgh | 📅 16th March

Join Catherine Smith KC and Sir Ian Forrester, moderated by Usman Tariq KC, for insights on rights, justice and the rule of law.

Register below: bit.ly/46fM64Z

Research Fellow at University of Stirling Discover Research Fellow jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

JOB: Research Fellow, University of Stirling 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Full-time Research Fellow to work on a study to support implementation of ‘Healthy Dads Healthy Kids’ programme in Scottish #prisons. May also get opportunity to work on other Justice #Health topics. #CrimSky #Criminology
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQO708/r...

YouTube video by Kickstarter History EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET

Finally managed to find tickets to see Everybody to Kenmure Street in March with a Q&A with Glasgow-based Chilean Belgian director, Felipe Bustos Sierra. I'm not surprised it's selling out. We need stories like this
#TheseAreOurNeighbours #KenmureStreet #Glasgow #documentary
youtu.be/vUGIhVxSfMw?...

Opinion | In the Resistance, We Drive Minivans

My friend, the brilliant essayist Will McGrath, wrote an essay about the beauty of resistance in all its forms here in Minneapolis.

"Everyone is doing his part here, each to his ability. This is easier to accomplish, it seems, when joy and love are the engines."

🎁:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...

Ex-prisoners face 'mental health and substance crisis' The research tracked more than 8,000 people freed from Scottish prisons over four years.

Good to see my colleagues' research in the Herald.

It finds people released from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 prisons were 8 times more likely to attend A&E due to substance use, and 5 times more likely to because of mental health, compared to those who aren't former prisoners. #CrimSky
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2586550...

Expert Voices: Understanding retail crime beyond the headlines Join us on the 26th February 12.15-13.15 for our next Expert Voices event exploring the realities of retail crime & what works to reduce it.

Join us on the 26th February from 12.15-13.15 for our next Expert Voices event exploring the realities of retail crime & what works to reduce it.

ow.ly/PFoy50Y5sGs

This national public attitudes survey on #sentencing was undertaken by @ipsosinscotland.bsky.social and academics Dr Rachel McPherson (Uni of Glasgow Law @uofgnews.bsky.social), Dr Ailbhe O'Loughlin (@uoy-yorklawschool.bsky.social), and Prof Cyrus Tata (@lawstrath.bsky.social). [2/2].
#Law #CrimSky

National survey reveals public attitudes to sentencing in Scotland | Scottish Sentencing Council

⚖️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 👇 NEW national public attitudes survey of what Scots think about sentencing. It has sections on attitudes to community sentences, domestic abuse, sentencing people with mental health or developmental conditions, & media coverage of #sentencing
www.scottishsentencingcouncil.org.uk/news-and-med...

Proper flurries of ❄️❄️❄️ now! My fingers are frozen.

I am walking home from a fancy dinner and there are a few moments of ❄️❄️❄️ I'm so not dressed for the latter, but it is pretty as it's been largely missing in Glasgow and the West this winter... #frozen #Glasgow

Today in Scottish Parliament, the Cabinet Secretary for Justice set out Scottish Government's response to our independent Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission report and recommendations, published Friday.

🔗 to watch her 7 min statement on our Commission:
www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/mini...

Probation algorithm may be discriminatory, often underestimates chance of reoffending Dutch probation services are reportedly relying on a computer algorithm, OxRec, that has allegedly never accurately predicted the risk of reoffending and is used about 44,000 times a year to advise ju...

Netherlands: Probation algorithm may be discriminatory, often underestimates risk of reoffending.

Dutch #probation use an algorithm, OxRec, that has allegedly never accurately predicted risk of reoffending and is used ~44,000 times a year to advise judges and prosecutors.
nltimes.nl/2026/02/12/p...

Psychosocial risks at university ‘twice as bad as elsewhere’ High pressure environments the norm, as staff shoulder pressure of constant restructures and productivity overdrives

Psychosocial safety at Australian universities is markedly worse than across the wider workforce and is continuing to decline, research has found #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/psychosocial-risks-university-twice-bad-elsewhere

How community service showed me a different way to live Josh Andrews tells BBC Scotland News that prison would have derailed his recovery and left him anchored in a life of crime.

How community service showed me a different way to live. "I would probably still be out there in the madness and causing bother. I now know through community service that there's a different way to live." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...