David Nichols

🟢🟡 No accountability, no authenticity, no character. Just iPads and LinkedIn clichés.

🗣️ Steve Cook.

▪️A club that is, currently, hard to care about
▪️Who is there to feel remotely invested in?
▪️As 'customers', we are being short-changed

LINK: norwichcity.myfootballwriter.com/2025/10/08/n...

#ncfc

Are we witnessing the death of international law? The long read: A growing number of scholars and lawyers are losing faith in the current system. Others say the law is not to blame, but the states that are supposed to uphold it

It is ultimately a crisis in international (and national) politics - we need to up our game in fighting for rights in the political arena - but at the same time fully recognise the value in protecting a rights-based international system, before it’s gone forever www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jun...

Instead of taking draconian measures to shut down direct action protesters and criminalise anyone who expresses support for their actions, the Government should be taking immediate and unequivocal action to put a stop to Israel’s genocide and end any risk of UK complicity in it.

➡️ amn.st/61824lqzo

UN experts urge United Kingdom not to misuse terrorism laws against protest group Palestine Action GENEVA – UN experts* today urged the United Kingdom not to ban the “direct action” group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000.“We are concerned at the unjustified ...

“UN experts today urged the United Kingdom not to ban the “direct action” group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000." www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

🚨BREAKING: MPs have just voted for cuts to social security - with unwritten promises from the UK Government

This is reckless.

Disability rights aren’t optional. Poverty is a political choice. This Govt chose it tonight.

We'll keep fighting until this cruel Bill is rejected completely.

Today, Denmark takes over the Presidency of the Council of the EU.

With the rise of authoritarian practices & attacks on human rights across the EU and globally,
@eu2025dk.bsky.social must put human rights at the forefront of its mandate.

See @amnesty.org’s recommendations👇

The Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban, tried to ban this Pride march in Budapest.

He failed.

Last year, 35,000 people attended. This year more than 200,000 people marched in support of LGBTI+ people.

Pride is a protest! 🏳️‍⚧️

"There are a small group of extremists on the far-right who want to see trans people victimised. They are using this as a wedge issue to channel hate. And frankly, the vast majority of people in this country don't want that.

The Supreme Court ignored trans voices. I’m ashamed of what our law has become | Good Law Project The Supreme Court’s decision to exclude trans voices has harmed trans people – and harmed the fairness of their ruling.

The Supreme Court ignored trans voices, harming trans people – and the fairness of its ruling.

I’m ashamed of what our law has become, says @jolyonmaugham.bsky.social 💬
goodlaw.social/83qa

🚨BREAKING: Today's Supreme Court judgment is disappointing.

Make no mistake, legal gender recognition is a human right.

We all have the right to live free from discrimination and fear. Trans rights are human rights.

Global: Recorded executions hit their highest figure since 2015 Over 1,500 people were executed across 15 countries in 2024

We @amnesty.org recorded over 1500 executions across 15 countries in 2024, the highest figure recorded by Amnesty International since 2015. Yet our latest report finds that the use of the death penalty has been decreasing globally 👇

Digital Futures: How new technologies are shaping civic freedoms In this first episode of Digital Futures, we are speaking with Karolina Iwańska, the Digital Civic Space Advisor at the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law. Karolina is an accomplished human rights

🎧New #DigitalFuturesPodcast by Forus features ECNL's Karolina Iwańska discussing how #EmergingTechnologies can support #CivilSociety, but also pose risks in repressive contexts.

▶️ Check out the first episode, co-funded by the EU:

Human Rights belong to us all. Don’t let anyone take them away. An image from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Happy Human Rights Day! It’s a day to remember the importance of human rights in standing up to oppression, corruption and discrimination wherever we are in the world - and to hold everyone in positions of power to account #humanrightsday

Donate to Help Support Ryan Blumenthal in His Fight Against Cancer., organized by James COPLAND Our dear friend, Ryan Blumenthal, has recently been diagnosed … James COPLAND needs your support for Help Support Ryan Blumenthal in His Fight Against Cancer.

#NCFC Universe. Listen up! Our NY Canaries brother, Ryan, has just started his fight against cancer. Please see the below link and if you can suport Ryan and his family please do what you can. We'd also appreciate sharing this message far and wide. Thanks gofund.me/9b2f903d

Situation in the State of Palestine: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rejects the State of Israel’s challenges to jurisdiction and issues warrants of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant Today, on 21 November 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (‘Court’), in its composition for the Situation in the State of Palestine, unanimously issued two decisions rejectin...

Finally!!

ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rejects the State of Israel’s challenges to jurisdiction and issues warrants of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant

www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...

Seriously, go see it if you can!

Yes, I’m spending the evening watching 3C votes from my sofa!

Great to see such strong AND increasing support at the UN for a global death penalty moratorium. 131 countries - up from 126 two years ago.

Northern Ballet’s A Christmas Carol tomorrow and of course Wicked is booked for Friday! 🧹🐐

Great show this evening @mickeyjotheatre.bsky.social @aeronjamesuk.bsky.social - hiding the jet-lag well! Can you help get some stagey starter packs going on here??

This is such a sweet and uplifting show - NYC folks go see it ASAP!

By popular demand (additions very welcome!):
go.bsky.app/QifxUJc

I’ve made a starter pack of lobby (ish) journos - those reporting on UK politics

Give me a nudge if you think you should be on it and I missed you!

go.bsky.app/H3jDVJb

All - Bluesky Directory A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.

If youre still looking for your tribe, here’s a directory of hundreds of starter packs covering all interests and searchable by keyword. Repost and check it out.

To all the newly-arrived Twitter refugees, I've created a starter pack of UK political journalists, experts, commentators and politicos to follow here

go.bsky.app/2CwmVfN

This is already out of date but here again is an NCFC starter pack for newcomers go.bsky.app/495H6vJ

We are here and can reassure all it will be doing the same old stuff, just on another platform.

Here's another great starter pack including lots of political voices you might have been following on "the hell site"

Thanks @joshfwd.bsky.social for putting it together

Just one click to follow all ...or pick from the list..
go.bsky.app/FpbsVro

A starter pack of starter packs for UK media & politics.

UK Journos New, Podcasts
go.bsky.app/VB1hZZk
UK MPs
go.bsky.app/LrPkHJJ
FT Journalists
go.bsky.app/FuqnwdD
BBC journalists
go.bsky.app/8gWbLmD
Channel 4 News Journalists
go.bsky.app/6HZ1mvW
Prospect journalists
go.bsky.app/Vk8j7vP

Hi everyone - it feels good to leave that toxic dumpster fire, doesn't it! Expect from me a totally unrelated mix of human rights and NCFC, with a few showtunes thrown in to lighten the mood!