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Michelle Everson
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Professor of Law, European and economic law are specialities; also sheep selfies.

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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 12h
If you were confused by the part of Bad Bunny’s halftime show where dancers re-enacted Puerto Rico’s economic struggles under PROMESA’s bankruptcy process, here’s a breakdown of what that moment was all about:

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How Bankruptcy Prioritizes Property Rights Over Public Good
After a recent First Circuit decision, private creditors' bankruptcy rights pose an existential threat to the only electric utility in Puerto Rico. As this outcome shows, we need a new approach to…
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Michelle Everson @eversonmeverson.bsky.social · 19h
Not sure I would view it all in such moralistic terms: was it the 2018 or 19 LP conference, when feted by anti-Brexit membership his responding face betrayed a self-defeating mixture of suprise, uncertainty and ambition? Just an everyman carried away on a carousel they can't master...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d
Like Dominic Cummings, Morgan McSweeney helped deliver electoral victory but, in doing so, debased and subverted everything his party claimed to stand for.

Reposted by Leigh Sparks, Alison Phipps, Michelle Everson

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 1d
Pls read whole piece. Neither Mandelson or Mosley were asked about Mandelson’s role in fixing Starmer’s visit to Palantir & subsequent £240m deal. It finally made headlines on Weds when a q was asked in Parliament.

But honestly, BBC also has qs to answer

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Peter Thiel's New Model Army
The Palantirisation of the UK military is a national security disaster
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.

Reposted by Michelle Everson, Mary James

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 2d
I always believed the purpose of Brexit was to destroy the ability of nation states to take on spiv capitalism. I never expected to see actual evidence of it.

Reposted by Martin McKee, Michelle Everson

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Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 2d
When whatever happens at the top of the Labour Party finally happens and given the sorry mess that British politics has been for years, is it maybe time to fix a broken system? Get rid of the “two party politics” delusion? Embrace PR? It’s apparently good enough for Scotland, Wales and N Ireland.

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 2d
Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.pressherald.com

Reposted by Leigh Sparks, Michelle Everson

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 2d
That @petergeoghegan.bsky.social is onto something here and he's not letting go of it open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
‘Labour Together broke the law’
The think tank that propelled Starmer to power hired private investigators to shut down scrutiny of its dark money - I speak to one of its targets, journalist Paul Holden
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Michelle Everson @eversonmeverson.bsky.social · 2d
It is shocking isn't it. I've always assumed the Mandelson appointment by Brown was 'part of the settlement', not something he really wanted to do, which makes it all the more extraordinary that warning structures/advisers weren't in place to give him a clear off.

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Nic Boothby @nicboothby.bsky.social · 2d
G11 in Glasgow had the perfect retort to Nigel Farage's divisive comments about Turkish barbershops... 😂
G11 Turkish Barber - Glasgow https://www.facebook.com/share/1E9uRgNpXw/ Nigel Farage with various haircut styles

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d
Wow, this speech from Mayor of NY Zohran Mamdani 👏💯

"I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her moments later were: I'm not mad at you"

"I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger"

"Let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion"

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Michelle Everson @eversonmeverson.bsky.social · 2d
Isn't that Gordon saying he should resign? Which I wouldn't disagree with.

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Michelle Everson @eversonmeverson.bsky.social · 2d
Thank you.

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The Weeknight on MS NOW @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social · 3d
"Know Your History": Donald Trump posted and then removed a racist video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama on Truth Social. Symone Sanders Townsend explains why the post cannot be swept under the rug.

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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 3d
Dominic Dyer: @number10cat.bsky.social Larry the Cat will have been in Downing Street 15 years next week, he is the most stable thing about British politics these days
Dominic Dyer: @number10cat.bsky.social Larry the Cat will have been in Downing Street 15 years next week, he is the most stable thing about British politics these days

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Michelle Everson @eversonmeverson.bsky.social · 3d
Not sure. Rather, more proof Starmer is utterly inadequate. We don't need his pointless conscience, we need political conviction: sack MacSweeney, use a massive majority to pursue a clear political programme.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 3d
Why is every scandal existential for Starmer? Because he has actively worked to eradicate his own support base. And that, along with the Mandelson decision, can be laid at McSweeney's door iandunt.substack.com/p/starmers-m...

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Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social · 3d
Yet this is a government with three years left to run and an enormous Commons majority. For all the problems, there is an enormous opportunity there for someone with the political nous to take it and use it.
matthewholehouse.bsky.social Matthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 3d
Starmer's reported condition - incredibly unpopular, shorn of authority, probably un-reelectable and yet will stagger on for want of an alternative - is just the new normal of how Britain is governed. It was also true for two-thirds of May's premiership, half of Johnson's and all of Sunak's.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d
Pressure building on govt to come clean about Mandelson's role in bringing US spy-tech firm Palantir into the heart of our NHS.

The fingerprints of Mandelson and his lobbying firm are all over these deals.

The rot goes to the heart of this Labour govt

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Calls to halt UK Palantir contracts grow amid ‘lack of transparency’ over deals
Opposition MPs urge Labour to pause public contracts with the US tech firm after attempts to examine deals blocked
www.theguardian.com

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 3d
💥 GOOD.

Because that £240 million contract gifted to Palantir, with no competition…

…after Starmer had an off-the-books meeting with Mandelson and Palantir…

…while Mandelson was officially LOBBYING FOR Palantir and so personally financially benefiting from such links and contracts…

Stinks.

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Louise Auerhahn 🏳️‍🌈 @lauerhahn.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d
Happening now in Silicon Valley: marchers have surrounded the Palantir building and are holding a prayer vigil for victims of ICE, while video of ICE and Palantir crimes is projected on the building. #abolishice #iceout #palantir #paloalto
Outside in the evening. An office building with video and the words "Palantir Powers Fascism" projected at top. Below, a crowd of people with signs and candles memorializing people who have died at the hands of ICE.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 4d
The blunt truth is that if Karen Pierce had been a man, then she would still be US ambassador now and Keir Starmer's government would not be on the brink of death.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 4d
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 4d
NEW: Dear Washington Post journalists, I’ve written this for you.

Last year @theguardian.com gave away our news title & binned 100+ journalists. It sucked!

But we fought back & you can too. First a strike, then a new masthead @thenerve.news Fuck Bezos. There is another way 👊👊👊
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 4d
EXC:

I can reveal the contents of a memo by Labour peer Lord Maurice Glasman in January 2025 warning Number 10 it was making a mistake to hire Mandelson - sent to Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney.

www.ft.com/content/584a...
Keir Starmer apologises to victims of Jeffrey Epstein
UK prime minister faces criticism from Labour MPs but insists he is not about to quit
www.ft.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d
Get Palantir out of the UK.

Protect our NHS.

Protect our country.

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Scrap Palantir UK contracts over Mandelson links, Zack Polanski demands
ZACK Polanski has demanded that the UK Government scraps its contracts with Palantir, amid mounting questions over Peter Mandelson’s role in…
www.thenational.scot

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Michelle Everson @eversonmeverson.bsky.social · 4d
Why, for goodness sake, has McSweeney not resigned *of his own accord*? Might not save Starmer, of course, but is surely step no1 in any effort to save him. Does McSweeney care about Labour at all?

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 4d
One of the problems with Starmer's triangulation is he is roughly aiming at where the average person but that person doesn't listen to political speeches. And it annoys everyone who does. Then the average person catches the bad vibes.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 4d
Keir Starmer attacks the racism of Reform and Matt Goodwin but then adds that "Britain has also been let down by a mindset on the left of politics that is too slow to defend core British values"