Bernard Ryan
@bernardryan.bsky.social
Professor of migration law, based in Leicester. For social equality, multiculturalism and anti-colonialism. Now more than ever.
How come Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish MPs get to vote on England’s student loan system?
January 28, 2026 at 11:16 PM
How come Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish MPs get to vote on England’s student loan system?
How about a political auction over student loans, rather than immigration policy?
January 28, 2026 at 11:04 PM
How about a political auction over student loans, rather than immigration policy?
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Why on earth does the @guardian call the Parliament Acts ‘archaic’? They were passed in 1911 and 1949 as democratic measures, in order to ensure social reforms.
Why on earth does the @guardian call the Parliament Acts ‘archaic’? They were passed in 1911 and 1949 as democratic measures, in order to ensure social reforms.
Assisted dying backers could use archaic procedure to bypass ‘undemocratic’ block by peers
Exclusive: MPs backing bill to use ‘nuclear option’ of 1911 Parliament Act if it continues to be blocked by Lords
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:15 PM
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Why on earth does the @guardian call the Parliament Acts ‘archaic’? They were passed in 1911 and 1949 as democratic measures, in order to ensure social reforms.
Why on earth does the @guardian call the Parliament Acts ‘archaic’? They were passed in 1911 and 1949 as democratic measures, in order to ensure social reforms.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Poor headline, which inadvertently makes Matt Goodwin seem mainstream. His previously reported view was that ethnic minorities born *and raised* in the UK were not necessarily being British.
Poor headline, which inadvertently makes Matt Goodwin seem mainstream. His previously reported view was that ethnic minorities born *and raised* in the UK were not necessarily being British.
Reform byelection candidate refuses to disown claim that people born in UK not necessarily British
Matthew Goodwin, who is standing in Gorton and Denton, said UK-born people from minority ethnic backgrounds were not always British
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:36 PM
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Poor headline, which inadvertently makes Matt Goodwin seem mainstream. His previously reported view was that ethnic minorities born *and raised* in the UK were not necessarily being British.
Poor headline, which inadvertently makes Matt Goodwin seem mainstream. His previously reported view was that ethnic minorities born *and raised* in the UK were not necessarily being British.
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Illustrated here:
www.openculture.com/2019/06/two-...
www.openculture.com/2019/06/two-...
Two Animated Maps Show the Expansion of the U.S. from the Different Perspectives of Settlers & Native Peoples
After John Ford, the history of U.S. expansion went by the name “How the West Was Won.” Decades earlier, in his essay “Annexation,” Jacksonian journalist John O’Sullivan famously coined the phrase “ma...
www.openculture.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Illustrated here:
www.openculture.com/2019/06/two-...
www.openculture.com/2019/06/two-...
Trump II is an extended settler colonial revival: Palestine, ICE, Venezuela, Greenland. It’s an old story, this time in digital technicolour.
January 20, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Trump II is an extended settler colonial revival: Palestine, ICE, Venezuela, Greenland. It’s an old story, this time in digital technicolour.
Recommend this piece by @stewartmotha.bsky.social, on the parallels between the Chagos islands and Greenland.
STEWART MOTHA (stewartmotha.bsky.social) revisits the UK’s dispossession of the Chagossians as a cautionary tale for Greenland, where security narratives may enable a fragmented absorption of territory and distract from interconnected vulnerabilities.
verfassungsblog.de/greenland-ch...
verfassungsblog.de/greenland-ch...
January 20, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Recommend this piece by @stewartmotha.bsky.social, on the parallels between the Chagos islands and Greenland.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
It’s like the American revolutionary war all over again: indigenous populations preferring to stick with the imperial centre, rather than being exposed to the predations of settler rule.
It’s like the American revolutionary war all over again: indigenous populations preferring to stick with the imperial centre, rather than being exposed to the predations of settler rule.
Greenland’s PM says territory ‘chooses Denmark over the US’ ahead of talks with JD Vance – as it happened
Danish PM adds that Greenland is ‘not for sale’ in joint briefing ahead of tomorrow’s talks with the US
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:04 PM
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
It’s like the American revolutionary war all over again: indigenous populations preferring to stick with the imperial centre, rather than being exposed to the predations of settler rule.
It’s like the American revolutionary war all over again: indigenous populations preferring to stick with the imperial centre, rather than being exposed to the predations of settler rule.
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Nigeria a new frontline in ungodly Trump's culture wars after his lies about a South African genocide against white farmers
Islamist extremists kill Muslims and Christians, as Nigeria makes clear, but he poses as saviour of Christians to appease USA evangelicals
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Islamist extremists kill Muslims and Christians, as Nigeria makes clear, but he poses as saviour of Christians to appease USA evangelicals
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Why has Trump ordered strikes in Nigeria and what has it got to do with the persecution of Christians?
Parts of the US right have for years been amplifying claims that Christians face violence in Nigeria, a notion the US president has helped to encourage
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Nigeria a new frontline in ungodly Trump's culture wars after his lies about a South African genocide against white farmers
Islamist extremists kill Muslims and Christians, as Nigeria makes clear, but he poses as saviour of Christians to appease USA evangelicals
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Islamist extremists kill Muslims and Christians, as Nigeria makes clear, but he poses as saviour of Christians to appease USA evangelicals
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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We are pleased to announce we have made the UK a much less attractive place to live
UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
We are pleased to announce we have made the UK a much less attractive place to live
What’s especially shocking about this is that the ‘Salisbury convention’ is supposed to mean that Lords do not obstruct manifesto Bills.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Government to ditch day-one unfair dismissal policy from workers’ rights bill
Flagship Labour plan to be replaced with six-month threshold after Peter Kyle vows to not let businesses ‘lose’ under new law
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
What’s especially shocking about this is that the ‘Salisbury convention’ is supposed to mean that Lords do not obstruct manifesto Bills.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
The settlement consultation paper includes the remarkable announcement ("not subject to consultation") that those "with a uniquely strong attachment to this country" will not face longer periods to settlement.
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The settlement consultation paper includes the remarkable announcement ("not subject to consultation") that those "with a uniquely strong attachment to this country" will not face longer periods to settlement.
In the foreword to settlement consultation, the Home Secretary tells us that "My father came here in the early 1970s, and my mother a little less than a decade later."
November 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
In the foreword to settlement consultation, the Home Secretary tells us that "My father came here in the early 1970s, and my mother a little less than a decade later."
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BBC Trump row: Pro-Israel bias over Gaza is the real scandal - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/bbc-trump-row-gaza-genocide-whitewashing-israel-bias
BBC Trump row: Pro-Israel bias over Gaza is the real scandal
The corporation stands at a crossroads. Down one path lies self-censorship and hollow apologies; down the other lies the public it was built to serve
www.middleeasteye.net
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
BBC Trump row: Pro-Israel bias over Gaza is the real scandal - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/bbc-trump-row-gaza-genocide-whitewashing-israel-bias
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That Mahmood Mamdani’s child is poised to become the mayor of New York does make one teeter towards the feeling that anything is possible.
November 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
That Mahmood Mamdani’s child is poised to become the mayor of New York does make one teeter towards the feeling that anything is possible.
So the key question is whether Anthony Williams was known to the mental health system? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...?
Police investigate four knife incidents possibly linked to Cambridgeshire train attack
Questions mount for officers as Anthony Williams, 32, appears in court on charges of attempted murder
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
So the key question is whether Anthony Williams was known to the mental health system? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...?
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- EGM tomorrow at 12
- Strike action begins 10th of November
- Strike action begins 10th of November
October 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
- EGM tomorrow at 12
- Strike action begins 10th of November
- Strike action begins 10th of November
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The GGE showcase made us ask ourselves what the loss of GGE and its many connections in the University will mean for the ecosystem and sustainability agenda at the University.
October 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The GGE showcase made us ask ourselves what the loss of GGE and its many connections in the University will mean for the ecosystem and sustainability agenda at the University.
Handsworth appears a model of integration, understood as everyday living together by diverse people.
October 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Handsworth appears a model of integration, understood as everyday living together by diverse people.
There’s also a solid case for student number controls at the institutional level, to end the instability an open market for students has caused since 2015.
As things stand, in every discipline, some universities are simply expanding at the expense of others.
As things stand, in every discipline, some universities are simply expanding at the expense of others.
Fascinating marker of how far the Tory target voter has shifted from ‘middle class parents wanting their kids to go to uni’ to ‘old people who didn’t go and don’t see what anyone else should either’. (Obv there’s a solid case for apprenticeships, but not convinced that’s what this is about)
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is expected to announce plans to cut the number of UK university places by about 100,000 annually by reintroducing student number controls, reports Patrick Jack #edusky
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/badenochs-number-caps-plan-would-cut-100000-university-places
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/badenochs-number-caps-plan-would-cut-100000-university-places
October 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
There’s also a solid case for student number controls at the institutional level, to end the instability an open market for students has caused since 2015.
As things stand, in every discipline, some universities are simply expanding at the expense of others.
As things stand, in every discipline, some universities are simply expanding at the expense of others.
Leicester UCU @leicesterucu.bsky.social will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October.
Support our striking members, donate to the fighting fund if you're able.
More details here: www.uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-uc...
Support our striking members, donate to the fighting fund if you're able.
More details here: www.uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-uc...
Leicester UCU Fighting Fund 2025 | University of Leicester UCU
www.uculeicester.org.uk
September 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Leicester UCU @leicesterucu.bsky.social will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October.
Support our striking members, donate to the fighting fund if you're able.
More details here: www.uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-uc...
Support our striking members, donate to the fighting fund if you're able.
More details here: www.uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-uc...
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Leicester UCU will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October.
Support our striking members, donate to the fighting fund if you're able.
More details here: www.uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-uc...
Support our striking members, donate to the fighting fund if you're able.
More details here: www.uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-uc...
September 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Leicester UCU will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October.
Support our striking members, donate to the fighting fund if you're able.
More details here: www.uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-uc...
Support our striking members, donate to the fighting fund if you're able.
More details here: www.uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-uc...
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Leicester UCU will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October.
September 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Leicester UCU will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October.
If only commentators would recognise that in UK law ‘deportation’ is what happens to foreign nationals who have been convicted of serious criminal offences. Those affected typically had a right of residence beforehand.
September 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
If only commentators would recognise that in UK law ‘deportation’ is what happens to foreign nationals who have been convicted of serious criminal offences. Those affected typically had a right of residence beforehand.