Chris McCorkindale
@chrismccork.bsky.social
Public law @Strathclyde Law School; adviser @CEEAC Committee of Scottish Parliament; steering group @Scottish Public Law Group; public law analysis editor @Edinburgh Law Review.
https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/mccorkindalechristopherdr/
https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/mccorkindalechristopherdr/
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JUSTICE LEAGUE WAS RIGHT THERE!!!
February 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM
JUSTICE LEAGUE WAS RIGHT THERE!!!
McHarg and McCorkindale join forces with @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social and Jo Hunt to form what some are* calling a kind of devolution Avengers.
On devolved law making following the Supreme Court’s 28(7) judgments:
* I am
On devolved law making following the Supreme Court’s 28(7) judgments:
* I am
New report out today on the impact of the Supreme Court's s.28(7) jurisprudence, with @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social, @chrismccork.bsky.social and Jo Hunt.
www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
New report examines what UK Supreme Court decisions mean for devolved law-making
5 February 2026: A new report says an unexpected interpretation of section 28(7) of the Scotland Act by the UK Supreme Court has generated uncertainty around limits of law-making in the Scottish Parli...
www.gla.ac.uk
February 5, 2026 at 10:51 AM
McHarg and McCorkindale join forces with @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social and Jo Hunt to form what some are* calling a kind of devolution Avengers.
On devolved law making following the Supreme Court’s 28(7) judgments:
* I am
On devolved law making following the Supreme Court’s 28(7) judgments:
* I am
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1/2 Here’s a 1 min trailer for Advanced Issues in Public Law, a 2nd yr module I’m teaching late 2026 at @durham.ac.uk with @aileenmcharg.bsky.social and @rogermasterman.bsky.social.
I just used iMovie. No AI.
I&S = individual and the state; UK Con = UK constitutional law—both 1st yr modules.
I just used iMovie. No AI.
I&S = individual and the state; UK Con = UK constitutional law—both 1st yr modules.
February 4, 2026 at 12:04 PM
1/2 Here’s a 1 min trailer for Advanced Issues in Public Law, a 2nd yr module I’m teaching late 2026 at @durham.ac.uk with @aileenmcharg.bsky.social and @rogermasterman.bsky.social.
I just used iMovie. No AI.
I&S = individual and the state; UK Con = UK constitutional law—both 1st yr modules.
I just used iMovie. No AI.
I&S = individual and the state; UK Con = UK constitutional law—both 1st yr modules.
www.gla.ac.uk/schools/law/...
Emilios was a gifted academic, a good friend and an enormous support to me through my PhD (including as internal examiner) and early career. A sad, terrible, loss.
Emilios was a gifted academic, a good friend and an enormous support to me through my PhD (including as internal examiner) and early career. A sad, terrible, loss.
Emilios Christodoulidis, 1963 - 2026
We mourn the loss of our beloved colleague and friend, Emilios Christodoulidis, who passed away at the age of 62 in the early hours of Tuesday, 3 February 2026.
www.gla.ac.uk
February 5, 2026 at 7:57 AM
www.gla.ac.uk/schools/law/...
Emilios was a gifted academic, a good friend and an enormous support to me through my PhD (including as internal examiner) and early career. A sad, terrible, loss.
Emilios was a gifted academic, a good friend and an enormous support to me through my PhD (including as internal examiner) and early career. A sad, terrible, loss.
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I am saddened to hear of the passing of Lord Wallace. Jim was a lovely man who welcomed me to his home in Orkney, and with whom I drank too much whisky several times, while putting the world to rights.
Jim's wise reflections on being a minister: www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/ministers-re...
Jim's wise reflections on being a minister: www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/ministers-re...
Lord Wallace | Institute for Government
Lord Wallace reflects on his experience in the UK coalition government and how it compared to his time in the Scottish government.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
January 30, 2026 at 11:18 AM
I am saddened to hear of the passing of Lord Wallace. Jim was a lovely man who welcomed me to his home in Orkney, and with whom I drank too much whisky several times, while putting the world to rights.
Jim's wise reflections on being a minister: www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/ministers-re...
Jim's wise reflections on being a minister: www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/ministers-re...
Hear, hear. An extraordinary career and about the nicest man you could ever meet.
Really sad to learn of this. Jim was a really kind man. Generous with his time, and driven by duty. Steely in an understated way. A real loss.
I came across Jim in several capacities. Political. Legal. Spiritual. Academic. Always unfailingly decent and fair minded. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I came across Jim in several capacities. Political. Legal. Spiritual. Academic. Always unfailingly decent and fair minded. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scotland's first deputy first minister Lord Jim Wallace dies, aged 71
The former Scottish Liberal Democrat leader was undergoing a procedure at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Hear, hear. An extraordinary career and about the nicest man you could ever meet.
“…the grammar of civility…”
Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
January 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
“…the grammar of civility…”
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If you start watching this at 11:53pm you'll hit midnight just as the ball goes in the net, after "he's done him, he's done him, he's done him". www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Sportscene: International Football - 2025/26: Scotland v Denmark - highlights
Highlights from the World Cup qualifier between Scotland v Denmark.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 11:09 PM
If you start watching this at 11:53pm you'll hit midnight just as the ball goes in the net, after "he's done him, he's done him, he's done him". www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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'It was entirely undeserved that we finished in second place'
www.heraldscotland.com/spor...
@heraldsport.bsky.social
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘸/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
www.heraldscotland.com/spor...
@heraldsport.bsky.social
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘸/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
December 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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the coop this evening with possibly the most baffling musical choice i have ever experienced in a supermarket
December 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
the coop this evening with possibly the most baffling musical choice i have ever experienced in a supermarket
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Two things stand out about this picture:
1. a political leader embracing rather than demonising asylum seekers;
2. the beautiful clothes the Afghan girls are wearing, and which they are free to show in public.
1. a political leader embracing rather than demonising asylum seekers;
2. the beautiful clothes the Afghan girls are wearing, and which they are free to show in public.
It’s not where we come from that counts, it’s about where we’re going.
Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.
Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.
November 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Two things stand out about this picture:
1. a political leader embracing rather than demonising asylum seekers;
2. the beautiful clothes the Afghan girls are wearing, and which they are free to show in public.
1. a political leader embracing rather than demonising asylum seekers;
2. the beautiful clothes the Afghan girls are wearing, and which they are free to show in public.
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Today (and tomorrow morning) at @UniStrathclyde, the Law School is hosting the event "Praeceptor Noster: Seminar in Honour of Professor John Blackie", to celebrate the career and contribution of John (formerly of this parish) with the great and the good of Scots law.
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Today (and tomorrow morning) at @UniStrathclyde, the Law School is hosting the event "Praeceptor Noster: Seminar in Honour of Professor John Blackie", to celebrate the career and contribution of John (formerly of this parish) with the great and the good of Scots law.
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🗣️Straight talker
🙌 Hands-on coach
✍️ Recruits well
💪 Hard worker
🧠 Shrewd tactician
🤝 Fosters team spirit
How Dougie Imrie overachieved at Greenock Morton and why Raith Rovers fans should be excited about their new manager.
In @heraldscotland.bsky.social👇
www.heraldscotland.com/sport/256503...
🙌 Hands-on coach
✍️ Recruits well
💪 Hard worker
🧠 Shrewd tactician
🤝 Fosters team spirit
How Dougie Imrie overachieved at Greenock Morton and why Raith Rovers fans should be excited about their new manager.
In @heraldscotland.bsky.social👇
www.heraldscotland.com/sport/256503...
How Dougie Imrie overachieved at Morton and why Raith Rovers fans should be excited
How Dougie Imrie overachieved on the smallest budget in the Championship at Morton and why Raith Rovers fans should be excited about new manager.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
🗣️Straight talker
🙌 Hands-on coach
✍️ Recruits well
💪 Hard worker
🧠 Shrewd tactician
🤝 Fosters team spirit
How Dougie Imrie overachieved at Greenock Morton and why Raith Rovers fans should be excited about their new manager.
In @heraldscotland.bsky.social👇
www.heraldscotland.com/sport/256503...
🙌 Hands-on coach
✍️ Recruits well
💪 Hard worker
🧠 Shrewd tactician
🤝 Fosters team spirit
How Dougie Imrie overachieved at Greenock Morton and why Raith Rovers fans should be excited about their new manager.
In @heraldscotland.bsky.social👇
www.heraldscotland.com/sport/256503...
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Parliamentary sovereignty is one of the most deceptively difficult things to write about accurately, concisely and accessibly.
Credit to David Torrance & @paolosandro.bsky.social for showing the deceptively difficult is not the infuriatingly impossible.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Credit to David Torrance & @paolosandro.bsky.social for showing the deceptively difficult is not the infuriatingly impossible.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Parliamentary sovereignty
A short research briefing on the principle of parliamentary sovereignty, its origins and contemporary application.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk
November 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Parliamentary sovereignty is one of the most deceptively difficult things to write about accurately, concisely and accessibly.
Credit to David Torrance & @paolosandro.bsky.social for showing the deceptively difficult is not the infuriatingly impossible.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Credit to David Torrance & @paolosandro.bsky.social for showing the deceptively difficult is not the infuriatingly impossible.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Just about time to watch the highlights again 8 or 9 times then bed.
November 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Just about time to watch the highlights again 8 or 9 times then bed.
Shoot! Shoot! He’s done him! He’s done him! He’s done him!
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Shoot! Shoot! He’s done him! He’s done him! He’s done him!
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Me and @caitlinsmith.bsky.social have teamed up to make another BBC Radio 4 documentary. If At First You Don't Secede asks if there is any way through the current impasse on independence. It's on this coming Sunday (November 23) at 1.30pm if you fancy a listen. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Currently, If at First You Don’t Secede
If at first you don’t secede, should you really try, try, try again?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Me and @caitlinsmith.bsky.social have teamed up to make another BBC Radio 4 documentary. If At First You Don't Secede asks if there is any way through the current impasse on independence. It's on this coming Sunday (November 23) at 1.30pm if you fancy a listen. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Legal experts have weighed in on what could trigger a second independence referendum under questioning from MSPs
5 key points as legal experts grilled by MSPs on routes to independence referendum
www.thenational.scot
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Legal experts have weighed in on what could trigger a second independence referendum under questioning from MSPs
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We have chaos and Ed Miliband, they're just not evenly distributed.
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
We have chaos and Ed Miliband, they're just not evenly distributed.
First Greggs Festive Bake if the season. Get the trees up.
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
First Greggs Festive Bake if the season. Get the trees up.
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Lord Bracadale has resigned as chair of the Sheku Bayoh inquiry. The Court of Session was due to hear a judicial review on whether he had demonstrated apparent bias next month. www.shekubayohinquiry.scot/sites/defaul...
www.shekubayohinquiry.scot
October 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Lord Bracadale has resigned as chair of the Sheku Bayoh inquiry. The Court of Session was due to hear a judicial review on whether he had demonstrated apparent bias next month. www.shekubayohinquiry.scot/sites/defaul...
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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.
An absolute golden rule that anyone who says “the grown ups are back in the room” is fundamentally for the watching.
Whatever you think of these messages, the reality is this story and Paul Ovenden's subsequent resignation has provoked pure fury from long-serving Labour aides. Many saying they do not believe Starmer should have accepted his resignation.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Senior Starmer adviser quits over offensive Diane Abbott messages
Departure of political strategy director Paul Ovenden is yet another setback for PM after Mandelson and Rayner exits
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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.
An absolute golden rule that anyone who says “the grown ups are back in the room” is fundamentally for the watching.