Michael Doherty
@dohertylawteach.bsky.social
Professor of Legal Design. Associate Head, Lancaster University Law School. Editor-in-Chief, Legal Design Journal.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Annual reminder of how many days there are in each month.
January 23, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Annual reminder of how many days there are in each month.
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The is the biggest national embarrassment in American history.
Trump: "No nation is in any position to be able to secure Greenland other than the US. We're a great power. Much greater than people even understand. I think they found that out 2 weeks ago in Venezuela. We saw this in World War 2 when Denmark fell to Germany after just 6 hours of fighting."
January 21, 2026 at 2:20 PM
The is the biggest national embarrassment in American history.
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In the space of two minutes he confused Greenland and Iceland four times by my count.
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Trump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."
January 21, 2026 at 2:50 PM
In the space of two minutes he confused Greenland and Iceland four times by my count.
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Trump: "World War 1 -- they lost 100 million people. It actually ended World War 1. A lot of people don't know. The Spanish flu in World War 1 ended the war."
January 21, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Trump: "World War 1 -- they lost 100 million people. It actually ended World War 1. A lot of people don't know. The Spanish flu in World War 1 ended the war."
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Which begs the question about who's funding Policy Exchange. Who is planning to benefit from untrammelled executive power, free from judicial constraints (whether domestic or not)? And are the academics who put forward these 'papers' paid or not? If so, can they still be considered academics?
I’ve said before that Policy Exchange/JPP’s obsession with encroaching judicial power in a system in which unchecked executive power is a far more significant threat is a form of constitutional trainspotting. To be advocating leaving the ECHR in this geopolitical climate is another level altogether.
January 21, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Which begs the question about who's funding Policy Exchange. Who is planning to benefit from untrammelled executive power, free from judicial constraints (whether domestic or not)? And are the academics who put forward these 'papers' paid or not? If so, can they still be considered academics?
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Some people resist evil quietly. Not with speeches or slogans — just by deciding, again and again, to do the right thing when no one is watching.
That’s how I ended up reading about Gino Bartali.
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That’s how I ended up reading about Gino Bartali.
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January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Some people resist evil quietly. Not with speeches or slogans — just by deciding, again and again, to do the right thing when no one is watching.
That’s how I ended up reading about Gino Bartali.
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That’s how I ended up reading about Gino Bartali.
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Reminder that the new Policy Exchange paper on the ECHR will get a lot of traction in the media because this debate is about vibes, not facts. Those defending the ECHR need to think about how to influence vibes too.
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/09/a...
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/09/a...
Alan Greene: Bringing facts to a vibes fight: Kayfabe and debates on the UK and the ECHR
It is now 25 years since the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) entered into force and far from this endurance cementing its legitimacy, the judicial protection of human rights in the UK finds itself in t…
ukconstitutionallaw.org
January 20, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Reminder that the new Policy Exchange paper on the ECHR will get a lot of traction in the media because this debate is about vibes, not facts. Those defending the ECHR need to think about how to influence vibes too.
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/09/a...
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/09/a...
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Universities are the softest of soft political targets, but chasing praise is going to help. There's no money for a redefined moral mission (meaning what?) and Kim McGuinness has great universities in NE England doing local work, but doesn't seem to notice:
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/attacki...
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/attacki...
January 19, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Universities are the softest of soft political targets, but chasing praise is going to help. There's no money for a redefined moral mission (meaning what?) and Kim McGuinness has great universities in NE England doing local work, but doesn't seem to notice:
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/attacki...
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/attacki...
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European alternatives for digital- HOPING for more ethical and sustainable futures, we shall see. Now is the opportunity. european-alternatives.eu
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January 18, 2026 at 11:27 AM
European alternatives for digital- HOPING for more ethical and sustainable futures, we shall see. Now is the opportunity. european-alternatives.eu
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Macron now refers to "intimidation or threat", explicitly comparing US behaviour in Greenland to Russia's approach to Ukraine. Sweden's PM says: "We will not allow ourselves to be blackmailed". Much, tougher language from Europeans than we have seen before, responding to the US escalation.
January 17, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Macron now refers to "intimidation or threat", explicitly comparing US behaviour in Greenland to Russia's approach to Ukraine. Sweden's PM says: "We will not allow ourselves to be blackmailed". Much, tougher language from Europeans than we have seen before, responding to the US escalation.
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Boycott Estée Lauder now! Its owner is the oligarch pushing for the annexation of Greenland. Boycott their owned brands whilst you’re at it.
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January 17, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Boycott Estée Lauder now! Its owner is the oligarch pushing for the annexation of Greenland. Boycott their owned brands whilst you’re at it.
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The Government staying on X is pathetic: Ministers need to show some moral backbone inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...
January 14, 2026 at 6:43 PM
The Government staying on X is pathetic: Ministers need to show some moral backbone inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...
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Oxford West & Abingdon MP Layla Moran has become the first Oxfordshire MP to quit X (formerly Twitter). She said “I can’t sleep knowing that I’m leading traffic to a site that actively enables sexual exploitation of women and children.” Her Bluesky profile is @laylamoran.bsky.social .
January 12, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Oxford West & Abingdon MP Layla Moran has become the first Oxfordshire MP to quit X (formerly Twitter). She said “I can’t sleep knowing that I’m leading traffic to a site that actively enables sexual exploitation of women and children.” Her Bluesky profile is @laylamoran.bsky.social .
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Still using X? Or even worse, paying for it? If the hate speech wasn’t a good enough reason for you to leave, I wonder if Musk’s AI stripping clothes off your daughters and wives at the request of other users is? Those with big followers in mil hist should check themselves @almurray.bsky.social etc
Grok being used to create sexually violent videos featuring women, research finds
AI tool also used to undress image of the woman killed by a federal immigration agent in the US, says research
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Still using X? Or even worse, paying for it? If the hate speech wasn’t a good enough reason for you to leave, I wonder if Musk’s AI stripping clothes off your daughters and wives at the request of other users is? Those with big followers in mil hist should check themselves @almurray.bsky.social etc
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I lost my father, when I was 8, at the hands of other people. The amount of sadness I feel for this woman’s children is overwhelming.
January 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
I lost my father, when I was 8, at the hands of other people. The amount of sadness I feel for this woman’s children is overwhelming.
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It's unfair to say that X is only a site for Nazis *or* porn - it's also a site for Nazi porn.
BREAKING: X’s chatbot Grok isn’t just making AI porn deepfakes, it’s now making Nazi AI porn deepfakes, undressing women and showing them wearing “swastika bikinis”. Many of these women are Jewish, including a recently deceased Holocaust survivor.
Elon Musk’s “Grok” is undressing women and showing them in swastika bikinis
One woman targeted is a Jewish Holocaust survivor
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January 7, 2026 at 1:26 PM
It's unfair to say that X is only a site for Nazis *or* porn - it's also a site for Nazi porn.
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Seeing a performer successfully hype the crowd with "When I say constitutional, you say crisis!" makes me wonder if we're doing public law conferences all wrong
August 22, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Seeing a performer successfully hype the crowd with "When I say constitutional, you say crisis!" makes me wonder if we're doing public law conferences all wrong
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i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
A real Good Samaritan
One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.
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December 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
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December 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Come work with me! (And, thankfully, other people)
December 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Come work with me! (And, thankfully, other people)
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oomf who is a librarian had to take down the David Walliams poster at work today and said it felt like pulling down the big Saddam Hussein statue in Baghdad in 2003
December 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
oomf who is a librarian had to take down the David Walliams poster at work today and said it felt like pulling down the big Saddam Hussein statue in Baghdad in 2003
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And just like that, the historic Employment Rights Bill lands. Sick pay from day one. Day-one parental leave. Unfair dismissal rights after six months. Ban fire-and-rehire. Bereavement leave. Protections for pregnant women. Tougher redundancy rules. Fair Work Agency to enforce rights. #ukpolitics
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
And just like that, the historic Employment Rights Bill lands. Sick pay from day one. Day-one parental leave. Unfair dismissal rights after six months. Ban fire-and-rehire. Bereavement leave. Protections for pregnant women. Tougher redundancy rules. Fair Work Agency to enforce rights. #ukpolitics