Race and the UK Constitution Association (RUKCA)
@raceukconstitution.bsky.social
UK Public Law Academics, Practitioners + Activists recognising the important & neglected role of race, racialisation and racism in British constitutional law & history.
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Core to reactionary politics is a cowardly project that aims to protect and restore privilege and hierarchies of oppression
Some thoughts on terminology and the term reactionary @reacpolrn.bsky.social
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Some thoughts on terminology and the term reactionary @reacpolrn.bsky.social
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Article: On reactionary politics (Aurelien Mondon) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This article by Aurelien Mondon explores the meaning of reactionary politics and its use in our current context
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September 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Core to reactionary politics is a cowardly project that aims to protect and restore privilege and hierarchies of oppression
Some thoughts on terminology and the term reactionary @reacpolrn.bsky.social
reacpol.net/on-reactiona...
Some thoughts on terminology and the term reactionary @reacpolrn.bsky.social
reacpol.net/on-reactiona...
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Considering the way Trump and co are acting and how those institutions meant to stand in their way are doing nothing to hold them to account, let alone stop them, it's hard to imagine Trump will accept electoral defeat either in 26 or 28...
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 6, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Considering the way Trump and co are acting and how those institutions meant to stand in their way are doing nothing to hold them to account, let alone stop them, it's hard to imagine Trump will accept electoral defeat either in 26 or 28...
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1/2 Although this report suggests a jump in belief that you have to be born in Britain to be British, from 19-36% in 2 years, the 2024 NATCEN survey of actually gave the figure as 39%, so the change isn’t as dramatic. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows
Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:44 AM
1/2 Although this report suggests a jump in belief that you have to be born in Britain to be British, from 19-36% in 2 years, the 2024 NATCEN survey of actually gave the figure as 39%, so the change isn’t as dramatic. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Reform and the Tories must be outraged by the two tier health system.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Ethnic minorities in England less likely to have access to diabetes tech – study
‘Concerning’ disparities in access to continuous glucose monitors despite black and south Asian people being more likely to live with condition
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Reform and the Tories must be outraged by the two tier health system.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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In 1887, British forces kidnapped & exiled the King of Opobo in today’s Nigeria. British Palm oil traders had persuaded the government that the tariffs he imposed restricted their profits. It was a milestone in the Scramble for Africa and indirect rule by Britain.
alanlester.co.uk/blog/antisla...
alanlester.co.uk/blog/antisla...
Antislavery and the Original ‘Scramble for Africa’, 1807-1879
Keynote Lecture for 140 Years Beyond the Berlin Conference, Africa Centre and SOAS Friday 12 December and Saturday 13 December 2025 Alan Lester Most British imperial historians have tended t…
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January 4, 2026 at 8:34 AM
In 1887, British forces kidnapped & exiled the King of Opobo in today’s Nigeria. British Palm oil traders had persuaded the government that the tariffs he imposed restricted their profits. It was a milestone in the Scramble for Africa and indirect rule by Britain.
alanlester.co.uk/blog/antisla...
alanlester.co.uk/blog/antisla...
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The podcast of David Olusoga and I discussing Empire & the rewriting of history:
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HOW TO PODCAST | David Olusoga & Alan Lester - The Truth About the British Empire
David Olusoga and Alan Lester reveal the dark realities of the British Empire, and reflect on the importance of historians amid the resurgence of nationalism and misinformation.
howtoacademy.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The podcast of David Olusoga and I discussing Empire & the rewriting of history:
howtoacademy.com/podcasts/dav...
howtoacademy.com/podcasts/dav...
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✊🏽'The People We Are Writing For’ by Sophia Siddique, our Race & Class Deputy editor for Skin Deep's latest issue: skindeepmag.com/products/anthology/
December 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
✊🏽'The People We Are Writing For’ by Sophia Siddique, our Race & Class Deputy editor for Skin Deep's latest issue: skindeepmag.com/products/anthology/
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To mark and commemorate Siva on his 102th birthday we want to share one of his sayings:
"We all wear our passports on our faces"
"We all wear our passports on our faces"
December 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
To mark and commemorate Siva on his 102th birthday we want to share one of his sayings:
"We all wear our passports on our faces"
"We all wear our passports on our faces"
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I finally got around to reading this. You should read it too.
"We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion, the struggle of finding one’s own voice."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
"We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion, the struggle of finding one’s own voice."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I finally got around to reading this. You should read it too.
"We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion, the struggle of finding one’s own voice."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
"We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion, the struggle of finding one’s own voice."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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'Police forces across the country have recorded an increase in hate crimes over the past year, with a significant rise in racially motivated offences in Scotland as well as religious hate crimes targeting Muslims in England and Wales.' 1/2
Racial and religious hate crime on UK public transport is growing, data shows
Anti-racism groups warn some people are avoiding public transport or limiting their use of it for fear of abuse
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:35 AM
'Police forces across the country have recorded an increase in hate crimes over the past year, with a significant rise in racially motivated offences in Scotland as well as religious hate crimes targeting Muslims in England and Wales.' 1/2
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Fuck off, coloniser
On X, a senior U.S. Justice Department official is promoting a post that praises colonization as “one of the greatest things that ever happened to the backwards parts of the world.”👇
January 5, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Fuck off, coloniser
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Are you involved in (or planning) a judicial review claim?
Join our ✏️ Online Judicial Review Academy – a complete guide to how to do judicial review.
9 to 12 Feb 2026 | Zoom | With @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social
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Join our ✏️ Online Judicial Review Academy – a complete guide to how to do judicial review.
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Online JR Academy February 2026 - Public Law Project
9 February 2026 - 12 February 2026 @ 12:00 am - A complete online course on how to do judicial review, run in short sessions on Zoom over 4 days. Presented in partnership with Garden Court Chambers. This training is ONLINE ONLY. All sessions will be recorded and shared with attendees afterwards. Who should attend: Junior and trainee lawyers, advisers, advocates and anyone likely to be involved [...]
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December 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Are you involved in (or planning) a judicial review claim?
Join our ✏️ Online Judicial Review Academy – a complete guide to how to do judicial review.
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Some reflections on the CJEU ruling on the Danish "Ghettolaw". (C-417/23) I criticise the Court's reluctance to classify a law allowing preferential ending of tenancies for those descending from "non-Western" migrants as related to ethnic and racial origin.
www.courthousenews.com/denmarks-bid...
www.courthousenews.com/denmarks-bid...
Denmark’s bid to dismantle ‘ghettos’ faces EU discrimination test
The EU’s highest court warned that Denmark’s housing policy aimed at “non-Western” communities sits squarely within EU antidiscrimination law, casting fresh uncertainty over a cornerstone of the count...
www.courthousenews.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Some reflections on the CJEU ruling on the Danish "Ghettolaw". (C-417/23) I criticise the Court's reluctance to classify a law allowing preferential ending of tenancies for those descending from "non-Western" migrants as related to ethnic and racial origin.
www.courthousenews.com/denmarks-bid...
www.courthousenews.com/denmarks-bid...
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In our #BrokenLadders report with @fawcettsociety.bsky.social, we advocate for measures that the government and employers must implement to tackle ethnicity and gender pay gaps - from introducing mandatory, intersectional pay gap reporting to tackling racism in organisations 👇
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Broken Ladders
The myth of meritocracy for women of colour in the workplace
www.runnymedetrust.org
November 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
In our #BrokenLadders report with @fawcettsociety.bsky.social, we advocate for measures that the government and employers must implement to tackle ethnicity and gender pay gaps - from introducing mandatory, intersectional pay gap reporting to tackling racism in organisations 👇
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Citizenship is a right, not a privilege. Our new briefing with @reprievehq.bsky.social reveals a shocking racial disparity in citizenship stripping practices.
3 in 5 people of colour are at risk of having their UK citizenship stripped, at the discretion of the Home Office 🧵👇
3 in 5 people of colour are at risk of having their UK citizenship stripped, at the discretion of the Home Office 🧵👇
Stripped: The Citizenship Divide
New research exposes racist reality of UK citizenship stripping laws that place 3 in 5 people of colour at risk.
www.runnymedetrust.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Citizenship is a right, not a privilege. Our new briefing with @reprievehq.bsky.social reveals a shocking racial disparity in citizenship stripping practices.
3 in 5 people of colour are at risk of having their UK citizenship stripped, at the discretion of the Home Office 🧵👇
3 in 5 people of colour are at risk of having their UK citizenship stripped, at the discretion of the Home Office 🧵👇
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I'll be speaking today at the publiclawproject.bsky.social's Annual Conference ("Strengthening the Constitution" @hsfkramer.bsky.social ) on a wonderful panel on "Race & the UK Constitution". If there, please say hello! Thanks to Nicole Chen for the invite! @soasLAW @raceukconstitution.bsky.social
Public Law Project Annual Conference 2025
Formerly known as Judicial Review Trends and Forecasts - PLP's annual conference returns for a day of insight and forward-looking discussion.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I'll be speaking today at the publiclawproject.bsky.social's Annual Conference ("Strengthening the Constitution" @hsfkramer.bsky.social ) on a wonderful panel on "Race & the UK Constitution". If there, please say hello! Thanks to Nicole Chen for the invite! @soasLAW @raceukconstitution.bsky.social
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Two of the five Reform MPs elected last year back a policy on migration that is effectively more extreme than the former BNP position.
Independent MP James McMurdock declares that he now has a rather more extreme position than the Reform Party - and also favours deporting a very large share of legal and settled migeants
(The MP has left Reform to avoid the party looking into serious allegations about financial fraud during Covid)
(The MP has left Reform to avoid the party looking into serious allegations about financial fraud during Covid)
July 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Two of the five Reform MPs elected last year back a policy on migration that is effectively more extreme than the former BNP position.
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If you want to read more, keep an eye out for an article @juanroch.bsky.social, @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social and I are writing about this
July 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If you want to read more, keep an eye out for an article @juanroch.bsky.social, @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social and I are writing about this
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It's crucial to counter claims that polarisation (much like populism) is always bad
The middle ground between racism and anti-racism, transphobia and trans rights, genocide and anti-genocide is complicit with racism, transphobia and genocide rather than the "reasonable" position
The middle ground between racism and anti-racism, transphobia and trans rights, genocide and anti-genocide is complicit with racism, transphobia and genocide rather than the "reasonable" position
July 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It's crucial to counter claims that polarisation (much like populism) is always bad
The middle ground between racism and anti-racism, transphobia and trans rights, genocide and anti-genocide is complicit with racism, transphobia and genocide rather than the "reasonable" position
The middle ground between racism and anti-racism, transphobia and trans rights, genocide and anti-genocide is complicit with racism, transphobia and genocide rather than the "reasonable" position
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If, instead of taking the far right at their word, this kind of coverage was the norm, it would be clear to all that racism is always the motivation that women and children are the least of their (illegitimate) concerns
See also transphobia
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
See also transphobia
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Two in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse
Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
If, instead of taking the far right at their word, this kind of coverage was the norm, it would be clear to all that racism is always the motivation that women and children are the least of their (illegitimate) concerns
See also transphobia
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
See also transphobia
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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"For those arrested by one police force, this figure was as high as 68%.
Previous offences include actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm, stalking, breach of restraint and non-molestation orders, controlling coercive behaviour and criminal damage."
Previous offences include actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm, stalking, breach of restraint and non-molestation orders, controlling coercive behaviour and criminal damage."
The far right terrorising asylum seekers in hotels love to spread the lie they’re worried about the risk of sexual assault. But here’s the truth: Two in five men arrested for last summer’s riots had been reported for domestic abuse. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
2 in 5 arrested over last summer’s riots had been reported for domestic abuse
Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"For those arrested by one police force, this figure was as high as 68%.
Previous offences include actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm, stalking, breach of restraint and non-molestation orders, controlling coercive behaviour and criminal damage."
Previous offences include actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm, stalking, breach of restraint and non-molestation orders, controlling coercive behaviour and criminal damage."
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The mainstream right wing press is desperate for a race riot.
If you see footage from some of these it's embarrassing how small they are. The one in Southampton looked like 20 people with flags. The Telegraph is trying to whip up division with this sort of reporting.
This is a bit of a atretch/hope: there were 5 protests, with the largest two being up to 300 people, a total of around a thousand or so people.
July 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The mainstream right wing press is desperate for a race riot.
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For all the talks about concerns over disinformation, the mainstream media have been a key agent in the mainstreaming of far right politics by:
- covering them disproportionately
- hyping moral panics
- platforming their bad faith actors as legitimate
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
- covering them disproportionately
- hyping moral panics
- platforming their bad faith actors as legitimate
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
bylinetimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
For all the talks about concerns over disinformation, the mainstream media have been a key agent in the mainstreaming of far right politics by:
- covering them disproportionately
- hyping moral panics
- platforming their bad faith actors as legitimate
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
- covering them disproportionately
- hyping moral panics
- platforming their bad faith actors as legitimate
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
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🤡🤡🤡
Reform UK's hokey-cokey former chair, Zia Yusuf, tells #r4today that banning the burqa - which last week he thought was a "dumb" question to ask - not only isn't dumb, but he's in favour of it, going on to liken it to the precursor of a violent assault. ~AA
June 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Two things here. (i) This is a discrimination case waiting to happen: potential indirect relig discrim in accessing a service, with no clear-cut justification defence on the table. (ii) There's also a wider constitutional issue. MPs are supposed to represent & be accessible to their constituents. 1/
Badenoch refuses to speak to constituents who wear burqas
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Kemi Badenoch says she does not speak to women in burqas at constituency surgery
Tory leader says women can wear what they like, but that she asks people who attend her surgery to remove face coverings
www.theguardian.com
June 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Two things here. (i) This is a discrimination case waiting to happen: potential indirect relig discrim in accessing a service, with no clear-cut justification defence on the table. (ii) There's also a wider constitutional issue. MPs are supposed to represent & be accessible to their constituents. 1/