Steve Peers

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Professor of EU and Human Rights Law, Royal Holloway University of London. Usual disclaimers.

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Steve Peers is a British academic and an expert on the European Union. He is a professor in the Department of Law and Criminology at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of EU Justice and Home Affairs Law and The Brexit: The Legal Framework for Withdrawal from the EU or Renegotiation of EU Membership. .. more

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 4d

In light of Dominic Cummings' latest brain vomit, here's my reply to the moment when he had a dig at me (and several others) as a "charlatan campaigning lawyer"
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2021/07/i-ne...

I never promised you a rose garden: a response to Dominic Cummings

Professor Steve Peers , University of Essex Last night Dominic Cummings, after a long day of asserting his own brilliance, tweeted ab...

eulawanalysis.blogspot.com

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 33m

EU data protection law

EU/US Data Privacy Framework decision challenged before EU Court of Justice - appeal against the EU General Court judgment dismissing the challenge
curia.europa.eu/juris/fiche....

Previous EU General Court judgment discussed here - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

CURIA - Case information

curia.europa.eu

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 11h

As Marx would have said:

Musk has only read these books in various ways; the point, however, is to understand them

lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 13h

history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting

Emoji Caresser @lizrummy.bsky.social · 13h

oh my god

Reposted by Steve Peers, Andrew Jacobs, Steven Fielding , and 1 more Steve Peers, Andrew Jacobs, Steven Fielding, Jack Stilgoe

The Onion @theonion.com · 11h

Trump Threatens To Sue BBC Over Misleading Edit Of ‘The Vicar Of Dibley’ https://theonion.com/trump-threatens-to-sue-bbc-over-misleading-edit-of-the-vicar-of-dibley/

Reposted by Steve Peers, Esther K. Choo, Michael Zimmer , and 3 more Steve Peers, Esther K. Choo, Michael Zimmer, Patrick Stokes, Pádua Fernandes, David Darmofal

Akela Cooper @akelacooper.bsky.social · 11h

Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.

Screenshot of a tweet from Joyce Carol Oates posted on Sunday, November 9th that reads "so curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates--scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. in fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. the poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the "most wealthy person in the world."

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 12h

Might be available on YouTube?

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 12h

There could be an issue of enforcement of a judgment. Ironically US law blocks the enforcement of dodgy foreign judgments aimed at suppression of free speech.

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 12h

Panorama is all the rage in Pensacola

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Mary Corcoran, Mark Robinson , and 1 more Lesley A. Hall, Mary Corcoran, Mark Robinson, Christina Pagel

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 12h

Two paragraphs from the article, pointing out Telegraph hypocrisy

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 12h

I think there's an issue of whether it's available in Florida

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 12h

Very interesting piece, including the extract below which has the ring of truth

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Dorothy Bishop, Steve Peers

Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 12h

Ok President Trump, if you sue the BBC for $1bn for spreading lies, I’ll sue you for the same amount. I reckon Planet Earth would crowdfund that. Then I’ll buy Mar A Largo, turn it into a climate change research centre, free Melania, and put a 1000% tariff on orange face paint.

Reposted by Steve Peers, Daniel W. Drezner

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 12h

NEW: British journalist Sami Hamdi is being released from US detention.

Trump administration agents detained him two weeks ago at the San Francisco airport — hours after he addressed an event, where he urged US leaders to take an “America First” approach rather than “Israel First.”

Reposted by Steve Peers, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, David Darmofal

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 12h

NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.

So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.

Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:

Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts

A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.

boltsmag.org

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Kate @katemck.bsky.social · 13h

Not getting owned by Joyce Carol Oates by defiantly recounting all the books I was made to read for GCSE English Literature

Reposted by Steve Peers, Rosemary A. Joyce, Fabián Muniesa , and 1 more Steve Peers, Rosemary A. Joyce, Fabián Muniesa, Michael H. Whitworth

lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 13h

history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting

Emoji Caresser @lizrummy.bsky.social · 13h

oh my god

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 13h

"As a peace offering, I have dispatched to the White House a bit of gold-effect plastic moulding that I stole from a Blackpool brothel a few years back. I’m pleased to see that it has already been superglued to the wall of the Oval Office."

Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 15h

Crisis at the Critic Sketchcasting Corporation!

Crisis at the CSC | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

From the desk of Lord Kronsteen, founder and proprietor of the Critic Sketchcasting Corporation. To all staff, It is with a heavy heart that I take pen in hand to inform you of the resignation of both…

thecritic.co.uk

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 13h

still remembering the segment in Neil's show when he gave Douglas Murray a chance to rant without any serious challenge to his views @jdportes.bsky.social

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 14h

remembered this after Tim Davie took the chance to skip out, and the cognitive dissonance of Andrew Neil complaining about unchallenged bias in BBC presentation is still deafening

BBC cancels The Mash Report, show criticised for 'Left-wing bias'

Critics include veteran journalist Andrew Neil, who described it as 'self-satisfied, unchallenged Left-wing propaganda'

[The Mash Report host Nish Kumar regularly targeted the Government and Brexit

12 March 2021

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/11/bbc-cancels-mash-report-show-became-focus-perceived-left-wing/
https://archive.ph/Z598v]

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 14h

US law in a Florida court, says BBC website

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 14h

Also, Robbie Gibb is hardly a leftie!!

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 14h

Does she sit on civil cases too? Also IIRC US defamation cases go to juries - but I suppose she could be the presiding judge?

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 14h

maybe he hopes for a chance for SCOTUS to overturn NYT v Sullivan? Thomas at least hates it

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 14h

BBC website said he plans to sue in Florida, assumes that US law will apply because one-year deadline to sue in English law has passed

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 14h

I doubt he means it - the BBC has platformed and sanewashed him relentlessly

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 14h

also therefore the NYT v Sullivan threshold...surely a non-starter?

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 14h

"The edit was a mistake, it was clearly misjudged, but the idea it's an example of institutional bias against Trump is absurd."

@maitlis.bsky.social, @jonsopel1.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com unpack the seismic reaction to the BBC’s edit error - including Trump putting a target on their backs.

Reposted by Steven Fielding

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 14h

If the BBC caves to Trump and hands over licence fee payers' cash to him, it will lose far more from non-renewals by licence fee payers than it would ever risk having to pay to Trump in court

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 14h

NEW: The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case over whether states can count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day.

The RNC and the Libertarian Party are challenging a Mississippi law that allows ballots to be counted so long as they are postmarked by Election Day.

Supreme Court to Decide if States Can Count Late-Arriving Mail Ballots

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether states can continue to count late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump.

www.mississippifreepress.org

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 14h

/s = sarcasm

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 14h

"I wouldn't expect someone like Adil Ray to understand...I'd love to have grabbed Adil Ray by the scruff of the neck & thrown him back to 1944... on the beaches of Normandy... and also for him to look to his left and his right and realise they look nothing like him."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkng...

'Grab Adil Ray By The Scruff Of The Neck' Says Former UK Special Forces Officer Ant Middleton

YouTube video by TalkTV

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