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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 · 5d
The Mice that Roared
The EU's list of known fantasy or camouflage passports
Analysis by Jacques Bellezit - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...
The Mice that Roared: the EU’s list of known fantasy and camouflage passports
Jacques BELLEZIT (University of Strasbourg)     Photo credit : Syced, via Wikimedia Commons Since the Grzelczyk judgment, the Euro...
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 4h
Musk frequently lies about the law - and, of course, most recently lied about his close relationship with Epstein, including his desire to visit the island and 'party'

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 5h
I don't think the Tories wanted NF? They didn't appoint him while in govt, although he was sniffing around for the job.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h
“.. House Oversight Chair James Comer, who is leading an investigation into Epstein and has already subpoenaed multiple associates, did not rule out issuing one for Lutnick.”

@politico.com
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 5h
Join a union - www.tuc.org.uk/join-a-union

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Katalin Halmai @eublogo.bsky.social · 5h
A major 🇭🇺 news outlet has published an investigative report alleging serious environmental violations at a Samsung battery plant, reportedly with authorities’ knowledge. The journalist contacted Samsung & 6 government agencies; none responded. This is how independent journalism operates under Fidesz

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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 5h
Savage and accurate summary in the FT www.ft.com/content/2002...

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 6h
My colleague got into Trump's sprawling family detention camp, which is full of toddlers, kids, & teens.

- Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide

-There's worms & mold in food

-300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows

www.propublica.org/article/life...

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 6h
Labour MPs are not going to vote no confidence or leave the party en masse in the event of a replacement leader.

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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 6h
The European Union wants to end the price cap on Russian oil and move to the next stage.

Here's why – and how.
Why the EU wants to end the price cap on Russian oil
The 20th package of EU sanctions against Moscow foresees a blanket ban on maritime services. If approved, it would discard the price cap on Russian oil that Western allies have applied since 2022. #Eu...
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 6h
Norwegian ambassador resigns due to Epstein links www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Diplomat resigns after report Epstein left her children $10m in will
Her contact with the sex offender showed ‘a serious lapse in judgement’, foreign minister says
www.independent.co.uk

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 6h
A hearing in the case of J.G.G. v. Trump is about to begin:

Judge Boasberg will consider what relief is available to immigrants whisked out of the U.S. in March 2025 without notice or a hearing.

Some background below the main story here at All Rise News
Rising This Week: 'The border is now everywhere'
A dissenting opinion decodes the radical implications of Trump's Fifth Circuit victory.
buff.ly

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 6h
if Ed Miliband gets this he'll be the first British Prime Minister to have tried to listen to me drunkenly tell an anecdote and got so bored by it that he walked out of the conversation halfway through a sentence

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 6h
ALERT: Rep Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has arrived at Justice Dept office to review unreleased Epstein files

(Under law, as of 9am today, Congress is permitted to view what Justice Dept has withheld from files)

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 6h
Not the main point here, but the historical claim isn't accurate - presumably they're ignoring Ramsay MacDonald because he defected, or didn't win a majority of seats or the popular vote?
paulbrand.bsky.social Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 7h
NEW: No10 bat away Anas Sarwar’s calls for Starmer to go.

“Keir Starmer is one of only four Labour leaders ever to have won a general election.

“He has a clear five-year mandate from the British people to deliver change, and that is what he will do.”

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Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 7h
NEW: No10 bat away Anas Sarwar’s calls for Starmer to go.

“Keir Starmer is one of only four Labour leaders ever to have won a general election.

“He has a clear five-year mandate from the British people to deliver change, and that is what he will do.”

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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 7h
BREAKING: Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, calls on Keir Starmer to resign as prime minister.

"The distraction has to end and the leadership in Downing Street has to change."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h
Enten: "Trump's base with non-college voters is absolutely collapsing ... he's underwater by 9 points. That's a 23 point switcheroo."

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 7h
1. Trump has launched a torrent of bigoted invective against Somali migrants, calling them "garbage" and demanding they be kicked out of the country

Now, the Trump administration is rigging the immigration courts against them

We've uncovered the details of the scheme
How Trump is rigging immigration courts against Somali migrants
During a December 2 cabinet meeting, President Trump unleashed a torrent of bigoted invective against Somali migrants.
popular.info

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 7h
Irish Times: ‘X does not generally engage with media queries. An email reply to The Irish Times stated: “Legacy Media Lies.”’

www.irishtimes.com/technology/b...
Sue, sue, sue: How Big Tech is taking on the regulators
X has lodged seven legal challenges against Coimisiún na Meán, while Elon Musk has separately initiated proceedings
www.irishtimes.com

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 8h
It sounds frustrating to wait on the moods and attention of a sunsetting angry deranged addled mind. I'm sure we all feel very bad for those poor powerless Republican officials who are certainly all looking for the guy who did this.
The party’s flagship campaign committee and super PACs have no indication of how President Donald Trump will deploy his $300 million-plus war chest because the president has not approved a spending plan. Republican donors are funding expensive Senate primaries in Texas and Georgia because Trump has not cleared the field with his endorsement, or, in the case of Louisiana, endorsed a challenger to the incumbent Republican. People who have spoken with Trump about these obstacles said he at times can sound detached and noncommittal about his plans for spending and endorsements. One person close to the White House said some days the president seems not to care. Having already been impeached twice and indicted four times, Trump is less afraid of being impeached again than he is determined not to let a Democratic-controlled House halt his policy agenda, a White House official said. The official and others spoke to The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity to detail private conversations.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 8h
"50 percent of rural Americans disapprove of ICE’s handling of enforcement, while 50 percent approve

75 percent of men aged 18 to 29 disapprove of ICE’s handling of enforcement, while only 25 percent approve"
gregsargent.bsky.social Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d
Trump is badly losing the war over ICE, not just on the streets, but also in the culture. As Bad Bunny shows, this has become a culture war unto itself. Trump-MAGA's initial hubris has been utterly deflated.

I've got fresh data illustrating the point. 1/

(new piece)
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Trump Rages at Bad Bunny—and Accidentally Exposes a Big MAGA Weakness
MAGA’s hatred of the Super Bowl halftime performer reflects a hubris about what parts of the culture are “theirs.” But those assumptions are proving more wrong every day.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 8h
Police reviewing complaint about Andrew sharing information with Epstein
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Police assessing claims about Andrew sharing confidential trade details
It comes after files suggest the former prince shared confidential information with Jeffrey Epstein from his official work as trade envoy.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 9h
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood was a potential frontrunner who seems to recognise that her asylum & settlement reforms have now made her candidacy unviable. Would Labour’s voice, political strategy and policies on immigration shift in any future contest?
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood – seen as a potential leading contender until the autumn – would now be unlikely to stand. Mahmood remains certain that taking such a tough line on asylum, immigration and settlement reforms is the right thing to do. Yet she appears to recognise that the unpopularity of her approach with the party membership would make her candidacy in a leadership contest unviable. Immigration is one area where Labour’s voice, political strategy and policies could come under pressure in any future contest.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h
The government says the people being deported are violent criminals, and they treat them inhumanely. But mostly they are subjecting ordinary people to extraordinary punishments.
He was then flown to the Ice facility in El Paso, Texas. He said he has been locked in the same large, cold and damp room for 4½ months with more than 70 men. He said detainees are constantly hungry because meals served at tables in the centre of the room offer only child-sized portions. Fights often break out over food, “even over those little child-sized juice containers”. Toilet areas are “filthy”. He said there is little to do but lie on a bed all day. Most detainees do not speak any English. He said he has been allowed outside for air and exercise fewer than a dozen times in nearly five months. The atmosphere is full of “anxiety and depression”, he said.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 9h
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 9h
“She compares her work to the efforts of a parent raising a child. She’s training Claude to detect the difference between right and wrong while imbuing it with unique personality traits.”
This Philosopher Is Teaching AI to Have Morals
The tech company has entrusted the philosopher to endow its chatbot with a sense of right and wrong.
www.wsj.com

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 10h
NEW

The constitutional significance of what happened to the Prime Minister last week

Members of parliament moved for a parliamentary committee to decide what is prejudicial to national security instead of the government

By me.

emptycity.substack.com/p/the-consti...

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 10h
Just discovered Mandelson’s reaction to our first report he’d leaked government emails:

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 10h
When he ran Labour Together, Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons hired a PR firm to investigate journalists

After our revelations, and a flurry of news stories, Simons finally gave his side of the story

But it doesn't seem to tally with the facts... 🧵

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McSweeney goes - but ​​Josh Simons in the frame over targeting journalists
Cabinet Office minister hired a PR firm to investigate journalists. His explanation is bewildering - and begs one big question. How can Starmer keep him on?
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 10h
I have today been informed that, despite personal assurances to the contrary, the Green party have once again used my image and misrepresented my words on a second leaflet circulated in Gorton and Denton ahead of the by-election. I have now lodged an official complaint with the returning officer.