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Kenneth Armstrong
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Emeritus Professorial Fellow in Law at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge. Co-editor of the Law in Context series published by Cambridge University Press. Academic Asspciate at 39 Essex Chambers.
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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 1d
How should Starmer respond to Sarwar?
By getting to grips with polycentric politics.

New on Substack.

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Taking Sarwar Seriously – Why Starmer’s Reset Must Confront Polycentric Politics
After days of political turmoil, Sir Keir Starmer left a meeting of his parliamentary Labour party secure in his job as UK Prime Minister, at least for the moment.
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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 11h
Back on Substack!

Reflections on Starmer, Sarwar and why devolution changes U.K. politics.

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Taking Sarwar Seriously – Why Starmer’s Reset Must Confront Polycentric Politics
After days of political turmoil, Sir Keir Starmer left a meeting of his parliamentary Labour party secure in his job as UK Prime Minister, at least for the moment.
open.substack.com

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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 1d
While there may multiple political stories about Monday’s drama over Starmer’s leadership that doesn’t take away from the central story that U.K. Labour has priced in Anas Sarwar’s defeat in May’s Scottish elections. And Sarwar is pissed off.

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Taking Sarwar Seriously – Why Starmer’s Reset Must Confront Polycentric Politics
After days of political turmoil, Sir Keir Starmer left a meeting of his parliamentary Labour party secure in his job as UK Prime Minister, at least for the moment.
open.substack.com

Reposted by Kenneth A. Armstrong

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Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org · 1d
🎙️ Hot off the Press — Highlighting LGBT+ History

Host and Cambridge author Jen Manion talks to fellow authors Caroline Gonda and Simon Goldhill about queer history and the power of the archive.

🎧 Listen to the full episode 🔗 https://cup.org/4rt2yYd

#LGBTHistory

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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 1d
There may well be a Streeting story tied up with yesterday’s unheeded call by Anas Sarwar for a change in leadership but the main story is about devolution and Sarwar’s frustration that Scottish Labour will likely come 3rd in Mays elections. What the PLP at Westminster wants misses the point.
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"I'm not sure that cabinet is big enough for both Starmer and Streeting."

Wes Streeting is accused of "open plotting" after publishing his texts with Peter Mandelson - seen by critics as saving himself at the expense of party loyalty.

@maitlis.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 1d
"I'm not sure that cabinet is big enough for both Starmer and Streeting."

Wes Streeting is accused of "open plotting" after publishing his texts with Peter Mandelson - seen by critics as saving himself at the expense of party loyalty.

@maitlis.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com

Reposted by Kenneth A. Armstrong

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Cambridge University Press - Law @cambup-law.cambridge.org · 1d
Justice for Some by Kent Roach
A thoroughly comparative study on the history, law, politics, and latest knowledge about miscarriages of justice and wrongful convictions and the differences between them.
📚 https://cup.org/45Jilcw

#humanrights

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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 2d
Things may not have worked out as Sarwar may have wanted but the more that the parliamantary party closes its ears to the legitimate concerns of the Scottish Labour leader the more it is evident that the party is content to see electoral defeat for Scottish Labour as simply collateral damage.

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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 2d
Maybe Keir Starmer should watch the Take That documentary. Gary Barlow finally “joined” the band when he shared power with the rest of the band. Maybe it’s time Keir joined the Labour Party.

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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 2d
If the effect of Anas Sarwar’s call for a change of leadership is that the UK Cabinet closes ranks it sends a strong signal that Scotland isn’t relevant to the leadership. That’s a big problem for Sarwar as he tries to run an election campaign in Scotland. It plays into SNP hands.

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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 2d
The question people are asking is what the May elections mean for Starmer. But what does Starmer mean for the May elections?
In my new Substack post I explore why the Scottish Labour leader has turned on the PM.

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Sarwar v Starmer
Why has Anas Sarwar called for leadership change?
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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 2d
Sarwar v Starmer

New from me on Substack

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Sarwar v Starmer
Why has Anas Sarwar called for leadership change?
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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 2d
Over the weekend I drafted and then deleted a post about whether this was a moment for Anas Sarwar to stick his neck out and make U.K. Labour come to terms with the real effects of Starmer’s leadership on Scottish politics. There are Holyrood elections in 3 months time.

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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 3d
Starmer now has the challenge of trying to recruit a chief of staff who doesn’t know whether their boss will still be in post in 3 or 4 months. It’s not necessarily an attractive option.

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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 7d
It is worth recalling that the position of U.K. Ambassador to the US was not vacant at the time the Prime Minister chose to appoint Peter Mandelson to the role. A highly competent and respected woman was replaced.

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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 8d
Doesn’t the same problem arise if you need primary legislation each and every time a peerage was removed?

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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 9d
And let’s recall that there is limited oversight of who is made a member of the Lords.

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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 9d
The safeguard would be the need for affirmative resolutions of both Houses.

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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 9d
It would surely be possible to draft a framework statute to remove peerages from persons listed in a schedule and for that schedule to be capable of amendment by statutory instrument (subject to affirmative resolutions).

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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 12d
MELANIA - the days before inauguration
MANIA - the months after.

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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 21d
Interesting that Mark Carney and Ursula von der Leyen both describe changes in geopolitics as “permanent”.

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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 22d
Does the US Supreme Court’s delay in issuing its tariffs judgment signal it has found against the President but doesn’t want to weaken him at a time of intense diplomatic tensions around Greenland and the threat of new tariffs on allies?

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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 27d
Jenrick ending up in Reform is like a grubby mattress being dumped in a skip. It’s been a week of political fly tipping on the Right.

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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · 27d
There is something quite remarkable about Nadine Dorrries’ belief in her own importance as a political figure. She has the gravitas of a regional TV presenter who sometimes switches on the Christmas lights (if someone from Steps is taken ill).

Reposted by Antje Wiener, Kenneth A. Armstrong, Markus W. Gehring

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EU Court of Justice @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social · 27d
🌐 A redesigned Curia website
Clearer, more accessible and easier to navigate 👉 curia.europa.eu/site/

#CJEU #InfoCuria #EUlaw #CuriaWebTV #DigitalTransformation
Court of Justice of the European Union
All official EU websites use the domain europa.eu. See all EU bodies and institutions.
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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · Jan 8
NEW and available open access from @universitypress.cambridge.org this Law in Context monograph:

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Practices of Restitution
Cambridge Core - European Law - Practices of Restitution
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Reposted by Steve Peers

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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · Nov 25
A new edition of Collins, Ewing and McColgan’s Labour Law is out now in @cambup-law.cambridge.org iconic Law in Contrxt series.

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Labour Law | Cambridge Aspire website
Discover Labour Law, 3rd Edition, Hugh Collins, HB ISBN: 9781009612128 on Cambridge Aspire website
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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · Nov 20
Newly published in @cambup-law.cambridge.org iconic Law in Context series.

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The Reasonable Person
Cambridge Core - Legal History - The Reasonable Person
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Kenneth Armstrong @profkaarmstrong.bsky.social · Nov 12
It surely has to be unusual for a news organisation under the threat of legal action to continue to broadcast at every opportunity the very clip that could be the basis of a complaint. And yet the BBC repeatedly broadcasts the Panorama clip that it has apologised about.
Odd.

Reposted by Michelle Everson, Rory O’Connell, Kenneth A. Armstrong

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Colm O'Cinneide @colmocinneide.bsky.social · Nov 11
We covered plenty of ground here.

(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)