Bernard Ryan
@bernardryan.bsky.social
Professor of migration law, based in Leicester. For social equality, multiculturalism and anti-colonialism. Now more than ever.
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BBC Trump row: Pro-Israel bias over Gaza is the real scandal - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/bbc-trump-row-gaza-genocide-whitewashing-israel-bias
BBC Trump row: Pro-Israel bias over Gaza is the real scandal
The corporation stands at a crossroads. Down one path lies self-censorship and hollow apologies; down the other lies the public it was built to serve
www.middleeasteye.net
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
BBC Trump row: Pro-Israel bias over Gaza is the real scandal - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/bbc-trump-row-gaza-genocide-whitewashing-israel-bias
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That Mahmood Mamdani’s child is poised to become the mayor of New York does make one teeter towards the feeling that anything is possible.
November 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
That Mahmood Mamdani’s child is poised to become the mayor of New York does make one teeter towards the feeling that anything is possible.
So the key question is whether Anthony Williams was known to the mental health system? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...?
Police investigate four knife incidents possibly linked to Cambridgeshire train attack
Questions mount for officers as Anthony Williams, 32, appears in court on charges of attempted murder
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
So the key question is whether Anthony Williams was known to the mental health system? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...?
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- EGM tomorrow at 12
- Strike action begins 10th of November
- Strike action begins 10th of November
October 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
- EGM tomorrow at 12
- Strike action begins 10th of November
- Strike action begins 10th of November
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The GGE showcase made us ask ourselves what the loss of GGE and its many connections in the University will mean for the ecosystem and sustainability agenda at the University.
October 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The GGE showcase made us ask ourselves what the loss of GGE and its many connections in the University will mean for the ecosystem and sustainability agenda at the University.
Handsworth appears a model of integration, understood as everyday living together by diverse people.
October 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Handsworth appears a model of integration, understood as everyday living together by diverse people.
There’s also a solid case for student number controls at the institutional level, to end the instability an open market for students has caused since 2015.
As things stand, in every discipline, some universities are simply expanding at the expense of others.
As things stand, in every discipline, some universities are simply expanding at the expense of others.
Fascinating marker of how far the Tory target voter has shifted from ‘middle class parents wanting their kids to go to uni’ to ‘old people who didn’t go and don’t see what anyone else should either’. (Obv there’s a solid case for apprenticeships, but not convinced that’s what this is about)
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is expected to announce plans to cut the number of UK university places by about 100,000 annually by reintroducing student number controls, reports Patrick Jack #edusky
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/badenochs-number-caps-plan-would-cut-100000-university-places
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/badenochs-number-caps-plan-would-cut-100000-university-places
October 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
There’s also a solid case for student number controls at the institutional level, to end the instability an open market for students has caused since 2015.
As things stand, in every discipline, some universities are simply expanding at the expense of others.
As things stand, in every discipline, some universities are simply expanding at the expense of others.
Leicester UCU @leicesterucu.bsky.social will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October.
Support our striking members, donate to the fighting fund if you're able.
More details here: www.uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-uc...
Support our striking members, donate to the fighting fund if you're able.
More details here: www.uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-uc...
Leicester UCU Fighting Fund 2025 | University of Leicester UCU
www.uculeicester.org.uk
September 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Leicester UCU @leicesterucu.bsky.social will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October.
Support our striking members, donate to the fighting fund if you're able.
More details here: www.uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-uc...
Support our striking members, donate to the fighting fund if you're able.
More details here: www.uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-uc...
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Leicester UCU will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October.
Support our striking members, donate to the fighting fund if you're able.
More details here: www.uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-uc...
Support our striking members, donate to the fighting fund if you're able.
More details here: www.uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-uc...
September 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Leicester UCU will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October.
Support our striking members, donate to the fighting fund if you're able.
More details here: www.uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-uc...
Support our striking members, donate to the fighting fund if you're able.
More details here: www.uculeicester.org.uk/leicester-uc...
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Leicester UCU will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October.
September 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Leicester UCU will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October.
If only commentators would recognise that in UK law ‘deportation’ is what happens to foreign nationals who have been convicted of serious criminal offences. Those affected typically had a right of residence beforehand.
September 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
If only commentators would recognise that in UK law ‘deportation’ is what happens to foreign nationals who have been convicted of serious criminal offences. Those affected typically had a right of residence beforehand.
Reform's plan to end ILR - including where it has already been granted - would involve a bonfire of treaties and legislation.
September 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Reform's plan to end ILR - including where it has already been granted - would involve a bonfire of treaties and legislation.
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Disappointed that this BBC news piece about Trump not wanting Mayor Sadiq Khan at the State Banquet doesn't once mention Khan's race or religion. If you leave out that Khan is a brown Muslim man, you gloss over why he's targeted by Trump. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump says he didn't want London Mayor Sadiq Khan at state banquet
The mayor of London did not seek or expect an invite to the state banquet, the BBC understands.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Disappointed that this BBC news piece about Trump not wanting Mayor Sadiq Khan at the State Banquet doesn't once mention Khan's race or religion. If you leave out that Khan is a brown Muslim man, you gloss over why he's targeted by Trump. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just think Corbyn is too set in his ways to lead the left party that UK politics needs.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...?
Corbyn clashes with Sultana over membership portal as split emerges in new party
Ex-Labour leader says ‘legal advice being taken’ over issue, while Sultana also claims ‘sexist boys’ club’ is running party
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Just think Corbyn is too set in his ways to lead the left party that UK politics needs.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...?
Can we agree that the main threats to free speech in the UK concern pro-Palestinian opinions?
September 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Can we agree that the main threats to free speech in the UK concern pro-Palestinian opinions?
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By TNC. Has lost none of his edge.
"Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize? I don’t know. But the most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself."
Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:06 PM
By TNC. Has lost none of his edge.
Sorry, not buying the idea that Labour has been waving the UK flag to represent diversity.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Britain will ‘never surrender flag’ to far-right protesters, Starmer says
PM condemns attacks against police, racist intimidation of minorities and use of flag to instil fear
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Sorry, not buying the idea that Labour has been waving the UK flag to represent diversity.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Why does the article refer to the St George’s flag? He’s surely referring to the British flag.
EXC - Keir Starmer condemns far right racism and violence at yesterday's march
Says there will be "no surrender" of British flag to those who promote hate
Our story here - www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Says there will be "no surrender" of British flag to those who promote hate
Our story here - www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Britain will ‘never surrender flag’ to far-right protesters, Starmer says
PM condemns attacks against police, racist intimidation of minorities and use of flag to instil fear
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Why does the article refer to the St George’s flag? He’s surely referring to the British flag.
One of Labour’s problems is that under Starmer they have actively deployed the union flag as a backdrop, both in campaigning and in Government.
Point is: Labour are now very badly positioned to challenge the ‘patriotism’ of the populists or of the far right.
Point is: Labour are now very badly positioned to challenge the ‘patriotism’ of the populists or of the far right.
Keep thinking of arguments for why it would be completely insane to dump a prime minister with a huge majority just 14 months in, and also about how if he's not going to say a single word in opposition to the kind of shit we saw today then I no longer feel convinced by any of those arguments.
September 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
One of Labour’s problems is that under Starmer they have actively deployed the union flag as a backdrop, both in campaigning and in Government.
Point is: Labour are now very badly positioned to challenge the ‘patriotism’ of the populists or of the far right.
Point is: Labour are now very badly positioned to challenge the ‘patriotism’ of the populists or of the far right.
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Arctic Vardø is the most easterly town in Norway. Due south is Russia. I’m east of Kyiv and Istanbul. Closer to China than I am to Portugal. And from here to the most distant point in Schengen reachable by public transport is in excess of 5,500km as the crow flies. That’s a lot of 🚆 🚌 ⛴️ #Schengen200
September 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Arctic Vardø is the most easterly town in Norway. Due south is Russia. I’m east of Kyiv and Istanbul. Closer to China than I am to Portugal. And from here to the most distant point in Schengen reachable by public transport is in excess of 5,500km as the crow flies. That’s a lot of 🚆 🚌 ⛴️ #Schengen200
Really not sure this will fly:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK may suspend visas for countries that won’t take back failed asylum seekers, says Mahmood
New home secretary vows to move ‘further and faster’ to cut number of people entering by irregular routes
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Really not sure this will fly:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault
September 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault
Shocking threat to a US city. I had to check it was real.
September 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Shocking threat to a US city. I had to check it was real.