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Steve Peers

@stevepeers.bsky.social wrld.org
Professor of EU and Human Rights Law. Usual disclaimers. Latest book: European Union Law, 5th edition, co-edited with Catherine Barnard.
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UK police arrest US soldier for giving assistance to Russia www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Member of US Army arrested by UK counter-terror police
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Lawyer up, Kissinger

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The UK has an ICJ judge again - 10 years after the post-Brexit loss of the post. Congrats to Prof Akande - www.gov.uk/government/n...

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UK judge takes on key role in upholding international law at International Court of Justice
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The numbers aren't capped as such under free movement, but people cannot move solely to claim benefits and serious criminals can be expelled or refused entry - so "unlimited" is misleading

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This from the administration that explicitly endorsed Orbán and Milei

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An enemy of democracy

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In addition to her confusion about France, UK net migration is already plunging. She surely knows this. RW populist lying about migration is so fucking tiresome.

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Guy who pardoned insurrectionists says what?

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BBC subpoenas Jack Smith for the defence in Trump lawsuit; Trump legal team objects newrepublic.com/post/216805/...

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Trump Tries to Ban Jack Smith Testimony as BBC Lawsuit Implodes
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Court may impose sanctions upon Trump for avoiding deposition in his case against the BBC www.forbes.com/sites/alison...

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It's legitimate for the EU, the UK, Canada and others to support their Ukrainian ally. If Musk is going to (in effect) assist Putin's invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine's allies should sanction Starlink, X and Tesla. At the very least, governments (and people) should stop using his fucking site already.

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Trump backs out of deposition in his lawsuit against BBC, has not suggested new date - BBC asks court to get him to comply www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...

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A few years back, the BBC asked me on to talk about asylum, but then the researcher started to panic because I wasn't "balanced" with someone who hated asylum seekers. I guess the BBC's definition of "balance" only goes one way

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It's not as if any of Farage's cronies have illegal ties to Russia. Oh wait

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