Bernard Ryan
@bernardryan.bsky.social
Professor of migration law, based in Leicester. For social equality, multiculturalism and anti-colonialism. Now more than ever.
https://le.ac.uk/people/bernard-ryan
https://le.ac.uk/people/bernard-ryan
Totally agree with @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social. It’s about intimidation, not infrastructure.
When blackshirts are marching through the streets of Dover and Portsmouth, the focus shouldn’t be on the disruption they cause, but on their fascist ideology and deliberate intimidation of migrants and people of colour. [1/2]
September 7, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Totally agree with @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social. It’s about intimidation, not infrastructure.
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The response to the militia yesterday has made me much more pessimistic about the uk.
September 6, 2026 at 11:09 AM
The response to the militia yesterday has made me much more pessimistic about the uk.
Under section 11 of the Public Order Act 1986, it’s a criminal offence not to give advance notice of a protest which takes the form of a procession. There is an exception for cases where the giving of notice is “not reasonably practicable”, for example if it’s organised at short notice.
September 6, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Under section 11 of the Public Order Act 1986, it’s a criminal offence not to give advance notice of a protest which takes the form of a procession. There is an exception for cases where the giving of notice is “not reasonably practicable”, for example if it’s organised at short notice.
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British universities are now gripped by the ultimate madness. Some unis are bankrupting everyone else accepting students they can't even take and have to leave in limbo... While putting everyone on redundancy notice! It's crazed. Still no-one will intervene.
thetab.com/2026/08/24/u...
thetab.com/2026/08/24/u...
University of Exeter offers deferred places following shortage of student accommodation
The university said it has not been able to offer accommodation to all students
thetab.com
August 25, 2026 at 11:21 AM
British universities are now gripped by the ultimate madness. Some unis are bankrupting everyone else accepting students they can't even take and have to leave in limbo... While putting everyone on redundancy notice! It's crazed. Still no-one will intervene.
thetab.com/2026/08/24/u...
thetab.com/2026/08/24/u...
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A country and a governing class letting **individual institutions** decide on language provision - contracting out one of the key sinews of any state. A country that is burning itself down from the inside.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Cutting language courses puts social mobility at risk, say UK experts
Exclusive: University moves and falling exam entries fuel concerns about opportunities for working-class pupils
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2026 at 11:17 AM
A country and a governing class letting **individual institutions** decide on language provision - contracting out one of the key sinews of any state. A country that is burning itself down from the inside.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Well done FIFA for a draw guaranteeing that at most two from Brazil (ranked 6), Morocco (7) and the Netherlands (8) could get to the last 16.
June 26, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Well done FIFA for a draw guaranteeing that at most two from Brazil (ranked 6), Morocco (7) and the Netherlands (8) could get to the last 16.
Shocking speech by Chris Philp at Policy Exchange today. Debate about border control, immigration enforcement and appeal rights is one thing. Scapegoating - of immigration categories and of immigration advocates - is altogether more sinister.
June 16, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Shocking speech by Chris Philp at Policy Exchange today. Debate about border control, immigration enforcement and appeal rights is one thing. Scapegoating - of immigration categories and of immigration advocates - is altogether more sinister.
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What we’re not being told about racist riots in the north of Ireland: abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/what-were-... by an anonymous activist in Belfast.
June 10, 2026 at 4:39 PM
What we’re not being told about racist riots in the north of Ireland: abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/what-were-... by an anonymous activist in Belfast.
Is there a dictation app out there which
1) types live as you speak
2) does not switch off when you type corrections, and
3) understands basic commands such as delete and backspace?
1) types live as you speak
2) does not switch off when you type corrections, and
3) understands basic commands such as delete and backspace?
May 16, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Is there a dictation app out there which
1) types live as you speak
2) does not switch off when you type corrections, and
3) understands basic commands such as delete and backspace?
1) types live as you speak
2) does not switch off when you type corrections, and
3) understands basic commands such as delete and backspace?
What would Sun Tzu have made of the US-Iran war?
April 12, 2026 at 8:32 PM
What would Sun Tzu have made of the US-Iran war?
Hell is reigning already
April 4, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Hell is reigning already
Went to Parliament today, to say how damaging the earned settlement model would be in highly diverse places like Leicester.
March 11, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Went to Parliament today, to say how damaging the earned settlement model would be in highly diverse places like Leicester.
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Totally this.
The rightwing hate “journalists” are spinning Muslims voting for a woman in a party led by a gay Jewish man as Islamist sectarianism.
The rightwing hate “journalists” are spinning Muslims voting for a woman in a party led by a gay Jewish man as Islamist sectarianism.
February 27, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Totally this.
The rightwing hate “journalists” are spinning Muslims voting for a woman in a party led by a gay Jewish man as Islamist sectarianism.
The rightwing hate “journalists” are spinning Muslims voting for a woman in a party led by a gay Jewish man as Islamist sectarianism.
It’s truly bizarre to describe the election campaign of a white English woman as ‘sectarian’ because she sought and gained support from Muslim voters.
February 27, 2026 at 11:23 AM
It’s truly bizarre to describe the election campaign of a white English woman as ‘sectarian’ because she sought and gained support from Muslim voters.
Ps to previous thread. I am curious to know how Zia Yusuf himself became a British citizen.
He was born in 1986, and online sources say that his parents moved to work in the UK in “the early 1980s”.
He was born in 1986, and online sources say that his parents moved to work in the UK in “the early 1980s”.
thread.how
February 24, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Ps to previous thread. I am curious to know how Zia Yusuf himself became a British citizen.
He was born in 1986, and online sources say that his parents moved to work in the UK in “the early 1980s”.
He was born in 1986, and online sources say that his parents moved to work in the UK in “the early 1980s”.
Someone needs to start pushing for the details of this policy (which looks totally under-developed). Here are a couple of basic questions to start off.
February 24, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Someone needs to start pushing for the details of this policy (which looks totally under-developed). Here are a couple of basic questions to start off.
Irish person here, a bit hazy about English history.
I learnt earlier from Radio 4 that Andrew was the first royal to be arrested for more than 300 years.
I gather that the last case was in 1649. What was that about then?
I learnt earlier from Radio 4 that Andrew was the first royal to be arrested for more than 300 years.
I gather that the last case was in 1649. What was that about then?
February 19, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Irish person here, a bit hazy about English history.
I learnt earlier from Radio 4 that Andrew was the first royal to be arrested for more than 300 years.
I gather that the last case was in 1649. What was that about then?
I learnt earlier from Radio 4 that Andrew was the first royal to be arrested for more than 300 years.
I gather that the last case was in 1649. What was that about then?
Aren’t there two distinct Epstein scandals?
One is about sexual abuse and trafficking, the other about cronyism at a very high level.
Each needs a thoroughgoing response, separately.
One is about sexual abuse and trafficking, the other about cronyism at a very high level.
Each needs a thoroughgoing response, separately.
February 19, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Aren’t there two distinct Epstein scandals?
One is about sexual abuse and trafficking, the other about cronyism at a very high level.
Each needs a thoroughgoing response, separately.
One is about sexual abuse and trafficking, the other about cronyism at a very high level.
Each needs a thoroughgoing response, separately.
Excellent piece by @jdportes.bsky.social on the clash between structural drivers of migration, and political pressure faced by Governments. Only candid and informed debate can resolve this.
Immigration and the limits of "control": me in @prospectmagazine.co.uk on why, and how, Labour has got both the economics *and* politics of migration so wrong.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/724...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/724...
Labour’s migration doom loop
The Starmer government risks trapping the United Kingdom in a spiral of discontent and decline
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Excellent piece by @jdportes.bsky.social on the clash between structural drivers of migration, and political pressure faced by Governments. Only candid and informed debate can resolve this.
How come Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish MPs get to vote on England’s student loan system?
January 28, 2026 at 11:16 PM
How come Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish MPs get to vote on England’s student loan system?
How about a political auction over student loans, rather than immigration policy?
January 28, 2026 at 11:04 PM
How about a political auction over student loans, rather than immigration policy?
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Why on earth does the @guardian call the Parliament Acts ‘archaic’? They were passed in 1911 and 1949 as democratic measures, in order to ensure social reforms.
Why on earth does the @guardian call the Parliament Acts ‘archaic’? They were passed in 1911 and 1949 as democratic measures, in order to ensure social reforms.
Assisted dying backers could use archaic procedure to bypass ‘undemocratic’ block by peers
Exclusive: MPs backing bill to use ‘nuclear option’ of 1911 Parliament Act if it continues to be blocked by Lords
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:15 PM
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Why on earth does the @guardian call the Parliament Acts ‘archaic’? They were passed in 1911 and 1949 as democratic measures, in order to ensure social reforms.
Why on earth does the @guardian call the Parliament Acts ‘archaic’? They were passed in 1911 and 1949 as democratic measures, in order to ensure social reforms.