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Steve Peers
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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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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 · 2d
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Fumbling towards ecstasy?

The prospect of Canada as an associate member of the EU - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/09/fumb...
Fumbling towards Ecstasy? Canada as an associate member of the EU
Professor Steve Peers , Law School, Royal Holloway, University of London Photo credit : Martin St-Amant , via Wikipedia Commons “Livin...
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Public Sector Lawyer @publicsectorlawyer.bsky.social · 4h
Reposting this.

Interested to know if anyone thinks it isn’t quite right.

IE am I wrong about/overstating:
1) what the ‘high risk’ threshold often means
2) the constitutional position
3) the implications

publicsectorlawyer179.substack.com/p/does-it-ma...
Does it matter if the Government deliberately breaks the law?
In a previous post ("No one likes being told they're breaking the law") I looked at how lawyers advise governments and others when what they’re doing or proposing to do is plainly, or highly likely to...
publicsectorlawyer179.substack.com

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 4h
But treaties can't be amended unilaterally

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 4h
Not today, Trump!
Tim Horton spread, including Monty Moose donut, two lesser donuts, and French vanilla latte 🇨🇦

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 7h
NEW: On social media and in tabloids, photos from Don Jr. and Bettina Trump’s Bahamas wedding were tightly curated.

But sometimes, what — or, who — isn’t pictured is just as important as what is. Let’s go on an investigative, visual tour.
“Our Dear Friend Umar”: How We Uncovered That a Russian Oligarch Bankrolled Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding
On social media and in tabloids, photos from Don Jr. and Bettina Trump’s Bahamas wedding were tightly curated. But sometimes, what — or, who — isn’t pictured is just as important as what is. Let’s go ...
www.propublica.org

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 7h
Danish government statement on Greenland agreement with Trump. Not offering details yet. english.stm.dk/press/press-...
Press release. Full text in the link

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 7h
LibDems council.ceredigion.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.a...
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 7h
But politicians round that up to 100

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 7h
I'm hazarding a guess that "Tommo" did not, in fact, sue Femi
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femi-oluwole.bsky.social Femi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social · Mar 30
"ON MY KIDS' LIVES I'm going to sue Femi for calling me racists"

- Danny Tommo, the racist.
Racist Danny Tommo sues me for calling him racist!
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 7h
But the BBC surely knows this, and could point it out or challenge him

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 7h
I hadn't heard that either. The think is, she speaks like AI writes, even though a) AI syntax is glib and annoying; and b) no one speaks like they write

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 7h
Does "Tommo" still have a reputation to lose after his kidnap conviction? (At least Laurence Fox didn't have one of those)

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 7h
You could ask @femi-oluwole.bsky.social directly - did "Tommo" sue you?

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 8h
I mean, photocopiers break down all the time

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 8h
Would Denmark/Greenland have let Russia and China build bases?

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 8h
"She should come back to him, despite the abuse and threats"
collinswatch.bsky.social Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 19h
Here's the video/audio clip of Susan Collins focusing her blame on Canada for Trump's mindless and self-defeating trade war. #MEpolitics

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 9h
And facts don't

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 9h
The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent"
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
What the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return Reveals
A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.
www.theatlantic.com

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 9h
A different perspective on immigration, that is. Maybe they can't conceive of such a thing?

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 9h
Seems obvious...although surely voters have now seen through this guy

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 9h
Note that the BBC fails to point out that immigration has dropped considerably, or to obtain a quote from someone from a different perspective
tom-clark.bsky.social Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 13h
The BBC has decided that this constitutes news… A man who left for Monaco several years ago declaring he’s ’lost confidence’ in the UK

His qualification for making the headlines? Owning £15bn

Broadcasting like democracy already died!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 9h
This guy was booted out of the Reform Party for saying that he wanted to shoot Starmer. Now running as an independent in the by election that he caused by his non attendance
snig.bsky.social Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 10h
John Allen, former Reform party councillor who lost his seat after failing to turn up to a single council meeting for six months, was paid £18,888. He may be able to earn the same again after putting himself forward to stand in the by-election he triggered.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Northumberland councillor paid £19k despite six-month no-show
John Allen is standing again after losing the seat for not going to Northumberland council meetings.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 10h
John Allen, former Reform party councillor who lost his seat after failing to turn up to a single council meeting for six months, was paid £18,888. He may be able to earn the same again after putting himself forward to stand in the by-election he triggered.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Northumberland councillor paid £19k despite six-month no-show
John Allen is standing again after losing the seat for not going to Northumberland council meetings.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 10h
PAY LOCAL ARTISTS FFS.
Scarborough's 'AI slop' art trail cost £11,688, figures reveal
Artists and residents in Scarborough criticised the trail when it was launched in the summer.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Dee Lomas @deelomas.bsky.social · 10h
I bring worse news. That poor woman who lives in Piddington & who @vicderbyshire.bsky.social interviewed after that ridiculous election has had her address leaked to Tommy Robinson & the Pink Ladies & she’s been doxxed by both of them.
Wtaf is going on. These people all need to be proscribed now.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 11h
Canada is about to join Eurovision already!

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 11h
🔴 Something Tom Watson won't tell you: Five police forces in the East Midlands working with Palantir on a controversial surveillance programme are ending their involvement

Exclusive by Democracy for Sale and Liberty Investigates.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-f...
Revealed: Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance tool
Exclusive: Palantir's UK policing ambitions take a hit as East Midlands forces end their involvement in a controversial data pilot.
democracyforsale.substack.com

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 11h
Lord give me the arrogance of a tax exile who feels the right to comment on the tax policies and general running of a country who you have deprived of billions by registering yourself in Monaco
Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12h
Why does the BBC have as one of its lead news stories this morning another Britain-hating interview with Jim 'the UK has been colonised by immigrants' Ratcliffe? What public interest is this serving?

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Claire @clairepull.bsky.social · 12h
Another woman on the right side of history being targeted with comments "suggestive of violence" by the thugs who claim to be "protecting women and girls".
The RNLI exists solely "to save lives at sea". That is their purpose. ALL LIVES.
When will this hatred stop?
Ceredigion councillor faces 'hatred' online after sharing RNLI video
Elizabeth Evans, who shared a video of an RNLI training exercise, says the comments were "really, really bad".
www.bbc.co.uk

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12h
Mr Daniel Thomas has "instructed a specialist defamation solicitor" - using the funds of Paw Patrol - to look into whether he can sue the Home Secretary for calling him "far right and outright racist, walking into town, hijacking an issue + then using it to divide our communities"