@timpittpayne.bsky.social
This is an important statement from Amnesty International UK. www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...
An Apology for A Growing Threat briefing, published on 8 July 2026
Amnesty International UK has made a public apology for the publication of the briefing “A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK”. Click here to read it in full.
www.amnesty.org.uk
July 31, 2026 at 11:28 AM
This is an important statement from Amnesty International UK. www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...
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Lords tributes to Lord Mackay of Clashfern
Parliamentlive.tv
House of Lords
parliamentlive.tv
July 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Lords tributes to Lord Mackay of Clashfern
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I enjoyed yesterday's Quaker Studies conference on Quakers and the Law. Fascinating presentations covered questions including what it's like to be a Quaker judge, how outer right internet discourse about Quakers focusses on prisons, and what Quakers might say about AI use in the legal world.
June 28, 2026 at 8:39 AM
I enjoyed yesterday's Quaker Studies conference on Quakers and the Law. Fascinating presentations covered questions including what it's like to be a Quaker judge, how outer right internet discourse about Quakers focusses on prisons, and what Quakers might say about AI use in the legal world.
I had a great day yesterday at the Quaker Studies Research Association conference - am still feeling v privileged and honoured that they asked me to speak. Some spectacularly good questions from those attending www.qsra.org/2026-confere...
2026 Conference
The 2026 conference will be held on 27th June at Bristol Central Quaker Meeting House, 10:00-17:00, on the topic "Quakers and law". Throughout its history, the Religious Society of Friends has...
www.qsra.org
June 28, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I had a great day yesterday at the Quaker Studies Research Association conference - am still feeling v privileged and honoured that they asked me to speak. Some spectacularly good questions from those attending www.qsra.org/2026-confere...
Another court case by For Women Scotland, this time about prisons. FWS are making a habit of winning. scotcourts.gov.uk/media/pnbpzg...
scotcourts.gov.uk
June 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Another court case by For Women Scotland, this time about prisons. FWS are making a habit of winning. scotcourts.gov.uk/media/pnbpzg...
A recent UK court case casts some light on the side industry related to Only Fans www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...
June 19, 2026 at 2:57 PM
A recent UK court case casts some light on the side industry related to Only Fans www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...
Michael Foran's book is of high quality. I would urge anyone who is interested in the law in this area to read the book and judge for themselves.
Reminder that students pushed back on anti-trans lectures and got them cancelled. Not administrators, not lawyers, students. Young people who decided that bad-faith gatekeeping dressed up as academia wasn't something they had to sit through. Good for them. Great, actually. https://www.helenwebberley
Students push back on anti-trans lectures, and win | Dr Helen Webberley
Foran's lecture series is cancelled. Helen Webberley on why the students were right.
www.helenwebberley.com
June 16, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Michael Foran's book is of high quality. I would urge anyone who is interested in the law in this area to read the book and judge for themselves.
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The brilliant Centre for Women's Justice are looking for a female lawyer to join their team. Please share with anyone who might be interested.
June 12, 2026 at 2:48 PM
The brilliant Centre for Women's Justice are looking for a female lawyer to join their team. Please share with anyone who might be interested.
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Proud to have signed this letter in support of Michael Foran, the Oxford academic who had his lectures disrupted by activists. Universities *must* be able to host debates about sensitive topics.
johnarmstrongmaths.com/openletters/...
johnarmstrongmaths.com/openletters/...
Dear Vice Chancellor,
johnarmstrongmaths.com
June 11, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Proud to have signed this letter in support of Michael Foran, the Oxford academic who had his lectures disrupted by activists. Universities *must* be able to host debates about sensitive topics.
johnarmstrongmaths.com/openletters/...
johnarmstrongmaths.com/openletters/...
I am not aware of any consultation with Quakers generally about this statement. I wish to state publicly that this statement is not made in my name and I do not endorse it. To be clear, in saying this I am speaking in my own name and not on behalf of any other person or group.
Quakers in Britain has released the following statement on the EHRC's draft code of practice around the UK Supreme Court's ruling on the meaning of sex in the Equality Act . 👇🕯️❤️
https://www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/news/quaker-response-to-draft-guidance-around-definition-of-sex
https://www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/news/quaker-response-to-draft-guidance-around-definition-of-sex
Quaker response to draft guidance around definition of sex
Quakers in Britain statement on the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s draft code of practice around the UK Supreme Court’s ruling on the meaning of sex in the Equality Act, which is currently before Parliament.
www.quaker.org.uk
June 11, 2026 at 10:22 AM
I am not aware of any consultation with Quakers generally about this statement. I wish to state publicly that this statement is not made in my name and I do not endorse it. To be clear, in saying this I am speaking in my own name and not on behalf of any other person or group.
There's a lot of interesting material on the @sexmatters2quakers.bsky.social account. It is a scandal and a disgrace that this account is blocked by the official @quaker.org.uk account. Sometimes the talk about finding "kinder ground" on contentious issues seems like so much pious hogwash.
June 9, 2026 at 9:34 PM
There's a lot of interesting material on the @sexmatters2quakers.bsky.social account. It is a scandal and a disgrace that this account is blocked by the official @quaker.org.uk account. Sometimes the talk about finding "kinder ground" on contentious issues seems like so much pious hogwash.
I have seen various bizarre claims today on this site about Michael Foran: (a) he doesn’t have a law degree; (b) he incites violence against trans people; (c) he has no friends. All of these claims are false.
June 8, 2026 at 3:36 PM
I have seen various bizarre claims today on this site about Michael Foran: (a) he doesn’t have a law degree; (b) he incites violence against trans people; (c) he has no friends. All of these claims are false.
Very good to see that Michael's book is now out
What’s in a pronoun? | A video featuring Joshua Rozenberg and Michael Foran.
Michael Foran speaks to Joshua Rozenberg about 'Sex, Gender Identity, and the Law'
📚 https://cup.org/4tLfSIj
#humanrights
Michael Foran speaks to Joshua Rozenberg about 'Sex, Gender Identity, and the Law'
📚 https://cup.org/4tLfSIj
#humanrights
May 13, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Very good to see that Michael's book is now out
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I'm very excited to be part of this. (If also slightly terrified to be Chair of such an alarmingly august committee.)
Calling all lawyers! FREE CPD!
Inaugural event of SaGLA the brand new Sex and Gender Law Association
Save the date: 4 June (other details TBC)
Civil discussion of any and all views welcome & encouraged
Inaugural event of SaGLA the brand new Sex and Gender Law Association
Save the date: 4 June (other details TBC)
Civil discussion of any and all views welcome & encouraged
April 24, 2026 at 9:26 AM
I'm very excited to be part of this. (If also slightly terrified to be Chair of such an alarmingly august committee.)
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Calling all lawyers! FREE CPD!
Inaugural event of SaGLA the brand new Sex and Gender Law Association
Save the date: 4 June (other details TBC)
Civil discussion of any and all views welcome & encouraged
Inaugural event of SaGLA the brand new Sex and Gender Law Association
Save the date: 4 June (other details TBC)
Civil discussion of any and all views welcome & encouraged
April 24, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Calling all lawyers! FREE CPD!
Inaugural event of SaGLA the brand new Sex and Gender Law Association
Save the date: 4 June (other details TBC)
Civil discussion of any and all views welcome & encouraged
Inaugural event of SaGLA the brand new Sex and Gender Law Association
Save the date: 4 June (other details TBC)
Civil discussion of any and all views welcome & encouraged
Other facts that have not been widely reported include Harold's victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and Napoleon's victory at Waterloo in 1815.
The fact that the Good Law Project won their legal challenge against the guidance the EHRC tried so hard to ram down the country’s throat hasn’t been reported widely. So here is GLP’s own message to supporters. Remembering that the EHRC is still captured by […]
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April 16, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Other facts that have not been widely reported include Harold's victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and Napoleon's victory at Waterloo in 1815.
Religious pacifists tend to assume that "just war" theory means something like, "war, in general, is justified". Not so. Just war theory sets a high bar before warfare can be morally legitimate.
BREAKING: The U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine just issued a formal statement defending Pope Leo XIV's teaching authority on just war doctrine — less than twelve hours after JD Vance told a Turning Point USA crowd the pope should “be careful” talking theology.
This is a serious escalation.
This is a serious escalation.
April 15, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Religious pacifists tend to assume that "just war" theory means something like, "war, in general, is justified". Not so. Just war theory sets a high bar before warfare can be morally legitimate.
Nice story though it may very well be apocryphal: I've heard various versions of this, with different alleged participants, all of my life.
American conservative politician Clare Boothe Luce converted to Catholicism in 1946.
In a 1953 meeting with Pope Pius XII, she was fiercely lecturing the pontiff on the Church's moral duty to fight communism when the Pope finally interrupted her.
"You know, Mrs. Ambassador, I am a Catholic too."
In a 1953 meeting with Pope Pius XII, she was fiercely lecturing the pontiff on the Church's moral duty to fight communism when the Pope finally interrupted her.
"You know, Mrs. Ambassador, I am a Catholic too."
April 15, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Nice story though it may very well be apocryphal: I've heard various versions of this, with different alleged participants, all of my life.
No doubt the pro-Pangolins will block me now (see recent reposts)
April 15, 2026 at 3:30 PM
No doubt the pro-Pangolins will block me now (see recent reposts)
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There was literally a pangolin that flew combat sorties with the CIA in a dirty war in Laos that then died after drinking too much gin, so there’s at least one pangolin whose record is morally ambiguous
fun fact: no pangolin has ever done a single thing wrong in the entire history of the world
April 14, 2026 at 11:14 PM
There was literally a pangolin that flew combat sorties with the CIA in a dirty war in Laos that then died after drinking too much gin, so there’s at least one pangolin whose record is morally ambiguous
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fun fact: no pangolin has ever done a single thing wrong in the entire history of the world
April 14, 2026 at 8:30 PM
fun fact: no pangolin has ever done a single thing wrong in the entire history of the world
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my statute law society lecture on interpretation and audience is available online for enthusiasts. Thrill to my broad accent.
Audiences and Legislative Interpretation with Scott Wortley
This is "Audiences and Legislative Interpretation with Scott Wortley" by UCL Laws on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
vimeo.com
April 14, 2026 at 12:20 PM
my statute law society lecture on interpretation and audience is available online for enthusiasts. Thrill to my broad accent.
Another Quaker account blocked by @quaker.org.uk is @kaybaxter.bsky.social Very sad to see this. If we can't find a healthier way of handling differences within our own community, how can we be peacemakers to the wider world? Are we salt that has lost its savour?
April 13, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Another Quaker account blocked by @quaker.org.uk is @kaybaxter.bsky.social Very sad to see this. If we can't find a healthier way of handling differences within our own community, how can we be peacemakers to the wider world? Are we salt that has lost its savour?
@quaker.org.uk I see you are still blocking @sexmatters2quakers.bsky.social Shutting out a group of your own members like this is a terrible look, and no way to handle differences within our Society. It makes all the talk about looking for "kinder ground" sound very hollow. Please reconsider.
April 9, 2026 at 9:18 PM
@quaker.org.uk I see you are still blocking @sexmatters2quakers.bsky.social Shutting out a group of your own members like this is a terrible look, and no way to handle differences within our Society. It makes all the talk about looking for "kinder ground" sound very hollow. Please reconsider.
For serious reading, Kindle is not an option.
In an email to customers, Amazon announced that it would be ending service for Kindle devices older than the 2012 edition. Those devices will lose access to the Kindle Store. www.wired.com/story/amazon...
Amazon Pulls Support for Perfectly Fine Older Kindles
In an email to customers, Amazon announced that it would be ending service for Kindle devices older than the 2012 edition. Those devices will lose access to the Kindle Store.
www.wired.com
April 9, 2026 at 9:11 PM
For serious reading, Kindle is not an option.