‘Sorry I participated in actions to kill people, but I heard a horrible crime was committed by someone not born here - so I assumed it would be reasonable to kill anyone Black, Asian, Muslim or anyone who’s migrated’ Not really the defence they think it is.

Liverpool, Walthamstow, Oxford, Bristol - beautiful scenes from up and down the country of communities coming together in the face of hatred this evening. THIS is who we are, THIS is what we should be striving for.

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Once again we are talking about migrant “dependents” and our conversation is being led by people sometimes willfully misunderstanding the term

Imagine thinking you had a right to lecture Nagasaki on how to commemorate the slaughter of its citizens. Imagine thinking bombing was ever a-political.

Epic proof of the existence of German Humour.

A truly fantastic speech by Michelle Obama last night at the #DNC2024CHICAGO. Particularly loved the part about what you have to do if you can’t fall back on “the affirmative action of generational wealth”. ❤️

Just thought I'd post this here again as I talk about some points about refugees and international law, the UK's approach to refugees and human rights, and the increasing digitisation of border controls: e-ir.info/2023/11/06/thi…

Will be keeping a close eye on this to see if, and what, the Home Office reports relating to immigration and if they’ve been allowed not to report everything required for “security” reasons… theguardian.com/technology/art…

I made this for a keynote address but thought I'd share it here too.

So incredibly proud of my amazing (and first) PhD student - now Dr - Paul Gorby for passing his viva with no corrections!!! Paul is an incredible young scholar who would be an asset to any politics/IR dept! Do read his work and reach out 🤩

Grande Charles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Forza Ferrari 🏎️🏎️🏎️🏆🏆🏆🏁🏁🏁🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

Almost choked on my drink when Zak Brown claimed McLaren have a history of not favouring one driver over another. Has anyone checked in with David Coulthard about that, or Gerhard Berger? 🤣

Who’s going to the 2025 Italian Grand Prix for Lewis Hamilton’s first Monza with Scuderia Ferrari HP? ME!!! Seats in a grandstand opposite the podium! 🇮🇹❤️🏆🏎️🏁 #F1