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The Scottish Languages Act, which MSPs voted through in June, empowers parents to ask for a Gaelic school to be established in their area and aims to ensure that more qualifications are available in Gaelic. We explored what it means #StAndrewsDay bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/06/20/t...
The Scottish Languages Act: opportunities and challenges
The Scottish Languages Act passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament this week is the most important language legislation for Gaelic in twenty years and the first ever for the Scots language. T…
bellacaledonia.org.uk
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Scottish Languages Act, which MSPs voted through in June, empowers parents to ask for a Gaelic school to be established in their area and aims to ensure that more qualifications are available in Gaelic. We explored what it means #StAndrewsDay bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/06/20/t...
Today, the Scottish 'justice' system' is facing a number of challenges. One that a lot of people aren't aware of is our informal plea-bargaining system. Our new blog draws on the post office scandal to highlight the dangers of this murky world of grubby deals. erasmusresearch.com/the-hidden-c...
The Hidden Crisis in Plea Bargaining — and Why Scotland Should Be Worried - Erasmus Research
The new UCL/University of Exeter report on the Post Office scandal should alarm anyone who cares about justice in the UK. While much has been written about the Post Office’s aggressive prosecution str...
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November 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Today, the Scottish 'justice' system' is facing a number of challenges. One that a lot of people aren't aware of is our informal plea-bargaining system. Our new blog draws on the post office scandal to highlight the dangers of this murky world of grubby deals. erasmusresearch.com/the-hidden-c...
Watch this inspiring podcast featuring Dr Karen Corteen, exploring how the Choose Life Project uses lived experience, storytelling, and research-based education to change how young people understand addiction. erasmusresearch.com/changing-min...
Changing Minds Through Lived Experience: Evaluating the Choose Life Project - Erasmus Research
Dr Karen Corteen (Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice, Liverpool John Moores University), Steve Duffy (Project Manager, Choose Life Project), and Dr Cassie Ogden (Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Liverpo...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Watch this inspiring podcast featuring Dr Karen Corteen, exploring how the Choose Life Project uses lived experience, storytelling, and research-based education to change how young people understand addiction. erasmusresearch.com/changing-min...
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MP's will debate Hillsborough Law for the first time on Monday.
The Bill is a critical opportunity to right past wrongs and end cover-up culture. It must be implemented in full.
We've teamed up with JUSTICE and Hillsborough Law Now to brief MP's ahead of the debate.
Read the briefing:
The Bill is a critical opportunity to right past wrongs and end cover-up culture. It must be implemented in full.
We've teamed up with JUSTICE and Hillsborough Law Now to brief MP's ahead of the debate.
Read the briefing:
www.inquest.org.uk
October 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
MP's will debate Hillsborough Law for the first time on Monday.
The Bill is a critical opportunity to right past wrongs and end cover-up culture. It must be implemented in full.
We've teamed up with JUSTICE and Hillsborough Law Now to brief MP's ahead of the debate.
Read the briefing:
The Bill is a critical opportunity to right past wrongs and end cover-up culture. It must be implemented in full.
We've teamed up with JUSTICE and Hillsborough Law Now to brief MP's ahead of the debate.
Read the briefing:
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www.met.police.uk/police-force... We have noted that training doesn't improve officers' conduct. We have known for many years that this has always been the case. What tools do the #Met use for "precision" stop and searches? #WeCopWatch
Precision stop and search: Evaluating the impact of targeted enhancements to stop and search training
The Met's Strategic Insights Unit conducted trialled supervisor-led reviews of BWV footage from stop and search encounters to understand their impact.
www.met.police.uk
October 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
www.met.police.uk/police-force... We have noted that training doesn't improve officers' conduct. We have known for many years that this has always been the case. What tools do the #Met use for "precision" stop and searches? #WeCopWatch
erasmusresearch.com/historical-w... Official apologies come easy. Accountability doesn’t.
Read Professor Margaret Malloch on the long road to justice after Hillsborough and Allan Marshall.
Read Professor Margaret Malloch on the long road to justice after Hillsborough and Allan Marshall.
Historical Wrongs and Contemporary Rights: Memorialising Injustice - Erasmus Research
A Blog by Professor Margaret Malloch When injustice occurs at the hands of powerful institutions, it is rarely straightforward to have it acknowledged, let alone obtain redress. Institutional cover-up...
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October 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
erasmusresearch.com/historical-w... Official apologies come easy. Accountability doesn’t.
Read Professor Margaret Malloch on the long road to justice after Hillsborough and Allan Marshall.
Read Professor Margaret Malloch on the long road to justice after Hillsborough and Allan Marshall.
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PODCAST - Professor Margaret Malloch discusses her research looking at the contemporary movements memorialising the Scottish Witch Hunts. So many parallels between historical and contemporary forms of scapegoating... watch the podcast below 👇👇👇
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Remembering Injustice - Erasmus Research
Podcast - Remembering Injustice: The Movement to Memorialize Scotland's Witch Trials with Dr Margaret Malloch Dr Margaret Malloch, Professor of Criminology at the University of Stirling (and integral ...
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July 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
PODCAST - Professor Margaret Malloch discusses her research looking at the contemporary movements memorialising the Scottish Witch Hunts. So many parallels between historical and contemporary forms of scapegoating... watch the podcast below 👇👇👇
erasmusresearch.com/remembering-...
erasmusresearch.com/remembering-...
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How can it be possible to invest over £2m in public funding for an organisation and then have no expectations of cultural or economic return? How can it be possible that CS funds an organisation to this scale that employs virtually no one from Scotland? bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/07/24/e...
Edinburgh Film Festival ‘created in London’
A Scottish film critic has claimed that the Edinburgh Film Festival is ‘created in London and shipped up to Edinburgh for ten days’ amongst claims that ‘ 90% of the people who sel…
bellacaledonia.org.uk
July 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
How can it be possible to invest over £2m in public funding for an organisation and then have no expectations of cultural or economic return? How can it be possible that CS funds an organisation to this scale that employs virtually no one from Scotland? bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/07/24/e...
PODCAST - Professor Margaret Malloch discusses her research looking at the contemporary movements memorialising the Scottish Witch Hunts. So many parallels between historical and contemporary forms of scapegoating... watch the podcast below 👇👇👇
erasmusresearch.com/remembering-...
erasmusresearch.com/remembering-...
Remembering Injustice - Erasmus Research
Podcast - Remembering Injustice: The Movement to Memorialize Scotland's Witch Trials with Dr Margaret Malloch Dr Margaret Malloch, Professor of Criminology at the University of Stirling (and integral ...
erasmusresearch.com
July 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
PODCAST - Professor Margaret Malloch discusses her research looking at the contemporary movements memorialising the Scottish Witch Hunts. So many parallels between historical and contemporary forms of scapegoating... watch the podcast below 👇👇👇
erasmusresearch.com/remembering-...
erasmusresearch.com/remembering-...
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Cutting "red tape" (aka public protections), as Reeves is doing, does not save money. Instead, it transfers costs from the rich to the poor. Other people pay for financial recklessness, filthy rivers, air pollution, lax building standards and consumer rip-offs.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reeves says rules and red tape are ‘boot on the neck’ of business
At the Mansion House dinner she calls for regulators to allow more risk to clear the way for economic growth
www.theguardian.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Cutting "red tape" (aka public protections), as Reeves is doing, does not save money. Instead, it transfers costs from the rich to the poor. Other people pay for financial recklessness, filthy rivers, air pollution, lax building standards and consumer rip-offs.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Five more people were arrested yesterday for allegedly breaking into the Elbit Systems site near Bristol in August 2024, on suspicion of "the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism, contrary to Section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000". www.bbc.com/news/article...
Five more arrested over alleged ram raid at Elbit's Bristol site
Police say the latest five to be arrested over the incident were detained in raids across England.
www.bbc.com
July 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Five more people were arrested yesterday for allegedly breaking into the Elbit Systems site near Bristol in August 2024, on suspicion of "the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism, contrary to Section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000". www.bbc.com/news/article...
Fear isn’t a by-product of authoritarianism. It is the strategy.
From war-footing propaganda to hostile welfare cuts, the UK is waging psychological warfare on its own people.
Read why fear is the system — and how we resist it:
erasmusresearch.com/the-politica... #politics
From war-footing propaganda to hostile welfare cuts, the UK is waging psychological warfare on its own people.
Read why fear is the system — and how we resist it:
erasmusresearch.com/the-politica... #politics
The Political Function of Fear: Why the Government Wants You Afraid - Erasmus Research
“There are two ways in which people are controlled: first of all frighten them, and secondly demoralise them... An educated, healthy and confident nation is harder to govern.” — Tony Benn https://www....
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July 1, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Fear isn’t a by-product of authoritarianism. It is the strategy.
From war-footing propaganda to hostile welfare cuts, the UK is waging psychological warfare on its own people.
Read why fear is the system — and how we resist it:
erasmusresearch.com/the-politica... #politics
From war-footing propaganda to hostile welfare cuts, the UK is waging psychological warfare on its own people.
Read why fear is the system — and how we resist it:
erasmusresearch.com/the-politica... #politics
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Greater Manchester Police genuinely put out this creepy press release yesterday
July 1, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Greater Manchester Police genuinely put out this creepy press release yesterday
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Screening of Holloway this Sunday at the Cameo in Edinburgh, followed with a Q&A with co-director Sophie Compton. Looks like an important film! 'Women are powerful, when they find their voice.' Hope to see you there! withhttps://www.picturehouses.com/movie-details/000/HO00016374/holloway-q-a?filter=
Holloway + Q&A | Showtimes and Tickets
Six women return to the now abandoned Holloway Prison to take part in a women’s circle. Sharing some of the most intimate experiences of their lives, they each unravel what led them to prison, b...
www.picturehouses.com
June 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Screening of Holloway this Sunday at the Cameo in Edinburgh, followed with a Q&A with co-director Sophie Compton. Looks like an important film! 'Women are powerful, when they find their voice.' Hope to see you there! withhttps://www.picturehouses.com/movie-details/000/HO00016374/holloway-q-a?filter=
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📚 Here, With You — a gentle, powerful story written by our CEO to help parents talk about tough pasts with their children.
Profits support families & our work at Next Chapter Scotland.
More: herewithyoubook.co.uk
#HereWithYou #SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
Profits support families & our work at Next Chapter Scotland.
More: herewithyoubook.co.uk
#HereWithYou #SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
May 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
📚 Here, With You — a gentle, powerful story written by our CEO to help parents talk about tough pasts with their children.
Profits support families & our work at Next Chapter Scotland.
More: herewithyoubook.co.uk
#HereWithYou #SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
Profits support families & our work at Next Chapter Scotland.
More: herewithyoubook.co.uk
#HereWithYou #SupportNotStigma #NextChapterScotland
Why we stand with Kneecap - a short blog on being on the right side of history... erasmusresearch.com/being-on-the...
Being on the Right Side of History - Erasmus Research
This week, Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh (AKA Mo Chara) of the Irish rap group Kneecap was charged with a terrorism offence for allegedly displaying a Hezbollah flag at a gig in London. The potential sentence? U...
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May 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Why we stand with Kneecap - a short blog on being on the right side of history... erasmusresearch.com/being-on-the...
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Many thanks to @joesmithcreative.bsky.social for an excellent write up of our session at the Paisley Book Festival last month paisleybookfestival.com/blog-buildin...
Blog: Building Hope: Art, Architecture, and the Possibility of Abolition - Paisley Book Festival
Dr Kirstin Anderson, lecturer in criminology at Edinburgh Napier University, and Professor Yvonne Jewkes, one of the
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May 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Many thanks to @joesmithcreative.bsky.social for an excellent write up of our session at the Paisley Book Festival last month paisleybookfestival.com/blog-buildin...
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"Kirstin Anderson opened by pulling no punches". I have zero trouble believing that! As always, here's @kir-anderson.bsky.social taking hard questions head on and leading exactly the kind of conversation we should be having about prisons: about social harms, academic pavidity, and lessons unlearned.
Many thanks to @joesmithcreative.bsky.social for an excellent write up of our session at the Paisley Book Festival last month paisleybookfestival.com/blog-buildin...
Blog: Building Hope: Art, Architecture, and the Possibility of Abolition - Paisley Book Festival
Dr Kirstin Anderson, lecturer in criminology at Edinburgh Napier University, and Professor Yvonne Jewkes, one of the
paisleybookfestival.com
May 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
"Kirstin Anderson opened by pulling no punches". I have zero trouble believing that! As always, here's @kir-anderson.bsky.social taking hard questions head on and leading exactly the kind of conversation we should be having about prisons: about social harms, academic pavidity, and lessons unlearned.
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Our campaign for the film on Think Family Education is live on Chuffed! Excited to collaborate with RootCause films and Bashart Malik! #IAmJudah #WeCopWatch 🎥✨ @StopWatch @NPMP @Netpol
Our campaign for the film on Think Family Education is live on Chuffed! Excited to collaborate with RootCause films and Bashart Malik! #IAmJudah #WeCopWatch 🎥✨ @StopWatch @NPMP @Netpol
Surveillance is not safe guarding
Think Family Education (TFE) is an app that has been in use in schools for several years, in fact The Bristol Cable first reported on TFE in 2021. The app is connected to a council and police database.
chuffed.org
May 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
chuffed.org/project/128548-surveillance-i...
Our campaign for the film on Think Family Education is live on Chuffed! Excited to collaborate with RootCause films and Bashart Malik! #IAmJudah #WeCopWatch 🎥✨ @StopWatch @NPMP @Netpol
Our campaign for the film on Think Family Education is live on Chuffed! Excited to collaborate with RootCause films and Bashart Malik! #IAmJudah #WeCopWatch 🎥✨ @StopWatch @NPMP @Netpol
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OK, I'm a bit biased but the new @inquest-org.bsky.social digital archive is an absolutely amazing resource
history.inquest.org.uk
@bschcnetwork.bsky.social @statecrime.bsky.social @statewatch.bsky.social
history.inquest.org.uk
@bschcnetwork.bsky.social @statecrime.bsky.social @statewatch.bsky.social
Inquest 40
INQUEST ARCHIVE: Documenting state violence, death and resistance in the UK since 1981. Explore over 40 years of fighting for justice through sound, image and print.
history.inquest.org.uk
May 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
OK, I'm a bit biased but the new @inquest-org.bsky.social digital archive is an absolutely amazing resource
history.inquest.org.uk
@bschcnetwork.bsky.social @statecrime.bsky.social @statewatch.bsky.social
history.inquest.org.uk
@bschcnetwork.bsky.social @statecrime.bsky.social @statewatch.bsky.social
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Tickets are being snapped up quickly for Kate Wilson's book launch on Tuesday June 3rd in central London. Make sure you've reserved your place to hear from Kate about her fight for justice against the #spycops.
More info here: policespiesoutoflives.org.uk/kate-wilsons...
More info here: policespiesoutoflives.org.uk/kate-wilsons...
Kate Wilson's book launch - Tuesday June 3rd 2025
Don't miss the opportunity to hear our very own Kate Wilson in conversation with comedian and writer Rob Newman talking about her fantastic memoir DISCLOSURE: UNRAVELLING THE SPYCOPS FILES.
On Tues...
policespiesoutoflives.org.uk
May 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Tickets are being snapped up quickly for Kate Wilson's book launch on Tuesday June 3rd in central London. Make sure you've reserved your place to hear from Kate about her fight for justice against the #spycops.
More info here: policespiesoutoflives.org.uk/kate-wilsons...
More info here: policespiesoutoflives.org.uk/kate-wilsons...
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Very excited to announce a book that’s been a long time in the making, ‘The Barlinnie Special Unit: Art, Innovation and Punishment’ @watersidepress.bsky.social
www.watersidepress.co.uk/books/barlin...
www.watersidepress.co.uk/books/barlin...
The Barlinnie Special Unit - Waterside Press
A definitive retrospective and the first detailed history/analysis of the Barlinnie Special Unit. A supreme record of an ‘iconic’ social experiment.
www.watersidepress.co.uk
January 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Very excited to announce a book that’s been a long time in the making, ‘The Barlinnie Special Unit: Art, Innovation and Punishment’ @watersidepress.bsky.social
www.watersidepress.co.uk/books/barlin...
www.watersidepress.co.uk/books/barlin...