Paul Bernal
@paulbernal.bsky.social
Professor of IT Law at UEA Law School. Geek. Privacy, Politics. Wolves. Irish and British.
I’ve been rather under the weather… taking a little digital detox. See you on the other side…
November 29, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I’ve been rather under the weather… taking a little digital detox. See you on the other side…
I see Farage now hates emigration as well as immigration. The trouble is, he’s a big part of why people are emigrating. Brexit has made the U.K. a less attractive place for everyone.
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I see Farage now hates emigration as well as immigration. The trouble is, he’s a big part of why people are emigrating. Brexit has made the U.K. a less attractive place for everyone.
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
The Clash
The Selecter
The Pogues
Regina Spektor
Taylor Swift
The Clash
The Selecter
The Pogues
Regina Spektor
Taylor Swift
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Slade
B B King
Kraftwerk
Level 42
Green Day
Slade
B B King
Kraftwerk
Level 42
Green Day
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
The Cure
The Specials
Johnny Cash
The Beastie Boys
The Stranglers
The Cure
The Specials
Johnny Cash
The Beastie Boys
The Stranglers
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
The Clash
The Selecter
The Pogues
Regina Spektor
Taylor Swift
The Clash
The Selecter
The Pogues
Regina Spektor
Taylor Swift
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This path leads to chaos.
November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This path leads to chaos.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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The @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social via @tobysjames.bsky.social kindly recorded this event. I gave Kemi Badenoch a grade D. But then I hadn't heard her supposedly brilliant Budget response. So should that have been a D+ or a C-?
The State of Political Leadership in Britain
YouTube video by UEA Public Events and Engagement
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social via @tobysjames.bsky.social kindly recorded this event. I gave Kemi Badenoch a grade D. But then I hadn't heard her supposedly brilliant Budget response. So should that have been a D+ or a C-?
Full of golden statuary, presumably? In impeccable taste, of course.
Trump’s next target for destruction is the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. I can only imagine what sort of white trash gold coated monstrosity Trump will replace the Reflecting Pool with. #ProudBlue
November 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Full of golden statuary, presumably? In impeccable taste, of course.
Stop telling me Starmer isn’t chasing the Reform vote. This is driven only by fear and xenophobia.
PM describes net migration of 205k as "a step in the right direction". His govt has no public position on a sustainable level of immigration is, nor any known process to decide what, why & how. Starmer is now implying he wants it significantly lower
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Net migration drop ‘step in the right direction’ – Starmer
Net migration peaked at a record 944,000 in the year to March 2023 but has fallen sharply since then.
www.standard.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Stop telling me Starmer isn’t chasing the Reform vote. This is driven only by fear and xenophobia.
Winners in the Game of Tax in the past like losing even more than those who have never really won.
a woman is sitting on a throne with a crown on her head and the words `` no '' written on her face .
ALT: a woman is sitting on a throne with a crown on her head and the words `` no '' written on her face .
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Winners in the Game of Tax in the past like losing even more than those who have never really won.
Immigration is finally becoming a real problem, after being a phantom menace for decades.
It’s a problem because we have too little immigration now, and it’s going to get worse.
It’s a problem because we have too little immigration now, and it’s going to get worse.
New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
November 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Immigration is finally becoming a real problem, after being a phantom menace for decades.
It’s a problem because we have too little immigration now, and it’s going to get worse.
It’s a problem because we have too little immigration now, and it’s going to get worse.
It should be obvious, but every tax change has winners and losers, including some cases on the edge that appear to be anomalous. The idea of a perfect and perfectly fair tax is impossible. The question is whether and if so how you treat those who lose (and to a lesser extent those who win). 1/3
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
It should be obvious, but every tax change has winners and losers, including some cases on the edge that appear to be anomalous. The idea of a perfect and perfectly fair tax is impossible. The question is whether and if so how you treat those who lose (and to a lesser extent those who win). 1/3
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Timeline cleanser
Today is the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Mahna Mahna on Sesame Street. You’re familiar with it by now, of course, but... well, it never hurts to be reminded, does it?
Sesame Street - Mahna Mahna (1969)
YouTube video by Tiny Dancer
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Timeline cleanser
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Remember when Brexiters were reduced to pretending that pint bottles of champagne represented a major win?
November 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Remember when Brexiters were reduced to pretending that pint bottles of champagne represented a major win?
The ‘poor granny in a family house’ is to the mansion tax what the ‘fourth generation hill farmer in the Lake District’ is to the IHT change for farms.
November 27, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The ‘poor granny in a family house’ is to the mansion tax what the ‘fourth generation hill farmer in the Lake District’ is to the IHT change for farms.
And everyone on the bus stood up and applauded
November 27, 2025 at 7:40 AM
And everyone on the bus stood up and applauded
There’s a guy works down the ‘French fry restaurant’ swears he’s Elvis…
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM
There’s a guy works down the ‘French fry restaurant’ swears he’s Elvis…
As an ex-accountant I understand the logic behind the EV pay-per-mile scheme. Revenue from fuel duty will go down, so we need to replace it.
This is why accountants make good servants but bad masters.
This is why accountants make good servants but bad masters.
November 27, 2025 at 7:28 AM
As an ex-accountant I understand the logic behind the EV pay-per-mile scheme. Revenue from fuel duty will go down, so we need to replace it.
This is why accountants make good servants but bad masters.
This is why accountants make good servants but bad masters.
I might have to go to Val d’Isere rather than Zermatt this year.
‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise
‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise
Rachel Reeves’s new council tax surcharge on homes worth £2m or more earns mixed reception in well-heeled London borough
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I might have to go to Val d’Isere rather than Zermatt this year.
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the next couple of days are going to see a hell of a lot of "the rich declare themselves poor"
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
the next couple of days are going to see a hell of a lot of "the rich declare themselves poor"
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"A new poll suggests nearly half of Britons think there are more migrants in the UK illegally than legally, but in reality just 7% arrive through irregular channels"
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
November 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
"A new poll suggests nearly half of Britons think there are more migrants in the UK illegally than legally, but in reality just 7% arrive through irregular channels"
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
Wouldn’t it be nice?
November 27, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Wouldn’t it be nice?
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‘The clip, which appeared on live television, shows the President of the United States snapping at a female reporter “Quiet, Piggy!”’
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
November 27, 2025 at 5:18 AM
‘The clip, which appeared on live television, shows the President of the United States snapping at a female reporter “Quiet, Piggy!”’
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Literally the only paying passenger on this ‘peak time’ train…
November 27, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Literally the only paying passenger on this ‘peak time’ train…