Colm O'Cinneide
@colmocinneide.bsky.social
Professor of Constitutional and Human Rights Law, UCL. Irishman in London (and sometimes Brussels).
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Once more leaning in to “Let’s just be assholes”. Right across the spectrum of cases and circumstances, it’s all so hateful and pointless.
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Once more leaning in to “Let’s just be assholes”. Right across the spectrum of cases and circumstances, it’s all so hateful and pointless.
How will FPTP cope with this?
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDM: 15% (+2)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 23-24 Nov.
Changes w/ 16-17 Nov.
RFM: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDM: 15% (+2)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 23-24 Nov.
Changes w/ 16-17 Nov.
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 AM
How will FPTP cope with this?
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
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One finding in sociological research is that in cultures that "mass produce" children by enslaving women, the value of any individual human life plummets. To the degree that a society grants humanity to women, the value of any individual life increases in direct correspondence.
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
One finding in sociological research is that in cultures that "mass produce" children by enslaving women, the value of any individual human life plummets. To the degree that a society grants humanity to women, the value of any individual life increases in direct correspondence.
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Reading about the bolsheviks and if podcasts had existed back then all these guys would've done that instead
November 23, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Reading about the bolsheviks and if podcasts had existed back then all these guys would've done that instead
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After you help your boss convert a doc to PDF
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
After you help your boss convert a doc to PDF
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Guy Baldwin, "Positive Obligations to Protect the Population under Human Rights Law" (Ahead of Print, Judicial Review)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Positive Obligations to Protect the Population under Human Rights Law
Published in Judicial Review (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Guy Baldwin, "Positive Obligations to Protect the Population under Human Rights Law" (Ahead of Print, Judicial Review)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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This (from: www.ft.com/content/75ce...) is something you can *feel* if you are in the UK, especially if you've experienced living abroad. But infuriatingly successive governments and our entire media are somehow absolutely committed to suggesting anyone who wants to change this is the devil...
November 21, 2025 at 7:38 AM
This (from: www.ft.com/content/75ce...) is something you can *feel* if you are in the UK, especially if you've experienced living abroad. But infuriatingly successive governments and our entire media are somehow absolutely committed to suggesting anyone who wants to change this is the devil...
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Citizenship ceremonies are one of the most joyous celebrations of America that you can find. 100% patriotism vibes from people who believe in the American dream. So no surprise that these ghouls would cancel them.
Leaning in to “Let’s just be assholes” ithacavoice.org/2025/11/feds...
Feds tell county to cease naturalization ceremonies - The Ithaca Voice
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins County officials received a directive from federal immigration officials to cease all local naturalization ceremonies. Naturalization ceremonies are typically held throughout t...
ithacavoice.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Citizenship ceremonies are one of the most joyous celebrations of America that you can find. 100% patriotism vibes from people who believe in the American dream. So no surprise that these ghouls would cancel them.
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I enjoyed this opportunity to speak with Aron Buzogány on the current pressures facing climate movements — restrictions on activists, democratic backsliding and the far-right opposition to climate policy, the relationship with the media, and reinvention.
revdem.ceu.edu/2025/11/20/b...
revdem.ceu.edu/2025/11/20/b...
November 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I enjoyed this opportunity to speak with Aron Buzogány on the current pressures facing climate movements — restrictions on activists, democratic backsliding and the far-right opposition to climate policy, the relationship with the media, and reinvention.
revdem.ceu.edu/2025/11/20/b...
revdem.ceu.edu/2025/11/20/b...
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V good piece this - asks the two important policy questions about the government's approach on asylum.
"Labour must fix the asylum system - but I have two very real concerns with Mahmood's plans"
My op-ed in LBC on the Government's asylum plan
t.co/06PtJfT4NJ
My op-ed in LBC on the Government's asylum plan
t.co/06PtJfT4NJ
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/labour-fix-asylum-system-real-concerns-opinion-5HjdN4X_2
t.co
November 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
V good piece this - asks the two important policy questions about the government's approach on asylum.
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Significant changes likely coming down the line for religious education in NI... In a nightmare for Paul Givan, the UKSC blows through the NICA's (pretty contorted) efforts to maintain the status quo with a straight application of unambiguous Strasbourg case law:
supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc...
supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc...
November 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Significant changes likely coming down the line for religious education in NI... In a nightmare for Paul Givan, the UKSC blows through the NICA's (pretty contorted) efforts to maintain the status quo with a straight application of unambiguous Strasbourg case law:
supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc...
supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc...
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Remember integration? That thing voters "really, really" care about? Where's that in the latest plans?
My column:
My column:
Labour has given up on integration
Shabana Mahmood's latest asylum plans prioritise return at the expense of integrating newcomers
www.newstatesman.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Remember integration? That thing voters "really, really" care about? Where's that in the latest plans?
My column:
My column:
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There are many factors at play in how the discourse of UK political governments became detached from (geo)political reality, but a key aspect is in how both Labour and Conservatives came to assert supposed Brexit benefits that much of the rest of the country knows are pure fantasy
November 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
There are many factors at play in how the discourse of UK political governments became detached from (geo)political reality, but a key aspect is in how both Labour and Conservatives came to assert supposed Brexit benefits that much of the rest of the country knows are pure fantasy
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predatory men are an enormous tax on women’s productivity (and happiness)
November 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
predatory men are an enormous tax on women’s productivity (and happiness)
Lots of interesting legal detail here, backed up by a close focus on perverse incentive arguments in particular.
"Restoring Order and Control"
The government has now published its policy statement on gov.uk
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The government has now published its policy statement on gov.uk
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Asylum and returns policy statement
This policy statement sets out significant reforms to the UK’s asylum and returns policy.
www.gov.uk
November 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Lots of interesting legal detail here, backed up by a close focus on perverse incentive arguments in particular.
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This does seem to be a relevant question. Reading the Sun and Guardina pieces side by side it is hard to believe they are describing the same policy. That kind of spin might have worked in 1990s but in a social media ecosystem where anger goes viral is is likely to generate own goals
And once again, I ask whether Ministers and No10 realise that the readership of one paper can in fact read the contents of another.
Dark forces are stirring up anger in the UK. My asylum reforms are our chance to stop them | Shabana Mahmood
I know some of these measures will face opposition. But a country without secure borders is less safe for those who look like me, says Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This does seem to be a relevant question. Reading the Sun and Guardina pieces side by side it is hard to believe they are describing the same policy. That kind of spin might have worked in 1990s but in a social media ecosystem where anger goes viral is is likely to generate own goals
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Imagine having a thumping majority in parliament and deciding to use it for something as squalid as this.
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Imagine having a thumping majority in parliament and deciding to use it for something as squalid as this.
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Great to see that the White House and the Daily Mail are as excited by the upcoming publication of my BBC Reith Lectures as I am!
November 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Great to see that the White House and the Daily Mail are as excited by the upcoming publication of my BBC Reith Lectures as I am!
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The end of dollar hegemony will transform U.S. debt from a fiscal drag into a high-yield fusion bomb.
For decades dollarization has generated structural demand for U.S. treasuries, depressing the interest rates the U.S. needs to offer to service its debt.
For decades dollarization has generated structural demand for U.S. treasuries, depressing the interest rates the U.S. needs to offer to service its debt.
one thing that I think we really don't think about is if Trump fucks up America's macro privileges or role in the international system and Americans are forced to end up dealing with a economic system that doesn't allow for the same old fiscal fixes as before
god I remember the fandom Russian zoomers on Twitter during the start of the war who were either "what can I do, I can't be held responsible" or "wow it's so mean that the West sanctioned us from our favourite fandoms"
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The end of dollar hegemony will transform U.S. debt from a fiscal drag into a high-yield fusion bomb.
For decades dollarization has generated structural demand for U.S. treasuries, depressing the interest rates the U.S. needs to offer to service its debt.
For decades dollarization has generated structural demand for U.S. treasuries, depressing the interest rates the U.S. needs to offer to service its debt.
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Come work with me, in this beautiful listed building* alongside some really cracking Criminology colleagues**
#LAWJOBS
#CRIMINOLOGYJOBS
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/19...
* it doesn't look like that all year round obviously...today it's like a monsoon has hit
** & supposedly the ghost too
#LAWJOBS
#CRIMINOLOGYJOBS
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/19...
* it doesn't look like that all year round obviously...today it's like a monsoon has hit
** & supposedly the ghost too
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Come work with me, in this beautiful listed building* alongside some really cracking Criminology colleagues**
#LAWJOBS
#CRIMINOLOGYJOBS
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/19...
* it doesn't look like that all year round obviously...today it's like a monsoon has hit
** & supposedly the ghost too
#LAWJOBS
#CRIMINOLOGYJOBS
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/19...
* it doesn't look like that all year round obviously...today it's like a monsoon has hit
** & supposedly the ghost too
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Last week Robert Spano, Jens Elo Peters Rytter, @colmocinneide.bsky.social, @alicedonald.bsky.social and @profveronika.bsky.social discussed the future of the European Convention on Human Rights, including what Denmark has done.
Watch a recording of the event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
Watch a recording of the event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
The Future of the ECHR - In Europe and UK
This event was organised by the Institute for Human Rights and the Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism.Speakers:
Former Judge Robert Spano, Former President of European Court of Human…
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Last week Robert Spano, Jens Elo Peters Rytter, @colmocinneide.bsky.social, @alicedonald.bsky.social and @profveronika.bsky.social discussed the future of the European Convention on Human Rights, including what Denmark has done.
Watch a recording of the event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
Watch a recording of the event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
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In 2015 I wrote that Trump, Grillo, Corbyn and UKIP were the revolt of people who hate being told it is more complicated than that. Tim's lovely piece discusses populism and the aversion to the cognitive effort needed to dismiss convincing-sounding bullsh1t. Free link above 2/
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 AM
In 2015 I wrote that Trump, Grillo, Corbyn and UKIP were the revolt of people who hate being told it is more complicated than that. Tim's lovely piece discusses populism and the aversion to the cognitive effort needed to dismiss convincing-sounding bullsh1t. Free link above 2/
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We covered plenty of ground here.
(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)
(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)
Last week Robert Spano, Jens Elo Peters Rytter, @colmocinneide.bsky.social, @alicedonald.bsky.social and @profveronika.bsky.social discussed the future of the European Convention on Human Rights, including what Denmark has done.
Watch a recording of the event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
Watch a recording of the event at @laws.ucl.ac.uk 👇
The Future of the ECHR - In Europe and UK
Speakers:
Former Judge Robert Spano, Former President of European Court of Human Rights, Partner at Gibson Dunn
Professor Jens Elo Peters Rytter, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of…
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
We covered plenty of ground here.
(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)
(I also enjoyed venting a little about some of the more bad faith/badly reasoned criticisms of the Strasbourg case-law.)
Looking forward to this.
📢 The Public Constitution
🗣️ Prof Alon Harel (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
With UCL Laws’ Prof Oliver Gerstenberg, @nataliamoralesc.bsky.social & Ronan McCrea.
📅 13 Nov 2025 | 🕚 1pm | 📍 In person & online
🔗 Book for free:
🗣️ Prof Alon Harel (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
With UCL Laws’ Prof Oliver Gerstenberg, @nataliamoralesc.bsky.social & Ronan McCrea.
📅 13 Nov 2025 | 🕚 1pm | 📍 In person & online
🔗 Book for free:
The Public Constitution
This event is organised by the UCL Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism.
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Looking forward to this.