Here's Steve Peers and me on the current Ireland-UK spat. There's a lot to unpack in this mess of post-Brexit arrangements, but two Governments finger pointing at each other doesn't do anything for the stability of the CTA arrangements:

eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/04/high-t…

Put together some thoughts on the ‘public’ history of the troubles, especially on that description of it. Spoiler: I am not a fan qpol.qub.ac.uk/a-critical-res…

Resolution Foundation Clodagh Rice Katy Hayward Katy Hayward “If I’m really honest, all this [reform of Stormont economic powers] should come together with a revision of the Good Friday Agreement.” “25 years on we are in a different place, with a different generation.” “The reassessment of NI as an entity needs to take place”

Really important thread on the root causes of the current Ireland-UK spat over immigration. You can read the High Court judgment in full here:

bailii.org/ie/cases/IEHC/…

A federal university, taking in Magee and Letterkenny, could have such a transformative impact across the North West. We don't have have to keep exporting students because of inadequate provision:
m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education…

A 🧵 on Wales + Tuesday’s new trade checks.

Imports from the island of Ireland are on a different timetable. Welsh ports that’ll perform the checks link to Ireland, so the checks coming next week elsewhere aren’t due to start in Wales until 31 Oct. More: shorturl.at/BHLV3

Was on at 5.06 this evening to discuss the mess of Ireland/UK relations over immigration, and the special rules applying to NI. With so many elections looming, it's hard to see a way out of refugees being instrumentalised for political gain any time soon.

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Suffice as to say that none of this imbroglio indicates much by way of responsible politics when it comes to arrangements as valuable as the CTA or issues as important as the protection of refugees:

Perennial reminder of how little advance work was done to integrate Scotland and Wales into the post-Brexit border model. The UK Govt is now reaping the consequences of this:

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Ireland’s Minister for Justice told a select committee not one week ago “we have a returns agreement with the UK” data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/…

Great to see the improvement, and needed in light of the upsurge in UU students, but it should be only a beginning. It is really a 'North city centre' station, when a Shore Road commuter station (in addition to the Glider on the Antrim Rd) would do more to get folk out of cars.

this is disgusting, obviously, but boy does it also show panic.

Oh my. One Government teeters in Scotland and you think devolution as a concept is failing?! Just wait, Andrew Marr, til you find out about the last 25 years in NI.

Like. Really. How'd you miss us?

On Thursday I am giving the annual human rights lecture at Las Casas Institute, Blackfriars Oxford HUMAN RIGHTS AFTER GAZA - please come/watch if you can: bfriars.ox.ac.uk/event/human-ri…

With the UK Govt digging in to kill ongoing inquests or head off their outcomes, any hopes that it will actively facilitate the ICRIR process is being utterly undermined...