Paul Bernal
Professor of IT Law at UEA Law School. Geek. Politics. Wolves. Irish and British.
- Reposted by Paul BernalWhen you've lost Lord Dubs on your use of language - a child that fled Nazi Germany - you need to sack whoever is advising you. Shameful chapter in Labour's history. youtu.be/eHh4wFQz6tU?...
- Reposted by Paul BernalPre-Brexit, I described to an elderly lady/supporter from Cornwall how much I love the UK & truly felt at home there, expecting her to be pleased about the praise. Instead, she said (somewhat coolly) that she's no problem with that provided I leave when told to. I though of that when I read this.
- All over BlueSky I see people telling immigrants, relatives of immigrants, people married to immigrants, that they’ve misunderstood Starmer. Stop. Just stop. We know what it feels like. Don’t tell us we don’t. Don’t tell us we’re wrong. Just don’t.
- The best way to avoid having your speech compared to Enoch Powell would be not to give a speech like Enoch Powell’s, using words like Enoch Powell’s, with a meaning like Enoch Powell’s.
- Anyway, now that Jenrick is screaming dog-whistles at Bradford, I’d just like to say that I really enjoyed Virdee.
- Immigration hasn’t caused incalculable harm to the U.K.. The opposite. It has caused incalculable benefit to the U.K.
- Toughening migration rules doesn’t challenge Reform. It validates them.
- Oh, and if you think you can convince me to vote Labour ‘to keep out Farage’ by being exactly the kind of government that Farage would lead, you need to brush up on your logic.
- Me too.
- Oh and one other thing. Has it ever occurred to the genius-level strategists at Labour that the people who work at universities, councils and care homes generally vote Labour? Kicking your own voters in the teeth is a courageous approach.
