Matt Matravers

While Russians paraded under their flag to the sporting world’s cheers, their missiles murdered a 13 year old girl in Kharkiv. Shame on the IOC!

Suella Braverman: Another big beast defection shows momentum is with Reform Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman is the fourth sitting Tory MP to join the party since the last election.

This reads like a breathless Reform press release.
Not the slightest reflection that being seen as a dumping ground for failed Tories might not be entirely positive.
Or that it might help Tories detoxify.
Or that Reform is ticking down in all recent polls.
Dismal stuff.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

JustGiving faces investigation over claims donors are misled The fundraising platform is accused of prompting supporters to add costly ‘tips’, helping deliver multimillion-pound returns to its US owner at donors’ expense

‘Last year the company made profits of £35million on an income of £65 million — a rate of return of more than 50 per cent.
The money goes to Blackbaud, a US-based cloud software company, which bought JustGiving in 2017 for £95 million.’ www.thetimes.com/article/d6d3...

The New Year is a good time for making changes, and we’ve decided the time is right to use BlueSky and LinkedIn as our main social media platforms, and to no longer post on X.

Do give us a follow and please do share this post.

Newspaper headlines: 'America on the warpath' and 'Trump to run Venezuela' The US capture of Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro dominates Sunday's papers.

Is it extraordinary that the only English newspaper front page with even a hint of criticism of US actions is the Daily Star? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In the entire history of human organization, the number of collective enterprises which have been improved by allowing SWP members in is quite literally zero

Minister Jamie Hepburn resigns after assault claim Conservative MSP Douglas Ross said the parliament minister grabbed him as he left the Holyrood chamber on Wednesday.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rather wonderfully, the "pair had clashed over the scheduling of a summit to discuss 'out of control' seagulls."

Philosophers raising their hands to get the Chair's attention at an academic workshop.

Who wants to ask a question? That's a wrap on the 18th UK Annual Legal and Political Philosophy Workshop hosted this year by the Morrell Centre for Legal and Political Philosophy. @uoy-yorklawschool.bsky.social

Delighted that our first post from the new Bluesky account for the Morrell Centre is this appreciation of a great day discussing @dinesson.bsky.social's book manuscript.

Susan Mendus (a former colleague of mine) has a lovely piece on this, "The Importance of Love in Rawls's Theory of Justice", BJPolS 1999. (It makes an interesting companion to Brian Barry's 1995 Ethics piece, "John Rawls and the Search for Stability".)

Indeed. Thank you. I have it on order now.

Thanks so much (and what a title!).

Would you be willing to identify the source?

Delighted to share first 2 articles from @vp-centre.bsky.social Minimum Policing Standard research @benbradford.bsky.social @drcaweirich.bsky.social & Dr Rowlands Open access:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
More:
vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/minimum-poli...

Yes to all of those things. Whilst they’re careful to say these are not “proposals”, it’s hard to believe this is not the direction of travel. As you say, it’s depressing and, I’d add, frightening.

Research England official: universities could do ‘less’ R&D - Research Professional News Arma 2025: Director of research asks whether system should provide “disincentives for lower-quality research”

Have you seen this: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

🚨 Job opportunity 🚨

@uoysbs.bsky.social are looking for a part-time Research Associate to work on a vulnerability-based policing project around sex worker safety and justice.

Salary: £37,174 pro-rata

Based at: @york.ac.uk campus

Apply by 03/07/2025

jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

A New World Order? With Trump’s second presidency, are we returning to an era of Great Powers and ‘might means right’? What are the implications for the so-called ‘global rules-based order’? Join in the discussion with ...

At a loose end this Sunday afternoon? Somewhere in shouting distance of York? Join me at the @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social!

yorkfestivalofideas.com/2025/calenda...

Apparently, it is also World Digestive Health Day. That's some combination (and if the marketers of Digestives are not on this, they're missing an opportunity).

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York Law School PhD Department Studentship 2025 - 26 at University of York Discover a York Law School PhD Department Studentship 2025 - 26 on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other PhD opportunities.

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York Law School is advertising a funded (home fee rate + stipend) PGR studentship. Open to all areas of law. I am happy to answer questions.
The advert is here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMS275/y... @uoy-yorklawschool.bsky.social

York Law School PhD Department Studentship 2025 - 26 at University of York Discover a York Law School PhD Department Studentship 2025 - 26 on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other PhD opportunities.

PLEASE SHARE
York Law School is advertising a funded (home fee rate + stipend) PGR studentship. Open to all areas of law. I am happy to answer questions.
The advert is here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMS275/y... @uoy-yorklawschool.bsky.social

Petition: Increase funding for people with Parkinson’s and implement the "Parky Charter" We want the government to take the decisive five steps set out in the Movers and Shakers' "Parky Charter" and to fulfil the Health Secretary’s promises.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... What do you mean, you haven't signed the Parky Charter petition calling for better Parkinson's care?? We Parkies have an excuse - one of the symptoms of PD is apathy. But as for the rest of you, jump to it! (pretty please..)

Obviously, I don’t resent @petroc.bsky.social getting to have a lie-in, but mornings just aren’t the same without him.

My fabulous colleague ‪@cobrien.bsky.social‬ has a new piece out.

It’s the preface to Theories of Justice (about the EUI).

🚨🚨 Apologies but what a bloody fucking horrific shitshow of a press briefing! I cannot with words express how much disgust and contempt I feel for the traitorous evil scumbags Donald Trump & JD Vance. And my respect & regard for Zelenskyy has never been higher- a true leader of the Western World.👇👇

We're here!

My Kind of Conservatism “L’orgueil de la victoire m’est insupportable.” —Chateaubriand, Mémoires d’outre-tombe (1848-50)

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Justin returns to form with a banger

It’s all upper case, so just read it “orange [the colour] juice”!