And again… one of the Manchester 10s old DEFENCE is now the PROSECUTOR in this new trial.

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Important upcoming lecture at UoM: Keir Monteith KC Garden Court Chambers on the Misuse of rap in criminal trials.
CoDE (Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity) Policy@Manchester School of Arts, Languages and Culture Creative:mcr JENGbA
Free event; all welcome. Register in-person or online :
eventbrite.co.uk/e/art-not-evid…

I was asked to provide a quote for a piece by Terry Macalister on a new Cambridge Uny initiative to stop taking donations from Big Oil - piece at: bylinetimes.com/2024/03/21/cam…
My full quote is attached.

'Labour's opportunistic sanctimony is difficult to stomach. This is the definition of instrumentalisation. Racism is not a game. When a party exploits it for its own political advantage, it cheapens the accusation and deepens the cynicism.' theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The 'Institute' for Economic Affairs - anti-science, bad for your health, worse for your bank account - should not be subsidised with your taxes. That's why, working with a cross party group of MPs, we have referred them to the Charity Commission. goodlawproject.org/case/mps-launc…

📣 Our Keir Monteith KC writes in Counsel Magazine March Issue - ' #RacialBias & the Bench: One Year On'📣

'One year on & the Court of Appeal fails to quash convictions after receiving evidence of racism in the jury room.'

Read the virtual issue here 🔽
tinyurl.com/ysaznaj3

I wrote for The Observer about why fear of antisemitism should not be used as a pretext for banning protest.
And why I would like to see more British Jews speaking out against Israel.
I don’t want our sense of vulnerability used to dehumanise others. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This new research shows it is possible to provision decent living standards for all 8 billion people within planetary boundaries. It requires renewable transition, food-system transformation, efficient technology, and sufficiency principles. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Over a hundred people were killed in Gaza this morning as they queued up for flour.

This happened on a day in which the Palestinian death toll surpassed 30,000.

Where is our government's red line? What will it take for them to back an immediate & permanent ceasefire?

This Friday! Don't miss the second in our symposium series 'Forensic Linguistics AND...'. This week, Forensic Linguistics AND Cultural & Media Studies, featuring Eithne Quinn Dr Mhairi Brennan Helen K Wood and Dakota Wing. Join us in person or online: tinyurl.com/4d45dbkn

If you are really serious about combating racism in the justice system, this is a hands on guide all practitioners, judges, coroners, state agents and families have to read. And it’s free and downloadable.

This is great news for us at @UoM. Welcome Keir!
Policy@Manchester School of Arts, Languages and Culture CoDE (Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity) UoM Law

💰 BP has announced annual profits of £11,000,000,000 - second highest in a decade.

The money for green investment is there: in the pockets of the super-rich and big polluters.

Time to make them pay for a Green New Deal - to bring down emissions and energy bills at once.

👩🏾‍🏫Teaching quant methods/ethnic inequalities using Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS) data

If you missed this UKDataService workshop for lecturers last week you can now watch the recording, & download the slides & resources.

ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/teachin…

Joint Enterprise sentencing allows people to be convicted for a crime that they did not commit or make a significant contribution in.

That is why I am bringing my Bill to Parliament this Friday 2nd February.

Ask your MP to back my Bill so that we can #EndGuiltByAssociation

BBC News is really going for this 'deadliest day for Israel' message across all its platforms even though it has NOT ONCE used this phrase in relation to the killing of more than 25000 Palestinians in Gaza. youtube.com/watch?v=H5TN5B…

📣 Coverage in Law Society Gazette - Judiciary declines to confirm if two ‘problematic’ sentences, highlighted by Racial Bias & the Bench co-authors Keir Monteith KC & Prof Eithne Quinn, will remain in 'refreshed' Equal Treatment Bench Book.

Read on here🔽
tinyurl.com/2funknvv

NEW on Wonkhe: Steven Jones reports on new research for the Council for the Defence of British Universities revealing the wrong kind of compliance culture in some governing bodies Steve Jones wonkhe.com/blogs/cultures…

“It’s a leadership responsibility for us to describe to them what it [institutional racism] means and what it doesn’t mean. It doesn’t mean that all police officers are racist.” Head of Britain’s police chiefs says force ‘institutionally racist’ theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/j…