David Mead

Professor @uealaw Public order/protest/policing/free speech/human rights. Poor but inveterate punster. Converse collector. Law politics sport & music

[David Mead @SeethingMead]

@BBCRadio4 @bbcnickrobinson
Jonathan Hall is NOT the government’s adviser on Terrorism

He is the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation and he reports to Parliament

It is a critical distinction

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@AdamBrichto
Adam, really good to stop, meet & chat yesterday
Hope day did not end too horrendously for you and those around you…?

I moved from this cesspit site ages ago and only came back on to message

I’m on BlueSky - same handle if ever need protest law expert

[David Mead @SeethingMead]

Rarely on here now but wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed your show last night @watsoncomedian

I’m Mr Tumours.Thought you might like this docko on Henry Marsh, featuring our kitchen at the end…

https://t.co/0KzRHdLzkH

Think too my son have chatted with you on ParkRun

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@BBCr4today
I’m sorry that neither Sir Peter Fahey nor Baroness Chakrabarti were able easily and clearly to answer @JustinOnWeb question but the answer is simple and clear

Yes, the police already have the power to regulate both marches & assemblies that intimidate local people

[David Mead @SeethingMead]

The people have spoken
Get over it

[Nigel Farage MP @Nigel_Farage]

This is another outrageous example of two-tier justice.

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https://t.co/m8kEpdyISa

The blurb isn’t quite right

He very well remembers my wife whose life he transformed …it’s not just those he couldn’t save that haunt him

Nonetheless, well worth a peak

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I am nowadays almost never on here so I suspect few will see this but just in case….

A few people on here may know of our family’s interaction with the wonderful surgeon, Henry Marsh…he operated on my wife in 2004 when a major Cambridge teaching hospital told her to go home

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and prepare to die given the size & place of the brain tumour she had

He did. She lived…and lives

BBC2 has a documentary on his life & work

Monday fortnight, 18 August 21:00 with cameos by her and our kitchen, and token gesture to me

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I should have plugged my wife’s wonderful blog, documenting her life & thoughts since diagnosis in early 2003

https://t.co/HMxObSZCrA

[David Mead @SeethingMead]

@Scott_Wortley We’re at a BBC preview on Friday night but have seen bits and bobs

Wonderful man and an interesting and reflective character

[David Mead @SeethingMead]

Norwich folk: Very very late but I’ve not been able to shake off grotty head & throat

Would anyone like a single ticket to Butler Blake & Grant gig?

Tonight @NorwichArtCentr from 8:00; they’re on at 9:00

No charge

Would just like a good home

https://t.co/1YHIvxMTi8

[David Mead @SeethingMead]

@jim1902adams Starmer truly is becoming Bad Enoch

[Professor Toby James @TobySJames]

Photos from our event last week, where we launched a report in Parliament on voting rights in the UK.

4.4 million resident adults are unable to vote in Parliamentary elections

1.2 million resident adults are unable to vote in local elections

https://t.co/N1rOvqe3D5

[David Mead @SeethingMead]

@JRLevinsLaw Lucky them … in the old days you just got a satsuma

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Dear @BBCr4today and @BBCSimonJack

For a book on the Great North Road, you could have looked to one of your own, Look East journalist …@stevesilk66

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@TonyDowson5 Weirdly, that’s not the same content over on Bluesky

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You aren’t the same @BenGoldsborough who had a shout out from the SeanBean lounge at the end of this week’s @beansaladpod ….surely?

Absolutely fantastic if you were

[David Mead @SeethingMead]

@Geoff_Pearson @StoriesFromJack But people just assembling - even if (let’s assume) common purpose - is not bad …protesters are

It’s the same idea as good v bad disruption

This from something I’m working on today explains a bit more

It’s not groups that are the social problem but their political motivation

[David Mead @SeethingMead]

@Geoff_Pearson @StoriesFromJack It’s going to get very tricky

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@Geoff_Pearson @StoriesFromJack It was the exact reason why I chose as cover of my 2010 book Marc Wallingers Tate installation State Britain - a work of art based exactly on Brian Haw’s Westminster camp