Dr Val Aston

Teaching criminal and human rights law at @swanseauni Research interests in assembly rights, policing and surveillance. Might occasionally talk gardening.

[Dr Val Aston @val_aston]

@DyfedPowys is this open again now?

[Dr Val Aston @val_aston]

Anyone fancy doing a Phd at Swansea Law School? Studentships now available!

[Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences @WGSSSDTP]

How to Apply for a WGSSS Studentship Webinar
📅 25/09/2025 (13.00-14.30)
📍 Microsoft Teams
🎓 Open to all prospective applicants
Register here: https://t.co/c6qv3BVwWA
🔗 For more information about the studentship competition, visit: https://t.co/Xjf018sycA

[Dr Elisa Perego @elisaperego78]

Today 15 March is #LongCovidAwarenessDay. Today, people living with Long Covid and allies come together to raise awareness about Long Covid.
For some of us, the Day have already started, depending on the time zone. Here some advocacy initiatives I'm spotting online 🔥

[David Mead @SeethingMead]

@crwerren @StoriesFromJack @SuzMDixon @val_aston

[Dr Val Aston @val_aston]

@EE My 'regular update' just says your working on it. Day 3 now with no signal and I'd like a little bit more information. Its entirely understandable there's problems after #stormdarragh. But I don't understand why you can't be more open about it, and help your customers plan.

[Dr Val Aston @val_aston]

@EE Mobile phone signal lost half way through #stormdarragh. Helpline tells me a big chunk of Wales without signal due to loss of power to masts. Can you confirm, and let me know when this is likely to be fixed?

[David Mead @SeethingMead]

And not because the banks are hovering - simply to keep a ‘break even’ financial plan on track

People’s lives being sacrificed on the altar of fiscal stubbornness to the mantra of ‘balancing the books’ https://t.co/P4T2jd3FFg

[Dr Val Aston @val_aston]

@BristleKRS @Donna__McLean Not to be knocked as a research method in my view. Probably more useful than many I've tried!

[Dr Val Aston @val_aston]

@Donna__McLean @BristleKRS You should definitely do something with all this. Amazing but of research.

[John Drury @ProfJohnDrury]

31 years ago today, a crowd event that transformed the No M11 Link Road campaign and the anti-roads movement
https://t.co/PX3aNlebg1

[Dr Val Aston @val_aston]

@LiquoriceCowboy @_wohyeahwohyeah @thetimes @HMRCgovuk Quite right. So we should immediately address this by taxing all income above £100k at 60%. Problem solved.

[Dr Val Aston @val_aston]

Frustrated to be missing key testimony in #spycops inquiry today, but will be catching up later with @tombfowler's commentary.

[Tom Fowler @tombfowler]

We are now hearing about #spycops officer Bob Lambert who used the cover name Bob Robertson - an identity he stole from a dead child. He had at least 4 sexual relationships and at least 1 child.

[Kate Wilson @fruitbatmania]

#spycops inquiry is back!

Watch live: https://t.co/ZiIuqQozzp

Timetable: https://t.co/2j3uQe47C4

Live tweets and reaction interviews: @tombfowler

Big evidence to come: spycops fathered kids, committed serious crime and threatened fellow officers to maintain their impunity.

[Rachel Hext @HextRachel]

Call to action! 🔈
Royal Courts of Justice, London 10-11am 23.10.24
Keyworkers suing their employers for inadequate PPE & Long Covid need your support!
Please share widely!
See below ⬇️

@LCNMUK @long_covid @LongCovidSOS @LC_UK_Action @LongCovidAdvoc

https://t.co/WB6z3vOvPs

[Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cv_cev]

💥Clinically Vulnerable Families 💥

Quite a moment as Dr Catherine Finnis take the stand as volunteer deputy leader of CVF.

1/ FOLLOW THIS THREAD

[Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cv_cev]

The removal of masks in healthcare has has a direct impact on the health of Clinically Vulnerable people who have increasingly had to delay or cancel their appointments due to high Covid risks.

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[Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 @_CatintheHat]

Covid on the rise as experts say England has ‘capitulated’ to the virus.

Prof Danny Altmann said “To those who work in this field, the current attitude of acceptance to losing this war of attrition against Covid is puzzling and a little desperate”.

https://t.co/V8OEkiQsap

[Statewatch @StatewatchEU]

While it is disappointing that we face similar (and, in some cases, identical) obstacles today, we are proud to continue building off Tony's critical work.

Tony Bunyan, 1941-2024
https://t.co/pNwRATq0XX