Michael Pierse
@michaelpierse.bsky.social
Academic at Queen's University Belfast. Irish Studies. Working-class writing. Left politics. Gaeilge. Tweets own opinions. RTs not endorsements.
University of Bristol loses landmark discrimination case against Professor David Miller www.litigated.uk/employment-a...
EAT Upholds Discrimination Ruling in University of Bristol v Dr David Miller Case
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has largely upheld a ruling that the University of Bristol discriminated against and unfairly dismissed Professor David Miller.
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Who is accountable for this at Bristol? Is it reviewing governance structures? What of the reputational damage? Why would students study there if academics are treated this way?
Chris Havergal@chrishavergal.bsky.social · yesterdayUniversity of Bristol loses appeal against unfair dismissal and discrimination ruling in case of anti-Zionist academic David Miller, who says he looks forward to having his career "reinstated" www.timeshighereducation.com/news/bristol... via @georgialouluck.bsky.social
Bristol University threw everything at Miller. Judges rejected every ground of its appeal, upholding Miller's anti-Zionist belief as protected. By @skwawkbox.org
Lawyers' statement on Miller's anti-Zionism win shows Bristol appeal smashed
Bristol threw everything at Miller but Judges rejected every ground of its appeal, upholding Miller's anti-Zionist belief as protected
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“Not getting it right” is what you say about an underbaked cheesecake, not a policy stance on an ongoing slaughter that has claimed at least 73,000 Palestinian lives. Tellingly, Burnham still will not call what happened and is happening in Gaza a genocide. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Don’t believe Andy Burnham’s PR machine
As his empty Gaza apology clearly demonstrates, he will not bring the radical change Labour really needs.
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Gap between the pay of FTSE 100 CEOs and UK workers the widest for 8 years. Median pay of FTSE 100 CEO increased from £4.66m in 2024/25 to £5.06m in 2025/26. UK bosses get 130 times average worker’s salary, often for mediocre performance. Workers generate wealth but have no say on exec pay.
Gap between the pay of FTSE 100 CEOs and UK workers the widest for 8 years - High Pay Centre
The High Pay Centre's annual review of CEO pay in the FTSE 100 shows the Median FTSE 100 CEO to median UK worker pay ratio rose to 130:1 in 2025/26, the highest for 8 years and up from 124:1 last year...
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I was away from the news most of the weekend so I’m catching up with the news that the Tate brothers were arrested and OMG WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL?!?!? LMAO
Donald Trump last week, "We will cut Spain off, they will get nothing, NOTHING." This week, "Here you go Spain have the World Cup." 🤣
Ian Wright saying we shouldn’t forget the way the Iranian team and the Somali referee were treated. Correct.
Musk handed out $1 million checks to three Wisconsin voters for voting in the state Supreme Court elections in 2025.
Wisconsin Officials Find Probable Cause Elon Musk Violated Election Bribery Laws
Musk handed out $1 million checks to three Wisconsin voters for voting in the state Supreme Court elections in 2025.
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"Loyalist paramilitaries are behind much of this intimidation, but the authorities have been too slow to say so or to act. They need to name what is happening and protect those at risk, not leave them to face the danger alone.” www.humanrightsfirst.org/library/new-...
New Report from Northern Ireland Details Far-Right Targeting Migrants and Their Supporters
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It would be nice if just one of Ireland's various state or affiliated bodies did its actual job.
Patrick Bresnihan@pbresnihan.bsky.social · 4w agoThanks only to EU reporting requirements, we know that 18 data centres in Ireland used 627 megalitres of water in 2024. But there are 123 data centres operating here now, and just one data centre, Meta's Clonee facility, used 659 megalitres in 2023. 2/3 www.dublininquirer.com/does-irish-w...
There is no bottom line apparently
Brendan Harkin@brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 3w agoThe French Nazis that Loyalists brought over to Sandy Row last night have spray painted a message of support for Gisèle Pelicot's rapist husband just in case you thought the "protect our women" brigade are anything other than human tumours
It’s hard to be shocked these days but this is a whole new level of misogyny and depravity.
Brendan Harkin@brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 3w agoThe French Nazis that Loyalists brought over to Sandy Row last night have spray painted a message of support for Gisèle Pelicot's rapist husband just in case you thought the "protect our women" brigade are anything other than human tumours
I saw a picture and it's worse than you imagine. Not only does it call for the husband's release, it calls Gisèle Pelicot a slur (the most common French gendered slur, horrific in this context)
Brendan Harkin@brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 3w agoThe French Nazis that Loyalists brought over to Sandy Row last night have spray painted a message of support for Gisèle Pelicot's rapist husband just in case you thought the "protect our women" brigade are anything other than human tumours
What a lovely thing to wake up to on a 14th of July in Belfast...
Brendan Harkin@brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 3w agoThe French Nazis that Loyalists brought over to Sandy Row last night have spray painted a message of support for Gisèle Pelicot's rapist husband just in case you thought the "protect our women" brigade are anything other than human tumours
Starmer's replacement will be the 8th UK Prime Minister since the Brexit Referendum. The political merry go round of UK chaos, instability and economic decline continues. Northern Ireland needs to leave the UK. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Keir Starmer announces resignation as prime minister and Labour Party leader
Sir Keir delivered a statement to announce his planned departure from Downing Street.
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14 July 1892 | Jewish woman, Szajndla Szwartzman, was born in Nyíregyháza (then in the Austro-Hunagarian Empire). She emigrated to Belgium. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 19 October 1942 and murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
The scale and rate at which Palestinian children in Gaza are being killed and injured is without precedent in modern conflicts worldwide. Children in Gaza are dying due to Israel’s intentional practices, in acts that amount to war crimes and “the crime against humanity of extermination.”
"Only 36 percent of teachers who teach about the British empire do so at GCSE level, and an even smaller proportion - 23 percent - do so at A Level. [...] only 9.6 percent of GCSE history entries include a module focused on [...] empire." The resurgence of racism has everything to do with this.
William Dalrymple@willdalrymple.bsky.social · 4w ago"Is the British empire widely taught in British schools? The data says no" www.middleeasteye.net/news/data-pr...
“There is no scenario within which the PSNI bring hundreds of officers into the nationalist Garvaghy Road area to force a loyalist parade through the district” ~Chris Donnelly The Irish News ☕️🥐
Scholars and writers gathered in Galway last month to explore how the lived realities as well as artistic and media portrayals of the Irish working class have shaped and been shaped by the socioeconomic and cultural dimensions of globalization. 👉 Read a recap: irishstudies.nd.edu/news/global-...
The symposium, “Representing the Global Irish Working Class: National and International Contexts and Dialogues,” was organized by Notre Dame’s Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies and the University of Galway. Speakers included @michaelpierse.bsky.social, @emmetkirwan.bsky.social, and more.
The U.S. spent $103 billion in the first 120 days of Trump’s war on Iran. That could fund… -Food stamps for an entire year -Medicaid coverage for nearly 30 million children -ACA subsidies for about 2.5 years It’s not a question of what we can afford. It’s a question of priorities.
The real cost of the Iran War: $103 billion in 120 days
Testifying before the House Appropriations Committee last week, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell
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Some of the findings from the More in Common report on the Belfast riots that stood out to me: 45% of nationalists back immigration checks at the border with the Republic even if that means a harder border Compare this to few years ago were nationalists were overwhelming against a hard border
That’s quite a take! Farage is still somehow the victim of the thing he himself decided to do! 😂😂😂
