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Philip Murray

@philipmurray.bsky.social

College Assistant Professor in Law, @robinsoncollege.bsky.social.

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SpinningHugo@spinninghugo.bsky.social · last wk.

No acknowledgement of the damage he's done to 1. Trust, upon which academic life is based 2. Attempts to correct the imbalance of who gets top University jobs 3. Cambridge 4. Liverpool John Moores 5. The discipline he works in. Where he chooses to make the announcement is very appropriate.

Good Law Project@goodlawproject.org · last wk.

An update from Professor Arday https://goodlawproject.org/an-update-from-jason-arday/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=glp_post_27503&utm_medium=social_media&utm_content=05-08-2026

Mark Elliott@profmarkelliott.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New post Ismailov v Foreign Secretary: Constitutional revisionism and the principle of legality publiclawforeveryone.com/2026/05/19/i...

Ismailov v Foreign Secretary: Constitutional revisionism and the principle of legality

In his judgment in Ismailov v Foreign Secretary, Saini J appears to endorse two incompatible views of the principle of legality. One of those views reconfigures a principle that has traditionally b…

publiclawforeveryone.com

Philip Murray@philipmurray.bsky.social · 5mo ago

“This is our God: Jesus, king of peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war ... He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them.” Strong words from the Holy Father. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Pope seems to rebuke Trump in remarks about leaders with ‘hands full of blood’

Pontiff’s unusually pointed comments come after Pete Hegseth’s prayer for violence against enemies ‘who deserve no mercy’

theguardian.com

Philip Murray@philipmurray.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A totally unjust decision on the part of Israeli Police, stopping the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate Palm Sunday. www.custodia.org/it/news/join...

Joint Press Release - The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land - Custodia di Terra Santa

This morning, the Israeli Police prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Head of the Catholic Church in

custodia.org

Antonia Bance MP@antoniabance.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Good. A dreadful bill full of holes that would have endangered disabled people and those vulnerable to coercion. Am so proud of every MP and peer who stood firm and continued to raise their concerns in the face of smears and intimidation.

Assisted dying bill will not now become law, say both sides

The House of Lords are continuing to debate the proposals but there is not enough time to complete all the stages in the current parliamentary session.

bbc.co.uk

ChristianG@mryeswecan.eurosky.social · 5mo ago

So, about those Eid prayers in London... "What's the highest thing in Trafalgar Square?" "Nelson's column, innit?" "And the highest thing on the column?" "Nelson." "And on Nelson?" "His hat." "And the highest thing on his hat?" "That bit that sticks up." 1/8

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David Henig@davidheniguk.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Significant day for UK trade policy. With the announcement of the EU-Australia FTA the UK now only has an FTA where the EU doesn't with Malaysia and Brunei as part of CPTPP. The EU meanwhile has a deal with Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay that the UK doesn't.

Sarah Owen MP@sarahowen.org.uk · 5mo ago

Just had this flagged with me. This is disgusting. If Kemi Badenoch had one ounce of leadership in her, she would condemn this. I don’t want any faux sadness from her or Nick Timothy when one of us is hurt or worse. This is how low the Conservative Party have sunk.

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Philip Murray@philipmurray.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I'm glad I belong to a Church that can see the good in Islam, and don't follow the hollow ethno-nationalist 'Christianity' of Kruger et al. Here's what Vatican II's Nostra aerate (1965) says about Islam.

The Church regards with esteem also the Muslims. They adore the one God, living and subsisting in Himself; merciful and all- powerful, the Creator of heaven and earth, who has spoken to men; they take pains to submit wholeheartedly to even His inscrutable decrees, just as Abraham, with whom the faith of Islam takes pleasure in linking itself, submitted to God. Though they do not acknowledge Jesus as God, they revere Him as a prophet. They also honor Mary, His virgin Mother; at times they even call on her with devotion. In addition, they await the day of judgment when God will render their deserts to all those who have been raised up from the dead. Finally, they value the moral life and worship God especially through prayer, almsgiving and fasting. Since in the course of centuries not a few quarrels and hostilities have arisen between Christians and Muslims, this sacred synod urges all to forget the past and to work sincerely for mutual understanding and to preserve as well as to promote together for the benefit of all mankind social justice and moral welfare, as well as peace and freedom.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Daniel Kruger of Reform asks the Church of England to say the Muslim Adhan in Trafalgar Square is "incompatible with our constitution" "There is an issue itself with Islam as a religion". "It is the scale of Islam in Britain + ambition of its leaders for greater scale that makes the problem."

Nick Timothy and Nigel Farage are right, and Sadiq Khan and Keir Starmer are wrong. Small groups of people, of whatever religion, praying in public places is fine. And as a Christian country we should allow a special privilege for churches to lead services in our national spaces, like the Palm Sunday celebration that happens in Trafalgar Square. What we don't want is mass ritual observances intended to claim the civic realm for another religion, or assert the domination of another culture over our own Christian traditions. What happens in our national spaces is not neutral. People use Trafalgar Square, for celebrations and demonstrations, to make a point about the kind of country they want us to be. The Palm Sunday pageant reminds us of who we are - not as individuals (many or most of us don't identify as Christians at all) but as a national community, with the roots of our institutions in the ground of the Bible and our most solemn communal moments, from coronations to funerals, mediated through the liturgies of the Church. A mass Adhan held there, or in any town square, is making a different point: that Britain is not a Christian country, and that - inshallah - one day it shall be Muslim. This is unacceptable to the British public and indeed incompatible with our constitution. As ever with these debates, the issue is partly one of kind and partly one of degree. There is an issue with Islam itself as a religion which in most interpretations does not admit of pluralism or freedom of conscience, and therefore is inherently aggrandising, including over territory. But with a bit of confidence and a bit of toleration we could handle that - if it were not for the issue of degree. It is the scale of Islam in Britain, and the ambition of its leaders for greater scale, that makes the problem. The numbers of people who assembled for the adhan in Trafalgar Square, clearly and openly claiming the territory for a faith with no connection (indeed, with strong doctrinal d…