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Geoff Pearson

@profgeoffpearson.bsky.social

Prof of Law & Director of Research at Manchester University's Law Dept. N8PRP Academic Director. Socio-legal research interests in human rights, policing, public order, crowd management, football "hooliganism", Ethnography, and sports law.

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HOPE not hate@hopenothate.org.uk · last wk.

Rupert Lowe claims to detest far-right ethnonationalism and neo-Nazism. Yet a string of extremists have been out campaigning for Restore candidate Marlon West ahead of Thursday’s Greater Manchester mayoral election.

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Geoff Pearson@profgeoffpearson.bsky.social · last wk.

UEFA and its member associations should have boycotted the World Cup when it was announced that Qatar 2022 would be played in the winter. If they don't show their strength now, I don't think they ever will. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

World Cup: Uefa furious at Fifa plan for private investment in tournament

Uefa and Prime Minister Andy Burnham criticise proposals from Fifa to seek private investment in its competitions, including the World Cup.

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Henry Zeffman@hzeffman.bsky.social · 3w ago

Keir Starmer's official spokesperson: "The World Cup might not be ours but the Falkland Islands definitely are” Asked who the PM would be supporting in the final, the spokesperson said: “The PM wishes both teams well for the final, especially Spain.”

Lewis Graham@lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social · 3w ago

The European Court of Human Rights has held, for the first time, that states may be under an obligation to provide (where reasonable) vegan food, in order to respect a detainee’s vegan beliefs GK and AS v Switzerland (16 July 2026) hudoc.echr.coe.int?i=001-251193

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Graeme Hayes@graemehayes.bsky.social · 3w ago

Supreme Court judgment in the Animal Rising Müller 6 case. SC finds with the appellants: there is no case to answer. You can't commit public nuisance on private land, under the second limb of s78 of the PCSC 2022 (the one that applies to protest), because there is no public *right* of passage 1/3

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Geoff Pearson@profgeoffpearson.bsky.social · 3w ago

Well this sounds all fine and above board. I think we can probably move on now. #sportslaw and #corruption

Man Incognito@sjbrewer.bsky.social · 3w ago

[The Times] Only one official involved in decision to waive Folarin Balogun ban Mohammad Al-Kamali, the chairman of FIFAs disciplinary committee, made ruling without any of the 17 other members asked to be involved in the case bUT iTS NoT COrRuPT! iTS tHE rIGHT dECISicon I just don’t know ball…