Michael Doherty

@profmdoherty.bsky.social

Prof of Law @maynoothlaw. Miss Ellie's Human and stylist Labour law stuff

“Force, hatred, history, all that. That’s not life for men and women, insult and hatred. And everybody knows that it’s the very opposite of that that is really life… Love, says Bloom. I mean the opposite of hatred.” - James Joyce, Ulysses

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Do retailers have to provide single sex toilets and changing rooms for their customers and staff? Good post on some practical implications for employers of UK Supreme Court judgment on the legal definition of a woman under the Equality Act 2010 www.irwinmitchell.com/news-and-ins...

Do retailers have to provide single sex toilets and changing rooms for their customers and staff?

Do retailers have to provide single sex toilets and changing rooms for their customers and staff?

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Back at work today, and full of thoughts about the Supreme Court judgment last week. It’s much more nuanced than it might seem at first glance, and it’s hard to cut through the vitriol around it. That’s understandable - it’s obviously very emotive. I’m going to try break down the legal principles.

on the triumph of tribalism. the club lens has consumed the way we watch and talk and write about football these days. punditry, social media, even journalism. to the point where performative tribalism has become the only acceptable way of "enjoying" football www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Pundits’ showy partisanship reflects football’s embrace of fan-centric populism | Jonathan Liew

The coverage of Manchester United’s win over Lyon last week was just the latest sign that fandom is consuming everything

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"is it still possible to be indifferent to rival clubs rather than performatively hating them?... is there still a way of discussing or enjoying football beyond the most tribal, wilfully blinkered lens?" Testify @jonathanliew www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Pundits’ showy partisanship reflects football’s embrace of fan-centric populism | Jonathan Liew

The coverage of Manchester United’s win over Lyon last week was just the latest sign that fandom is consuming everything

theguardian.com

Ask Shrimsley: Can I follow Katy Perry into space? - on.ft.com/3RqUI0E via @FT "maybe future generations can look forward to the Ryanair Galactic, blasting off from Luton at 2am. Of course, excess carry-on will cost you £7mn and you’ll have to pay extra for a spacesuit." 🤣🤣

Ask Shrimsley: Can I follow Katy Perry into space?

You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to work out how to get selected for Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin

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