Senior Lecturer in law at SOAS, research interest in economic and financial crime, generally interested in world affairs
Joined April 2013
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Meningitis B does not mess around. Alfie is by no means the first young person to die of it and we saw in Kent this year how quickly it can spread. Alfie’s Legacy: Give 16–23-Year-Olds the MenB Vaccine - Sign the Petition! c.org/RPLQgQRMXf via @UKChange
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Richard Alexander retweeted
Jan 18
Trump wants to deploy the 11th Airborne Division.
That’s not “extra security.” That’s an elite airborne combat unit built for rapid force projection.
You don’t deploy paratroopers like this unless you’re escalating.
Congress needs to stop watching from the bleachers and do its job.
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Talking to Trump about his policies doesn’t work - he only respects strength. So the day these tariffs over Greenland come into force, @Keir_Starmer, @RachelReevesMP and @vonderleyen must match them. And if Trump raises his further, we must match ours. That’s all he understands.
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Richard Alexander retweeted
3 Nov 2025
Here's an article about the PRO-RAPE riots in Tel Aviv last August.
The rioters includes Israeli ministers.
This is just one facet of the genocidal mania that swept Israeli society - aided by the impunity granted by the Western media and governments.
972mag.com/sde-teiman-beit-l…
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22 Oct 2025
With all the row over the Aston Villa - Maccabi Tel Aviv match, no one's mentioned that we've been here before. When a match between Leeds and Galatasaray - a Turkish club, not Israeli - was threatened with violence in 2000, the Galatasaray fans were banned from attending.
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20 Aug 2025
Don't let Trump’s war on reproductive rights happen on EU soil. @vonderleyen @hadjalahbib @EmmanuelMacron @jnbarrot @yannickneuder @OliverVarhelyi @prevotmaxime: Stop the destruction of USAID contraceptives. Support delivery to women in need. Uphold EU law & values #DontBurnCare
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6 Aug 2025
Farage shows Reform’s true colours. No ifs, no buts, no concern for international law. He doesn’t recognise the concept of refugees. This is who Reform are.
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26 Jun 2025
British citizens are stranded in Iran. No flights. No consular help. No way out.
The UK government must act. Add your name to demand urgent action from @DavidLammy 👇 #BringThemHome
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26 Jun 2025
🚨 The Employment Rights Bill could finally tip the balance back to workers – but it’s under threat in the Lords. End fire-and-rehire. Scrap zero-hours. Strengthen union rights. Add your name 👇 megaphone.org.uk/petitions/p… via @megaphoneuk
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18 Jun 2025
She is commemorated in Avallon, Burgundy with a Rue Jo Cox. There's also a rue Jo Cox in Mamer, Luxembourg and a Place Jo Cox / Jo Coxplein in the centre of Brussels. But there is still no street named after her in Britain.
16 Jun 2025
Our wonderful friend and colleague, Jo Cox was such a caring and decent person.
She was taken from us nine years ago today.
We will always remember Jo - and strive to achieve the change she believed in - and worked for.
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Richard Alexander retweeted
24 Apr 2025
She would be an amazing leader of the free world
Do not let them trick you into thinking we are enemies.
Do not let them trick you into thinking that we can be separated into rural and urban, Black and white and Latino.
We are one.
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10 Apr 2025
Not often I go on X now - I’m normally on Bluesky. But this is important. Congratulations to @enialuko on her defamation win! Well done for standing strong and fighting back. @EniAlukoFansite
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Someone explained it best on here - unsure where the tweet is.
If Russia retreated, would Ukraine follow into Russian territory? No
If Ukraine retreated, would Russia follow deeper into Ukraine? Yes
Russia started the war and it’s insulting to insinuate otherwise.
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7 Mar 2025
Second death reported in growing measles outbreak - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/health/20…
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5 Mar 2025
Trump switched sides to back Putin. Now Europe must seize €300 billion in frozen Russian assets to help #Ukraine survive and #MakePutinPay #MakeRussiaPay secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en…
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2 Mar 2025
@BBCNews posted, without comment, a quote from @Nigel_Farage claiming that those who get indefinite leave to remain can then bring their mum, dad, aunty, uncle, etc. into the country to join them. This is quite simply untrue. It is even untrue of those who obtain citizenship 1/2
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2 Mar 2025
There is no automatic visa entitlement under the UK's immigration rules for family members of British citizens, let alone those with ILR. Even a spouse visa has certain conditions, notably minimum wealth of the spouse. It is important to be accurate, not misleading, about this.
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Richard Alexander retweeted
10 Feb 2025
I recently sat down with a group of Palestinian Christians from Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and Nazareth. They shared their struggles and asked me questions I couldn’t answer. Maybe our Christian friends in America can. Their voices deserve to be heard. A thread:
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1 Feb 2025
“Our ruling class”. Says it all.
31 Jan 2025
Five years ago today Britain regained its freedom as it left the European Union but Brexit means nothing if you don't have a government that truly believes in it.
Britain will never truly succeed until our ruling class finally share the pride and self-confidence of the people.
dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
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