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Peter Gates

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Mathematics education, educational researcher, into social justice, equity, social research methodology,quant & qual. Now genealogical researcher. Socialist. Narrowboat owner. Father #EduSky. #Genealogy. See https://petergates3.com/family-history-stories/

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He speaks for us all

06.03.2026 21:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Spain has banned the USA from using its military bases.

THIS is what everyone should have done.

02.03.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 1227 πŸ” 272 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 19
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Nigel Farage's Long History of Crying β€˜Fraud’ Whenever His Party Loses Elections The Reform UK leader has a long record of blaming his own party's election defeats on "cheating" by ethnic minorities, yet no evidence of it can ever be found

Every time Nigel Farage's parties have lost an election he has blamed it on "cheating" by ethnic minorities and every time he receives huge amounts of media attention for doing so.

The only problem? No evidence of cheating is ever found
bylinetimes.com/2026/03/02/n...

02.03.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 1155 πŸ” 463 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 21
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Ok I googled! Every day is a school day.

02.03.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do I need to Google?

02.03.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Matt Goodwin won if you only count the votes he got.

02.03.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
β€œOur president has been credibly accused of sexually assaulting a child, and his DOJ is hiding those accusations from the public. It is an outrage and a disgrace. Shame on them."

 ~ Dan Goldman ~

β€œOur president has been credibly accused of sexually assaulting a child, and his DOJ is hiding those accusations from the public. It is an outrage and a disgrace. Shame on them." ~ Dan Goldman ~

The Epstein survivors make it very clear that they have not exonerated Trump, despite the GOP’s bogus claims.

There is no amount of GOP spin that will make this go away and we won’t let it. Keep talking about it.

DJT is guilty. He is a serial sexual predator and he needs to be held accountable.

28.02.2026 04:14 πŸ‘ 807 πŸ” 401 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 25

Ah the usual shite from the usual tribe. Give it a rest.

27.02.2026 08:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Who the fuck are you?

27.02.2026 06:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And if they weren’t then they should have been

26.02.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh my little sweetheart. Never mind. You seem to think you are some knowledgeable political pundit. You aren’t my darling.

26.02.2026 17:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Trying be sarcastic and failing is clearly one of yours.

26.02.2026 15:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Are you on glue?

26.02.2026 14:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You needn’t have bothered.

26.02.2026 14:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Counting is not your strong point. But I guess LD never need to count very high.

26.02.2026 14:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

DP is merely the calculation you do
CR is the mathematics

18.02.2026 21:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWell I wouldn’t start from here” ! πŸ˜‚

14.02.2026 14:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I would say it was possibility one of the most difficult and frustrating issues I faced during my years as PGCE staff.

14.02.2026 11:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Any examples of a mentor teacher teaching KFC being told by a trainee that it wasn’t maths? Not sure how I might handle that! (As ITE supervisor). Actually I do. We had it often (not always KFC though).

14.02.2026 11:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In other words β€œYes you certainly can argue with those outcomes which are both unreliable and invalid”

14.02.2026 10:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not an expert but this seems suggestive of either an anxiety disorder or internalised prejudice/expectation bias …what it definitely isn’t is evidence of London being unsafe

14.02.2026 09:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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12.02.2026 10:51 πŸ‘ 4088 πŸ” 1747 πŸ’¬ 154 πŸ“Œ 81
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Manchester United owner praises Farage during anti-migration diatribe Prime Minister Keir Starmer criticized businessman Jim Ratcliffe’s claims that Britain has been β€œcolonized by immigrants.”

Good morning, Jim Ratcliffe. Two things: one, pay your taxes; two, kiss my ass: www.politico.eu/article/manc... #jimratcliffe #manchesterunited

12.02.2026 06:49 πŸ‘ 157 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 3

If Jim Ratcliffe paid his taxes Marcus Rashford wouldn’t have to feed hungry children.

12.02.2026 08:56 πŸ‘ 108 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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PM tells Sir Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK 'colonised by immigrants' Sir Keir Starmer said comments by the businessman and Manchester United co-owner were

It makes you wonder whether the whole β€˜war on woke’ over the last few years was waged just so that men like Ratcliffe could be disgustingly racist again without any accountability.

PM tells Sir Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK 'colonised by immigrants' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

11.02.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 151 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 6

Lots of not too unsubtle hints from Burnham at his Resolution Foundation speech today...."recent events have drawn a heavy line under a political culture that was too close to wealth and power, and too distant from the people we’re talking about today.”

10.02.2026 12:55 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I bet David Attenborough, Bill Bailey and Hamsa Yassim are not in the Epstein files.

08.02.2026 09:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But I do wonder why not have the teacher on instead/as well. Why does he and Graham Norton only ever have actors and so called celebrities. Why not have interesting people like teachers, nurses, waiters.. celebrity is overrated and overpaid in my opinion. But what do I know. πŸ˜‚

08.02.2026 09:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Claro que sim, tinha-me esquecido daqueles.

08.02.2026 09:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A rectangle with one diagonal drawn in. A regular hexagon sits on the left below the diagonal, with one side vertical against the side of the rectangle, one sloping side lying along the diagonal, and a vertex touching the base of the rectangle. A second regular hexagon sits above the diagonal on the right so that the design has rotational symmetry. Everything inside the rectangle but outside the hexagons is shaded blue.

A rectangle with one diagonal drawn in. A regular hexagon sits on the left below the diagonal, with one side vertical against the side of the rectangle, one sloping side lying along the diagonal, and a vertex touching the base of the rectangle. A second regular hexagon sits above the diagonal on the right so that the design has rotational symmetry. Everything inside the rectangle but outside the hexagons is shaded blue.

Two regular hexagons inside a rectangle. What fraction of the rectangle is shaded?

I found this #geometrypuzzle in my sketchbook - I drew it last June, but I’m pretty sure I never got round to posting it. Better late than never!

07.02.2026 10:29 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 5