In teaching last week, we looked at parliamentary debates about the "mods & rockers" panic of the early 60s. One thing now absolutely striking was the consensus from Tory & Labour politicians that this was a problem govt should address by spending real money to give young people better amenities.
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Absolutely correct.
Why is BBC News at 10 showing dead children in this report? Mexican bodies not so sacred? If that was a French teenager gunned down on his bike, would you be showing it? #bbcnews @sommervilletv.bsky.social
The abject poverty of traditional horse race presidential coverage in the authoritarian moment:
Meanwhile the “psychologically flawed” Gordon Brown, having enacted the most redistributive economic policies in the UK for the past 50 years, and saving the UK from full impact of 2008 - is still engaged in acts of public service….9/
Many disabled and chronically ill people are demonized for not working full-time jobs, when the truth is they can be forced out due to inaccessible policies. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
As a university educator, it's hard not to take this personally. We pretty much burned ourselves out racing to rewrite our courses to make them work online and supporting our students, while also living through the pandemic ourselves. Painful to be told it wasn't enough.
This is causing despair in academe. (1) We were forced to close during Covid. We had no choice! (2) We're not service providers like a restaurant, we are institutions of state. (3) We did everything we could. (4) This will cripple current students' education.
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Spot on thread from Emily Bell, this. Gordon Brown is a decent, ethical man who has only ever believed in public service first.
Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement
Armando, I love the show but I wish you wouldn’t give Gove this kind of opportunity to reinvent himself. It just reinforces the national memory hole about his dept of education and its policies and his role in a govt that killed local councils. He is never held to account. What is point?
I’m old enough to remember when Farage said that the electoral commission was politically motivated when they found that Vote Leave broke electoral law in the eu referendum. He seems to be a big fan of them now. #r4today
Many congrats, Frances! I always enjoy reading you.
Went in during lockdowns cos we were 'key workers'. Got everything online. Remember driving in on deserted post-apocalyptic roads to teach six ppl with their hoods up and gloves on and all the windows open from behind a visor and a mask. And this is how it's written up.
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People really reaching to make the Epstein story about anything other than gender.
Congrats, Jo!
Would be good if the Prime Minister and/or Home Secretary would for once come out and describe this as the unadulterated racism and xenophobia it so clearly is.
"Colonised". Yes, he said that. He really did.
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One of the stories of British politics over last 15 years has been Conservatives and Labour valuing narrower and narrower ideological coherence over their historic, broad coalitions and then being astonished that their vote shares keep falling.
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What a mess. This is the damage done by social media lies and disinformation - aided by a government that subsidises and cossets the platforms that spread it. news.sky.com/story/uk-los...
This is absolutely grim.
In case you missed it: My suggestion that Farage was whispering to Trump behind the scenes while Trump was going after Greenland has been essentially confirmed.
As @jamesdaustin.bsky.social notes: Working against your country's interest with a semi-hostile state - there's a word for that.
2/2 He was referring to the experts who were busy pointing out that leaving the EU would be an act of political and economic self-harm. They were right, of course. The cost of not listening is now shown to be immeasurable. Love all the pods!
@karaswisher.bsky.social Hey, Kara. I was just listening to you and Scott talking about the CBS guy who thinks we don’t need experts.
Same thing happened in the U.K. during Brexit campaign. Michael Gove, Education Sec., said the country had ‘had enough of experts’. 1/2
Geomagnetism in Bath!
Reliance on the collective memory hole. Neighbourhoods decline over time and everyone forgets the instigators of the policies that caused it. The guilty run from the burning ruins to a well-funded lunch party down the street.
From the people who have wanged on about the importance of sovereignty since we left the EU…
