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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

1/11

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

I’m just glad it went to someone standing up for democracy instead of tearing it apart!

⚡️The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Maria Corina Machado.

The Nobel Peace Prize committee awarded it for "her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela."

Listen to true experts, like @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social , not political appointees with an agenda.

Gary Neville, "Brexit has had a devastating impact on this country"

"The messaging is getting dangerous"

"All these idiots out there spreading hate speech in any form, abuse in any form, we must stop promoting them"

"And get back to a country of love, peace and harmony"

"And become a team again"

🔥"What is more British than wanting to own instead of renting for everyone in this country?"

We Own It Director Cat Hobbs speaking at Commonwealth's panel event 'Who Owns Britain?' at Labour Conference. <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:egvrtbix76defbtjk743wb7s" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@cmmonwealth.bsky.social

The Chancellor should protect workers’ pay packets and level the playing field on how different forms of income are taxed.

As things stand, wages (and some dividends) are taxed more heavily than many other sources of income.

Read 'Call of duties' now ⤵️ buff.ly/MDRUdi6

Richard Tice, "We've already got 80 sharia courts in the UK"

Billy Bragg, "There are also Jewish courts as well, thats part of their religion. We as a tolerant nation accept that"

"To demonise, particularly the Muslims, is the sort of thing we worry about Reform UK"

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, called President Trump racist, sexist and Islamophobic after Trump attacked him in a speech to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/w...

We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.

If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.

Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

As I was saying…

Ed Davey, "It's so frustrating, so infuriating that Nigel Farage gets such an easy ride from the media"

"As he lies, as he divides, the BBC and others given Farage so much time and attention"

"But they never hold him to account for all the damage he has already done"

"The damage of Brexit"

Keir Starmer: make Brexit work

Neil Kinnock: Rejoin the EU to solve the UK's economic woes and to tackle small boats crisis

Our new opinion piece in TIME based on the release of our new book #ScienceUndetSiege @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social

time.com/7317436/scie...

A new law could give millions of us better rights at work, but corporate lobbyists & politicians are trying to gut it. Tell the Government: protect workers, not profits!
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...

🛑 David and Aaron discuss:
How the entire #MAGA movement wants to use #CharlieKirk’s killing to punish the left regardless of what his killer’s motives might have been.
Why this dangerous moment has ramped up the threats to #freespeech making independent media more important than ever.
@atrupar.com

Very good indeed from @bengoldsborough.bsky.social (and a number of other MPs who participated in this debate).

There is no case - economic, political, or moral - for extending the time it takes long-standing residents to gain settlement/citizenship.

Columbia cancelled my class, but I'm continuing to teach anyway.

Enrollment for the fall sessions of my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 102 are now open!

Last time, we sold out 500 spots in 48 hours. Don't miss out!

www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...