Danielle Turney
@danielleturney1.bsky.social
Emeritus Prof of Social Work at QUB. Still interested in exploring theory to inform & support social work practice. Relational ethics; critical thinking/decision making; family support. Also plants & politics
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Our conversation about immigration is framed entirely on Nigel Farage’s terms.
Labour has completely capitulated the ground to the far right, the racism & the hate.
We no longer have a conversation AT ALL about how we need immigration & when we cut it, we pay the price. #r4today
Labour has completely capitulated the ground to the far right, the racism & the hate.
We no longer have a conversation AT ALL about how we need immigration & when we cut it, we pay the price. #r4today
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Our conversation about immigration is framed entirely on Nigel Farage’s terms.
Labour has completely capitulated the ground to the far right, the racism & the hate.
We no longer have a conversation AT ALL about how we need immigration & when we cut it, we pay the price. #r4today
Labour has completely capitulated the ground to the far right, the racism & the hate.
We no longer have a conversation AT ALL about how we need immigration & when we cut it, we pay the price. #r4today
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This is true. They believe racism is wrong.
Nigel Farage says school racism accusers have ‘different political views’
www.channel4.com/news/nigel-f...
www.channel4.com/news/nigel-f...
Nigel Farage says school racism accusers have ‘different political views’
Reform's leaders gave their response to the budget at a press conference, but several of the questions asked of their leader Nigel Farage focussed on allegations of racism and antisemitism as a school...
www.channel4.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This is true. They believe racism is wrong.
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‘Well, suddenly after 49 years they seem to have perfect recollection’
Or, you know, maybe it’s stayed with them for their entire lives.
Or, you know, maybe it’s stayed with them for their entire lives.
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
‘Well, suddenly after 49 years they seem to have perfect recollection’
Or, you know, maybe it’s stayed with them for their entire lives.
Or, you know, maybe it’s stayed with them for their entire lives.
Birthday book stash looking good - should keep me going until the xmas book influx
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Birthday book stash looking good - should keep me going until the xmas book influx
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BBC board member Robbie Gibb, whose previous jobs have included being Conservative communications director to Theresa May, and helping to set up GB News, tells MPs that he is "hugely impartial"
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
BBC board member Robbie Gibb, whose previous jobs have included being Conservative communications director to Theresa May, and helping to set up GB News, tells MPs that he is "hugely impartial"
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Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
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This won’t stop people seeking protection in the UK. It will make it harder for refugees to rebuild their lives, feel secure and contribute to their communities. It will create a load more work for the Home Office, reviewing claims every three years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
This won’t stop people seeking protection in the UK. It will make it harder for refugees to rebuild their lives, feel secure and contribute to their communities. It will create a load more work for the Home Office, reviewing claims every three years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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You seem to be treating all refugees as though they're liars and cheats, out to defraud us and take advantage. Treating the innocent as guilty, the vulnerable as though they're war criminals.
It's simply not true, no matter what the press tells you. Try spending time with some. Try empathy.
It's simply not true, no matter what the press tells you. Try spending time with some. Try empathy.
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
You seem to be treating all refugees as though they're liars and cheats, out to defraud us and take advantage. Treating the innocent as guilty, the vulnerable as though they're war criminals.
It's simply not true, no matter what the press tells you. Try spending time with some. Try empathy.
It's simply not true, no matter what the press tells you. Try spending time with some. Try empathy.
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NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
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So not just racist, but a liar too www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Mike Graham sacked from TalkTV after ‘failure’ to assist inquiry into racist post
Broadcaster suspended presenter last month over Facebook post he said happened after account was hacked
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
So not just racist, but a liar too www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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How can we improve support for people living with dementia and promote their wellbeing and quality of life?
Join an open access webinar on 17 December that will focus on the evidence around how we can support people living with dementia who live in care homes. https://ow.ly/k1QR50XpTx1
Join an open access webinar on 17 December that will focus on the evidence around how we can support people living with dementia who live in care homes. https://ow.ly/k1QR50XpTx1
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
How can we improve support for people living with dementia and promote their wellbeing and quality of life?
Join an open access webinar on 17 December that will focus on the evidence around how we can support people living with dementia who live in care homes. https://ow.ly/k1QR50XpTx1
Join an open access webinar on 17 December that will focus on the evidence around how we can support people living with dementia who live in care homes. https://ow.ly/k1QR50XpTx1
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A brilliant example of what Lewis Goodall talks about when he argues why right-wing radicals keep winning. They don't play by the rules and simply don't care. Whereas the institutions they want to destroy do even when said rules are contorted to absurdity and are blatantly being used against them.
The founder of Newsmax was just on the Today programme pontificating about bias. Boy, the BBC loves to submit itself to flagellation.
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
A brilliant example of what Lewis Goodall talks about when he argues why right-wing radicals keep winning. They don't play by the rules and simply don't care. Whereas the institutions they want to destroy do even when said rules are contorted to absurdity and are blatantly being used against them.
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Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
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A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
November 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
If 'prevention' is the answer, what was the question ...? Sounds like a good place to start an interesting conversation
What are we preventing and who got to decide what that is? Helpful provocation from today's chair @dezholmes1.bsky.social before we go into our first session on community development #LeadersF25
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
If 'prevention' is the answer, what was the question ...? Sounds like a good place to start an interesting conversation
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Jess McGregor @adass.bsky.social: It starts with relationships. If we're going to effectively work across children's and adults services, we need to think about rhythms and routines #LeadersF25
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Jess McGregor @adass.bsky.social: It starts with relationships. If we're going to effectively work across children's and adults services, we need to think about rhythms and routines #LeadersF25
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Jess McGregor @adass.bsky.social: If we're listening to people and what they say they need, no one is saying that they want separate children's and adults services #LeadersF25
November 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Jess McGregor @adass.bsky.social: If we're listening to people and what they say they need, no one is saying that they want separate children's and adults services #LeadersF25
I am completely on board with the idea that we need to all have more pulses and legumes in our diet (see today’s Guardian) but please, what on earth are “ambient bean products”? I keep looking round to see if I’m being followed by a bean!
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I am completely on board with the idea that we need to all have more pulses and legumes in our diet (see today’s Guardian) but please, what on earth are “ambient bean products”? I keep looking round to see if I’m being followed by a bean!
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75 years of respect for human dignity and autonomy, of restraints on how the state can treat people, of internationalism over authoritarianism and fascism. You can see why the right hate it
📘 Today, the European Convention on Human Rights marks its 75th anniversary.
It is available in more than 40 languages on the Court’s website.
🔗https://www.echr.coe.int/european-convention-on-human-rights
It is available in more than 40 languages on the Court’s website.
🔗https://www.echr.coe.int/european-convention-on-human-rights
November 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
75 years of respect for human dignity and autonomy, of restraints on how the state can treat people, of internationalism over authoritarianism and fascism. You can see why the right hate it
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Nigel Farage, who has so far registered a total of £280,500 for four hours a month as a "brand ambassador" for a company selling gold bars, thinks a £10 an hour minimum wage for young people is too high bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People
The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy
bylinetimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Nigel Farage, who has so far registered a total of £280,500 for four hours a month as a "brand ambassador" for a company selling gold bars, thinks a £10 an hour minimum wage for young people is too high bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
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DHS says this is "a growing and dangerous trend of illegal aliens violently resisting arrest and agitators and criminals ramming cars into our law enforcement officers.”
Only she is a citizen, wasn't an agitator or criminal, didn't ram anyone, and wasn't told she was under arrest.
Only she is a citizen, wasn't an agitator or criminal, didn't ram anyone, and wasn't told she was under arrest.
November 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
DHS says this is "a growing and dangerous trend of illegal aliens violently resisting arrest and agitators and criminals ramming cars into our law enforcement officers.”
Only she is a citizen, wasn't an agitator or criminal, didn't ram anyone, and wasn't told she was under arrest.
Only she is a citizen, wasn't an agitator or criminal, didn't ram anyone, and wasn't told she was under arrest.
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What does good family group decision making look like?
Join Family Rights Group for a webinar on 28 November to learn about a new Family Group Conferencing toolkit. The resource supports practitioners and local areas to set up and run a family group conference service. https://ow.ly/vz7S50XkZiN
Join Family Rights Group for a webinar on 28 November to learn about a new Family Group Conferencing toolkit. The resource supports practitioners and local areas to set up and run a family group conference service. https://ow.ly/vz7S50XkZiN
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
What does good family group decision making look like?
Join Family Rights Group for a webinar on 28 November to learn about a new Family Group Conferencing toolkit. The resource supports practitioners and local areas to set up and run a family group conference service. https://ow.ly/vz7S50XkZiN
Join Family Rights Group for a webinar on 28 November to learn about a new Family Group Conferencing toolkit. The resource supports practitioners and local areas to set up and run a family group conference service. https://ow.ly/vz7S50XkZiN
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And that company was…..
Palantir
Slow slow handclap to Cummings and his unerring instinct for a bad ‘un
Palantir
Slow slow handclap to Cummings and his unerring instinct for a bad ‘un
Dominic Cummings pushed for Covid tech contracts to be handed to a company run by a Trump-supporting billionaire after holding a secret meeting with him alongside Boris Johnson.
Officials were lobbied to ignore official procedures and bypass ministers in order to get the contracts signed
Officials were lobbied to ignore official procedures and bypass ministers in order to get the contracts signed
Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel
Exclusive: Boris Johnson's senior advisor pushed for Covid contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
bylinetimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 AM
And that company was…..
Palantir
Slow slow handclap to Cummings and his unerring instinct for a bad ‘un
Palantir
Slow slow handclap to Cummings and his unerring instinct for a bad ‘un
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It is way past time for the UK government & the BBC to get off X & for Musk to be treated as a threat to national security.
The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.
You won't win him over with another conference on AI
The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.
You won't win him over with another conference on AI
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
October 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It is way past time for the UK government & the BBC to get off X & for Musk to be treated as a threat to national security.
The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.
You won't win him over with another conference on AI
The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.
You won't win him over with another conference on AI
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So much terrible political decision-making in the UK stems from a British political and media class marinated in MAGA Right online myths that still hasn't grasped that Trump won a pretty narrow majority and then quickly went on to become a deeply unpopular President.
October 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
So much terrible political decision-making in the UK stems from a British political and media class marinated in MAGA Right online myths that still hasn't grasped that Trump won a pretty narrow majority and then quickly went on to become a deeply unpopular President.