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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So... if it requires an Act of Parliament to remove a peerage, here's an idea: make the Bill for the removal of Peter Mandelson's and Michelle Mone's seats in the Lords and titles. Two birds, one stone and all that.
February 4, 2026 at 9:29 AM
So... if it requires an Act of Parliament to remove a peerage, here's an idea: make the Bill for the removal of Peter Mandelson's and Michelle Mone's seats in the Lords and titles. Two birds, one stone and all that.
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One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
February 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM
One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
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Yesterday I was in a room packed full of MPs imploring govt to rethink its proposed changes to ILR rules for migrants
Govt is planning to make unfair retrospective changes that are racist & classist
These would devastate the lives of many who have made this country their home
Govt is planning to make unfair retrospective changes that are racist & classist
These would devastate the lives of many who have made this country their home
February 3, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Yesterday I was in a room packed full of MPs imploring govt to rethink its proposed changes to ILR rules for migrants
Govt is planning to make unfair retrospective changes that are racist & classist
These would devastate the lives of many who have made this country their home
Govt is planning to make unfair retrospective changes that are racist & classist
These would devastate the lives of many who have made this country their home
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Richard Littlejohn wrote about fly-tipping in yesterday’s Mail, today Boris Johnson turns his attention to a bus driver sacked for beating up a thief. Anything, literally *anything*, to avoid addressing the now utterly undeniable shame & humiliation of their pathetic cheerleading for Donald Trump…
January 31, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Richard Littlejohn wrote about fly-tipping in yesterday’s Mail, today Boris Johnson turns his attention to a bus driver sacked for beating up a thief. Anything, literally *anything*, to avoid addressing the now utterly undeniable shame & humiliation of their pathetic cheerleading for Donald Trump…
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Trump’s version of “ending a war”….whilst still sending armoury to Israel.
Videos from Gaza show huge explosions as Israeli air attacks hit a building in Gaza City and tents in al-Mawasi.
Gaza’s Government Media Office says more than 500 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since a US-brokered ceasefire came into effect on October 10.
Gaza’s Government Media Office says more than 500 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since a US-brokered ceasefire came into effect on October 10.
January 31, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Trump’s version of “ending a war”….whilst still sending armoury to Israel.
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The party that’s “transforming British politics”… into a re-run of the worst government in living memory?
January 27, 2026 at 5:37 PM
The party that’s “transforming British politics”… into a re-run of the worst government in living memory?
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Reform picks anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin as its candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election.
A reminder that just a few months ago the BBC invited him onto Question Time as a supposedly independent "author and academic"
A reminder that just a few months ago the BBC invited him onto Question Time as a supposedly independent "author and academic"
January 27, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Reform picks anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin as its candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election.
A reminder that just a few months ago the BBC invited him onto Question Time as a supposedly independent "author and academic"
A reminder that just a few months ago the BBC invited him onto Question Time as a supposedly independent "author and academic"
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it is not an "immigration crackdown". They have assaulted and kidnapped too many people who haven't broken any laws, immigration-related or otherwise, for you to call it that. It's a campaign of racist and ideological intimidation and terror.
Top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino, a key player in Trump's immigration crackdown, is expected to leave Minneapolis tomorrow, sources tell CNN.
https://cnn.it/3LPyM04
https://cnn.it/3LPyM04
January 26, 2026 at 9:57 PM
it is not an "immigration crackdown". They have assaulted and kidnapped too many people who haven't broken any laws, immigration-related or otherwise, for you to call it that. It's a campaign of racist and ideological intimidation and terror.
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The defection of Suella Braverman, who was sacked twice from Government in disgrace, spent £700m of taxpayers' money to send four volunteers to Rwanda on a deportation scheme that was then scrapped and has a public approval rating of minus 32 is currently being described as a "major coup" for Reform
January 26, 2026 at 2:39 PM
The defection of Suella Braverman, who was sacked twice from Government in disgrace, spent £700m of taxpayers' money to send four volunteers to Rwanda on a deportation scheme that was then scrapped and has a public approval rating of minus 32 is currently being described as a "major coup" for Reform
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It’s not just that they are murdering people who are peacefully protesting, it’s that they then stand in front of the cameras and slander the victims by telling us that what we see on the videos didn’t happen.
January 25, 2026 at 1:30 PM
It’s not just that they are murdering people who are peacefully protesting, it’s that they then stand in front of the cameras and slander the victims by telling us that what we see on the videos didn’t happen.
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Farage and Badenoch have both said they want to see armed deportation squads roaming the streets of Britain.
Their Trump-worship is not just performative - it threatens to bring his violence to communities across the UK
Their Trump-worship is not just performative - it threatens to bring his violence to communities across the UK
ICE thugs are coming to Britain
Apologies for my lack of optimism...
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Farage and Badenoch have both said they want to see armed deportation squads roaming the streets of Britain.
Their Trump-worship is not just performative - it threatens to bring his violence to communities across the UK
Their Trump-worship is not just performative - it threatens to bring his violence to communities across the UK
Do yourself a favour and try a bit of bloom-scrolling - these different iris varieties are gorgeous (though I'm a sucker for the dark blue ones ) ...
Named after Iris, the Greek goddess associated with the rainbow, the iris has long been valued for its colours and form. These qualities inspired its use in medieval manuscripts, early herbals and botanical illustration, where colour and structure were studied. #FolkloreSunday
January 25, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Do yourself a favour and try a bit of bloom-scrolling - these different iris varieties are gorgeous (though I'm a sucker for the dark blue ones ) ...
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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Someone who has committed as much outright legally established fraud as the president really shouldn’t speak about fraud.
Also: fraud does not justify a death sentence otherwise he’d be 6 feet under by now
apnews.com/general-news...
Also: fraud does not justify a death sentence otherwise he’d be 6 feet under by now
apnews.com/general-news...
January 24, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Someone who has committed as much outright legally established fraud as the president really shouldn’t speak about fraud.
Also: fraud does not justify a death sentence otherwise he’d be 6 feet under by now
apnews.com/general-news...
Also: fraud does not justify a death sentence otherwise he’d be 6 feet under by now
apnews.com/general-news...
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That’s not even close to an apology. And besides, Denmark lost more people per head of the population than *any* other country in Afghanistan. The obviousness of his contempt for crucial alliances matches the obviousness of his contempt for the truth.
January 24, 2026 at 5:38 PM
That’s not even close to an apology. And besides, Denmark lost more people per head of the population than *any* other country in Afghanistan. The obviousness of his contempt for crucial alliances matches the obviousness of his contempt for the truth.
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Especially as this comes from a White House that is currently suing the BBC for $5 billion for what Trump claims (absurdly) was the use of AI to misrepresent him.
January 23, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Especially as this comes from a White House that is currently suing the BBC for $5 billion for what Trump claims (absurdly) was the use of AI to misrepresent him.
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🇬🇧 Note well 👇
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
January 22, 2026 at 4:05 PM
🇬🇧 Note well 👇
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Scary thoughts ... but necessary to remember that Trump is only a chapter, not the whole book
When Trump dies we get Vance. Thiel’s pet.
They'll blame a lot of stuff on Trump AND try to fast-track an even uglier white supremacist techno-Christofascism.
We must prept for this now & organize accordingly.
Grassroots activism, coalitions. Dissent. Sand in gears. Strikes.
Every angle.
They'll blame a lot of stuff on Trump AND try to fast-track an even uglier white supremacist techno-Christofascism.
We must prept for this now & organize accordingly.
Grassroots activism, coalitions. Dissent. Sand in gears. Strikes.
Every angle.
January 21, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Scary thoughts ... but necessary to remember that Trump is only a chapter, not the whole book
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I see the 'patriotic parties' are now leaping to the defence of the man currently threatening to impose economic sanctions on our country, while seizing the European territory of our neighbours and allies
January 20, 2026 at 10:36 AM
I see the 'patriotic parties' are now leaping to the defence of the man currently threatening to impose economic sanctions on our country, while seizing the European territory of our neighbours and allies
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"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." MLK, 1968
January 19, 2026 at 2:51 PM
"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." MLK, 1968
Some excellent critters to cheer up Monday
The work of Diana Catchpole, contemporary UK based illustrator and printmaking
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
January 19, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Some excellent critters to cheer up Monday
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Reform Party candidate defending murder of a protester. When people show you who they are...
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1.This is an actual Reform candidate.
2.This is what iCE have been allowed to do
3.This is #Farage’s future ICEUK army
And the media is avidly preparing the country for exactly this.
Some of us warned and warned you. You didn’t believe us. I will be dead by then. Good luck.
1.This is an actual Reform candidate.
2.This is what iCE have been allowed to do
3.This is #Farage’s future ICEUK army
And the media is avidly preparing the country for exactly this.
Some of us warned and warned you. You didn’t believe us. I will be dead by then. Good luck.
January 18, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Reform Party candidate defending murder of a protester. When people show you who they are...
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I’m sure this is just a coincidence - it’s not like Nigel Farage to avoid scrutiny, right?
Donald Trump threatens 10% tariffs on UK and Nigel Farage who has positioned himself as the president's best mate in Britain drops out of a much promoted interview on the BBC.
Strange.
Almost like the two things are connected.
Strange.
Almost like the two things are connected.
January 18, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I’m sure this is just a coincidence - it’s not like Nigel Farage to avoid scrutiny, right?