Euan Healey
@euanhealey.bsky.social
PhD historian and archaeologist of labour, subsistence, fisheries and environment.
Antifascist & trade unionist. Baggies, Jags, Warriors, Canucks. Pilgrim through this barren land. he/him.
Antifascist & trade unionist. Baggies, Jags, Warriors, Canucks. Pilgrim through this barren land. he/him.
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Euan Healey
@euanhealey.bsky.social
· May 19
The odd thing about UK fisheries is that we export a lot of mackerel and import a lot of cod and haddock. When did this start? Once upon a time did we eat a lot of mackerel?
Big day to be a fisheries historian (fishtorian). Big day.
When it comes to oily fish, the export market has always been the focus of British commerical fishing. Prior to the First World War, British fishing was dominated by the North Sea herring fishing; herring outweighed every other fish (1/?)
When it comes to oily fish, the export market has always been the focus of British commerical fishing. Prior to the First World War, British fishing was dominated by the North Sea herring fishing; herring outweighed every other fish (1/?)
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Trump ran on mass deportations. What he didn't run on - but is necessary for such pogroms to succeed - is hiring violent racists and sending them, untrained, to round up immigrants.
Reform have been clear they want the former, they're never going to admit that their policy necessitates the latter.
Reform have been clear they want the former, they're never going to admit that their policy necessitates the latter.
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Trump ran on mass deportations. What he didn't run on - but is necessary for such pogroms to succeed - is hiring violent racists and sending them, untrained, to round up immigrants.
Reform have been clear they want the former, they're never going to admit that their policy necessitates the latter.
Reform have been clear they want the former, they're never going to admit that their policy necessitates the latter.
Oh my gosh... Peter Scandelson
February 7, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Oh my gosh... Peter Scandelson
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Helping to get this country a Reform government three years before time to own the PLP
Will Keir Starmer use his nuclear option to try to head off a leadership challenge? www.independent.co.uk/voices/keir-...
Will Keir Starmer use his nuclear option to try to head off a leadership challenge?
The prime minister’s allies have hinted that he will call a general election, says John Rentoul
www.independent.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Helping to get this country a Reform government three years before time to own the PLP
If Townsend isn't sacked by the end of my next pint we riot
February 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM
If Townsend isn't sacked by the end of my next pint we riot
They just had a video of Sergio Mattarella riding a Milanese tram driven by Valentino Rossi. That's good stuff.
February 6, 2026 at 7:25 PM
They just had a video of Sergio Mattarella riding a Milanese tram driven by Valentino Rossi. That's good stuff.
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The two most successful progressive political projects in the anglosphere in the last decade were Justin Trudeau’s Liberals and Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP, and no-one acknowledges that because they were both projects built around treating working-aged women as a core political and economic constituency
February 6, 2026 at 4:42 PM
The two most successful progressive political projects in the anglosphere in the last decade were Justin Trudeau’s Liberals and Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP, and no-one acknowledges that because they were both projects built around treating working-aged women as a core political and economic constituency
I guess my question is if your view that *becoming PM* was the path of least resistance to achieving your goals... why didn't you ever seem to know what your goals are? www.thetimes.com/article/720a...
February 6, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I guess my question is if your view that *becoming PM* was the path of least resistance to achieving your goals... why didn't you ever seem to know what your goals are? www.thetimes.com/article/720a...
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There's no reason to accept this as normal, though. Much of Starmer and Labour's unpopularity is not misfortune but his own doing. Mandelson was a choice. Consistently pursuing policy positions designed to appeal to people who will not vote for you - and alienating core supporters - is a choice.
Starmer's reported condition - incredibly unpopular, shorn of authority, probably un-reelectable and yet will stagger on for want of an alternative - is just the new normal of how Britain is governed. It was also true for two-thirds of May's premiership, half of Johnson's and all of Sunak's.
February 6, 2026 at 11:48 AM
There's no reason to accept this as normal, though. Much of Starmer and Labour's unpopularity is not misfortune but his own doing. Mandelson was a choice. Consistently pursuing policy positions designed to appeal to people who will not vote for you - and alienating core supporters - is a choice.
Not to be "guy who thinks his pet issue would solve every problem" but constitutional, parliamentary and electoral reform would solve a lot of these problems
Labour needs to clear house tbh. There shouldn’t be one of these scandals but two is insane!
February 6, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Not to be "guy who thinks his pet issue would solve every problem" but constitutional, parliamentary and electoral reform would solve a lot of these problems
Move Parliament to Birmingham (complimentary)
I can live with that, but instead of Slough, move it to Birmingham
How about this - new parliament building and government center in Slough, including Pm residence. Change parliament into a tourist and museum center.
February 6, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Move Parliament to Birmingham (complimentary)
These men are thugs who believed their self-promotion justified all means. "Adults in the room" politics is just Dunning-Kruger for technocrats.
Labour thinktank close to Morgan McSweeney ‘paid firm to investigate journalists’
Labour Together allegedly hired company to look at Sunday Times and Guardian reporters after article about donations
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:09 PM
These men are thugs who believed their self-promotion justified all means. "Adults in the room" politics is just Dunning-Kruger for technocrats.
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The blunt truth is that if Karen Pierce had been a man, then she would still be US ambassador now and Keir Starmer's government would not be on the brink of death.
February 5, 2026 at 11:16 PM
The blunt truth is that if Karen Pierce had been a man, then she would still be US ambassador now and Keir Starmer's government would not be on the brink of death.
It is interesting how Farage has (presumably hand-)picked two men who've worked in finance to lead his party in Scotland and Wales. Very much seems like picking people in his own image.
We’ve now reached the point where British politicians are claiming working-class credentials based on what their grandfather did for a living.
Dan Thomas was a London financial services employee before he became Reform’s Welsh leader but he is the grandson of a miner.
Dan Thomas was a London financial services employee before he became Reform’s Welsh leader but he is the grandson of a miner.
February 5, 2026 at 11:18 PM
It is interesting how Farage has (presumably hand-)picked two men who've worked in finance to lead his party in Scotland and Wales. Very much seems like picking people in his own image.
The English mayoral devolution system absolutely has its flaws, but comparable devolution at the Scottish municipal-level simply doesn't exist - and we're losing out as a result.
West Midlands will be the 6th UK city-region to bring its bus network back into public control 🚌
The process should be complete by 2029 👏
Meanwhile in Strathclyde we'll still be waiting ⏲️
Tell your MSP to help speed things up 👇
📨 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde/#email
The process should be complete by 2029 👏
Meanwhile in Strathclyde we'll still be waiting ⏲️
Tell your MSP to help speed things up 👇
📨 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde/#email
Franchising a necessity for West Midlands buses - mayor
West Midlands mayor Richard Parker says the private sector model for buses has
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The English mayoral devolution system absolutely has its flaws, but comparable devolution at the Scottish municipal-level simply doesn't exist - and we're losing out as a result.
I actually didn't think Gregor Townsend was still capable of surprising me - but this is pretty much the best XV we have and he just... picked it.
February 5, 2026 at 12:18 PM
I actually didn't think Gregor Townsend was still capable of surprising me - but this is pretty much the best XV we have and he just... picked it.
Whoever is labour's best performer (answers on a postcard) needs to be on the phone to Ed Miliband to coordinate a joint run where Ed is the brains. If no such performer exists, Ed needs to run himself. His first speech begins by talking about his Dad fleeing Belgium to escape the far right...
February 5, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Whoever is labour's best performer (answers on a postcard) needs to be on the phone to Ed Miliband to coordinate a joint run where Ed is the brains. If no such performer exists, Ed needs to run himself. His first speech begins by talking about his Dad fleeing Belgium to escape the far right...
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They should keep punching this because people think it’s insanely racist & just weird and also because punching nazis is fun
Starmer challenges politicians "like the Reform candidate for Denton & Gorton who look at people like Rishi Sunak and Shabana Mahmood - and presumably Marcus Rashford, Shirley Bassey and Anas Sarwar - and say they can't really be English or Welsh or Scottish, because they are not white"
February 5, 2026 at 11:36 AM
They should keep punching this because people think it’s insanely racist & just weird and also because punching nazis is fun
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The thing is Mandelson is by far the worst example but it is astonishing to see the return of Dougie Alexander and Jacqui Smith, two utter wastes of space from the New Labour administration, and the looming presence of Yvette Cooper presented as "reassuring" and not "intellectually bankrupt."
this is vicious and correct www.economist.com/britain/2026...
February 5, 2026 at 10:58 AM
The thing is Mandelson is by far the worst example but it is astonishing to see the return of Dougie Alexander and Jacqui Smith, two utter wastes of space from the New Labour administration, and the looming presence of Yvette Cooper presented as "reassuring" and not "intellectually bankrupt."
Farage has spent the last decade telling us he's Trump's best mate. While the DOJ has cackhandedly masked Trump's names in the files, he's safe. But when it breaks, Farage will have to try and manoeuvre that he was never Trump's friend (obvs), just a vocal fanboy (of a predator).
February 5, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Farage has spent the last decade telling us he's Trump's best mate. While the DOJ has cackhandedly masked Trump's names in the files, he's safe. But when it breaks, Farage will have to try and manoeuvre that he was never Trump's friend (obvs), just a vocal fanboy (of a predator).
Labour preventing Andy Burnham from standing in Gorton and Denton to prevent a leadership challenge, only to lose the by election because the PM has already been ousted by events is... *chefs kiss*
I admit that I might be a bit tunnel visiony atm, but every day I wake up, read the news and think 'why did Labour think a short campaign in the Gorton and Denton by election would help them again'
February 4, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Labour preventing Andy Burnham from standing in Gorton and Denton to prevent a leadership challenge, only to lose the by election because the PM has already been ousted by events is... *chefs kiss*
Not guilty of one of the principle justifications for designation as a terror group? Big yikes for the government, who could have foreseen this?
Palestine Action protesters not guilty of defence firm burglary
The group are cleared of aggravated burglary over the alleged raid at an Elbit Systems warehouse.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Not guilty of one of the principle justifications for designation as a terror group? Big yikes for the government, who could have foreseen this?
Being forced (against my will) to watch every televised event in the Winter Olympics (against my will) to ensure I get value for money from my 3.99/month subscription (which I bought against my will) to Discovery+.
February 4, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Being forced (against my will) to watch every televised event in the Winter Olympics (against my will) to ensure I get value for money from my 3.99/month subscription (which I bought against my will) to Discovery+.
It'll be quite something when the Epstein file release, brought about by attempts to take down the US President, ends up taking down the British prime minister first
no hiding for the PM really, is there
February 4, 2026 at 10:31 AM
It'll be quite something when the Epstein file release, brought about by attempts to take down the US President, ends up taking down the British prime minister first
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Scotland's unjust transition is taking the form of a steady set of layoffs and closures in oil and gas and disappointments in renewables too. The pace of closure in oil and gas is being dictated by multinationals like Exxon and Petroineos, not by government.
February 3, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Scotland's unjust transition is taking the form of a steady set of layoffs and closures in oil and gas and disappointments in renewables too. The pace of closure in oil and gas is being dictated by multinationals like Exxon and Petroineos, not by government.
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Social media really has ruined Commons scrutiny in that nobody hunts in a pack anymore, it's just 'would the minister like to repeat his statement but for *my* Facebook clip' these days.
February 2, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Social media really has ruined Commons scrutiny in that nobody hunts in a pack anymore, it's just 'would the minister like to repeat his statement but for *my* Facebook clip' these days.