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John Foot
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Historian specialised in contemporary Italy - has published books on Italian football, radical psychiatry (Franco Basaglia), Fascism. Book on the Red Brigades out in 2025. John-foot.com

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John Mackintosh Foot is an English academic historian specialising in Italy.

Source: Wikipedia
Political science 38%
Sociology 32%
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K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 1d
Robbie Gibb describes the BBC's Political Editor Chris Mason as the "unsung hero of covering politics" and "absolutely first rate" Highly impartial Robbie Gibb:
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BBC Board Member Robbie Gibb: ‘Completely Impartial’
BBC Board Member Robbie Gibb: ‘Completely Impartial’ Robbie Gibb a senior figure at the BBC has long run a dual role as a Tory activist and influencer and a BBC journalist. Appearing before MPs on …
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2d
RIP Jimmy Cliff
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 3d
Spurs launching it long at every free kick was quite sad.

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 3d
I wonder if they also agree that 6 January was a coup attempt?
markhamillofficial.bsky.social Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 3d
Are those "MANY GREAT LEGAL SCHOLARS" in the room with you right now, Piggy?

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 3d
Are those "MANY GREAT LEGAL SCHOLARS" in the room with you right now, Piggy?

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The Detroiter @detroiter.bsky.social · 3d
The Lions have looked like ass since the players did the trump dance, just sayin

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Daily Cannon @dailycannon.com · 3d
Eze asked about how, if the summer had went differently, he could have been a Spurs player. "let's not think about that" he said

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 3d
Michael Oliver has decided he won't book anyone in the first half.

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 3d
There is no such thing as 'a tifo'.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 3d
There are some truly unhinged bits in the piece about Glasman, as to be expected when dealing with Glasman, but seriously what the actual? That's...one hell of a conflation of terminology.
Even the term “progressive” makes Lord Glasman shudder. His mother died of progressive supranuclear palsy. “Every word of that condition is terrible. She lost all her bodily functions, yet her brain remained intact, leaving her a mute witness to her own demise. It took six years to kill her, and to cure me of any fantasy that ‘progressive’ is desirable.”

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 3d
'It is notable that in the last Research Excellence Framework exercise the Department of American Studies at Nottingham was ranked third in the Area Studies unit of assessment and was one of the top-performing units across the whole of the University of Nottingham.' 1/2
hlmurray.bsky.social Dr Hannah Murray @hlmurray.bsky.social · 15d
RED ALERT: the University of Nottingham is threatening to close its Department of American Studies, putting all staff at risk of redundancy, and ending any American specialist knowledge in the Faculty of Arts.

Sign the petition here to save jobs:
www.change.org/p/save-ameri...
Sign the Petition
SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 4d
That weird thing Guardiola does when he is angry when he forces some player on the other side to listen to him ranting for ages and ages.

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 4d
If Keir is challenged, and doesn't stand down, and it goes to the members, he will get Liz Kendall's 4%.

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 4d
No shit.

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 4d
The England cricket team are the Your Party of sport.

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 4d
I wish Your Party (whoever they are now) would just admit that they completely fucked it up and disband. Nobody is ever going to take them seriously.

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 4d
Scorsese documentary fails to point out the The King of Comedy is a masterpiece. Up there in any list of his five best films in my opinion (Mean Streets, Raging Bull, Alice, Taxi Driver, King of Comedy).

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d
Four top Labour figures could beat Starmer in a leadership race, poll finds
Four top Labour figures could beat Starmer in a leadership race, poll finds
Research shows members would back Andy Burnham, Ed Miliband, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting over PM Andy Burnham, Ed Miliband, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting would all win a head-to-head leadership contest against Keir Starmer, according to a poll of Labour members. Research conducted by Survation for LabourList found that Burnham and Rayner would defeat the prime minister by considerable margins, while Streeting and Miliband would have a slight advantage but within the margin of error. Continue reading...
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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 4d
It is not 'gaslighting' to oppose discriminatory and cruel refugee and migration policies.

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Forbes @forbes.com · 4d
The president had a record net worth of $7.3 billion in September.
Trump’s Net Worth Drops $1.1 Billion
The president had a record net worth of $7.3 billion in September.
www.forbes.com

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 4d
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.

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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 4d
The Home Secretary explaining that the rise in racist violence is, actually, the natural response to higher levels of immigration is a state of affairs that can't exist without the government having largely decided that racist violence is, if not legitimate, at least understandable.

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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 5d
the country whose bureaucrats got their King to invite Trump for [very Nicholas Witchell voice] an unprecedented second State Visit, probably needs to let this pass www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Swiss gold and Rolex gifts to Trump arouse ‘disgust’ in Europe
Billionaires gave desk clock and engraved gold bar weeks before Trump slashed tariffs on imports from Switzerland
www.theguardian.com

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 5d
Farage crony Nathan Gill gets 10.5 year sentence for taking bribes from Russia www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 5d
It is indisputable that Brexit has been an economic disaster, and notable that none of its political architects have paid any price.
bloomberg.com Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 5d
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 6d
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

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 6d
Not to mention the bad omens from 1958!
interpodcast.bsky.social Richard Hall (Inter podcast & TV) @interpodcast.bsky.social · 6d
The recent 0-0 draw between Italy and Northern Ireland was from the previous World Cup cycle (November 2021) and was the result that officially pushed Italy into the disastrous 2022 World Cup playoffs (where they lost to North Macedonia). 

What are your thoughts on the #Azzurri 🟢⚪️🔴

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Richard Hall (Inter podcast & TV) @interpodcast.bsky.social · 6d
The recent 0-0 draw between Italy and Northern Ireland was from the previous World Cup cycle (November 2021) and was the result that officially pushed Italy into the disastrous 2022 World Cup playoffs (where they lost to North Macedonia). 

What are your thoughts on the #Azzurri 🟢⚪️🔴

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6d
An important part of the job for any WH Press Secretary is to clean up remarks made by the president or offer explanation/context or apology when warranted. But Leavitt never does that. She always crafts a response that makes it even worse by adding her own toxic twist.

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 6d
Any Labour MP who vote through these obscene proposals should never be allowed to forget it.