James Harrison

@jameswharrison.bsky.social

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Ginger tertiary education policy wonk from Glasgow.

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James Harrison is a British academic who researches analysing the human rights and environmental impacts of economic laws and regulations. As of 2013, he was employed as associate professor and co-director of the Centre for Human Rights in Practice, School of Law, University of Warwick. .. more

Environmental science 41%

Political science 15%

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Hannah Cooper @hannahcooper.bsky.social · 7h

Budget day at last.

Donna Noble and the Doctor ask one another “Oh my God. Have you got any money?” “Er no. Haven’t you?”

James Harrison @jameswharrison.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe! The fact is the headlines for the interviews he does talks about "leaving NATO". Perhaps he should do more to be clearer if it's leaving folks like me in doubt

James Harrison @jameswharrison.bsky.social · 2d

Are either of them cooked?

James Harrison @jameswharrison.bsky.social · 2d

Also, they want to leave NATO. Fuck that.

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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.”

James Harrison @jameswharrison.bsky.social · 3d

I don't think words can encapsulate how much I despise Steve Witkoff.

James Harrison @jameswharrison.bsky.social · 5d

Next year, maybe they'll give the award to Tommy Robinson?

Honestly so disgusted by this.

The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 5d

For Women Scotland wins Public Campaign or Campaigner of the Year at The Herald Scottish Politician of the Year Awards 2025, in association with ScottishPower

www.heraldscotland.com/news...

#politicianawards25

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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 5d

This is appalling and what's worse you did it on Transgender Day of Remembrance. Every single person involved in this should be ashamed of themselves.

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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 5d

How many older journalists and papers look back at their role whipping up hatred against gay people like me in the 80's and 90's with pride and a sense they did right? Very few. So what do *you*, today's journos and papers, think your prospects are after re-running same campaign against trans folk?

James Harrison @jameswharrison.bsky.social · 5d

You're a disgrace.

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The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 5d

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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 6d

I mean come on: we'll ask but reserve right to exclude you on the basis of how you look. Oh, and if you try to use your birth sex specific facilities we'll kick you out of those as well.

Get fucked.

James Harrison @jameswharrison.bsky.social · 7d

That was the best game of football I've ever seen.

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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 7d

Yep, why not score a goal from your own half in the 98th minute?

James Harrison @jameswharrison.bsky.social · 8d

The gays demand a Hercules remake

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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 9d

I swear to god “More in Common” just seems to spend half their time laundering right wing bollocks.

The phrasing of the questions 1. Doesn’t deal with the most contentious bits of the policy and 2. Are phrased in the most flattering PR speak

Luke Tryl

Before the specifics of today’s asylum reforms were announced over the weekend we tested a series of potential changes to the asylum system based on the Danish model. We found strong support for each of the potential measures tested.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 11d

"Thank Heavens Reeves froze the thresholds," says the median voter in 2029 as they walk past the derelict sports centre and down the empty high street to cast their vote.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11d

English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books

Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care English councils are planning to sell social clubs, sports centres and shopping arcades as they bet on a fire sale of assets to balance the books, according to a survey of local authorities. The key cities group of councils, which represents second-tier cities in England, said 60% of councils were planning to sell assets to meet the escalating costs of adult and children’s social care. Continue reading...

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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 11d

Someone should ask Starmer and Mahmood whether they think the Kindertransport, for example, should have been a return ticket. Whether Alf Dubs, rather than becoming a Labour MP and now Lord, ought to have been sent back with his family to Czechoslovakia once it was liberated from German rule.

Daniel Trilling @trillingual.bsky.social · 11d

This contribution to the volume of human misery is yet another policy from Labour based on a false premise, in this case that refugees are overly attracted to Britain. It will increase bureaucratic limbo, thus making worse the problem of "cohesion" it purports to solve.
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

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Daniel Trilling @trillingual.bsky.social · 11d

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

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Michael Goodier @michaelgoodier.bsky.social · 11d

If you get made a traitor your charity should switch and the money should go towards ppe medpro or saudi aramco or palantir or some otherwise evil company in order to up the stakes of the game

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 12d

Blimey. Major new split in Your Party. Blackburn MP Adnan Hussain -who is secretary of the Your Party company - says he's quitting due to "persistent infighting, factional competition, and a struggle for power, position and influence rather than a shared commitment to the common good."

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 12d

This is why we should protect the BBC.

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 12d

I now call to order the first meeting of the ancient mystic society of No Zarahs

Your Party
@thisisyourparty

*Statement from the Independent Alliance of
MPs*
"Your Party's founding purpose is to stand for the many against the few who hold the wealth and power in our country. Thousands of ordinary people have given their time and money to build a real alternative to endless cuts and endless war.
"A dedicated team of volunteers has been working on a shoestring budget to deliver a founding conference at the end of the month.
Their efforts are heroic, but without funding Your Party's capacity has been severely restricted. Hundreds of thousands of pounds were donated to the party by supporters in good faith, but have since remained beyond its reach. This has been extremely frustrating and disheartening.

"A small portion of these funds was today transferred to Your Party. This is insufficient.
We will continue to pursue the immediate transfer of all the money that was donated by supporters to get a new party off the ground, alongside a resolution to outstanding legal issues.
"Building a democratic party from the ground up was never going to be smooth sailing.
Some of the difficulties we have faced were inevitable, but others were deliberate acts.
"Our focus remains on delivering a historic founding conference, so we can turn outward to offer a popular alternative based on public ownership, wealth taxes and solidarity.
There's no time to lose."
Shockat Adam MP
Jeremy Corbyn MP
Adnan Hussain MP
Ayoub Khan MP
labal Mohamed MP

James Harrison @jameswharrison.bsky.social · 13d

You know this list is chronological and not in order of preference right?

James Harrison @jameswharrison.bsky.social · 14d

And my sister in law used to work for him! He was lovely apparently

James Harrison @jameswharrison.bsky.social · 14d

Me when I hear Keir Starmer is about to face a leadership challenge.

Vs

Me when I hear the challenger is Wes Streeting.

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IGN @ign.com · 14d

Not Philomena Cunk herself, but actress Diane Morgan will be joining the Disney+ series VisionQuest. But really when you think about it, aren’t they the same person? Aren’t we all just “characters?” And is life just one big Marvel TV show? bit.ly/4oIsSfy

Diane Morgan aka Philomena Cunk Is Joining the Cast of VisionQuest

James Harrison @jameswharrison.bsky.social · 14d

Me when I hear Keir Starmer is about to face a leadership challenge.

Vs

Me when I hear the challenger is Wes Streeting.

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 16d

Billie Piper announced as the new BBC Director General but we've got to wait until next Christmas to find out why.

James Harrison @jameswharrison.bsky.social · 18d

Another insane week of Traitors drama and Big Brother evictions.

Another day of wanting to call my sister to talk about it all but remembering I can't. 💔

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