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Jonathan Wolff,
Political Philosopher.
Fellow British Academy
Emeritus Professor Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford
Wolfson College
President The Royal Institute of Philosophy
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Jonathan Wolff is a British philosopher. He is a Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy and Public Policy and Governing Body Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford. He was formerly the Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. Prior to his joining the Blavatnik School in 2016, Wolff's academic career had been spent at University College London (UCL), where he was, latterly, Professor of Philosophy and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. .. more

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Nov 21
I’ve changed my header photo to this one. It shows my father Herbert and his sister Lotte with their parents Fritz and Marta in their Frankfurt apartment before Herbert and Lotte were sent to England on the Kindertransport, and later Fritz and Marta transported to Lodz Ghetto, final fate unknown.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 4h
Social trust is the bedrock of a decent society.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 9h
Justice must not only not be done, it must also be seen not to be done.

Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 9h
Silicon Valley: Move fast and break things.

Socrates (in a dialogue called Acosta by Iris Murdoch if I recall correctly): In philosophy if you are not moving at a snail’s pace you are not moving at all.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 10h
So sad, so sad, so sad. If I say it enough I might believe it.
adambienkov.bsky.social Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10h
Morgan McSweeney is on the brink of resigning "on his own terms," according to the Sunday Times www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Andrew Scott, Jonathan Wolff

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10h
Morgan McSweeney is on the brink of resigning "on his own terms," according to the Sunday Times www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 10h
Trying to puzzle through why the British Royal Family got so close to the two most notorious paedophiles of modern times: Saville and Epstein. Lack of true friends leading to vulnerability exploited by masters of manipulation seeking cover through prestigious links?
waterblusky.bsky.social WaterBluSky 🇺🇸 🌻 🇺🇦 @waterblusky.bsky.social · 11h
New Epstein emails show how former Prince Andrew, and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson gave Jeffrey Epstein updates on their daughters. Ferguson also took Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie for lunch with Epstein while he was under house arrest.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHIl...
Ex Prince Andrew Exposed His Daughters to Epstein
YouTube video by Newsweek
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WaterBluSky 🇺🇸 🌻 🇺🇦 @waterblusky.bsky.social · 11h
New Epstein emails show how former Prince Andrew, and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson gave Jeffrey Epstein updates on their daughters. Ferguson also took Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie for lunch with Epstein while he was under house arrest.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHIl...
Ex Prince Andrew Exposed His Daughters to Epstein
YouTube video by Newsweek
www.youtube.com

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 11h
Now wondering if there’s any bloated plutocrat who feels left out because he’s not in the Epstein files.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 12h
Yes, from Equality. I’m re-reading. A lot about unequal education at school age. I don’t recall anything about adult education but will let you know if it appears!

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 12h
“What matters to a society is less what it owns than what it is and how it uses its possessions.” R.H. Tawney 1931

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 12h
I hear it’s hard to get grits in Italy.
hockeybroad.bsky.social HockeyBroad @hockeybroad.bsky.social · 1d
Not only did they bring a small private army, but among the waste of taxpayer money was BRINGING A FULL PLANE OF FOOD.

To *Italy*.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 13h
I didn’t make a mistake, says Trump, you did! (By electing me.)

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 13h
They seem to remove the leaves themselves!

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 15h
Lost in the mists of discarded labels unfortunately.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 15h
Hellebores still blithely ignoring world events.
Close up photo of purple hellebores in bloom.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 16h
Hahaha! It is a novel, I’ll give you that.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 17h
“a new kind of boiled sweet which had, embedded in its sugary mass, a raspberry-coloured swastika that literally melted in the mouth.”

From Sebald’s Austerlitz - Czech German border area 1933. Has Trump got his own sweet yet?

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 19h
Thanks Peter. Both literal and metaphorical, which as you know is a constant theme of mine. If London were to be abandoned by all but, say, those with four English grandparents I'm not sure how many there would be left here.

Reposted by Richard Pettigrew

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 20h
'Swift remarks that mankind may judge what Heaven thinks of riches by observing those upon whom it has been pleased to bestow them.' Tawney

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 22h
I pondered on how to phrase it. ‘London has no bedrock’ sounds like we are about to sink. It was explained to me that ‘London’s bedrock is gravel and clay’ - assuming bedrock means ‘supporting layer’ not ‘bed of rock’.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Gordon Brown very good on the BBC this morning. I know he got a lot of criticism as Prime Minister but consider his successors in office.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
The Epstein files are turning into one of those accidental historical archives of preserved records like the Oxyrhynchus Papyri Manuscript (fragments from 32BC–640AD found in an Egyptian rubbish dump). But instead of shopping lists, bills and horoscopes it’s the elite manipulating the system.
neimanmarxist.bsky.social Scott Patrick, PhD @neimanmarxist.bsky.social · 1d
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Don’t tell me that they are wasting all the money on anti-woke initiatives?

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Fantastic!!

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
The lesson coming from the Trump Regime at the moment is that everyone and everything is disposable, the future doesn’t matter, the past is what we say it was, and all that matters now is power & wealth for elite white men, and worship of the President. And if you object your life will be shredded.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d
Reform UK Worcestershire is in deep trouble.

Leader Jo Monk’s leadership has been chaos.

Now the council is facing ‘effective bankruptcy'

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform UK warns Worcestershire County Council is facing bankruptcy
Worcestershire County Council is asking for £71m in emergency support.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Imagine putting your faith in this man and then watching what he does. And then what he does. And then what he does. …

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HockeyBroad @hockeybroad.bsky.social · 1d
Not only did they bring a small private army, but among the waste of taxpayer money was BRINGING A FULL PLANE OF FOOD.

To *Italy*.
J.D. Vance and his family are attending the Winter Olympics in Milan with an exceptionally large security and logistics operation. Their entourage includes a fleet of 14 aircraft and a motorcade of 100 vehicles navigating tightly secured streets. Eleven of the planes are carrying his delegation, staff, former athletes, and security personnel, while one aircraft is dedicated solely to food supplies. Two additional planes transported armored vehicles across the Atlantic.

Reposted by Jonathan Wolff

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The Internet Ethics program--Markkula Center for Applied Ethics @iethics.bsky.social · 1d
"The White House initially defended the clip as an '#internet #meme video' and told critics to 'stop the fake outrage'... After a growing backlash, ... the post was removed from Trump's Truth Social account": bbc.com/news/article... #ethics #gov #socialmedia
Trump removes video with racist clip depicting Obamas as apes
The White House defended the post at first, calling to "stop the fake outrage", as members of both parties condemned the video.
bbc.com

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Democracy dies in Bevos.
benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 1d
The Washington Post—for which I wrote editorials for nearly a decade—has closed its Kyiv bureau.

@lawfaremedia.org has not—and we will not.

We now employ more people in Kyiv than the Washington Post.

Let me tell you about what we have done in Ukraine over the past year and why we are not leaving