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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 10h

The Green Party now has 124,000 members, more than the Conservative Party.

Lauren McCann @laurenmccann.bsky.social · 11h

Had a ball last weekend at the wonderful #CheltLitFest 🤩 Brought back great lessons & memories - & seemingly #Covid 🤧
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/festivals/li...

Literature Festival | Cheltenham Festivals

Cheltenham Literature Festival 2025 is happening now!10–19 October 2025The wait is over – the Festival is in full swing! With 400+ events and 500 speakers,

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Lauren McCann @laurenmccann.bsky.social · 12h

Healthy & helpful to have the opportunity to hear different perspectives to issues on #bbcaa #AnyAnswers www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Any Answers? - 18/10/2025 - BBC Sounds

Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions?

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Christina Lattimer @christinalattimer.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent points from Ash Sarkar on #bbcqt - privatisation and private equity involvement in what should be public services are bleeding our country dry.

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Canary Clips - Question Time - 16th October 2025 - Ash Sarkar (lack of investment and balanced econ

YouTube video by Canary

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Lauren McCann @laurenmccann.bsky.social · 1d

#bbcqt We need FAIR taxation to fund decent public services.

Lauren McCann @laurenmccann.bsky.social · 2d

#bbcqt

Diana @ditotts.bsky.social · 2d

If the Tories knew all about running the economy we should have been ‘firing on all cylinders’ after 14yrs of their ‘expertise’.
#bbcqt

Lauren McCann @laurenmccann.bsky.social · 2d

Ash Sarker is the best panellist on the show tonight #bbcqt

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Lauren McCann @laurenmccann.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting. Can you explain, Iain? I’d like to understand.

Lauren McCann @laurenmccann.bsky.social · 2d

I’ll put money on the school hosting #bbcqt being private/independent.

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Lauren McCann @laurenmccann.bsky.social · 2d

#bbcqt Go Ash!

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 2d

"Privatisation is a failed experiment which takes all our money and pays it out to shareholders."

Do we pay enough tax for good Public Services?

Can you see the problem?

They are not Public, so they will never be good no matter how much you spend.

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Lauren McCann @laurenmccann.bsky.social · 2d

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Lauren McCann @laurenmccann.bsky.social · 2d

#bbcqt

Madame Defarge @labma02.bsky.social · 2d

Can someone remind new Tory Matthew Syed just who destroyed our manufacturing base back in the 1980s?
#bbcqt

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Lauren McCann @laurenmccann.bsky.social · 2d

#bbcqt @matthewsyed.bsky.social Thatcher (Tories) sold off the UK’s manufacturing base which is why we build so little these days…

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Lauren McCann @laurenmccann.bsky.social · 2d

#bbcqt If we want decent public services, we need to pay tax to fund them - see Scandi countries where higher taxes fund decent services #TaxesFundServices

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Lauren McCann @laurenmccann.bsky.social · 2d

Does #Trump still really think Putin has any interest in peace in #Ukraine?!

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Lauren McCann @laurenmccann.bsky.social · 6d

And that’s a wrap for me for #CheltLitFest 2025. It’s been a super weekend of varied events! Rounded off today with The Times Live, Universities Under Fire, & Masculinity & the Manosphere. All interesting, informative & illuminating - plenty of food for thought. Thanks to everyone involved 🤩 #Books

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 6d

Last week on Wonkhe: For Leanne Timpson, asking questions of students – even if it is uncomfortable – is a catalyst for student inquiry and deeper learning

Not knowing is the start of learning

For Leanne Timpson, asking questions of students – even if it is uncomfortable – is a catalyst for student inquiry and deeper learning

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 6d

Last week on Wonkhe: Elsewhere in the world HE institutions jointly buy technology platforms – could the same happen here? Debbie McVitty explores the case for join-up on digital assessment

The case for collaborative purchasing of digital assessment technology

Elsewhere in the world HE institutions jointly buy technology platforms – could the same happen here? Debbie McVitty explores the case for join-up on digital assessment

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Lauren McCann @laurenmccann.bsky.social · 6d

Really looking forward to this event shortly #CheltLitFest #UniversitiesUnderFire #UCU @ucu.org.uk #HigherEducation #HE #UK
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The Sunday Times Debate: Universities Under Fire | Cheltenham Festivals

Has repeated interference from successive governments put the UK’s world-class higher education system at risk? British universities face unprecedented cha

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Lauren McCann @laurenmccann.bsky.social · 6d

Absolutely! Great event - an hour wasn’t long enough! It’s all in the book 🤣

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Lauren McCann @laurenmccann.bsky.social · 7d

Another excellent day at #CheltLitFest Enjoyed Daniel Finkelstein talking to Jonathan Sumption, the Times Debate: Make Britain Great Again, Deborah Frances-White (The Guilty Feminist) on six discussions we should have. Rounded the day off with Richard Curtis chatting to his old buddy Ben Elton!

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Lauren McCann @laurenmccann.bsky.social · 7d

Super first day at #CheltLitFest 2025 🤩
@peterfrankopan.bsky.social on #SilkRoads, @michaelpalin.bsky.social on Venezuela, #TheElectionGenerals, Giuliano da Empoli on the rise of autocrats & tech billionaires, Mark Kermode & Jenny Nelson on movie soundtracks. More today #HappyPlace #Books

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Matthew Wilding | Old Devils on Kickstarter until 10/22! @matthewwilding.bsky.social · 8d

Fun fact: Bluesky is outperforming Twitter on conversions for my Kickstarter by 900%.

Despite it having the most followers of any platform for me, Twitter is converting at lower numbers than EVERY OTHER social media platform I'm using (Facebook, Threads, Instagram, Bluesky).

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 7d

Fiction ‘brings lectures to life’ as academics face empty classes: University ‘whodunnit’ inspired by attempts to tackle poor attendance as scholars look for novel ways to engage mainstream audiences. Juliette Rowsell reports
https://ow.ly/WUfi50X9CYI

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Lauren McCann @laurenmccann.bsky.social · 8d

Super start to #CheltLitFest @CheltLitFest 2025 enjoying the fabulous @peterfrankopan.bsky.social sharing his expertise about #TheSilkRoads. Hugely illuminating, covered a lot of content very engagingly. Book on my TBR pile - must read! Thanks Peter #RockstarAcademic

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