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Louise, Prof/Dr
@louiselocock.bsky.social
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Mostly retired qualitative health services researcher, linguist, europhile, cat lover. Other animals welcome.
Mostly in Oxford, occasionally in Aberdeen
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8109-1930
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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · Sep 22
#Antifa British style
Captain Mainwaring in Dad's Army, advising Private Pike not to tell his name to a German spy by saying 'Don't tell him, Pike'.
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03 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Durham University, England

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03 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Durham University, England - Vacancy Edu
Durham University, England invites online Application for various Postdoctoral Fellowship in their different Departments. We are providing a list of Postdoc
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November 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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carolecadwalla.bsky.social
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.

Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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buckmeister.bsky.social
The issue is not, of course, whether Farage is racist. The evidence there is plain to see. The issue is that we have a press and national broadcaster who will not call a spade a spade and seek to indulge Farage whenever they are able.
pickardje.bsky.social Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 3h
new allegation concerning Farage’s behaviour when he was 18 years old
Another contemporary yesterday accused the Reform leader of being a "complete liar". Andy Field, a GP who was two years below Farage at Dulwich, said he had directly witnessed racial abuse from the Reform UK leader. He told BBC Radio Four's World at One he had been contacted on social media by people "who were nine years old and Nigel Farage, when he was 18 years old, marched frequently into the playground where they were playing and they were told to 'go back to Africa'. Others were singled out for being Jewish." Field, who said he did not have political affiliations, added: "T'd see him goose-stepping through the playground and Nazi saluting on many occasions — that was quite a common occurrence. I'd also heard him saying things like Hitler was right and you escaped the gas chamber." In correspondence with The
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM
louiselocock.bsky.social
The ridiculous claim that if you don't want one of these flags outside your home you can 'report it to the council' - who will do nothing. But if you take it down it's theft. So are they going to report the theft and thus admit they put up something they own without council permission?
kerry10.bsky.social Kerry @kerry10.bsky.social · 3h
Rip them down everytime!.
Take them off, I am sick of this racist bullshit.

They don't even have permission to put them up and no they are not getting donations, the far right fuckers behind this behaviour are the one that are donating and funding it.
The councils have no balls!
Rip them down.
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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kerry10.bsky.social
Rip them down everytime!.
Take them off, I am sick of this racist bullshit.

They don't even have permission to put them up and no they are not getting donations, the far right fuckers behind this behaviour are the one that are donating and funding it.
The councils have no balls!
Rip them down.
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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nisreenalwan.bsky.social
Good morning, while everyone is waiting for the budget to be announced it’s a good time to say that immigration is a source of prosperity for the UK and painting Britain as a hostile state is sabotaging the country. Thanks!
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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rbreich.bsky.social
This is how our government has been corrupted:

1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat

We must get big money out of politics.

It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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eberlmat.bsky.social
How to legitimise invading a smaller country with a smaller army. Bad news for Ukraine, Taiwan, Gaza, Greenland, Panama and Venezuela.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
Q: You're not worried that Witkoff is too pro-Russian?

TRUMP: Look, ahh -- this war could go on for years. Russia has got a lot more people. A lot more soldiers. So I think if Ukraine can make a deal it's a good thing.
November 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
louiselocock.bsky.social
Farage's teachers knew
snig.bsky.social Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · Oct 1
Nigel Farage has been a lifelong racist. He's been a racist since his school days. David Lammy was forced to apologise for saying Farage flirted with the Hitler Youth - but what do you call it when someone sings Hitler Youth songs? Read Chloe Deakin's letter on Farage's fascism and racism at school.
From Chloe Denkin 01-734 1717 and 1778 E3 ALBANY PICCADILLY WIV ORH 4th June 1981 Dear Master, I am happy to say that I am not acquainted with N. P. Farage, of ASRY happy, because judging from hereporis i haveter ceived he is not someone with whom I would wish to be acquainted; and becaure I am, therefore, able to write on the ground of no personal prejedice, but on that conceraing p. inciple. You will recati that at the recent, and longthy, moeting about the selection of prefects, the nomads by a hegy that Sara was "a fascist, but that was no reason why ho would not make a good prefect" invoked considerable reaction from members of the Common Room. Another collesgue, who teaches the boy, des-cribed his publicly professed racist and neo-fascist views; and he citod a particular inciler in which Farage was so offensive to a boy in his set, that he had to be removed from the lesson. This mastor stated his view that that behaviour was precisely why the boy should not he made a prefect. Yet another colleague deseribed how, at a CCE camp organized by the College, Farage and others had marched through a quiet Sussex village very late at night shout-in Hitler-you songs; and when it was suggested by a master thie boys who expressed such views "don't really mean them", the College Chaplain himself commented that, on the contrary, in his experience views of that kind expressed by boys of that age are onted, and are mennt, At the end of that meeting I had not a scintilla of doubt that after the facts disclosed to you, Farage's nomination would no longer be considered. Nor, I imagine, had my colleagues; other-wise, we would have expressed ourselves even more strongly. But yesterday I was told by a senior boy, in terms of st that Farage was indeed to be selected; and today, of course, his appointment was announced in Assembly an announcement, I gather, which was met with disbelief and derision. To say that is too late to reverse this decision, or that Farage', acdir 3 will be restricted to particular areas of College te, or that he will be supervised within them, is futile. His appointment will have four immediate consequences. First, it will vastly increase his own confidence, and sense of self-justification. Secondly, he will have the privilege of listing his appointment as a profect at Dulwich College in his uni-versity and other applications. Thirdly, his peers, according to their own views, will either adopt him as an exemplar, or, as is much more likely, regard his appointment with disillusionment and cynicism when Ley observe that his notorious views and behaviour, well known to poth Master and members of the staff, are, as it would aptent, condoned by them. Fourthly, those members of the Common Room, such as myself, who believed that a firm daca fon had been reached through a democratic process, will be shock, saddened, angered, and disheartened. You will appreciate that I regard this as a very serious matter. i have often heard you tell our senior boys that they are the nation's future leaders. It is our collective responsibility to ensure that these lenders are enlightened and compassionate. As you know, the national and educational press has recently given much prominence to the growing concern at the exploitation of school pupils by extremists of all kinds. A school of the stature and high roputation of Dulwich College which openly con-domned the recent troubles in Brixton, and offered its facilities freely to the foreca of law and order, ought not to be seen laside or outside its confines to be giving its endorsement, expressly or by implication, to budding extremists of the opposite kind. A school which is proud of its selectiveness, conservatism, and discipline, cught not to allow these characteristics to degen erate into intolerance, political extremism, or bullying of the nastiest kind, in its pupils. The matter of the appointment of Farage as a prefect may be thought by some to be minuscule against these deep considerations. It is not so. I am by disposition, tolerant; and in politics, moderate. But as a member of the Common Room, I find it distasteful that a boy such as Farage should have bestowed upon him the prestige of office and authority: wore I a parent or a pupil, I would find it profoundly so. In view, as I am aware, of the wide concern within the College about this matter, I am sending a copy of this letter to the chairman of the Common Room. Yours very sincerely, David Emms, Esq., MA, The Master of Dulwich College.
November 26, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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bencoates1.bsky.social
A small but significant step: Dutch national broadcaster NOS is leaving X.

“The volume of hateful comments and disinformation on X is enormous and flows freely. This also applies under our own posts, meaning we unintentionally contribute to their spread”

over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
NOS plaatst vanaf vandaag geen nieuwsberichten meer op X - Over NOS
De NOS en Nieuwsuur (NOS/NTR) zijn gestopt met posten op X. Het platform past niet meer bij onze visie op...
over.nos.nl
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
louiselocock.bsky.social
I despair. Continuing to get all the juicy rewards and honours despite everything he's done - especially the mendacious Vote Leave campaign which has left us in such a deep financial hole.
josiahmortimer.bsky.social Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 21h
The former Conservative Levelling Up Secretary and now editor of the Spectator, Michael Gove, has been selected as a judge for the 2026 Orwell Prize awards, despite his record of dodging media scrutiny and allegations of ‘stifling’ critical journalists
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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fife4europe.bsky.social
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
"For a century, the BBC has been our classroom, our concert hall, our stage, our storyteller and our window on the world. Politicians need reminding: its much more than a news channel."
Defending our national treasure: the voice of the nation
Politicians see the BBC through the lens of TV news, but those who want to undermine it threaten a central plank of our national culture
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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drkatemarvel.bsky.social
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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stephenkb.bsky.social
Why the two-child limit has to go, in a chart.
A chart showing child poverty in the UK increasing sharply if the two child limit remains in place, and falling if it is scrapped.
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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oxfordclarion.bsky.social
A 39-year old man from the Guildford area has been arrested in connection with the Kidlington fly tip, following investigations by the Environment Agency and the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit. EA director Anna Burns called it “the first step in delivering justice for residents”.
Kidlington waste mountain
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
louiselocock.bsky.social
Very sad. The City Farm is a lovely little oasis run by a charity to 'grow food and community' and provide 'opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds to engage with farming and food production, animals, nature and each other.'
This is a huge financial and emotional loss for them.
oxfordclarion.bsky.social Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 20h
Oxford City Farm was broken into on Saturday night. Approximately £2,200 of pork (120kg) was stolen after three storage areas were forcibly entered. The meat was from two pigs carefully reared over the summer by the farm’s dedicated volunteers and staff.
www.oxfordcityfarm.org.uk/latest-news/...
PRESS RELEASE — Oxford City Farm
Oxford City Farm Suffers Devastating Break-In and Theft
www.oxfordcityfarm.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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New fully funded PhD opportunity to come and work with me at the University of Glasgow exploring the role of data-driven interventions (audit and feedback) to improve environmental sustainability of the NHS. Deadline to apply: 12th Jan 2026.

Find out more here:
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November 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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November 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
louiselocock.bsky.social
This really is dreadful. I'm so sorry a distinguished lecturer has been treated this way by our national broadcaster. Just unacceptable.
rutgerbregman.com Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 1d
This sentence was taken out of a lecture they commissioned, reviewed through the full editorial process, and recorded four weeks ago in front of 500 people in the BBC Radio Theatre.

I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
November 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
louiselocock.bsky.social
BBC censoring its own Reith Lecturer. Jaw droppingly bad.
rutgerbregman.com Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 1d
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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t0nyyates.bsky.social
Although you didn't need it - given their unqualified support for everything Trump is doing in the US - it's a hint of how Reform would treat the norms of democracy in the UK if they got into power.
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨

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November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
louiselocock.bsky.social
Celebrity fun
dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 11d
THREAD. In her exclusive interview in today's Daily Telegraph Magazine, the actor, influencer and designer Philippa Islington-Smythe (pictured) discusses the price of fame, her controversial new perfume, working with Margot Robbie and how becoming a parent changed her perspective on the world...
Philippa Islington-Smythe - aka my cat Roscoe - hanging out at home
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
louiselocock.bsky.social
It matters BECAUSE his fans love it
adambienkov.bsky.social Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d
All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.

It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM