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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 1h

Yes, all good, although retirement seems a good option in the current insanity of HE

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 2h

Absolutely disgraceful.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump envoy Witkoff reportedly advised Kremlin official on Ukraine peace deal

Steve Witkoff spoke to Yuri Ushakov on territorial control and suggested congratulating Donald Trump and framing talks more optimistically, audio recording suggests

www.theguardian.com

Dr Bendor Grosvenor FRHistS @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social · 11h

It's 2029, and a Reform government has sworn in its first batch of politically appointed judges. Suddenly, the Labour Party remembers why jury trials mattered.

weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 13h

Farage is refusing any investigation into links between Reform UK and Russia.

Gosh, I wonder why? It's a mystery.

www.thenational.scot/news/2564728...

Nigel Farage rules out any investigation into Reform UK links with Russia

REFORM UK leader Nigel Farage said he will not investigate any Russian links within his party, stating that he is “not a police force” ...

www.thenational.scot

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 13h

Let’s hope so, but hardly a trend on this evidence

Mark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · 16h

Change in Reform rating between latest and previous poll from each pollster in recent polls:

YouGov -2
Opinium -1
Find Out Now -1
Focaldata -2
More in Common -1
Lord Ashcroft -3
Freshwater -3
JL Partners -1
Ipsos -1

This is starting to look like a trend...

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 13h

That’s Nige for you. Charlatans and frauds tend to be dishonest

Paul @fucktheracists.bsky.social · 13h

Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate.

Former classmate of Nigel Farage has told the BBC the Reform UK leader is being "fundamentally dishonest"

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nigel Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate

Peter Ettedgui tells the BBC Nigel Farage targeted antisemitic abuse at him when they were teenagers.

www.bbc.co.uk

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 13h

It has a rawer edge to it than Floyd, I think. The guitarist, Bjorn Riis, has produced some fine solo albums too. How are you? I saw you across a crowded room at the BERA AGM last year.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 13h

🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 47,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 50,000 tonight. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Paul @fucktheracists.bsky.social · 13h

Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate.

Former classmate of Nigel Farage has told the BBC the Reform UK leader is being "fundamentally dishonest"

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nigel Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate

Peter Ettedgui tells the BBC Nigel Farage targeted antisemitic abuse at him when they were teenagers.

www.bbc.co.uk

Mark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · 16h

Change in Reform rating between latest and previous poll from each pollster in recent polls:

YouGov -2
Opinium -1
Find Out Now -1
Focaldata -2
More in Common -1
Lord Ashcroft -3
Freshwater -3
JL Partners -1
Ipsos -1

This is starting to look like a trend...

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.

We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media

Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls

www.theguardian.com

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 1d

Now nearly 34000 signatures

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.

Please sign and share 🙏

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy

We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...

petition.parliament.uk

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 1d

Black Friday is a con. A recent featured BF deal for micro spikes in an email from an outdoor retailer was £70 - RRP and £12 more expensive than deals last week on the same product

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Black Friday discounts fail to offer cheapest prices, Which? research finds

Products sold by retailers including John Lewis and Very among those cheaper outside of November discount period

www.theguardian.com

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 1d

On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women - and on every day - we all need to shout out against this abomination

Doc Sarah Lonsdale @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social · 1d

Latest UN Femicide statistics show that last year 50,000 women and girls- 137 EVERY DAY - are killed by someone known to them, usually a male partner, or close male relative. For so many women being at home is an utterly terrifying experience.
Femicides in 2024: share.google/mv3FktspmdNy...

Femicides in 2024: Global estimates of intimate partner/family member femicides

This report presents new global estimates of gender-related killings. Around 50,000 women and girls were killed by intimate partners or family members in 2024—about 60 per cent of all female homicides...

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Bossy headline from The Times letting Farage insist his “Hitler was right” racism was just ‘banter’.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.

Farage: Teen comments were banter, not racism

Extract:

However, he added:
"I've never
directly racially abused anybody. No." Suggesting the motivation behind the claims was
"political disagreements" with some of his private school peers, Farage denied having "ever been part of an extremist organisation or engaged in direct, unpleasant personal abuse, genuine abuse, on that basis".
Pressed on whether he would say categorically he did not racially abuse fellow pupils, Parage said: "I would never; ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way.
Asked whether he had said things to fellow pupils that he had not intended to be hurtful or racist, but they took it that way, he said: "I hope not.
And asked whether he had said things at school that people might have taken offence at, he replied: "Without any shadow of a doubt.
He said he would not apologise to anyone because he did not think that he had done anything that hurt anyone,

Doc Sarah Lonsdale @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social · 1d

Latest UN Femicide statistics show that last year 50,000 women and girls- 137 EVERY DAY - are killed by someone known to them, usually a male partner, or close male relative. For so many women being at home is an utterly terrifying experience.
Femicides in 2024: share.google/mv3FktspmdNy...

Femicides in 2024: Global estimates of intimate partner/family member femicides

This report presents new global estimates of gender-related killings. Around 50,000 women and girls were killed by intimate partners or family members in 2024—about 60 per cent of all female homicides...

share.google

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 1d

We need more nature activism like this

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement

At Maple Farm, nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. All due to the vision of a group determined to accelerate its recovery

www.theguardian.com

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.

Please sign and share 🙏

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy

We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...

petition.parliament.uk

Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 1d

Gender-based violence has no place in a free and equal society.
No woman or girl should have to live in fear.

On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we call for an end to all forms of violence and affirm the right for every women to live in safety and dignity.

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s ‘peace plan’ was a pro-Kremlin abomination whose failure is a glimmer of hope for Ukraine

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump’s ‘peace plan’ was a pro-Kremlin abomination whose failure is a glimmer of hope for Ukraine | Rajan Menon

Following criticism, the president accused Ukraine of ingratitude but also added the plan was ‘not my final offer’. Which parts of it will survive?, says Rajan Menon of the City College of New York

www.theguardian.com

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 1d

Farage didn’t intend to be racist when he routinely hurled racist abuse at people. No apology, no remorse and presumably little change in his attitudes

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nigel Farage responds to racism claims saying he never ‘tried to hurt anybody’

Reform leader denies racist or antisemitic behaviour ‘with intent’ at school, but says he can’t remember everything from 49 years ago

www.theguardian.com

Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 1d

Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.

He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics

Toby Young to Address Orbán-Backed Group on UK ‘Censorship’

Conservative peer and right-wing commentator Toby Young is due to deliver a talk tomorrow (25 November) at the in-house think tank of Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán. Young is being interviewed by Mat...

www.desmog.com

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 1d

Ukraine makes significant changes to US ‘peace plan’, sources say

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Ukraine makes significant changes to US ‘peace plan’, sources say

Some of Russia’s maximalist demands have been removed from original 28-point proposal, it is understood

www.theguardian.com

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 1d

Good old-fashioned British corruption

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Two peers suspended from House of Lords for breaking lobbying rules

Lord Evans of Watford and Lord Dannatt were filmed breaking rules in undercover footage recorded by Guardian

www.theguardian.com

Craig McGowan @craigmcg.bsky.social · 2d

Ridgeline at sunrise.

Starting the day at 10,000’.
#photography #nature #landscapephotography

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 3d

Chris de Bore

Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 3d

The last few hours have proven 2 terrible things. First, the US and Russian governments are so close that the US government takes large parts of Russian proposals and passes them off as their own, and second that some people are so desperate to exonerate Trump that they act like this a good thing.

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 3d

I almost feel sorry for MTG - but not quite. She does seem to have principles, despite being unhinged - unlike the criminal orange moron

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

From staunch Trump ally to ‘traitor’: key takeaways of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s career

The Georgia representative said on Friday she was resigning from office effective January 2026

www.theguardian.com

Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 4d

"We are constantly finding those gaps in the hedges, small spaces where we can reshape curriculum and pedagogy to meet the diverse needs of twenty-first century learners. Yet while our practice evolves, assessment procedures have not kept pace."

www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

School autonomy shouldn’t mean having to find ‘gaps in hedges’

If we want to be a truly inclusive education system, the assessment and accountability frameworks that penalise inclusion need to be changed, argues this headteacher

www.tes.com

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 4d

Magnificent Norwegian prog

Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 4d

Just released today by Airbag - the best live album I’ve heard in a long time

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