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Pam Jarvis

@drpam.bsky.social

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#FBPE, Author, Journalist, Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow British Psychological Society, Historian, Educator.

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · Aug 31

‘Imaginative storytelling & unexpected plotlines top off a brilliant read. Someone needs to make a movie!

‘If you, like me, are not quite sure where humanity is heading, and how that relates to the past, I guarantee you will love this book.’

5* ‘On Time for Eco’ amzn.eu/d/fNlanMa

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Mr D Brian @dbrian2.bsky.social · 3h

Shades of this: vm.tiktok.com/ZNdWutNCe/

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 3h

Yes but only because it suited a lot of key players to look the other way, then and now. Trails like this suggest that many elements were farcical.

The Russia connection: defying gravity, reality … and treason?

Why is Gavin Williamson being given a knighthood now? A chain of events with a Russian connection might explain this baffling decision

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 3h

📌Imagine how different the optics would be if Joe Biden shut down the United States Government, fired workers, jeopardized healthcare, ordered troops into our streets, threatened NATO allies, and then escaped to Israel looking for people to kiss his ass.

He'd be endlessly pilloried by the press.

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 5h

Reform -capital R!

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 5h

It’s so depressing. And it’s one of the issues driving people towards reform.

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Steve @stephenh.bsky.social · 6h

Now you see why the current “misconduct in public office” offence is a waste of time.
No one in public office is going to start prosecuting an Offence that promotes accountability from their peers

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 7h

I despise the whole concept of the way you are treated in all kinds of circumstances, law-breaking, financial & employment opportunities etc being dependent on who you know. (Partly because I have never known anybody who could give me an advantage I suppose).
And yet we insist we are a meritocracy

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 8h

Have the police turned up to interview this man under caution? No? Anyone spot a pattern emerging here?

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 8h

Fair point.

flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 17h

It might actually be quicker to go through the list of senior ministers 2001-25 and tick off the ones that aren’t directly implicated in horrifying war crimes.

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 8h

One of the things I find most upsetting about the current position of the US is that after studying its constitution, I was convinced it had retained the best of Britain, whilst removing the worse. Then 250 years later, we managed to eject 2 rogue PMs, while a rogue US president has come to this. 😭

Jim Brown @jimbrown.bsky.social · 20h

America has #NoKings 🚫👑

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 8h

But if evidence emerges that someone on the breadline has filled in a form wrong, they have to pay it back and they will be arrested if it looks like it may be intentional. This is outrageous. So arrest him, and interview him under caution.

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian

www.theguardian.com

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 17h

It might actually be quicker to go through the list of senior ministers 2001-25 and tick off the ones that aren’t directly implicated in horrifying war crimes.

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Jim Brown @jimbrown.bsky.social · 20h

America has #NoKings 🚫👑

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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 22h

It’s time that Russia’s malign influence on British politics was properly investigated.

Agree? Add your name 👇🏻

It’s time for a REAL Russia report

Putin’s fingerprints are all over our politics. It’s time to prove it.

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 1d

There are many other reasons for the right wing (in general) to be very interested in state education.

Education MATters: exploring England’s state school industry

Conservatives claim the academisation of schools as one of their greatest achievements. But do the figures stack up?

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 1d

Good point, we had a thriving youth work BA where I worked 2007-13, in a cash-strapped northern city. I helped to write and validate a progression MA but it never really took off due to these massive cuts, which never made national headlines.

Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris

These vital spaces have been the first targets of cuts in a nation that favours age over youth – despite being the remedy for blights such as social division, polarisation and loneliness, says Guardia...

www.theguardian.com

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Robert Reiner @waylon18.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel Farage’s declaration of war on teachers is a war on compassion, empathy and kindness www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
Farage’s war isn’t with Marxism in education. It’s with the values of Judaea Christianity - love the stranger etc. This really does inspire the many empathetic educators

Nigel Farage’s declaration of war on teachers is a war on compassion, empathy and kindness

According to The Guardian, Nigel Farage, speaking at an event at a private Christian college in Michigan, USA, has accused teachers in the UK of “poisoning our kids” and predicted that they would go o...

www.taxresearch.org.uk

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 2d

…they also had to carefully consider how Trump was going to react if he didn’t get it. He can do a lot of harm to weaker nations (which is pretty much everyone else). He seems to be turning his sights inwards onto his own nation at the moment though, while all others play ‘don’t poke the bear.’

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 2d

It is, but nations move slowly. The best analogy I can think of is Margaret Thatcher vs totalitarian. I think in that case a Maggie T democracy would be better than dictatorship. Depends if she wants to be a dictator or not if she got into the seat. It’s a compromise and I think a balance was struck

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 2d

Are there any aspiring or developing fiction writers out there who’d like to have a look at/ join in conversation in my free to access ‘sandbox’ blog? I’ve published in the academic arena for nearly 25 years, but only started writing fiction in lockdown. Lots of fun - and frustration!

Writing fiction: Characters, Storylines and Believability

Someone asked me recently- how do I develop the characters and storylines in my novels? It was something I hadn’t systematically analysed, but on reflection, I realise that my process is highly rhi…

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 2d

Are there any teachers, schools, colleges, librarians and/or ecological groups out there in the UK who would like a free copy of my book ‘On Time for Eco’? (Suitable for readers 14+). Happy to send a copy to the first three to reply. #EduSky amzn.eu/d/fnMPLgj

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 2d

Does she love Trump? Or is she using him?

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 2d

He is, it surprised me. He’s the colleague with whom you watch your back, but would like on your side. Does that sound fair?

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly. All is compromise and what is best for the majority. Always was and always will be. And yes, women are more likely to carry most of this load, whether in the home, workplace or government.

Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 2d

But a million times better than Trump winning. This was a strategic choice to make it very difficult for him to kick off in any materially dangerous fashion.

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 2d

If you were loud for Jimmy Kimmel, crank it up for Letitia James.
Authoritarian bullies count on silence to get away with it; make some noise and have her back!

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 2d

Love him or hate him, and whether or not he tells the whole truth, I think (if it happened) Scaramucci and Newsom could be a powerful combination from next year onwards. (The whole interview is open access on this link).

Anthony Scaramucci on Trump and the Threat to American Democracy (MEMBERS ONLY)

YouTube video by Intelligence Squared

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Parkin and Tea @parkinandtea.bsky.social · 3d

Children can't vote or have any say in the policies that affect them. FPTP doesn't help adults feel enfranchised, at least with PR everyone's vote truly counts.

Those in public life should be setting an example not a reminder of why most businesses moved away from such practices last century.

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 3d

Why don’t we shut off this gravy train and reallocate the cash to initiatives for disadvantaged children? Oh, right, because disadvantaged children don’t make the rules. The fact that 49-day Truss is drawing on it to fund her increasingly unhinged activities is outrageous.

Almost £10m of public money spent on subsidies for former PMs

Annual cost of allowance has more than doubled in recent years because of quick turnover of prime ministers

www.theguardian.com

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Pam Jarvis @drpam.bsky.social · 3d

Meanwhile, the man in charge of this horrific circus really thought he was in with a chance of winning a Nobel Peace Prize. How did we ever let him believe that? And yes this includes us, UK, who indulged him with pretty carriages, horses, soldiers and palaces.

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