Alice Woolley
@alicewoolley.bsky.social
Journalist. Ex-editor of Education Guardian. Also ex-Indie. Feminist. European. Labrador lover. Beetroot hater. Born in Chipping Norton. Surrey, Oxon, Arizona.
Pinned
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Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
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Congratulations to the fabulous Dorothy Lepkowska and welcome "SENDsationalfutures" a new magazine-website which launches this week with news, views and information about the SEND sector aimed at professionals and families. Check it out at: sendsationalfutures.com
SENDsational Futures | Navigating Special Education Needs for Parents and Schools
Navigating Special Education Needs for Parents and Schools
sendsationalfutures.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Congratulations to the fabulous Dorothy Lepkowska and welcome "SENDsationalfutures" a new magazine-website which launches this week with news, views and information about the SEND sector aimed at professionals and families. Check it out at: sendsationalfutures.com
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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Nigel Farage was a racist bully at school but Rachel Reeves won the wrong chess championship so who can say who is worse?
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Nigel Farage was a racist bully at school but Rachel Reeves won the wrong chess championship so who can say who is worse?
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This is the point where the anti-Reeves stories tip into madness. Criticise her performance all you like but what the hell is this?
December 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is the point where the anti-Reeves stories tip into madness. Criticise her performance all you like but what the hell is this?
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What a monstrous person.
Megyn Kelly on alleged war crimes: "I really do kind of not only wanna see them killed in the water, whether they're on the boat or in the water, but I'd really like to see them suffer. I would like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so they lose a limb and bleed out."
December 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
What a monstrous person.
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Labour inherited a SEND system on its knees. Too many children let down & parents fighting just to be heard.
Labour committed to making sure parents play a central role in helping shape the future of SEND.
And now they are launching a public engagement campaign to do just that!
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Labour committed to making sure parents play a central role in helping shape the future of SEND.
And now they are launching a public engagement campaign to do just that!
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December 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Labour inherited a SEND system on its knees. Too many children let down & parents fighting just to be heard.
Labour committed to making sure parents play a central role in helping shape the future of SEND.
And now they are launching a public engagement campaign to do just that!
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Labour committed to making sure parents play a central role in helping shape the future of SEND.
And now they are launching a public engagement campaign to do just that!
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Jenrick’s campaign fuels vile far right attacks. At least 6 immigration judges have been subjected to threats since April. At least 2 have been advised to move out of their homes. One judge received a threat saying: “We know which bus your child catches”. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Immigration judges targeted by far right after Tory MP’s campaign | The Observer
observer.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Jenrick’s campaign fuels vile far right attacks. At least 6 immigration judges have been subjected to threats since April. At least 2 have been advised to move out of their homes. One judge received a threat saying: “We know which bus your child catches”. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Nothing to stop Sitwell from leading by example
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Nothing to stop Sitwell from leading by example
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James O’Brien discovers that Reform’s Richard Tice and his new recruit, Jonathan Gullis, have history...
December 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
James O’Brien discovers that Reform’s Richard Tice and his new recruit, Jonathan Gullis, have history...
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As Jonathan Gullis joins Reform UK, it's only fair to remind people of this.
All forgotten, is it, Dickie? ~AA
All forgotten, is it, Dickie? ~AA
December 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
As Jonathan Gullis joins Reform UK, it's only fair to remind people of this.
All forgotten, is it, Dickie? ~AA
All forgotten, is it, Dickie? ~AA
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The absolute state of the BBC news just now - which seems determined to drag the government down over the budget.
Where was all this attention to minute detail and concern for absolute accuracy when the Tories were lying their way through their chaotic reign for 14 years? It's frankly absurd.
Where was all this attention to minute detail and concern for absolute accuracy when the Tories were lying their way through their chaotic reign for 14 years? It's frankly absurd.
For all the focus on its supposed “left wing bias”, the BBC’s heavy coverage of Rachel Reeves Budget "lies" shows how its political coverage is still largely led by the right-wing press
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
Rachel Reeves and the Daily Mailification of the BBC
For all the focus on its supposed "left wing bias", the BBC's heavy coverage of Conservative allegations of dishonesty against Rachel Reeves shows how its political coverage is still largely led by th...
bylinetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The absolute state of the BBC news just now - which seems determined to drag the government down over the budget.
Where was all this attention to minute detail and concern for absolute accuracy when the Tories were lying their way through their chaotic reign for 14 years? It's frankly absurd.
Where was all this attention to minute detail and concern for absolute accuracy when the Tories were lying their way through their chaotic reign for 14 years? It's frankly absurd.
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Reform is sliding backwards in the polls
Reform is sliding backwards in the polls
Welcome to the 189th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which you might expect to be all about polling on the Budget.
buff.ly
November 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Reform is sliding backwards in the polls
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Before the Budget I told you the Chancellor was going to do 3 things with it:
💷 Tacking the cost of living
✂️ Cutting NHS waiting lists
📉 Driving down borrowing and debt
How did I know?
Because if you ignore the media and listen to what the government said, they told us.
And she delivered all 3.
💷 Tacking the cost of living
✂️ Cutting NHS waiting lists
📉 Driving down borrowing and debt
How did I know?
Because if you ignore the media and listen to what the government said, they told us.
And she delivered all 3.
November 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Before the Budget I told you the Chancellor was going to do 3 things with it:
💷 Tacking the cost of living
✂️ Cutting NHS waiting lists
📉 Driving down borrowing and debt
How did I know?
Because if you ignore the media and listen to what the government said, they told us.
And she delivered all 3.
💷 Tacking the cost of living
✂️ Cutting NHS waiting lists
📉 Driving down borrowing and debt
How did I know?
Because if you ignore the media and listen to what the government said, they told us.
And she delivered all 3.
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A federal judge has released footage from nearly four dozen body cameras showing immigration agents’ ‘unprecedented’ use of force during their months-long deportation blitz in the Chicago area.
Bodycam video shows feds’ aggressive tactics in vivid detail: ‘Deploy f---ing gas’
chicago.suntimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A federal judge has released footage from nearly four dozen body cameras showing immigration agents’ ‘unprecedented’ use of force during their months-long deportation blitz in the Chicago area.
😂
November 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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UK politics just completely losing the plot. Labour's pre-budget briefing was inept but if that was a crime more or less every minister for the last 15 years would be causing more trouble for overcrowded prisons.
Similarly OBR's mistake in early publishing was a nothing-burger.
Similarly OBR's mistake in early publishing was a nothing-burger.
November 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
UK politics just completely losing the plot. Labour's pre-budget briefing was inept but if that was a crime more or less every minister for the last 15 years would be causing more trouble for overcrowded prisons.
Similarly OBR's mistake in early publishing was a nothing-burger.
Similarly OBR's mistake in early publishing was a nothing-burger.
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Now Nigel Farage has finally answered questions about his close aide Nathan Gill, sentenced to 10.5 years for working for Putin's interests, what about his other close associates? Or indeed himself? bylinetimes.com/2024/06/19/t... 🧵 1/10
The Five Questions Nigel Farage is Never Asked About Brexit, Trump and Russia
As the media provides the Reform Leader with a prominent platform, Peter Jukes considers all the concerning lines of enquiry that journalists never confront him with
bylinetimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Back in March 2022, while Russia was invading Ukraine, Farage was defending the rights of Russian oligarchs.
Why was he so concerned about their welfare? Is there something we don't know about Farage and Russian oligarchs?
Why was he so concerned about their welfare? Is there something we don't know about Farage and Russian oligarchs?
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Back in March 2022, while Russia was invading Ukraine, Farage was defending the rights of Russian oligarchs.
Why was he so concerned about their welfare? Is there something we don't know about Farage and Russian oligarchs?
Why was he so concerned about their welfare? Is there something we don't know about Farage and Russian oligarchs?
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Do shitty people know that not being shitty is an option
November 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Do shitty people know that not being shitty is an option
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This paragraph is both a glorious piece of journalism and a frustrating summary of the grifters who hoodwink the masses.
November 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This paragraph is both a glorious piece of journalism and a frustrating summary of the grifters who hoodwink the masses.
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This is British media in action ...
They celebrate their scraping of the barrel.
They celebrate their scraping of the barrel.
‘It’s a disgrace’ — Rachel Reeves’s uncle gives budget verdict ⬇️
‘It’s a disgrace’ — Rachel Reeves’s uncle gives budget verdict
‘It’s a disgrace’ — Rachel Reeves’s uncle gives budget verdict
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
This is British media in action ...
They celebrate their scraping of the barrel.
They celebrate their scraping of the barrel.
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Welcome Shabana Mahmood to your next four years of headlines!!!
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Welcome Shabana Mahmood to your next four years of headlines!!!
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🚨🚨 Welcome news: #socialmedia giants including #Meta and #TikTok will be held liable for financial fraud for the first time under new EU rules agreed by @europarl.europa.eu and @consilium.europa.eu yesterday. www.politico.eu/article/soci...
Social media giants liable for financial scams under new EU law
The new rules set a dangerous precedent, big tech companies say.
www.politico.eu
November 28, 2025 at 6:52 AM
🚨🚨 Welcome news: #socialmedia giants including #Meta and #TikTok will be held liable for financial fraud for the first time under new EU rules agreed by @europarl.europa.eu and @consilium.europa.eu yesterday. www.politico.eu/article/soci...
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Let’s all go around the table and say one word we’re thankful for.
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Let’s all go around the table and say one word we’re thankful for.