Jim Jim
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(3) The sheer scale of social and economic destruction involved - often in England and Wales' poorest towns - will be astonishing. One of the many things RefUK doesn't yet understand. But Brits will have *chosen* to regress and to be much poorer. (3/3)
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers...
Universities try to woo Reform as party gains ground
Serious lobbying efforts under way, with right-wing party expected to be more sympathetic to elite universities than rest of the sector
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:58 AM
(3) The sheer scale of social and economic destruction involved - often in England and Wales' poorest towns - will be astonishing. One of the many things RefUK doesn't yet understand. But Brits will have *chosen* to regress and to be much poorer. (3/3)
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers...
Not only is it a rip off of Trump’s thing over Greenland and a satirical piece on the meme penguin choosing the mountains in a Werner Herzog documentary, but the fucking footprints don’t match up. The path has ALREADY BEEN TREAD.
January 25, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Not only is it a rip off of Trump’s thing over Greenland and a satirical piece on the meme penguin choosing the mountains in a Werner Herzog documentary, but the fucking footprints don’t match up. The path has ALREADY BEEN TREAD.
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I love the hasty follow-up quote from a ‘government source’: “This doesn’t mean watching people who are non-criminals.”
It does! That’s exactly what it means! You can’t do it any other way!
It does! That’s exactly what it means! You can’t do it any other way!
January 20, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I love the hasty follow-up quote from a ‘government source’: “This doesn’t mean watching people who are non-criminals.”
It does! That’s exactly what it means! You can’t do it any other way!
It does! That’s exactly what it means! You can’t do it any other way!
I understand that politicising element, and forgive me as a Brit it’s been some time since I’ve had to think about the decision-making mechanics of the EU - is there any reason why something as monumental as this didn’t go through to the highest level in the first place?
January 21, 2026 at 2:09 PM
I understand that politicising element, and forgive me as a Brit it’s been some time since I’ve had to think about the decision-making mechanics of the EU - is there any reason why something as monumental as this didn’t go through to the highest level in the first place?
I’ve asked this on the article itself, but can you explain to an idiot why this couldn’t have been done before?
I’m struggling to understand why a definitive assessment of its legality comes after the fact rather than before?
I’m struggling to understand why a definitive assessment of its legality comes after the fact rather than before?
January 21, 2026 at 2:00 PM
I’ve asked this on the article itself, but can you explain to an idiot why this couldn’t have been done before?
I’m struggling to understand why a definitive assessment of its legality comes after the fact rather than before?
I’m struggling to understand why a definitive assessment of its legality comes after the fact rather than before?
I’m slightly confused as to why in principle this couldn’t have done earlier?
January 21, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I’m slightly confused as to why in principle this couldn’t have done earlier?