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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 11h

The most frustrating thing about this war is that the US could step in forcefully now with harsh sanctions against Russia and a large military package for Ukraine with ranged weapons as the centrepiece, and the war would end soon with a Russian defeat.

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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 12h

Lstest brilliance from John Crace

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

Badenoch enjoys her first, and probably last, Tory conference leader’s speech | John Crace

The audience cheered and clapped to convince themselves the whole thing hadn’t been a waste of time

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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 12h

A catastrophe ignored by world governments

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Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 12h

Disgraceful

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show

Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests

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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 15h

Agree. I wish these people would look at the data, if that's what floats their boat. Courses like maths and biology don't perform better that art history or English. And why not make it possible to do STEM AND arts/hums? (I did).

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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 17h

A polite way of describing fuckwittery

Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 19h

They are abject philistines

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20h

Kemi Badenoch blames those crossing borders for our problems. It’s a lie aimed to distract.

The real issue is a system protecting the super-rich while nurses & carers can’t make ends meet. Tax wealth fairly, fund public services properly. This is how we give Britain hope again.

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Mike @mikem51.bsky.social · 1d

Standards are definitely falling.

The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 1d

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

Robert Jenrick often seems to be a man with no principles. But here he is clearly showing he has some - racist ones

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

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in Birmingham neighbourhood

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Our problem isn't a lack of resources.

Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.

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Mike @mikem51.bsky.social · 2d

For George

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

Please sign up for this event - Bridging Skills for Working Lives - run by researchers from the University of Stirling

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

The irony is that a future government could use these proposed laws to deport Badenoch to her native Nigeria

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

Badenoch says Tories open to quitting more treaties to increase deportations

Party leader uses conference speech to outline proposal for UK to exit ECHR as part of wider bonfire of protections

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d

One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny":
Listen for dangerous words.

Text card: Listen for dangerous words.
Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary.
#OnTyranny

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

Happily, Badenoch seems to be doing a grand job making herself irrelevant

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 4d

Kemi Badenoch asked where she would send the 150,000 people she says she would deport every year, replies that it's an "irrelevant question".

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 3d

When people start doubting that Trump actually wants to work with dictators, they might ask themselves why the two states he is working hard to limit military sales to are Taiwan and Ukraine.

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Richard Reeleder @nbdatapoints.bsky.social · 4d

'The companies dominating the digital economy continue to undertake a massive social experiment where they keep the lion’s share of the benefits while shunting the risks onto society as a whole'

theconversation.com/the-warning-...

The warning signs are clear: We’re heading toward a digital crisis

The warning signs are loud and clear: we’re headed into a crisis, thanks to the growing interdependence of digital and economic systems — with no safety nets.

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

The right to peaceful protest is a large part of what makes us a democracy. Labour should understand that given their history

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

This erosion of civil liberty is getting more dangerous by the day

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

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office

Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

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

This erosion of civil liberty is getting more dangerous by the day

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

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office

Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

www.theguardian.com

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 4d

We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?

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

Badenoch is insane

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Tories to pledge to create immigration taskforce modelled on Trump’s Ice

Proposed ‘removals force’ will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in bid to tackle illegal immigration

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 4d

On reports the Tories will back leaving the ECHR, Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey:

“Kemi Badenoch has chosen to back Nigel Farage and join Vladimir Putin by leaving the European Convention on Human Rights – a proud British creation championed by Churchill that protects everyone's rights and freedoms."

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

A disgrace, @teamlabouruk.bsky.social

Ricky Hale @councilestatemedia.bsky.social · 4d

The UK has arrested 1,775 people for protesting against genocide since the proscription of Palestine Action.

The UK has not arrested a single person since October 7 for their participation in that genocide.

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SCRCM @scrcm.bsky.social · 4d

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

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

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

Forthcoming SCRCM symposium – ‘Curriculum making for social justice in a rapidly changing world’, featuring a range of international and UK speakers.

Monday 19 January, 10am-3.30pm in Stirling. Please sign up at www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...

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Curriculum making for social justice in a rapidly changing world - Research Symposium – Conference Suite, Iris Murdoch Building, University of Stirling, Mon 19 Jan 2026 - This research symposium will ...

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