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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 2d

I would have happily seen the demise of The Conservative Party when they were in government, but the way in which a far right party like Reform has crowded into their opposition space is not the outcome I had hoped for. Be careful what you wish for.

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 4d

All of this has been rewritten as ‘schools were closed’. No they were not. They were open to some children and trying to operate online at the same time. I was there between 8am and 5 or 6 pm everyday and writing constant letters to parents about guidance during my weekends.

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 4d

Yep

Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 4d

“Yet another colleague (from his school) described how, at a camp organised by the college, Farage and others had marched through a quiet Sussex village very late at night shouting Hitler Youth songs.”
Reform can deny it all they like, but the reliable source is the teacher.
Don’t back down David.

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 5d

Interesting point. We raised it enough times though because in schools there were still dozens of children going in. Some staff had to be protected from face to face contact with them and what we were given was social distancing rules and stuff about masks and hand gel.

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 5d

Always. Or group. Deaths in one war can be privileged over all others by pressure groups too. Most people not even aware there is Civil War in Sudan.

Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 5d

When discussions are had about whether it was right to close schools during the pandemic, I hope that it is remembered that school colleagues died of COVID when schools were open and that employees in school were not prioritised for vaccination. I never understood that decision.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 5d

Not to make light of the editorial failure, but look how far Twitter lies now permeate in to normal discourse. We think we know about the racism but the utter contempt for truth since Musk bought the platform is deliberate & very dangerous. You can’t foment racism with fact checkers in the building.

Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social · 5d

Oh my god.

Have I Got News For You just referred to this completely false claim as a fact!!

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 5d

Civil War in Sudan resulting in 75 killed in a mosque, more dead following Putin’s attacks on Ukraine, mass killings in Gaza and now murders in Manchester. Sometimes it does not feel that human beings have evolved sufficiently. #HopeNotHate

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 9d

I want this to be a succession strategy not a schism. Own the need for a ten year plan and control the narrative. That strategy would, of course, include evolving leadership to meet the needs of each stage.

Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 10d

Burnham not backing down:

“I've launched a debate on our direction because I think we need it at this moment, because I want this government to be a success…

“I think we need to go further, and we do need to have a debate about our direction, and and I, for one, won't be shying away from that.”

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 10d

Respectable English Fascist Organisation Recruiting Mugs.
If only we could read between the lines.

Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 10d

I don’t particularly enjoy watching golf on television. But The Ryder Cup victory wasn’t golf. It became politics. And we won the argument.

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 11d

Whoop! I wonder how many of those obsessed with England flags have been watching! Wait….they haven’t have they.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 13d

Billy Bragg on fire

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13d

Richard Tice, "We've already got 80 sharia courts in the UK"

Billy Bragg, "There are also Jewish courts as well, thats part of their religion. We as a tolerant nation accept that"

"To demonise, particularly the Muslims, is the sort of thing we worry about Reform UK"

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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 13d

Grabbing brekko at Coventry station on my way back from Question Time. Didn’t expect to see this stirring evocation of the defeat of fascism adorning the wall of Coffee #1 #AllYouFascistsBoundToLose

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 13d

Most people would say that was pretty rude

Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 13d

You said “it must be lovely to live by trite quotes”

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 13d

We can argue without being rude about things in a personal way, surely.

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 13d

I was not scolding. I was arguing which is what you engaged in when you challenged a position I presented about my fears over the rise of the far right when the left is divided. You then called what I said ‘trite’ and with derision suggested that ‘it must be lovely’ to have my perspective.

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 13d

Hmmm. We were having quite an interesting discussion and then you became rude and began imposing views and positions on me. What a shame. By the way, Oscar Wilde was not trite. He was awesome.

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 13d

I hope you never get to test that hypothesis

Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 13d

I wouldn’t. I detest body fascism and the oppression or petty judgement of people who don’t conform to expected trends and socially curated stereotypes. Too many people want to define and label groups. Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 13d

Sorry, had forgotten the Lib Dems as an option, but that is somewhat ironic.

Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 13d

If you think there is no difference between Labour and Reform then I guess we are truly doomed. Who would you vote for? A Green Party leader who allegedly agreed to do hypnosis to enlarge the breasts of a Sun journalist ? An Our Party who could not organise one of those in a brewery? Or not vote?

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Caroline Derbyshire @morsecat.bsky.social · 13d

Yes, I agree. But a far right take over will not deliver that and division will lead to it. We will only have our selves to blame for not thinking big picture.

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