James Lynas
@skybluejim.bsky.social
CCFC (84-) Emp Lawyer (93-) School Governor (95-98, 04-22) Cllr (96-98) Surrey CCC (11-) #ukemplaw #PUSB
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Spurs capitulating to opposition bigotry like this is shameful.
December 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Spurs capitulating to opposition bigotry like this is shameful.
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When will people like Piers Morgan realise that by debating a Holocaust denier like Nick Fuentes he's fundamentally conceding that the reality of the Holocaust is something to be debated. It aids and amplifies denial. All because Morgan wants views for his irrelevant YouTube channel.
December 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
When will people like Piers Morgan realise that by debating a Holocaust denier like Nick Fuentes he's fundamentally conceding that the reality of the Holocaust is something to be debated. It aids and amplifies denial. All because Morgan wants views for his irrelevant YouTube channel.
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There is so much wrong in the reporting I don’t know where to begin. The purpose of an employment tribunal is to resolve a dispute between an employer and employee.
December 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
There is so much wrong in the reporting I don’t know where to begin. The purpose of an employment tribunal is to resolve a dispute between an employer and employee.
Senator you’re no Jack Kennedy
A reminder that only one team in Test history has come from 2-0 down to win a series - Don Bradman’s Australia in the 1936/37 Ashes 👀
December 7, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Senator you’re no Jack Kennedy
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A Roman walks into a Bar, holds up two fingers and says: "Five beers please."
December 6, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A Roman walks into a Bar, holds up two fingers and says: "Five beers please."
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It's utterly bizarre. This country is a WORLD LEADER in vaccines, life sciences, DNA and genetics, pure science, semiconductors, AI, cyber tech, materials, space science, quantum computing etc.
But apparently if your hands aren't filthy and your lungs full of coal dust it doesn't count
But apparently if your hands aren't filthy and your lungs full of coal dust it doesn't count
December 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It's utterly bizarre. This country is a WORLD LEADER in vaccines, life sciences, DNA and genetics, pure science, semiconductors, AI, cyber tech, materials, space science, quantum computing etc.
But apparently if your hands aren't filthy and your lungs full of coal dust it doesn't count
But apparently if your hands aren't filthy and your lungs full of coal dust it doesn't count
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Sickening.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole says he was compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to dismiss hurt of alleged targets
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Sickening.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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You know how the 1934 World Cup was held in Fascist Italy and totally nobbled by Mussolini? It was less embarrassing than all this #WorldCupDraw
December 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
You know how the 1934 World Cup was held in Fascist Italy and totally nobbled by Mussolini? It was less embarrassing than all this #WorldCupDraw
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👦🏼🧒🏽👧🏿 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 - a plan to lift 550,000 kids out of poverty. That’s 6,090 here in Gorton and Denton.
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹: www.facebook.com/share/p/1GDk...
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹: www.facebook.com/share/p/1GDk...
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
👦🏼🧒🏽👧🏿 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 - a plan to lift 550,000 kids out of poverty. That’s 6,090 here in Gorton and Denton.
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹: www.facebook.com/share/p/1GDk...
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹: www.facebook.com/share/p/1GDk...
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Last week the Chancellor announced a central government takeover of special educational needs deficits.
I write about the potential impacts of this move on SEND reform, including on governance of the system, local innovation and trust
I write about the potential impacts of this move on SEND reform, including on governance of the system, local innovation and trust
Central government’s takeover of SEND deficits raises the stakes for SEND reform | Institute for Government
At the budget the chancellor announced a significant change to SEND funding arrangements
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Last week the Chancellor announced a central government takeover of special educational needs deficits.
I write about the potential impacts of this move on SEND reform, including on governance of the system, local innovation and trust
I write about the potential impacts of this move on SEND reform, including on governance of the system, local innovation and trust
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"That would mean the single greatest fall [in child poverty] in one Parliament since records began." Look at how this Parliament could compare to previous ones back to 1964. An excellent foundation to build from, as @katieschmuecker.bsky.social says.
December 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"That would mean the single greatest fall [in child poverty] in one Parliament since records began." Look at how this Parliament could compare to previous ones back to 1964. An excellent foundation to build from, as @katieschmuecker.bsky.social says.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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***There should be a £100,000 cap on individual donations to political parties***
We should all be concerned that wealthy individuals are accounting for a growing share of party funding 🧵
We should all be concerned that wealthy individuals are accounting for a growing share of party funding 🧵
Reform UK gets £9mn donation from Christopher Harborne on.ft.com/4rCFCWE
Reform UK gets £9mn donation from Christopher Harborne
Money gives Nigel Farage’s party a big financial boost as it tries to capitalise on its lead in opinion polls
on.ft.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
***There should be a £100,000 cap on individual donations to political parties***
We should all be concerned that wealthy individuals are accounting for a growing share of party funding 🧵
We should all be concerned that wealthy individuals are accounting for a growing share of party funding 🧵
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A strong argument from Wes Streeting. Shows reflection and systemic thinking.
Far more of this needed across Government. First eighteen months has featured too much "I want to see x outcome, and I've decided y approach has to be the means."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Far more of this needed across Government. First eighteen months has featured too much "I want to see x outcome, and I've decided y approach has to be the means."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I realise now that my view on mental health overdiagnosis was divisive. We all need better evidence | Wes Streeting
The surge in mental ill health is hugely distressing. That’s why I’ve commissioned a review to find out what’s driving it, says health secretary Wes Streeting
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A strong argument from Wes Streeting. Shows reflection and systemic thinking.
Far more of this needed across Government. First eighteen months has featured too much "I want to see x outcome, and I've decided y approach has to be the means."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Far more of this needed across Government. First eighteen months has featured too much "I want to see x outcome, and I've decided y approach has to be the means."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If Ofcom actually existed, GB News wouldn't.
December 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
If Ofcom actually existed, GB News wouldn't.
Well this is a massive change to GB employment law.
December 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Well this is a massive change to GB employment law.
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Fair play www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I realise now that my view on mental health overdiagnosis was divisive. We all need better evidence | Wes Streeting
The surge in mental ill health is hugely distressing. That’s why I’ve commissioned a review to find out what’s driving it, says health secretary Wes Streeting
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Fair play www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Once again thinking about how psychopaths are 4x as prevalent amongst CEOs than the general population.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Once again thinking about how psychopaths are 4x as prevalent amongst CEOs than the general population.
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I wonder what it is about Rachel Reeves that they hate: a woman who went to a comprehensive school, who rose from relatively humble origins to the top and who still speaks with a South London accent. I wonder why they hate her so much. It's a mystery.
December 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I wonder what it is about Rachel Reeves that they hate: a woman who went to a comprehensive school, who rose from relatively humble origins to the top and who still speaks with a South London accent. I wonder why they hate her so much. It's a mystery.
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This should be the main story on all TV news programmes. The University of Essex is closing its Southend campus because of the fall in the number of foreign students and the loss of income they provided for the University. www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2566689...
December 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This should be the main story on all TV news programmes. The University of Essex is closing its Southend campus because of the fall in the number of foreign students and the loss of income they provided for the University. www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2566689...
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Sometimes think that the government should just appoint Alastair Campbell as DG of the BBC, and tell anyone who objects that they’re lucky it wasn’t Seumas Milne.
December 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Sometimes think that the government should just appoint Alastair Campbell as DG of the BBC, and tell anyone who objects that they’re lucky it wasn’t Seumas Milne.
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They were 8 and 11 years old
December 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
They were 8 and 11 years old
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As Budget fallout continues, my pre-Budget piece on why Reeves had no good options left - and why governing by opinion-poll and triangulation is doomed to failure.
Events have borne it out.
Now the second most-read piece I've written.
open.substack.com/pub/edrith/p...
Events have borne it out.
Now the second most-read piece I've written.
open.substack.com/pub/edrith/p...
Reeves in Zugzwang
Incremental politics no longer works
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
As Budget fallout continues, my pre-Budget piece on why Reeves had no good options left - and why governing by opinion-poll and triangulation is doomed to failure.
Events have borne it out.
Now the second most-read piece I've written.
open.substack.com/pub/edrith/p...
Events have borne it out.
Now the second most-read piece I've written.
open.substack.com/pub/edrith/p...
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"We will have an economy in which the full-time work of some young people will pay less than the state pensions of retirees, and yet it is the young people who will be taxed."
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Rachel Reeves mugs the youth
Young workers are coughing up for state pensions
www.newstatesman.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"We will have an economy in which the full-time work of some young people will pay less than the state pensions of retirees, and yet it is the young people who will be taxed."
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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