Sandra Whittleston
@swhittleston.bsky.social
IT Service Management Educator and researcher. On the Committee for ISO20K
Been dabbling with AI to see how we can develop experiential learning tools for students learning about ITSM
A lover of all things Libaries and Egyptology
Been dabbling with AI to see how we can develop experiential learning tools for students learning about ITSM
A lover of all things Libaries and Egyptology
Fantastic story .. thanks Brian for all you do and post.
Having been mistakenly included on an electoral roll, Manchester shopkeeper Lily Maxwell voted in a by-election on this day 1867, more than 50 years before (some) women were enfranchised by the Representation of the People Act. Suffragists seized on it as a test case.
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Fantastic story .. thanks Brian for all you do and post.
Reposted by Sandra Whittleston
Labour seems frozen by “twin fears…that swing voters would freak out if they thought Reeves was a tax-and-spend fiend or Starmer might smuggle remainer convictions into Downing St”
But, the foreign state that benefits most from Brexit inaction is Putin’s Russia.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But, the foreign state that benefits most from Brexit inaction is Putin’s Russia.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves has many problems. She’s realising that her Brexit bind may be the biggest of all | Rafael Behr
Brutal economic realities are prompting a shift in Labour’s tone on Europe. But will it dare tell the whole truth about Britain’s predicament, asks Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Labour seems frozen by “twin fears…that swing voters would freak out if they thought Reeves was a tax-and-spend fiend or Starmer might smuggle remainer convictions into Downing St”
But, the foreign state that benefits most from Brexit inaction is Putin’s Russia.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But, the foreign state that benefits most from Brexit inaction is Putin’s Russia.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We have a Skills Minister (Jacqui Smith, previously University Minister) & an Education Minister (Bridget Phillipson) both decision makers in HE/schools. Isn't it time we melded these depts together?
Finland has 1 dept which covers schools and universities
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Finland has 1 dept which covers schools and universities
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Fifty higher education providers at risk of exiting market in England, MPs told
Regulator says 24 are at more immediate risk and may have to stop degree courses within next 12 months
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
We have a Skills Minister (Jacqui Smith, previously University Minister) & an Education Minister (Bridget Phillipson) both decision makers in HE/schools. Isn't it time we melded these depts together?
Finland has 1 dept which covers schools and universities
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Finland has 1 dept which covers schools and universities
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Reposted by Sandra Whittleston
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Can you imagine this goon on the world stage? Johnson was bad enough
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9rP...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9rP...
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Can you imagine this goon on the world stage? Johnson was bad enough
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9rP...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9rP...
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Reposted by Sandra Whittleston
Remembering footballer George Best, who died on this day 2005, aged 59. Here he is playing cricket with neighbours' kids while lodging on Aycliffe Avenue, Chorlton, Manchester, 1968. Photo Bill Cross.
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Remembering footballer George Best, who died on this day 2005, aged 59. Here he is playing cricket with neighbours' kids while lodging on Aycliffe Avenue, Chorlton, Manchester, 1968. Photo Bill Cross.
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Reposted by Sandra Whittleston
Northumbrian coal miner eating his evening meal, 1937, photo by Bill Brandt (1904-83).
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Northumbrian coal miner eating his evening meal, 1937, photo by Bill Brandt (1904-83).
Oh no ... we are in "locker room talk" territory now
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck - we know the rest
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@bylinesnetwork.co.uk
@ledbydonkeys.org
Watch to this video from LegalAF's Michael Popok in US as the truth is circling
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7ik...
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck - we know the rest
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@bylinesnetwork.co.uk
@ledbydonkeys.org
Watch to this video from LegalAF's Michael Popok in US as the truth is circling
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7ik...
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Oh no ... we are in "locker room talk" territory now
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck - we know the rest
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@bylinesnetwork.co.uk
@ledbydonkeys.org
Watch to this video from LegalAF's Michael Popok in US as the truth is circling
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7ik...
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck - we know the rest
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@bylinesnetwork.co.uk
@ledbydonkeys.org
Watch to this video from LegalAF's Michael Popok in US as the truth is circling
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7ik...
Nigel Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody' after school racism claims
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nigel Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody'
The Reform UK leader was responding to reports he made racist remarks to his peers in school in the 1970s.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Reposted by Sandra Whittleston
If you read one thing today, make it The Bear’s withering dismantling of Reform UK’s “budget” with the precision of someone who understands numbers… unlike the people who wrote it. A a masterclass in calm annihilation that's ruthlessly savage. 🔥
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
The truth behind Reform UK’s reckless budget
£25bn of imagined savings, real-world cruelty and mathematics that should come with a trigger warning
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
If you read one thing today, make it The Bear’s withering dismantling of Reform UK’s “budget” with the precision of someone who understands numbers… unlike the people who wrote it. A a masterclass in calm annihilation that's ruthlessly savage. 🔥
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
Haven't we known all this for years?
Why has the mainstream media been slow to catch on?
The foghorn exposed.
Why has the mainstream media been slow to catch on?
The foghorn exposed.
BBC News cover claims of Nigel Farage's racism
"One Jewish pupil said he was targeted by Mr Farage, who would tell him: Hitler was right and gassed them"
"Another public who was non-white was told to go back to where he came from"
"One Jewish pupil said he was targeted by Mr Farage, who would tell him: Hitler was right and gassed them"
"Another public who was non-white was told to go back to where he came from"
November 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Haven't we known all this for years?
Why has the mainstream media been slow to catch on?
The foghorn exposed.
Why has the mainstream media been slow to catch on?
The foghorn exposed.
Reposted by Sandra Whittleston
Great keynote talk on the fundamentals of storytelling by @antonyjohnston.bsky.social at the ever-brilliant AdventureX
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Great keynote talk on the fundamentals of storytelling by @antonyjohnston.bsky.social at the ever-brilliant AdventureX
Shameful, what an utter moron. Our next PM?
Nice to see Betty a bit Sweaty.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Shameful, what an utter moron. Our next PM?
Agree from what I can see from our vantage point
Here we were conned into leaving the European Block to be cast adrift & put at the mercy of these awful people. Psychos, weirdos, con artists
We seem to be at the mercy of those who shamelessly burn money & want to shaft us
We all deserve better
Here we were conned into leaving the European Block to be cast adrift & put at the mercy of these awful people. Psychos, weirdos, con artists
We seem to be at the mercy of those who shamelessly burn money & want to shaft us
We all deserve better
Just look at us in the US. We have Putin as our leader now
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Agree from what I can see from our vantage point
Here we were conned into leaving the European Block to be cast adrift & put at the mercy of these awful people. Psychos, weirdos, con artists
We seem to be at the mercy of those who shamelessly burn money & want to shaft us
We all deserve better
Here we were conned into leaving the European Block to be cast adrift & put at the mercy of these awful people. Psychos, weirdos, con artists
We seem to be at the mercy of those who shamelessly burn money & want to shaft us
We all deserve better
This appears to be a pattern of behaviour from this awful man. When he became PM in December 2019, he disappeared for an extended holiday in the Caribbean. People said he was lazy and entitled
Strip him of this ex PM's salary
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Strip him of this ex PM's salary
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
This appears to be a pattern of behaviour from this awful man. When he became PM in December 2019, he disappeared for an extended holiday in the Caribbean. People said he was lazy and entitled
Strip him of this ex PM's salary
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Strip him of this ex PM's salary
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Well he would .. wouldn't he?
If this thorough investigation has come to this conclusion, surely there should be deeper investigations into his role. Importantly whether there was lack of due diligence, or even something criminal to investigate.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
If this thorough investigation has come to this conclusion, surely there should be deeper investigations into his role. Importantly whether there was lack of due diligence, or even something criminal to investigate.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
Boris Johnson rejects 'muddled' COVID inquiry report and accuses chair of 'breathtaking inconsistency'
Boris Johnson rejects 'muddled' COVID inquiry report and accuses chair of 'breathtaking inconsistency'
Boris Johnson has rejected claims he presided over a toxic and chaotic culture at the heart of the UK government during the pandemic, and accused the COVID-19 Inquiry of being "totally muddled".
news.sky.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Well he would .. wouldn't he?
If this thorough investigation has come to this conclusion, surely there should be deeper investigations into his role. Importantly whether there was lack of due diligence, or even something criminal to investigate.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
If this thorough investigation has come to this conclusion, surely there should be deeper investigations into his role. Importantly whether there was lack of due diligence, or even something criminal to investigate.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
Reposted by Sandra Whittleston
The UK is a strongly pro-choice country with 86% of Britons wanting abortion to be legal in all or most cases. But the US anti-choice movement has been investing heavily into campaigns in Britain, and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party seems to be support the interference.
The worrying rise of US anti-abortion rhetoric is in full force - how deep is Reform UK's involvement?
Money is pouring into anti-abortion campaigns in Britain, and it seems Nigel Farage’s party isn’t pushing back…
www.cosmopolitan.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The UK is a strongly pro-choice country with 86% of Britons wanting abortion to be legal in all or most cases. But the US anti-choice movement has been investing heavily into campaigns in Britain, and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party seems to be support the interference.
Is this the moment in time, when we finally connect the dots and realise that if we (Britain) votes for Farage to be our PM ... we will actual get Putin as our leader?
@bylinetimes.bsky.social .. keep up the good work on your reporting
@libdems.org.uk .. great stuff
@bylinetimes.bsky.social .. keep up the good work on your reporting
@libdems.org.uk .. great stuff
Where are all the "revoke Shamima Begum's citizenship she's a traitor people" today, I wonder.
Nathan Gill; A traitor who was at the very top of Reform UK, aiding and abetting Russian adversaries, has been sentenced today.
Reform UK should be ashamed. Britain deserves better.
Reform UK should be ashamed. Britain deserves better.
November 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Is this the moment in time, when we finally connect the dots and realise that if we (Britain) votes for Farage to be our PM ... we will actual get Putin as our leader?
@bylinetimes.bsky.social .. keep up the good work on your reporting
@libdems.org.uk .. great stuff
@bylinetimes.bsky.social .. keep up the good work on your reporting
@libdems.org.uk .. great stuff
So that's a second Your Party MP gone in a week, and now the Welsh Your Party organisers have registered their own party in Wales
Oh and rebel leader Zarah Sultana has a pre-conference rally next Friday. Should be...interesting (I'll be reporting from there)
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/your...
Oh and rebel leader Zarah Sultana has a pre-conference rally next Friday. Should be...interesting (I'll be reporting from there)
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/your...
Your Party organisers in Wales register new party to fight next year's Senedd elections
YOUR PARTY organisers in Wales announced today that they had registered a new party to fight in next May’s Senedd elections.In a statement a week before Your Party’s founding conference, Beth Winter a...
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Reposted by Sandra Whittleston
Russia's ambassador to the UK, Yakovenko, boasted about Brexit to another diplomat:
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Russia's ambassador to the UK, Yakovenko, boasted about Brexit to another diplomat:
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
@lbc.co.uk - please get this woman off your station.
Rachel Johnson defending her brother on @lbc.co.uk currently just blamed the "statest establishment" for the failures.
"He's getting all the blame and none of the credit" and "he did his best."
Really Rachel? Well his best was appalling. This wasn't a gold club tombola. It was a pandemic.
"He's getting all the blame and none of the credit" and "he did his best."
Really Rachel? Well his best was appalling. This wasn't a gold club tombola. It was a pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
@lbc.co.uk - please get this woman off your station.
The impact of the Eurosceptic narrative lives large in our lives, and will continue to do so .. until we root it out .. once and for all.
@josiah.writes.news
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@lewisgoodall.com
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk - power to you Ed!
@josiah.writes.news
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@lewisgoodall.com
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk - power to you Ed!
Eurosceptics went on about traitors for years, but it turns out the traitors are among them.
Stench of corruption inside Reform UK. Strong report from C4 News' Jane Deith on the 10½-year sentence given to Nigel Farage's ex lieutenant Nathan Gill for making pro-Russia speeches in the European Parliament and on TV in exchange for £40,000 in bribes.
November 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The impact of the Eurosceptic narrative lives large in our lives, and will continue to do so .. until we root it out .. once and for all.
@josiah.writes.news
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@lewisgoodall.com
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk - power to you Ed!
@josiah.writes.news
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@lewisgoodall.com
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk - power to you Ed!
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/405... Boris Johnson killed as many people as 92 Harold Shipmans. We should never forgive him.
Boris Johnson’s lack of leadership blamed for 23,000 Covid deaths
A scathing report by inquiry chair Baroness Hallett also criticises the Department of Health, led by the current Cabinet Secretary Sir Chris Wormald and the then minister Matt Hancock
liveapp.inews.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:56 AM