Gary Sheffield

@profgsheffield.bsky.social

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Military History & other stuff. Visiting Prof, Defence Studies Dept, KCL. Husband, father, grandpa. Christian. Arsenal. Labour. Spaniel magnet. All opinions are just mine. Reposts do not = endorsement.

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Gary D. Sheffield is an English academic and military historian. He publishes on the conduct of British Army operations in World War I, and contributes to print and broadcast media on the subject. .. more

Political science 73%

Sociology 9%

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Gary Sheffield @profgsheffield.bsky.social · 10h

Seen 'em - great stuff. But Claudia...

Gary Sheffield @profgsheffield.bsky.social · 11h

At last I'm up to date with The Traitors!

Gary Sheffield @profgsheffield.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you

Gary Sheffield @profgsheffield.bsky.social · 23h

😬

Gary Sheffield @profgsheffield.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't know that Ukip was still a thing

Gary Sheffield @profgsheffield.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you very much. Most kind. I am to exceed the 50 mile target by some distance!

Brian Farrell 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @hisbpf.bsky.social · 1d

Done mate. More power to you, you will get it there.

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Brian Farrell 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @hisbpf.bsky.social · 1d

Done mate. More power to you, you will get it there.

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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 1d

The Times

Gary Sheffield @profgsheffield.bsky.social · 1d

I've now broken the £800 barrier and am aiming to raise £1000 - please support me! I'm just over halfway to
my 50 mile target.

Gary Sheffield @profgsheffield.bsky.social · 10d

Please support me as I walk 50 miles in January for DementiaUK in memory of my Dad. Nearly £600 raised so far - hoping for £750 and then £1000!

fundraise.dementiauk.org/fundraisers/...

Gary Sheffield

Hi there, This month, I’m walking 50 Miles for Dementia UK – a cause close to my heart. Just £10 could pay for the telephone costs of two families calling its free Dementia Helpline, so any sup...

fundraise.dementiauk.org

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Jeremy Alexander @tigerroll.bsky.social · 1d

Vote Reform and get a whole load of Tory has-beens in the process and also a Trump/Putin sympathiser as leader. You couldn’t make it up!

Gary Sheffield @profgsheffield.bsky.social · 1d

I *was* a ginger once

Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Kiss A Ginger Day.
I’m ginger and single and I don’t make the rules, it’s like a law or something.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Kiss A Ginger Day.
I’m ginger and single and I don’t make the rules, it’s like a law or something.

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 1d

🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero

1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!

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Kieran Tait-Green @kierangreen96.bsky.social · 1d

@toekneee.bsky.social @warrenoates1.bsky.social @paddyopatrick.bsky.social

Man child throwing his dummy out over a peerage

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UK Politics @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 1d

Best PM Poll 🔥
Starmer beats Farage 36–29.
Ties Badenoch 28–28 even after her media hype.
Badenoch only wins when facing Farage 31–21 — says more about him than her.
Serious leadership beats noise.
Via @YouGov | 6–7 Jan #ukpolitics

Gary Sheffield @profgsheffield.bsky.social · 1d

Not yet tho' have read both books. We were away over Xmas & NY so am behind with telly watching

Bobbie Johnson 🇺🇦 @bj13johnson1.bsky.social · 1d

it might not be up to the first series but I’m enjoying it, very tense.
By the way Gary, have you watched the last Slough House? and Down Cemetery Road? also by Mick Herron. Loved them both.

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John Kampfner @johnkampfner.bsky.social · 1d

On the day Reform UK welcomes another Tory defector, why Farage represents as great a danger to liberal democracy as the RN in France and AfD Germany. Trump and Putin have much invested in his success
johnkampfner.substack.com/p/in-farage-...

In Farage, Trump and Putin have a dream

Don't underestimate the work behind the scenes to turn the UK far-right

johnkampfner.substack.com

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 1d

Vote Reform. Elect the same people who totally screwed up the country for 14 years.

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Kate Osborne MP @kateosbornemp.bsky.social · 1d

🏡Families in Jarrow and Gateshead East are £960 better off when taking out a mortgage since the General Election

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Bobbie Johnson 🇺🇦 @bj13johnson1.bsky.social · 1d

it might not be up to the first series but I’m enjoying it, very tense.
By the way Gary, have you watched the last Slough House? and Down Cemetery Road? also by Mick Herron. Loved them both.

Gary Sheffield @profgsheffield.bsky.social · 1d

I am too. You're a bit harsh on Simon, who is a military historian!

CassoftheTofurati @cassofthetoferati.bsky.social · 1d

We’re still going to watch it. I swear TV and film critics are made up of people who hate the films and dramas they write about

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CassoftheTofurati @cassofthetoferati.bsky.social · 1d

We’re still going to watch it. I swear TV and film critics are made up of people who hate the films and dramas they write about

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 1d

“So, no longer speak about “aiding” Ukraine. The Ukrainians are aiding Europeans and Americans by fighting for their survival. We owe them our gratitude, not the other way around.”

By @phillipspobrien.bsky.social

phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-up...

So, as you read this comfortable in your heated house, the lights on, food at the ready, no missile or drone circling above your head ready to obliterate you, realize that this is the opposite of the reality in Ukraine today. Their reality is the opposite in every way. So, no longer speak about “aiding” Ukraine. The Ukrainians are aiding Europeans and Americans by fighting for their survival. We owe them our gratitude, not the other way around.

Gary Sheffield @profgsheffield.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, I was thinking of watching it...

Rachel Mann @revrachelmann.bsky.social · 2d

This is a v fine take from Simon

Simon Jones @simonjones.bsky.social · 2d

A major difference between the original TV version of The Night Manager and the sequel is that the first was based on a book informed by years of research into, and experience of, how the world really works, while the second was made by people who neither understand nor care.

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Rachel Mann @revrachelmann.bsky.social · 2d

This is a v fine take from Simon

Simon Jones @simonjones.bsky.social · 2d

The Night Manager - Series 1: Episode 1

Drama series based on the John le Carre novel. Attempting to help a well-connected guest, hotel night manager Jonathan Pine is drawn into the world of arms dealer Richard Roper.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 2d

Looking forward to more extensive coverage of the civil war about to break out in our hellhole cities.

Gary Sheffield @profgsheffield.bsky.social · 2d

😀

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 2d

This is another reason why we voted Labour!

Stronger parental leave rights for millions of working families will be introduced from April, Labour confirms.

They are part of the Employment Rights Act 2025 and the measures to enact the rules are being laid before Parliament today.

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