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John Foot
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Historian specialised in contemporary Italy - has published books on Italian football, radical psychiatry (Franco Basaglia), Fascism. Book on the Red Brigades out in 2025. John-foot.com

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John Mackintosh Foot is an English academic historian specialising in Italy.

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Political science 38%
Sociology 32%
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 23h
Apart from being out batted, out bowled and out fielded it is going great.

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 1d
What does this remind you of?

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 1d
I can relate to this.

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 1d
Also interesting the central role played by Mahmood in the Labour Party's grotesque 'disciplinary' processes over the last few years.

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 1d
Kash Patel: "When you attack our nation's capitol, you attack the very being of our way of life — We will always refute it & combat it"

Unless you’re J6 insurrectionist who attacks the capitol — then you receive a pardon & get called a patriot…
Trump supporters climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 1d
Reading The Fraud on the Starmer rise to power. What is striking, and I think new, about the book is the way it details the Labour Together project to seize the party, and then the country - and that these are exactly the people now in charge - McSweeney, Starmer, Reed, Mahmood, Streeting, Reeves.

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 1d
Nigel Farage doesn't get Alf Garnett.

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 1d
The concentration on the 'second bomb' to kill off the survivors on the 'drug boat' (no evidence provided) strangely reminds me of the Fosse Ardeatine trial in Rome in the 1990s where there was a surreal concentration on the '5 extra' people massacred in reprisal by the Nazis.

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 1d
Thus far the defence(s) have been:
'It was just banter'
'They are all lying' (Tice)
'I can't remember it'
'It wasn't malicious'

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d
Rep. Jim Himes tells MS NOW the two survivors of that controversial boat strike did not have a radio, contradicting GOP claims:

"There was no radio. There were two individuals clinging to flotsam, that's what there was. There wasn't weaponry of any kind. There wasn't a radio."

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Yarwanaw @yarwanaw.bsky.social · 1d
They are LIARS and they have serious problems with numbers. ‼️💯‼️

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d
Zia Yusuf - the unelected multimillionaire policy chief of Reform - makes his fourth Question Time appearance tonight.

The party has five MPs

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K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 2d
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How history was written. E P Thompson’s office, August 1980
This rather grainy picture appeared in the New Musical Express (16th August 1980). It shows the late socialist historian and peace campaigner in his office at Wick Episcopi on the outskirts of Worc…
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 2d
Rather than apologising for his antisemitism, Farage demands the BBC apologise for the antisemitism of Alf Garnett, a fictional character created to satirise antisemitism, who was portrayed by a Jewish man.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 3d
Yesterday the President fell asleep, yet again, during a televised fake Cabinet meeting staged so that each of his courtiers could heap praise on him, praise for which he couldn't stay conscious. He woke up just long enough to spew racism. Why is this not being treated as an emergency? >

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 3d
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 4d
A day in the life of Pete Hesgeth.

10 am - watch bombing of fishing boat live (leave before second bombing)
11 am - gym
12 am - meeting with sleeping President

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 4d
disgusting
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More far-right inspired madness from our Blue Labour Home Secretary. While the political consequences of the McSweeney great moving right show - huge gains for more progressive parties & 12% of Labour's 2024 vote going to the far right - prove that this is all about ideology not winning elections.

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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 4d
Congratulations to Dr Christophe Fricker (@germanatbristol.bsky.social) who has received the Zuger Anerkennungspreis, one of the most prestigious translation awards in the German-speaking world 🥳

Read more about the award presented at a ceremony in Switzerland 👇

www.bristol.ac.uk/sml/news/202...
2025: Dr Christophe Fricker awarded prestigious translation award | School of Modern Languages | University of Bristol
www.bristol.ac.uk

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 4d
Mr. Hegseth had said that he watched the operation live on video before he “moved on” to his next meeting. But following news reports about the second U.S. strike, Mr. Hegseth said he “didn’t stick around” to see it.

Very convincing.

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Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 4d
More far-right inspired madness from our Blue Labour Home Secretary. While the political consequences of the McSweeney great moving right show - huge gains for more progressive parties & 12% of Labour's 2024 vote going to the far right - prove that this is all about ideology not winning elections.

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 4d
Trump wakes up when he needs to do five minutes of racism. Then falls asleep again.

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 4d
Yet another pointless and failed ballot called by the UCU HEC. How many is that now?

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Havoc @havoc147.bsky.social · 4d
The president is falling asleep durring a White House cabinet meeting with each member praising him for his resilience. What are we doing America? This is so embarrassing.

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 4d
While Rubio was talking about the war in Ukraine, Trump fell asleep.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Trump: "We're taking those son of a bitches out"

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 4d
The Led By Donkeys lads starting to look a bit terrorist groupy to me, maybe time for another proscription. MPs safety is the cornerstone of democracy etc and so on

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 5d
The sneering tone of Nick Robinson must be a special part of his training, especially when talking to anyone he doesn't agree with.

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 5d
Braverman will certainly jump to Reform at some point.

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 5d
Trump demolished a huge part of the White House with no authorisation, no plans, no permission. It is quite incredible, isn't it?