Peter Beresford
peterberesford.bsky.social
Peter Beresford
@peterberesford.bsky.social

Activist, writer, researcher UK interested in disability, mental wellbeing, sustainability and welfare state, wants to see a better more sharing, kind and cooperative world

Peter Beresford OBE, FAcSS, FRSA is a British academic, writer, researcher and activist best known for his work in the field of citizen participation and user involvement, areas of study he helped to create and develop. He is currently visiting professor and senior research fellow in the School of Health & Social Sciences at the University of East Anglia, emeritus professor of citizen participation at the University of Essex and emeritus professor of social policy at Brunel University London. Much of his work has centred on including the viewpoints, lived experience and knowledge of disabled people, mental health and other long term service users in public policy, practice and learning, and working for a more participatory politics. .. more

Education 31%
Public Health 22%

A sad loss especially at this terrible time
RIP Gerry Gable a determined anti fascist
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Gerry Gable obituary
Founder of Searchlight magazine who was a formidable figure in the fight against fascism and the extreme right
www.theguardian.com

sad to hear of loss of Bob Weir of Grateful Dead
great musician and innovator RIP

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
Bob Weir obituary
One of the founding members of the Grateful Dead, brilliant guitarist and writer of many of the group’s key songs
www.theguardian.com

don't you just love this and its sentiments
been with me almost all my life
thanks

www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3mA...
September Song - Walter Huston...Long Version
YouTube video by Kate Harpham
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RIP
Gillian Wagner author of one of the last helpful reports on social care - ignore by government as not about privatisation.
@SocialCare

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Dame Gillian Wagner obituary
Advocate for improvements in residential social care who served as the first female chair of Barnardo’s and wrote a revealing book about Thomas Barnardo, the charity’s founder
www.theguardian.com

whats the last good idea neoliberals had - for themselves?
BREXIT
and the next
WORLD WAR
-preferably after theyve got to Mars!

Trump
what do failing leaders always do?
they start a war
but is this with Venezuala or the world?

Trump has always had a sense of his own inferiority
now the worst of all worlds. he rules a declining America facing an ascendant China and doesnt know how to cope with it
except maybe starting a world war.
time he was incarcerated

even trump knows he must be dead in a few years. why is he so keen to take the rest of us with him with his pitiful politics?
he knows China rules and he can't even own up to his sense of inferiority so attacks what he sees as the easy targets

how do you defend the indefensible?
hasnt she suffered enough?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Shamima Begum: Home secretary to 'robustly defend' citizenship decision
The ECHR questions whether it was considered if Shamima Begum was a victim of grooming and trafficking.
www.bbc.co.uk

here's something for all who have had troubled relations with their family
how lucky i was that someone was present to help do some sorting out

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The trouble with Ma
Peter Beresford spent 15 years trying to protect his family from his mother's inexplicable hatred. It was only after she died that they learned her true feelings.
www.theguardian.com

of all the things i have written this is one letter i am really proud of. people who are oppressed like trans people need all our support and respect at all times. please share
@transjournalists.org

shocking eh re inequality and the damage it does

this has to change for us all to have a future

www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Billionaires added record $2.2tn in wealth in 2025
Just eight billionaires accounted for a quarter of the gains, led by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison and Larry Page
www.theguardian.com

could you have more of a non story

so sad to hear of death on christmas day of Robbo John Robertson great nottingham forest player RIP

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Google Search
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RIP Chris Rea
one of my favourites and such a help in difficult times
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
Chris Rea obituary
Singer, songwriter and guitarist best known for his enduring hit Driving Home for Christmas
www.theguardian.com

So sad to hear that Chris Rea the great musician and songwriter has died
he won't be getting home for Christmas, or perhaps he will. sadly missed RIP xxx with love miss you Chris and thanks for all the music
please share so we can all remember him especially at this poignant time

this rubbish writing for children?
who was stupid enough ever to buy his books??
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
David Walliams dropped by publisher over alleged inappropriate behaviour
Successful children’s author denies allegations after he was reportedly accused of harassing junior female staff
www.theguardian.com

the perfect present for a loved one who wants to be depressed by neoliberalism
mind you it offers a way out!!!
policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-antidote
The Antidote
The Antidote - How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice; The Antidote explores what we can learn from the equalisation of personal roles and relationships to make possible ...
policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk

RIP the lovely gutsy Billy Bonds
West Ham football legend
what a cup final 1980
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Billy Bonds obituary
West Ham captain and manager who held the club record for appearances and was voted by fans as the team’s greatest player
www.theguardian.com

the latest on the Salt Path Lies
- sounds like a rival to Farage porkies!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1zh...
The Salt Path: Raynor Winn's 'confession' letter | The Observer
YouTube video by The Observer UK
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keep watching and we find the farage story is again a phoney
leopards or at least fourth rate fascists dont seem to change their spots but try to use the law against right of course!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyhH...
Farage Announces Legal Action Against His Accusers Except...
YouTube video by Political CUSTARD
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leopards or at least fourth rate fascists dont seem to change their spots but try to use the law against right of course!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyhH...
Farage Announces Legal Action Against His Accusers Except...
YouTube video by Political CUSTARD
www.youtube.com

its a lovely day here. i am in the warm, the sun is shining outside, nearly as good as summer

who is kidding who!!!!

please read this article and the whole issue of the journal
imsj.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/im...
View of Transformation in the academy by coming back a Mad person
imsj.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org

Assisted dying
good to get this update and sense of just how controversial this grim proposal actually is now being recognised to be
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What's happening with the assisted dying bill?
It's more than a year since MPs first backed the proposed legislation but it still needs to be approved by peers.
www.bbc.co.uk