Jon Rouse
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Utterly despicable.
This Israeli government decision to host Tommy Robinson will widen the growing gulf between the Netanyahu government and the British public, including the broad majority of Jews in Britain (3/4 of whom dsapproved of Netanyahu, before this new link to this anti-Muslim racist UK far right convict).
October 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Utterly despicable.
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American independent cinema owes much to Sundance king Robert Redford | Adrian Horton
American independent cinema owes much to Sundance king Robert Redford | Adrian Horton
With his Sundance film festival and institute, Robert Redford used his considerable power to bring generations of talented film-makers to a bigger audience
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:44 AM
American independent cinema owes much to Sundance king Robert Redford | Adrian Horton
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Dismay as north of England universities miss out on share of £54m talent fund. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Dismay as north of England universities miss out on share of £54m talent fund
Exclusive: MP presses minister for explanation as thinktank says omission undermines innovation in the north
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Dismay as north of England universities miss out on share of £54m talent fund. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Letter in Times today
May 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Letter in Times today
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Yes it's much bleaker.
Back then department budgets were coming off a decade of increased spending. Now they've been through 15 years of painful spending reviews. There's nothing left to cut.
Back then department budgets were coming off a decade of increased spending. Now they've been through 15 years of painful spending reviews. There's nothing left to cut.
Great post. Horrifying to read in places, but great. Would you say this fiscal picture is bleaker than the one you endured in 2010? We were famously there was “no money” back then too - and that the previous government had left a mess.
June 1, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Yes it's much bleaker.
Back then department budgets were coming off a decade of increased spending. Now they've been through 15 years of painful spending reviews. There's nothing left to cut.
Back then department budgets were coming off a decade of increased spending. Now they've been through 15 years of painful spending reviews. There's nothing left to cut.
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Having engaged with UNESCO UK, I’m writing a column about #Future100 prospectus commitment to build on World Craft City status to achieve ‘Stoke-on-Trent’s ambition of being designated an International Centre for Ceramics, and pursuing a medium-term plan to become a UNESCO Creative City.’
April 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Having engaged with UNESCO UK, I’m writing a column about #Future100 prospectus commitment to build on World Craft City status to achieve ‘Stoke-on-Trent’s ambition of being designated an International Centre for Ceramics, and pursuing a medium-term plan to become a UNESCO Creative City.’
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“The ‘new world order’ of the past 35 years is being demolished before our eyes.” Wise words from Gordon Brown.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ‘new world order’ of the past 35 years is being demolished before our eyes. This is how we must proceed | Gordon Brown
We have seen the conflict and tragedy that can follow when an old era collapses. Countries that believe in multilateralism must come together now, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown
www.theguardian.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“The ‘new world order’ of the past 35 years is being demolished before our eyes.” Wise words from Gordon Brown.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"You boy! What tariff is it today?"
April 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"You boy! What tariff is it today?"
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Breaking now: Ministry of Economics reporting the tariffs have not caused significant changes to our trading volumes
April 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Breaking now: Ministry of Economics reporting the tariffs have not caused significant changes to our trading volumes
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
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Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
April 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
This is brilliant!
Magdalena Bay recorded a perfect cover of Ashes to Ashes for Triple J. The way it builds to the climax is spine-tingling.
youtu.be/mTN_Hxgaofo?...
youtu.be/mTN_Hxgaofo?...
Magdalena Bay cover David Bowie’s ‘Ashes to Ashes’ for Like A Version
YouTube video by triple j
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March 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This is brilliant!
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I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
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FDA lead forced to resign: “I was willing to work to address the Secretary’s concerns regarding vaccine safety and transparency…However, it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine regulator, forced out
Top FDA official Peter Marks was forced to resign as the director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
www.statnews.com
March 29, 2025 at 4:16 AM
FDA lead forced to resign: “I was willing to work to address the Secretary’s concerns regarding vaccine safety and transparency…However, it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
Need to await full facts but on face of it, this is shocking and worrying.
You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk
March 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Need to await full facts but on face of it, this is shocking and worrying.
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This is mortifying. It's the kind of calculation you would normally make about a dictatorship.
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March 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This is mortifying. It's the kind of calculation you would normally make about a dictatorship.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
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Tesla sales plunged 47% in February in Europe. But we can do better.
March 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Tesla sales plunged 47% in February in Europe. But we can do better.
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Good to hear @jesstud.bsky.social bang the drum again for Total Place 2.0.
www.newlocal.org.uk/articles/tot...
#BennettInst
www.newlocal.org.uk/articles/tot...
#BennettInst
"It's time for Total Place 2.0": John Denham in conversation with Jessica Studdert - New Local
The best policy that almost was? Former Secretary of State John Denham & New Local's Jessica Studdert discuss their new paper calling for a come-back for place-based budgeting as we saw in the Total P...
www.newlocal.org.uk
March 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Good to hear @jesstud.bsky.social bang the drum again for Total Place 2.0.
www.newlocal.org.uk/articles/tot...
#BennettInst
www.newlocal.org.uk/articles/tot...
#BennettInst
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T-level qualifications still less popular and more expensive than BTecs, watchdog finds
T-level qualifications still less popular and more expensive than BTecs, watchdog finds
The NAO has suggested that more popular vocational qualifications should be retained until T-levels can be fully evaluated
Popular sixth-form vocational qualifications such as BTecs should be retained until the success of T-level qualifications can be fully evaluated, the National Audit Office (NAO) has suggested.
In its investigation into the introduction of the new qualification launched in 2020, the NAO noted that T-levels had been less popular and more expensive than alternatives, with only 25,000 students enrolled this year, hampered by “uncertain” economic benefits. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
T-level qualifications still less popular and more expensive than BTecs, watchdog finds
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#StokeonTrent was bloody good at land reclamation.....
Westport Lake, Central Forest Park, Berry Hill Fields, the Greenway System, the National Garden Festival, and more recently Chatterley Whitfield Country Park
Let's shout about it
Westport Lake, Central Forest Park, Berry Hill Fields, the Greenway System, the National Garden Festival, and more recently Chatterley Whitfield Country Park
Let's shout about it
March 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
#StokeonTrent was bloody good at land reclamation.....
Westport Lake, Central Forest Park, Berry Hill Fields, the Greenway System, the National Garden Festival, and more recently Chatterley Whitfield Country Park
Let's shout about it
Westport Lake, Central Forest Park, Berry Hill Fields, the Greenway System, the National Garden Festival, and more recently Chatterley Whitfield Country Park
Let's shout about it
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London councils are spending £120m a month on temporary accommodation, @tomcopley.bsky.social told @homelesslink.bsky.social’s conference on rough sleeping 👀
March 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
London councils are spending £120m a month on temporary accommodation, @tomcopley.bsky.social told @homelesslink.bsky.social’s conference on rough sleeping 👀
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In case anyone was wondering, this is what it looks like visually.
March 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
In case anyone was wondering, this is what it looks like visually.
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Stoke-on-Trent’s love affair with ceramics saw it awarded the World Craft City status, which is why it is affectionately known as the Potteries.
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UK city that's one of the most underrated named among the best for a staycation
This city's love affair with ceramics saw it awarded the World Craft City status in 2024, which is why it is affectionately known as The Potteries.
www.express.co.uk
March 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Stoke-on-Trent’s love affair with ceramics saw it awarded the World Craft City status, which is why it is affectionately known as the Potteries.
@jonrouse.bsky.social
@jonrouse.bsky.social
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This is a fiercely sad and damning piece about the reality of one of our most admired professions. What a terrible fate for a dedicated man www.the-londoner.co.uk/nhs-doctor-s...
The lonely death of Dr Jagdip Sidhu
He was a rising star of the NHS. Could his work have contributed to his death?
www.the-londoner.co.uk
March 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is a fiercely sad and damning piece about the reality of one of our most admired professions. What a terrible fate for a dedicated man www.the-londoner.co.uk/nhs-doctor-s...
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News: Journalists at Voice of America were just informed that they’ve been put on administrative leave. Two people there told me this went to all fulltime employees.
“From what we can tell, VOA is effectively shut down from this moment.”
“From what we can tell, VOA is effectively shut down from this moment.”
March 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
News: Journalists at Voice of America were just informed that they’ve been put on administrative leave. Two people there told me this went to all fulltime employees.
“From what we can tell, VOA is effectively shut down from this moment.”
“From what we can tell, VOA is effectively shut down from this moment.”