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
Maybe they should cancel their Netflix subscriptions
For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million
December 1, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Maybe they should cancel their Netflix subscriptions
I assume all the UK Finance Gurus & Pundits are keeping careful watch on what is happening in US right now
Remembering 2007/8
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULJc...
Remembering 2007/8
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULJc...
November 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I assume all the UK Finance Gurus & Pundits are keeping careful watch on what is happening in US right now
Remembering 2007/8
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULJc...
Remembering 2007/8
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULJc...
It's brainwashing ... pure and simple
I was out for my daily walk through a wooded park and rubbish, mostly in white refuse sacks, was piled high around a bin.
A young woman with her dog said to me: “Did you see who did this?”.
“No” I replied.
“It’s illegal immigrants, isn’t it? And that dump in Oxfordshire”, she said
A young woman with her dog said to me: “Did you see who did this?”.
“No” I replied.
“It’s illegal immigrants, isn’t it? And that dump in Oxfordshire”, she said
8,000 illegal waste sites
13 million tons of rubbish
No controls on waste dumped sometimes near rivers + in floodplains
Burning of waste
Little or no policing
How criminal dumping of waste became the 'new narcotics'
Our latest article, out now:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
13 million tons of rubbish
No controls on waste dumped sometimes near rivers + in floodplains
Burning of waste
Little or no policing
How criminal dumping of waste became the 'new narcotics'
Our latest article, out now:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 29, 2025 at 9:33 AM
It's brainwashing ... pure and simple
Such a sad day for me then. My favourite Beatle, he was such a talent.
George Harrison, known as the 'quiet Beatle', died of cancer, aged 58, on this day 2001. Photo by Jane Bown, backstage at East Ham, 1963.
November 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Such a sad day for me then. My favourite Beatle, he was such a talent.
There is a lot going on in US about IRS giving data to Homeland Security (ICE). A judge has ordered it to stop
I do wonder if Reform (baby MAGA), would do the same here if elected to power. Just asking
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@ottoenglish.bsky.social
I do wonder if Reform (baby MAGA), would do the same here if elected to power. Just asking
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@ottoenglish.bsky.social
Nigel Farage is a huge success.
He has turned Britain into a country no one wants to come to and everyone who can wants to leave.
Unless you’re fleeing terror of course. Because even Britain beats that. Just.
He has turned Britain into a country no one wants to come to and everyone who can wants to leave.
Unless you’re fleeing terror of course. Because even Britain beats that. Just.
November 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
There is a lot going on in US about IRS giving data to Homeland Security (ICE). A judge has ordered it to stop
I do wonder if Reform (baby MAGA), would do the same here if elected to power. Just asking
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@ottoenglish.bsky.social
I do wonder if Reform (baby MAGA), would do the same here if elected to power. Just asking
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@ottoenglish.bsky.social
Plus criminal investigations of individuals.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
It’s clear to anyone paying attention that Farage won’t investigate the Russian infiltration of Reform.
The Prime Minister must step up and launch a national investigation.
The Prime Minister must step up and launch a national investigation.
November 29, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Plus criminal investigations of individuals.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
We don't want any "Locker Room Talk" philosophy here
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@josiahmortimer.bsky.social
@ottoenglish.bsky.social
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@josiahmortimer.bsky.social
@ottoenglish.bsky.social
“It sounded as if he was suggesting that songs about gassing Jews, Asians and Black people amount to no more than “banter”. That’s not schoolboy Farage talking, but the Farage of 2025.”
Yes. Same racism. Now weaponised by the wealth and power of the far right.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Yes. Same racism. Now weaponised by the wealth and power of the far right.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Antisemitism allegations against the teenage Farage matter – look at what he went on to do | Jonathan Freedland
Farage has cosied up to US figures who espoused conspiracy theories about Jews. That kind of talk is becoming alarmingly mainstream on the Maga right, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
We don't want any "Locker Room Talk" philosophy here
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@josiahmortimer.bsky.social
@ottoenglish.bsky.social
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
@josiahmortimer.bsky.social
@ottoenglish.bsky.social
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Why do so many prominent Brexiteers live in France? Nigel Lawson; Andrew Neil; and former Brexit Party & UKIP MEP David Coburn. Asked to account for himself in the Nathan Gill story it turns out he lives in a French chateau. The brazen hypocrisy of this lot is just staggering!
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Why do so many prominent Brexiteers live in France? Nigel Lawson; Andrew Neil; and former Brexit Party & UKIP MEP David Coburn. Asked to account for himself in the Nathan Gill story it turns out he lives in a French chateau. The brazen hypocrisy of this lot is just staggering!
Why would a fervent Brexit supporter upsticks ... to go to live in Europe?
The double standards is off the scale, given what they have inflicted on our country, and by default the European Union.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
The double standards is off the scale, given what they have inflicted on our country, and by default the European Union.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
Very much enjoying this BBC article explaining how David Coburn, Nathan Gill’s fellow MEP who acted as an echo chamber for Gill’s Ukraine position, is now another bloody immigrant living in his “chateau in France” (but took no 🇷🇺 money)
His Wiki page is worth a read
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
His Wiki page is worth a read
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Why would a fervent Brexit supporter upsticks ... to go to live in Europe?
The double standards is off the scale, given what they have inflicted on our country, and by default the European Union.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
The double standards is off the scale, given what they have inflicted on our country, and by default the European Union.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
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Young bookworm at the window of John Smith & Son bookshop, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, 1962, photo by Oscar Marzaroli.
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Young bookworm at the window of John Smith & Son bookshop, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, 1962, photo by Oscar Marzaroli.
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🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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.
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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...
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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