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Vivek Thuppil @vthuppil.bsky.social · 5h

I did suggest you vote for Plaid Cymru instead of the Red Tories

Vivek Thuppil @vthuppil.bsky.social · 7h

So you vote for progressive policies at the local level and right wing ones at the General Election?

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Vivek Thuppil @vthuppil.bsky.social · 7h

Just one of the amazing people of #Caerphilly who put the hate monger Llyr Powell and the fascist Reform party in their place

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...

Caerphilly by-election BBC Wales debate hears from candidates

The by-election will be held following the death of Caerphilly Member of the Senedd, Hefin David.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Vivek Thuppil @vthuppil.bsky.social · 9h

I'm not a Labour member or Labour supporter, but Bridget Philipson represents the status quo of Starmer, Reeves, & their red austerity policies

If you think the status quo is working in the UK, then clearly we live in different worlds

Bijan Parsia @bparsia.bsky.social · 14h

As a Labour Party member, I just voted against Bridget Phillipson for deputy leader not least on the fact she's been horrible for post-16 education. Not even trying a little bit. #UCU

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Bijan Parsia @bparsia.bsky.social · 14h

As a Labour Party member, I just voted against Bridget Phillipson for deputy leader not least on the fact she's been horrible for post-16 education. Not even trying a little bit. #UCU

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Vivek Thuppil @vthuppil.bsky.social · 9h

Lindsay Whittle from @plaidcymru.bsky.social is being amazing on tonight's #Caerphilly debate

And Deform's Llyr Powell is getting his rear end handed to him by the good people of Caerphilly

Welsh voters showing the far right the contempt that it amply deserves

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 5d

At last night’s online Live event Dyfrig Jones and Jo Grady discussed the scandal of vice-chancellor pay when university staff are struggling

How can it be right that bosses are earning 16 times more that the lowest paid staff

#WeAreTheUniversity

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Tom Cutterham @tomcutterham.bsky.social · 6d

UCU hasn't focused on university governance, but it should. Like their Australian counterparts, British universities are "profoundly undemocratic." @markpendleton.bsky.social is right we should learn from those in Australia who are taking the fight forward on this! ucucommons.org/2025/10/03/s...

Setting The Agenda for Change in Higher Education: Lessons from Australia

A discussion paper by Mark Pendleton (UK-elected HE) [Featured photo: the Australian national flag flying beside the Aboriginal Flag of Australia] Preface UCU Commons has long argued for more delib…

ucucommons.org

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Vivek Thuppil @vthuppil.bsky.social · 6d

@plaidcymru.bsky.social is the party that backs working people in Wales

Any member is able to join us at our party conference in Swansea this weekend.

If you are not a member, join us!

www.partyof.wales/join

Join

We all know that this is not as good as it gets for Wales. Let's work together for a better future - join Plaid Cymru today.

www.partyof.wales

Vivek Thuppil @vthuppil.bsky.social · 6d

@plaidcymru.bsky.social members - join us at the Undeb Plaid Cymru fringe discussion! We'll discuss AI, its impacts on workers, & ensuring safe and democratic development.

All Plaid Cymru members who belong to any trade union are automatically Undeb members & you are welcome to take part in our AGM

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UCU Commons @ucucommons.bsky.social · 7d

The first issue of our fortnightly newsletter has landed!

Featuring @markpendleton.bsky.social’s discussion paper to this Friday’s HEC, @hagenilda.bsky.social’s plea to Frances Corner’s successor and other interesting links and news. #UCU #UKHE #AcademicSky

ucucommons.substack.com/p/ucu-common...

UCU Commons newsletter #1

A new fortnightly round-up of union and sector specific news

ucucommons.substack.com

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Dr Maha @maharafiatal.bsky.social · 7d

Me, in February: the Trump Admin is going to try to force the EU to withdraw or weaken CBAM and the CSDDD. www.gla.ac.uk/explore/glas...

The FT this morning: www.ft.com/content/678f...

The planet cannot afford for Brussels to give Washington what it wants here.

Moreover, the EU is moving forward with its own trade restriction, a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which imposes tariffs on imports that don’t meet European environmental standards. The UK will adopt a similar system in 2027, aligning itself with Europe to secure smooth UK access to critical commodities. While the Biden Administration was in discussions about a plan to bring the US into this “climate club,” the Trump Administration is rapidly reversing US climate commitments. Indeed, the Administration has singled out countries imposing regulatory tariffs as potential targets for its country-by-country tariffs. As a result, by 2027, the UK will face a binary choice between regulatory alignment with (and market access to) Europe and a trade confrontation with the United States. The current “wait-and-see” approach prolongs, but does not resolve, this dilemma.

FT headline: US demands EU dismantle green regulations in threat to trade deal

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Vivek Thuppil @vthuppil.bsky.social · 10d

Because we're exceptional, don't you know? 🙄

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Matilda Fitzmaurice @matildaf.bsky.social · 12d

#ucu: statement from @drjogrady.bsky.social on the Manchester synagogue attack: www.ucu.org.uk/article/1421...

UCU statement on Manchester synagogue attack

UCU said it is horrified by the appalling attack at the Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester during Yom Kippur.

www.ucu.org.uk

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 13d

On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.

As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.

At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.

To everyone in Britain's Jewish Community: you are not alone.

We will not let hate or those who spread it win.

We stand with you.

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Vivek Thuppil @vthuppil.bsky.social · 13d

Absolutely horrific news coming from Manchester about the stabbing at a synagogue on the holy day of Yom Kippur 💔

No one should have to experience this sort of senseless violence & be targeted for who they are

We stand in complete solidarity with Jews across the four nations of the UK ❤️✡️

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 16d

I do think we sometimes forget:
1. We need high-skilled migrants to keep the NHS working, and to grow the economy
2. High-skilled migrants have a *lot* of choices over where to go

And

3. We’ve been getting less attractive as a destination for years anyway (wages here famously suck)

Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 16d

imagine being a consultant doctor here and having to go out litter picking to be given your citizenship lol

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Shabana Mahmood to demand migrants earn right to settled status

New tests will include learning English to a high standard, paying National Insurance and not claiming benefits.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Vivek Thuppil @vthuppil.bsky.social · 18d

Long overdue move. It's time that affiliated unions realise that there are true alternatives and they don't have to be chained to the Red Tories

Here in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @plaidcymru.bsky.social is the party for workers

news.sky.com/story/unite-...

Unite boss Sharon Graham threatens to break link with Labour on eve of conference

Ms Graham has been a long-time critic of Sir Keir Starmer's agenda, accusing him of lacking vision.

news.sky.com

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Vivek Thuppil @vthuppil.bsky.social · 18d

In my constituency, Bangor Aberconwy, Plaid Cymru got 22% of the vote last time. And this poll seems to think that's going to go down by 5%?

Ridiculous poll that's not worth the pixels it's being displayed in.

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Vivek Thuppil @vthuppil.bsky.social · 19d

Growing up, I was a WW 2 buff. I was always incredulous that citizens of Nazi Germany lived blissfully ignorant of the Holocaust's horrors

We see for ourselves now how Israeli citizens frolick on the beach & talk "resilience" even as babies starve in a genocide in Gaza

youtu.be/nMyyVaiY4V8?...

'Our Genocide': How do Israelis feel about the war in Gaza? | On the Ground

YouTube video by The Guardian

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Vivek Thuppil @vthuppil.bsky.social · 23d

Congratulations, Tristan! Wish you all the best with the new position in Munich!

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bangorucu.bsky.social @bangorucu.bsky.social · 26d

This is a choice of the VC. With ”under 10 posts” at risk, he could have ruled out compulsory redundancies & let departments get on with their planning

Instead, we have: “A university is in chaos with no clarity on who is teaching what amid a swathe of job cuts”

www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-w...

Staff at North Wales university 'are unsure about who is teaching what'

Some 200 jobs have gone as bosses at Bangor University bid to save more than £15m

www.dailypost.co.uk

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Matilda Fitzmaurice @matildaf.bsky.social · 27d

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Michael Spooky Bell 🎃🦇👻 @mbellcoop.bsky.social · 27d

The fact that Your Party is developing organised factions before it even has a name or formal membership reminds me of the old joke about two Trot parties walk into a unity meeting and four walk out

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bangorucu.bsky.social @bangorucu.bsky.social · 27d

Nid oes gan ein haelodau unrhyw hyder yn yr Is-ganghellor a'r Prif Swyddog Ariannol.

Roedd eu penderfyniad i wario £1.4 miliwn o linell achub ariannol Llywodraeth Cymru ar seilwaith diangen, heb ei gynllunio yn dangos diffyg barn syfrdanol.

newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/30355

Undeb yn pasio cynnig o ddiffyg hyder yn arweinyddiaeth Prifysgol Bangor

Mae aelodau o Undeb y Prifysgolion a Cholegau wedi pasio cynnig o ddiffyg hyder yn arweinyddiaeth Prifysgol Bangor.

newyddion.s4c.cymru

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bangorucu.bsky.social @bangorucu.bsky.social · 27d

Our members have no confidence in the VC & CFO, as they pursue the same failed cuts they used against @leicesterucu.bsky.social

Spending £1.4 million of additional Welsh Gov funding on unplanned spend while making staff redundant was a disqualifying lack of judgement

nation.cymru/news/bangor-...

Bangor University staff pass no confidence vote against senior leadership

Union members at Bangor University have passed a vote of no confidence in vice-chancellor Prof Edmund Burke and chief finance officer Martyn Riddleston, as tensions mount over job cuts and budget redu...

nation.cymru

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