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connorofbfd.bsky.social
Connor
@connorofbfd.bsky.social
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Public Policy MRes student @UofGlasgow, exploring lived experience of disability benefits.

Bradford City, class, curry, hardcore punk, hip-hop and social policy. Aspiring playwright, usually found writing or taking photos.

www.medium.com/@connorofbfd
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uofgussp.bsky.social
Kudos to our very own @ellenlaurab.bsky.social who co-designed a fantastic zine on what creativity can bring to food geographies 🙌

The zine was recently presented at the @rgsibg.bsky.social conference 🤓

Here's the online version: bit.ly/FGRG_Creativ...
FGRG - Creativity in Food Geographies - 2025 | PDF to Flipbook
This was created from a collective inquiry at the FGRG Away Day in 2025. PDF to flipbook converted using heyzine.com
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September 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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ewangibbs.bsky.social
I've just submitted An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class to my publisher, Verso.

My book explores how a British working class which was powerfully grounded in politics, the economy and culture has been unmade since the 1960s. An Injury to All is due for publication next year!
August 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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tribunemagazine.bsky.social
Pro wrestling is often associated with the Right, but a new character has become popular for championing solidarity and workers’ rights, reflecting the growing economic precarity of its fanbase.
In Search of Left Wrestling
Pro wrestling is often associated with the Right, but a new character has become popular for championing solidarity and workers’ rights, reflecting the growing economic precarity of its fanbase.
tribunemag.co.uk
August 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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policyatkings.bsky.social
In the latest issue of Significance magazine, our @johnnyrunge.bsky.social explores how the general public are using statistics from a variety of (not necessarily reliable) online sources when making big life decisions from baby names to house moves.

➡️ academic.oup.com/jrssig/artic...
The hidden use of statistics
Abstract. The general public grabs statistics from a variety of not necessarily reliable online sources when making big life decisions from baby names to h
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August 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
connorofbfd.bsky.social
Great to catch up with my old HoD @johnhudson.bsky.social in Ealing Broadway today. V much looking forward to getting back into academia! cc. @profsharonwright.bsky.social @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social @sgsss.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgussp.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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sundersays.bsky.social
We are having a mini recruitment blitz at @britishfuture.bsky.social with a couple of exciting new projects. Apply by 15th August

Senior researcher on race equity
www.britishfuture.org/jobs/senior-...

South Asian bridgers forum: project manager
www.britishfuture.org/jobs/project...
Senior Researcher on race equity – British Future
Salary: £40,000 Location: London, with an optional hybrid model Contract: Permanent Deadline for applications: 15th August 2025 Role overview British […]
www.britishfuture.org
July 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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resolutionfoundation.org
People in their early twenties are now more likely to be out of work due to ill health than those in their early forties.

Read The good, the bad and the messy here 👉 buff.ly/0O2OHhy
Chart showing proportion of the working-age population who are economically inactive due to ill health, by single year of age: UK
July 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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ruthpatrick0.bsky.social
Great to have @haylesben.bsky.social kicking off our @easp-spa-2025.bsky.social symposium , a chance to reflect on work we’ve been doing together on our @nuffieldfoundation.org @safety-nets.bsky.social project

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July 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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helenbarnard.bsky.social
This is appalling. Both in substance & how it was done. @financialfairness.bsky.social is a crucial part of funding infrastructure for vital work on living standards & inequality. Gutting it with no notice & not even reassurances for grantees is really terrible. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
To all who think capitalism can drive progressive change, it won’t – and here’s the shocking proof | Polly Toynbee
Asset manager Aberdeen’s surprise cut to funding research into inequality has left those that used its grants for good work reeling, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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victoria-anns.bsky.social
Great breakdown from Craig explaining why the UCPIP bill is still a bad idea.

When thinking about the government's disability plans, one word springs to mind: chaos.
craigpberry.bsky.social Craig Berry @craigpberry.bsky.social · Jun 30
A long thread on why the concessions in and around the UCPIP Bill (ie the disability benefits cuts) are illusory, disingenuous and potentially makes things worse 🧵

There are 5 big myths to bust -fifth is the most difficult to untangle, but the most significant in my view, so please do bear with 🙂
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July 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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disrightsuk.bsky.social
Today is the second reading of the Government's PIP and UC Bill, that has used Disabled people's lives as pawns in their book balancing exercise.

We'll be there with DPAC outside Parliament protesting these unthinkable cuts - join us!
Stop Disability Benefit Cuts Tuesday 1st July, 1pm Old Palace Yard Westminster SWIP 3JY #WelfareNotWarfare Image of Disabled people protesting beneath with DPAC and Crips against Cuts Logo
July 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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lauralhutch.bsky.social
Anti poverty organisations all unanimously urging MPs to vote against the UCPIP Bill this afternoon, and calling on the government to carry out proper reviews and consultation before legislating.

This is too important to vote through on an act of faith.

www.ucpipbill.co.uk/wp-content/u...
July 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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justtreatment.org
🚨 Joint statement: Unacceptable “concessions” on the #DisabilityCuts will permanently divide the disabled community and must be rejected ⬇️

By @disrightsuk.bsky.social, @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social, @nsunnews.bsky.social, Mad Youth Organise, Crips Against Cuts and Taking The PIP.
Unacceptable “concessions” on the disability cuts will permanently divide the disabled community and must be rejected As disability rights organisations and grassroots campaigns, we are voicing our united and absolute opposition to the apparent concessions offered by the government on their proposed disability cuts. We know that for many, including the MPs who took a principled stand by supporting the reasoned amendment that would have killed this bill, the government’s offer looks like a win. But we have been dealing with the benefits system for years and we know the potentially lethal effects the concessions being reported will have. As disabled people, we will not accept a Bill that condemns future generations of disabled people to devastating cuts in their vital support in order to avoid that fate ourselves. Rather than fixing this Bill’s dangerous attack on disabled people, these concessions will introduce a new and cruel inequality into our communities. They will condemn young disabled people, and those yet to be disabled, to a future of poverty, hardship and worsening health. Not to mention those unable, or yet to apply due to how taxing the process of proving your eligibility is. We are absolutely clear that no amount of “concessions” will make this government Bill acceptable. Any and all cuts made to the already limited support disabled people rely on - both now and in the future - must be resisted. Disabled people have a long history of solidarity with each other and other communities - it has been essential to our survival. The desperate attempts by the Prime Minister and his whips to buy votes by selling future disabled people out - attempting to divide our community - will not work. We know these “concessions” have only come about because of the tidal wave of resistance created by disabled people and our allies over the last couple of months. They underestimated our power, and now they are underestimating our strength of solidarity. We know the …
June 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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dhochlaf.bsky.social
Government concessions on welfare demonstrate their arguments have been disingenuous from the start

However, while it is positive those receiving disability benefits today will not face a severe income shock, it creates an intolerable double standard for future claimants
June 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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wcmlibrary.bsky.social
#OTD in 1905, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) was founded in Chicago, USA. Known as the “One Big Union,” it was formed out of several smaller unions and would go on to become one of the most radical organisations within the labour movement.
A photo of four IWW pamphlets from the library's collection.
June 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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plutopress.bsky.social
📢 Our friends at bookhaus have built one of the country’s most vital radical bookshops—a cultural hub rooted in activism, community & resistance.

Now the shop is up for sale. Support the crowdfunder and keep bookhaus in radical hands: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bookhaus--...
June 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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resolutionfoundation.org
Who will be most affected by changes to the PIP assessment?

@louisemurphy.bsky.social‬ explains the probable impacts on different groups by age and condition.
June 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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jim.londoncentric.media
The flammability of historic buildings that are the subject of longstanding contentious planning disputes is really worryingly high. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Manchester fire: Residents evacuated from tower as blaze spreads
Residents are evacuated from a tower block after embers from a major fire at Hotspur House spread.
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June 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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jessicaelgot.bsky.social
UPDATE- I’m told there are 99 signatures
jessicaelgot.bsky.social Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · Jun 23
BREAKING - I understand a large number of MPs - potentially 80+ and including select committee chair are signing a reasoned amendment to the welfare bill which declines to give it a second reading
June 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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pollardtom.bsky.social
This could be the fatal blow these cuts-posing-as-reforms deserve

Supporting more disabled people into work is a welcome aspiration, but cutting benefits for this group to meet an imposed savings target, with no meaningful consultation, is neither supportive of nor justified by that objective
jessicaelgot.bsky.social Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · Jun 23
BREAKING - I understand a large number of MPs - potentially 80+ and including select committee chair are signing a reasoned amendment to the welfare bill which declines to give it a second reading
June 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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theguardian.com
‘Youths everywhere were spitting over tinny beats playing off a Nokia’: great grime photographer Simon Wheatley
‘Youths everywhere were spitting over tinny beats playing off a Nokia’: great grime photographer Simon Wheatley
He was young and broke when he became grime’s first documentarian. Then his book Don’t Call Me Urban captured the energy of the grittier first wave – and an expanded edition is finally here
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June 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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annieirvine.bsky.social
Two Policy Assistant roles available for people just starting out in this sector. Could be a great opportunity for those just about to graduate from @uoysbs.bsky.social
Octo Candidates - Application Form - Vacancy Details
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June 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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resolutionfoundation.org
Being in work no longer guarantees that people can provide for their family.

Watch @ruthcurtice.bsky.social‬ on BBC Panorama discussing the economic challenges facing Britain today.

Catch up here ➡️ buff.ly/IzHfBtB
June 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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tcstephens.bsky.social
We've seen alarming trends in in-work poverty in the UK - despite rises in the Living Wage.

I've written a piece for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social looking at the role 'good work' can play in tackling this, based on @neweconomics.bsky.social analysis:

blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

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The role of “good jobs” in tackling in-work poverty - British Politics and Policy at LSE
Labour is right to focus on "good jobs" but, Thomas Stephens warns, this Government ambition needs to be coupled with its Industrial Strategy and deeper reforms to the welfare system.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
June 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
connorofbfd.bsky.social
Excited to share that I have been awarded an ESRC 1+3.5 Studentship for a Masters and PhD at @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social, starting in September. Grateful to @sgsss.bsky.social for funding and very excited to start working under a great supervision team 1/3
June 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM