Helen Young
@helenyoung.bsky.social
Sociology of Education ~ Democracy ~ Climate Justice. Views my own. She/her.
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🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
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‘To be held without charge and questioned under threat of criminal prosecution without a lawyer is otherwise unheard of in British law. At a port of entry or exit, this cornerstone of British justice no longer applies.’
Asim Qureshi on misuses of the Terrorism Act:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Asim Qureshi on misuses of the Terrorism Act:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Asim Qureshi · Short Cuts: Misuses of the Terrorism Act
Thousands of people each year are detained and questioned under Schedule 7, the majority of them from ethnic minority...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
‘To be held without charge and questioned under threat of criminal prosecution without a lawyer is otherwise unheard of in British law. At a port of entry or exit, this cornerstone of British justice no longer applies.’
Asim Qureshi on misuses of the Terrorism Act:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Asim Qureshi on misuses of the Terrorism Act:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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"You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | My commentary on Bill Gates' flawed new climate missive for @thebulletin.org: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
thebulletin.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | My commentary on Bill Gates' flawed new climate missive for @thebulletin.org: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
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Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds
Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds
Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds
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This deserves *way* more attention than it’s getting
Reform’s former Wales leader admits he received corrupt payments in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament to promote Russia’s interests in #Ukraine.
Reform’s former Wales leader admits he received corrupt payments in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament to promote Russia’s interests in #Ukraine.
Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Gill admits to eight charges while an elected member of the European parliament
Nathan Gill, a former leader of Reform UK in Wales, has pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to eight bribery charges while an elected member of the European parliament.
More details soon … Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This deserves *way* more attention than it’s getting
Reform’s former Wales leader admits he received corrupt payments in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament to promote Russia’s interests in #Ukraine.
Reform’s former Wales leader admits he received corrupt payments in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament to promote Russia’s interests in #Ukraine.
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A Spanish naval vessel will join the Global Sumud Flotilla to provide assistance and, if necessary, conduct rescues, says Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez.
Italy earlier announced it was dispatching a frigate after a night of drone attacks on the flotilla opposed by the Israeli gov't.
Italy earlier announced it was dispatching a frigate after a night of drone attacks on the flotilla opposed by the Israeli gov't.
September 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
A Spanish naval vessel will join the Global Sumud Flotilla to provide assistance and, if necessary, conduct rescues, says Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez.
Italy earlier announced it was dispatching a frigate after a night of drone attacks on the flotilla opposed by the Israeli gov't.
Italy earlier announced it was dispatching a frigate after a night of drone attacks on the flotilla opposed by the Israeli gov't.
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In discussion with a computer scientist from the University of Cambridge last night:
Me: "you've described some of the things that AI is good at. How would you describe the category of things it's not good at?
**pause**
Him: "Anything where it has to be right".
Me: "you've described some of the things that AI is good at. How would you describe the category of things it's not good at?
**pause**
Him: "Anything where it has to be right".
September 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
In discussion with a computer scientist from the University of Cambridge last night:
Me: "you've described some of the things that AI is good at. How would you describe the category of things it's not good at?
**pause**
Him: "Anything where it has to be right".
Me: "you've described some of the things that AI is good at. How would you describe the category of things it's not good at?
**pause**
Him: "Anything where it has to be right".
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President Trump has fanned the flames of the far-right.
And now a toxic form of politics is spilling out onto our streets.
These are dark times, but those who seek to divide us will not win. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
And now a toxic form of politics is spilling out onto our streets.
These are dark times, but those who seek to divide us will not win. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
After the far right’s march on our streets, Londoners must show Trump we reject his politics of fear | Sadiq Khan
These are dark times, but those who seek to divide us will not win. The capital’s soul and spirit are as inclusive and optimistic as ever, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
President Trump has fanned the flames of the far-right.
And now a toxic form of politics is spilling out onto our streets.
These are dark times, but those who seek to divide us will not win. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
And now a toxic form of politics is spilling out onto our streets.
These are dark times, but those who seek to divide us will not win. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Across 142 routes in Europe, trains are on average twice as expensive as flights
On some routes, they are 26 times the price
Low-cost airlines profit from unfair tax exemptions, but trains are burdened with VAT, energy taxes and high track fees
Governments and the EU must stop rewarding polluters
On some routes, they are 26 times the price
Low-cost airlines profit from unfair tax exemptions, but trains are burdened with VAT, energy taxes and high track fees
Governments and the EU must stop rewarding polluters
Low-cost flights up to 26 times cheaper than trains - Greenpeace European Unit
Brussels, 21 August 2025 – A new Europe-wide Greenpeace study shows that climate-damaging flying is still cheaper than taking the train on a majority of cross-border routes – even though…
www.greenpeace.org
August 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Across 142 routes in Europe, trains are on average twice as expensive as flights
On some routes, they are 26 times the price
Low-cost airlines profit from unfair tax exemptions, but trains are burdened with VAT, energy taxes and high track fees
Governments and the EU must stop rewarding polluters
On some routes, they are 26 times the price
Low-cost airlines profit from unfair tax exemptions, but trains are burdened with VAT, energy taxes and high track fees
Governments and the EU must stop rewarding polluters
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🚨BREAKING🚨 ICJ ruling that a healthy environment is a human right could be a real turning point in setting out governments’ legal responsibility to tackle #climate crisis 👇
Healthy environment a human right, UN court says in landmark climate ruling
Court’s decision expected to be used in future litigation and to support political negotiations by vulnerable states
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🚨BREAKING🚨 ICJ ruling that a healthy environment is a human right could be a real turning point in setting out governments’ legal responsibility to tackle #climate crisis 👇
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Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison
This NEW Law is TERRIFYING & Will SILENCE Us All
www.doubledown.news
June 27, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
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‘Given the size of Palestine Action and the breadth of support so far expressed for it, proscribing it could lead to a significant proportion of civil society being criminalised, including MPs, journalists and NGOs.’
New on the blog: Daniella Lock on Palestine Action. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
New on the blog: Daniella Lock on Palestine Action. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Daniella Lock | Heavy Power
During a parliamentary debate on the Terrorism Bill in 2000, MPs asked whether the legislation could be used to...
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June 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
‘Given the size of Palestine Action and the breadth of support so far expressed for it, proscribing it could lead to a significant proportion of civil society being criminalised, including MPs, journalists and NGOs.’
New on the blog: Daniella Lock on Palestine Action. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
New on the blog: Daniella Lock on Palestine Action. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
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So this hapoened today and I’m so humbled to have my contribution to health equity in nursing and academia recognised by the hoghest in the land. www.linkedin.com/posts/lsbu_c...
⭐ Congratulations to Prof Calvin Moorley, Chair of Diversity and Social Justice in Nursing, who has been awarded an MBE in the King's Birthday Honours List for outstanding contributions to nursing...
⭐ Congratulations to Prof Calvin Moorley, Chair of Diversity and Social Justice in Nursing, who has been awarded an MBE in the King's Birthday Honours List for outstanding contributions to nursing...
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June 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
So this hapoened today and I’m so humbled to have my contribution to health equity in nursing and academia recognised by the hoghest in the land. www.linkedin.com/posts/lsbu_c...
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Appalling speech by Starmer. Dishonest, inhumane and most of all, cowardly.
Enraging to have grown up around working class black people who came to the UK and broke themselves for it only to be told that their host nation still has “legitimate concerns” about them being there.
May 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Appalling speech by Starmer. Dishonest, inhumane and most of all, cowardly.
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It's hard to get your head around the scale of the environmental vandalism the Labour government is hoping to unleash. The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is up there with Trump's executive orders. And the reason is the same: corporate power.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:34 AM
It's hard to get your head around the scale of the environmental vandalism the Labour government is hoping to unleash. The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is up there with Trump's executive orders. And the reason is the same: corporate power.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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‘There’s nothing surprising about Trump’s attack on the universities, or on the liberal law firms that he also despises. What is shocking is the ease with which his attack has so far succeeded.’
Adam Shatz on Columbia’s capitulation, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
Adam Shatz on Columbia’s capitulation, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
Adam Shatz | Submission
There’s nothing surprising about Trump’s attack on the universities, or on the liberal law firms that he also...
www.lrb.co.uk
March 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
‘There’s nothing surprising about Trump’s attack on the universities, or on the liberal law firms that he also despises. What is shocking is the ease with which his attack has so far succeeded.’
Adam Shatz on Columbia’s capitulation, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
Adam Shatz on Columbia’s capitulation, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
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NEW: El Salvador has released this video of the deported men arriving in their country.
Their hands & ankles are shackled and they’re manhandled by hooded guards. They have their heads shaven.
Trump has published no names nor evidence. People ripped from their lives in the US with no due process.
Their hands & ankles are shackled and they’re manhandled by hooded guards. They have their heads shaven.
Trump has published no names nor evidence. People ripped from their lives in the US with no due process.
March 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
NEW: El Salvador has released this video of the deported men arriving in their country.
Their hands & ankles are shackled and they’re manhandled by hooded guards. They have their heads shaven.
Trump has published no names nor evidence. People ripped from their lives in the US with no due process.
Their hands & ankles are shackled and they’re manhandled by hooded guards. They have their heads shaven.
Trump has published no names nor evidence. People ripped from their lives in the US with no due process.
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Yet again, #DowningSt shows itself to be trapped in a misinformation and disinformation bubble when it comes to nature laws.
Meanwhile, the PM seems to have very little to say about housebuilders that are sitting on 100ks of granted planning permissions, but not actually building houses!
Meanwhile, the PM seems to have very little to say about housebuilders that are sitting on 100ks of granted planning permissions, but not actually building houses!
Sir Keir has misrepresented the impact of conservation on housing in Ebbsfleet. The majority of the homes are going ahead. The distinguished jumping spider isn’t even in the development area, but it is a precious habitat. Let's move beyond nature vs. growth - sustainable development benefits us all.
March 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Yet again, #DowningSt shows itself to be trapped in a misinformation and disinformation bubble when it comes to nature laws.
Meanwhile, the PM seems to have very little to say about housebuilders that are sitting on 100ks of granted planning permissions, but not actually building houses!
Meanwhile, the PM seems to have very little to say about housebuilders that are sitting on 100ks of granted planning permissions, but not actually building houses!
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“The ‘war on woke’ did not suddenly appear. It is an idea deeply rooted in a form of scientific racism that has been laundered into the mainstream over decades by the Pioneer Fund and right-wing activists connected with this group” bylinetimes.com/2025/02/27/t...
March 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
“The ‘war on woke’ did not suddenly appear. It is an idea deeply rooted in a form of scientific racism that has been laundered into the mainstream over decades by the Pioneer Fund and right-wing activists connected with this group” bylinetimes.com/2025/02/27/t...
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Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
February 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
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Tell Keir Starmer to bring in a wealth tax to fund public spending, rather than punish the poorest people in the world 👇
act.globaljustice.org.uk/dont-cut-aid...
act.globaljustice.org.uk/dont-cut-aid...
Prime Minister: Don’t Cut Aid, Tax Wealth
The prime minister has announced a brutal 40% cut to the UK aid budget, in the wake of Donald Trump’s calls for increased military spending. It's a wrong-headed move that represents a retreat from
act.globaljustice.org.uk
February 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Tell Keir Starmer to bring in a wealth tax to fund public spending, rather than punish the poorest people in the world 👇
act.globaljustice.org.uk/dont-cut-aid...
act.globaljustice.org.uk/dont-cut-aid...
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The climate crisis calls for a radical rethinking of education as a force for ecological and social renewal.
📢 Have insights? Share a short contribution by 28 Feb to help shape “Key Insights on Education for Planetary Futures”, launched at Climate Week NYC & COP30.
🔗 Submit here: lnkd.in/gMjkrMp4
📢 Have insights? Share a short contribution by 28 Feb to help shape “Key Insights on Education for Planetary Futures”, launched at Climate Week NYC & COP30.
🔗 Submit here: lnkd.in/gMjkrMp4
February 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The climate crisis calls for a radical rethinking of education as a force for ecological and social renewal.
📢 Have insights? Share a short contribution by 28 Feb to help shape “Key Insights on Education for Planetary Futures”, launched at Climate Week NYC & COP30.
🔗 Submit here: lnkd.in/gMjkrMp4
📢 Have insights? Share a short contribution by 28 Feb to help shape “Key Insights on Education for Planetary Futures”, launched at Climate Week NYC & COP30.
🔗 Submit here: lnkd.in/gMjkrMp4
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The UK's anti-protest laws pre-legitimise far right authoritarianism. Labour must repeal them now.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/global/comme...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/global/comme...
Extremists would not need to create an authoritarian state in Britain: Starmer is doing that for them | George Monbiot
The PM and his ministers are supporting illiberal laws that hard-right authoritarians could apply with zeal, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The UK's anti-protest laws pre-legitimise far right authoritarianism. Labour must repeal them now.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/global/comme...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/global/comme...
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#6 in HRER’s all-time most cited articles is by @citizenlj.bsky.social @annaliddle.bsky.social & @helenyoung.bsky.social - an analysis of the knowledge students drew on to discuss rights-based dilemmas and the implications for #HumanRights Education
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Talking about Rights Without Talking about Rights: On the Absence of Knowledge in Classroom Discussions
This article reports on research in three secondary schools in England where students were engaged in deliberative discussion of controversial issues. The teaching resources used illustrated rights...
www.tandfonline.com
February 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
#6 in HRER’s all-time most cited articles is by @citizenlj.bsky.social @annaliddle.bsky.social & @helenyoung.bsky.social - an analysis of the knowledge students drew on to discuss rights-based dilemmas and the implications for #HumanRights Education
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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"Keir Starmer’s Government Votes to Block UN Plan to Tackle Global Tax Avoidance"
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/04/k...
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/04/k...
Keir Starmer's Government Votes to Block UN Plan to Tackle Global Tax Avoidance
The UK has joined with the United States and a handful of other rich nations in rejecting the UN push
bylinetimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"Keir Starmer’s Government Votes to Block UN Plan to Tackle Global Tax Avoidance"
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