Jane Franklin
@isobel24.bsky.social
feminist, political sociology, trans ally: walking, history, policy, politics, dogs 🏳️⚧️🌱🐝 ☕️💚
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What are the main points to emerge from the Sandie Peggie hearing? A brief expert blog from a specialist KC... goodlaw.social/5o6l
Sandie Peggie: Tribunal rules that employers do not have to exclude trans people | Good Law Project
One of the first cases that follows the Supreme Court’s decision on the definition of sex under the Equality Act has found that the court didn’t decide which changing room a trans person should use.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
What are the main points to emerge from the Sandie Peggie hearing? A brief expert blog from a specialist KC... goodlaw.social/5o6l
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This is an excellent new cookbook of Palestinian vegetarian recipes by Sami Tamimi: www.sami-tamimi.com/cookbooks/bo...
Boustany cookbook — Sami Tamimi
www.sami-tamimi.com
July 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This is an excellent new cookbook of Palestinian vegetarian recipes by Sami Tamimi: www.sami-tamimi.com/cookbooks/bo...
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‘it was “a sorry state when a major piece of public infrastructure like this is hit so badly and no one in authority even seems to notice, much less care”.’
‘No one seems to care’: scholars decry plight of British Library - Research Professional News
Humanities researchers suffer amid “agonisingly slow” recovery from 2023 cyberattack, as strikes cause further delays
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
‘it was “a sorry state when a major piece of public infrastructure like this is hit so badly and no one in authority even seems to notice, much less care”.’
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Olivia Williams's powerful reading of an open letter to Sir Keir Starmer and the national broadcasters calling for a televised emergency briefing. Full version here: www.youtube.com/@nebriefing
Please add your name: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
Please add your name: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
December 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Olivia Williams's powerful reading of an open letter to Sir Keir Starmer and the national broadcasters calling for a televised emergency briefing. Full version here: www.youtube.com/@nebriefing
Please add your name: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
Please add your name: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
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At some point we might realise this isn’t just about race, but about the biggest social problem we face: the belief that only rich people are worth anything, that the world must bend to their needs and wants and that the richer you are, the more important and valuable you are to the species
Saw this being shared, didn’t look closely and assumed it was about the US… but no, it’s the U.K.
This is so disgusting.
December 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
At some point we might realise this isn’t just about race, but about the biggest social problem we face: the belief that only rich people are worth anything, that the world must bend to their needs and wants and that the richer you are, the more important and valuable you are to the species
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#OnThisDay in London's bureaucratic history: Clarence Willcock refuses to show his ID card, 1952. The subsequent court case plays a part in the abolition of wartime ID cards…
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Today in London’s bureaucratic history: Clarence Willcock refuses to show his ID card, 1952.
During both the first and second world wars the government introduced compulsory ID cards as part of their emergency measures. ID cards were withdrawn within a year of the end of the First World Wa…
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December 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
#OnThisDay in London's bureaucratic history: Clarence Willcock refuses to show his ID card, 1952. The subsequent court case plays a part in the abolition of wartime ID cards…
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I am running out of patience for progressives who still are on the ‘let’s change Labour from the inside!’ wagon because it’s clear that Labour are not even trying to appear to be a left-wing party.
Labour bans trans women from women's conference
www.telegraph.co.uk/...
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Link to transphobic site.
www.telegraph.co.uk/...
archive.ph/TnEww
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Link to transphobic site.
Labour bans trans women from women’s conference
Biological men who identify as female can only attend fringe events outside main hall, party rules
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I am running out of patience for progressives who still are on the ‘let’s change Labour from the inside!’ wagon because it’s clear that Labour are not even trying to appear to be a left-wing party.
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As I lie in bed sick with a fever and a sore throat, I can't help but wish I really was non-biological.
Kishwer Falkner in The Times talking about the rights of "biological people". As compared to trans people, who are, of course, non-biological.
December 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
As I lie in bed sick with a fever and a sore throat, I can't help but wish I really was non-biological.
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I realise this isn’t the worst of it., but this article’s characterisation of anti-trans groups as ‘women’s rights campaigners’ makes me want to scream.
Kishwer Falkner in The Times talking about the rights of "biological people". As compared to trans people, who are, of course, non-biological.
December 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I realise this isn’t the worst of it., but this article’s characterisation of anti-trans groups as ‘women’s rights campaigners’ makes me want to scream.
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I was only thinking yesterday that we all say what we don't want but how often do we actually have a coherent plan for what we DO want. Here it is!
HOT OFF THE PRESS: Time for Change is here!
Sick of the constant demonisation of migrants?
Want to see an alternative plan?
Our new report by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social outlines 9 steps to a system that delivers dignity for all.
Read it here: www.anothereurope.org/time-for-cha...
Sick of the constant demonisation of migrants?
Want to see an alternative plan?
Our new report by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social outlines 9 steps to a system that delivers dignity for all.
Read it here: www.anothereurope.org/time-for-cha...
Time For Change: The evidence-based policies that can actually fix the immigration system
A new report from prominent migration expert Zoe Gardner has been enthusiastically welcomed by senior Labour backbenchers.
www.anothereurope.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I was only thinking yesterday that we all say what we don't want but how often do we actually have a coherent plan for what we DO want. Here it is!
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The BBC is in crisis, again. In the latest episode of On Politics, @lewisgoodall.com and @dannyhinduk.bsky.social join @piercepenniless.bsky.social to discuss whether the BBC is capable of surviving in the digital era.
Listen here:
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Listen here:
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On Politics: The Bust-up at the BBC
Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 26/11/2025 · 1h 5m
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November 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The BBC is in crisis, again. In the latest episode of On Politics, @lewisgoodall.com and @dannyhinduk.bsky.social join @piercepenniless.bsky.social to discuss whether the BBC is capable of surviving in the digital era.
Listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
Listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
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Irish Nurses in the NHS exhibition is now open at the Whittington Health NHS Trust
Wonderful to hear from so many nurses who trained & worked there & gave decades of service to NHS at the launch last night💚
+ stories of the Gresham, the Galtymore & The Harp Club!
https://ow.ly/qA0R50XBJP8
Wonderful to hear from so many nurses who trained & worked there & gave decades of service to NHS at the launch last night💚
+ stories of the Gresham, the Galtymore & The Harp Club!
https://ow.ly/qA0R50XBJP8
December 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Irish Nurses in the NHS exhibition is now open at the Whittington Health NHS Trust
Wonderful to hear from so many nurses who trained & worked there & gave decades of service to NHS at the launch last night💚
+ stories of the Gresham, the Galtymore & The Harp Club!
https://ow.ly/qA0R50XBJP8
Wonderful to hear from so many nurses who trained & worked there & gave decades of service to NHS at the launch last night💚
+ stories of the Gresham, the Galtymore & The Harp Club!
https://ow.ly/qA0R50XBJP8
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I am about 80% sure one reviewer on my last AHRC grant used chatGPT or similar to summarise it, as they had queries about activities I never claimed i'd be doing myself (but that other people I referred to had done). A person must have been able to understand the difference; a machine, perhaps not.
Writing a large grant application takes months. Now they're not even going to read them. It is very hard to maintain morale in these conditions www.chemistryworld.com/news/ukri-op...
UKRI opens up grant proposal data to explore using AI to smooth peer review
Surging applications has led the UK's main funder to look at ways to reduce the burden on reviewers
www.chemistryworld.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I am about 80% sure one reviewer on my last AHRC grant used chatGPT or similar to summarise it, as they had queries about activities I never claimed i'd be doing myself (but that other people I referred to had done). A person must have been able to understand the difference; a machine, perhaps not.
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My latest for the LRB is on the insights of David Graeber's 'baseline communism', and 'dialling to the left'. As @aycacu.bsky.social puts it, Graeber was an anthropologist of human possibilities.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Richard Seymour · Baseline Communism: David Graeber’s Innovations
In his critique of economics, as in his philippic against ‘bullshit jobs’, Graeber stresses the political decisions...
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August 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
My latest for the LRB is on the insights of David Graeber's 'baseline communism', and 'dialling to the left'. As @aycacu.bsky.social puts it, Graeber was an anthropologist of human possibilities.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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A brilliant idea - and they're 95% of the way to their goal.
But it only launches if enough of us join:
www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...
But it only launches if enough of us join:
www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A brilliant idea - and they're 95% of the way to their goal.
But it only launches if enough of us join:
www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...
But it only launches if enough of us join:
www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...
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profoundly sad www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
profoundly sad www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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‘Reform isn’t just the anti-immigration party. It’s also the anti-net-zero party. Rather than a green industrial revolution mellowing the small boats paranoia in Blyth, the outcome now forecast by the polls is the opposite.’
@jamesmeek.bsky.social on the North-East.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@jamesmeek.bsky.social on the North-East.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
James Meek · Ten-Foot Chopsticks: The North-East Transition
The ghost of the industrial revolution haunts Britain. The language of today’s politicians, of unlocking and...
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December 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
‘Reform isn’t just the anti-immigration party. It’s also the anti-net-zero party. Rather than a green industrial revolution mellowing the small boats paranoia in Blyth, the outcome now forecast by the polls is the opposite.’
@jamesmeek.bsky.social on the North-East.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@jamesmeek.bsky.social on the North-East.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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A late medieval pocket sundial from Freiburg. The portable sundial once contained a small compass in the circular recess, helping to align the sundial along the north–south axis so the correct time could be determined.
📷 @aws-almbarak.bsky.social
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November 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A late medieval pocket sundial from Freiburg. The portable sundial once contained a small compass in the circular recess, helping to align the sundial along the north–south axis so the correct time could be determined.
📷 @aws-almbarak.bsky.social
📷 @aws-almbarak.bsky.social
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British politics is broken. The old left vs right divide no longer explains what is happening. Instead, we face a new choice: care or neglect.
youtu.be/7UtmjV6LNWA?...
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Why left vs right politics is over in the UK
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 3, 2025 at 7:09 AM
British politics is broken. The old left vs right divide no longer explains what is happening. Instead, we face a new choice: care or neglect.
youtu.be/7UtmjV6LNWA?...
youtu.be/7UtmjV6LNWA?...
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This is the heart of our campaign. Trans people are not alone. Women of every age, race, faith, class, sexuality and background are joining together to show love and solidarity.
Let’s make sure that message is heard loud and clear.
✍️ Sign the letter at notinourname.org.uk
#WhyWeSigned #NIONWomen
Let’s make sure that message is heard loud and clear.
✍️ Sign the letter at notinourname.org.uk
#WhyWeSigned #NIONWomen
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This is the heart of our campaign. Trans people are not alone. Women of every age, race, faith, class, sexuality and background are joining together to show love and solidarity.
Let’s make sure that message is heard loud and clear.
✍️ Sign the letter at notinourname.org.uk
#WhyWeSigned #NIONWomen
Let’s make sure that message is heard loud and clear.
✍️ Sign the letter at notinourname.org.uk
#WhyWeSigned #NIONWomen
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My piece on COP30.
labourhub.org.uk/2025/11/28/c...
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COP30 – is failure baked into the Paris Agreement?
Martin Franklin assesses the recent conference in Brazil. Science warns us that we are on the brink of climate ‘tipping points’ which destroy ecosystems, cause increasingly extreme weathe…
labourhub.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
My piece on COP30.
labourhub.org.uk/2025/11/28/c...
labourhub.org.uk/2025/11/28/c...
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Sally Rooney says she will be unable to publish books in UK while Palestine Action banned
Sally Rooney says she will be unable to publish books in UK while Palestine Action banned
Author tells high court her public support for group means her books could disappear from UK stores altogether
The Irish author Sally Rooney has told the high court she is highly unlikely to be able to publish new work in the UK while the ban on Palestine Action remains in effect because of her public support for the group.
On the second day of the legal challenge to Palestine Action’s proscription, the effect on Rooney, who said her books could disappear from UK stores altogether, was held up as an example of its impact on freedom of expression. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Sally Rooney says she will be unable to publish books in UK while Palestine Action banned
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Shabana Mahmood said this month that her migration policies are a "moral mission".
Where is the morality in blocking an eight-year-old girl made destitute by a Hurricane from coming to the UK to join her parents?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Where is the morality in blocking an eight-year-old girl made destitute by a Hurricane from coming to the UK to join her parents?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa
Lati-Yana Brown’s parents had asked for application to be expedited so she could join them in UK after house ruined
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Shabana Mahmood said this month that her migration policies are a "moral mission".
Where is the morality in blocking an eight-year-old girl made destitute by a Hurricane from coming to the UK to join her parents?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Where is the morality in blocking an eight-year-old girl made destitute by a Hurricane from coming to the UK to join her parents?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Hope is here, and this morning we've proved it.
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here: help us deliver it
Hope is here. In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder hit our £100,000 target. We're doubling our target. Let's take the fight to Reform in May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Hope is here, and this morning we've proved it.
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target
But we're not done. We're doubling our target.
Let's take the fight to Reform this May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
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An extraordinary thing, this.
A line up of stars performing at Wembley Arena to show their love and solidarity with the trans community and in aid of Good Law Project and Not A Phase.
Register now for tickets.
www.transmissionlive.uk
A line up of stars performing at Wembley Arena to show their love and solidarity with the trans community and in aid of Good Law Project and Not A Phase.
Register now for tickets.
www.transmissionlive.uk
Trans Mission - Wednesday 11th March
Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander team up for a Trans Mission: an all-star solidarity concert for the trans community at OVO Arena Wembley
www.transmissionlive.uk
November 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
An extraordinary thing, this.
A line up of stars performing at Wembley Arena to show their love and solidarity with the trans community and in aid of Good Law Project and Not A Phase.
Register now for tickets.
www.transmissionlive.uk
A line up of stars performing at Wembley Arena to show their love and solidarity with the trans community and in aid of Good Law Project and Not A Phase.
Register now for tickets.
www.transmissionlive.uk