Prof Mark Priestley
@markrpriestley.bsky.social
Education Professor, Stirling Centre for Research into Curriculum Making, University of Stirling. Mountain and prog rock enthusiast. European. Blog at http://mrpriestley.wordpress.com
Publications at https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/255862
Publications at https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/255862
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We still need to get from a situation where Russia pretends to negotiate to a situation where they need to negotiate.
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We still need to get from a situation where Russia pretends to negotiate to a situation where they need to negotiate.
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓
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@educatorsforpeace.bsky.social a great session tonight, thank you @markrpriestley.bsky.social and @jazzawi.bsky.social @nuthmani.bsky.social - sorry for leaving just as you were saying hi Nuzhat 🫣 my voice is on its last legs 🤧
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
@educatorsforpeace.bsky.social a great session tonight, thank you @markrpriestley.bsky.social and @jazzawi.bsky.social @nuthmani.bsky.social - sorry for leaving just as you were saying hi Nuzhat 🫣 my voice is on its last legs 🤧
@scrcm.bsky.social is delighted to welcome colleagues from the University of Glasgow to talk about their Camau i’r Dyfodol (Steps to the Future) curriculum and assessment project. Sign up now for this free webinar on Wednesday 18 February 2026, 4:00-5:30pm
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Select tickets – Curriculum making in Wales: what does it mean to be purpose-led? – MS Teams
Curriculum making in Wales: what does it mean to be purpose-led? – MS Teams, Wed 18 Feb 2026 - Abstract
Several countries are engaged in processes of curriculum reform which increasingly position the ...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
@scrcm.bsky.social is delighted to welcome colleagues from the University of Glasgow to talk about their Camau i’r Dyfodol (Steps to the Future) curriculum and assessment project. Sign up now for this free webinar on Wednesday 18 February 2026, 4:00-5:30pm
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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...
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Last chance to sign up to join tonight’s @educatorsforpeace.bsky.social webinar. So looking forward to hearing from @markrpriestley.bsky.social and seeing Tom from @educatorsforpeace.bsky.social launch the first of our fantastic resources for teachers. Join us by registering on the link ⬇️
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November 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Last chance to sign up to join tonight’s @educatorsforpeace.bsky.social webinar. So looking forward to hearing from @markrpriestley.bsky.social and seeing Tom from @educatorsforpeace.bsky.social launch the first of our fantastic resources for teachers. Join us by registering on the link ⬇️
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It's 2029, and a Reform government has sworn in its first batch of politically appointed judges. Suddenly, the Labour Party remembers why jury trials mattered.
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It's 2029, and a Reform government has sworn in its first batch of politically appointed judges. Suddenly, the Labour Party remembers why jury trials mattered.
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Farage is refusing any investigation into links between Reform UK and Russia.
Gosh, I wonder why? It's a mystery.
www.thenational.scot/news/2564728...
Gosh, I wonder why? It's a mystery.
www.thenational.scot/news/2564728...
Nigel Farage rules out any investigation into Reform UK links with Russia
REFORM UK leader Nigel Farage said he will not investigate any Russian links within his party, stating that he is “not a police force” ...
www.thenational.scot
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Farage is refusing any investigation into links between Reform UK and Russia.
Gosh, I wonder why? It's a mystery.
www.thenational.scot/news/2564728...
Gosh, I wonder why? It's a mystery.
www.thenational.scot/news/2564728...
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🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 47,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 50,000 tonight. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 47,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 50,000 tonight. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Let’s hope so, but hardly a trend on this evidence
Change in Reform rating between latest and previous poll from each pollster in recent polls:
YouGov -2
Opinium -1
Find Out Now -1
Focaldata -2
More in Common -1
Lord Ashcroft -3
Freshwater -3
JL Partners -1
Ipsos -1
This is starting to look like a trend...
YouGov -2
Opinium -1
Find Out Now -1
Focaldata -2
More in Common -1
Lord Ashcroft -3
Freshwater -3
JL Partners -1
Ipsos -1
This is starting to look like a trend...
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Let’s hope so, but hardly a trend on this evidence
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That’s Nige for you. Charlatans and frauds tend to be dishonest
Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate.
Former classmate of Nigel Farage has told the BBC the Reform UK leader is being "fundamentally dishonest"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former classmate of Nigel Farage has told the BBC the Reform UK leader is being "fundamentally dishonest"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate
Peter Ettedgui tells the BBC Nigel Farage targeted antisemitic abuse at him when they were teenagers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
That’s Nige for you. Charlatans and frauds tend to be dishonest
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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...
Now nearly 34000 signatures
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Now nearly 34000 signatures
Black Friday is a con. A recent featured BF deal for micro spikes in an email from an outdoor retailer was £70 - RRP and £12 more expensive than deals last week on the same product
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Black Friday discounts fail to offer cheapest prices, Which? research finds
Products sold by retailers including John Lewis and Very among those cheaper outside of November discount period
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Black Friday is a con. A recent featured BF deal for micro spikes in an email from an outdoor retailer was £70 - RRP and £12 more expensive than deals last week on the same product
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women - and on every day - we all need to shout out against this abomination
Latest UN Femicide statistics show that last year 50,000 women and girls- 137 EVERY DAY - are killed by someone known to them, usually a male partner, or close male relative. For so many women being at home is an utterly terrifying experience.
Femicides in 2024: share.google/mv3FktspmdNy...
Femicides in 2024: share.google/mv3FktspmdNy...
Femicides in 2024: Global estimates of intimate partner/family member femicides
This report presents new global estimates of gender-related killings. Around 50,000 women and girls were killed by intimate partners or family members in 2024—about 60 per cent of all female homicides...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women - and on every day - we all need to shout out against this abomination
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Bossy headline from The Times letting Farage insist his “Hitler was right” racism was just ‘banter’.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Bossy headline from The Times letting Farage insist his “Hitler was right” racism was just ‘banter’.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
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The group, the MCC, is set-up to indoctrinate young Hungarians into the regime’s ideology & so that they promote its interests. Speakers at this event who claim to oppose such indoctrination in unis in the UK include Furedi, Fox, Goodwin, Orr, Williams & various other members of the Spiked/RCP cult.
Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
Toby Young to Address Orbán-Backed Group on UK ‘Censorship’
Conservative peer and right-wing commentator Toby Young is due to deliver a talk tomorrow (25 November) at the in-house think tank of Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán. Young is being interviewed by Mat...
www.desmog.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The group, the MCC, is set-up to indoctrinate young Hungarians into the regime’s ideology & so that they promote its interests. Speakers at this event who claim to oppose such indoctrination in unis in the UK include Furedi, Fox, Goodwin, Orr, Williams & various other members of the Spiked/RCP cult.
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Gender-based violence has no place in a free and equal society.
No woman or girl should have to live in fear.
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we call for an end to all forms of violence and affirm the right for every women to live in safety and dignity.
No woman or girl should have to live in fear.
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we call for an end to all forms of violence and affirm the right for every women to live in safety and dignity.
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Gender-based violence has no place in a free and equal society.
No woman or girl should have to live in fear.
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we call for an end to all forms of violence and affirm the right for every women to live in safety and dignity.
No woman or girl should have to live in fear.
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we call for an end to all forms of violence and affirm the right for every women to live in safety and dignity.
Trump’s ‘peace plan’ was a pro-Kremlin abomination whose failure is a glimmer of hope for Ukraine
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s ‘peace plan’ was a pro-Kremlin abomination whose failure is a glimmer of hope for Ukraine | Rajan Menon
Following criticism, the president accused Ukraine of ingratitude but also added the plan was ‘not my final offer’. Which parts of it will survive?, says Rajan Menon of the City College of New York
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Trump’s ‘peace plan’ was a pro-Kremlin abomination whose failure is a glimmer of hope for Ukraine
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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It still annoys me that large sections of the western left have been duped by Putin. Sure, Ukraine has a fascist problem, but a lot less than Germany and France. Putin has imperial ambition which disempowers Russians with nostalgia. Ask the left in bordering countries, they know Putin.
Ukraine makes significant changes to US ‘peace plan’, sources say
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Ukraine makes significant changes to US ‘peace plan’, sources say
Some of Russia’s maximalist demands have been removed from original 28-point proposal, it is understood
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
It still annoys me that large sections of the western left have been duped by Putin. Sure, Ukraine has a fascist problem, but a lot less than Germany and France. Putin has imperial ambition which disempowers Russians with nostalgia. Ask the left in bordering countries, they know Putin.
Farage didn’t intend to be racist when he routinely hurled racist abuse at people. No apology, no remorse and presumably little change in his attitudes
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage responds to racism claims saying he never ‘tried to hurt anybody’
Reform leader denies racist or antisemitic behaviour ‘with intent’ at school, but says he can’t remember everything from 49 years ago
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Farage didn’t intend to be racist when he routinely hurled racist abuse at people. No apology, no remorse and presumably little change in his attitudes
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ukraine makes significant changes to US ‘peace plan’, sources say
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Ukraine makes significant changes to US ‘peace plan’, sources say
Some of Russia’s maximalist demands have been removed from original 28-point proposal, it is understood
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Ukraine makes significant changes to US ‘peace plan’, sources say
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
