Pauline Stafford
@pstafford.bsky.social
Historian of early Middle Ages, Grandmother, Leftwing, Labour, Leeds, British, European. Emerita Prof University of Liverpool
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'Mark Simms said he feared growing hostility towards charity staff, volunteers and beneficiaries, both online and on the streets, was becoming normalised and risked eroding civilised values and norms British society once took for granted.' 2/2
December 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
'Mark Simms said he feared growing hostility towards charity staff, volunteers and beneficiaries, both online and on the streets, was becoming normalised and risked eroding civilised values and norms British society once took for granted.' 2/2
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Philp's proposed inquiry should take two years? That was the recommendaton of the Casey review and is the proposal for the government's inquiry.
And it should be judge-led? Which Casey recommended against.
And it isn't just attention seeking and sabotage? Oh no, no, no.
#R4Today
And it should be judge-led? Which Casey recommended against.
And it isn't just attention seeking and sabotage? Oh no, no, no.
#R4Today
December 8, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Philp's proposed inquiry should take two years? That was the recommendaton of the Casey review and is the proposal for the government's inquiry.
And it should be judge-led? Which Casey recommended against.
And it isn't just attention seeking and sabotage? Oh no, no, no.
#R4Today
And it should be judge-led? Which Casey recommended against.
And it isn't just attention seeking and sabotage? Oh no, no, no.
#R4Today
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The UK is in a dark place right now, where anti-asylum attitudes have spilled over into racism from the 1970s or earlier. These types of comments are not 'the result of' higher migration. They are the personal responsibility of the person who wrote them.
Who Counts?
The increasing extremism in British commentary about race
benansell.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The UK is in a dark place right now, where anti-asylum attitudes have spilled over into racism from the 1970s or earlier. These types of comments are not 'the result of' higher migration. They are the personal responsibility of the person who wrote them.