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by Andrew Scott — Reposted by Derek Edwards, Leigh Sparks

ottoenglish.bsky.social
So you've got a Canadian "journalist" covering the trial of an Irish citizen, who lives in Spain and whose costs are being covered by a South African born migrant living in the United States.

Break out the flags lads....
a man in a blue shirt is standing in front of a door with the words " england " on it
ALT: a man in a blue shirt is standing in front of a door with the words " england " on it
media.tenor.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Reposted by Derek Edwards, Andrew Scott

sturdyalex.bsky.social
Watching the Bibi & Don Show treat this like some grand victory, while people returning to northern Gaza dig the rubble for loved ones' remains, is pretty revolting.
October 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Reposted by Derek Edwards, Nandita Sharma, Andrew Scott , and 4 more

zackpolanski.bsky.social
Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
Nigel Farage on Russia Today.
October 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Reposted by Derek Edwards

zoesqwilliams.bsky.social
I'm sorry to harp on, but how can Kemi Badenoch *possibly exist* in a party alongside a guy who complains about not seeing enough white faces. How is that possible?
October 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Reposted by Derek Edwards, Neil Robinson, Christine Kooi , and 1 more

telescoper.bsky.social
A meme for the modern university...
Meme showing a worker labelled "academic staff" digging a hole in the ground while 10 others look labelled with management titles such as "Director of Human Resources" look on. The caption underneath reads "The only way we can cut costs is to reduce the number of academic staff..."
September 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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by Derek Edwards — Reposted by Elizabeth Stokoe

derekedwards.bsky.social
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness…! 🙂
lizstokoe.bsky.social Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 18d
A Turner-esque season-of-mists #sunrise at Charnwood Water this morning #Loughborough #Autumn 🍂
Pink and yellow hazy clouds in blue skies reflected in mists floating on the water with trees around the edge Pink and yellow hazy clouds with sun ray in blue skies reflected in mists floating on the water with trees around the edge Pink and yellow hazy cloud reflected in mists floating on the water with trees around the edge Pink and yellow hazy clouds in blue skies reflected in mists floating on the water with trees around the edge
September 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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by Elizabeth Stokoe — Reposted by Derek Edwards

lizstokoe.bsky.social
A Turner-esque season-of-mists #sunrise at Charnwood Water this morning #Loughborough #Autumn 🍂
Pink and yellow hazy clouds in blue skies reflected in mists floating on the water with trees around the edge Pink and yellow hazy clouds with sun ray in blue skies reflected in mists floating on the water with trees around the edge Pink and yellow hazy cloud reflected in mists floating on the water with trees around the edge Pink and yellow hazy clouds in blue skies reflected in mists floating on the water with trees around the edge
September 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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by Derek Edwards

derekedwards.bsky.social
Always thought that was an interesting implication, that Orcs had the concept of a ’menu.’ Like they usually ate out in restaurants, and chose their favourite hors d’oeuvres.
September 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Reposted by Derek Edwards, Timothy Snyder, Jan W. Mueller , and 5 more

pressgazette.co.uk
Former Observer big-hitters inc @carolecadwalla.bsky.social launch new title The Nerve with redundancy payouts

After Observer sale: "We decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves would own, that would be truly independent"
pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...
Former Observer big-hitters launch new title with redundancy payouts
Five former Observer journalists including Carole Cadwalladr have launched their own culture publication using their redundancy money.
pressgazette.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Reposted by Derek Edwards, Greg Linden

internethippo.bsky.social
Every pundit who took at face value the idea that the Right sincerely cares about free speech, or ideological diversity, or in fact has any principles at all, should be wearing a dunce cap and writing a lengthy mea culpa right now. Not for our catharsis but for public awareness at least
September 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Reposted by Derek Edwards

bylinesnetwork.co.uk
Women against the far-right launch

"Women dare to tread and to speak where the prime minister does not"

northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
Women against the far-right launch
"Women dare to tread and to speak where the prime minister does not"
northeastbylines.co.uk
September 15, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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Reposted by Derek Edwards, Ian M. Kinchin

ronaldhartz.bsky.social
‘we suggest that chief amongst the beliefs implicit in managerialism is the idea that management in itself is of greater importance than the primary activities that are being managed’ (Hussey/Smith (2010): The Trouble with Higher Education, p.20)

#HigherEd
#UKHE
Book cover of The Trouble with Higher Education by Trevor Hussey and Patrick Smith.
September 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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by Derek Edwards

derekedwards.bsky.social
Lovely to see you looking so happy. 🙂
suewilkinson.bsky.social Sue Wilkinson @suewilkinson.bsky.social · Aug 29
Celebrating our 22nd Wedding Anniversary (a couple of days late) tonight! @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
We got married in Canada in 2003 - 11 years before it was lawful in England & Wales. We lost our marriage equality case in the High Court in 2006 - but we're on the right side of history!
Cheers!
Celia and Sue with cocktails (Sue's is gin and ginger; Celia's is non-alcoholic cucumber and elderflower). And two pics of yummy vegetarian food - including a local damson souffle
August 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Reposted by Derek Edwards

suewilkinson.bsky.social
Celebrating our 22nd Wedding Anniversary (a couple of days late) tonight! @kitzingercelia.bsky.social
We got married in Canada in 2003 - 11 years before it was lawful in England & Wales. We lost our marriage equality case in the High Court in 2006 - but we're on the right side of history!
Cheers!
Celia and Sue with cocktails (Sue's is gin and ginger; Celia's is non-alcoholic cucumber and elderflower). And two pics of yummy vegetarian food - including a local damson souffle
August 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Reposted by Derek Edwards, Daniela Gabor, Steve Peers , and 7 more

adambienkov.bsky.social
The real 'two tier' divide in British politics is between the wife of a Conservative councillor calling for refugees to be burnt alive, being treated as a brave 'political prisoner', and the protestors calling for the end of mass starvation and genocide, being treated as domestic terrorists
'Anywhere But Here': How Britain's Anti-Migrant Media Consensus Is Crowding Out the Truth
Britain's longstanding traditions of tolerance and compassion are being suppressed in favour of a media-driven campaign of anti-migrant hate
www.adambienkov.co.uk
August 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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by Derek Edwards

derekedwards.bsky.social
This is disgusting, and surely counterproductive. Starmer and co have totally lost the plot.
lizstokoe.bsky.social Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · Aug 16
More awful Labour Party adverts on FB getting 1000s of frustrated and angry replies, mostly criticising how they pander to and use the language of Reform.

@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
Labour Party advert on Facebook- white text on black background: it's not fair on hardworking people when illegal workers cheat our system
August 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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by Elizabeth Stokoe — Reposted by Derek Edwards

lizstokoe.bsky.social
More awful Labour Party adverts on FB getting 1000s of frustrated and angry replies, mostly criticising how they pander to and use the language of Reform.

@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
Labour Party advert on Facebook- white text on black background: it's not fair on hardworking people when illegal workers cheat our system
August 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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by Derek Edwards

derekedwards.bsky.social
This is surely correct.

apple.news/As4PhqNhcT-K...
Opinion | The problem is far bigger than Jeffrey Epstein — The Guardian
Treating the scandal as an aberration misunderstands the global epidemic of violence against women
apple.news
August 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Reposted by Derek Edwards

mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
🔥
Screenshot of this tweet: https://x.com/Magen_Inon/status/1948737241578086411
July 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Reposted by Derek Edwards, Axel Bruns, Mary Corcoran

adambienkov.bsky.social
By a fellow human being working incredibly hard to support themselves and secure a better life?
July 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Reposted by Derek Edwards

drsimonstewart.bsky.social
Journalists need to stop anthropomorphizing LLMs immediately. They don't say, want, believe, or think anything. They create output that is statistically likely based on petabytes of stolen training data.
July 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Reposted by Derek Edwards

charlesfourier.bsky.social
Trumpian economics explained 👇
July 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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by Jonathan Portes — Reposted by Derek Edwards, Neil Lee, Anne Deighton , and 3 more

henrymance.ft.com
Jaw-dropping reporting by Haaretz www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
June 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Reposted by Derek Edwards

altnps.bsky.social
Mark this for the history books: “We’re talking about the president exercising his authority, and the president is of course limited to his authority. That’s the difference between a constitutional government and King George,” said Judge Charles Breyer.
June 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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by Derek Edwards

derekedwards.bsky.social
This is a lovely article about immigration. I hope Starmer and his crew read it, and Americans too.
May 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Reposted by Derek Edwards

theguardian.com
The least ‘integrated’ part of British society isn’t the immigrants – it’s the elite | Andy Beckett
The least ‘integrated’ part of British society isn’t the immigrants – it’s the elite | Andy Beckett
Politicians and the rightwing press talk about integration in a selective and politically loaded way. The reality is quite different, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Reposted by Derek Edwards

katherineschof8.bsky.social
I’m one of those dodgy immigrants who came here on a spouse visa and got indefinite leave to remain after 12 months.

The incalculable harm I have done to the UK includes dedicating my life to public service, educating thousands of British young people, and paying more tax than I’ll ever get back.
May 13, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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Reposted by Derek Edwards, Nando Sigona

robertshrimsley.bsky.social
This is Labour's core problem here. The right will never allow Starmer a win on immigration because the issue is central to their appeal and therey' daren't lose it. So whatever he does will never be enough.
May 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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by Robert B. Reich — Reposted by Derek Edwards

rbreich.bsky.social
The USDA has withdrawn a plan to impose stronger safety regulations limiting salmonella levels in raw poultry.

Who was the biggest donor to Trump's inauguration fund?

Pilgrim’s Pride — one of the largest chicken processors in the country.

See how this works?
April 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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by Derek Edwards

derekedwards.bsky.social
This puts it as clearly as I’ve seen.
April 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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