Mel Bartley

by Mel Bartley

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 1h

😂😂😂

BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 4h

You’ll get what you vote for with reform!!!!

by Mel Bartley

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 4h

Now, I wonder why that might be?

The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 4h

The study found that overall most Brits have false conceptions about the levels of net migration to the country

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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 4h

The study found that overall most Brits have false conceptions about the levels of net migration to the country

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 4h

You’ll get what you vote for with reform!!!!

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by Mel Bartley

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 5h

Wordle,today does not count as someone gave it away.🐈‍⬛

by Mel Bartley

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 5h

I was also wondering about this

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LaindonFeminist: 10 Year Keir @viviane49.bsky.social · 5h

That China distraction has run for a pretty long time. Must have been a big story it was hiding. Will we ever know? The public has just been conned again by the media and certain politicians. I’m so sick of it.

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Reposted by Mel Bartley, Jonathan Portes, Maria Abreu

Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 6h

This is such a good corrective by @chrisgiles.ft.com to the "working-age welfare spending is exploding/out-of-control" narrative that more & more people seem to see as an incontrovertible fact www.ft.com/content/ee67...

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by Mel Bartley

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 7h

Madeley is such a jerk

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by Mel Bartley

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 7h

Now we can't have local police stations any more, but the police have enough resources to lock up pensions who hold up signs opposing genocide in Gaza? Really? End of days stuff.

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by Mel Bartley

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 8h

Nice example

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by Mel Bartley

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 8h

One doesnt know whether to laugh or cry. The results of using racism to gain political benefit.

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 9h

Quite the spectacle to see media outlets who've cheered on austerity saying 'oh god, SEND spending is out of control'. Well, if you gut councils, fail to provide local special school spaces, collapse SureStart and leave public/collective transport to rot, that's what happens. Cuts are expensive

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 9h

Reform UK has been forced to reject more unlawful donations than any other British political party in 2025

the party has had to give back almost £200,000 this year from 18 impermissible donors, according to Electoral Commission data

www.ft.com/content/5392...

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by Mel Bartley

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 10h

x.com/SbotGwa/stat...

GWASbot on X: "Time spent watching television (TV) 🇬🇧 Description https://t.co/JglZKni6wF ⬇️ Download https://t.co/IG5XOJAFvk 🧬 Genetic correlations https://t.co/vbZRU8JbRQ 👪 Heritability 0.10 [0.10, 0.11] https://t.co/607Bn2NxKT 📊 GWAS top hit 3:49956628:C:T https://t.co/sExNRMhZDy" / X

Time spent watching television (TV) 🇬🇧 Description https://t.co/JglZKni6wF ⬇️ Download https://t.co/IG5XOJAFvk 🧬 Genetic correlations https://t.co/vbZRU8JbRQ 👪 Heritability 0.10 [0.10, 0.11] https://t.co/607Bn2NxKT 📊 GWAS top hit 3:49956628:C:T https://t.co/sExNRMhZDy

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by Mel Bartley

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 10h

Aha, you would now 😉 This was so long ago, long pre-GWAS.... in fact, it's illuminating to remember just how recently & quickly genetics became a bandwagon.

by Mel Bartley

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 11h

This reminds me of an imaginary research proposal some friends thought up 25 years ago: "The prevalence of HIV in ethnic minority women with non-standard work patterns". Our aim was to combine the maximum number of band wagon topics in 1 project😂😂

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by Mel Bartley

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 12h

Tim Davie looks like an East-End spiv.

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by Mel Bartley

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 13h

Do we know anything about who they are, how they're recruited etc?

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by Mel Bartley

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 1d

I am not sure these people have any real strategy of destroying democracy. They are more likely just taking money from whoever offers it.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

The American people deserve a public health system that puts science before politics.

That's why California and 14 other governors are joining forces to launch the Governors Public Health Alliance to protect communities and guarantee decisions are rooted in data and health.

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by Mel Bartley

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 1d

To many vested interests

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by Mel Bartley

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 1d

Oh dear
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 1d

A much needed corrective by @chrisgiles.ft.com to the "welfare is out of control" narrative, drawing on research by my colleague @benbgeiger.bsky.social

www.ft.com/content/ee67...

No need for a moral panic about the welfare system

It’s far from perfect, but the UK’s spending is broadly controlled and employment is high

www.ft.com

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by Mel Bartley

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 1d

You'd think AI could be used to ma,e submissions easier

by Mel Bartley

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 1d

The average reading age in the UK population is between 9 & 11 years.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

All of this is being put out to placate the right wing press...

In the meantime, it's causing fear & confusion. As I understand it:

● this only applies to some people on skilled visas
● it's not "A level English" it's something called SELT
● much the same requirement exists elsewhere in EU

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by Mel Bartley

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 1d

Im didn't vote Labour but would have done to keep a Tory out. Or any other party for that matter.

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by Mel Bartley

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 1d

When you don't have any policies that will improve living standards, all you have left is racism.

by Mel Bartley

Mel Bartley @zetkin.bsky.social · 1d

I have no idea. They email my home account to as opposed to my university account, which anyone could find on the college website, demanding paper reviews. Which I just delete.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

All of this is being put out to placate the right wing press...

In the meantime, it's causing fear & confusion. As I understand it:

● this only applies to some people on skilled visas
● it's not "A level English" it's something called SELT
● much the same requirement exists elsewhere in EU

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