Hard to believe it's six years since my 🇮🇪 citizenship ceremony in Killarney.
Sadly, the British government has today offered up more performative cruelty and punching down - this time targeting people who’ve been granted sanctuary.
So I wrote this #NewBlogPost
www.paulsceeny.com/post/perform...
They just seem so bought in to their Blue Labour ‘hug a racist’ strategy, to the point where even if they were to pivot back to being vaguely progressive they wouldn’t be seen as credible.
Drawing together the bin fire that is Greater Lincolnshire’s defunding of #ESOL with a few wider reflections on the weaponisation of #LanguageEducation by the British government and others.
#NewBlogPost #AdultEducation #LanguageIsPolitical #LoveESOL💚💛
www.paulsceeny.com/post/the-wea...
Would that be the same Jim Ratcliffe who’s busy ‘colonising’ Monaco when he’s not spouting ballix like this?
Tomorrow's Headlines
The Telegraph: Starmer Next!
The Guardian: Morgan McSweeney's Gone, Thank God!
The Irish Times: Irishman forced out of UK Labour Role
The Irish (Cork) Examiner: Having Completed Michael Collins' Work, and brought low the British Government, Macroom Calls it's Son Home
I share this video at each opportunity for a number of reasons, primary among them:
1.It reminds us of the deep emotion connected to British colonial violence in our country
2.The human dignity exhibited by Mark Durkan MP overwhelming
3.The names of our fellow citizens, slain youtu.be/MKVGO2eZKvE
The Boss is singing about ICE on the Streets of Minneapolis.
You won't hear this played at the Kennedy Center or on Fox News.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
Important to stand firm against this pernicious attempt to frame #ESOL vs #AdultLiteracy as a zero-sum game, and to play one group of #AdultLearners off against the other.
Glad to have sent this letter on behalf of #NATECLA💚💛 to the Mayor of #GreaterLincolnshire
www.natecla.org.uk/news/natecla...
Plot thickens… 😮
Tl;dr they’re both toast (with only their bonuses to keep the wolves from the door!).
Appalling and unforgivable as it was that WM Police cited a fictional event as *part* of its case, let’s not fall into the trap of thinking Maccabi fans should have been allowed to go rampaging around Birmingham.
There’s more than enough real evidence as to why the ban was justified.
Doubting survivors and tightening evidence does not strengthen protections for people trapped in modern slavery. It weakens them. Data shows many refusals are overturned on review. Our laws should amplify justice not silence the vulnerable. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
Twitter profile screenshot from Paul (@PaulSceeny__AdEd) stating in bio: “I am no longer using this account. I have left it dormant only in order to protect my handle and archive.” The profile pic states “I am no longer on this toxic platform”.
Just to say I’ve called time on the other place…
I've signed this petition calling for the government to shut down X for producing sexual abuse images. Will you do the same? my.uplift.ie/petitions/sh... @uplift.ie
I've signed this petition calling for the government to act against X for producing sexual abuse images. Will you do the same? my.uplift.ie/petitions/sh... @uplift.ie
Tweet from @BBCWorld: “Two starkly opposed Americas laid bare by deadly ICE shooting” Image is of ICE officers and protesters facing each other in Minneapolis.
“It’s raining”
“No it’s not”
Try looking out the window… 😔
arethebritsatitagain.org
In 2025, 41,472 people had to arrive by small boat to the UK. Zero small boats came to NI. That's 64 people per parliamentary constituency across the UK per year.
In NI, 32,000 people died on hospital waiting lists in 3 years, that's 10,666 per year or 562 per parliamentary constituency.
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Anti-Palestinian racism silences, excludes, erases, stereotypes, dehumanizes, or defames Palestinians, those who are perceived as Palestinian, or anyone who expresses support for Palestinian freedom.
• Visualizing Palestine
Well at least he didn’t throw paint at a plane...
Reported - this account seems to have just been created to push this offensive drivel.
Transphobia is a gateway drug - it’s all about getting comfortable with punching down.
Tweet from Reform MP Sarah Pochin containing tedious nonsense about the UK being “fundamentally a Christian country” whilst standing in front of of a Christmas tree.
Grifters gonna grift with their “tHeY’rE cAnCeLlInG cHrIsTmAs” shite.🥱💩
It's that time to send out the festive greeting/graphic and put on the out-of-office, but as I do here's a few hastily gathered thoughts and reflections on the year just gone: www.paulsceeny.com/post/end-of-...
#NewBlogPost #FestivePost ##ESOL #AdultLiteracies #AdultEducation #AntiRacism
Thank you to the team behind Ban Conversion Therapy (UK) for going to #DowningStreet today to hand a letter to the #PrimeMinister. It's about time that this harmful practice was fully banned in the UK.
#BanConversionTherapy #LGBTQIA
www.banconversionpractices.com/news
Israeli artillery has been shelling areas east of Gaza City for the past two hours.
We support @learnworkuk.bsky.social's #GetTheNationLearning campaign, sponsoring the Excellence in Teaching Award won by Nerissa Roberts, Curriculum Lead for Adult ESOL at @oldhamcollege.bsky.social.
ETF CEO Dr Katerina Kolyva spoke at the awards, highlighting our commitment to adult learning.
Reflecting on running the Lanzarote Half Marathon (slowly!) 🌍🏃♂️ last weekend, amidst some thoughts about the state of #AdultEducation across these islands and need to keep running up the down escalator.
#NewBlogPost #EmancipatoryEducation #ESOL #AdultLiteracies
www.paulsceeny.com/post/running...
At least @rte.ie has enough moral fibre to stand firm on this.
Shame on @ebu.ch. #GenocideWashing and #ApartheidWashing ain’t entertainment. I certainly won’t be watching.
#BoycottEurovision
RTÉ to boycott Eurovision Song Contest over Israel www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
Tweet from the Home Office announcing: "A new world-first offence will target anyone viewing, accessing or downloading information that could be useful in facilitating illegal small boat journeys to the UK. There's then a graphic with text that reads: Accessing information to support small boat crossings banned. We’re acting earlier to prevent Channel crossings before they are launched."
From the people that brought you:
- Let's arrest pensioners for 'terrorism' if they hold up signs.
- Let's leave people seeking sanctuary in limbo for decades.
The British government now presents:
- Let's make looking up dinghies on the Argos website an offence... 🥺
