James Ball is really concerned about honesty and integrity from our politicians. Wha-? Starmer and Mandleson? Noooo of course not. He's rehashing boobgate again - A real controversy of real consequence.
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Research staff can have a decent pension but teaching staff can’t.
Wonder how students will feel about how much Sheffield Hallam values their teaching.
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I mean if the govt had genuinely been misled by Mandelson as they’ve claimed, the obvious response would have been “cool, see you at the employment tribunal then”
When I wrote in 2016 that UK academics were treated like indentured servants, that triggered a charge of gross misconduct. Am I right yet?
"Only staff eligible for the REF will remain employees of the university and retain their TPS pension."
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You’d think in this era of “MPs face increasing danger” there would be more outrage at newly elected Green MP Hannah Spencer being assaulted by transphobes but it’s nowhere to be seen on BBC News app even if you search her name
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My extra radical far loony left position is that no one should ever be allowed to make a profit from academic publishing. It is a public good. See also: education, healthcare (on a good day, public transport…)
we all know this happens. we need it to stop happening.
like once every quarter we get new research, or a new study, telling us all how racist the police are.
we never get told what's being done about it.
Daylight Saving Time is a great reminder that all clocks are an instrument of the Bourgeoisie and used to oppress the working class; commodifying our work and punishing us when we can't meet their desired schedules.
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Sama’a standing in a bombed out building surrounded by rubble and dirt, holding her 5 month old daughter, Talia. She is wearing a Black hijab, a white sweatshirt with Mickey Mouse, and black pants. Baby Talia is swaddled in a white blanket, and wearing a white headband with a bow.
Sama’a taking a selfie in front of a red sheeted wall. She is smiling, wearing a black hijab and a white Mickey Mouse sweatshirt, holding baby Talia in her arm, who is swaddled in a white blanket and wearing a white headband with a bow. At her hip is 3 year old Julia, wearing a green and blue plaid dress with a white collar, smiling with her dark hair pulled up into pigtails.
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When a leader rushes to pin a civilian massacre on someone else before facts exist, while his own defense officials say they are still investigating, it exposes the habit: narrative first, truth later. When even loyal aides hesitate, the credibility crisis is obvious.
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UK media: Starmer stood up to Trump!
US military press:
Some days it was just buttery toast and a pouch that was eaten. And that toast was certainly not from home baked bread.
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Starmer will give the Commons little time to scrutinise the bill; the Lords will put the brakes on. In the meantime, what will happen to the overloaded judicial system?
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The response to the prompt, a basic drawing (from a human) of a capybara in water with a little heart above him
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"Not capable of graduating?" A ton of students here and across the post-92 sector come to university through access courses, take foundation years, etc.
They graduate just fine, thanks. Tickell should confine himself to plans for a rowing lake on campus or something, if the edge needs taking off.
Thanks to them, because the stories I've heard over the years of being a member and a rep...
Mindblowing story. The UK met most of the costs of a key propaganda tool used by the Israeli Government to launder its genocide in Gaza - then tried to cover up the fact it had done so.
Israel has just issued a demand that all of Beirut’s southern suburbs, an area roughly the size of central Berlin or lower Manhattan, run for their lives. Tens of thousands are forced to flee- again. Real fears that they will level much of southern Beirut- an area where more than 500,000 live.
This is all I’ve wanted to see from a Democrat since Jan 2025. You can see the exact microsecond in Kristi Noem’s eyes when she realizes fascism inevitably eats its servants.
@ShippersUnbound EXC: My Iran deep dive, which the Telegraph has splashed on this morning Starmer wanted to let the US use Dieo Garcia to attack Iranian missile sites last Friday. The defence secretary John Healey supported him at the NSC. But his ministers, led by 'petulant' Ed Miliband, stopped him * Chief of the Defence staff had to tell the Americans how to frame their request on Saturday so ministers could agree it on Sunday. 48 hours lost and with it UK credibility with allies We've have all thought Richard Hermer was the main blockage. Actually it was Milband, Reeves, Cooper and Mahmood. A PM who can't carry his own war cabinet
Vintage Kieth this. An already disastrous policy that pleased nobody, you then come leak and double down on your cowardice and hateful intent so people hate you more. Ed Miliband couldn’t stop third runways or gutting green energy but suddenly he’s the Lion of Tehran? Fuck off lol
Dear Shabana, I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats.” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas.” She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …
Dear Shabana,
Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.
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It seems like some of your are having difficultly understanding how the “human rights” lawyer can be racist so please refer to the below
