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Visiting Professor in Public Policy, Sunderland University. Sunderland AFC loyalist. Inveterate Remainer. Durham City, UK.
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/bob-hudson

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 16h

Eminent sociologist, John Goldthorpe, shares some wisdom with the Social Mobility Commission… www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

Social mobility is still viewed through a rightwing lens | Letters

Letters: John Goldthorpe questions the rationale of the Social Mobility Commission’s latest report, while Chrispher Tanner says that Labour’s focus should be on equality rather than upwards mobility

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 18h

Brexiteer who took his company overseas to avoid paying tax is telling us how to be more inventive? No thanks #r4today.

@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 19h

What did you do on Xmas day? Here’s what Trump did. He’s seriously deranged.

@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 1d

I’m afraid he does…no humour, no joy, no love, just awash with hate.

@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 1d

Dear God!

@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 2d

And to you and yours David.

@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for following - very best Xmas wishes from here in Durham City.

Reposted by James Connelly

@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 2d

‘Reform UK isn’t undermined by bad apples, it’s actively harvesting them’…more brilliant writing from @bearlypolitics.co.uk… open.substack.com/pub/iratusur...

Reform UK Doesn’t Just Have a Racism Problem - It Has a Racism Infrastructure

Why focusing on Farage’s past misses how racism is incentivised, normalised and repeatedly rewarded in the present

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 2d

Land of Free Speech bans people it disagrees with…hypocrisy without limits in Trump’s America… www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators

State department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints through regulation of disinformation

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 2d

Winter Fuel Allowance, disability benefits, now this…why is policy-making so flawed in Number 10?
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Ministers raise inheritance tax threshold for farms after backlash

U-turn lifts limit from £1m to £2.5m after protests and warnings that family farms were at risk

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 3d

Top diva Cher has a little word with Trump’s Press Secretary - wonderful!

@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 3d

Too timid by half but still a force for good? Polly Toynbee weighs up HM Government’s record. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Let me tell you the good things the government has done in 2025 – because it certainly won’t | Polly Toynbee

It’s all there: more apprenticeships, more rights for workers and renters – and most of all, a focus on children. What a shame Labour wavers about saying so, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 3d

Wise words from Neil Kinnock here - worth ten minutes of your day.
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Neil Kinnock: Labour is ‘100 per cent wrong’ on Reform

The former Labour leader on his party’s ‘mortally stupid’ response to Nigel Farage, and what Rachel Reeves must do next

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 3d

Ditch the red lines Keir!! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Keir Starmer told closer EU trade ties ‘strategic necessity’ for UK firms

Labour urged to accelerate reset with Brussels as many exporters struggling to trade in the EU after Brexit deal

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 3d

There’s a spectre at the Xmas feast.

Reposted by Jonathan Hopkin

@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 3d

The damage wreaked by Thatcher is incalculable. Here’s one of the worst examples 👇

@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 4d

Today Venezuela. Tomorrow Greenland. Trump thinks he’s entitled to do whatever the hell he wants…

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5d

Trump says he’s appointing Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as “special envoy” to Greenland.

Landry has previously expressed support for Trump’s plan to invade Greenland.

Trump: I am pleased to announce that I am appointing the GREAT Governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, as the United States Special Envoy to Greenland.
Jeff understands how essential Greenland is to our National Security, and will strongly advance our Country's Interests for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Allies, and indeed, the World.
Congratulations Jeff!
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12/21/25, 6:21 PM

@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 4d

Underfunded, kicked into the long grass, a care market devoid of strategy and oversight. Social care is a forty year political failure. Shameful neglect.

@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe not, but it would be good for the country and put him on the right side of history.

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Rebecca Tushnet, David R. Miller , and 3 more Brendan Nyhan, Rebecca Tushnet, David R. Miller, Bessma Momani, Bob Hudson, Anders Sundnes Løvlie

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 5d

Trump says he’s appointing Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as “special envoy” to Greenland.

Landry has previously expressed support for Trump’s plan to invade Greenland.

@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 5d

This bandwagon is gathering real momentum - and not before time.
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Streeting urges closer trading ties with Europe to grow UK economy

Health secretary’s comments push further than government’s position on EU in wide-ranging interview

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@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 6d

Can’t grumble at that - well played lads. Sitting 5th in the Premiership at Xmas 👏👏👏

@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 6d

Very good, whoever came up with this 👏👏👏

@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 6d

The EU Referendum was a maelstrom of misinformation. Why is it excluded from the review of foreign interference in our elections? As ever @bylinetimes.bsky.social asks the right questions… bylinetimes.com/2025/12/19/r...