Derek Edwards

@derekedwards.bsky.social

640 followers 140 following 29 posts

Emeritus professor; language and social interaction; Discursive Psychology; Guitars; Photography; Liverpool FC; Socialism. Probably not in that order.

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Communication & Media Studies 27%

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Derek Edwards @derekedwards.bsky.social · 1d

An interesting, amusing, and also deadly serious insight into the vagaries of “AI”.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I asked AI to name my wife. To the hopelessly incorrect people it cited, my deepest apologies | Martin Rowson

Authors, a newsreader, a lawyer and an esteemed colleague: they’re all great – but I’m not married to any of them. Can we really depend on this technology, asks cartoonist and author Martin Rowson

www.theguardian.com

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 8d

Person: say, i am alive.

Computer: I am alive.

Person: oh my god.

Reposted by Derek Edwards

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13d

Farage is in Dubai hosting a lunch for Indian billionaire Sunny Varkey, the latest non-UK resident to back Reform.

Farage Seeks Support at Dubai Lunch Backed by Indian Billionaire

Nigel Farage hosted a private lunch event in Dubai on Tuesday with the backing of Indian billionaire Sunny Varkey, underscoring the Reform UK party’s embrace of wealthy donors based in the United Arab...

www.bloomberg.com

Reposted by Steve Peers, John Foot, Derek Edwards

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13d

No response yet from Reform pundit and activist Tim Montgomerie about his party's selection in Gorton and Denton

Reposted by Richard F. Catalano, Will Jennings, Steve Peers , and 3 more Richard F. Catalano, Will Jennings, Steve Peers, Robert B. Reich, Anne Norton, Derek Edwards

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 17d

By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.

NYT push alert: "A person was shot dead today during a struggle with federal agents in Minneapolis, according to officials."

Derek Edwards @derekedwards.bsky.social · 18d

Starmer “can leave Nigel Farage marooned on the wrong side of public opinion, fanboy to the man who insulted Britain’s war dead. Starmer can cast Reform as the party in thrall to Trump, and Reform’s opponents as the true defenders of Britain’s sovereignty and independence.” Let it be so.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18d

As the world finally punches back, was this the week Donald Trump went too far? | Jonathan Freedland

The US president took his bullying doctrine to Davos and hit a wall of opposition. If this creates a new western alliance against him, all to the good, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

www.theguardian.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18d

As the world finally punches back, was this the week Donald Trump went too far? | Jonathan Freedland

The US president took his bullying doctrine to Davos and hit a wall of opposition. If this creates a new western alliance against him, all to the good, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

www.theguardian.com

Derek Edwards @derekedwards.bsky.social · 20d

Carney at Davos: “we negotiate from weakness. We accept what is offered. We compete with each other to be the most accommodating. This is not sovereignty. It is the performance of sovereignty while accepting subordination.”
— and thus dies the myth of Brexit.

Reposted by John Foot, Derek Edwards, Maria Sobolewska

Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 22d

OMG, he actually did the ‘I can’t be sexist, my wife is a woman’ line.

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · Jan 11

Researchers warn UK has a “finance curse” – an oversized sector extracting wealth instead of creating it.

If Britain wants to feel better off again, we need a financial system that invests in the real economy – not one that gambles with it.

Andrew Curry explains

@eastangliabylines.co.uk

Where did the money go – we offer some answers

We are a leading economy but this isn't reflected in how we feel. The UK has fallen behind other countries on many metrics

eastangliabylines.co.uk

Reposted by Andrew Scott, Derek Edwards

Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · Jan 4

If Trump’s concern was drugs, he’d not have pardoned Honduras’s corrupt leader; if terrorism, he’d have gone after Iran; if world order, Russia; if preserving US power, China. If democracy, human rights or humanitarian motive, dozens of other worthy cases. What’s left is oil. And Epstein.

Reposted by Anders Sundnes Løvlie, Derek Edwards

Scabbyhabby @scabbyhabby.bsky.social · Dec 23

This year’s Presidential Christmas card.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · Dec 18

As per a quote tweet: "You can’t blame online misinformation when you’re a news channel. Parsing the quality of sources is the entire job." Otherwise you are just a propaganda network.

Reposted by Steve Peers, Leigh Sparks, Derek Edwards , and 1 more Steve Peers, Leigh Sparks, Derek Edwards, Farah Mendlesohn

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · Dec 17

Welcome to the UK where a right wing academic seeks to defend a man who wrote:

'Head for the hotels housing them and burn them to the ground.'

By describing that incitement as "anti immigration"

Welcome to the UK. Where you
go to prison for 18 months for
anti-immigration tweets.

This is insane

Derek Edwards @derekedwards.bsky.social · Nov 24

Excellent and devastating put-down of Shabana Mahmood’s immigration policies by Nesrine Malik.

Derek Edwards @derekedwards.bsky.social · Nov 24

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik

‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straight, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

Derek Edwards @derekedwards.bsky.social · Nov 20

Rosie Holt is so brilliant at sailing so close to the edge that some people think she’s actually a Labour politician. Scary that Labour are so crap on this issue that it’s plausible!

Rosie Holt @rosieisaholt.bsky.social · Nov 20

Labour MP says only way to unite UK over immigration is by leaning into Reform narrative.

Reposted by Steve Peers, Simon Wren‐Lewis, Alison Phipps , and 1 more Steve Peers, Simon Wren‐Lewis, Alison Phipps, Derek Edwards

Rosie Holt @rosieisaholt.bsky.social · Nov 20

Labour MP says only way to unite UK over immigration is by leaning into Reform narrative.

Derek Edwards @derekedwards.bsky.social · Nov 7

Great cover!!! 🙂👏

Jonathan Potter @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social · Nov 7

The cover has arrived! Emotionography!
Emotions studied as they’re done in interaction - displayed, taken up, used.
@alexahepburn.bsky.social

Book cover Emotionography. Subtitle: Theory, Research and Practice. Authors Jonathan Potter and Alexa Hepburn. Publisher APA. Abstract graphic motif; clean typographic layout.

Reposted by Elwys De Stefani, Alexa Hepburn, Derek Edwards

Jonathan Potter @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social · Nov 7

The cover has arrived! Emotionography!
Emotions studied as they’re done in interaction - displayed, taken up, used.
@alexahepburn.bsky.social

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · Nov 6

Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · Nov 4

Farage has been consistent for 15+ years.

Opposing decent pay and conditions for ordinary hard-working young people and expectant parents.

Meanwhile, he makes a mint hawking bullion, presenting tv shows and flying to the USA to big up his interests - instead of serving his constituents.

The European Parliament, in their foolishness,
have voted for increased maternity pay. I'm
off for a drink. #UKIP

12:57 PM - 20 Oct 2010

4,458 Retweets 1,233 Likes

Nigel Farage says Reform
UK could cut minimum
wage for young people -
and defends U-turn on
tax pledges

Mr Farage gave a wide-ranging news
conference setting out Reform UK's
economic plans, and defending claims of
U-turning on 2024 election manifesto
pledges.

Reposted by Derek Edwards

Stuart Hemingway @stu31.bsky.social · Nov 4

So many disappointing parts to this story of heroism and bravery for those of a far right persuasion. Firstly the attacker wasn’t Muslim or a refugee and secondly the selflessness of the person doing his job who saved so many lives was a Muslim. How will they cope in this difficult time.

Reposted by Steve Peers, Charlotte Taylor, Derek Edwards , and 2 more Steve Peers, Charlotte Taylor, Derek Edwards, Pam Jarvis, Jeff Crisp

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Oct 22

'Get rid of the migrants or I'll become a migrant' is quite the argument

Reposted by Jonathan Potter, Elizabeth Stokoe, Andrew Livingstone , and 1 more Jonathan Potter, Elizabeth Stokoe, Andrew Livingstone, Derek Edwards

Alexa Hepburn @alexahepburn.bsky.social · Oct 22

How did a high-stakes meeting between Trump, Vance& Zelenskyy turn from diplomacy to open confrontation?
Lotte van Burgsteden, @christelvaneck.bsky.social &I unpack conversational polarisation as it unfolded live in the Oval Office. @polcommjournal.bsky.social contains link to transcript #openaccess

www.tandfonline.com

Reposted by Elizabeth Stokoe, Elwys De Stefani, Alexa Hepburn , and 1 more Elizabeth Stokoe, Elwys De Stefani, Alexa Hepburn, Derek Edwards

Charles Antaki @charlesantaki.bsky.social · Oct 22

Come across Conversation Analysis and want to know more?

Loughborough University's annual online CA for Beginners workshop is on Jan. 15, 2026.

Talks, group work & data sessions with experts.

Registration (£45 or £90) is now open.

More information here
emcawiki.net/CA_for_Begin...

#EMCA

CA for Beginners January 2026 - emcawiki

emcawiki.net

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · Oct 14

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

Reposted by Andrew Scott, Derek Edwards

Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · Oct 13

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.

Reposted by Nandita Sharma, Andrew Scott, Glenn Lyons , and 4 more Nandita Sharma, Andrew Scott, Glenn Lyons, John Foot, Michelle Everson, Peter Cook, Derek Edwards

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Oct 11

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?

Reposted by Derek Edwards

Zoe Williams @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social · Oct 6

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?

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