BedlingtonJamie
@bedlingtonjamie.bsky.social
Originally from Bedlington now resident in Moray. Exiled NUFC fan. Bedlington Terrier owner, mental health nurse and apparently a runner (Who knew?)
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"Higher education generated £24bn in export earnings for the UK in 2022-23, far above aircraft manufacturing with £12bn, legal services with £9.5bn and telecoms with £8.8bn."
#HigherEd
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
#HigherEd
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Less than Greggs? Public have no idea of value of top universities, study finds
Belief that snack chain’s revenues exceed those of Oxford’s one of many misconceptions about UK’s HE sector
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"Higher education generated £24bn in export earnings for the UK in 2022-23, far above aircraft manufacturing with £12bn, legal services with £9.5bn and telecoms with £8.8bn."
#HigherEd
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
#HigherEd
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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"I wonder if the Miners could sue the BBC for a few billion?
This photo was taken moments before the massed ranks of police attacked and brutalised the miners at Orgreave in 1984 ... BBC News reversed their film to make it look to the whole nation like the miners attacked first."
#OrgreaveJustice
This photo was taken moments before the massed ranks of police attacked and brutalised the miners at Orgreave in 1984 ... BBC News reversed their film to make it look to the whole nation like the miners attacked first."
#OrgreaveJustice
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
"I wonder if the Miners could sue the BBC for a few billion?
This photo was taken moments before the massed ranks of police attacked and brutalised the miners at Orgreave in 1984 ... BBC News reversed their film to make it look to the whole nation like the miners attacked first."
#OrgreaveJustice
This photo was taken moments before the massed ranks of police attacked and brutalised the miners at Orgreave in 1984 ... BBC News reversed their film to make it look to the whole nation like the miners attacked first."
#OrgreaveJustice
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The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The BBC is in crisis in the same way that GB News would be if you put Owen Jones on the board armed with a veto and plenty of coffee.
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In 2024, Bet 365's CEO got a salary - not total package, just salary - of £94.7m.
A lot of people have to lose their bets to pay that.
We should be MASSIVELY curtailing betting, not promoting it further. It's a cancer in society.
A lot of people have to lose their bets to pay that.
We should be MASSIVELY curtailing betting, not promoting it further. It's a cancer in society.
You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that:
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
November 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
In 2024, Bet 365's CEO got a salary - not total package, just salary - of £94.7m.
A lot of people have to lose their bets to pay that.
We should be MASSIVELY curtailing betting, not promoting it further. It's a cancer in society.
A lot of people have to lose their bets to pay that.
We should be MASSIVELY curtailing betting, not promoting it further. It's a cancer in society.
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Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Honestly, I did NOT have "punching the air and going HELL YES to Chris Patten" on my bingo card today. But what he says is SO rarely said and needed saying SO badly!
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
"How shall we treat Mr Farage's concerns? Shall we hail Brexit a tremendous success? Something that has cost the country billions?"
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I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery
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Everything on our news agenda is being driven by a corrupted disinformation machine, run by a billionaire who sponsors Tommy Robinson and who keeps trying to foment civil war in the UK.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Everything on our news agenda is being driven by a corrupted disinformation machine, run by a billionaire who sponsors Tommy Robinson and who keeps trying to foment civil war in the UK.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
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NEWS! Man who spends all year bemoaning 'virtue signallers' pretty keen for you to notice his massive poppy
Man who spends all year bemoaning ‘virtue signallers’ pretty keen for you to notice his massive poppy
The need to publicly signal your virtues through ostentatious displays of support for ideas you think have value is nothing but a liberal cancer, according to the guy in the pub desperate for you t…
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
NEWS! Man who spends all year bemoaning 'virtue signallers' pretty keen for you to notice his massive poppy
This 👇
Worth noting that this is pretty much the first extended period of adversity we’ve experienced in 4 years.
Bit concerning how quick some of our fanbase are to want to pull the trigger considering
Worth noting that this is pretty much the first extended period of adversity we’ve experienced in 4 years.
Bit concerning how quick some of our fanbase are to want to pull the trigger considering
At least with Howe you know he'll be working his nads off to try and fix things. Hope he gets it right but it won't be for lack of effort if he doesn't, which is more than can be said for some recent occupiers of the managers office. #nufc
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
This 👇
Worth noting that this is pretty much the first extended period of adversity we’ve experienced in 4 years.
Bit concerning how quick some of our fanbase are to want to pull the trigger considering
Worth noting that this is pretty much the first extended period of adversity we’ve experienced in 4 years.
Bit concerning how quick some of our fanbase are to want to pull the trigger considering
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At least with Howe you know he'll be working his nads off to try and fix things. Hope he gets it right but it won't be for lack of effort if he doesn't, which is more than can be said for some recent occupiers of the managers office. #nufc
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
At least with Howe you know he'll be working his nads off to try and fix things. Hope he gets it right but it won't be for lack of effort if he doesn't, which is more than can be said for some recent occupiers of the managers office. #nufc
Think I’m giving this place a swerve over the international break. Honestly fans calling for Howe out are wild in my opinion.
November 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Think I’m giving this place a swerve over the international break. Honestly fans calling for Howe out are wild in my opinion.
Surprised the ref didn’t let that go, as previously in this game it’s been no foul if any of our big lads are wiped out in the air
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Surprised the ref didn’t let that go, as previously in this game it’s been no foul if any of our big lads are wiped out in the air
Any chance of some changes Eddie, it’s past your customary 60 minutes
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Any chance of some changes Eddie, it’s past your customary 60 minutes
The ref letting that two footed challenge go unpunished which might still lead to a penalty is a fucking joke
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The ref letting that two footed challenge go unpunished which might still lead to a penalty is a fucking joke
Was a free kick in the fucking build up either. This season is going to take years off my life like
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Was a free kick in the fucking build up either. This season is going to take years off my life like
Fucking hell Pope, what the fuck was that?
November 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Fucking hell Pope, what the fuck was that?
This ref is a homer and a half like 🤦🏻♂️
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This ref is a homer and a half like 🤦🏻♂️
How the fuck was that not a foul on Tonali?
November 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
How the fuck was that not a foul on Tonali?
I say it every week I feel and this isn’t having a go at the player himself. But the sooner Hall or Livramento are back to take the pressure off Burn, particularly when the opposition have a speedy right winger the better
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I say it every week I feel and this isn’t having a go at the player himself. But the sooner Hall or Livramento are back to take the pressure off Burn, particularly when the opposition have a speedy right winger the better
So that’s a free kick against Burn for being played in the air? 🤔
November 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
So that’s a free kick against Burn for being played in the air? 🤔
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HARVEY BARNESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! 🏹
THAT IS SUPERB!!!! 🤩
THAT IS SUPERB!!!! 🤩
November 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
HARVEY BARNESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! 🏹
THAT IS SUPERB!!!! 🤩
THAT IS SUPERB!!!! 🤩
Fucking hell this has West Ham vibes all over it again with that attempted punch by Pope
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Fucking hell this has West Ham vibes all over it again with that attempted punch by Pope
Get in Harvey lad 👏
November 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Get in Harvey lad 👏
Jesus these are wearing the same strip as Stoke and really do play like it too. Just big bastards that rely on set pieces
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Jesus these are wearing the same strip as Stoke and really do play like it too. Just big bastards that rely on set pieces