Last call today for the OFFICIAL PUBLICATION DAY of my book on the Blair era, 'New Labour, New Britain?' I think it's a judicious look at the whole topic, but you must be the judge: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526146328/
February 10, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Last call today for the OFFICIAL PUBLICATION DAY of my book on the Blair era, 'New Labour, New Britain?' I think it's a judicious look at the whole topic, but you must be the judge: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526146328/
Er, do you mean... left wing? 🤷♂️
February 10, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Er, do you mean... left wing? 🤷♂️
Reposted by Glen O'Hara
NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
NEW: ICE has a plan to lease offices across the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
Today, @wired.com is publishing dozens of those locations. Many are near schools, medical offices, and places of worship.
Vital work from @leahfeiger.bsky.social that I'm proud to publish.
The United Kingdom has allowed people who hate it and want to see it collapse control over most social media and their own TV channel. Weak and unserious.
February 10, 2026 at 5:34 PM
The United Kingdom has allowed people who hate it and want to see it collapse control over most social media and their own TV channel. Weak and unserious.
Again and again, when the right-wing ranters and haters are unmasked, we see exactly what they are. www.channel4.com/news/unmaske...
Unmasked: Man behind satirical ‘Crewkerne Gazette’ AI videos is convicted far right racist – exclusive
The key figure behind the Crewkerne Gazette has been identified by Channel 4 News as Joshua Bonehill-Paine.
www.channel4.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Again and again, when the right-wing ranters and haters are unmasked, we see exactly what they are. www.channel4.com/news/unmaske...
IT'S THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION DAY of 'New Labour, New Britain? How the Blair Governments Reshaped the Country'. You can buy a copy, and support your local bookshop, for a mere £19... I hope you enjoy: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/new-...
February 10, 2026 at 2:14 PM
IT'S THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION DAY of 'New Labour, New Britain? How the Blair Governments Reshaped the Country'. You can buy a copy, and support your local bookshop, for a mere £19... I hope you enjoy: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/new-...
'We're coming for you' is not just a Reform UK turn of phrase. They mean it. Look at the US. Meanwhile everyone will just go on whistling with their hands in their pockets. Pathetic.
February 10, 2026 at 12:20 PM
'We're coming for you' is not just a Reform UK turn of phrase. They mean it. Look at the US. Meanwhile everyone will just go on whistling with their hands in their pockets. Pathetic.
Universities can see what's happened to our US partners and colleagues. There's an example right in front of them of what the authoritarians will do once in power. They can fight back now or lose the ability to do so.
February 10, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Universities can see what's happened to our US partners and colleagues. There's an example right in front of them of what the authoritarians will do once in power. They can fight back now or lose the ability to do so.
I am sick, absolutely sick, of the retreat of civic society, the media and the other political parties in the face of Reform UK - one of the most existential threats the state structures have faced for decades.
Reform is threatening Bangor University over a student society’s decision. The society isn’t Bangor University—but this is a neat preview of how a Reform government would work: public money for supporters only. Trump-style politics, UK edition.
Authoritarian reflex is already working just fine.👇
Authoritarian reflex is already working just fine.👇
February 10, 2026 at 12:19 PM
I am sick, absolutely sick, of the retreat of civic society, the media and the other political parties in the face of Reform UK - one of the most existential threats the state structures have faced for decades.
I've heard it all, heard it all. Sorry for that, solidarity.
February 10, 2026 at 12:17 PM
I've heard it all, heard it all. Sorry for that, solidarity.
The Higher Education sector has to get out there and defend itself, on the front foot, fighting fire with fire. Its enemies are coming at it. But it's just asleep at the wheel.
Bangor is a truly great university - one of our best. It's got a fantastic student experience and wonderful teaching. Anyone would be proud to go there. (1/2)
www.bangor.ac.uk/about/about-...
www.bangor.ac.uk/about/about-...
About the University
www.bangor.ac.uk
February 10, 2026 at 11:58 AM
The Higher Education sector has to get out there and defend itself, on the front foot, fighting fire with fire. Its enemies are coming at it. But it's just asleep at the wheel.
Bangor University is a key pillar of the local NHS, a hub for innovation and science, a growth point for the local economy, a beacon of good practice, a gathering point for civil society. Anyone attacking it is attacking Britain. (2/2)
www.bangor.ac.uk/collaboratio...
www.bangor.ac.uk/collaboratio...
Collaboration Hub
www.bangor.ac.uk
February 10, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Bangor University is a key pillar of the local NHS, a hub for innovation and science, a growth point for the local economy, a beacon of good practice, a gathering point for civil society. Anyone attacking it is attacking Britain. (2/2)
www.bangor.ac.uk/collaboratio...
www.bangor.ac.uk/collaboratio...
Bangor is a truly great university - one of our best. It's got a fantastic student experience and wonderful teaching. Anyone would be proud to go there. (1/2)
www.bangor.ac.uk/about/about-...
www.bangor.ac.uk/about/about-...
About the University
www.bangor.ac.uk
February 10, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Bangor is a truly great university - one of our best. It's got a fantastic student experience and wonderful teaching. Anyone would be proud to go there. (1/2)
www.bangor.ac.uk/about/about-...
www.bangor.ac.uk/about/about-...
Always believe people when they tell you what they are.
This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
February 10, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Always believe people when they tell you what they are.
The raw hatred many voters harbour towards universities, which of course I hear quite a lot, is but one indicator of the deep-seated changes in our moral and emotional economy that are going on under the surface.
February 10, 2026 at 10:35 AM
The raw hatred many voters harbour towards universities, which of course I hear quite a lot, is but one indicator of the deep-seated changes in our moral and emotional economy that are going on under the surface.
This is what we're up against. Bangor University, that fine and noble institution where I've spoken twice, nearly 150 years young and still going strong. The sheer hatred they reserve for us shows what could happen after 2029, but also that they're frightened of knowledge and learning.
February 10, 2026 at 10:33 AM
This is what we're up against. Bangor University, that fine and noble institution where I've spoken twice, nearly 150 years young and still going strong. The sheer hatred they reserve for us shows what could happen after 2029, but also that they're frightened of knowledge and learning.
While the UK's leadership is important and should of course be argued over, we have so many crises (and opportunities) that are crying out for the same focus and attention. Of course they need political direction too, but just wish more energy was spent at grassroots.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
£5bn council SEND debts to be paid off by government
It comes days after the Local Government Association warned that eight in 10 English councils would face bankruptcy, if they had to honour deficits.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 10:30 AM
While the UK's leadership is important and should of course be argued over, we have so many crises (and opportunities) that are crying out for the same focus and attention. Of course they need political direction too, but just wish more energy was spent at grassroots.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yep, poor that isn't it. 👎
February 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Yep, poor that isn't it. 👎
It's the same name isn't it? Haven't they got that mixed up?
February 9, 2026 at 9:26 PM
It's the same name isn't it? Haven't they got that mixed up?
Europe is the epicentre of Epstein fallout. Meanwhile, in the US - nothing. The rule of law there is clearly breaking down, as authoritarianism proceeds the way it always does.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Norway police investigate diplomat over Jeffrey Epstein links
Mona Juul and her husband Terje Rød-Larsen - who played a vital role in the Oslo Accords - are being investigated for
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Europe is the epicentre of Epstein fallout. Meanwhile, in the US - nothing. The rule of law there is clearly breaking down, as authoritarianism proceeds the way it always does.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Policy by Pub Bore. He's just that spittle-flecked Hate Guy in the corner of your done-up bar saying that modern beer is horrible and anyone under 50 is lazy and a loser. As beatable a politician as there'll ever be.
BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
February 9, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Policy by Pub Bore. He's just that spittle-flecked Hate Guy in the corner of your done-up bar saying that modern beer is horrible and anyone under 50 is lazy and a loser. As beatable a politician as there'll ever be.
I don't think they realise just how ridiculous and morally compromised use of X makes them look. Honestly not sure they even have a sense of that.
Not today's main point, but I do find it odd that ministers are signalling their support of Keir Starmer - pretty important as their silence is interpreted as a sign they might quit and force him to resign! - by... posting on X.
You know, the site condemned for being an AI porn hellscape last month
You know, the site condemned for being an AI porn hellscape last month
February 9, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I don't think they realise just how ridiculous and morally compromised use of X makes them look. Honestly not sure they even have a sense of that.
Many people in Britain and the EU deserve their fate for (at best) sucking up to the ultra-rich. But the US elite are just going to... completely escape without scrutiny? When they're at the heart of it? WTF is going on here.
February 9, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Many people in Britain and the EU deserve their fate for (at best) sucking up to the ultra-rich. But the US elite are just going to... completely escape without scrutiny? When they're at the heart of it? WTF is going on here.
If you value your local bookshop, here's a bookshop.org link to my new book on the Blair era, out this week... It's £19 if you buy it here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/new-...
New Labour, New Britain?: How the Blair Governments Reshaped the Country
How the Blair Governments Reshaped the Country
uk.bookshop.org
February 9, 2026 at 2:30 PM
If you value your local bookshop, here's a bookshop.org link to my new book on the Blair era, out this week... It's £19 if you buy it here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/new-...