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Jeni Hooper
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Educational Psychologist now retired but remaining passionate about making education work for all children. Cancer survivor. Quiet times with knitting, reading and my allotment.
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drpam.bsky.social
This is clearly an intricate international conspiracy. The big question now is whether the democratic free west has sufficient cohesion left to deal with it. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein
Nigel Farage was the figurehead and his partner Laure Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support
bylinetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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fiplayscotland.bsky.social
The new data on boys from low-income families in England is really striking. It’s a reminder of how important those early years are & why children need rich environments & warm, responsive adults from the very start. #ScotEduSky #EduSky #EY #EarlyYears #GIRFEC
November 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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westcountryvoices.bsky.social
Time to go after the companies that peddle this shit.
What a world. Toxicity pays: food, fossil fuels, X,and purveyors of disinformation.

Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ, study finds www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ, study finds
World’s largest scientific review warns consumption of UPFs poses seismic threat to global health and wellbeing
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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leebee4life.bsky.social
I’m still thinking about “quiet, piggy.” No president should be able to speak to a member of the press that way and remain president. That moment encapsulates how vile, misogynistic, and horrible that man is.
November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Farage at school by those who knew him best:

www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
Andy Field, 61, an NHS doctor who said he knew Farage well because they took the same train to school, has similarly clear memories. "When I became a prefect, he [Farage] said, Tll show you how to do it,' claimed Field,. "He took me for a walk up to the lower school playground, where all the children from about nine years old to 12 would be. And he singled out, completely at random, a kid of Asian extraction, and just put him in detention for no reason whatsoever. I was flabbergasted, absolutely stunned. I was just disgusted, really. No rhyme or reason, just purely based on the colour of his skin.
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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stevefitz.bsky.social
Goldcrests at Titchwell yesterday afternoon #UKBirding #norfolkbirding #ukwildlife #birds
November 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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alxrchrds.bsky.social
Just imagine for a moment if these anecdotes were about a Labour MP — the mainstream media would be apoplectic and their political career would be instantly over.

But, because it's Farage, the mainstream media will do absolutely nothing and he will be fine.

I’ll happily be proved wrong. I’ll wait.
alxrchrds.bsky.social Alex Richards @alxrchrds.bsky.social · 2d
Farage, by those who were at school with him:

“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right’, or ‘Gas them’, sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers".

“I’d hear him calling other students ‘Paki’ or ‘Wog’, and urging them to ‘go home’.”
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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schoolsweek.bsky.social
'The human encounter through which knowledge comes alive is not a means to an end, but the end itself'

https://schoolsweek.co.uk/as-ai-does-our-work-it-may-destroy-the-reasons-we-learn/
November 17, 2025 at 7:40 AM
jenihooper.bsky.social
What is non disciplinary isolation. Can someone give me an example.
schoolsweek.bsky.social Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 5d
Exclusive: Schools will face a legal duty to record their use of non-disciplinary isolation and report it to parents under plans being developed by the government
schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-to-f...
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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drpam.bsky.social
Which means he’s going to sue the British people because that’s who pay for the BBC - nice. I wonder what QEII would have thought about that? Perhaps we should charge him for the parades etc that no one wanted when he was over here, even it up a bit.
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
The US president confirmed he intends to sue the broadcaster for at least $1bn over the Panorama edit of a 2021 speech.
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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bps-decp.bsky.social
#blueskyeps
#edpsychs
bps-decp.bsky.social bps-decp.bsky.social @bps-decp.bsky.social · 9d
‼️CALL TO ALL UK EPs

🙏Please complete this survey about understanding & practice in the assessment of literacy difficulties

📣This is a critical opportunity for EPs to reclaim our expertise, to share our voices & to shape practice & policy developments

durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
November 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
jenihooper.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
The flying of St George's flags across the country are creating "no-go" zones for NHS staff, with some facing frequent abuse, health bosses have warned

news.sky.com/story/st-geo...
St George's flags are creating 'no-go zones' for NHS staff, health bosses warn
A trust leader hails the "bravery" of black and Asian healthcare workers for continuing to treat patients in areas "designed to exclude them".
news.sky.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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janeyllou.bsky.social
Says it all
thelondoneconomic.bsky.social The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 10d
The Israeli and Russian embassies have both joined Trump in criticising the broadcaster.
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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waylon18.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The BBC like the NHS deserve national treasure status. Yes some slip ups, but generally providing high quality public service on a shoestring that could never be provided by commercial organisations. That’s why the capitalist media hate them. Stand by the BBC
The BBC is bigger than news | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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debrakidd.bsky.social
Riot Women. Happy Valley. Strictly. Sherlock. Line of Duty. Peaky Blinders. Traitors. Race Across the World. Planet Earth. Match of the Day…Are we really going to let the right wing culture wars coup at the BBC news department bring down the whole thing? It’s exactly what they want.
November 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Remembrance: 75 years of the ECHR

The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) celebrates its 75th birthday this month – like all elders, it has a lifetime of wisdom to share

By Dr Pam Jarvis

@drpam.bsky.social
Remembrance: 75 years of the ECHR
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) celebrates its 75th birthday this month – like all elders, it has a lifetime of wisdom to share
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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drpam.bsky.social
May I suggest (yet again) to HM Government that what is wrong with utilities, education, health &care services in England is that they’ve been handed over to private companies who run them on the basis of maximum cash to the directors and the most basic service possible they can offer to the users?
November 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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drpam.bsky.social
Excellent post by John. And not to forget the profiteering that goes on through education, health and care services, with private providers being paid with public money. MATs are the main such issue in education.
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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warrenoates1.bsky.social
So this is Labour's response to Farage's speech this morning - but put out this afternoon across all the channels they are active on.

Very good Labour, very good!
November 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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chrischivers.bsky.social
@johncosgrove.bsky.social manages to press many buttons in this very detailed and evidenced blog. Like John, I'm not sure that @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social has a strong grasp of the realities of inclusion. "Culture change" needs a mindset change; it's a principle, not just a word.
November 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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stevechalke.bsky.social
Education is about much more than school. A child is in school for under 20% of their time. So what we really need is an overarching, joined-up, inclusive, child-first vision. And then a long-term thoughtful plan to implement it.
November 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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warren.senate.gov
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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i-teacher.bsky.social
For those using the "all refugees are commiting sexual crimes and therefore must go" argument, the same logic would lead to all white men being forced out of the UK.

Between 77% and 89% of these crimes are comitted by white men...

So... Yeah...

#refugeecrisis #racistbritain
October 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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13sarahmurphy.bsky.social
Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Minority representation on TV causes outrage There has been widespread support for prominent Reform MP Sarah Pochin after she complained about the over-representation of minorities on television. Said one angry viewer, "She's right. Every time you turn on the telly there's another Reform MP being interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg." She added, "I respect their way of life and their strange customs, but Reform MPs comprise only 0.7 percent of the House of Commons. Yet Nigel Farage is on Question Time more than Fiona Bruce." "I'm not prejudiced. Some of my best friends are swivel-eyed loons, but enough is enough. There are too many people with angry red faces on television.”
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM