Graham Macleod DHSB POLITICS
@mcdhsb.bsky.social
Canary by heart, Cornish by habitat, Norfolk by upbringing, teacher by vocation... Posting Politics for Edexcel A-level & Art for Pleasure
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This is a really good piece, in part because it's a really good example of how to let the reader into the conversations you have with the people you are writing about and how that shapes your thinking:
Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This is a really good piece, in part because it's a really good example of how to let the reader into the conversations you have with the people you are writing about and how that shapes your thinking:
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President Trump’s decision to order strikes in Iran is just the latest example of a U.S. president taking military action without first seeking congressional approval. Experts tell NBC News’ Gary Grumbach that there’s little lawmakers and courts can do about it.
June 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
President Trump’s decision to order strikes in Iran is just the latest example of a U.S. president taking military action without first seeking congressional approval. Experts tell NBC News’ Gary Grumbach that there’s little lawmakers and courts can do about it.
Interesting week to announce the policy… almost like there’s a big political event coming up & a need to appeal to lost supporters
Foreign sex offenders will be banned from claiming asylum in the UK, says Home Office
Foreign sex offenders will be banned from claiming asylum in the UK, says Home Office
Amendment to bill would affect anyone who qualifies for sex offender register, but charities concerned that move is being rushed
Foreign nationals convicted of sex offences will be banned from claiming asylum in the UK, Yvette Cooper has said, as Labour attempts to fight off the threat from the Reform party before Thursday’s local elections.
For the first time, anyone from overseas who qualifies for the sex offender register will be excluded from refugee protections. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Interesting week to announce the policy… almost like there’s a big political event coming up & a need to appeal to lost supporters
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Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
April 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
She dun it!! 300,000! To the moon and, well, halfway back🤗
April 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
She dun it!! 300,000! To the moon and, well, halfway back🤗
Sleepyhead has returned from hibernation and is snoozing happily in his little house!!
March 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Sleepyhead has returned from hibernation and is snoozing happily in his little house!!
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I first thought it was Dominic Cumming’s sticking his head through one of those face in the hole boards
March 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I first thought it was Dominic Cumming’s sticking his head through one of those face in the hole boards
Love it when a charity shop delivers gold...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Xc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Xc...
Earth Mother
YouTube video by Nucleus - Topic
www.youtube.com
March 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Love it when a charity shop delivers gold...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Xc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Xc...
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Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
March 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.
DEMs Devolution of power & extention of democracy to local level or just another costly layer of bureaucracy?
February 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
DEMs Devolution of power & extention of democracy to local level or just another costly layer of bureaucracy?
Yr 13 Paper 3... One from the heart, as usual, from Bernie! But also really useful for factions and Ideology in US parties
We are on the road for democracy and justice | Bernie Sanders
We are on the road for democracy and justice | Bernie Sanders
What we are fighting for is not ‘utopian’ or unachievable. Trumpism can and must be defeated
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Yr 13 Paper 3... One from the heart, as usual, from Bernie! But also really useful for factions and Ideology in US parties
Yr 13 Presidential power... US Presidents are often constrained by events beyond their control... Trump looks increasingly likely to be constrained by events of his own making. One would naturally expect Pierre Poilievre to be a close ally of Trump but this speech is savage!
x.com/PierrePoilie...
x.com/PierrePoilie...
February 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Yr 13 Presidential power... US Presidents are often constrained by events beyond their control... Trump looks increasingly likely to be constrained by events of his own making. One would naturally expect Pierre Poilievre to be a close ally of Trump but this speech is savage!
x.com/PierrePoilie...
x.com/PierrePoilie...
Yr 13 paper 3… Handy list of methods available in the senate to delay legislation
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
February 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Yr 13 paper 3… Handy list of methods available in the senate to delay legislation
A kaleidoscope of multicoloured ferns colonising the ruined lime kilns at Cotehele Quay, a reminder of the industrial heritage of the Tamar Valley #Cornwall
February 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A kaleidoscope of multicoloured ferns colonising the ruined lime kilns at Cotehele Quay, a reminder of the industrial heritage of the Tamar Valley #Cornwall
Squeezed through the MOT again! 298,000 on the clock & heading towards the magic 300,000! No need to park by the cemetery gates yet!
February 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Squeezed through the MOT again! 298,000 on the clock & heading towards the magic 300,000! No need to park by the cemetery gates yet!
Yr 13 Paper 3... US Federal protection of Rights and Liberties... EO 11246 was a key step in the move to enforce Civil Rights in America
BREAKING: In a new executive order sent out by the White House, Donald Trump has revoked the federal contractor nondiscrimination executive order, EO 11246, that was signed by Lyndon Johnson in 1965 and has protected employees of businesses seeking federal contracts from discrimination ever since.
January 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Yr 13 Paper 3... US Federal protection of Rights and Liberties... EO 11246 was a key step in the move to enforce Civil Rights in America
The Morning Star… Can always be relied on for an eye catching headline but pretty mainstream today!
January 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The Morning Star… Can always be relied on for an eye catching headline but pretty mainstream today!
A reminder of this year’s 60 foot winter Garland at #Cotehele Twas spectacular!! the best yet! @nationaltrust.bsky.social #Cornwall
January 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
A reminder of this year’s 60 foot winter Garland at #Cotehele Twas spectacular!! the best yet! @nationaltrust.bsky.social #Cornwall
Yr12... @nationaltrust.bsky.social 130 years old and still one of the best discussion examples for Paper One!
Happy birthday to us! 130 today and still going strong 💪
A big thank you to everyone who is celebrating with us ♥️
A big thank you to everyone who is celebrating with us ♥️
January 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Yr12... @nationaltrust.bsky.social 130 years old and still one of the best discussion examples for Paper One!