Michael Abberton 🇺🇦🇸🇩
@michaelabberton.bsky.social
Cambridge UCU Vice President, UCU NEC…Oh... and UKIP tried to have me arrested for tweeting. http://campaignforucudemocracy.com
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Most proud of my #DoctorWho serial so check it out!
My political and (personal) union blog is here michaelabberton.medium.com
and my fiction (SF and horror fanfic mostly) website is here
michaelabberton.com
Most proud of my #DoctorWho serial so check it out!
hearing some plank on the radio saying there are redacted bits on China’s embassy plans…. The UK embassy in Madrid has a floor that doesn’t exist. I’ve seen it.
January 20, 2026 at 8:33 AM
hearing some plank on the radio saying there are redacted bits on China’s embassy plans…. The UK embassy in Madrid has a floor that doesn’t exist. I’ve seen it.
Starmer finding out today exactly how ‘special’ our relationship is. This is why you always stand up to bullies. Trump’s post also tells us precisely that. He has no respect for weakness. #BoycottWorldCup #BoycottUSA
January 20, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Starmer finding out today exactly how ‘special’ our relationship is. This is why you always stand up to bullies. Trump’s post also tells us precisely that. He has no respect for weakness. #BoycottWorldCup #BoycottUSA
Trump leaks private texts from Macron. But he’s so stupid, he doesn’t realise what he’s done. Macron does not even address Trump as an adult, let alone a head of state.
January 20, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Trump leaks private texts from Macron. But he’s so stupid, he doesn’t realise what he’s done. Macron does not even address Trump as an adult, let alone a head of state.
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Beyond appalling from the University of Sheffield, who are willfully ignoring staff's right to take industrial action and double deducting because they refuse to reschedule teaching which they already haven't been paid for.
Solidarity with @sheffielducu.bsky.social
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Solidarity with @sheffielducu.bsky.social
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Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
January 19, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Beyond appalling from the University of Sheffield, who are willfully ignoring staff's right to take industrial action and double deducting because they refuse to reschedule teaching which they already haven't been paid for.
Solidarity with @sheffielducu.bsky.social
Please donate if you can.
Solidarity with @sheffielducu.bsky.social
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This is absurd, insane. In a few days’ time, Europe may be at war with the United States.
January 19, 2026 at 4:19 PM
This is absurd, insane. In a few days’ time, Europe may be at war with the United States.
If Trump goes to Davos, that’s when he will order the invasion of Greenland. Two brigades of Airborne have just been activated in Alaska. They aren’t going to Minnesota.
January 19, 2026 at 2:34 PM
If Trump goes to Davos, that’s when he will order the invasion of Greenland. Two brigades of Airborne have just been activated in Alaska. They aren’t going to Minnesota.
Starmer effectively throws EU partners under the bus, despicably seeking to hide behind their coattails whilst appeasing the dictator. It’s amazing how someone can stand up with absolutely no spine.
January 19, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Starmer effectively throws EU partners under the bus, despicably seeking to hide behind their coattails whilst appeasing the dictator. It’s amazing how someone can stand up with absolutely no spine.
Headline - #Starmer sits firmly and resolutely on the fence over #Greenland and refuses to take any action whatsoever to counter US aggression.
January 19, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Headline - #Starmer sits firmly and resolutely on the fence over #Greenland and refuses to take any action whatsoever to counter US aggression.
one decision remains. Is Greenland Czechoslovakia or Poland?
January 17, 2026 at 6:48 PM
one decision remains. Is Greenland Czechoslovakia or Poland?
Starmer’s simpering appeasement of Trump has achieved absolutely nothing but show weakness to a fascist dictator who has now taken action against him and broken the trade. agreement that Starmer hailed, and even brought him back for a second state visit.
January 17, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Starmer’s simpering appeasement of Trump has achieved absolutely nothing but show weakness to a fascist dictator who has now taken action against him and broken the trade. agreement that Starmer hailed, and even brought him back for a second state visit.
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🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 AM
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Trump has declared a trade war against NATO. This cannot be allowed to stand unchallenged. In the meantime, how many US businesses currently depend on EU materials? More increased prices and lost jobs for US citizens.
January 17, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Trump has declared a trade war against NATO. This cannot be allowed to stand unchallenged. In the meantime, how many US businesses currently depend on EU materials? More increased prices and lost jobs for US citizens.
the only thing stopping Trump from invading Greenland is that the generals, traitors to their oaths, cannot be sure that their men will fire on European troops.
January 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
the only thing stopping Trump from invading Greenland is that the generals, traitors to their oaths, cannot be sure that their men will fire on European troops.
Just for complete transparency, the talking head #lbcnews has this morning talking about the chief constable retirement https://www.mpwarcrimes.co.uk/parliament/sir-michael-ellis
January 17, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Just for complete transparency, the talking head #lbcnews has this morning talking about the chief constable retirement https://www.mpwarcrimes.co.uk/parliament/sir-michael-ellis
Solidarity to UCU members in FE as they start three days of action #NewDealForFE #UCU
January 14, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Solidarity to UCU members in FE as they start three days of action #NewDealForFE #UCU
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Our first newsletter of 2026 has landed! Featuring information about our equality rule change motion, the current New Deal for FE strikes, Holocaust memorial day, and more. #UCU #UKHE
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UCU Commons newsletter #7, 14 January 2026
Dear subscriber
Welcome to the UCU Commons newsletter, a curated set of links and information about what's happening in UCU Commons, our union, and our sectors more generally. As always, we welcome a...
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January 14, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Our first newsletter of 2026 has landed! Featuring information about our equality rule change motion, the current New Deal for FE strikes, Holocaust memorial day, and more. #UCU #UKHE
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if the reports are to believed, the Joint Chiefs are distracting Trump from invading Greenland by bombing Iran. Killing Iranians as a distraction toy for a president with the mind of a toddler. The massive bombing campaign in Syria wasn’t enough.
January 11, 2026 at 11:37 AM
if the reports are to believed, the Joint Chiefs are distracting Trump from invading Greenland by bombing Iran. Killing Iranians as a distraction toy for a president with the mind of a toddler. The massive bombing campaign in Syria wasn’t enough.
The US could invade Greenland today. EU needs to deploy troops immediately. NATO is done.
January 10, 2026 at 10:06 AM
The US could invade Greenland today. EU needs to deploy troops immediately. NATO is done.
UK has collaborated in the seizure of a Russian flagged tanker in international waters as a part of the US annexation of Venezuela. International and maritime law out the window by Starmer.
The U.S. has seized the Russian-flagged oil tanker Marinera in the Atlantic after a weeks-long chase. the Department of Homeland Security led the operation with military support, NBC News reports. The ship, linked to Venezuela sanctions, was previously known as Bella 1.
January 7, 2026 at 1:58 PM
UK has collaborated in the seizure of a Russian flagged tanker in international waters as a part of the US annexation of Venezuela. International and maritime law out the window by Starmer.
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The U.S. has seized the Russian-flagged oil tanker Marinera in the Atlantic after a weeks-long chase. the Department of Homeland Security led the operation with military support, NBC News reports. The ship, linked to Venezuela sanctions, was previously known as Bella 1.
January 7, 2026 at 1:47 PM
The U.S. has seized the Russian-flagged oil tanker Marinera in the Atlantic after a weeks-long chase. the Department of Homeland Security led the operation with military support, NBC News reports. The ship, linked to Venezuela sanctions, was previously known as Bella 1.
The US has made serious military threats against a NATO member state. We need to close all US bases on European soil. There is already right now the possibility that US assets based here will be used to commit an act of piracy within Irish territorial waters.
January 7, 2026 at 8:17 AM
The US has made serious military threats against a NATO member state. We need to close all US bases on European soil. There is already right now the possibility that US assets based here will be used to commit an act of piracy within Irish territorial waters.
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If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot
The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:07 AM
If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Jon Stewart nails it- part 1 #venezuelawarcrime #handsoffvenezuela #starmerout
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRMw5d7K/
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRMw5d7K/
January 6, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Jon Stewart nails it- part 1 #venezuelawarcrime #handsoffvenezuela #starmerout
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRMw5d7K/
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRMw5d7K/
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A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
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in how many "law enforcement operations" are damn near 100 people killed?
January 5, 2026 at 3:33 PM
in how many "law enforcement operations" are damn near 100 people killed?