Caroline Derbyshire
@morsecat.bsky.social
Former MAT leader.Now working in mentoring and school improvement.
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The Lee Miller exhibition at Tate Britain has the lot: glamour, wit, play, brutal honesty, important exposure of brutality and a celebration of the efforts of women in war. I thoroughly recommend it as an antidote to jingoism and shallow but performative remembrance.
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Lee Miller exhibition at Tate Britain has the lot: glamour, wit, play, brutal honesty, important exposure of brutality and a celebration of the efforts of women in war. I thoroughly recommend it as an antidote to jingoism and shallow but performative remembrance.
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Farage’s claim that flag mania was down to ordinary citizens couldn’t be further from the truth. Brilliant expose via @manchestermill.bsky.social.
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Farage’s claim that flag mania was down to ordinary citizens couldn’t be further from the truth. Brilliant expose via @manchestermill.bsky.social.
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
So presumably all of the women are going to riot now that it has been confirmed that once more some blokes have committed a horrible violent crime. Wait….
November 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
So presumably all of the women are going to riot now that it has been confirmed that once more some blokes have committed a horrible violent crime. Wait….
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Reform has lost 1 in 20 (5%) of the 677 councillors it gained in May elections
In Kent alone, it has lost 14% of its councillors...
-11 have been expelled
-6 suspended
-9 have left the party
-1 has defected to UKIP
-9 have resigned from the council altogether
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
In Kent alone, it has lost 14% of its councillors...
-11 have been expelled
-6 suspended
-9 have left the party
-1 has defected to UKIP
-9 have resigned from the council altogether
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Reform Is Losing Councillors Elected In May At An 'Unusual' Rate
Reform UK has lost more than 5 per cent of the councillors it had elected six months ago, an analysis by PoliticsHome has found.
www.politicshome.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Reform has lost 1 in 20 (5%) of the 677 councillors it gained in May elections
In Kent alone, it has lost 14% of its councillors...
-11 have been expelled
-6 suspended
-9 have left the party
-1 has defected to UKIP
-9 have resigned from the council altogether
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
In Kent alone, it has lost 14% of its councillors...
-11 have been expelled
-6 suspended
-9 have left the party
-1 has defected to UKIP
-9 have resigned from the council altogether
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
The Rachel Reeves rent thing is just not a story. Yawn.
October 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The Rachel Reeves rent thing is just not a story. Yawn.
Thoughts with the lovely Sam West and his family today. To lose both parents in the space of a year had quite an impact of me. Imagine how much more painful when they are Timothy West and Prunella Scales and their faces are everywhere you look.
October 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thoughts with the lovely Sam West and his family today. To lose both parents in the space of a year had quite an impact of me. Imagine how much more painful when they are Timothy West and Prunella Scales and their faces are everywhere you look.
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HTRT Assemble! Today Roundtable meets to discuss what’s going on in the system, what’s not going on and where our energies are best directed.
#education #leadership #HTRT
#education #leadership #HTRT
October 23, 2025 at 6:57 AM
HTRT Assemble! Today Roundtable meets to discuss what’s going on in the system, what’s not going on and where our energies are best directed.
#education #leadership #HTRT
#education #leadership #HTRT
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UK will be second-fastest-growing G7 economy this year and next, IMF predicts.
Almost as if Rachel Reeves knows what she is doing.
Almost as if Rachel Reeves knows what she is doing.
UK forecast to be second-fastest growing economy in G7 - IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded the rate at which the UK economy will grow this year.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
UK will be second-fastest-growing G7 economy this year and next, IMF predicts.
Almost as if Rachel Reeves knows what she is doing.
Almost as if Rachel Reeves knows what she is doing.
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Oh no! Losing Diane Keaton and Robert Redford in the same month is really sad. What a great career she had
people.com/diane-keaton...
people.com/diane-keaton...
Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)
Diane Keaton has died at age 79, PEOPLE can confirm exclusively. The actress was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'
people.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Oh no! Losing Diane Keaton and Robert Redford in the same month is really sad. What a great career she had
people.com/diane-keaton...
people.com/diane-keaton...
Big fan of Gordon Brown too! These two have a fair bit in common.
Great to meet Gordon Brown in Fife to see the work of the Big House Multibank.
Ending child poverty is Labour’s moral mission: it’s why I entered politics and it’ll be my top priority as deputy leader.
Ending child poverty is Labour’s moral mission: it’s why I entered politics and it’ll be my top priority as deputy leader.
October 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Big fan of Gordon Brown too! These two have a fair bit in common.
Nigel is still smarting because his teacher called him out for singing Nazi songs in the street. Diddums.
Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues.
Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
October 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Nigel is still smarting because his teacher called him out for singing Nazi songs in the street. Diddums.
If you are a member don’t forget to vote for the next Deputy PM. I like both Lucy and Bridget but I have worked with @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and I know how strong and personally fierce her commitment to social justice is, so she got my vote.
October 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM
If you are a member don’t forget to vote for the next Deputy PM. I like both Lucy and Bridget but I have worked with @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and I know how strong and personally fierce her commitment to social justice is, so she got my vote.
I would have happily seen the demise of The Conservative Party when they were in government, but the way in which a far right party like Reform has crowded into their opposition space is not the outcome I had hoped for. Be careful what you wish for.
October 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I would have happily seen the demise of The Conservative Party when they were in government, but the way in which a far right party like Reform has crowded into their opposition space is not the outcome I had hoped for. Be careful what you wish for.
“Yet another colleague (from his school) described how, at a camp organised by the college, Farage and others had marched through a quiet Sussex village very late at night shouting Hitler Youth songs.”
Reform can deny it all they like, but the reliable source is the teacher.
Don’t back down David.
Reform can deny it all they like, but the reliable source is the teacher.
Don’t back down David.
October 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“Yet another colleague (from his school) described how, at a camp organised by the college, Farage and others had marched through a quiet Sussex village very late at night shouting Hitler Youth songs.”
Reform can deny it all they like, but the reliable source is the teacher.
Don’t back down David.
Reform can deny it all they like, but the reliable source is the teacher.
Don’t back down David.
When discussions are had about whether it was right to close schools during the pandemic, I hope that it is remembered that school colleagues died of COVID when schools were open and that employees in school were not prioritised for vaccination. I never understood that decision.
October 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
When discussions are had about whether it was right to close schools during the pandemic, I hope that it is remembered that school colleagues died of COVID when schools were open and that employees in school were not prioritised for vaccination. I never understood that decision.
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Not to make light of the editorial failure, but look how far Twitter lies now permeate in to normal discourse. We think we know about the racism but the utter contempt for truth since Musk bought the platform is deliberate & very dangerous. You can’t foment racism with fact checkers in the building.
Oh my god.
Have I Got News For You just referred to this completely false claim as a fact!!
Have I Got News For You just referred to this completely false claim as a fact!!
October 4, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Not to make light of the editorial failure, but look how far Twitter lies now permeate in to normal discourse. We think we know about the racism but the utter contempt for truth since Musk bought the platform is deliberate & very dangerous. You can’t foment racism with fact checkers in the building.
Civil War in Sudan resulting in 75 killed in a mosque, more dead following Putin’s attacks on Ukraine, mass killings in Gaza and now murders in Manchester. Sometimes it does not feel that human beings have evolved sufficiently. #HopeNotHate
October 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Civil War in Sudan resulting in 75 killed in a mosque, more dead following Putin’s attacks on Ukraine, mass killings in Gaza and now murders in Manchester. Sometimes it does not feel that human beings have evolved sufficiently. #HopeNotHate
I want this to be a succession strategy not a schism. Own the need for a ten year plan and control the narrative. That strategy would, of course, include evolving leadership to meet the needs of each stage.
Burnham not backing down:
“I've launched a debate on our direction because I think we need it at this moment, because I want this government to be a success…
“I think we need to go further, and we do need to have a debate about our direction, and and I, for one, won't be shying away from that.”
“I've launched a debate on our direction because I think we need it at this moment, because I want this government to be a success…
“I think we need to go further, and we do need to have a debate about our direction, and and I, for one, won't be shying away from that.”
September 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I want this to be a succession strategy not a schism. Own the need for a ten year plan and control the narrative. That strategy would, of course, include evolving leadership to meet the needs of each stage.
I don’t particularly enjoy watching golf on television. But The Ryder Cup victory wasn’t golf. It became politics. And we won the argument.
September 29, 2025 at 6:29 AM
I don’t particularly enjoy watching golf on television. But The Ryder Cup victory wasn’t golf. It became politics. And we won the argument.
Whoop! I wonder how many of those obsessed with England flags have been watching! Wait….they haven’t have they.
September 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Whoop! I wonder how many of those obsessed with England flags have been watching! Wait….they haven’t have they.
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Billy Bragg on fire
Richard Tice, "We've already got 80 sharia courts in the UK"
Billy Bragg, "There are also Jewish courts as well, thats part of their religion. We as a tolerant nation accept that"
"To demonise, particularly the Muslims, is the sort of thing we worry about Reform UK"
Billy Bragg, "There are also Jewish courts as well, thats part of their religion. We as a tolerant nation accept that"
"To demonise, particularly the Muslims, is the sort of thing we worry about Reform UK"
September 26, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Billy Bragg on fire
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Grabbing brekko at Coventry station on my way back from Question Time. Didn’t expect to see this stirring evocation of the defeat of fascism adorning the wall of Coffee #1 #AllYouFascistsBoundToLose
September 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Grabbing brekko at Coventry station on my way back from Question Time. Didn’t expect to see this stirring evocation of the defeat of fascism adorning the wall of Coffee #1 #AllYouFascistsBoundToLose
Well done to Bridget for speaking openly about this. Most women in any powerful role have experienced this. I do wish the media would drop the Burnham vs Starmer factionalism. I bet Bridget gets on well with both of them. The agenda is not driven by the preferences of the males.
“I’ve spent most of my life being underestimated, but I always get the job done and deliver.”
My full interview here 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My full interview here 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Phillipson: I've been the victim of sexist briefings
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson is running against Lucy Powell for Labour's deputy leadership.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Well done to Bridget for speaking openly about this. Most women in any powerful role have experienced this. I do wish the media would drop the Burnham vs Starmer factionalism. I bet Bridget gets on well with both of them. The agenda is not driven by the preferences of the males.