Naomi Fallon
@nifallon.bsky.social
PhD student at the Centre for Food Policy. Food systems, policy, power. Lancs lass in London. She/Her.
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Good to see DfE have come to their senses and increased the funding for Breakfast clubs
I am still at a loss as to why they didn’t start off at £1 per session, it would have saved them from a lot of criticism
The devil will be in the detail, but some initial thoughts…
I am still at a loss as to why they didn’t start off at £1 per session, it would have saved them from a lot of criticism
The devil will be in the detail, but some initial thoughts…
'We've listened to schools about what works and what needs changing, including funding rates,' says early education minister Olivia Bailey
'That's why we're increasing the per child funding rate, so schools can offer a genuine variety of healthy breakfast options'
schoolsweek.co.uk/weve-listene...
'That's why we're increasing the per child funding rate, so schools can offer a genuine variety of healthy breakfast options'
schoolsweek.co.uk/weve-listene...
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Good to see DfE have come to their senses and increased the funding for Breakfast clubs
I am still at a loss as to why they didn’t start off at £1 per session, it would have saved them from a lot of criticism
The devil will be in the detail, but some initial thoughts…
I am still at a loss as to why they didn’t start off at £1 per session, it would have saved them from a lot of criticism
The devil will be in the detail, but some initial thoughts…
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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A single shared source of truth is essential for a functioning democracy.
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the west
New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising division and negativity
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A single shared source of truth is essential for a functioning democracy.
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
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INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE
SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE
November 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE
SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE
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I quite enjoyed a lot of the takedowns of Bill Gates' EA brain snap on climate. It is really deadassed in a number of ways.
But no-one mentioned the most important thing. He isn't *just* full of shit. He knows he is full of shit.
I can prove it: timinclimate.medium.com/even-bill-ga...
But no-one mentioned the most important thing. He isn't *just* full of shit. He knows he is full of shit.
I can prove it: timinclimate.medium.com/even-bill-ga...
Even Bill Gates knows he is full of shit
Did you hear about that “one low-income country set out to cut emissions by banning synthetic fertilizers”?
timinclimate.medium.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I quite enjoyed a lot of the takedowns of Bill Gates' EA brain snap on climate. It is really deadassed in a number of ways.
But no-one mentioned the most important thing. He isn't *just* full of shit. He knows he is full of shit.
I can prove it: timinclimate.medium.com/even-bill-ga...
But no-one mentioned the most important thing. He isn't *just* full of shit. He knows he is full of shit.
I can prove it: timinclimate.medium.com/even-bill-ga...
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Confirmation that diet change (i.e. less meat and dairy, more beans and veg) plays no role in UK Gov's decarbonisation plan - they're opting instead for 'precision feeding', methane-suppressing supplements, and breeding programmes that aid intensification. Disappointing.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Carbon budget and growth delivery plan
The Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan sets out how the government meets its statutory carbon budgets and secure the benefits of this transition for people and businesses.
www.gov.uk
October 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Confirmation that diet change (i.e. less meat and dairy, more beans and veg) plays no role in UK Gov's decarbonisation plan - they're opting instead for 'precision feeding', methane-suppressing supplements, and breeding programmes that aid intensification. Disappointing.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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I've been working with Demos to turn the Verification, Deliberation, and Accountability (VDA) Framework into a report that lays out how it can be used to diagnose the state of democracy and build solutions around building the capacity for those functions in institutional and public spaces.
🧵 Across the world, democracy isn’t just under pressure, it’s facing epistemic collapse: a breakdown in the shared ability to know what’s true, to reason together and to hold power to account.
A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.
A new guest paper by @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @drnataliemartin.bsky.social explores how to fix it.
Verification, Deliberation, Accountability: A new framework for tackling epistemic collapse and renewing democracy
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
demos.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I've been working with Demos to turn the Verification, Deliberation, and Accountability (VDA) Framework into a report that lays out how it can be used to diagnose the state of democracy and build solutions around building the capacity for those functions in institutional and public spaces.
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Accountability is under threat. When verification fails and deliberation collapses, few people trust institutions to hold power to account. And power itself exploits that trust-gap: governance becomes performance, visibility becomes substitute for real oversight.
October 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Accountability is under threat. When verification fails and deliberation collapses, few people trust institutions to hold power to account. And power itself exploits that trust-gap: governance becomes performance, visibility becomes substitute for real oversight.
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To explain this a bit:
as the Speaker says- and as is set out in Erskine May- "unless the discussion is based upon a substantive motion, drawn in proper terms, reflections must not be cast in debate upon the conduct of the Sovereign, the heir to the throne, or other members of the royal family"
as the Speaker says- and as is set out in Erskine May- "unless the discussion is based upon a substantive motion, drawn in proper terms, reflections must not be cast in debate upon the conduct of the Sovereign, the heir to the throne, or other members of the royal family"
Lindsay Hoyle suggests government, not parliamentary rules, to blame for MPs not getting chance to debate Prince Andrew - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
October 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
To explain this a bit:
as the Speaker says- and as is set out in Erskine May- "unless the discussion is based upon a substantive motion, drawn in proper terms, reflections must not be cast in debate upon the conduct of the Sovereign, the heir to the throne, or other members of the royal family"
as the Speaker says- and as is set out in Erskine May- "unless the discussion is based upon a substantive motion, drawn in proper terms, reflections must not be cast in debate upon the conduct of the Sovereign, the heir to the throne, or other members of the royal family"
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A small gripe in the grand scheme of things but this shows what's increasingly obvious to people attending UK party conferences
Many fringe events are not open discussion of policy & political options, but *adverts* for whoever is paying for the event
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Many fringe events are not open discussion of policy & political options, but *adverts* for whoever is paying for the event
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Academic axed from Labour conference panel for criticising energy policy
Sustainability expert was told panellists discussing North Sea oil and gas were meant to ‘agree entirely’ with each other
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
A small gripe in the grand scheme of things but this shows what's increasingly obvious to people attending UK party conferences
Many fringe events are not open discussion of policy & political options, but *adverts* for whoever is paying for the event
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Many fringe events are not open discussion of policy & political options, but *adverts* for whoever is paying for the event
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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We reviewed 312 studies on the UK 🇬🇧 food environment. Most focus on availability—less on sustainability & affordability.
More multi-domain research is needed!
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
#FoodEnvironment #PublicHealth #SustainableDiets
More multi-domain research is needed!
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
#FoodEnvironment #PublicHealth #SustainableDiets
Redirecting
doi.org
October 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We reviewed 312 studies on the UK 🇬🇧 food environment. Most focus on availability—less on sustainability & affordability.
More multi-domain research is needed!
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
#FoodEnvironment #PublicHealth #SustainableDiets
More multi-domain research is needed!
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.cd...
#FoodEnvironment #PublicHealth #SustainableDiets
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When the House sits late, the Commons library stays open 📚
On Monday nights, library services are available to MPs and their staff, long after the sun sets. Follow John for a quick tour of one of Parliament's key services.
On Monday nights, library services are available to MPs and their staff, long after the sun sets. Follow John for a quick tour of one of Parliament's key services.
October 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
When the House sits late, the Commons library stays open 📚
On Monday nights, library services are available to MPs and their staff, long after the sun sets. Follow John for a quick tour of one of Parliament's key services.
On Monday nights, library services are available to MPs and their staff, long after the sun sets. Follow John for a quick tour of one of Parliament's key services.
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She’s not wrong 😀
I’ve been banging on about the extra costs imposed on schools by an underfunded FSM policy for over a decade
Fantastic research work by @livinghealthy007.bsky.social and great reporting by @fcdwhittaker.bsky.social for @schoolsweek.bsky.social
I’ve been banging on about the extra costs imposed on schools by an underfunded FSM policy for over a decade
Fantastic research work by @livinghealthy007.bsky.social and great reporting by @fcdwhittaker.bsky.social for @schoolsweek.bsky.social
@andyjolley.bsky.social The issue you have been highlighting for years.
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Schools face having to find £310 million from their own budgets to subsidise the growing cost of free school meals if government funding is not hiked, researchers have warned
October 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
She’s not wrong 😀
I’ve been banging on about the extra costs imposed on schools by an underfunded FSM policy for over a decade
Fantastic research work by @livinghealthy007.bsky.social and great reporting by @fcdwhittaker.bsky.social for @schoolsweek.bsky.social
I’ve been banging on about the extra costs imposed on schools by an underfunded FSM policy for over a decade
Fantastic research work by @livinghealthy007.bsky.social and great reporting by @fcdwhittaker.bsky.social for @schoolsweek.bsky.social
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@andyjolley.bsky.social The issue you have been highlighting for years.
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Schools face having to find £310 million from their own budgets to subsidise the growing cost of free school meals if government funding is not hiked, researchers have warned
Schools to fork out £310m to subsidise free meals
Research suggests schools raiding teaching and learning budgets to plug funding gap for free lunches
schoolsweek.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
@andyjolley.bsky.social The issue you have been highlighting for years.
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🚨 Job Opportunity! 🚨 Applications are now open for a new 2.5-year postdoc at @edinburghpir.bsky.social to examine how parliaments gather, analyse and use different types of knowledge - see the full job listing here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (SPARK)
We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with experience in the politics of the UK, Scottish, German or Bavarian parliaments to join the UKRI-funded research project, ‘Studying Parliaments an...
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September 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🚨 Job Opportunity! 🚨 Applications are now open for a new 2.5-year postdoc at @edinburghpir.bsky.social to examine how parliaments gather, analyse and use different types of knowledge - see the full job listing here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."
Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.
Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.
We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.
Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.
Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.
We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.
September 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."
Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.
Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.
We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.
Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.
Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.
We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.
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Remembering what Nye Bevan said about why the NHS existed:
“No society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means."
Reeves needs to learn the history of her party.
“No society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means."
Reeves needs to learn the history of her party.
September 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Remembering what Nye Bevan said about why the NHS existed:
“No society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means."
Reeves needs to learn the history of her party.
“No society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means."
Reeves needs to learn the history of her party.
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When a typo in your Google search leads to new and exciting philosophical positions
September 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
When a typo in your Google search leads to new and exciting philosophical positions
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Damn. This post from @graceblakeley.substack.com is so on 🎯
Market ideology teaches us to blame ourselves for failing in a rigged economy.
Perversely, doing so also makes us feel more in control.
Read:
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
Perversely, doing so also makes us feel more in control.
Read:
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
The voice in your head is political
Market ideology teaches us to blame ourselves for a rigged economy - and doing so makes us feel in control.
open.substack.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Damn. This post from @graceblakeley.substack.com is so on 🎯
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We're are now accepting applications for an exciting DPhil at the @oxprimarycare.bsky.social, *FUNDED* by the THRIVING Food Futures research hub!
The project is about divisive policies, supervised by me, Dr Rachel Pechey @petescarbs.bsky.social @ashakaur.bsky.social
lnkd.in/eezGaZZ3
Pls share! ✨
The project is about divisive policies, supervised by me, Dr Rachel Pechey @petescarbs.bsky.social @ashakaur.bsky.social
lnkd.in/eezGaZZ3
Pls share! ✨
Crowd-pleasers or food fights? Exploring UK public support and objection to divisive policies that aim to reduce the environmental harm caused by the food system
www.phc.ox.ac.uk
September 22, 2025 at 8:34 AM
We're are now accepting applications for an exciting DPhil at the @oxprimarycare.bsky.social, *FUNDED* by the THRIVING Food Futures research hub!
The project is about divisive policies, supervised by me, Dr Rachel Pechey @petescarbs.bsky.social @ashakaur.bsky.social
lnkd.in/eezGaZZ3
Pls share! ✨
The project is about divisive policies, supervised by me, Dr Rachel Pechey @petescarbs.bsky.social @ashakaur.bsky.social
lnkd.in/eezGaZZ3
Pls share! ✨
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OK, a🧵: Our new paper studies workers' political consciousness in times of class demobilization.
We show there's more to workers' politics than right-wing resentment. Listening to workers, we reconstruct their moral critiques of money, power & recognition.
Link journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We show there's more to workers' politics than right-wing resentment. Listening to workers, we reconstruct their moral critiques of money, power & recognition.
Link journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
OK, a🧵: Our new paper studies workers' political consciousness in times of class demobilization.
We show there's more to workers' politics than right-wing resentment. Listening to workers, we reconstruct their moral critiques of money, power & recognition.
Link journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We show there's more to workers' politics than right-wing resentment. Listening to workers, we reconstruct their moral critiques of money, power & recognition.
Link journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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This. One hundred times this.
Simply astonishing. Maybe Lecturer A should not have to mark over 100 essays in a two-week window in the first place? Invest in qualified staff and reduce impossible workloads FFS www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strate...
September 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This. One hundred times this.
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Calling all global food governance scholars! Call for papers for a special issue in case you missed it... info below!
Call for papers! @danielleresnick.bsky.social , @philbakernz.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special issue in the journal Food Policy on "Rebuilding Global Food Governance amidst a Crisis of Multilateralism" - Papers due Feb.1, 2026. For more info, see link!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
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Food Policy | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Food Policy | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest articles of Food Policy at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
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September 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Calling all global food governance scholars! Call for papers for a special issue in case you missed it... info below!
Reposted by Naomi Fallon
Call for papers! @danielleresnick.bsky.social , @philbakernz.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special issue in the journal Food Policy on "Rebuilding Global Food Governance amidst a Crisis of Multilateralism" - Papers due Feb.1, 2026. For more info, see link!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Food Policy | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Food Policy | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest articles of Food Policy at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
www.sciencedirect.com
September 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Call for papers! @danielleresnick.bsky.social , @philbakernz.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special issue in the journal Food Policy on "Rebuilding Global Food Governance amidst a Crisis of Multilateralism" - Papers due Feb.1, 2026. For more info, see link!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...