Noughty Taughty
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Secular cyclist, grateful Gen Xer, humanities scholar, beer connoisseur, political sceptic, wannabe poet, reluctant teacher, comics fanboy, cat charmer, woodland walker.
"I cannot think of an occasion on which anyone at the BBC has had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger. But the appeasement of the right never ends, and nor will it ever be satisfied."
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Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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November 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"I cannot think of an occasion on which anyone at the BBC has had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger. But the appeasement of the right never ends, and nor will it ever be satisfied."
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(Bit more) I work in an SFC & held down students' results knowing it could invite criticism, but I & my college refused to inflate. I remain very grateful to LG's Newsnight piece on the topic, which was literally the one time my integrity was acknowledged in the media. Thanks LG. I'm still grateful.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
(Bit more) I work in an SFC & held down students' results knowing it could invite criticism, but I & my college refused to inflate. I remain very grateful to LG's Newsnight piece on the topic, which was literally the one time my integrity was acknowledged in the media. Thanks LG. I'm still grateful.
It's particularly instructive to learn there was disapproval of LG's much-needed pieces on the COVID exams crisis, about the jamboree of A level grade inflation that fee-paying schools enjoyed while the state sector - in particular the sixth form college sector - kept a relatively steady course.
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
It's particularly instructive to learn there was disapproval of LG's much-needed pieces on the COVID exams crisis, about the jamboree of A level grade inflation that fee-paying schools enjoyed while the state sector - in particular the sixth form college sector - kept a relatively steady course.
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Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.
Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.
Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.
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“Extreme weather is battering installations from Guam to North Carolina and fueling instability in regions overseas where American forces may be called to intervene.”
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Pentagon retreats from climate fight even as heat and storms slam US troops
For decades, the military treated climate crisis as a threat. Now it’s backing away from plans to protect people and bases from extreme weather
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October 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“Extreme weather is battering installations from Guam to North Carolina and fueling instability in regions overseas where American forces may be called to intervene.”
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BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood announces that immigrants will have to recite Beowulf in its entirety in Old English, without notes, before being allowed entry to the U.K.
October 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood announces that immigrants will have to recite Beowulf in its entirety in Old English, without notes, before being allowed entry to the U.K.
A-Level English Literature requires students to analyse Shakespeare and other authors from various centuries, including novels, poems and plays, as well as a bit of literary criticism, in essays of between 1000 and 3000 words, depending on the task. There are two exams and there's coursework too.
October 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A-Level English Literature requires students to analyse Shakespeare and other authors from various centuries, including novels, poems and plays, as well as a bit of literary criticism, in essays of between 1000 and 3000 words, depending on the task. There are two exams and there's coursework too.
Man, I've taught English A-Level for twenty years and many of my students struggle to meet the standard. The subject is declining in popularity largely because 95% of sixth-form students know very well that their composition skills are well below the necessary standard.
October 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Man, I've taught English A-Level for twenty years and many of my students struggle to meet the standard. The subject is declining in popularity largely because 95% of sixth-form students know very well that their composition skills are well below the necessary standard.
Business may be taxed too much, but what about extreme wealth? Easy to confuse productive with unproductive money. The real q is whether any wealth hoard is being fruitfully invested in expanding the economy or simply piled into already-inflated asset markets for a safe marginal return.
October 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Business may be taxed too much, but what about extreme wealth? Easy to confuse productive with unproductive money. The real q is whether any wealth hoard is being fruitfully invested in expanding the economy or simply piled into already-inflated asset markets for a safe marginal return.
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The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.
I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?
Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.
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I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?
Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.
join.greenparty.org.uk
October 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.
I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?
Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.
join.greenparty.org.uk
I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?
Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.
join.greenparty.org.uk
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If you don’t like being called a racist, maybe don’t make a career of saying things that appeal to racists, don’t create a political party that keeps attracting racist candidates, don’t fawn over racist world leaders, and don’t make a convicted racist the guest of honour at your party conference.
September 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
If you don’t like being called a racist, maybe don’t make a career of saying things that appeal to racists, don’t create a political party that keeps attracting racist candidates, don’t fawn over racist world leaders, and don’t make a convicted racist the guest of honour at your party conference.
I'd definitely want to study this!
Fellow creatures: the new GCSE in natural history
The new GCSE in natural history is a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world
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The new GCSE in natural history is a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world
westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/educati...
Fellow creatures: the new GCSE in natural history
The new GCSE in natural history is a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world
westenglandbylines.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I'd definitely want to study this!
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I generally rate Chris Mason but it would make things easier for all if Robbie Gibb - Brexiter & Theresa May’s director of comms at Number 10 - were not still a non-executive director of the BBC. Everything he touches turns to shit. Including, at the moment, a lot of the Beeb’s political journalism.
There should be a high bar for politicians attacking the media, but maybe Ed Davey has half a point here?
For example, the first three paragraphs of this BBC story repeat Reform's £243bn figure without saying that the thinktank behind the estimate now disowns it. (This is mentioned in paragraph 35)
For example, the first three paragraphs of this BBC story repeat Reform's £243bn figure without saying that the thinktank behind the estimate now disowns it. (This is mentioned in paragraph 35)
September 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I generally rate Chris Mason but it would make things easier for all if Robbie Gibb - Brexiter & Theresa May’s director of comms at Number 10 - were not still a non-executive director of the BBC. Everything he touches turns to shit. Including, at the moment, a lot of the Beeb’s political journalism.
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Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell. Listen to the survivors.
August 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell. Listen to the survivors.
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Good morning ☕️ people
Hope you are all good and in kick ass mood 😍
Things that leave me speechless:
Why do so many people vote for hatey, horrible & cruel 'leaders' rather those who want all to do well🙄
Why people think serving up people & their land to dictators will placate war criminals🤷♀️
Hope you are all good and in kick ass mood 😍
Things that leave me speechless:
Why do so many people vote for hatey, horrible & cruel 'leaders' rather those who want all to do well🙄
Why people think serving up people & their land to dictators will placate war criminals🤷♀️
August 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Good morning ☕️ people
Hope you are all good and in kick ass mood 😍
Things that leave me speechless:
Why do so many people vote for hatey, horrible & cruel 'leaders' rather those who want all to do well🙄
Why people think serving up people & their land to dictators will placate war criminals🤷♀️
Hope you are all good and in kick ass mood 😍
Things that leave me speechless:
Why do so many people vote for hatey, horrible & cruel 'leaders' rather those who want all to do well🙄
Why people think serving up people & their land to dictators will placate war criminals🤷♀️
Yeah, there's a suspicion of urban & modern life in Lynch that may have some truth to it and is certainly imbued with unfaked decency but leans towards the right politically. He's very rarely interested in educated people, for example. It's a "volkish" world he wanted to live in, I think.
August 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Yeah, there's a suspicion of urban & modern life in Lynch that may have some truth to it and is certainly imbued with unfaked decency but leans towards the right politically. He's very rarely interested in educated people, for example. It's a "volkish" world he wanted to live in, I think.
Really well put: "he knows he's fucked up and broken". Absolutely.
August 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Really well put: "he knows he's fucked up and broken". Absolutely.
Yes, I can't imagine finding Mike Judge a congenial dining companion.
August 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Yes, I can't imagine finding Mike Judge a congenial dining companion.
Does Oleanna belong to his good or bad period? It seems to me solidly reactionary right wing, so it opposes most of my students who are mostly leftish. I tell them (and I think they generally agree) that it's crucial to test your views against thoughtful opposition. Some amazing work has resulted.
August 10, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Does Oleanna belong to his good or bad period? It seems to me solidly reactionary right wing, so it opposes most of my students who are mostly leftish. I tell them (and I think they generally agree) that it's crucial to test your views against thoughtful opposition. Some amazing work has resulted.
I agree re Picasso. It reminds me of Atwood's description of a visit to a gynaecologist in The Handmaid's Tale ch 11. ("He deals with a torso only.")
August 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I agree re Picasso. It reminds me of Atwood's description of a visit to a gynaecologist in The Handmaid's Tale ch 11. ("He deals with a torso only.")
My answer is WB Yeats, a moderate Irish nationalist with English Conservative (we Brits say "Tory") sympathies. A Burkean lover of institutions & traditions, he flirted with fascism in the 30s but was disgusted by violent Irish republicanism. He also believed in fairies & cosmic gyres (don't ask).
August 10, 2025 at 7:16 AM
My answer is WB Yeats, a moderate Irish nationalist with English Conservative (we Brits say "Tory") sympathies. A Burkean lover of institutions & traditions, he flirted with fascism in the 30s but was disgusted by violent Irish republicanism. He also believed in fairies & cosmic gyres (don't ask).