Paddy Emond
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The Government said it’d cost £99bn to publicly own our water.
But this figure is based on a report paid for by… the water companies.
The true cost is closer to zero.
@ewanmg.bsky.social explains why on @lbc.co.uk with Andrew Marr 👇
But this figure is based on a report paid for by… the water companies.
The true cost is closer to zero.
@ewanmg.bsky.social explains why on @lbc.co.uk with Andrew Marr 👇
June 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The Government said it’d cost £99bn to publicly own our water.
But this figure is based on a report paid for by… the water companies.
The true cost is closer to zero.
@ewanmg.bsky.social explains why on @lbc.co.uk with Andrew Marr 👇
But this figure is based on a report paid for by… the water companies.
The true cost is closer to zero.
@ewanmg.bsky.social explains why on @lbc.co.uk with Andrew Marr 👇
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Two weeks ago, we won £615 million back for schools.
But we’re not stopping just yet.
With the spending review coming on June 11, we’re looking to move all of our MPs and tell them to pressure the Chancellor.
Will you join us and send an email to your MP now?
But we’re not stopping just yet.
With the spending review coming on June 11, we’re looking to move all of our MPs and tell them to pressure the Chancellor.
Will you join us and send an email to your MP now?
Take action to stop new school cuts
Tell your MP to write to Chancellor Reeves and insist that she stop the new cuts and begin reversing more than a decade of austerity.
actionnetwork.org
June 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Two weeks ago, we won £615 million back for schools.
But we’re not stopping just yet.
With the spending review coming on June 11, we’re looking to move all of our MPs and tell them to pressure the Chancellor.
Will you join us and send an email to your MP now?
But we’re not stopping just yet.
With the spending review coming on June 11, we’re looking to move all of our MPs and tell them to pressure the Chancellor.
Will you join us and send an email to your MP now?
The polls are clear. We should not be pandering to the right, we should be listening to trade unions and pivoting to the left. End the fiscal self-harm, invest in public services, tax the rich, and watch the votes flow back to Labour.
May 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The polls are clear. We should not be pandering to the right, we should be listening to trade unions and pivoting to the left. End the fiscal self-harm, invest in public services, tax the rich, and watch the votes flow back to Labour.
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Questionable value of school executive roles | Letters
Questionable value of school executive roles | Letters
Letters: Readers raise concerns that multi-academy trusts in England are diverting funds from classrooms to corporate managers
www.theguardian.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Questionable value of school executive roles | Letters
“The standard Labour ministerial line is that any historic act of struggle was noble and necessary – indeed, they would have manned the barricades themselves – but modern equivalents are the preserve of malcontents and malefactors who deserve a good truncheon or tasering.”
‘Pacific, temperate, egalitarian, avowedly non-violent, the epitome of unimpeachable, quietist radicalism: if the police can do this to the Quakers, what could they do to you?’
James Butler on last week’s Met Police raid on a Quaker meeting house in Westminster: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
James Butler on last week’s Met Police raid on a Quaker meeting house in Westminster: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
James Butler | As the Met bruised in
Last Thursday evening, more than twenty Metropolitan police officers – some armed with tasers – broke down the doors...
www.lrb.co.uk
March 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“The standard Labour ministerial line is that any historic act of struggle was noble and necessary – indeed, they would have manned the barricades themselves – but modern equivalents are the preserve of malcontents and malefactors who deserve a good truncheon or tasering.”
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‘Among scholars of “Capital” the question of what Marx meant is burdened with added importance: a proper translation of “Capital” can tell us how capital works.’
Peter E. Gordon on a new translation of Marx’s ‘Bible of the working class’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Peter E. Gordon on a new translation of Marx’s ‘Bible of the working class’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Peter E. Gordon · Hair-splitting: Versions of Marx
One reason to welcome a new translation is that old terms and cadences tend to petrify: repeat a phrase often enough and...
www.lrb.co.uk
March 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
‘Among scholars of “Capital” the question of what Marx meant is burdened with added importance: a proper translation of “Capital” can tell us how capital works.’
Peter E. Gordon on a new translation of Marx’s ‘Bible of the working class’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Peter E. Gordon on a new translation of Marx’s ‘Bible of the working class’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils
Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils
Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils
Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
The first ever YMCA, a vital community asset in Camden, is facing closure following the sites sale to Criterion Capital. No wonder school enrolment is plummeting in state schools within the borough. Working class communities need working class institutions.
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Save The Central YMCA
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February 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The first ever YMCA, a vital community asset in Camden, is facing closure following the sites sale to Criterion Capital. No wonder school enrolment is plummeting in state schools within the borough. Working class communities need working class institutions.
www.change.org/p/save-the-c...
www.change.org/p/save-the-c...
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Seems the reality of the Ofsted cards did not live up to expectation…
schoolsweek.co.uk/just-6-of-te...
schoolsweek.co.uk/just-6-of-te...
6% of teachers 'positive' about Ofsted proposals, shows poll
Ofsted has launched a consultation on plans to reform its inspection framework and introduce new 'report cards'
schoolsweek.co.uk
February 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Seems the reality of the Ofsted cards did not live up to expectation…
schoolsweek.co.uk/just-6-of-te...
schoolsweek.co.uk/just-6-of-te...
I wouldn't normally share the Daily Mail, but behind the sensationalism of the "booze-fuelled holiday" there is a serious point. Council's are hemorrhaging money to supply agencies. It would be cheaper and more efficient to re-establish council-run supply pools.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Supply teacher agency on holiday after cashing in on £1BILLION demand
These are the employees of supply teacher agency Just Teachers kicking back in the Costa del Sol town of Marbella.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I wouldn't normally share the Daily Mail, but behind the sensationalism of the "booze-fuelled holiday" there is a serious point. Council's are hemorrhaging money to supply agencies. It would be cheaper and more efficient to re-establish council-run supply pools.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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"We invite all states to take all possible actions and policies to end Israel’s occupation of the State of Palestine."
Read the Inaugural Joint Statement of The Hague Group online now.
Read the Inaugural Joint Statement of The Hague Group online now.
The Hague Group
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February 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"We invite all states to take all possible actions and policies to end Israel’s occupation of the State of Palestine."
Read the Inaugural Joint Statement of The Hague Group online now.
Read the Inaugural Joint Statement of The Hague Group online now.
The CEO of Harris continues to rake in the big bucks. All whilst NEU members are forced to ballot for industrial action, because of excessive workload, unfair pay and conditions and unfair treatment of overseas teachers.
neu.org.uk/get-involved...
neu.org.uk/get-involved...
February 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The CEO of Harris continues to rake in the big bucks. All whilst NEU members are forced to ballot for industrial action, because of excessive workload, unfair pay and conditions and unfair treatment of overseas teachers.
neu.org.uk/get-involved...
neu.org.uk/get-involved...
"Ofsted to press ahead with ‘Nando’s-style’ schools scorecard" with no standalone criteria being set for educator well being.
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February 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
"Ofsted to press ahead with ‘Nando’s-style’ schools scorecard" with no standalone criteria being set for educator well being.
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📢Announced today, a new right to neonatal care leave and pay.
Very welcome news for parents of babies in neonatal care.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Very welcome news for parents of babies in neonatal care.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
January 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
📢Announced today, a new right to neonatal care leave and pay.
Very welcome news for parents of babies in neonatal care.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Very welcome news for parents of babies in neonatal care.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
January 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
The Schools Bill is a good first step to de-academisation. To go further Labour need to accept that academies do not lead to better standards of education for children👇🏻
January 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Schools Bill is a good first step to de-academisation. To go further Labour need to accept that academies do not lead to better standards of education for children👇🏻
NEU members won’t sit back and accept the further decimation of their living standards and teaching conditions, regardless of what colour tie the Governing Party wears.
🚨 The indicative ballot on national strike action will launch 1 March and close 11 April. 🚨
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🚨 The indicative ballot on national strike action will launch 1 March and close 11 April. 🚨
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Teaching union NEU to ballot members over pay offer - BBC News
The National Education Union in England will ballot over strike action on pay and school funding.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
NEU members won’t sit back and accept the further decimation of their living standards and teaching conditions, regardless of what colour tie the Governing Party wears.
🚨 The indicative ballot on national strike action will launch 1 March and close 11 April. 🚨
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🚨 The indicative ballot on national strike action will launch 1 March and close 11 April. 🚨
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mick Lynch has been the most effective communicator (and certainly the most well known) UK Trade Union leader since 2010. This is a loss to the movement. Eddie Dempsey must be the bookies favourite to replace him.
www.rmt.org.uk/news/retirem...
www.rmt.org.uk/news/retirem...
Retirement of RMT general secretary Michael Lynch
RMT general secretary Michael Lynch has made the decision to retire at the age of 63 after serving the union in many capacities. He was elected general secretary in 2021.
www.rmt.org.uk
January 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Mick Lynch has been the most effective communicator (and certainly the most well known) UK Trade Union leader since 2010. This is a loss to the movement. Eddie Dempsey must be the bookies favourite to replace him.
www.rmt.org.uk/news/retirem...
www.rmt.org.uk/news/retirem...
The actions of UL is an existential threat to one of the few terms that make teaching a long-term career choice. If academies leverage the cost of living to coerce mass departures from the TPS, the scheme will die. A good salary and a good pension should not be mutually exclusive.
January 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The actions of UL is an existential threat to one of the few terms that make teaching a long-term career choice. If academies leverage the cost of living to coerce mass departures from the TPS, the scheme will die. A good salary and a good pension should not be mutually exclusive.
This is a good short blog by Michael Chessum.
It would be naive of the government to believe the, Employment Rights Bill (good but insufficiently radical) could nullify workers anger towards pay cuts and the cost of living.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...
It would be naive of the government to believe the, Employment Rights Bill (good but insufficiently radical) could nullify workers anger towards pay cuts and the cost of living.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...
Michael Chessum | Managing Discontent
Starmer’s strategy of modest progress and alliance-building could be scuppered by the fiscal hawks in his government....
www.lrb.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This is a good short blog by Michael Chessum.
It would be naive of the government to believe the, Employment Rights Bill (good but insufficiently radical) could nullify workers anger towards pay cuts and the cost of living.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...
It would be naive of the government to believe the, Employment Rights Bill (good but insufficiently radical) could nullify workers anger towards pay cuts and the cost of living.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ja...