Dr Rachel Reeves
@rachelreeves.bsky.social
Socialist, remainer, social psychologist, nhs supporter
Reposted by Dr Rachel Reeves
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
Reposted by Dr Rachel Reeves
I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/
September 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/
Gaza protest yesterday in London. Starvation is being used as a weapon of war. The suffering is unimaginable. More and more people are protesting.
September 7, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Gaza protest yesterday in London. Starvation is being used as a weapon of war. The suffering is unimaginable. More and more people are protesting.
I am sad and worried by yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling. Like most people, I don’t think I personally know a trans woman. But that’s the point.They’re a minority so I probably won’t directly see their suffering. This ruling, in the name of preventing largely imagined problems, emboldens bigotry.
April 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I am sad and worried by yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling. Like most people, I don’t think I personally know a trans woman. But that’s the point.They’re a minority so I probably won’t directly see their suffering. This ruling, in the name of preventing largely imagined problems, emboldens bigotry.
Reposted by Dr Rachel Reeves
What’s the point in refusing citizenship to refugees who have ‘made a dangerous journey’?
What’s the point in publishing footage of people being deported?
I’m sorry to say that this is simply a continuation of the performative cruelty we saw from the Conservatives.
What’s the point in publishing footage of people being deported?
I’m sorry to say that this is simply a continuation of the performative cruelty we saw from the Conservatives.
February 12, 2025 at 10:59 AM
What’s the point in refusing citizenship to refugees who have ‘made a dangerous journey’?
What’s the point in publishing footage of people being deported?
I’m sorry to say that this is simply a continuation of the performative cruelty we saw from the Conservatives.
What’s the point in publishing footage of people being deported?
I’m sorry to say that this is simply a continuation of the performative cruelty we saw from the Conservatives.