Ros McMullen
@rosmcm.bsky.social
Education and politics obsessive. (Whisky Sheep and Travel too)
The #coercivecontrol storyline in #corrie is a very difficult watch 😢
October 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The #coercivecontrol storyline in #corrie is a very difficult watch 😢
Let me help all these ridiculous journos out by pointing out that royalty is:
1. not a meritocracy
2. born into feeling entitled
3. not sackable (that is the whole point!)
4. throughout history they use women appallingly
You want a royal family - you need to understand this!
1. not a meritocracy
2. born into feeling entitled
3. not sackable (that is the whole point!)
4. throughout history they use women appallingly
You want a royal family - you need to understand this!
October 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Let me help all these ridiculous journos out by pointing out that royalty is:
1. not a meritocracy
2. born into feeling entitled
3. not sackable (that is the whole point!)
4. throughout history they use women appallingly
You want a royal family - you need to understand this!
1. not a meritocracy
2. born into feeling entitled
3. not sackable (that is the whole point!)
4. throughout history they use women appallingly
You want a royal family - you need to understand this!
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To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?
October 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?
The thing that baffles me is all these people being ‘deeply shocked that a member of the royal family would behave like this’. Have they read no history? Male royals entitled behaviour towards women is how it has always been. (Another reason why royalty is totally unsuitable for this age)
October 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The thing that baffles me is all these people being ‘deeply shocked that a member of the royal family would behave like this’. Have they read no history? Male royals entitled behaviour towards women is how it has always been. (Another reason why royalty is totally unsuitable for this age)
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Colleagues - we are beginning to get some feedback on these pilot inspections. It is helpful for us to know how things are on the ground in order to support. Please send us any information you you have.
October 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Colleagues - we are beginning to get some feedback on these pilot inspections. It is helpful for us to know how things are on the ground in order to support. Please send us any information you you have.
I was chuffed with this autumnal dinner I made. (Too much effort though - bloody pumpkins have way too many seeds!)
October 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I was chuffed with this autumnal dinner I made. (Too much effort though - bloody pumpkins have way too many seeds!)
That was a good speech from the PM today 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
September 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
That was a good speech from the PM today 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Lovely Fountains Abbey
September 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Lovely Fountains Abbey
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Exclusive: Sadiq Khan has accused Donald Trump of doing more than anyone else to encourage the intolerant far right across the globe as the US president arrives in the UK.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump has fanned the flames of divisive politics around the world, says Sadiq Khan
Exclusive: London mayor says US president has ‘perhaps done the most’ to encourage far right
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Exclusive: Sadiq Khan has accused Donald Trump of doing more than anyone else to encourage the intolerant far right across the globe as the US president arrives in the UK.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I simply do not understand the wall-to-wall coverage of this Charlie Kirk 🤷♀️
Kids and teachers in schools get shot in USA and our media report briefly and move on - to me that seems far worse.
I find this worrying.
Kids and teachers in schools get shot in USA and our media report briefly and move on - to me that seems far worse.
I find this worrying.
September 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I simply do not understand the wall-to-wall coverage of this Charlie Kirk 🤷♀️
Kids and teachers in schools get shot in USA and our media report briefly and move on - to me that seems far worse.
I find this worrying.
Kids and teachers in schools get shot in USA and our media report briefly and move on - to me that seems far worse.
I find this worrying.
If you are capable of epic levels in suspension of disbelief, I recommend’Hostage’ on Netflix 🤣
August 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
If you are capable of epic levels in suspension of disbelief, I recommend’Hostage’ on Netflix 🤣
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'Honest Bob' Jenrick, a politician obviously & deliberately embracing xenophobia, does some weapons grade xenophobia & the BBC *apologises* for a Thought For The Day contributor calling it xenophobic. Licence fee payers need to know who makes these decisions & why. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC apologises after Robert Jenrick accused of xenophobia
A contributor to Radio 4's Thought for the Day slot made the remark about the shadow justice secretary.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
'Honest Bob' Jenrick, a politician obviously & deliberately embracing xenophobia, does some weapons grade xenophobia & the BBC *apologises* for a Thought For The Day contributor calling it xenophobic. Licence fee payers need to know who makes these decisions & why. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I wonder if this will hit the news headlines
Clear pattern emerging: impact of new taxes on private schools, non-doms and large farms is far smaller than typically suggested. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK tax data reportedly suggests claims of non-dom exodus overblown
HMRC figures appear to indicate departure of high net worth people is in line with OBR predictions, report says
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I wonder if this will hit the news headlines
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The open secret of Jenrick's utterly cynical and made-up National Populism should not be shrugged off like the open secrets of what Boris Johnson and Liz Truss are really like. We can't keep doing this.
August 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The open secret of Jenrick's utterly cynical and made-up National Populism should not be shrugged off like the open secrets of what Boris Johnson and Liz Truss are really like. We can't keep doing this.
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I am shocked. SHOCKED, I tell ya.
New post just out:
"The Great VAT Panic"
The claims made by the right-wing press about VAT on private school fees were wildly wrong.
Why? What are the lessons about about (how not to) run a lobbying campaign? And what can government learn?
(£/free)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
"The Great VAT Panic"
The claims made by the right-wing press about VAT on private school fees were wildly wrong.
Why? What are the lessons about about (how not to) run a lobbying campaign? And what can government learn?
(£/free)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
The Great VAT Panic
Or how not to run a campaign
open.substack.com
August 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I am shocked. SHOCKED, I tell ya.
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For me, the BBC’s image choice here is reprehensible…
…it glorifies these thugs who were intimidating refugees - makes them look like they are protesting for some sort of freedom… rather than the targeted harassment of the vulnerable.
…it glorifies these thugs who were intimidating refugees - makes them look like they are protesting for some sort of freedom… rather than the targeted harassment of the vulnerable.
How BBC presents the anti-migrant hotel protests vs how we do at @bylinesnetwork.co.uk
BBC lead with a Reform UK voter saying "We are not happy with these men in this hotel because we fear for our children”
We tell of the refugee children inside the hotel terrified by chants of “send them out!”
BBC lead with a Reform UK voter saying "We are not happy with these men in this hotel because we fear for our children”
We tell of the refugee children inside the hotel terrified by chants of “send them out!”
August 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
For me, the BBC’s image choice here is reprehensible…
…it glorifies these thugs who were intimidating refugees - makes them look like they are protesting for some sort of freedom… rather than the targeted harassment of the vulnerable.
…it glorifies these thugs who were intimidating refugees - makes them look like they are protesting for some sort of freedom… rather than the targeted harassment of the vulnerable.
I am just back in UK after 4 weeks in mainland Europe, and after managing the laundry etc will be off to Edinburgh - what do you all recommend I catch up there this year?
August 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I am just back in UK after 4 weeks in mainland Europe, and after managing the laundry etc will be off to Edinburgh - what do you all recommend I catch up there this year?
Aah - this should get you to the post I’ve incompetently tried to share with you!
New post just out:
"The Great VAT Panic"
The claims made by the right-wing press about VAT on private school fees were wildly wrong.
Why? What are the lessons about about (how not to) run a lobbying campaign? And what can government learn?
(£/free)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
"The Great VAT Panic"
The claims made by the right-wing press about VAT on private school fees were wildly wrong.
Why? What are the lessons about about (how not to) run a lobbying campaign? And what can government learn?
(£/free)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
The Great VAT Panic
Or how not to run a campaign
open.substack.com
August 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Aah - this should get you to the post I’ve incompetently tried to share with you!
I’m hoping that this link below takes you to @samfr.bsky.social post exploding the nonsense talked about VAT on private school fees. It is an excellent post (so if I haven’t managed it, search for it!)
samf.substack.com?utm_source=n...
samf.substack.com?utm_source=n...
Comment is Freed | Sam Freedman | Substack
Politics, policy analysis, and foreign affairs from Sam and Lawrence Freedman. Click to read Comment is Freed, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
samf.substack.com
August 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I’m hoping that this link below takes you to @samfr.bsky.social post exploding the nonsense talked about VAT on private school fees. It is an excellent post (so if I haven’t managed it, search for it!)
samf.substack.com?utm_source=n...
samf.substack.com?utm_source=n...
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I'm then heading to @edfringe.bsky.social at the end of the month and there are still tickets available for all shows there - although do book early if you can as some shows are starting to look busy already... edinburgh.justthetonic.com/event/88:4930/
Just the Tonic Edinburgh – The best of comedy in the UK
edinburgh.justthetonic.com
August 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I'm then heading to @edfringe.bsky.social at the end of the month and there are still tickets available for all shows there - although do book early if you can as some shows are starting to look busy already... edinburgh.justthetonic.com/event/88:4930/
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Had a really fun show last night in Tufnell Park and looking forward to another one tonight. Very much still tickets available for all shows so if you fancy a laugh then come along... camdenfringe.com/events/matt-... @camdenfringe.bsky.social
Matt Green: Work in Progress - Camden Fringe
Online political comedy star Matt returns with new jokes about politics, the news and himself. Matt has moved house and the world is in chaos. But we can still laugh about it - right?Is selling a flat...
camdenfringe.com
August 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Had a really fun show last night in Tufnell Park and looking forward to another one tonight. Very much still tickets available for all shows so if you fancy a laugh then come along... camdenfringe.com/events/matt-... @camdenfringe.bsky.social
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Really proud of this show, I think it’s the best show I’ve done and it’s free in Edinburgh!
Only taken me 20 years of stand up to feel like I’m actually good at it. Feeling myself on stage for the first time ever.
I’ve not got a comedy agent or PR, so would appreciate any help in sharing.
Only taken me 20 years of stand up to feel like I’m actually good at it. Feeling myself on stage for the first time ever.
I’ve not got a comedy agent or PR, so would appreciate any help in sharing.
August 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Really proud of this show, I think it’s the best show I’ve done and it’s free in Edinburgh!
Only taken me 20 years of stand up to feel like I’m actually good at it. Feeling myself on stage for the first time ever.
I’ve not got a comedy agent or PR, so would appreciate any help in sharing.
Only taken me 20 years of stand up to feel like I’m actually good at it. Feeling myself on stage for the first time ever.
I’ve not got a comedy agent or PR, so would appreciate any help in sharing.
Extraordinarily dim politician
Any interview with Chris Philp on the TV or radio should include a laughter track.
August 7, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Extraordinarily dim politician
As someone said to me immediately after the dreadful Brexit vote “Bad people have been emboldened”.
There has been a 220% increase in suspensions for racist abuse within primary schools in the past three years, according to government data – and it is a problem that sector leaders fear is likely to continue
The shocking rise of racism in primary schools
Data on suspensions in primary reveals a huge increase in those issued for racist abuse – a problem that sector leaders fear is only getting worse
www.tes.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:22 AM
As someone said to me immediately after the dreadful Brexit vote “Bad people have been emboldened”.