Russell Haggar
@russfrank.bsky.social
I write a website for Advanced Level Sociology and Government and Politics students called Earlham Sociology Pages https://earlhamsociologypages.uk/
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Trump’s influence looms large at the Cop30 climate talks in Brazil.
How Trump’s trade policies are weakening international climate commitments
Trump’s influence looms large at the Cop30 climate talks in Brazil.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Trump’s influence looms large at the Cop30 climate talks in Brazil.
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Trump's White House & fawning hacks here don't really care about the 0.001% that the BBC gets wrong. They care about all the stuff it gets right.
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Trump's White House & fawning hacks here don't really care about the 0.001% that the BBC gets wrong. They care about all the stuff it gets right.
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"There is simply no sign of a fiscal catastrophe from the 'Boriswave'. Recent migrants are very likely to be employed, paying tax and seem to be contributing to British society..it will help, rather than hurt, Britain’s fiscal position."
Analysis by @lgilbert.co
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Analysis by @lgilbert.co
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Lower migration is bad news for the UK economy - UK in a changing Europe
Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out, and that the recent collapse in immigration will harm the UK's economic p...
ukandeu.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"There is simply no sign of a fiscal catastrophe from the 'Boriswave'. Recent migrants are very likely to be employed, paying tax and seem to be contributing to British society..it will help, rather than hurt, Britain’s fiscal position."
Analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
Analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
@norfolkfran.bsky.social @hecticteacher.bsky.social @browneken.bsky.social @thesociologyguy.bsky.social Very detailed information on gender and A Level Sciences [esp. Physics] choice ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2025/10/has-...
Has gender balance in A-Level physics improved? - FFT Education Datalab
We look at whether A-Level physics is becoming more popular with female students.
ffteducationdatalab.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
@norfolkfran.bsky.social @hecticteacher.bsky.social @browneken.bsky.social @thesociologyguy.bsky.social Very detailed information on gender and A Level Sciences [esp. Physics] choice ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2025/10/has-...
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Automation threatens manual jobs. But what does that mean for working-class young men. And how can policy stop them from being left behind?
What work means to working-class young men in an age of increasing automation
Automation threatens manual jobs. But what does that mean for working-class young men. And how can policy stop them from being left behind?
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October 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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"The overwhelming majority of asylum seekers want to share in our standards and escape from persecution or civil war. To describe them as thieves or rapists is not just dishonest but encourages the worst sort of prejudice in our communities," writes Michael Heseltine.
https://bit.ly/4mUIeM
https://bit.ly/4mUIeM
The Conservatives must never have any part in Farage’s po...
To describe asylum seekers as thieves or rapists encourages the worst sort of prejudice. We don’t need Trump’s mouthpiece anywhere near No 10
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October 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
"The overwhelming majority of asylum seekers want to share in our standards and escape from persecution or civil war. To describe them as thieves or rapists is not just dishonest but encourages the worst sort of prejudice in our communities," writes Michael Heseltine.
https://bit.ly/4mUIeM
https://bit.ly/4mUIeM
@norfolkfran.bsky.social @hecticteacher.bsky.social @thesociologyguy.bsky.social @browneken.bsky.social Some updated teaching notes on Conservative Education Policies 2015-2024 earlhamsociologypages.uk/education-po...
Education Policies 2015-2023 Section One – Earlham Sociology and Politics Pages
earlhamsociologypages.uk
September 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
@norfolkfran.bsky.social @hecticteacher.bsky.social @thesociologyguy.bsky.social @browneken.bsky.social Some updated teaching notes on Conservative Education Policies 2015-2024 earlhamsociologypages.uk/education-po...
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My analysis here not only explains why the CPS numbers are wrong - but estimates that if they'd got their own arithmetic right, they would have concluded that migrants are a large long-term fiscal *benefit*. (3/3)
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
The long-run fiscal impact of recent migrants
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September 22, 2025 at 6:45 AM
My analysis here not only explains why the CPS numbers are wrong - but estimates that if they'd got their own arithmetic right, they would have concluded that migrants are a large long-term fiscal *benefit*. (3/3)
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
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I'll have more to say on Reform's proposals to scrap ILR at some point but for now I'll just note this - anyone telling you this is a popular idea doesn't know the polling. Overwhelming majority of public back giving people who work and pay taxes most or all rights after 5 years or less
September 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I'll have more to say on Reform's proposals to scrap ILR at some point but for now I'll just note this - anyone telling you this is a popular idea doesn't know the polling. Overwhelming majority of public back giving people who work and pay taxes most or all rights after 5 years or less
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📝 Nearly a third of pupils eligible for free school meals say cost is an important factor when choosing GCSE subjects, Child Poverty Action Group has found
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schoolsweek.co.uk/costs-puttin...
schoolsweek.co.uk
September 1, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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New British Social Attitudes findings show traditional gender norms remain deeply rooted in Britain, but there are signs of change.
Find out more in the latest British Social Attitudes report 👉 natcen.ac.uk/publications...
#GenderIdentity
Find out more in the latest British Social Attitudes report 👉 natcen.ac.uk/publications...
#GenderIdentity
September 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Donald Trump and the Deep State
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Donald Trump and the Deep State
Donald Trump and the Deep State. Last updated:25th August 2025
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September 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Can Keir survive? Inside the plot to bring down the prime minister
Can Keir survive? Inside the plot to bring down the prime minister
With his government mired in scandal, an operation to dethrone Starmer is now under way
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Can Keir survive? Inside the plot to bring down the prime minister
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Just seven of the 100 schools with the highest rates of disadvantage and the lowest rates of EAL have a positive Progress 8 score.
Leaders say the metric leaves schools in an “impossible situation”. Nick Gibb says it simply reveals which need to “improve”...
Is this system inherently unjust?
Leaders say the metric leaves schools in an “impossible situation”. Nick Gibb says it simply reveals which need to “improve”...
Is this system inherently unjust?
The ‘impossible situation’ of Progress 8 in white, working-class schools
Just seven of the 100 schools with the highest rates of disadvantage and the lowest rates of English as an additional language have a positive P8. With the metric on pause, is it time to rethink it?
www.tes.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Via the following link you will find further links to mass media coverage of the resignation of Angela Rayner and the subsequent Cabinet reshuffle. There are also links to information on most of the Cabinet resignations of the past 5-10 years. earlhamsociologypages.uk/imrandccr/
The Conventions of Individual Ministerial Responsibility and Collective Cabinet Responsibility – Earlham Sociology and Politics Pages
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September 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Via the following link you will find further links to mass media coverage of the resignation of Angela Rayner and the subsequent Cabinet reshuffle. There are also links to information on most of the Cabinet resignations of the past 5-10 years. earlhamsociologypages.uk/imrandccr/
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NEW POST: An early look at pupils who did not achieve the basics last year
Based on data from 1,500 secondary schools, we take an early look at the pupils who did not achieve a standard pass in English and maths GCSE.
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Based on data from 1,500 secondary schools, we take an early look at the pupils who did not achieve a standard pass in English and maths GCSE.
vist.ly/45fpc
An early look at pupils who did not achieve the basics last year - FFT Education Datalab
Based on data from 1,500 secondary schools, we take an early look at the pupils who did not achieve a standard pass in English and maths GCSE.
ffteducationdatalab.org.uk
September 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
NEW POST: An early look at pupils who did not achieve the basics last year
Based on data from 1,500 secondary schools, we take an early look at the pupils who did not achieve a standard pass in English and maths GCSE.
vist.ly/45fpc
Based on data from 1,500 secondary schools, we take an early look at the pupils who did not achieve a standard pass in English and maths GCSE.
vist.ly/45fpc
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1/ In my Gove thread I showed how reform managed inequality rather than solved it. Here’s why “social mobility” itself is the bigger fiction. Another thread.
August 21, 2025 at 7:12 AM
1/ In my Gove thread I showed how reform managed inequality rather than solved it. Here’s why “social mobility” itself is the bigger fiction. Another thread.
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As Covid effect ebbs, GCSE results reveal broken legacy of Gove’s resit policy. "Experts talk of ‘resit crisis’ as number accounts for nearly a quarter of maths and English entries, an all-time high"
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
As Covid effect ebbs, GCSE results reveal broken legacy of Gove’s resit policy
Experts talk of ‘resit crisis’ as number accounts for nearly a quarter of maths and English entries, an all-time high
www.theguardian.com
August 22, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Never mind the flag bans, where are the policies? Assessing 100 days of Reform-led councils
Never mind the flag bans, where are the policies? Assessing 100 days of Reform-led councils
Some are happy to see new faces in the chambers but many are frustrated with a lack of improvements on the ground since party’s sweeping victories
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Never mind the flag bans, where are the policies? Assessing 100 days of Reform-led councils
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UK govt handed £895bn of QE to banks. It bought bonds/gilts, now selling them at a loss.
It also pays interest on banks' central reserves.
Costs the public purse £22bn a year and is avoidable.
Profits at big four banks doubled since the pandemic. Windfall tax could raise £8bn.
Tax the banks.
It also pays interest on banks' central reserves.
Costs the public purse £22bn a year and is avoidable.
Profits at big four banks doubled since the pandemic. Windfall tax could raise £8bn.
Tax the banks.
Fixing the leak: How to end the £22 billion annual taxpayer losses at the Bank of England | IPPR
After a period of making significant profits on this programme, the Bank of England is now making record losses, which is historically very unusual for cen
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August 29, 2025 at 9:19 AM
UK govt handed £895bn of QE to banks. It bought bonds/gilts, now selling them at a loss.
It also pays interest on banks' central reserves.
Costs the public purse £22bn a year and is avoidable.
Profits at big four banks doubled since the pandemic. Windfall tax could raise £8bn.
Tax the banks.
It also pays interest on banks' central reserves.
Costs the public purse £22bn a year and is avoidable.
Profits at big four banks doubled since the pandemic. Windfall tax could raise £8bn.
Tax the banks.
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61% of local govt money is spent on social care.
Social care privatized since the 1980s, mainly controlled by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%, leaves little for other services.
Poorest areas hardest hit.
Fund it from general taxation.
www.local.gov.uk/about/campai...
Social care privatized since the 1980s, mainly controlled by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%, leaves little for other services.
Poorest areas hardest hit.
Fund it from general taxation.
www.local.gov.uk/about/campai...
August 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
61% of local govt money is spent on social care.
Social care privatized since the 1980s, mainly controlled by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%, leaves little for other services.
Poorest areas hardest hit.
Fund it from general taxation.
www.local.gov.uk/about/campai...
Social care privatized since the 1980s, mainly controlled by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%, leaves little for other services.
Poorest areas hardest hit.
Fund it from general taxation.
www.local.gov.uk/about/campai...
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This is just getting ridiculous. Nothing that has happened (or is reported below the headline to have happened) this weekend remotely justifies talk of an explosion or mass protests. The media are confecting a crisis, and, in some sections of it, hoping to provoke one. 1/3
August 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is just getting ridiculous. Nothing that has happened (or is reported below the headline to have happened) this weekend remotely justifies talk of an explosion or mass protests. The media are confecting a crisis, and, in some sections of it, hoping to provoke one. 1/3
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alright what's the dumbest thing we can get 500 people to go outside and protest about in the next few weeks, think there's a point we have to make here
I'm thinking "bring forward the full release of Hades 2" but I'm open to ideas
I'm thinking "bring forward the full release of Hades 2" but I'm open to ideas
Sunday protests seem to be < 500 nationwide, maybe < 300, across 4-6 locations
Yet ITV news using language of "erupt nationwide" (!)
Epping: 100-150
London: 20
Birmingham: 30
Stevenage: 30-50
Norwich: ? anything of any scale
Manchester: ? anything of any scale
Dudley: ? anything of any scale?
Yet ITV news using language of "erupt nationwide" (!)
Epping: 100-150
London: 20
Birmingham: 30
Stevenage: 30-50
Norwich: ? anything of any scale
Manchester: ? anything of any scale
Dudley: ? anything of any scale?
August 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
alright what's the dumbest thing we can get 500 people to go outside and protest about in the next few weeks, think there's a point we have to make here
I'm thinking "bring forward the full release of Hades 2" but I'm open to ideas
I'm thinking "bring forward the full release of Hades 2" but I'm open to ideas
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Social mobility in Britain is low 👎
The majority of the public feel that this country is unfair and unequal.
And our research shows that chances of success are heavily shaped by socio-economic background.
But lots can be done to change this ⬇️
The majority of the public feel that this country is unfair and unequal.
And our research shows that chances of success are heavily shaped by socio-economic background.
But lots can be done to change this ⬇️
Fair opportunity for all - The Sutton Trust
Our roadmap to reducing educational inequality and improving social mobility.
www.suttontrust.com
August 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Social mobility in Britain is low 👎
The majority of the public feel that this country is unfair and unequal.
And our research shows that chances of success are heavily shaped by socio-economic background.
But lots can be done to change this ⬇️
The majority of the public feel that this country is unfair and unequal.
And our research shows that chances of success are heavily shaped by socio-economic background.
But lots can be done to change this ⬇️
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"Turning the issue of “broken Britain” into one of immigration deflects from the real problems facing the working class and the poor, obscures the real causes, and lets off the hook those who are responsible for breaking Britain."
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Britain’s social fabric has been torn but it’s just easie...
The real causes of serious problems are ignored and those responsible are let off the hook
observer.co.uk
August 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
"Turning the issue of “broken Britain” into one of immigration deflects from the real problems facing the working class and the poor, obscures the real causes, and lets off the hook those who are responsible for breaking Britain."
@kenanmalik.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
@kenanmalik.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...