Serena
@serenadawson.bsky.social
Recently retired MFL teacher, Francophile, enjoying being a full time grandma, gardener and corgi guardian.
@theniceman.bsky.social New initiative at my former school - which has a huge 6th form.
November 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
@theniceman.bsky.social New initiative at my former school - which has a huge 6th form.
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I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
Just read an excellent Substack from @pkrugman.bsky.social :
Exploiting Male Rage. While focused on the US, there’s a lot here to think about in the UK too, especially after the protests and marches last weekend.
Exploiting Male Rage. While focused on the US, there’s a lot here to think about in the UK too, especially after the protests and marches last weekend.
September 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Just read an excellent Substack from @pkrugman.bsky.social :
Exploiting Male Rage. While focused on the US, there’s a lot here to think about in the UK too, especially after the protests and marches last weekend.
Exploiting Male Rage. While focused on the US, there’s a lot here to think about in the UK too, especially after the protests and marches last weekend.
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‘We’re winning a battle’: Mexico’s jaguar numbers up 30% in conservation drive
‘We’re winning a battle’: Mexico’s jaguar numbers up 30% in conservation drive
Conservationists hope that in 15 years species will no longer be at risk of extinction in Mexico – but challenges remain
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
‘We’re winning a battle’: Mexico’s jaguar numbers up 30% in conservation drive
3/ Very diverse group of people, all having fun. Despite the rain showers. And as a bonus some really lovely dogs too!
September 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
3/ Very diverse group of people, all having fun. Despite the rain showers. And as a bonus some really lovely dogs too!
2/. I’m posting this as a small illustration of how very nice this country generally is.
September 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
2/. I’m posting this as a small illustration of how very nice this country generally is.
Lovely family meet up yesterday in Camberley (chosen because it is halfway between where two families live). Spent the afternoon in Frimley Park. There were families celebrating a birthday, a cricket match, a children’s sports event, a crowded playground. 1/2
September 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Lovely family meet up yesterday in Camberley (chosen because it is halfway between where two families live). Spent the afternoon in Frimley Park. There were families celebrating a birthday, a cricket match, a children’s sports event, a crowded playground. 1/2
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Britain is going great guns isnt it?
Signing trade deals with 🇺🇸 🇮🇳 🇪🇺a £10bn deal with Norway, fastest growing economy in G7, interest rates & mortgages down, launch of modern industrial strategy, a new National Wealth Fund, decentralising power & improving workers rights 👏
Signing trade deals with 🇺🇸 🇮🇳 🇪🇺a £10bn deal with Norway, fastest growing economy in G7, interest rates & mortgages down, launch of modern industrial strategy, a new National Wealth Fund, decentralising power & improving workers rights 👏
September 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Britain is going great guns isnt it?
Signing trade deals with 🇺🇸 🇮🇳 🇪🇺a £10bn deal with Norway, fastest growing economy in G7, interest rates & mortgages down, launch of modern industrial strategy, a new National Wealth Fund, decentralising power & improving workers rights 👏
Signing trade deals with 🇺🇸 🇮🇳 🇪🇺a £10bn deal with Norway, fastest growing economy in G7, interest rates & mortgages down, launch of modern industrial strategy, a new National Wealth Fund, decentralising power & improving workers rights 👏
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This headline is inaccurate. It is people granted refugee status who will have their lives wrecked again by an idiotic, unworkable policy, pushing homelessness for refugees NOT people seeking asylum onto councils
Be cruel & appease racism is the actual Govt strategy
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Be cruel & appease racism is the actual Govt strategy
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Home Office set to halve time asylum seekers spend in hotels
The time given to people granted asylum to move from hotels to their own accommodation will be cut from 56 to 28 days.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This headline is inaccurate. It is people granted refugee status who will have their lives wrecked again by an idiotic, unworkable policy, pushing homelessness for refugees NOT people seeking asylum onto councils
Be cruel & appease racism is the actual Govt strategy
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Be cruel & appease racism is the actual Govt strategy
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@patrickopatrick.bsky.social Another one for the collection. And yes, I think they are very obviously doing that.
🔴Far Right and the Press Accused of ‘Weaponising Violence Against Women’ to Fuel Hatred of Migrants
Women’s rights groups condemn politicians and the media for spreading false claims about migrants while failing to back calls to fund actual support for sexual violence victims
Women’s rights groups condemn politicians and the media for spreading false claims about migrants while failing to back calls to fund actual support for sexual violence victims
Far Right and the Press Accused of 'Weaponising Violence Against Women' to Fuel Hatred of Migrants
More than 100 women's rights groups condemn politicians and the media for spreading false claims about migrants while failing to back calls to fund actual support for sexual violence victims
bylinetimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
@patrickopatrick.bsky.social Another one for the collection. And yes, I think they are very obviously doing that.
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The Labour Party is nothing without principles. Even Blair’s first actions were about principle. The Human Rights Act. Freedom of Information. Devolution. Education, education, education.
August 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The Labour Party is nothing without principles. Even Blair’s first actions were about principle. The Human Rights Act. Freedom of Information. Devolution. Education, education, education.
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Did find these snippets in a report from Kent Police (www.kent-pcc.gov.uk/what-we-do/p...)
August 28, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Did find these snippets in a report from Kent Police (www.kent-pcc.gov.uk/what-we-do/p...)
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Unhinged tweets and absurd self-promotion? Two can play at that game | Margaret Sullivan
Unhinged tweets and absurd self-promotion? Two can play at that game | Margaret Sullivan
Gavin Newsom’s counterpunching against Trump serves as a master class in flipping the script – and boosting his own profile
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Unhinged tweets and absurd self-promotion? Two can play at that game | Margaret Sullivan
@patrickopatrick.bsky.social
In case you haven’t already seen this - I wonder if this is where our esteemed KCC leader got her ‘facts’?
In case you haven’t already seen this - I wonder if this is where our esteemed KCC leader got her ‘facts’?
Thank you @monkemma.bsky.social for debunking the recent demonising claims about small boats.
"Are small boat migrants really 24 times more likely to go to prison? Spoiler alert: no. But here’s how the media got suckered by bad data and worse assumptions."
westcountryvoices.co.uk/are-small-bo...
"Are small boat migrants really 24 times more likely to go to prison? Spoiler alert: no. But here’s how the media got suckered by bad data and worse assumptions."
westcountryvoices.co.uk/are-small-bo...
Are small boat migrants really 24 times more likely to go to prison? Spoiler alert: no. But here’s how the media got suckered by bad data and worse assumptions.
The Conservatives have claimed migrants from small boats are “24 times more likely to end up in prison”, but this figure is wrong on so many levels! On Thursday, I was sent this headline from the Dail...
westcountryvoices.co.uk
August 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
@patrickopatrick.bsky.social
In case you haven’t already seen this - I wonder if this is where our esteemed KCC leader got her ‘facts’?
In case you haven’t already seen this - I wonder if this is where our esteemed KCC leader got her ‘facts’?
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On Tuesday Nigel Farage will publish his proposals for mass deportations, Prison camps, leaving the European Convention on Human Rights & scrapping the Human Rights Act, quitting the Refugee Convention and the UN Convention against Torture - is that a country we want?
youtu.be/-UvfvAYytZY?...
youtu.be/-UvfvAYytZY?...
Farage proposes mass deportations, Prison camps & leaving the ECHR - is that a country we want?
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
August 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
On Tuesday Nigel Farage will publish his proposals for mass deportations, Prison camps, leaving the European Convention on Human Rights & scrapping the Human Rights Act, quitting the Refugee Convention and the UN Convention against Torture - is that a country we want?
youtu.be/-UvfvAYytZY?...
youtu.be/-UvfvAYytZY?...
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63% of people think net migration rose in the last 12 months
8% of people think it fell
Yet it fell by 400,000 in 2024 vs 2023
[It is falling further in 2025]
Public service broadcasters are doing a core part of their job on this topic badly if that 8% is not closer to 30% at least
8% of people think it fell
Yet it fell by 400,000 in 2024 vs 2023
[It is falling further in 2025]
Public service broadcasters are doing a core part of their job on this topic badly if that 8% is not closer to 30% at least
August 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
63% of people think net migration rose in the last 12 months
8% of people think it fell
Yet it fell by 400,000 in 2024 vs 2023
[It is falling further in 2025]
Public service broadcasters are doing a core part of their job on this topic badly if that 8% is not closer to 30% at least
8% of people think it fell
Yet it fell by 400,000 in 2024 vs 2023
[It is falling further in 2025]
Public service broadcasters are doing a core part of their job on this topic badly if that 8% is not closer to 30% at least
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Interesting, in that it involves the rediscovery or recreation of ancient skills and techniques which might come in useful if the worst comes to the worst.
‘It’s back to the future’: the 13th-century castle built by hand in France
A quarter of a century after our first visit, the Guardian returns to Guédelon to find old-fashioned toil has built “thoroughly modern” architectural laboratory
www.theguardian.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Interesting, in that it involves the rediscovery or recreation of ancient skills and techniques which might come in useful if the worst comes to the worst.
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A clear proof that immigration salience has little direct connection to overall numbers
Net migration did not fall when salience fell from 56% to 5% from 2016-19
Net migration tripled between 2019-22: salience stayed low
As net migration halved/fell by two-thirds, 2022-25, salience tripled
Net migration did not fall when salience fell from 56% to 5% from 2016-19
Net migration tripled between 2019-22: salience stayed low
As net migration halved/fell by two-thirds, 2022-25, salience tripled
August 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
A clear proof that immigration salience has little direct connection to overall numbers
Net migration did not fall when salience fell from 56% to 5% from 2016-19
Net migration tripled between 2019-22: salience stayed low
As net migration halved/fell by two-thirds, 2022-25, salience tripled
Net migration did not fall when salience fell from 56% to 5% from 2016-19
Net migration tripled between 2019-22: salience stayed low
As net migration halved/fell by two-thirds, 2022-25, salience tripled
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Here is how the media should be reporting this morning's news.
As part of a growing pattern of political retribution, Donald Trump's FBI has raided the home of a prominent administration critic. In this instance it happens to be John Bolton. The pretense is largely irrelevant.
As part of a growing pattern of political retribution, Donald Trump's FBI has raided the home of a prominent administration critic. In this instance it happens to be John Bolton. The pretense is largely irrelevant.
August 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Here is how the media should be reporting this morning's news.
As part of a growing pattern of political retribution, Donald Trump's FBI has raided the home of a prominent administration critic. In this instance it happens to be John Bolton. The pretense is largely irrelevant.
As part of a growing pattern of political retribution, Donald Trump's FBI has raided the home of a prominent administration critic. In this instance it happens to be John Bolton. The pretense is largely irrelevant.
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If Russia doesn't like foreign military in Ukraine, its troops can leave any time
⚡️Russia opposes European troops in Ukraine under Trump-backed security guarantees, Lavrov says.
Sending European troops to Ukraine as part of security guarantees would amount to "foreign military intervention," which Moscow won't support, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Aug. 21.
Sending European troops to Ukraine as part of security guarantees would amount to "foreign military intervention," which Moscow won't support, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Aug. 21.
Russia opposes European troops in Ukraine under Trump-backed security guarantees, Lavrov says
Sending European troops to Ukraine as part of security guarantees would amount to "foreign military intervention," which Moscow won't support, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Aug. 21.
kyivindependent.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
If Russia doesn't like foreign military in Ukraine, its troops can leave any time
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Reminder to @kemibadenochmp.bsky.social inflation rose to 11.1% under the Tory Government!
3.8% is what Bank of England predicted, along with 4% in September. But by late 2026 it will be down to 2%.
Anything to attack Labour without real facts!
#KemiBadenoch
3.8% is what Bank of England predicted, along with 4% in September. But by late 2026 it will be down to 2%.
Anything to attack Labour without real facts!
#KemiBadenoch
August 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Reminder to @kemibadenochmp.bsky.social inflation rose to 11.1% under the Tory Government!
3.8% is what Bank of England predicted, along with 4% in September. But by late 2026 it will be down to 2%.
Anything to attack Labour without real facts!
#KemiBadenoch
3.8% is what Bank of England predicted, along with 4% in September. But by late 2026 it will be down to 2%.
Anything to attack Labour without real facts!
#KemiBadenoch
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Change the law to allow asylum seekers to work, help them to be able to contribute etc etc
August 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Change the law to allow asylum seekers to work, help them to be able to contribute etc etc