Red
@sesquip.bsky.social
Small school headteacher in UK South-West. Love reading, badminton, dogs, swimming & the sea. Never enough time!
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Most people owning houses worth more than £2 million are richer than the wildest dreams of the majority of the population and knowing other people who own houses worth £2 million doesn't make this any less true.
November 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Most people owning houses worth more than £2 million are richer than the wildest dreams of the majority of the population and knowing other people who own houses worth £2 million doesn't make this any less true.
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Fascism is rare, but its logic isn’t gone.
Understanding its real nature helps us recognise when politics starts drifting towards something far more dangerous than populism.
Prof Paul Kenny explains
Understanding its real nature helps us recognise when politics starts drifting towards something far more dangerous than populism.
Prof Paul Kenny explains
The nature of fascism and why it differs from populism
Fascism isn’t populism; it fuses leader-worship with organised violence to crush opposition entirely and decisively at roots
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Fascism is rare, but its logic isn’t gone.
Understanding its real nature helps us recognise when politics starts drifting towards something far more dangerous than populism.
Prof Paul Kenny explains
Understanding its real nature helps us recognise when politics starts drifting towards something far more dangerous than populism.
Prof Paul Kenny explains
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
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Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
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Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
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1/9
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
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1/9
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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This Bylines Network crowdfunder is just 6 supporters away from 1,000 supporters!
Please do consider cipping in something small and then feeling great about yourself for the rest of the day. 🙃
Please do consider cipping in something small and then feeling great about yourself for the rest of the day. 🙃
Support powerful citizen journalism - we need it now, more than ever
At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater nee...
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October 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This Bylines Network crowdfunder is just 6 supporters away from 1,000 supporters!
Please do consider cipping in something small and then feeling great about yourself for the rest of the day. 🙃
Please do consider cipping in something small and then feeling great about yourself for the rest of the day. 🙃
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Hey… but come on… audits - where you find out what your budgets are, what money is being spent and how much you have left - are expensive… and only something proper grownups do.
Reform just wants racist bunting and to hell with constituents and cost.
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Reform just wants racist bunting and to hell with constituents and cost.
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October 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Hey… but come on… audits - where you find out what your budgets are, what money is being spent and how much you have left - are expensive… and only something proper grownups do.
Reform just wants racist bunting and to hell with constituents and cost.
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Reform just wants racist bunting and to hell with constituents and cost.
(iPaper)
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I completely missed this story, so sharing it in case you missed it too
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
What are the Boris Files and what do they reveal about former PM’s conduct?
Leaked material from Johnson’s private office raises serious questions relating to his time in No 10 and since he resigned
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I completely missed this story, so sharing it in case you missed it too
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Crick-crack Club at the Earth House!
October 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Crick-crack Club at the Earth House!
‘but Kemi Badenoch (NW Essex) has refused to condemn the mob or to accept that Tommy Robinson represents the far right.’
* Reform thrives on voter apathy, gifted the stage by cowardly parties
* Musk sneers at Britain’s democracy, urges mob rule
* Rumblings of Andy Burnham stepping in as Labour’s challenger
More in Pecksniff's political diary ⤵️
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* Musk sneers at Britain’s democracy, urges mob rule
* Rumblings of Andy Burnham stepping in as Labour’s challenger
More in Pecksniff's political diary ⤵️
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Pecksniff: Appeasement once almost cost us our democracy: it could yet
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
‘but Kemi Badenoch (NW Essex) has refused to condemn the mob or to accept that Tommy Robinson represents the far right.’
No site manager, no deputy/assistant, teach 0.2… it’s lonely and often 7 days p/w.
Headteachers in England doubling up as caretakers as funding ‘hits rock bottom’
Headteachers in England doubling up as caretakers as funding ‘hits rock bottom’
Exclusive: Research finds more than 1,000 schools have suffered cumulative real-terms cuts in excess of £1m each
School leaders in England are having to double up as caretakers and lollipop men and women as funding “hits rock bottom”, teaching unions have said.
Others are having to call on relatives to help fix crumbling buildings and do other odd jobs after years of “inadequate” funding for schools, they said. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
No site manager, no deputy/assistant, teach 0.2… it’s lonely and often 7 days p/w.
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How to deal with Tommy Robinson courtesy of Arkala
September 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
How to deal with Tommy Robinson courtesy of Arkala
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Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
September 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
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New today! open.substack.com/pub/matthewe...
Principles of Inclusion
How should we think about additional needs in a mainstream school?
open.substack.com
September 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
New today! open.substack.com/pub/matthewe...
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NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
September 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
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"I spoke with a Midlands-based Reform UK candidate. Instead of trying to convince me to support the party by discussing its manifesto policies and ability to govern, he took another approach: he told me that the UN were sneaking ‘military-aged’ migrants into asylum hotels"
Why Reform UK’s conspiracism should worry you
Reform UK appear to embrace conspiracism as an ideology to gain power but it brings an underlying threat to UK democracy
centralbylines.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"I spoke with a Midlands-based Reform UK candidate. Instead of trying to convince me to support the party by discussing its manifesto policies and ability to govern, he took another approach: he told me that the UN were sneaking ‘military-aged’ migrants into asylum hotels"
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Why on earth do the Tories want to keep people locked into high energy bills? And, come to that, why is the BBC citing Reform but saying nothing about climate science or renewable alternatives?
Complete madness - except for the fossil fuel industry of course
Complete madness - except for the fossil fuel industry of course
Tories pledge to get 'all our oil and gas out of the North Sea'
The government warns Kemi Badenoch's plans would "only accelerate the worsening climate crisis".
www.bbc.com
August 31, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Why on earth do the Tories want to keep people locked into high energy bills? And, come to that, why is the BBC citing Reform but saying nothing about climate science or renewable alternatives?
Complete madness - except for the fossil fuel industry of course
Complete madness - except for the fossil fuel industry of course
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Last share for this before the new term.
A weekly picturebook assembly overview which focuses on empathy and inclusion. It's still evolving but please feel free to download and adapt. All shares appreciated. The link is on my Padlet: padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...
A weekly picturebook assembly overview which focuses on empathy and inclusion. It's still evolving but please feel free to download and adapt. All shares appreciated. The link is on my Padlet: padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...
August 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Last share for this before the new term.
A weekly picturebook assembly overview which focuses on empathy and inclusion. It's still evolving but please feel free to download and adapt. All shares appreciated. The link is on my Padlet: padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...
A weekly picturebook assembly overview which focuses on empathy and inclusion. It's still evolving but please feel free to download and adapt. All shares appreciated. The link is on my Padlet: padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...
‘the curse of our times is that the fate of so many appallingly desperate and persecuted people in the world hinges on three men who might well be imagined to be in jail were they not in office.’
Boycott the banquet, send a tweet. But ending the horror in Gaza still relies on the worst people in the world | Marina Hyde
Boycott the banquet, send a tweet. But ending the horror in Gaza still relies on the worst people in the world | Marina Hyde
This humanitarian catastrophe is barely of passing interest to Donald Trump. The curse of our times is how little we can do about it, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
‘the curse of our times is that the fate of so many appallingly desperate and persecuted people in the world hinges on three men who might well be imagined to be in jail were they not in office.’
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Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences?
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
August 28, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Why, you might ask, do the BBC and Sky News, casting their editorial guidelines to the wind, keep giving massive airtime to the far right, while shutting out leftwing voices? Don't their bosses understand the likely consequences?
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
Only one explanation now remains.
They do.
And it is what they want.
Looking for primary fiction book(s) with links to Bulgaria to add to our whole-class readers. 11% of my pupils are Bulgarian, in my little rural school. @mrboothy6.bsky.social ? Please share
August 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Looking for primary fiction book(s) with links to Bulgaria to add to our whole-class readers. 11% of my pupils are Bulgarian, in my little rural school. @mrboothy6.bsky.social ? Please share