Andrew Hadley 🇪🇺🔸
@ahadley1.bsky.social
Director, Centre for International Learning & Leadership. Travel, languages, culture, Cornwall. Classicist. Humanist. FRSA. Forever European #FBPE. Usual reaction to news: “What’s wrong with these people?”
“Democracy does not endure on political structures alone. It is nurtured in our libraries, museums, cinemas, archives, and theatres – spaces where people learn to think critically, to empathise, and to belong.” More of our politicians need to talk like @engelschmidt.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
“Democracy does not endure on political structures alone. It is nurtured in our libraries, museums, cinemas, archives, and theatres – spaces where people learn to think critically, to empathise, and to belong.” More of our politicians need to talk like @engelschmidt.bsky.social
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Following on from our very successful London 25 programmes we are pleased to announce our London 26 educational visit programmes for secondary/high school students or young people who have just left school.
Read more here:- www.cill-uk.com/london26 #educationalvisitprogramme #lifeskills #visitlondon
Read more here:- www.cill-uk.com/london26 #educationalvisitprogramme #lifeskills #visitlondon
November 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Following on from our very successful London 25 programmes we are pleased to announce our London 26 educational visit programmes for secondary/high school students or young people who have just left school.
Read more here:- www.cill-uk.com/london26 #educationalvisitprogramme #lifeskills #visitlondon
Read more here:- www.cill-uk.com/london26 #educationalvisitprogramme #lifeskills #visitlondon
It’s so reassuring to know that we can abuse and discriminate against other humans in a harmless and polite way. Obviously when I call Mr F a loathsome venomous grifting snake, I am doing so with the greatest respect and consideration for his feelings.
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
It’s so reassuring to know that we can abuse and discriminate against other humans in a harmless and polite way. Obviously when I call Mr F a loathsome venomous grifting snake, I am doing so with the greatest respect and consideration for his feelings.
I’m pleased to have been elected to the national council of the European Movement @europeanmovement.co.uk . Hoping that in my own small way I can contribute to the dialogue and partnerships we all need for a safer and saner future.
November 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I’m pleased to have been elected to the national council of the European Movement @europeanmovement.co.uk . Hoping that in my own small way I can contribute to the dialogue and partnerships we all need for a safer and saner future.
This is good news. @anilseth.bsky.social is an outstanding thinker. His recent Humanists UK lecture on consciousness and AI was thought-provoking on many levels.
Thrilled to welcome @anilseth.bsky.social as @humanists.uk's newest patron. At a time when understanding who we are is more important than ever, we're honoured to have such a lucid and compelling voice joining us to champion the power of rational inquiry.
New patron for Humanists UK: Professor Anil Seth
Humanists UK is delighted to announce the appointment of its newest patron, Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience Anil Seth. He joins a stable of over 200 Humanists UK patrons with not...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This is good news. @anilseth.bsky.social is an outstanding thinker. His recent Humanists UK lecture on consciousness and AI was thought-provoking on many levels.
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A system that diminishes the rights of people fleeing persecution isn't just impractical, it's a failure of our common humanity. Vital that once asylum seekers are granted refugee status, they are able to build their lives with certainty about their future & a sense of welcome.
‘Perpetual limbo and alienation’: UK Government’s proposals on asylum policy
Humanists UK has expressed concern at the UK Government’s proposals on asylum policy announced yesterday. Government plans will see the ability of refugees granted asylum to rebuild their lives be ham...
humanists.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A system that diminishes the rights of people fleeing persecution isn't just impractical, it's a failure of our common humanity. Vital that once asylum seekers are granted refugee status, they are able to build their lives with certainty about their future & a sense of welcome.
Hark! Do I hear voices from the far right singing the praises of this person with a non-English-sounding name. No. Just the continuing squeak of rats and the slush of sewage.
The noise you hear is the collective swallowing of a thousand right whinge commentators' words www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I hope he is awarded the highest possible honour for saving lives.
I hope he is awarded the highest possible honour for saving lives.
Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Hark! Do I hear voices from the far right singing the praises of this person with a non-English-sounding name. No. Just the continuing squeak of rats and the slush of sewage.
Excited to be at the #voltairelecture of @humanists.uk by Prof Anil Seth on “What is consciousness and could AI have it”!
October 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Excited to be at the #voltairelecture of @humanists.uk by Prof Anil Seth on “What is consciousness and could AI have it”!
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Join us at 16:30 GMT today for a Stakeholders update on the UK National Campaign for #ErasmusPlus us02web.zoom.us/j/84743227149
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October 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Join us at 16:30 GMT today for a Stakeholders update on the UK National Campaign for #ErasmusPlus us02web.zoom.us/j/84743227149
Attending the annual meeting of the #platformnetwork of European youth organisations, in beautiful #Liechtenstein. What a pleasure to be back with this international group of professionals, anticipating the UK’s return to #ErasmusPlus
October 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Attending the annual meeting of the #platformnetwork of European youth organisations, in beautiful #Liechtenstein. What a pleasure to be back with this international group of professionals, anticipating the UK’s return to #ErasmusPlus
Thank you @tamsinshasha.bsky.social
What a brilliant interview @ahadley1.bsky.social for @chaosradio.bsky.social espousing the benefits of #ErasmusPlus membership
"The fundamental thing about Erasmus Plus is that it's a programme for all. It is deliberately designed to attract the people who are least advantaged..."
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"The fundamental thing about Erasmus Plus is that it's a programme for all. It is deliberately designed to attract the people who are least advantaged..."
bit.ly/AHChaos
Andrew Hadley, Centre for International Learning and Leadership (15/10/25)
Andrew Hadley, the Director at the Centre for International Learning and Leadership talks about the value of international volunteering for young people - and why it matters in the UK.
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October 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Thank you @tamsinshasha.bsky.social
He uses the old trope about immigration destroying “our culture”. What can he possibly mean? Surely nothing to do with the colour of peoples faces? (But will any journalist put him on the spot?) The only impact of immigration on our culture throughout history, i.m.o, has been to enrich it.
Jenrick's attempts to out-Farage Farage are hugely irresponsible.
His plan for "a sustained period of net emmigration" would be devastating for the UK economy and public services.
Does he look at Brexit and think "we just didn't do enough damage there"?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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His plan for "a sustained period of net emmigration" would be devastating for the UK economy and public services.
Does he look at Brexit and think "we just didn't do enough damage there"?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Robert Jenrick says UK asylum seekers should be held in ‘rudimentary prisons’
Shadow justice minister, seen as nurturing Tory leadership hopes, criticises Reform’s immigration plans as too weak
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
He uses the old trope about immigration destroying “our culture”. What can he possibly mean? Surely nothing to do with the colour of peoples faces? (But will any journalist put him on the spot?) The only impact of immigration on our culture throughout history, i.m.o, has been to enrich it.
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Day in, day out, I speak to ordinary people who are organising to welcome the asylum seekers accommodated in their towns.
They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings.
That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.
They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings.
That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.
August 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Day in, day out, I speak to ordinary people who are organising to welcome the asylum seekers accommodated in their towns.
They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings.
That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.
They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings.
That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.
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One odd thing that is left out of the small boats discourse is how much the problem was directly caused by Conservative policy – specifically Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal.
2018: 299 small boat arrivals
2019: 1,843 arrivals
Truss’s 49-day premiership: 10,523 small boat arrivals
2018: 299 small boat arrivals
2019: 1,843 arrivals
Truss’s 49-day premiership: 10,523 small boat arrivals
“The right wing of Britain’s commentariat and its politicians have embraced an agenda they would have condemned just 18 months ago, out of expediency and self-interest. If the UK is on the verge of a crisis, it is this – more than those risking their lives on small boats – that is behind it.”
Britain’s real immigration scandal is not the one you think
A so-called national crisis isn’t being driven by migrant boats - but by a cynical political class that would rather feed fears than fix anything
www.thenewworld.co.uk
August 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
One odd thing that is left out of the small boats discourse is how much the problem was directly caused by Conservative policy – specifically Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal.
2018: 299 small boat arrivals
2019: 1,843 arrivals
Truss’s 49-day premiership: 10,523 small boat arrivals
2018: 299 small boat arrivals
2019: 1,843 arrivals
Truss’s 49-day premiership: 10,523 small boat arrivals
I went past the rally in Parliament Square today. A couple of thousand peaceful protesters. Surrounded on all sides by a cordon of police, and literally dozens of police vans. This is absolute intimidation. What is happening to this country???
August 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I went past the rally in Parliament Square today. A couple of thousand peaceful protesters. Surrounded on all sides by a cordon of police, and literally dozens of police vans. This is absolute intimidation. What is happening to this country???
I am not a Green Party member but this video is great. We need more like this from all progressive voices, to call out the extreme right (ie all rw parties, currently, and their media supporters) for what they are.
⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
July 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I am not a Green Party member but this video is great. We need more like this from all progressive voices, to call out the extreme right (ie all rw parties, currently, and their media supporters) for what they are.
I’ve just been at a meeting on UK-EU policy. It brought home to me the real divide we face. On one side, policy makers who have no idea what matters to ordinary people or how to communicate with them. On the other, ordinary people who neither know nor care about abstruse policy discussions.
June 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I’ve just been at a meeting on UK-EU policy. It brought home to me the real divide we face. On one side, policy makers who have no idea what matters to ordinary people or how to communicate with them. On the other, ordinary people who neither know nor care about abstruse policy discussions.
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Gov. Pritzker: “It's wrong to deploy the National Guard and active duty Marines into an American city over the objection of local law enforcement, just to inflame a situation and create a crisis.”
June 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Gov. Pritzker: “It's wrong to deploy the National Guard and active duty Marines into an American city over the objection of local law enforcement, just to inflame a situation and create a crisis.”
This is leadership
Newsom: "Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived. He's taking a wrecking ball to our Founding Father's historic project."
June 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This is leadership
This petty, vindictive man (and the many like him) can only ever think about small-minded solutions to second-level problems. We need politicians to be a force for good, and to speak of what they would do to make us economically, socially, culturally and morally better off.
The Tories in a nutshell. Honest Bob Jenrick who scandalously pushed through planning to help his mates avoid millions in tax, complaining about fare-dodging, as though that's the reason our living standards are getting worse.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Robert Jenrick wants fare-dodgers video to 'shame people into action'
The shadow justice secretary filmed himself confronting fare dodgers on the London Underground.
www.bbc.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
This petty, vindictive man (and the many like him) can only ever think about small-minded solutions to second-level problems. We need politicians to be a force for good, and to speak of what they would do to make us economically, socially, culturally and morally better off.
Absolutely blown away by the incredible state of the art new media centre at @chaosgroupuk.bsky.social which I visited today. A world class facility on the Roseland, #Cornwall. Congratulations to Babs Rounsevell and her amazing team. I’m proud to call them my friends.
May 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Absolutely blown away by the incredible state of the art new media centre at @chaosgroupuk.bsky.social which I visited today. A world class facility on the Roseland, #Cornwall. Congratulations to Babs Rounsevell and her amazing team. I’m proud to call them my friends.
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The Brexiters simply have to be defeated now. There is no way of accommodating their emotional outbursts with the national interest. There's no way to improve our economy while respecting their demands. So they have to vanquished.
May 20, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The Brexiters simply have to be defeated now. There is no way of accommodating their emotional outbursts with the national interest. There's no way to improve our economy while respecting their demands. So they have to vanquished.
An appropriate occasion to get out my old EU Presidency tie - designed, like so many European things, in the UK.
May 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
An appropriate occasion to get out my old EU Presidency tie - designed, like so many European things, in the UK.
I am looking forward to joining this gathering today. No great expectations of the summit, but perhaps it will be a small first step in the right direction. Sadly we can already guess which voices, and whose odious face, will get the most airtime in the next 24 hours. #ChooseEurope
“Choose Europe!" That is the simple message pro-European civil society groups will be sending when we gather outside the UK-EU Summit in London on 19th May
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Citizen groups say: Banish a Bad Brexit, Choose Europe!
"Choose Europe!" That is the simple message pro-European civil society groups will be sending when we gather outside the UK-EU Summit in London on 19th May
westenglandbylines.co.uk
May 19, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I am looking forward to joining this gathering today. No great expectations of the summit, but perhaps it will be a small first step in the right direction. Sadly we can already guess which voices, and whose odious face, will get the most airtime in the next 24 hours. #ChooseEurope
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We have a chance to improve our relationship + trading terms with the EU, give musicians + young people more freedom and make travel easier…
And Brexiters are howling about betrayal, fish, ‘holding all the cards’ and immigration.
Same lies. Same prejudice. And same failure if we don’t ignore them.
And Brexiters are howling about betrayal, fish, ‘holding all the cards’ and immigration.
Same lies. Same prejudice. And same failure if we don’t ignore them.
May 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We have a chance to improve our relationship + trading terms with the EU, give musicians + young people more freedom and make travel easier…
And Brexiters are howling about betrayal, fish, ‘holding all the cards’ and immigration.
Same lies. Same prejudice. And same failure if we don’t ignore them.
And Brexiters are howling about betrayal, fish, ‘holding all the cards’ and immigration.
Same lies. Same prejudice. And same failure if we don’t ignore them.