Conor Bollins
@conorbollins.bsky.social
🎓Lecturer in Early Modern History, UEA.
📚 Historian of #18thC Political Thought.
☮ Peace Activist, CND. 🦊Brother, uncle, etc.
📚 Historian of #18thC Political Thought.
☮ Peace Activist, CND. 🦊Brother, uncle, etc.
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Conor Bollins
@conorbollins.bsky.social
· May 18
Education, education, education? When will Labour tackle the crisis engulfing our schools, colleges and universities?
All levels of our education system face a systemic crisis. Yet as with so many other areas of policy, Keir Starmer doesn't seem to have any hopes for education at all, writes Connor Bollins.
labouroutlook.org
🎓'When will Labour tackle the crisis engulfing our schools, colleges and universities?'
🌹Please stick a repost on my piece for @labouroutlook.bsky.social. #UKHE #EducationCrisis
🚩It includes a special mention of my @uea-ucu.bsky.social colleagues. #SaveUEA
labouroutlook.org/2025/05/17/e...
🌹Please stick a repost on my piece for @labouroutlook.bsky.social. #UKHE #EducationCrisis
🚩It includes a special mention of my @uea-ucu.bsky.social colleagues. #SaveUEA
labouroutlook.org/2025/05/17/e...
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Today is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. Britain should be marking it with ambitious steps to further the cause of nuclear disarmament. Instead, we see yet another breach of international law by Starmer.
Read more: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Read more: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
September 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Today is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. Britain should be marking it with ambitious steps to further the cause of nuclear disarmament. Instead, we see yet another breach of international law by Starmer.
Read more: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Read more: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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UCU GS @drjogrady.bsky.social putting an end to weapons over wages at #TUC2025:
“Our country is broken… yet billions for bombs.
Cash found for weapons. No cash found for wages.” ✊
#WagesNotWeapons
“Our country is broken… yet billions for bombs.
Cash found for weapons. No cash found for wages.” ✊
#WagesNotWeapons
September 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
UCU GS @drjogrady.bsky.social putting an end to weapons over wages at #TUC2025:
“Our country is broken… yet billions for bombs.
Cash found for weapons. No cash found for wages.” ✊
#WagesNotWeapons
“Our country is broken… yet billions for bombs.
Cash found for weapons. No cash found for wages.” ✊
#WagesNotWeapons
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British trade unionists, in a very significant vote, have backed a motion overturning previous support for the government’s military spending hikes. The #WagesNotWeapons motion passed by 2,871,000 votes to 2,291,000.
Read more: cnduk.org/wages-not-we...
Read more: cnduk.org/wages-not-we...
September 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
British trade unionists, in a very significant vote, have backed a motion overturning previous support for the government’s military spending hikes. The #WagesNotWeapons motion passed by 2,871,000 votes to 2,291,000.
Read more: cnduk.org/wages-not-we...
Read more: cnduk.org/wages-not-we...
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Great to see the arguments put forward in the Alternative Defence Review feautered in this trade union debate on increased military spending. If you're at TUC Congress, pick up your copy at the CND stall or read online: cnduk.org/adr/
September 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Great to see the arguments put forward in the Alternative Defence Review feautered in this trade union debate on increased military spending. If you're at TUC Congress, pick up your copy at the CND stall or read online: cnduk.org/adr/
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Despite the British government's attempts to stifle and suppress peaceful protest, today saw yet another huge show of support for Palestine on the streets of London. This movement will not be silenced. We demand sanctions on genocidal Israel now!
September 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Despite the British government's attempts to stifle and suppress peaceful protest, today saw yet another huge show of support for Palestine on the streets of London. This movement will not be silenced. We demand sanctions on genocidal Israel now!
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We're here at the 30th national march for Palestine. If you're attending, come visit our stall at Russell Square and pick up one of our placards. #EndTheGenocide #StopStarvingGaza
September 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
We're here at the 30th national march for Palestine. If you're attending, come visit our stall at Russell Square and pick up one of our placards. #EndTheGenocide #StopStarvingGaza
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Congratulations to all receiving results today. The hard work and effort of students, teachers and those supporting them should be commended.🙌
August 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Congratulations to all receiving results today. The hard work and effort of students, teachers and those supporting them should be commended.🙌
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Asked about the biggest threats to the UK, cyber attacks top the poll, though the youngest adults are more likely to be worried about nuclear conflict with another country. A plurality think our defence spending is about right, though 26% say too little and 21% too much.
July 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Asked about the biggest threats to the UK, cyber attacks top the poll, though the youngest adults are more likely to be worried about nuclear conflict with another country. A plurality think our defence spending is about right, though 26% say too little and 21% too much.
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🌸In the run-up to Hiroshima Day 2025, we will be posting photos of our supporters wearing our NO MORE HIROSHIMAS t-shirt.
🌸Get yours to help spread this powerful message: cndukstore.com/no-more-hiro...
🌸Send us your photos and we’ll share those too! #NoMoreHiroshimas
🌸Get yours to help spread this powerful message: cndukstore.com/no-more-hiro...
🌸Send us your photos and we’ll share those too! #NoMoreHiroshimas
July 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🌸In the run-up to Hiroshima Day 2025, we will be posting photos of our supporters wearing our NO MORE HIROSHIMAS t-shirt.
🌸Get yours to help spread this powerful message: cndukstore.com/no-more-hiro...
🌸Send us your photos and we’ll share those too! #NoMoreHiroshimas
🌸Get yours to help spread this powerful message: cndukstore.com/no-more-hiro...
🌸Send us your photos and we’ll share those too! #NoMoreHiroshimas
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"It is just a shame that Starmer has decided to make militarism and warmongering 'the fundamental organising principle of government' rather than the promotion of people’s health and wellbeing."
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stra...
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stra...
The strategic defence review: why Labour would do better to invest elsewhere | Morning Star
morningstaronline.co.uk
July 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"It is just a shame that Starmer has decided to make militarism and warmongering 'the fundamental organising principle of government' rather than the promotion of people’s health and wellbeing."
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stra...
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stra...
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"Conventional wisdom says it was necessary to drop the bomb...but extensive scholarly research in the US shows that this just wasn’t true."
CND Vice-President Kate Hudson on the myths used to justify nuclear weapons from 1945 to today. #NeverAgain
labouroutlook.org/2025/07/19/h...
CND Vice-President Kate Hudson on the myths used to justify nuclear weapons from 1945 to today. #NeverAgain
labouroutlook.org/2025/07/19/h...
Hiroshima to Today: Confronting the Nuclear Threat
80 years on from the bombing of Hirsoshima and Nagasaki, Kate Hudson looks at the story behind it and sets out why the fight for nuclear disarmament is crucial today.
labouroutlook.org
July 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"Conventional wisdom says it was necessary to drop the bomb...but extensive scholarly research in the US shows that this just wasn’t true."
CND Vice-President Kate Hudson on the myths used to justify nuclear weapons from 1945 to today. #NeverAgain
labouroutlook.org/2025/07/19/h...
CND Vice-President Kate Hudson on the myths used to justify nuclear weapons from 1945 to today. #NeverAgain
labouroutlook.org/2025/07/19/h...
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A report and photo gallery of Wednesday's incredibly poweful event in Parliament on remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki is now on our website. Thanks again to everyone who joined us and who contributed as guest speakers. #NeverAgain
cnduk.org/no-more-hiro...
cnduk.org/no-more-hiro...
No More Hiroshimas event in Parliament, 16 July - CND
It was standing room only for the powerful meeting in Parliament on Wednesday 16 July, to mark the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Organised by Parliamentary CND, we...
cnduk.org
July 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A report and photo gallery of Wednesday's incredibly poweful event in Parliament on remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki is now on our website. Thanks again to everyone who joined us and who contributed as guest speakers. #NeverAgain
cnduk.org/no-more-hiro...
cnduk.org/no-more-hiro...
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Powerful @cnduk.bsky.social event in Parliament this week marking the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Honoured to speak about the links between nuclear weapons, racism and imperialism and the continuing urgency of disarmament.
#WelfareNotWarfare #NoMoreHiroshimas
Honoured to speak about the links between nuclear weapons, racism and imperialism and the continuing urgency of disarmament.
#WelfareNotWarfare #NoMoreHiroshimas
July 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Powerful @cnduk.bsky.social event in Parliament this week marking the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Honoured to speak about the links between nuclear weapons, racism and imperialism and the continuing urgency of disarmament.
#WelfareNotWarfare #NoMoreHiroshimas
Honoured to speak about the links between nuclear weapons, racism and imperialism and the continuing urgency of disarmament.
#WelfareNotWarfare #NoMoreHiroshimas
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We had a packed meeting in Parliament yesterday to hear about the humanitarian cost of nuclear war. A special thanks to our guest speakers: the South African High Commissioner to the UK, and Kyoko Gibson, a second-generation survivor of the Hiroshima bombing for her moving testimony. #NeverAgain
July 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
We had a packed meeting in Parliament yesterday to hear about the humanitarian cost of nuclear war. A special thanks to our guest speakers: the South African High Commissioner to the UK, and Kyoko Gibson, a second-generation survivor of the Hiroshima bombing for her moving testimony. #NeverAgain
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"Our shared cultural memory must be wearing exceedingly thin if we, as a society, are ready to accept our sons and daughters being shipped off to fight in another brutal and fruitless war"
Check out this pertinent & powerful analysis by @conorbollins.bsky.social
labouroutlook.org/2025/06/26/d...
Check out this pertinent & powerful analysis by @conorbollins.bsky.social
labouroutlook.org/2025/06/26/d...
Don’t let Starmer recruit our young people to fight his wars
An in-depth look into Starmer's plans to recruit young people into the military - and why we must oppose them.
labouroutlook.org
July 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
"Our shared cultural memory must be wearing exceedingly thin if we, as a society, are ready to accept our sons and daughters being shipped off to fight in another brutal and fruitless war"
Check out this pertinent & powerful analysis by @conorbollins.bsky.social
labouroutlook.org/2025/06/26/d...
Check out this pertinent & powerful analysis by @conorbollins.bsky.social
labouroutlook.org/2025/06/26/d...
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“Do we want the future of our young people to be defined by nukes and NATO or good jobs and education?”
SW London CND member @conorbollins.bsky.social explores Keir Starmer’s troubling military recruitment plans in this @LabourOutlook piece. #peacenotnukes
labouroutlook.org/2025/06/26/d...
SW London CND member @conorbollins.bsky.social explores Keir Starmer’s troubling military recruitment plans in this @LabourOutlook piece. #peacenotnukes
labouroutlook.org/2025/06/26/d...
Don’t let Starmer recruit our young people to fight his wars
An in-depth look into Starmer's plans to recruit young people into the military - and why we must oppose them.
labouroutlook.org
July 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
“Do we want the future of our young people to be defined by nukes and NATO or good jobs and education?”
SW London CND member @conorbollins.bsky.social explores Keir Starmer’s troubling military recruitment plans in this @LabourOutlook piece. #peacenotnukes
labouroutlook.org/2025/06/26/d...
SW London CND member @conorbollins.bsky.social explores Keir Starmer’s troubling military recruitment plans in this @LabourOutlook piece. #peacenotnukes
labouroutlook.org/2025/06/26/d...
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Our statement on the Labour government’s escalating authoritarian crackdown on the Palestine solidarity movement.
We will not be silenced. We are the majority.
We urge you to join us on the streets of London next Saturday (19 July) and march for Palestine.
We will not be silenced. We are the majority.
We urge you to join us on the streets of London next Saturday (19 July) and march for Palestine.
July 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Our statement on the Labour government’s escalating authoritarian crackdown on the Palestine solidarity movement.
We will not be silenced. We are the majority.
We urge you to join us on the streets of London next Saturday (19 July) and march for Palestine.
We will not be silenced. We are the majority.
We urge you to join us on the streets of London next Saturday (19 July) and march for Palestine.
“this [Labour] government is a genocide-facilitating, nuclear proliferator, that has abandoned its political and economic sovereignty to the whims of the leader of a rogue state. It’s time to build something better than this.”
- Kate Hudson for @labouroutlook.bsky.social #peacenotnukes
- Kate Hudson for @labouroutlook.bsky.social #peacenotnukes
Increasing militarism, adherence to Trump’s global agenda, and support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
@cnduk.bsky.social Vice-President Kate Hudson reviews Starmer’s foreign policy in his first year in office.
@cnduk.bsky.social Vice-President Kate Hudson reviews Starmer’s foreign policy in his first year in office.
Starmer’s Foreign and ‘Defence’ Policies, One Year On – Kate Hudson, CND
Kate Hudson, CND, reviews Starmer's first year in office, with a look at the Government's increasing militarism, adherence to Trump's global agenda and support for Israel's genocide in Gaza.
labouroutlook.org
July 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“this [Labour] government is a genocide-facilitating, nuclear proliferator, that has abandoned its political and economic sovereignty to the whims of the leader of a rogue state. It’s time to build something better than this.”
- Kate Hudson for @labouroutlook.bsky.social #peacenotnukes
- Kate Hudson for @labouroutlook.bsky.social #peacenotnukes
“Thinking is suffocated when debates are prevented, lectures banned and exhibitions cancelled, when the police enter institutions of higher education and prosecutors are imposed to ensure orthodoxy. An oppressive atmosphere of suspicion and accusation has endangered freedom of speech.” - D. Fassin
July 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
“Thinking is suffocated when debates are prevented, lectures banned and exhibitions cancelled, when the police enter institutions of higher education and prosecutors are imposed to ensure orthodoxy. An oppressive atmosphere of suspicion and accusation has endangered freedom of speech.” - D. Fassin
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In the wake of Starmer's military spending splurge, @conorbollins.bsky.social looks at Starmer's plans to recruit young people into the military - and why we must oppose them.
"Educators, youth social care workers & parents should pay particular attention"
labouroutlook.org/2025/06/26/d...
"Educators, youth social care workers & parents should pay particular attention"
labouroutlook.org/2025/06/26/d...
Don’t let Starmer recruit our young people to fight his wars
An in-depth look into Starmer's plans to recruit young people into the military - and why we must oppose them.
labouroutlook.org
June 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
In the wake of Starmer's military spending splurge, @conorbollins.bsky.social looks at Starmer's plans to recruit young people into the military - and why we must oppose them.
"Educators, youth social care workers & parents should pay particular attention"
labouroutlook.org/2025/06/26/d...
"Educators, youth social care workers & parents should pay particular attention"
labouroutlook.org/2025/06/26/d...
Great piece of analysis from @camerongriffiths.bsky.social, from UEA IR, on the situation in Iran.
Israel’s warmongering has demonstrated the West's unwillingness to hold Israel and its leadership to account. The consequences for millions of Iranians could be dire.
Gone Rogue: Israel, Iran, and the Limits of International Law.
labouroutlook.org/20...
Gone Rogue: Israel, Iran, and the Limits of International Law.
labouroutlook.org/20...
Gone Rogue: Israel, Iran, and the Limits of International Law
Israel’s warmongering has demonstrated the West's unwillingness to hold Israel and its leadership to account. The consequences for millions of Iranians could be dire.
labouroutlook.org
June 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Great piece of analysis from @camerongriffiths.bsky.social, from UEA IR, on the situation in Iran.
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✊🥂Huge congratulations to the whole @newcastleucu.bsky.social membership and team. Compulsory redundancies withdrawn. Sends a message to university management everywhere. Just shows what you can do with organisation, solidarity, and right on your side.
June 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
✊🥂Huge congratulations to the whole @newcastleucu.bsky.social membership and team. Compulsory redundancies withdrawn. Sends a message to university management everywhere. Just shows what you can do with organisation, solidarity, and right on your side.
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Excellent piece from UEA UCU committee member Conor Bollins who asks when will @teamlabouruk.bsky.social tackle the crisis engulfing our colleges and universties?
We need leadership and action now from the government.
We need leadership and action now from the government.
🎓'When will Labour tackle the crisis engulfing our schools, colleges and universities?'
🌹Please stick a repost on my piece for @labouroutlook.bsky.social. #UKHE #EducationCrisis
🚩It includes a special mention of my @uea-ucu.bsky.social colleagues. #SaveUEA
labouroutlook.org/2025/05/17/e...
🌹Please stick a repost on my piece for @labouroutlook.bsky.social. #UKHE #EducationCrisis
🚩It includes a special mention of my @uea-ucu.bsky.social colleagues. #SaveUEA
labouroutlook.org/2025/05/17/e...
Education, education, education? When will Labour tackle the crisis engulfing our schools, colleges and universities?
All levels of our education system face a systemic crisis. Yet as with so many other areas of policy, Keir Starmer doesn't seem to have any hopes for education at all, writes Connor Bollins.
labouroutlook.org
May 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Excellent piece from UEA UCU committee member Conor Bollins who asks when will @teamlabouruk.bsky.social tackle the crisis engulfing our colleges and universties?
We need leadership and action now from the government.
We need leadership and action now from the government.