Jeremy Rodell
@jeremyr1.bsky.social
Humanist. I think shared values, recognition of shared humanity, and decent behaviour towards others are ultimately more important than beliefs or identity. We need to talk more.
I spend too much time keeping up with politics
I spend too much time keeping up with politics
Lovely morning for the Remembrance Ceremony at Richmond today, and a good crowd. Always a moving event.
November 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Lovely morning for the Remembrance Ceremony at Richmond today, and a good crowd. Always a moving event.
Good that @theweek.com highlights this gross abuse by Trump. Only money counts.
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Good that @theweek.com highlights this gross abuse by Trump. Only money counts.
Blatant foreign interference.
November 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Blatant foreign interference.
Fear, Trump’s weapon of choice. Seems it works…
October 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Fear, Trump’s weapon of choice. Seems it works…
@theweek.com reported this US poll. It seems that a quarter of adults in the world’s richest and most powerful country are apparently mad. Could the “end times are nigh” brigade be right? @humanists.uk
October 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
@theweek.com reported this US poll. It seems that a quarter of adults in the world’s richest and most powerful country are apparently mad. Could the “end times are nigh” brigade be right? @humanists.uk
Yes, it‘s The Times, but can anyone put these (apparently daft) AHRC funding decisions into context? They look like a gift to the anti-woke brigade. www.thetimes.com/article/ba40...
October 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Yes, it‘s The Times, but can anyone put these (apparently daft) AHRC funding decisions into context? They look like a gift to the anti-woke brigade. www.thetimes.com/article/ba40...
Our country is under attack by the US Christian Right.
October 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Our country is under attack by the US Christian Right.
Trump and complex realities don’t go together. Seems his erratic tariff impulses are ruining the American automotive industry. Beneficiaries? Probably China?
October 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Trump and complex realities don’t go together. Seems his erratic tariff impulses are ruining the American automotive industry. Beneficiaries? Probably China?
Looks like the “AI is hitting new grad jobs, better be a plumber” narrative isn’t right (though prob not a bad idea to become a plumber).
October 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Looks like the “AI is hitting new grad jobs, better be a plumber” narrative isn’t right (though prob not a bad idea to become a plumber).
Having said that, the “Kings Army” website makes entertaining reading - military metaphor on steroids. thekingsarmy.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Having said that, the “Kings Army” website makes entertaining reading - military metaphor on steroids. thekingsarmy.com
Violence a red line in UK society - Jewish friends/communities must be able to live/practise w/out fear. British Jews not responsible for actions of IDF.
Yet @chiefrabbi.bsky.social blurs distinction. Fuel for anti-Semites. Daft. www.jewishnews.co.uk/mirvis-if-yo...
@boardofdeputies.bsky.social
Yet @chiefrabbi.bsky.social blurs distinction. Fuel for anti-Semites. Daft. www.jewishnews.co.uk/mirvis-if-yo...
@boardofdeputies.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Violence a red line in UK society - Jewish friends/communities must be able to live/practise w/out fear. British Jews not responsible for actions of IDF.
Yet @chiefrabbi.bsky.social blurs distinction. Fuel for anti-Semites. Daft. www.jewishnews.co.uk/mirvis-if-yo...
@boardofdeputies.bsky.social
Yet @chiefrabbi.bsky.social blurs distinction. Fuel for anti-Semites. Daft. www.jewishnews.co.uk/mirvis-if-yo...
@boardofdeputies.bsky.social
What better illustration of the need to protect truth? (Just another day in the decent into stupid and ignorant dictatorship.) @mariaressa.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
What better illustration of the need to protect truth? (Just another day in the decent into stupid and ignorant dictatorship.) @mariaressa.bsky.social
As if we needed a reminder of the poison that is George Galloway. www.thetimes.com/article/f9a2...
September 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
As if we needed a reminder of the poison that is George Galloway. www.thetimes.com/article/f9a2...
Fascinating. And a challenge to our western concept of what “a religion is”.
September 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Fascinating. And a challenge to our western concept of what “a religion is”.
Haven’t people always, on average, tended more conservative as they get older? It’s likely that will apply to current generations of young people. Hence the famous saying (multiple versions): quoteinvestigator.com/2014/02/24/h...
September 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Haven’t people always, on average, tended more conservative as they get older? It’s likely that will apply to current generations of young people. Hence the famous saying (multiple versions): quoteinvestigator.com/2014/02/24/h...
Another excellent piece. This is striking (and I speak from the right hand section of the chart).
September 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Another excellent piece. This is striking (and I speak from the right hand section of the chart).
Excellent Keir Starmer column. More of this please - but people need to see and feel delivery. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Excellent Keir Starmer column. More of this please - but people need to see and feel delivery. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
She’s a morality-free zone (as well as political toast). And she’s ignoring the shifts among Israel’s erstwhile allies, even in the US, among British Jews, and maybe even Telegraph readers.
economist.com/briefing/202...
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economist.com/briefing/202...
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September 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
She’s a morality-free zone (as well as political toast). And she’s ignoring the shifts among Israel’s erstwhile allies, even in the US, among British Jews, and maybe even Telegraph readers.
economist.com/briefing/202...
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economist.com/briefing/202...
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Fascinating @natcen.bsky.social report on gender identity in UK. Little correlation btw gender and perceived compassion, sensitivity. natcen.ac.uk/publications...
(Closer to +1 = stronger positive correlation)
(Closer to +1 = stronger positive correlation)
September 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Fascinating @natcen.bsky.social report on gender identity in UK. Little correlation btw gender and perceived compassion, sensitivity. natcen.ac.uk/publications...
(Closer to +1 = stronger positive correlation)
(Closer to +1 = stronger positive correlation)
Excellent @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social @theobserveruk.bsky.social piece, along w Musk’s appearance at the rally, underlines that Britain is under attack from massively well-funded US Far Right actors, skilled at leveraging grievance, ignorance, and hate.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
September 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Excellent @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social @theobserveruk.bsky.social piece, along w Musk’s appearance at the rally, underlines that Britain is under attack from massively well-funded US Far Right actors, skilled at leveraging grievance, ignorance, and hate.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Know thine enemy.
September 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Know thine enemy.
Devastating indictment of Trump by Max Hastings - the best summary I’ve read. www.thetimes.com/article/db35...
September 15, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Devastating indictment of Trump by Max Hastings - the best summary I’ve read. www.thetimes.com/article/db35...