Liz Morrish
@lizmorrish.bsky.social
UK independent scholar. Critical University Studies. Fascinated by US politics. Tweets mostly about Higher Ed issues. Open Water swimmer. Blog https://academicirregularities.wordpress.com/
The crux of the #BBC crisis is that they are being forced to treat Trump's criminality as mere opinion, and to be normalised. It chills me that this behaviour is unaccountable. Every accusation is returned to sender and culpability for the offense projected onto the accuser.
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The crux of the #BBC crisis is that they are being forced to treat Trump's criminality as mere opinion, and to be normalised. It chills me that this behaviour is unaccountable. Every accusation is returned to sender and culpability for the offense projected onto the accuser.
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Centrist Democrats in the Senate folded on the shutdown, throwing away their leverage in exchange for worthless GOP promises.
When will they learn that there is no center between a government of oligarchs and a government of the people? https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=LBXGJad9NjGyBGBo
When will they learn that there is no center between a government of oligarchs and a government of the people? https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=LBXGJad9NjGyBGBo
The Failures of “Centrism”
Robert Reich
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November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Centrist Democrats in the Senate folded on the shutdown, throwing away their leverage in exchange for worthless GOP promises.
When will they learn that there is no center between a government of oligarchs and a government of the people? https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=LBXGJad9NjGyBGBo
When will they learn that there is no center between a government of oligarchs and a government of the people? https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=LBXGJad9NjGyBGBo
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What I'll never understand abt "moderate" Dem enthusiasm for risking it all to do a deal w Republicans is that the regime has ALREADY SHOWN that they will act in defiance of existing civil rights & appropriations laws. Why on earth would you expect them to comply with the stipulations of any deal?
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
What I'll never understand abt "moderate" Dem enthusiasm for risking it all to do a deal w Republicans is that the regime has ALREADY SHOWN that they will act in defiance of existing civil rights & appropriations laws. Why on earth would you expect them to comply with the stipulations of any deal?
How the BBC should be responding to Trump's vexacious lawsuit.
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
How the BBC should be responding to Trump's vexacious lawsuit.
Some small measure of cheer in a depressing week. But that's what life is like now: 1 step forward, 2 back. A human right should never have been up for debate anyway.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Some small measure of cheer in a depressing week. But that's what life is like now: 1 step forward, 2 back. A human right should never have been up for debate anyway.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Honestly, if you ever asked yourself how many cowards there are around you, take a look at the #BBC today. www.theguardian.com/media/live/2...
Donald Trump threatens BBC with legal action as chair says edit of speech in film was ‘error of judgment’ – latest updates
Samir Shah denies suggestion corporation tried to bury stories and says aim was always to be transparent
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Honestly, if you ever asked yourself how many cowards there are around you, take a look at the #BBC today. www.theguardian.com/media/live/2...
Are we supposed to believe Trump didn't incite the Jan 6th insurrection? The Congressional Jan 6th hearings record another story. So what was biased about the #Panorama edit?
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Are we supposed to believe Trump didn't incite the Jan 6th insurrection? The Congressional Jan 6th hearings record another story. So what was biased about the #Panorama edit?
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
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And the highest standards are selectively applied. Israeli government can say whatever it wants and so can Reform without being challenged for example.
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
And the highest standards are selectively applied. Israeli government can say whatever it wants and so can Reform without being challenged for example.
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The BBC is the latest part of ‘the public realm’ to feel the wrath of the right.
The playbook is wearyingly similar.
Underfund them. Hold them (piously) to the highest standards. Pillory them for all errors. And then co-opt, or neuter, them. 1/2
The playbook is wearyingly similar.
Underfund them. Hold them (piously) to the highest standards. Pillory them for all errors. And then co-opt, or neuter, them. 1/2
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The BBC is the latest part of ‘the public realm’ to feel the wrath of the right.
The playbook is wearyingly similar.
Underfund them. Hold them (piously) to the highest standards. Pillory them for all errors. And then co-opt, or neuter, them. 1/2
The playbook is wearyingly similar.
Underfund them. Hold them (piously) to the highest standards. Pillory them for all errors. And then co-opt, or neuter, them. 1/2
This is a depressing submission to authoritarianism. Why was it necessary to capitulate to Trump's bullying? It validates his hatred of the BBC and his fixation with the mote in another's eye.
BBC News - Why has Tim Davie resigned and what was the Trump documentary edit?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Why has Tim Davie resigned and what was the Trump documentary edit?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Why has Tim Davie resigned and what was the Trump documentary edit?
The BBC has come under fire over a Panorama documentary that was accused of misleadingly editing a speech by Donald Trump.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is a depressing submission to authoritarianism. Why was it necessary to capitulate to Trump's bullying? It validates his hatred of the BBC and his fixation with the mote in another's eye.
BBC News - Why has Tim Davie resigned and what was the Trump documentary edit?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Why has Tim Davie resigned and what was the Trump documentary edit?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
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I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
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Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
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Cornell, like other capitulators, shamefully justifies this by saying it preserves *our* independence. Even if that were true, it is pure moral cowardice to take the every-institution-for-itself approach when extortionist is rampaging through our academic community.
November 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Cornell, like other capitulators, shamefully justifies this by saying it preserves *our* independence. Even if that were true, it is pure moral cowardice to take the every-institution-for-itself approach when extortionist is rampaging through our academic community.
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Did managers ruin the workplace?
November 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Did managers ruin the workplace?
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Nick Kristof:
Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Opinion | Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Nick Kristof:
Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
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The neoliberal aversion to planning and just relying on the reactionary logic of the market means that the West, including the UK, totally unprepared for the future
I've been talking about this on here for a while. We just assume it will always rain enough, so the management of water in the UK is totally disastrous. Now, after a relatively few dry months, we are approaching a calamity. We have done it to ourselves. Yet again. We are a deeply unserious country.
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The neoliberal aversion to planning and just relying on the reactionary logic of the market means that the West, including the UK, totally unprepared for the future
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A Reflection (2024-25):
This year, my career
Flew backwards by 20 years,
Already lagging due to SHit U.
Gee. Thanks, guys. Yeah, Cheers!
As we say Bye-Bye
To decades of talents
All thanks to
Bribery,
Probably,
On balance.
A Reflection (2024-25):
This year, my career
Flew backwards by 20 years,
Already lagging due to SHit U.
Gee. Thanks, guys. Yeah, Cheers!
As we say Bye-Bye
To decades of talents
All thanks to
Bribery,
Probably,
On balance.
Academic Irregularities
Critical university studies, discourse and managerialism
academicirregularities.wordpress.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
academicirregularities.wordpress.com
A Reflection (2024-25):
This year, my career
Flew backwards by 20 years,
Already lagging due to SHit U.
Gee. Thanks, guys. Yeah, Cheers!
As we say Bye-Bye
To decades of talents
All thanks to
Bribery,
Probably,
On balance.
A Reflection (2024-25):
This year, my career
Flew backwards by 20 years,
Already lagging due to SHit U.
Gee. Thanks, guys. Yeah, Cheers!
As we say Bye-Bye
To decades of talents
All thanks to
Bribery,
Probably,
On balance.
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But by all accounts,
Our sums don't add up.
So we don't count
And we don't matter.
We all cost too much
Gotta scatter -
No chump left behind.
Assets stripped,
The library's bare,
The richer's rich
Er, so they don't care.
#WeCantAffordTheRich
Dr. Punc.
4
@lizmorrish.bsky.social
Our sums don't add up.
So we don't count
And we don't matter.
We all cost too much
Gotta scatter -
No chump left behind.
Assets stripped,
The library's bare,
The richer's rich
Er, so they don't care.
#WeCantAffordTheRich
Dr. Punc.
4
@lizmorrish.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
But by all accounts,
Our sums don't add up.
So we don't count
And we don't matter.
We all cost too much
Gotta scatter -
No chump left behind.
Assets stripped,
The library's bare,
The richer's rich
Er, so they don't care.
#WeCantAffordTheRich
Dr. Punc.
4
@lizmorrish.bsky.social
Our sums don't add up.
So we don't count
And we don't matter.
We all cost too much
Gotta scatter -
No chump left behind.
Assets stripped,
The library's bare,
The richer's rich
Er, so they don't care.
#WeCantAffordTheRich
Dr. Punc.
4
@lizmorrish.bsky.social
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Heartbroken to share the news that recruitment to Undergraduate Music courses at the University of Nottingham has been suspended.
Please do contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to support us.
Please do contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to support us.
November 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Heartbroken to share the news that recruitment to Undergraduate Music courses at the University of Nottingham has been suspended.
Please do contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to support us.
Please do contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to support us.
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After squandering millions on Castle Meadows purchase, University of Nottingham is now axing modern languages & music
It also plans to cut its nursing programme
Leaders of the bungleocracy continue to draw handsome salaries
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It also plans to cut its nursing programme
Leaders of the bungleocracy continue to draw handsome salaries
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM
After squandering millions on Castle Meadows purchase, University of Nottingham is now axing modern languages & music
It also plans to cut its nursing programme
Leaders of the bungleocracy continue to draw handsome salaries
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It also plans to cut its nursing programme
Leaders of the bungleocracy continue to draw handsome salaries
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...