Mike Hamlin
@mhamlin1.bsky.social
Writer, reader, music, arts & film fan. Rooted in education - lifelong teacher now a trustee but interested in most things.
Own views here, + also to be found:
@mhamlin1
Own views here, + also to be found:
@mhamlin1
'Quiet Piggy' AI genius from The Crump Organisation.....
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The Crump Organization on X: "Check out our new song “Quiet, Piggy!” #Quiet #Piggy #QuietPiggy https://t.co/TaouK4bShI" / X
Check out our new song “Quiet, Piggy!” #Quiet #Piggy #QuietPiggy https://t.co/TaouK4bShI
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November 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
'Quiet Piggy' AI genius from The Crump Organisation.....
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Our Power of Reading project offers unique insights into what makes reading teaching successful in primary schools. This free booklet shares what teachers say is needed to foster a lifelong love of reading. Download now: https://clpe.org.uk/research/reading-pleasure-what-we-know-works
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Our Power of Reading project offers unique insights into what makes reading teaching successful in primary schools. This free booklet shares what teachers say is needed to foster a lifelong love of reading. Download now: https://clpe.org.uk/research/reading-pleasure-what-we-know-works
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...in which I pull together all the most noteworthy aspects of Sir Robbie Gibb's tangled life at the intersection of politics and journalism.
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
...in which I pull together all the most noteworthy aspects of Sir Robbie Gibb's tangled life at the intersection of politics and journalism.
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years.....
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years.....
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Stop this politically motivated attack on the BBC - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save Our BBC
I've just signed the petition calling on the government to stop their attack on our BBC. We need an independent national broadcaster we can trust. Please sign and share today.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Stop this politically motivated attack on the BBC - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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EXCLUSIVE: My @bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation reveals: 'memo' which sparked President Donald Trump to threaten a $1bn lawsuit against BBC was written by lobbyist at firm paid by pro-Trump tech giants and Trump donors bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
EXCLUSIVE: My @bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation reveals: 'memo' which sparked President Donald Trump to threaten a $1bn lawsuit against BBC was written by lobbyist at firm paid by pro-Trump tech giants and Trump donors bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
Good piece from Peter Thomas..
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www.nate.org.uk/2025/11/11/b...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Good piece from Peter Thomas..
www.nate.org.uk/2025/11/11/b...
www.nate.org.uk/2025/11/11/b...
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Indeed. Worth reading from @colinyeo.bsky.social
You can't promote immigrant integration by making it harder
You might want workers but you get people
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November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Indeed. Worth reading from @colinyeo.bsky.social
According to Sam Bright, the LNER hero who saved multiple lives at the weekend is called Samir Zitouni.
Presumably Farage and Badenoch would have deported him by now!
Presumably Farage and Badenoch would have deported him by now!
November 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
According to Sam Bright, the LNER hero who saved multiple lives at the weekend is called Samir Zitouni.
Presumably Farage and Badenoch would have deported him by now!
Presumably Farage and Badenoch would have deported him by now!
Another good piece from Jonathan Liew....
Say what you like about ‘Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape’ – Britain’s cities prove the rightwing agitators wrong | Jonathan Liew
Say what you like about ‘Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape’ – Britain’s cities prove the rightwing agitators wrong | Jonathan Liew
To rightwing populists, places of fluidity and freedom will always be the enemy, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Another good piece from Jonathan Liew....
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Spot on.
“There are some people who hate London, and hate New York,” Mayor Sadiq Khan told me, on Bloomberg TV. “There's a reason why they demonize London, and now, indeed, New York. Why? Because we are progressive cities. We are liberal cities. We are multicultural cities. And we are incredibly successful.”
November 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Spot on.
Excellent thread, so timely....
Let’s take a look at the whole “there are too many black people on TV” thing, shall we?
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.
Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨
🧵
1/22
November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Excellent thread, so timely....
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So why does the BBC label the academic and economist Faiza Shaheen an "activist" but refuse to do the same for the former academic, turned anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin?
October 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
So why does the BBC label the academic and economist Faiza Shaheen an "activist" but refuse to do the same for the former academic, turned anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin?
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Any time one of those fake foreign British nostalgia accounts starts banging on about the 50s, send them this wonderful interview with Don McCullin, and his description (familiar to me from the 70s) of how brutal London was in the 50s
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
October 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Any time one of those fake foreign British nostalgia accounts starts banging on about the 50s, send them this wonderful interview with Don McCullin, and his description (familiar to me from the 70s) of how brutal London was in the 50s
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Reform MPs - salt of the earth, working class, ordinary people.........!
October 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Reform MPs - salt of the earth, working class, ordinary people.........!
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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Good article on how the cracks in the Reform 'surge' are beginning to show......
Why the Caerphilly by-election result shows Nigel Farage's party is much weaker than most of the coverage of Reform suggests
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/24/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/24/t...
The Reform Backlash: Caerphilly By-Election Result Shows Nigel Farage’s Party Is Much Weaker Than It Looks
Despite widespread media predictions of a Reform victory on Thursday, Farage's defeat shows his party continues to be overestimated, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Good article on how the cracks in the Reform 'surge' are beginning to show......
The corruption here is off the scale....!
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Memorial Device on X: "The fact that this is now seen as perfectly normal and totally unsurprising is completely insane." / X
The fact that this is now seen as perfectly normal and totally unsurprising is completely insane.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The corruption here is off the scale....!
x.com/memorialdevi...
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Good article on how the cracks in the Reform 'surge' are beginning to show......
Why the Caerphilly by-election result shows Nigel Farage's party is much weaker than most of the coverage of Reform suggests
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/24/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/24/t...
The Reform Backlash: Caerphilly By-Election Result Shows Nigel Farage’s Party Is Much Weaker Than It Looks
Despite widespread media predictions of a Reform victory on Thursday, Farage's defeat shows his party continues to be overestimated, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Good article on how the cracks in the Reform 'surge' are beginning to show......
£75,000 on flags, while school's and hospital services crumble.....?
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BBC Nottingham on X: "County council to spend £75,000 on new flags - tap the pic to read more https://t.co/zUOBag3Gmn" / X
County council to spend £75,000 on new flags - tap the pic to read more https://t.co/zUOBag3Gmn
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October 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
£75,000 on flags, while school's and hospital services crumble.....?
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Asking immigrants for ‘A-level English’ is absurd
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asking immigrants for ‘A-level English’ is absurd | Letters
Letters: Pam Marshall, Christine Lehman, Bryn Jones and Peter West react an article by Nesrine Malik on the government’s tougher conditions for immigrants
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Asking immigrants for ‘A-level English’ is absurd
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asking immigrants for ‘A-level English’ is absurd
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asking immigrants for ‘A-level English’ is absurd | Letters
Letters: Pam Marshall, Christine Lehman, Bryn Jones and Peter West react an article by Nesrine Malik on the government’s tougher conditions for immigrants
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Asking immigrants for ‘A-level English’ is absurd
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax?
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
October 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax?
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
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Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues.
Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
October 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues.
Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...