Nick Gould
@profng.bsky.social
Living through the reign of another Caligula.
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Living through the reign of another Caligula.
Yet again Trump professes to believe a foreign head of state rather than his own intelligence agency.
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Yet again Trump professes to believe a foreign head of state rather than his own intelligence agency.
Reminds me of the joke: A Blairite, a Brownite and a Corbynite walk into a pub. The bartender says, “What’ll you be having Andy?”
October 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Reminds me of the joke: A Blairite, a Brownite and a Corbynite walk into a pub. The bartender says, “What’ll you be having Andy?”
The arrests are a complete abuse of the MCA 88 legislation. So much for free speech.
September 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The arrests are a complete abuse of the MCA 88 legislation. So much for free speech.
The usual sycophantic BBC coverage of the visit is in progress.
September 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The usual sycophantic BBC coverage of the visit is in progress.
She’s caught the Trumpian virus of random capital letters.
September 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
She’s caught the Trumpian virus of random capital letters.
Apologists for the Israeli government invariably describe Israel as a liberal democracy, when of course it is described by many reputable authorities as an apartheid state.
July 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Apologists for the Israeli government invariably describe Israel as a liberal democracy, when of course it is described by many reputable authorities as an apartheid state.
Meanwhile, the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy obsesses about the BBC not censoring anti-IDF chants at Glastonbury.
July 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Meanwhile, the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy obsesses about the BBC not censoring anti-IDF chants at Glastonbury.
Having Googled the incident, my memory could have played tricks. The attack on Eysenck was in 1973 at the LSE, whilst at Sussex there was a sit-in to oppose the visit of US historian Samuel Huntington. Happy days.
June 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Having Googled the incident, my memory could have played tricks. The attack on Eysenck was in 1973 at the LSE, whilst at Sussex there was a sit-in to oppose the visit of US historian Samuel Huntington. Happy days.
I was an undergraduate at the University of Sussex in the early 1970s. When Eysenck visited to give a lecture a fellow student punched him in the face for being a racist. I didn’t approve but I think we’ve known about Burt and Eysenck for a long time.
June 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I was an undergraduate at the University of Sussex in the early 1970s. When Eysenck visited to give a lecture a fellow student punched him in the face for being a racist. I didn’t approve but I think we’ve known about Burt and Eysenck for a long time.
….and of course he needed an excuse to leave the G7 meeting. Alongside leaders of any capability he just looks a buffoon.
June 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
….and of course he needed an excuse to leave the G7 meeting. Alongside leaders of any capability he just looks a buffoon.
Why is it never called out by the mainstream media that Israel has nuclear weapons? It’s the hypocrisy….
June 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Why is it never called out by the mainstream media that Israel has nuclear weapons? It’s the hypocrisy….
‘Autocracy’ is a polite term for what is happening.
June 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM
‘Autocracy’ is a polite term for what is happening.
Thanks Mehdi for continuing to post on the tragedy of Gaza. So many prominent correspondents seem, for whatever reason, unwilling to put their heads above this particular parapet.
May 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Thanks Mehdi for continuing to post on the tragedy of Gaza. So many prominent correspondents seem, for whatever reason, unwilling to put their heads above this particular parapet.
My academic mentor, sociologist Harry Collins, would say about rejection, ‘It’ll get published somewhere “. I found this encouraging but also good advice. I wrote little that with perseverance didn’t finally appear. Now emeritus, I’m thankful I no longer have to worry about these things.
May 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
My academic mentor, sociologist Harry Collins, would say about rejection, ‘It’ll get published somewhere “. I found this encouraging but also good advice. I wrote little that with perseverance didn’t finally appear. Now emeritus, I’m thankful I no longer have to worry about these things.
I get requests for papers through ResearchGate; I always respond if I have a digital copy. And if I don’t I explain that. The exception is requests for whole books which I politely decline.
May 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I get requests for papers through ResearchGate; I always respond if I have a digital copy. And if I don’t I explain that. The exception is requests for whole books which I politely decline.
Saw Murray on UK Newsnight this week defending his reported comments that this country has, ‘too much Islam’. He’s a needy lightweight, the Spectator magazine is welcome to him.
April 19, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Saw Murray on UK Newsnight this week defending his reported comments that this country has, ‘too much Islam’. He’s a needy lightweight, the Spectator magazine is welcome to him.
Trump has taken to wearing a yellow tie - an appropriate colour while he runs away from supporting Ukraine.
April 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trump has taken to wearing a yellow tie - an appropriate colour while he runs away from supporting Ukraine.
….or read Alexei Navalny’s autobiography.
April 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
….or read Alexei Navalny’s autobiography.
Why would we (UK) not abandon such a capricious ally? Instead trade with Europe, Commonwealth and BRICS, welcome researchers to our universities, and ditch stuff owned by US oligarchs. But hopefully the US will realise it’s elected your equivalent of Prime Minister Liz Truss, and replace him.
April 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Why would we (UK) not abandon such a capricious ally? Instead trade with Europe, Commonwealth and BRICS, welcome researchers to our universities, and ditch stuff owned by US oligarchs. But hopefully the US will realise it’s elected your equivalent of Prime Minister Liz Truss, and replace him.
Sky News has now shown the video - verified - showing that the IDF account is a tissue of lies.
April 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Sky News has now shown the video - verified - showing that the IDF account is a tissue of lies.