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Pauline Stafford
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Historian of early Middle Ages, Grandmother, Leftwing, Labour, Leeds, British, European. Emerita Prof University of Liverpool
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I'm aware I'm not a statistician but it looks like the Liberals, Greens and Labour are quite close to each other but away from Tories and Reform

Sadly the first group seem to hate each other while the second is aligned.

How will the perception of the others impact voting intention
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The man-child - except that’s unfair to most men and children.
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Failing to deliver there is what leads to people looking for scapegoats and being persuaded by the dangerous rhetoric of those who don't care about equality or improving the life chances of ordinary working people. (5/6)
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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I've been thinking about those microbiographies in relation to older traditions of social history.

They reflect that enduring & important ethical emphasis on recovering experience and listening to voices of ordinary people.
November 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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This is corking news: discovery of antibiotic that can be used that doesn’t trigger resistance - early days but this is really meaningful stuff:

bsky.app/profile/adap...
November 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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The rate of global deforestation is slowing rapidly - with China now in fact leading the way on planting more forest than it cuts down:

www.carbonbrief.org/un-report-fi...
UN report: Five charts showing how global deforestation is declining - Carbon Brief
The amount of forest lost around the world has reduced by millions of hectares each year in recent decades, says a UN report.
www.carbonbrief.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM