Smita Jamdar 🇺🇦
@smitajamdar.bsky.social
Head of Education Shakespeare Martineau, LFC, she/her
This is brilliant and I am permanently dissapoofed
a friend of mine shared this ai-generated "emotion wheel" and unfortunately i have been laughing my ass off at it for like 15 minutes now. today i am feeling Fnliinneon
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This is brilliant and I am permanently dissapoofed
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Seems like a good time (again) to share the guide I developed with @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social, which tells you how to talk about refugees and asylum in a way that actually convinces the undecided - based on testing 🧵 www.freedomfromtorture.org/changing-the...
Changing the Conversation on Asylum: A Messaging Guide
Our new messaging guide looks at the methodology and messages that can help us carve out a new approach that will be successful in persuading the public that seeking safety is a fundamental human righ...
www.freedomfromtorture.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Seems like a good time (again) to share the guide I developed with @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social, which tells you how to talk about refugees and asylum in a way that actually convinces the undecided - based on testing 🧵 www.freedomfromtorture.org/changing-the...
Can we at least stop with the b*<#%cks that this country is still open, tolerant and generous. The nauseating hypocrisy needs to end.
"Mahmood said a raft of tough immigration controls were designed to unlock “the inherent openness, tolerance and generosity” of the British people."
Such nauseating shamelessness.
Such nauseating shamelessness.
Mahmood’s new asylum plan: when home is ‘safe’, we’ll send you back | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Can we at least stop with the b*<#%cks that this country is still open, tolerant and generous. The nauseating hypocrisy needs to end.
“Golden ticket”. FFS. What a sickening way to describe the plight of people driven from their homes in traumatic circumstances.
Shabana Mahmood has vowed to end Britain’s “golden ticket” for asylum seekers by forcing people arriving illegally to wait 20 years before they can apply for permanent settlement
Shabana Mahmood: ‘Illegal migration is tearing Britain apart’
The home secretary is planning to introduce a 20-year wait for permanent stay to end a ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:33 AM
“Golden ticket”. FFS. What a sickening way to describe the plight of people driven from their homes in traumatic circumstances.
The moral the rest of us should draw from this is that unless you are willing *never* to disagree with Trump, supporting him will not protect him from turning on you. So don’t bother pandering to him in the first place. Fight him *stares hard at the BBC*
November 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The moral the rest of us should draw from this is that unless you are willing *never* to disagree with Trump, supporting him will not protect him from turning on you. So don’t bother pandering to him in the first place. Fight him *stares hard at the BBC*
Refugee means the life you had built & cared about has been ripped from you through no fault of your own. Our official policy is going to be to repeat that process years later, sending them back to rebuild again. Not a single one of us would want to be in that position. Why vote for it for others?
"The moment your country is safe to return to, you will be removed", a Home Office source said.
An obviously false claim - a deportation fantasy - to over-spin "send them back" claims to the media
Whatever the merits of the policies on Monday, some of this OTT language is beyond any defence.
An obviously false claim - a deportation fantasy - to over-spin "send them back" claims to the media
Whatever the merits of the policies on Monday, some of this OTT language is beyond any defence.
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Refugee means the life you had built & cared about has been ripped from you through no fault of your own. Our official policy is going to be to repeat that process years later, sending them back to rebuild again. Not a single one of us would want to be in that position. Why vote for it for others?
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This is why you should not eat nuts on a plane. A friends child went into anaphylaxis because of it.
November 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is why you should not eat nuts on a plane. A friends child went into anaphylaxis because of it.
This is an absolutely chilling read.
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This is an absolutely chilling read.
I certainly did.. in a hollow gallows humour kind of way, but I laughed
November 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I certainly did.. in a hollow gallows humour kind of way, but I laughed
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It's hard not to laugh
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
It's hard not to laugh
Ditto.
I’m not saying I won’t moan about it when the time comes to pay, but I think the Govt should raise my income tax because I am profoundly worried about the state of public services.
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Ditto.
The stupidity of Brexit means we are now serving as a warning to possibly the stupidest administration in history 🤦🏽♀️.
And bafflingly around 35% plan at the next election to entrust our country’s future to the architect of the Brexit poopfest 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
And bafflingly around 35% plan at the next election to entrust our country’s future to the architect of the Brexit poopfest 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 12, 2025 at 5:41 AM
The stupidity of Brexit means we are now serving as a warning to possibly the stupidest administration in history 🤦🏽♀️.
And bafflingly around 35% plan at the next election to entrust our country’s future to the architect of the Brexit poopfest 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
And bafflingly around 35% plan at the next election to entrust our country’s future to the architect of the Brexit poopfest 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
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Remembrance: 75 years of the ECHR
The European Convention on Human Rights celebrates its 75th birthday this month – like all elders, it has a lifetime of wisdom to share
By Dr Pam Jarvis
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@drpam.bsky.social
The European Convention on Human Rights celebrates its 75th birthday this month – like all elders, it has a lifetime of wisdom to share
By Dr Pam Jarvis
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@drpam.bsky.social
Remembrance: 75 years of the ECHR
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) celebrates its 75th birthday this month – like all elders, it has a lifetime of wisdom to share
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Remembrance: 75 years of the ECHR
The European Convention on Human Rights celebrates its 75th birthday this month – like all elders, it has a lifetime of wisdom to share
By Dr Pam Jarvis
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@drpam.bsky.social
The European Convention on Human Rights celebrates its 75th birthday this month – like all elders, it has a lifetime of wisdom to share
By Dr Pam Jarvis
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@drpam.bsky.social
Well said @eddavey.libdems.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Well said @eddavey.libdems.org.uk
The “Restore Trust claiming to speak for real National Trust members until they get their arses handed to them on a plate in the elections” cycle resets for another year…
National Trust council elections saw a defeat for the Restore Trust campaign.
35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee
12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate
Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee
12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate
Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
Voting results from the AGM
Read about the National Trust's 2025 Annual General Meeting and the results from the day.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The “Restore Trust claiming to speak for real National Trust members until they get their arses handed to them on a plate in the elections” cycle resets for another year…
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This - I despair about the "skills gap" talk after a decade of asking (esp. asking employers) to explain more carefully what the gap is.
November 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
This - I despair about the "skills gap" talk after a decade of asking (esp. asking employers) to explain more carefully what the gap is.
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💯 on micro & SMEs! Painfully clear in the creative sector
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 AM
💯 on micro & SMEs! Painfully clear in the creative sector
But employers have been “in the driving seat” on skills policy for years and there remain massive gaps so I don’t think the answer is as simple as this. Plus when government talks about “employers” it usually means big employers which ignores the massive micro & SME employee base.
'This government's blind spot about employers is beginning to cause problems'
Ben Rowland of AELP on why employers are the most important stakeholders when it comes to skills reforms
Ben Rowland of AELP on why employers are the most important stakeholders when it comes to skills reforms
feweek.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM
But employers have been “in the driving seat” on skills policy for years and there remain massive gaps so I don’t think the answer is as simple as this. Plus when government talks about “employers” it usually means big employers which ignores the massive micro & SME employee base.
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On Intersex Remembrance Day, we remember past harms and celebrate progress. Europe has taken a historic step and adopted the first-ever Recommendation protecting intersex people’s human rights. Here’s Kitty Anderson, co-chair of European intersex organisation @oiieurope.org, on what this means.
November 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
On Intersex Remembrance Day, we remember past harms and celebrate progress. Europe has taken a historic step and adopted the first-ever Recommendation protecting intersex people’s human rights. Here’s Kitty Anderson, co-chair of European intersex organisation @oiieurope.org, on what this means.
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am reminded of the old joke: what did James Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
am reminded of the old joke: what did James Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
Threatening us with a good time again I see.
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Threatening us with a good time again I see.
Genuinely baffled why Utd should get a penny of taxpayers’ money for this.
i Sport: Old Trafford regeneration delayed by Chancellor’s U-turn ahead of budget #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Genuinely baffled why Utd should get a penny of taxpayers’ money for this.
Was only thinking this morning how nice it was not seeing the likes of Rees Mogg, Mark Francois, that awful Jonathan chap regularly on my feed and lo and behold Braverman has popped up 🤢
November 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Was only thinking this morning how nice it was not seeing the likes of Rees Mogg, Mark Francois, that awful Jonathan chap regularly on my feed and lo and behold Braverman has popped up 🤢