Stephen Clark
@stephenclark.bsky.social
Teacher of History and Politics, Husband, Father, Dog Owner and School Trustee based in Watford, England.
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New from Institute of Jewish Policy Research: most comprehensive study of Jewish attitudes
> Rising experience + perception of antisemitism:feel less safe
> Growing (now majority) criticism of military campaign in Gaza; rising attachment to Israel
(July 2025 fieldwork)
www.jpr.org.uk/reports/two-...
> Rising experience + perception of antisemitism:feel less safe
> Growing (now majority) criticism of military campaign in Gaza; rising attachment to Israel
(July 2025 fieldwork)
www.jpr.org.uk/reports/two-...
Two years after the October 7 attacks: British Jewish views on antisemitism, Israel and Jewish life
www.jpr.org.uk
October 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
New from Institute of Jewish Policy Research: most comprehensive study of Jewish attitudes
> Rising experience + perception of antisemitism:feel less safe
> Growing (now majority) criticism of military campaign in Gaza; rising attachment to Israel
(July 2025 fieldwork)
www.jpr.org.uk/reports/two-...
> Rising experience + perception of antisemitism:feel less safe
> Growing (now majority) criticism of military campaign in Gaza; rising attachment to Israel
(July 2025 fieldwork)
www.jpr.org.uk/reports/two-...
Sending my condolences, prayers and thoughts to all those affected by this morning's horrific attack on a synagogue in Manchester.
To my many Jewish friends and the whole British Jewish community, we stand with you today and forever!
To the antisemites and the terrorists, you will never win.
To my many Jewish friends and the whole British Jewish community, we stand with you today and forever!
To the antisemites and the terrorists, you will never win.
October 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Sending my condolences, prayers and thoughts to all those affected by this morning's horrific attack on a synagogue in Manchester.
To my many Jewish friends and the whole British Jewish community, we stand with you today and forever!
To the antisemites and the terrorists, you will never win.
To my many Jewish friends and the whole British Jewish community, we stand with you today and forever!
To the antisemites and the terrorists, you will never win.
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I suspect Starmer would be in more peril if MPs still picked the leader.
Under the present rules, Labour MPs can fell a prime minister but they can't replace him. And right now, no one can predict who the membership would choose.
That will make many MPs nervous.
www.ft.com/content/1487...
Under the present rules, Labour MPs can fell a prime minister but they can't replace him. And right now, no one can predict who the membership would choose.
That will make many MPs nervous.
www.ft.com/content/1487...
September 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I suspect Starmer would be in more peril if MPs still picked the leader.
Under the present rules, Labour MPs can fell a prime minister but they can't replace him. And right now, no one can predict who the membership would choose.
That will make many MPs nervous.
www.ft.com/content/1487...
Under the present rules, Labour MPs can fell a prime minister but they can't replace him. And right now, no one can predict who the membership would choose.
That will make many MPs nervous.
www.ft.com/content/1487...
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The sea is rising, Eastbourne will flood – what’s the plan?
Future flooding from the sea is now a reality. There are no clear long-term plans for this. What will this mean for towns like Eastbourne? | Susan Kerrison for @sussexbylines.co.uk
Future flooding from the sea is now a reality. There are no clear long-term plans for this. What will this mean for towns like Eastbourne? | Susan Kerrison for @sussexbylines.co.uk
The sea is rising, Eastbourne will flood – what’s the plan?
Future flooding from the sea is now a reality. There are no clear long-term plans for this. What will this mean for towns like Eastbourne?
sussexbylines.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The sea is rising, Eastbourne will flood – what’s the plan?
Future flooding from the sea is now a reality. There are no clear long-term plans for this. What will this mean for towns like Eastbourne? | Susan Kerrison for @sussexbylines.co.uk
Future flooding from the sea is now a reality. There are no clear long-term plans for this. What will this mean for towns like Eastbourne? | Susan Kerrison for @sussexbylines.co.uk
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Possibly my favourite chart of the elections... the median vote reuqired to win hit its lowest point ever. The era of two-party politics is over.
The historical local elections data courtesy of the one and only Michael Thrasher (who wanted to plot the data back to 1889!).
The historical local elections data courtesy of the one and only Michael Thrasher (who wanted to plot the data back to 1889!).
May 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Possibly my favourite chart of the elections... the median vote reuqired to win hit its lowest point ever. The era of two-party politics is over.
The historical local elections data courtesy of the one and only Michael Thrasher (who wanted to plot the data back to 1889!).
The historical local elections data courtesy of the one and only Michael Thrasher (who wanted to plot the data back to 1889!).
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Entirely this: I’d add that being serious about climate change is a hygiene factor for many voters. In not a single UK constituency does concern about climate drop below 50% - hitting 68% in Clacton. There’s a debate on the ‘how’ and particularly how to do it fairly but much less on the principle.
May 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Entirely this: I’d add that being serious about climate change is a hygiene factor for many voters. In not a single UK constituency does concern about climate drop below 50% - hitting 68% in Clacton. There’s a debate on the ‘how’ and particularly how to do it fairly but much less on the principle.
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The other hand to Reform's gains are the Tories' horrific losses (41% of all seats). Not just poor for the opposition, but relative to total seats, it is the worst set of local election results for any party in British history, surpassing the Tory result in 1971 (losses at 38% of all borough seats).
May 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The other hand to Reform's gains are the Tories' horrific losses (41% of all seats). Not just poor for the opposition, but relative to total seats, it is the worst set of local election results for any party in British history, surpassing the Tory result in 1971 (losses at 38% of all borough seats).
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This is the graph I've wanted to see all day... governments get kickings but this shouldn't be happening to an *opposition party*
The other hand to Reform's gains are the Tories' horrific losses (41% of all seats). Not just poor for the opposition, but relative to total seats, it is the worst set of local election results for any party in British history, surpassing the Tory result in 1971 (losses at 38% of all borough seats).
May 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This is the graph I've wanted to see all day... governments get kickings but this shouldn't be happening to an *opposition party*
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National Estimated Vote predictably as bleak for two main parties (if we can still call them that) at record lows and unprecedented Reform win. Would add - it’s not main story but think the Greens really should be doing better at picking up discontent esp on the left; but are standing still.
May 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
National Estimated Vote predictably as bleak for two main parties (if we can still call them that) at record lows and unprecedented Reform win. Would add - it’s not main story but think the Greens really should be doing better at picking up discontent esp on the left; but are standing still.
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To be fair, Trump has probably never in his life said something that would piss off Putin more than this....
May 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
To be fair, Trump has probably never in his life said something that would piss off Putin more than this....
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Our second university shedding jobs today is Exeter, which I hear is re-opening its voluntary severance scheme. So Higher Education cuts in both Northern Scotland and Southern England today. There'll be more tomorrow, and more the day after that.
May 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Our second university shedding jobs today is Exeter, which I hear is re-opening its voluntary severance scheme. So Higher Education cuts in both Northern Scotland and Southern England today. There'll be more tomorrow, and more the day after that.
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We find the West of England Mayoral Race is too close to call with victory possible for 4 & maybe even 5 parties. Labour's Helen Goodwin in the lead on 23%
🌹LAB 23%
🌳 CON 21%
➡️ REF UK 18%
🌍 GREEN 18%
🔶 LIB DEM 15%
⬜️ IND 5%
🌹LAB 23%
🌳 CON 21%
➡️ REF UK 18%
🌍 GREEN 18%
🔶 LIB DEM 15%
⬜️ IND 5%
April 27, 2025 at 7:46 AM
We find the West of England Mayoral Race is too close to call with victory possible for 4 & maybe even 5 parties. Labour's Helen Goodwin in the lead on 23%
🌹LAB 23%
🌳 CON 21%
➡️ REF UK 18%
🌍 GREEN 18%
🔶 LIB DEM 15%
⬜️ IND 5%
🌹LAB 23%
🌳 CON 21%
➡️ REF UK 18%
🌍 GREEN 18%
🔶 LIB DEM 15%
⬜️ IND 5%
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Donald Trump's revealed trade strategy looks bad news for the UK
The UK may have to pay quite a high price for any deal – and not get that much out of it www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/dona...
The UK may have to pay quite a high price for any deal – and not get that much out of it www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/dona...
Donald Trump's revealed trade strategy looks bad news for the UK | Institute for Government
The UK may have to pay quite a high price for any deal – and not get that much out of it.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
April 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Donald Trump's revealed trade strategy looks bad news for the UK
The UK may have to pay quite a high price for any deal – and not get that much out of it www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/dona...
The UK may have to pay quite a high price for any deal – and not get that much out of it www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/dona...
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Ukrainians have to wait until their 3 year visa is in its final 28 days to ask for an 18 month extension, which impedes jobs & renting when there are two or three months left on it
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ukrainians lose out on jobs and homes over visa uncertainty
Some employers and landlords are reluctant to hire or rent to Ukrainians because their visas are due to expire.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Ukrainians have to wait until their 3 year visa is in its final 28 days to ask for an 18 month extension, which impedes jobs & renting when there are two or three months left on it
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A Russian scientist who opposed Putin’s war, fled Russia and found work at Harvard was detained at Logan Airport returning from a French academic conference and has been sent to an immigration detention center in Louisiana for deportation to Russia.
www.currenttime.tv/a/rossiynka-...
www.currenttime.tv/a/rossiynka-...
В США задержали и отправили в иммиграционный изолятор россиянку, работавшую в Гарвардской медицинской школе – "Можем объяснить"
Россиянку Ксению Петрову, работавшую в Гарвардской медицинской школе, задержали и отправили в иммиграционный изолятор. О ее задержании написала ее подруга и коллега Кора Андерсон, а друзья Ксении запу...
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March 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A Russian scientist who opposed Putin’s war, fled Russia and found work at Harvard was detained at Logan Airport returning from a French academic conference and has been sent to an immigration detention center in Louisiana for deportation to Russia.
www.currenttime.tv/a/rossiynka-...
www.currenttime.tv/a/rossiynka-...
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Worth reading this thread of quotes from Mark Carney which would have been unimaginable from a centrist Canadian PM just a few months ago. Keir Starmer may still be trying to balance it out with Trump, but I wonder how long any Western leaders can do that.
I still don't think Americans appreciate the degree to which Canada is in the midst of a total anti-American vibe shift.
March 28, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Worth reading this thread of quotes from Mark Carney which would have been unimaginable from a centrist Canadian PM just a few months ago. Keir Starmer may still be trying to balance it out with Trump, but I wonder how long any Western leaders can do that.
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I’ve been saying since the beginning of this admin that they’re going to start putting those statues back up. New Confederate statues would serve similar purposes to their boom time of 1900-20: statements of physical dominance of public space, designed to unite in-groups and intimidate out-groups.
This is 100% a Make the Confederacy Great Again EO. It's all abt resurrecting the statues of the generals who committed treason to join the Confederacy. I almost admire the word play audacity in the service of evil in their use of the phrase "false reconstruction" to describe their goal.
March 28, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I’ve been saying since the beginning of this admin that they’re going to start putting those statues back up. New Confederate statues would serve similar purposes to their boom time of 1900-20: statements of physical dominance of public space, designed to unite in-groups and intimidate out-groups.
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Latest UK Intelligence Briefing:
March 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Latest UK Intelligence Briefing:
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Sunday Times story (March 16th 2025) is only that Nigel Farage had one meeting with Dominic Cummings before Christmas 2024
Cummings calls it "a friendly chat". Both sides are "adamant" there is no chance Cummings will work for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Cummings calls it "a friendly chat". Both sides are "adamant" there is no chance Cummings will work for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Cummings meets Farage to discuss remaking the state — and how to replace the Tories
The Vote Leave strategist has been talking to Nigel Farage and some believe a pact between Reform and the Tories — minus Kemi Badenoch — is a possibility
www.thetimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Sunday Times story (March 16th 2025) is only that Nigel Farage had one meeting with Dominic Cummings before Christmas 2024
Cummings calls it "a friendly chat". Both sides are "adamant" there is no chance Cummings will work for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Cummings calls it "a friendly chat". Both sides are "adamant" there is no chance Cummings will work for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Take a moment today to read about a few of the young children whom Trump and Musk killed by shutting down USAID. The blame for these deaths falls on them.
There will be hundreds of thousands more dead kids before their lethal crusade against foreign aid ends. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
There will be hundreds of thousands more dead kids before their lethal crusade against foreign aid ends. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Take a moment today to read about a few of the young children whom Trump and Musk killed by shutting down USAID. The blame for these deaths falls on them.
There will be hundreds of thousands more dead kids before their lethal crusade against foreign aid ends. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
There will be hundreds of thousands more dead kids before their lethal crusade against foreign aid ends. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Inside the NHS England bombshell:
- Many stunned NHSE staff hadn't been told before Starmer announced it
- A source close to Wes Streeting insists abolition wasn't always the plan
- Why the DH-NHSE relationship is a loveless one
- An NHSE insider warns Streeting: with power comes accountability
- Many stunned NHSE staff hadn't been told before Starmer announced it
- A source close to Wes Streeting insists abolition wasn't always the plan
- Why the DH-NHSE relationship is a loveless one
- An NHSE insider warns Streeting: with power comes accountability
The announcement that NHS England will be abolished came as a surprise to many within the organisation itself
A source close to Wes Streeting said the move had become "inevitable" over "the last few weeks"
@zoecrowther.bsky.social goes inside perhaps the Labour government's boldest move yet 👇
A source close to Wes Streeting said the move had become "inevitable" over "the last few weeks"
@zoecrowther.bsky.social goes inside perhaps the Labour government's boldest move yet 👇
Abolishing NHS England Became 'Inevitable' – But What Happens Next?
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that NHS England will be abolished and absorbed into the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC), in...
www.politicshome.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Inside the NHS England bombshell:
- Many stunned NHSE staff hadn't been told before Starmer announced it
- A source close to Wes Streeting insists abolition wasn't always the plan
- Why the DH-NHSE relationship is a loveless one
- An NHSE insider warns Streeting: with power comes accountability
- Many stunned NHSE staff hadn't been told before Starmer announced it
- A source close to Wes Streeting insists abolition wasn't always the plan
- Why the DH-NHSE relationship is a loveless one
- An NHSE insider warns Streeting: with power comes accountability
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It turns out Ukraine wasn't the blocker to peace. Fancy that, eh.
March 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It turns out Ukraine wasn't the blocker to peace. Fancy that, eh.
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America “is tearing itself apart with no outside pressure and this is similar to what the Communist Party did at the peak of the Cultural Revolution in 1966.”
www.my times.com/2025/03/06/business/china-donald-trump-cultural-revolution.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
www.my times.com/2025/03/06/business/china-donald-trump-cultural-revolution.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Many Chinese See a Cultural Revolution in America
People in China are expressing alarm at what looks like a familiar authoritarian turn in the United States, their longtime role model for democracy.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 6:16 AM
America “is tearing itself apart with no outside pressure and this is similar to what the Communist Party did at the peak of the Cultural Revolution in 1966.”
www.my times.com/2025/03/06/business/china-donald-trump-cultural-revolution.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
www.my times.com/2025/03/06/business/china-donald-trump-cultural-revolution.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Trump’s tariffs will lead to the biggest tax hike in history for Americans - a whopping $1200 per year, according to the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
The US economy is going to hit the rocks pretty soon if the course isn’t changed.
The US economy is going to hit the rocks pretty soon if the course isn’t changed.
March 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Trump’s tariffs will lead to the biggest tax hike in history for Americans - a whopping $1200 per year, according to the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
The US economy is going to hit the rocks pretty soon if the course isn’t changed.
The US economy is going to hit the rocks pretty soon if the course isn’t changed.
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The last time this season's FA Cup quarter-finalists won the FA Cup (updated)
Man City (2023)
Aston Villa (1957)
Preston (1938)
Bournemouth (never)
Brighton (never)
Crystal Palace (never)
Fulham (never)
To add: Nottingham Forest (1959) or Ipswich (1978)
Man City (2023)
Aston Villa (1957)
Preston (1938)
Bournemouth (never)
Brighton (never)
Crystal Palace (never)
Fulham (never)
To add: Nottingham Forest (1959) or Ipswich (1978)
March 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The last time this season's FA Cup quarter-finalists won the FA Cup (updated)
Man City (2023)
Aston Villa (1957)
Preston (1938)
Bournemouth (never)
Brighton (never)
Crystal Palace (never)
Fulham (never)
To add: Nottingham Forest (1959) or Ipswich (1978)
Man City (2023)
Aston Villa (1957)
Preston (1938)
Bournemouth (never)
Brighton (never)
Crystal Palace (never)
Fulham (never)
To add: Nottingham Forest (1959) or Ipswich (1978)