Gerard Livingstone
@theolivingstone.bsky.social
Philosophy teacher (Open Univ etc., retired); D.Phil.(Oxf); phil lang/logic
Politics: Eur, M & Far East,Caucasus, C Asia. UK Rejoin EU.
Music: Greek, Americana
Politics: Eur, M & Far East,Caucasus, C Asia. UK Rejoin EU.
Music: Greek, Americana
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Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.
This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
October 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.
To whomever is trying to contact me in the Chat section:
I can't access Chat, since this requires age verification, a procedure which would involve me replying to a relevant
e-mail from Bluesky - but their e-mail never reaches my inbox.
I've brought it to their attention, without result.
I can't access Chat, since this requires age verification, a procedure which would involve me replying to a relevant
e-mail from Bluesky - but their e-mail never reaches my inbox.
I've brought it to their attention, without result.
October 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
To whomever is trying to contact me in the Chat section:
I can't access Chat, since this requires age verification, a procedure which would involve me replying to a relevant
e-mail from Bluesky - but their e-mail never reaches my inbox.
I've brought it to their attention, without result.
I can't access Chat, since this requires age verification, a procedure which would involve me replying to a relevant
e-mail from Bluesky - but their e-mail never reaches my inbox.
I've brought it to their attention, without result.
Two very good discussions in one show -
comparison of the Spanish and Greek civil wars, by
Yannis Varoufakis and Prof. Mary Vincent (up to 28:40)
Thucydides, appraised by Prof. Paul Cartledge (from 28:40)
- who thinks the 'Thucydides Trap' is a misinterpretation.
www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
comparison of the Spanish and Greek civil wars, by
Yannis Varoufakis and Prof. Mary Vincent (up to 28:40)
Thucydides, appraised by Prof. Paul Cartledge (from 28:40)
- who thinks the 'Thucydides Trap' is a misinterpretation.
www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
BBC Audio | Start the Week | Yanis Varoufakis on Greece’s civil war
Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis and historians Paul Cartledge and Mary Vincent.
www.bbc.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Two very good discussions in one show -
comparison of the Spanish and Greek civil wars, by
Yannis Varoufakis and Prof. Mary Vincent (up to 28:40)
Thucydides, appraised by Prof. Paul Cartledge (from 28:40)
- who thinks the 'Thucydides Trap' is a misinterpretation.
www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
comparison of the Spanish and Greek civil wars, by
Yannis Varoufakis and Prof. Mary Vincent (up to 28:40)
Thucydides, appraised by Prof. Paul Cartledge (from 28:40)
- who thinks the 'Thucydides Trap' is a misinterpretation.
www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
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Isn’it great when science confirms what you have always believed? 😉 #philsky #philosophyforeveryone
A popular and very old argument for the value of philosophy claims that studying philosophy cultivates important intellectual abilities and dispositions. But empirical evidence for that claim has been hard to come by. Until now!
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Studying Philosophy Does Make People Better Thinkers | Journal of the American Philosophical Association | Cambridge Core
Studying Philosophy Does Make People Better Thinkers
doi.org
July 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Isn’it great when science confirms what you have always believed? 😉 #philsky #philosophyforeveryone
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Plenty of detail here.
These are the wealthy funders who’ve given Reform £5m
Nigel Farage says his party is a break from the political establishment. That claim doesn’t match up with its donors
www.opendemocracy.net
June 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Plenty of detail here.
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Charles III's political views would probably make him a polite DSA activist in Maine if he was an American
June 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Charles III's political views would probably make him a polite DSA activist in Maine if he was an American
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At bottom of La Rambla in front of what was the Hotel Falcón, the residency for the POUM's international volunteers as Orwell tells us in Homage to Catalonia. Gound floor is now the Andreu Nin public library, named after POUM leader murdered by Stalinist agents in June 1937.
June 9, 2025 at 7:32 AM
At bottom of La Rambla in front of what was the Hotel Falcón, the residency for the POUM's international volunteers as Orwell tells us in Homage to Catalonia. Gound floor is now the Andreu Nin public library, named after POUM leader murdered by Stalinist agents in June 1937.
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In Georgia, there’s no economic resources for a self-sustained dictatorship. Any and all undemocratic rule in Georgia will have to have existential backing from other autocracies such as Russia, China, Iran.
This is why democracy in Georgia is non-negotiable to American and European interests. 1/
This is why democracy in Georgia is non-negotiable to American and European interests. 1/
June 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In Georgia, there’s no economic resources for a self-sustained dictatorship. Any and all undemocratic rule in Georgia will have to have existential backing from other autocracies such as Russia, China, Iran.
This is why democracy in Georgia is non-negotiable to American and European interests. 1/
This is why democracy in Georgia is non-negotiable to American and European interests. 1/
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🔴‘Keir Starmer’s EU Deal Is Far Better Than the Media Is Telling You’
Much more needs to be done to repair the damage of Brexit, but this is a welcome step in the right direction, argues the Director of the Independent Commission on UK-EU Relations
bylinetimes.com/2025/05/20/k...
Much more needs to be done to repair the damage of Brexit, but this is a welcome step in the right direction, argues the Director of the Independent Commission on UK-EU Relations
bylinetimes.com/2025/05/20/k...
'Keir Starmer's EU Deal Is Far Better Than the Media Is Telling You'
Much more needs to be done to repair the damage of Brexit, but this is a welcome step in the right direction, argues the Director of the Independent Commission on UK-EU Relations
bylinetimes.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🔴‘Keir Starmer’s EU Deal Is Far Better Than the Media Is Telling You’
Much more needs to be done to repair the damage of Brexit, but this is a welcome step in the right direction, argues the Director of the Independent Commission on UK-EU Relations
bylinetimes.com/2025/05/20/k...
Much more needs to be done to repair the damage of Brexit, but this is a welcome step in the right direction, argues the Director of the Independent Commission on UK-EU Relations
bylinetimes.com/2025/05/20/k...
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The editorial collective of Mujeres Libres, the anarchist women's organisation, on a terrace somewhere in Barcelona, 1937. Arxiu Fotogràfic de Barcelona.
May 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The editorial collective of Mujeres Libres, the anarchist women's organisation, on a terrace somewhere in Barcelona, 1937. Arxiu Fotogràfic de Barcelona.
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‘Of course Britain could restrict international student numbers. We could halve the number, & make ourselves £10bn poorer every year… For sure, people want lower immigration - but YouGov say they want prosperity even more.’ Clearcut from @timleunig.bsky.social
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May 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
‘Of course Britain could restrict international student numbers. We could halve the number, & make ourselves £10bn poorer every year… For sure, people want lower immigration - but YouGov say they want prosperity even more.’ Clearcut from @timleunig.bsky.social
timleunig.substack.com/p/internatio...
timleunig.substack.com/p/internatio...
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🔴 UK Election Officials Are Not Keeping Any Records of How Many Overseas Donors Are Bankrolling UK Politics
Democracy campaigners are calling for urgent reform of UK electoral laws, as Nigel Farage’s party launches a fundraising drive among voters living in overseas tax havens
Democracy campaigners are calling for urgent reform of UK electoral laws, as Nigel Farage’s party launches a fundraising drive among voters living in overseas tax havens
UK Election Officials Are Not Keeping Any Records of How Many Overseas Donors Are Bankrolling UK Politics
Democracy campaigners are calling for urgent reform of UK electoral laws, as Nigel Farage's party launches a fundraising drive among voters living in overseas tax havens
bylinetimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🔴 UK Election Officials Are Not Keeping Any Records of How Many Overseas Donors Are Bankrolling UK Politics
Democracy campaigners are calling for urgent reform of UK electoral laws, as Nigel Farage’s party launches a fundraising drive among voters living in overseas tax havens
Democracy campaigners are calling for urgent reform of UK electoral laws, as Nigel Farage’s party launches a fundraising drive among voters living in overseas tax havens
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Labour could have made the Youth Mobility scheme a positive. Instead they opposed it and now must frame it as a defeat, despite knowing all the time they'd have to accept something like it. God knows what kind of 4D chess calculation led them to this position.
www.bestforbritain.org/feb_2025_mrp...
www.bestforbritain.org/feb_2025_mrp...
MRP Analysis: A UK-EU Youth Mobility Scheme
We commissioned YouGov to poll almost 15,000 people in Great Britain on whether they support or oppose the UK and EU agreeing to a Youth Mobility Scheme to allow 18-30 year olds to move between and wo...
www.bestforbritain.org
April 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Labour could have made the Youth Mobility scheme a positive. Instead they opposed it and now must frame it as a defeat, despite knowing all the time they'd have to accept something like it. God knows what kind of 4D chess calculation led them to this position.
www.bestforbritain.org/feb_2025_mrp...
www.bestforbritain.org/feb_2025_mrp...
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Front cover of anarchist magazine Tiempos Nuevos, (New Times), 1 April 1937. The magazine was published in Barcelona between 1934 and 1938.
April 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Front cover of anarchist magazine Tiempos Nuevos, (New Times), 1 April 1937. The magazine was published in Barcelona between 1934 and 1938.
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On this day let's remember the women of Barcelona 1936 who began an incipient sexual revolution against reaction but also against attitudes of own males comrades who for all their utopian rhetoric were often as sexist as ever when home, but no surprises as has been so often the case elsewhere too
March 8, 2025 at 8:52 AM
On this day let's remember the women of Barcelona 1936 who began an incipient sexual revolution against reaction but also against attitudes of own males comrades who for all their utopian rhetoric were often as sexist as ever when home, but no surprises as has been so often the case elsewhere too
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Social class/graduate education skew in media + politics contributes to the assymetric lack of discussion of whether Conservatives/Reform should "move to the centre" on workers rights + the economy. TUC polling
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
February 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Social class/graduate education skew in media + politics contributes to the assymetric lack of discussion of whether Conservatives/Reform should "move to the centre" on workers rights + the economy. TUC polling
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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What Francis Fukuyama failed to mention is when you get to the End of History the tape automatically rewinds
January 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
What Francis Fukuyama failed to mention is when you get to the End of History the tape automatically rewinds
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The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
January 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Could the UK government please act quickly to prevent the next election being bought by a foreign investor?
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
Musk ready to bankroll Farage with ‘biggest donation in British political history’
US billionaire endorses Reform UK leader after Mar-a-Lago meeting with party treasurer
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 17, 2024 at 11:59 PM
Could the UK government please act quickly to prevent the next election being bought by a foreign investor?
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...