'Are your chances of leading the country diminishing?' PM: 'No, no, no' Keir Starmer says he doesn't want to talk about 'internal politics of the Labour party' as questions over his leadership ramp up

Our members have been voting all week. Get your ballots in as soon as you can. #SaveHE #WeAreTheUniversity

Published yesterday with The Sociological Review: 'Research failure, crip temporalities and bipolar time in UK higher education' I'm honoured to be co-author of this article with wonderful first author @lizziereed.bsky.social ☺️ Available to read here, open access: doi.org/10.1177/0038...

I think this is dismissive - many people have curiosity removed from them through childhood - leaving school believing science , poetry, art - are not things they are allowed to be part of and terrified that if they try to engage they will be admonished for not understanding things the “right” way

Our members have voted to support industrial action to fight against job cuts passed today! In the ballot our 72% of members were in favour of strike action, and 90% in favour of action short of strike. Turnout was 58%. Thank you to all members, reps and officials for helping us get the vote out.

Visit our website, and read about our strong opposition to the recently rejected University Recovery Plan: a plan created by the short-term team in charge at University of Dundee. sites.dundee.ac.uk/ducu/ #SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni

#books are awesome.

Starmer’s Labour government says there’s no money to scrap the two-child benefit cap and lift 500,000 children out of poverty — but there is £2,000,000,000 for Elbit, Israel’s partner in genocide. This obscene deal must be stopped. They have Palestinian blood on their hands.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Spineless Starmer shows once again his unlimited capacity to make an unprincipled principled stand. Why is recognising Palestine not an aim in itself?

📢 Palestine Fringe at @tolpuddlefest.bsky.social 🗓 Saturday 19 July 3:30-4:30pm 📍Main Fringe Tent End the genocide. Stop arming Israel. Trade union leaders and activists will be speaking out. Don’t miss it. #Tolpuddle2025 #FreePalestine

They mean to be as insulting to Black people, as dismissive of our lives, as resistance to our status as full citizens in this country as they can be. There is no common ground to be had at the expense of our sisters & daughters’ lives and our dignity as a people. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...

Sen. Whitehouse explains why Dems walked out of Emil Bove hearing

SCOOP: As Trump takes a beating from his own MAGA crowd for his handling of the case of Jeffrey Epstein, his State Department pulled a surprising move: It decimated its office combating human trafficking. “Everyone was caught off guard,” an insider told @pemalevy.bsky.social

The gleeful doxing of someone cheating in public is bad even if they are a CEO and even if they are a Coldplay fan. It's bad because this kind of thing is happening to random people on TikTok for such crimes as "sitting silently on a plane" or "being attractive" www.404media.co/the-astronom...

The White House's war on disabled Americans continues, going above and beyond Project 2025—now with attacks on a popular hiring program no one even lobbied against.

There are huge barriers to creating new parties of the left, but it just might be possible, argues Neal Lawson

This displaced and starving Palestinian woman sheltering at Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital says she hasn’t eaten in five days, as Israel continues its suffocating blockade on Gaza.

Wow!

What an arse!

At midnight, Palestine Action will be proscribed under the Terrorism Act. Their real “crime”? Exposing the UK’s role in arming Israel’s genocide. This is a dark day for our democracy. Criminalising non-violent resistance won’t silence the truth. We are all Palestine Action 🇵🇸

Parliament in a nutshell: Yesterday MPs, including Yvette Cooper, celebrated the suffragette legacy of civil disobedience that won women the right to vote.. Only to then vote to designate non-violent direct action group Palestine Action as terrorists. Westminster is broken.

A very personal reflection on how the financial crisis at the University of Dundee is affecting PhD students. Reduced teaching opportunities, financial difficulty and the cutting off of a route to employment. Thank you Taylor for writing this.

And this is terrible for what reason?

If you want peace prepare to blow the shit out of innocent civilians. Disgusting

I don't know a single disabled person Medicaid who thinks they'll be spared from the effects of Medicaid cuts. Disabled people on Medicaid are really scared.

More evidence of the murderous intent of the Israeli state. How much more does the international community need? What is your line in the sand #KeirStarmer #bloodyhands

“Americans deserve to know if Big Oil paid for these Republicans in Congress to carve out tax breaks just for them.” Democratic lawmakers led by Sen. Warren are pressing two energy companies about their efforts to “win a $1.1 billion tax loophole” in Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill.

“The government’s concessions would still leave thousands in distress” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"An Israeli military statement said dozens of Israelis set fire to property, and military and police forces were dispatched to the scene after receiving a report of ensuing violence that included an exchange of stone-throwing."

Another despicable cowardly attack by a regime in its last desperate stages www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Voters overwhelmingly back tax on wealthy to protect public services A poll commissioned by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), found the public support tax increases on the wealthy and big businesses by a margin of almost two to one - 58% to 28% www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

@drjogrady.bsky.social perfectly dismantles Reform’s anti-migrant rhetoric on Politics Hub “This is relentless, non fact-checked dehumanisation” Blaming migrants won’t fix the NHS, housing, or cost of living. Great write-up from @leftfootforward.bsky.social leftfootforward.org/2025/06/ucu-...

The University of Dundee is currently trying to make 100% of female research Professors in the School of Science and Engineering redundant. 100% OF FEMALE RESEARCH PROFESSORS! Only one female professor (teaching and scholarship) from that School will remain working on our UK campuses.

This will probably come as no surprise to anyone but.. leftfootforward.org/2025/05/poll...

"We’re in tough times, but it’s our wins and successes that give us the grit to continue when employers double down on us" UCU President Maxine Looby @mybool.bsky.social‬ opening Congress 2025. From local victories to national breakthroughs this union keeps showing up and fighting back. #UCU2025

This will probably come as no surprise to anyone but.. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

We submit this as evidence as why a deal has not yet been struck to save the University of Dundee. www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

“These are the actions of the worst type of rogue employer.” @drjogrady.bsky.social The University of Greenwich wants to axe up to 319 staff, a quarter of its workforce. Students lose. Staff lose. Only the VC wins (pay up from £299k → £374k). #UCU #Stopthecuts www.ucu.org.uk/article/1401...