Things going really great in France a year before the presidential election. Chanting 'Marine in power, Arabs at the slaughterhouse' has become rather popular. It doesn't seem to have led to significant outrage from mainstream politicians or media, though

The number of EU and US citizens I know who, like me, have become British post-Brexit shows that anxiety over a rollback of rights for people who've legally lived here for years has been real for some time

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📣 People are understandably up in the arms about this (it is horrible). But just want to wave a hand out there 👋 as we're going through the same thing in Humanities at Northumbria (1 out of 5 staff need to go by end of July). 1/?

Solidarity with colleagues at Exeter University, another institution needlessly damaging itself

Delighted to be in one of the few places (Nîmes) where temperatures are below the forecast. Strange (though not complaining) for Nîmes to be one of the 'coolest' places in France. It's typically one of the hottest

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

'Frexit' may be a thing of the past, but euroscepricism is alive and well in France

Here's a good corrective for all those who look at the EU with rose-tinted glasses: today the Commission is receiving Taliban officials to discuss how EU countries can deport Afghans back to their country

What an end to a political career that has been so influential in Northern Ireland

For those who get triggered by a 30-mph speed limit, please enjoy this 20-kph limit in my French village (Yes, pedestrians should also walk at under 20-kph speed)

It seems a good day to remind people that in the UK 3 times as many people work in Indian restaurants or for McDonalds as in the whole coal and steel industry. 5 times as many are academic staff at universities. If Labour does not understand its electorate, there is no way to appeal to it.

“MPs become dehumanised, not fully-fledged people with interests and personalities and small children, but mere cyphers for the ideas they represent. Cyphers at which it is acceptable to hurl abuse. To threaten. To shoot with a hunting rifle or stab in the chest” www.newstatesman.com/comment/2026...

NEW Pivotal report published this morning - 'Improving the institutions: suggested reforms to the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive' Read the report here www.pivotalpolicy.org/assets/files...

Thousands have turned out for an Anti-Racism rally in Belfast city centre, organised by United Against Racism and supported by Trade Unions

Coming soon... Keep an eye out for a new Pivotal research report coming on Monday - "Improving the institutions: Suggested reforms to the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive"

"The data proves that there is no such thing as anti-white 'two-tier' policing in Britain. If 'two-tier' policing is a thing, a quarter-century of research shows that black and brown communities are overwhelmingly on the receiving end of it." ✍️ @nafeez.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/06/09/h...

Yes, it really would have been great if the guys attacking innocent minority Belfast residents had had guns, wouldn't it? Nothing bad has ever happened with guns in Belfast before, so how can we tell?

Possibly 2 to 5 jobs going at UoL. I'm going to throw me name in for Comparative and British (and anything else required). Great seeing Liverpool growing again. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRW437/l...

Feeling very seen here

Buses and trains are stopping in the afternoon, thugs are asking businesses to close at 11am, Queen's University pretty much closing down its campus today and tomorrow. We're being held hostage by these racists. This is unacceptable

More racist demonstrations are planned for this afternoon in Belfast. Let's show them that they don't represent this city at the Rally against hate this Saturday, 1pm Belfast City hall

Anaka do amazing work - support if you can. Support people and groups impacted by racist attacks chuffed.org/project/1854...

*Statement in regard to recent racist protests in Northern Ireland* We are shocked and appalled at the racist carnage that took place in pockets of Belfast last night, as well as in other towns and cities across Northern Ireland.

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Despicable behaviour last night in Belfast. You'd think a place used to communal conflict would refrain from collective punishment of a community based on the actions of an individual, but here we are

This is clear prima facie evidence of different "tiers" or standards of policing across the UK. It means that there has been significantly less risk in Northern Ireland of facing consequences when take part in mob-based violence, targeting police or even arson vs migrant/minority homes businesses

A grim night in Belfast tonight BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr... Protesters set fire to bus as disorder flares in Belfast after knife attack - follow live - BBC News

Absolutely crucial piece of research on misinformation in local news on Facebook, X and Nextdoor by @smfthinktank.bsky.social Full report is here (www.smf.co.uk/publications...) but these are some key findings:

A new National Rally mayor in the south of France has cut subsidies to Family planning. How predictable. The far right will always be against women's right to choose

It's not wholly unprecedented for institutions to refuse to accept "partial performance" and withhold all pay from staff who take part in a marking boycott. But I don't think I've heard one suggest that they might also withhold pay from non-striking staff who don't take on extra work.

No, TNT guy, I'm not rooting for Zverev because of 'his history'. It's because of his history that I'm rooting against him in every game he plays

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It's bleakly funny in its own way that Keir Starmer and Morgan McSweeney took such an avoidable and predictable risk in order to appoint someone who (correctly) had the measure of their limitations and did not agree with their project:

We're hiring a Lecturer in Irish politics. Deadline 8th June. Come and join us in Belfast! hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

The ‘Critical Enough?’ Gender and Sexuality PGR conference is at Queen’s University Belfast on 12 June 2026. Six panels, a keynote from Dr Mary McAuliffe, and a plenary workshop from Prof Dina Zoe Belluigi. Attendance is free and open to all! Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1977719171...

A quarter of those arrested for the racist disorder in Belfast in August 2024 have since been reported to the police for domestic abuse. “The myth that violence against women and girls is increasing because of immigration is completely unfounded and does not reflect the experience of Women’s Aid"

Tony Blair on my radio doing full AI Silicon Valley boosterism Unrelatedly…. Tony Blair’s personal think tank has had or been pledged $350 million from Oracle boss Larry Ellison democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...

May 2026 has been a month of endless humiliations for Putin. This is what the Kremlin does to try to cover up for it: engage in terrorism. A 🧵about Putin's nightmare month. bsky.app/profile/savc...

"This academic monoculture stifles heterodox viewpoints on disputed questions such as the safety of vaccines, the square root of four, and the earth’s topology."

Today, Meloni remembers Giorgio Almirante on the anniversary of his death. He was leader of far right party MSI (precursor to Fratelli d'Italia) & is greatly admired by Meloni. Under Mussolini he edited the periodical "La difesa della razza" aimed at spreading antisemitic sentiment [Thread] >> 1

Just saw @petefrasermusic.bsky.social talking about how on trans rights he is sometimes told to “listen to women”. He has QTs disabled (I do too!), but I wanted to add in the spirit of his post that one of the fundamental problems with the anti-trans POV is that cis women are not a homogeneous group

The new EHRC guidance is a joke. It defines the protected category of sex by biology and then relies on enforcement based on appearance. The GRC has effectively been nullified. It's involuntary disclosure carries criminal penalties but then requires Anyone having a GRC to constantly out themselves.

“A rapidly expanding network of organisations campaigning against trans rights is shaping media coverage and political debate across the UK, while trans people are increasingly excluded from reporting about their own lives.” Powerful conservative groups orchestrate much of our transphobic politics.

🔴EXCLUSIVE🔴 Analysis of Reform, far right and Reform supporting X accounts by me & @fullerproject.org found a 40% increase in mentions of abortion over 4 years, with language becoming more extreme, and accounts sharing US-influenced disinformation www.opendemocracy.net/aabortion-re...

Really seems like you should look into any regulatory body that fucked up on this scale before they do it agan to make themselves feel better