I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance". It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder". The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.

Our friends in Denmark should know we stand shoulder to shoulder with them. Greenland is not for sale, invasion or questioning and neither is NATO. This world needs more alliances, not more aggression, to keep it safe and democratic.

France reiterates its support of Denmark and Greenland sovereignty after renewed Trump threats reut.rs/3Nt6F77

Steve Rosenberg (@bbcstever.bsky.social) is worth the BBC licence fee On. His. Own.

One of the side projects I've been involved in over the last few years is the Centre for Education Systems - doing big comparative reviews of 14 systems around the world. We've now published our first three reports on curriculum, accountability and SEND. www.ces.partners/copy-of-latest

This is an amazing breakthrough which could literally change the world for better.

I have listened to @richardhawley.bsky.social a LOT this year - on Deezer, vinyl, CD and best of all, live in York Museum Gardens. Legend!

📝 Despite its outward affluence, York suffers a wide equality gap between its richest and poorest. @ruthlucas_ spoke to people behind a poverty proofing project aimed at closing gaps for the city's pupils schoolsweek.co.uk/auditing-aus...

It was an honour to attend this fantastic celebration of trustees across York. For me personally, it marked 25 years as a trustee of five different charities. I went with the wonderful Catherine Brophy, a long-standing and treasured trustee of @ypsyork.bsky.social

You mean like my Aunty Katherine? Who was actually my dad's cousin? I suppose at least she was related to us, unlike Aunty Doris and Aunty Rene, who were simply our next door neighbours.

Watch this powerful film from AdviceUK. It shows the positive impact advice services can have on lives around the country and is part of Advice Saves, a national campaign highlighting the life-changing impact of the advice services we support everyday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=03NU... #AdviceSaves

Anyone who thinks promoting a vicious racist conspiracist like Robinson is good for Jews has lost any grip on reality

As Tories vow to scrap ‘failed targets’, how do their climate claims stack up?

To everyone in Britain's Jewish community: you are not alone. We will not let hate or those who spread it win. We stand with you. #YomKippur

There seems to be some *confusion* among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them “But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes” “But, but he was in UKIP” “But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy” So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵 1/14

It was a poignant surprise to open the BBC News website and see a photo of my late wife, Jeanette, and our daughter Kat. This follows news of a potential breakthrough in the treatment of #HuntingtonsDisease. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Who could possibly have imagined that running down the supply of affordable housing like this would increase homelessness and insecurity, add £billions to the social security budget, deny opportunities to the young….

New paper. Recording the female experience of UK archaeology 1990-2010. Anne Teather and I document how an industry EDI agenda evolved in the 1990s and was dismantled, uncovering the ramifications of that for women archaeologists over the next decade. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #openaccess✅

My wife had Huntington's Disease. She was diagnosed in 1996 and died in 2009. For everyone affected by HD, this is a special day. BBC News - Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration on.ft.com/46p3BPl

Last week the Express ran with the following front page. So obviously I had to take a look! Is it true? How does it compare to other professions? Because anyone familiar with British RW media discourse knows they reserve a special venom for civil servants…🤷🏼‍♀️ 🧵 1/25 (1/1)

Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican' Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping. Here, he tells us his story.

Asylum-seeking is a global phenomenon, with 8.4M AS in 2024 of whom 110K sought AS in the UK & 32K are currently housed in over 200 hotels dispersed around the country. There are issues about that, including for ASs themselves, but the attempt to turn it into a national crisis is a disgrace. 2/3

Laufey's new album, A Matter of Time, is a contender for my album of the year - and that's after listening to it just once.

Farage is content with allowing people to be murdered and tortured. I'm not on that side and never will be.

You've GOT to be kidding me! The Conservatives - who oversaw every single thing on this list - are trying to claim that only the Conservatives would "stop the madness" - that they created...? So incredulity aside, what about the list itself? Let's go Debunking! 1/34

This isn’t a hard one. Right to Buy massively benefited one generation of tenants (and good luck to them) but at the expense of subsequent generations of people in housing need. And the consequential homelessness costs are destroying the finances of local councils to this day.

Nick Gibb thought he could boost modern foreign languages through accountability measures (especially EBacc). It didn't work. GCSE take-up increased only slightly and post-16 progression remained rock bottom. This new report recommends alternative qualification pathways - a good start.

There is a new Chotiner interview that really underscores what is unique about Israel's genocide in Gaza: it would be very easy for the world to stop it if only a few countries wanted to.

I was dumbstruck when I heard that the entire Healthwatch network is to be abolished. Do Ministers have *any idea* about the excellent work done by organisations like Healthwatch York? Healthwatch York to close after government announcement | York Press share.google/PV0er1vGjpka...

Richard Hawley was fantastic! Museum Gardens, York

The Press has done a great interview with Richard Hawley ahead of Saturday's gig in Museum Gardens, York. We're ever so slightly smug that Richard name checked the Yorkshire Philosophical Society! www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2528418...

There's a summer special offer on our substack this week. 25% off for a whole year. It's the most popular politics substack in the UK, with 75,000 subscribers, and is recommended by 450 other writers. Take a look: samf.substack.com/p/special-su...

This is one of the best articles I've read about unpaid carers and the way they are disregarded by many health and care professionals. It echoes the experiences I had caring for my wife. I tried to do something about it: I joined the boards of my primary care trust and a carers' charity. (1)

I’m very clear that if the government moves ahead with cuts to universal credit health element, as well as personal independence payment, disabled people are not only going to suffer but be pushed into poverty. That’s not what a Labour government is for. Full story @bigissue.com 👇

Today in the House of Commons, I asked the Leader of the House to go back and urge her Cabinet to withdraw the UC&PIP Bill. #York #PullTheBill #PIP

Every now and then I read something which reminds me of the truly appalling loss of my wife, Jeanette, when she was only 54 years old. All the lost years of happiness, achievement and joy: gone, just like that. #HuntingtonsDisease

I couldn't back off the zoom fast enough because I was trying to photograph dragonflies at the time when a literal dragon zoomed by me😅 Close encounters of the heron-kind @everyheron.bsky.social #birds #Ontario #Canada Sony 𝛂7r5 800iso|300mm|f6.3|1/1250s

Beauty in the smallest things.

This is excellent! Careers education in primary schools is about opening eyes and minds to a world of possibilities. Congratulations to James Hughes and the whole E-ACT team.

Not true. I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵

This is a great article by Holly on her experience as a young adult carer. Many education institutions do lots to help carers like Holly. But for too many young carers are hidden. National policy doesn't always help, e.g. you can get Carer's Allowance if you do a vocational qual but not T levels.

It feels very self-indulgent to repost this. @jessjanehill.bsky.social has done a very kind write up & the very best with the raw materials available! It's great to work with a fab team & a sector in which our collective defining mission is working so everyone has a fair chance in life.

This might sound like a techy point, but isn't. There's £1bn less skills funding in England than in 2010. The Government are spending an increasing chunk of what's left on those qualified to A level or degree equivalent. Rather than the 9m adults with low literacy or numeracy. New Govt must change.