@norfolkfran.bsky.social @hecticteacher.bsky.social @thesociologyguy.bsky.social @browneken.bsky.social Some updated teaching notes on Conservative Education Policies 2015-2024 earlhamsociologypages.uk/education-po...

My analysis here not only explains why the CPS numbers are wrong - but estimates that if they'd got their own arithmetic right, they would have concluded that migrants are a large long-term fiscal *benefit*. (3/3) docs.google.com/document/d/e...

I'll have more to say on Reform's proposals to scrap ILR at some point but for now I'll just note this - anyone telling you this is a popular idea doesn't know the polling. Overwhelming majority of public back giving people who work and pay taxes most or all rights after 5 years or less

Donald Trump and the Deep State spartacus-educational.com/spartacus-bl... @edpodesta.bsky.social @apf102.bsky.social @gemmamh.bsky.social‬ @terryhaydn.bsky.social @arthurjchapman.bsky.social @counsellc.bsky.social @renskejanssen.bsky.social @kennyfrederick.bsky.social @gavinholden.bsky.social

Can Keir survive? Inside the plot to bring down the prime minister

Via the following link you will find further links to mass media coverage of the resignation of Angela Rayner and the subsequent Cabinet reshuffle. There are also links to information on most of the Cabinet resignations of the past 5-10 years. earlhamsociologypages.uk/imrandccr/

NEW POST: An early look at pupils who did not achieve the basics last year Based on data from 1,500 secondary schools, we take an early look at the pupils who did not achieve a standard pass in English and maths GCSE. vist.ly/45fpc

1/ In my Gove thread I showed how reform managed inequality rather than solved it. Here’s why “social mobility” itself is the bigger fiction. Another thread.

Never mind the flag bans, where are the policies? Assessing 100 days of Reform-led councils

UK govt handed £895bn of QE to banks. It bought bonds/gilts, now selling them at a loss. It also pays interest on banks' central reserves. Costs the public purse £22bn a year and is avoidable. Profits at big four banks doubled since the pandemic. Windfall tax could raise £8bn. Tax the banks.

61% of local govt money is spent on social care. Social care privatized since the 1980s, mainly controlled by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%, leaves little for other services. Poorest areas hardest hit. Fund it from general taxation. www.local.gov.uk/about/campai...

This is just getting ridiculous. Nothing that has happened (or is reported below the headline to have happened) this weekend remotely justifies talk of an explosion or mass protests. The media are confecting a crisis, and, in some sections of it, hoping to provoke one. 1/3

alright what's the dumbest thing we can get 500 people to go outside and protest about in the next few weeks, think there's a point we have to make here I'm thinking "bring forward the full release of Hades 2" but I'm open to ideas

Social mobility in Britain is low 👎 The majority of the public feel that this country is unfair and unequal. And our research shows that chances of success are heavily shaped by socio-economic background. But lots can be done to change this ⬇️

"Turning the issue of “broken Britain” into one of immigration deflects from the real problems facing the working class and the poor, obscures the real causes, and lets off the hook those who are responsible for breaking Britain." @kenanmalik.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

Calls for a "huge nationwide wave" of protests in last 48 hours saw about 300 people attend one locally-organised protest in Nuneaton (serious charges in local case) + 19 protests range from 6 peoole (Wolverhampton) with about four more reaching 100-200 people (Altrincham,Canary Wharf) Total < 2000

I’d love to see @rosatkins.bsky.social explore this topic for BBC viewers/listeners/readers.

“While they are united in emotion, potential Reform UK voters are fractured both in terms of their demographics and on the key issues that impact their families and the country.” Important study and findings by @bestforbritain.org 👇 www.bestforbritain.org/decoding-pop...

WILL THE DAM BURST? Graham Scambler Free at: www.grahamscambler.com/wp-content/u...

It’s more than two months now since the government was defeated in the Court of Appeal in its attempt to curb our right to protest. It should now be reviewing all arrests made under these unlawful powers @libertyhq.bsky.social youtu.be/vbQxagbctoc?...

I have tried here to make more widely accessible my recent theoretical writings on the state of British society in the 21st century. www.grahamscambler.com/wp-content/u...

@norfolkfran.bsky.social @hecticteacher.bsky.social @thesociologyguy.bsky.social @browneken.bsky.social Latest [July 31st 2025] edition of these data explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statist...

Perceptions of social impacts of immigration: 2022 & 2012 compared - Attitudes warmed: NHS flipped to positive: (partly pandemic effect of salience of workforce > patient pressure). - Housing is a genuine pressure. - Crime more a public perception, which politics/media investing in stoking

The State of Us: the Belong + British Future state of the nation report on cohesion and community www.britishfuture.org/state-of-us-...

@norfolkfran.bsky.social @hecticteacher.bsky.social @thesociologyguy.bsky.social @browneken.bsky.social Quite a lot of useful information and links in this item on boys and education researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CD...

Fourcast podcast in full bsky.app/profile/sund...

Free speech update. Local schoolchildren made a banner saying "Epping welcomes all except racists". The Homeland Party [their Norfolk organiser] says his members have taken and burnt it, sharing the image of burning the anti-racist message on social media, to emphasise their commitment to racism.

Skegness, one of your absolute finest people right here. Buy her a drink whenever you see her.

The richest 1% emit 100x the greenhouse gas emissions of those in the world’s bottom 50%, notes @profkepickett.bsky.social. “Inequalities of income, wealth and political power sit at the heart of the environmental crisis” @equalitytrust.bsky.social #LSEInequalitiesBlog 🔗

There are highly polarised views of people crossing the Channel to claim asylum. A fifth of people are very sympathetic to those doing so, but a fifth of people have no sympathy at all for them. Half the public are in between, so that there is a split overall.

Will interest Selcuk Gultasl and @populismstudies.bsky.social to whom I recently gave an interview and who are interested in these issues at a European level.

Again and again, we are shocked by the treatment of learning-disabled people. Yet we never learn from the past | John Harris

@easysociology.bsky.social I wonder if you have time to look at the bits of this article which cover Embourgeoisement and compare it with your own work on this topic , earlhamsociologypages.uk/the-boundary...

@norfolkfran.bsky.social @hecticteacher.bsky.social @thesociologyguy.bsky.social @browneken.bsky.social #SOCED Some teaching notes on the New Right and Education. [Could do with a summary!] earlhamsociologypages.uk/new-right-pe...

@norfolkfran.bsky.social @hecticteacher.bsky.social @thesociologyguy.bsky.social @browneken.bsky.social #SOCSD The Equality Trust Very useful website for students of Social Stratification and Differentiation equalitytrust.org.uk/focus-areas/

Inequality's corrosive effects reach into every aspect of life. New data from 'The Spirit Level' authors Profs. Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson shows inequality's impact on climate, society, and health. Read now 👇

'Reflecting on the values that underpinned his work for the OU, he told an oral history interviewer: “In a democratic society if you want to share power, you have to share knowledge and you have to share the knowledge of science.”' www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

NEW: The rise of STEAM revisited We investigate trends in students choosing a combination of STEM and arts subjects at A-Level. vist.ly/3n8yx3f

Brilliant to see DfE announcing 1000 Best Start Family Hubs today. We've called for new Family Hubs for years, to reverse over a decade of cuts to family support services. Evidence shows they benefit long-term child development, particularly for disadvantaged children. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Spectacular outbreak of sleaze in Reform means it loses another 25 % of its MPs No reason forBBC and Sky to stop over-platforming Farage and Tice though www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

I’ve written a lot about Labour strategy this year. With the first anniversary here, seemed a good time to pull it all together. Seven reasons Labour are in a hole, and six things Starmer could do about it. It starts with him and his dislike of ideology in politics. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

NEW: The educational outcomes of disadvantaged White pupils We look at how attainment at KS4, persistent absence, suspensions and permanent exclusions for disadvantaged White pupils compare to those of other groups. ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2025/07/the-...

A year of Labour: How has the Starmer government fared in its first year? Follow our series, where our experts offer their view on how the past 12 months have gone for Keir Starmer and his government👇 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/labour-starm...