Keir Starmer: Don't back down over war with Iran I just signed the campaign calling on Keir Starmer to never back down over the war with Iran

I just signed the petition to Keir Starmer demanding he stands firm against Trump’s pressures to pull us into another war in the middle east. Will you add your name? act.38degrees.org.uk/act/Keir-Sta...

End the sewage pollution scandal We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...

‘Did you watch Dirty Business? […] They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today’: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...

Looking forward to seeing this new opera:

Die Zeit hat recht: ‚Die Welt braucht Schönheit und Protest, mehr denn je.‘

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Saturday 21st March 10:30am Nature and Environment Writing with Karen Lloyd.

Our 2nd workshop of Litfest '26 will be a session on Nature & Environment Writing with Karen Lloyd on 21st Mar at 10:30am!

In this time of crisis, consider ways that writers can engage in storytelling that places the rights of nature centre stage.

Apply (£15): litfest.org/workshop...

The Indisputable Maths of Migration How Demography, Not Dinghies, Will Decide Britain’s Future

Jim Radcliffe pissed me off, so I wrote this about the inconvenient truth of migration.

tl:dr - no, just fucking read it. Some basic mathematics - you know, COUNTING THINGS - might make you reconsider, you stupid twats.

(I'm not trying to make friends)

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#investigatefarage

Wonderful German gardens & wonderful German words on BBC 1’s Monty Don’s Rhineland Gardens. I do like a nice ‘Schrebergarten’. #ShoutoutforGerman @uk.diplo.de @daad-uk-ireland.bsky.social

Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Poster advertising the workshop

For #ShoutOutForGerman week (organised by @uk.diplo.de, @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social & @daad-uk-ireland.bsky.social), I will be delivering an online workshop on myths about German on 22 January, aimed primarily at Key Stage 4-5 language learners.
To sign up: bit.ly/3Nwif1i
#German #languages #MFL

Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...

The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up. Will you add your name to the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...

Trump vs The BBC YouTube video by Jonathan Pie

Trump vs The BBC.
Love or loathe the BBC, recent events have put the UK's journalistic sovereignty in peril.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCMn...

It's the German Studies Association conference @thegsa.bsky.social!

Come visit us at our booth, and remember to use code GSA25 for 35% off ALL #GermanStudies titles until 16th Oct 2025: bit.ly/46iWObl

#theGSA2025

Delighted to see my Art of Resistance out in paperback with @berghahnbooks.bsky.social The cultural analysis is still so relevant, Austria not an exceptional case. The Far Right and the cultural protest it engenders is now geographically wide-reaching.

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Cardiff University job cuts as 400 roles go and courses axed – live Staff say they are in shock as nursing, modern languages, and music are among degrees being axed with 400 jobs academic jobs at risk

Shocking news from Cardiff, with proposals to cut 400 jobs and courses in ancient history, modern languages and translation, music, nursing, and theology. Solidarity with all colleagues there as they contest these shortsighted plans. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...

Hello! If you oppose NHS privatisation please could you repost this and follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) ⭐️💙

I used to, too (not that I wouldn’t now; it’s just that I don’t teach any more)

Surely ok if they’re pro EU, no?