Polanski talks up teacher pay rises, scaling back exams and fighting far right - taxing the rich to pay for it all.

Fair play from the Mail.

I said what I said.

@teachertapp.bsky.social Do you have data for staff wanting to be a HT over time? 80% of replies not wanting to be a HT says a lot - is that figure getting higher?

He is definitely further alienating me. What a disgraceful way to react to losing. I obviously expected Reform to react pathetically to losing but this is just as bad. 😡

Nadhim Zahawi thinks London is now unsafe, because the other day a tired-looking man walked past him during the morning rush hour.

I find it wild that if you’re verbally abusive to a police officer or a nurse you can be prosecuted, but we are saying that when it happens to teachers it’s not even appropriate to send a child home.

This thread is better thought through than my rant at work this morning. Agree with every word 👇

Reform is basically a suburban petrol station's DVD bin of Tory politicians.

Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.

Oh do fuck off. Maybe people in ‘careers they should do for the love of it’ are fed up with the piss being taken for years and years and just want to be paid fairly.

Tory governments spent £325m on free schools that failed or disappeared More than £10bn was committed to building new schools between 2014-15 and 2023-24, compared with £6.8bn for rebuilding existing schools Conservative governments spent £325m creating 67 free schools that subsequently failed or disappeared, many through lack of demand, according to data revealed by a freedom of information request. The figures from the Department for Education (DfE) show that the government committed more than £10bn to building new schools between 2014-15 and 2023-24, compared with £6.8bn for rebuilding existing schools, which critics say left England with a backlog of crumbling and decaying buildings. Continue reading...

Tory governments spent £325m on free schools that failed or disappeared

This is fake AI generated shit, right? Right?….

This absolute mess has got to be sorted and quickly. It’s not just BCP - it’s a national disaster.

British.

The horse is acting on behalf of all teachers…

Can’t wait for this!

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SHAUN OF THE DEAD was released 21 years ago this week. Acclaimed as one of the great British comedies and the first part in Edgar Wright’s Cornetto Trilogy, the behind-the-scenes story is a slice of Fried Gold…

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The Extreme Weather Report, April 10, 2025: This is your weather on fossil fuels.
#extremeweather #weathersky #wx #news

After the recent Dorset fires, I am campaigning to ban disposable BBQs.
Sign my petition to show your support.
Link here – tinyurl.com/vikkibbqban -

Hampshire, BCP and Dorset all on this list. This mess needs to be sorted NOW

I may have mentioned this once or twice before #gulls

Morning all, 79,000 signatures down, 21,000 to go!

We've got six weeks left to get this petition to ban driven grouse shooting - a sport that has pushed hen harriers and golden eagles to the brink of extinction in these islands - over the line.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

All this happened in the last two weeks! The #ExtremeWeather Report | March 20 YouTube video by Yellow Dot Studios

The Extreme Weather Report, March 20, 2025:
This is your weather on fossil fuels.

Well played Malta

Trump tariffs: Elon Musk's Tesla raises concern over retaliation risk The electric carmaker’s warning about tariffs comes despite its boss's key position in the Trump administration.

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Add parental behaviour (amongst other things) to the list of reasons

This suggests it’s starting to get to them. How sad. #teslatakedown

The crazy activists over at [checks notes] the UK's body of insurance actuaries just said that continuing fossil fuels could kill half the economy by 2070, and half the humans in [checks notes again] 25 years.

The light is yellow. But going to red is a choice.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Enjoy your day of walking the Somerset Levels! UTCIAD 🍒

I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni