That's a much better approach. Mine was nothing like it. Interrogation first, then anxious wait, then announcement that it was a pass but with majors. The conversation about how to improve it was massively helpful, and did actually improve the thesis massively. But it was a horrible experience.
If we wake up on Friday to a by-election result like this, and particularly if a Labour-Green split means Reform win, then you'd wonder if the PR supporters within Labour might start wondering very hard about pushing for electoral reform in this parliament.
A reminder, one day ahead of a by-election in which the Greens are favourites to defeat Reform, that the Daily Mail owner's wife recently donated £50,000 to Nigel Farage's party
Well, congratulations Dr Jonny! Great to hear. Straight pass, or corrections (I had major corrections, which took me all of last summer!)
Train tix bought for Gorton & Denton tomorrow to help @greenpartyhan.bsky.social get out the Green vote on election day & beat the fash, while also showing the country that we no longer have to hold our noses & "Vote Labour to stop Tories/Reform" (which is pretty much been all they've had for years)
Balls. Thanks for the correction.
I love the smell of right wing panic, in the morning.
This innocuous cartoon from a now defunct newspaper decades ago was formative in shaping my online interactions. As a result, I never really bother arguing or engaging with trolls or abuse. Just let it go.
As a complete techno-incompetent, I'm actually quite proud of how this has turned out!
Just going to leave this here
'Hey, not quite made up your mind about whether I'm an absolute whopper or not? Hold my coat - '
Been out Green/antifascist campaigning in Gorton & Denton today. Delivering a bunch of rounds of this leaflet in the constant Manchester drizzle. Been a shift and a half!
Our whole political system is broken. We need to do things differently:
abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/abolish-we... by me
An all-to-brief introduction to ecofeminist thought and analysis within the Green movement.
This is my probably wild 1st attempt at developing an applied political ecology framework to UK politics, finding its expression in Green politics and providing a much needed challenge to destructive neoliberal assumptions.
open.substack.com/pub/greenisl...
This is my probably wild 1st attempt at developing an applied political ecology framework to UK politics, finding its expression in Green politics and providing a much needed challenge to destructive neoliberal assumptions.
It's out! My first @green-isles post proper.
People think that Green politics is just woolly liberalism, doing nice things and recycling. But it shows how the many crises we are battling today are many faces of one assault on our communities across the UK.
open.substack.com/pub/greenisl...
greenisles.substack.com/p/connecting...
greenisles.substack.com
A thing that I'm doing. The application of Green politics, ecosocialism and political ecology in the UK 💚
Would appreciate a follow 😁
A thing that I'm doing. The application of political ecology and Green politics in the UK. Would appreciate a follow 💚
More than $8 million from Mike Bloomberg.
$3 million from Airbnb's co-founder.
$3 million from the Estée Lauder family.
$2 million from Bill Ackman.
$1 million from DoorDash.
$200K from Walmart's heiress.
Zohran didn't just beat Andrew Cuomo. He beat the elite.
There it is. They can't take it away from me now! Doctor of Philosophy in Geography 😁.
As a cis adult man, this is one of the few events that legitimately changes how I can present myself to the world, and how the world sees me (should I choose) - the change from Mr. to Dr.
Dr. Matt!
Hope?
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Deliberately alienating left & liberal voters who will now happily vote Green/LD/Corbyn, chasing Reform voters who are just going to vote Tory/Reform regardless of how inhumane Labour positions itself on immigration, McSweeney must go down as one of the worst political strategists in recent history.
This arrived today 😁. Even up to this moment there's this lurking voice in the back of my mind that the uni will eventually catch up with me and realise that this idiot has been blagging it all along, and there's no way his shoddy thesis is phd-worthy.
But they can't take it back now!!
Last Thursday, after years of steady decline, Tinks finally succumbed. She just became too ill. After 19 years together we're devastated. It's true that that decision you need to make at the end is the terrible price you have to pay for decades of love & company. So long, Tinks. You were best.
If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.
Corbyn's Labour policies were largely popular across the board, but voters who are historically wary of Lab wouldn't go anywhere near him. Greens have no such baggage, so opportunities to show how our current politics is damaging us all, regardless of socioeconomics, could be fertile ground.