I’m certain that managers who behave like that will be perfectly happy if there is a zero REF return. I hope you can fight and defeat them.

Traitors to their institutions and a blight on the sector. 🤬

Do you know who the bloke next to Penman was? Wearing something colourful round his neck.

*If* Robbins' account is accurate, the civil service did what the civil service is meant to do. The government took the decision to appoint Mandelson well before vetting, and entirely owns the decision. The government is inflicting further damage on the country by trying to offload responsibility.

Christ Martin, I certainly wouldn’t exchange my CLL for your lot. I hope there is a good way out of at least some of that crap.

A hard right coalition with a majority is indeed a realistic prospect.

Nobody who knew Mandelson would have expected him to pass security vetting. Surely, the whole point of sending him to Washington was that being murky would be an advantage in dealing with Trump. In that sense, failing the security vetting would only have confirmed his suitability for the role.

Yes, a hard-boiled warmonger who is copying from scripts prepared by generals. Their message is warfare not welfare.

They will announce that the second coming has in fact occurred. The only thing the Bible got wrong is that Messiah appears in an American fighter jet, not floating in on a cloud.

Donald Trump launches extraordinary attack on Pope Leo calling him ‘weak’ and ‘terrible’ President says US-born pope is ‘not doing a very good job’ and is ‘a very liberal person’ in unprecedented assault on leader of Catholic church

Dump “pontificates” on God.

“When Trump was asked whether he thought God approved of the war, he said: “I do, because God is good – because God is good and God wants to see people taken care of”.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

“We are not slandering, we are describing: you are a genocidal and criminal regime. And you will end up before the International Criminal Court".

Pope says ‘enough of war’ and decries ‘delusion of omnipotence’ at peace vigil Leo’s comments did not directly mention war in Iran but read as his strongest condemnation of the conflict yet

Message from Bob to the ersatz white racist trash ruling the USA.

“Enough of the idolatry of self and money! Enough of the display of power! Enough of war! True strength is shown in serving life”.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

GOOD NEWS! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a UNIVERSAL vaccine known as GLA-3M-052-LS+OVA, that protects against a wide range of respiratory viruses, bacteria AND even allergens. The vaccine is delivered intranasally AND provides broad protection in the lungs for several MONTHS.

The Peachick dictator wannabe has allegedly unfollowed Dump and Netan-shahu.

Looks sad, doesn't it? Aaaaaahhh!

www.instagram.com/p/DLSSuCmIPSs/

American-born Pope Leo may not visit US while Trump is president, report says The Pope will reportedly spend July 4th visiting with African migrants seeking a new life in Europe rather than attending 250th anniversary celebrations in the U.S.

Pope Leo XIV cancels his July visit to Dump-town. One would never choose to build a world with popes in it. But, since we have a pope, let's be grateful it is Bob Prevost and not the cigar-chomping Dumpist cardinal depicted in Conclave.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Pope seems to rebuke Trump in remarks about leaders with ‘hands full of blood’ Pontiff’s unusually pointed comments come after Pete Hegseth’s prayer for violence against enemies ‘who deserve no mercy’

To Blair, Hogsbreath and any other blood-lusting racist Christian from the pope.

“Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood”.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

There’s a massive march, against the far right, going on in London, and it’s not made the headlines of the BBC.

I seem to remember Tommy Robinsons rally being covered quite extensively by them.

Wonder why? 🤔

WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders.

Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.

It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.

That’s it.

Good question - look forward to reading this.

What's the point of conjunctural analysis? - Matthew Thompson, 2026 With conjunctural approaches to urban research fast proliferating, along with the compounding crises they seek to study, now's the time to ask: what's...

New article out: What's the point of conjunctural analysis?

doi.org/10.1177/2754...

Funny how the markets react to every utterance of Donald Trump as if it has some truth value. As if he was not a pathological liar, flooder of zones and walking personality disorder.

Petrol pump receipt showing another 3p on a litre.

This week’s Dump premium. Another 3p on a litre. Could be worse. Around 8% up from pre-war ground zero so far.

Pogacar! Without doubt the greatest win of his career. Looked impossible with 30 km to go. #milansanremo

How is Qatar currently feeling about its $400m Dump bribe? Value for money? ✈️ #airfarce1

Middle East war live: US sending thousands more troops to Middle East Oil steady at about $110 a barrel as Iran resumes missile strikes against Gulf states

The axis of genocide appears to be preparing for another major escalation.

Can they take Kharg Island or will Iran blow it up if they try? Do they expect Iran to open the straits if they do somehow manage to take Kharg Island? Why would Iran do that?

What next?

www.ft.com/content/a2b5...

Yeah, it's a machine. University management is so scripted that it doesn't actually require human beings to run it.

Has anyone written a review of the restructuring going on across UK HE? Trying to understand what is common across institutions: large, team-taught courses, centralised workload models, limited to no research time, promotion directly tied to grant income. How many consultancy firms are pushing this?

Beyond the consolations of professionalism: resisting alienation at the neoliberal university - Lawrence Wishart The British university system is in a deep crisis, born of a two-pronged assault. The crisis is born firstly from decades of neo

All of which is made possible by centralised, authoritarian management structures. That is a common feature of the restructuring because none of the pathologies you mention would be possible without it. This was our contribution a couple of years back.

journals.lwbooks.co.uk/soundings/vo...

Who will rid us of this turbulent beast?