Inaugural Lecture by Professor Olwen Purdue on Friday 15 May at 5pm in the Canada Room, Queen's University Belfast:
'The Journeys we Make, the Stories we Tell, and the Spaces In Between'
The Lecture will be from 5pm to 6pm, followed by a drinks reception.
Register here: www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ...
“Bluesky Technical Advisor” is a made-up job title, like “Creative Jedi” or “Strategic Hot Beverage Distribution Manager” or “Parliamentary Leader of Your Party”.
The Canary has had a sort of second coming, largely via covering/sharing videos from the Middle East and from anti-fascist protests in the UK. But it hasn't changed much, has it?
When Pat McFadden can't even muster the energy to defend you, you've got a problem.
Why @why.bsky.team •5mo Entering day four of "no phone because it broke and I can't get to an apple store", AMA • 27 128 Why @why.bsky.team •5mo I left it outside in the sun and when i went to pick it up, it was saying "temperature too high! let phone cool down before using again", and then within a few hours it was gone 0 6 • 28 Why + Follow @why.bsky.team Okay, so full transparency. I did dip it in a pool after it said it was too hot. I was told not to do that before doing so, but my hubris said "nah these things are waterproof" and into the swim it went. I go in the pool when I want to cool down, why can't my phone? 8:56 PM • Sep 27, 2025 26 likes 1 save 26
'Is there anything to be said for another Miliband? Just a small one. Oh god, I love a Miliband'
Why do you think Lord Alli paid for all those fancy glasses? Huh?
Chirs Morris is presumably happy he's no longer doing The Day Today
Telegraph newspaper editorial on Mandelson's appointment in December 2024 versus editorial today
Jonathan Keir
Harker Starmer
🤝
Not having enough questions about
their good friend, the Prince of Darkness
SICARIO is a weird case tbh where I think there's a tension between the screenplay (which thinks Alejandro and Matt are cool guys) and the actual movie as directed by Villenueve (which clearly thinks they are the villains)
Streeting-ism
TRUMP: I WOULD HAVE WON VIETNAM VERY QUICKLY
Over 18 months as PM. Has collapsed Labour's polling share from low 40s in early 2024 to high teens now. Policy agenda remains unclear. Has fired 2 chiefs of staff, 2 cabinet secs, 4 comms directors, head of FO. Poor relationship with Cabinet and MPs. But somehow this is social media... 🤔
Doing his Nye Bevan voice.
Sheridan Smith stars as Sir Olly Robbins
I stress constraints more than most and I am still certain that Starmer's operation has made massive, avoidable errors, and that his position has probably been untenable for some time. They have blown a major opportunity. That is on them, and him, and Labour supporters should not be forgiving.
Does anything about this current situation look 'fixed' to you?
No Charlotte, he knifed his brother, David Miliband. A man who would have led us to the Promise Land. He's always know.
I'm hardly naĂŻve about the way the British state rewards its failures, spivs and malcontents. But it is generally thought of as bad form for instantly fire someone into the Lords and try and get them a senior diplomatic role, especially after a 'remained friends with a sex offender' scandal...
Beginning to think there may be black mould in the walls of No. 10.
The case for Starmer to go in May will be based on appalling local election results. With Mandelson, he and those closest to him have made a series of mistakes, botched responses and shown terrible judgement. All of which becomes more firmly associated with the government the longer this goes on.
You’re saying he should never have been appointed and I agree with you,” Miliband told Sky News. “I steered well clear of Peter Mandelson when I became Labour leader in 2010.” Asked what he thought about Mandelson’s initial appointment, he said: “That it could blow up, that it could go wrong … I had a conversation with David Lammy about it before the appointment, and I said I was worried about it … I think he was worried about it too.” But Miliband said he was not asked directly what his views were of the appointment. “Maybe I wasn’t the person that people would necessarily ask. I think people knew my view on Peter Mandelson,” he added. Miliband said he did not think it was a resigning matter for the prime minister. “No, I don’t think he should. Because I think if every time a prime minister made a mistake they resigned, we would shuttle through prime ministers like nobody’s business.
something deeply relatable at the undisguised tone of I FUCKING TOLD YOU SO pervading these statements
Career civil servant defending the process once again shocks the lobby and No. 10. Somehow.
Would be peak Starmz for this to all unfold in part because no one bothered to check what the process was when they initially said that the vetting process was followed and Mandy lied...
This is locked in now, I think. Starmer going in May might not be enough for a clean slate.
Yeah - can't see anyone currently in a senior Cabinet role being able to shake this.
“It’s clear that AI companies’ initial promise to America — that first it would take their job, and eventually it might kill them — has not inspired a groundswell of public support.”
The Prime Minister who hired a *third generation* senior civil servant to be Cabinet Secretary, then was shocked he was a traditionalist, is now surprised that trying to throw a Permanent Secretary under the bus after firing them doesn't work...