Derek Edwards
@derekedwards.bsky.social
Emeritus professor; language and social interaction; Discursive Psychology; Guitars; Photography; Liverpool FC; Socialism. Probably not in that order.
Where’s the outrage about spoiling holidays, blocking ambulances or people going to funerals or appointments, or working class people struggling to work? Oh - of course - these masked morons aren’t a threat to oil and defence industries. I’m frightened of the direction UK is heading.
Ken Dodd sang this version a long time back: When I was just a little boy I asked my father what will I be. Will I be handsome? Will I be rich? No, you’ll be bald like me.
Sarah Dempster@dempster2000.bsky.social · 4w agoWhen I was just a little girl I asked my mother, what will I be Will I be pretty? Will I be rich? Here's what she said to me: No.
And Keith Richards originally (first album) called himself Keith Richard, after Cliff. Not a lot of people know that. 🙂
Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 4w agoHarry Webb originally called himself Cliff Richards. He only later dropped the s
The bars don’t align with the scale at the bottom. The differences are even larger than they look!
Dr Ian McCormick@wokestudies.bsky.social · 2mo agoLondon's safety stats compared.. .
A Trillion Dollars. For tickets to see my new live show go to JonathanPie.com. youtu.be/PZEH1NxbyCk?...
A Trillion Dollars
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History shows us there are 2 options when faced with a rising far right. 1. Deal with it quickly and decisively. 2. Let it win. The great majority reject it. But it doesn't need majority support: just enough thugs to intimidate everyone else. Weakness and indecision by government let it rise.
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe government must treat this as the emergency it is. Our sovereignty, democracy, and the lives of some of those who live here are threatened by a deadly combination of US billionaires, Russian interests and homegrown fascists. Step 1: Get the money out of politics.🧵 bylinetimes.com/2026/06/10/r...
Dear BBC journalists, you really do not have to 'debate' every far-right talking point that pops up on your X feed. It is not "deeply contentious" to suggest non-white people can't be English. It's racist. The word you're looking for is racist
None of these tax dodging, foreign-based crypto billionaires and moneymen give a single shit about our country or democracy. They’re buying Farage power so he’ll remove our rights and protections to maximise their profits. It really is that simple and that corrupt. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform UK handed another £3million from crypto billionaire as donations soar
Figures from the Electoral Commission show Nigel Farage's party is raising millions more than their political rivals through private donations, including £3million from Christopher Harborne
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If you say "I support Palestine Action", they might put you in jail. If you incite a racist riot, they put you on the news.
Google seems not to realise that I do not use Google search so that Google can tell me things. I use it to get to other, more reliable sources of information. You'd think we'd be starting to chafe at the control big tech companies have over what we see.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 4mo agoGoogle Search as you know it is over "Instead of returning a simple list of links, Google Search will drop users into AI-powered interactive experiences at times."
Presumably he needed security because he was walking around with 5 million quid on him.
Charles Fourier@charlesfourier.bsky.social · 4mo ago
"The octopus on your plate can feel pain, delay gratification, and probably outthink a toddler. Just something to consider before you order."
Love Eating Octopus? You Might Want to Read This First
The octopus on your plate can feel pain, delay gratification, and probably outthink a toddler. Just something to consider before you order.
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Almost all of the questions the Today programme put to Nigel Farage this morning were with a right wing framing. Even the question on his plan to import ICE to the UK was about whether it would cost too much
Interesting reference just now to "the left-leaning Daily Mirror" on the Today Programme. I hope this practice is going to become routine, & that we'll be reminded of the political affiliations of The Daily Telegraph, The Mail, The Sun, The Express & The Times. It would actually be quite healthy.
Here they are: our two top Iran negotiators. No diplomatic experience. In way over their head. Both with massive financial conflicts of interest, their fortunes tied to the Middle East dictators that make them rich. What a disaster.
He's going to wipe out a civilisation but also help the people of Iran. And the regime is completely new and more reasonable but also need to be wiped out. He might as well be dribbling.
You wrote a novel using AI? Cool. It's like that time I ran a marathon using a Ford Focus.
Again, the allegation here has to be left unsaid because the moment you spell it out it makes no sense – to affect the result here the claim needs to be that Gorton and Denton was full of Muslim women who wanted to vote Reform, but were coerced by their husbands into voting Green instead.
David Higham@oldtrotter.bsky.social · 6mo agoSo here's Goodwin's response to the GMP investigation. "I saw it with my own eyes"
Your occasional reminder that X is a disinformation machine run by a very dangerous idiot whose GROK increasingly spreads batshit conspiracy theories... And no sane person or anyone concerned with truth and decency should be on it.
Who does Trump think he is? Al Capone?
Justin Wolfers@justinwolfers.bsky.social · 6mo agoThings are not okay.
McCarthyism is back with a vengeance on both sides of the Atlantic, with major government clampdowns on people challenging official narratives. Yet we hear not a peep from those who get so exercised about students not wanting fascists to speak at universities. Cos that's the real threat, isn't it?
Remember: Donald Trump created this crisis. He walked away from the Iran nuclear deal that was working, promising a "better deal." He didn't deliver. He escalated, abandoned real diplomacy, and has now led us into a conflict that puts us all at risk.
Stefan Collini in 2013: "Future historians ... will at least record that, alongside its many other achievements, the coalition government took the decisive steps in helping to turn some first-rate universities into third-rate companies." #HigherEd #UKHE www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...
Stefan Collini · Sold Out: The Costs of University Privatisation
Future historians will record that, alongside its many other achievements, the coalition government took the decisive...
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