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Richard Toye

@richardtoye.bsky.social

Historian. Exeter/Zürich. Author of Age of Hope: Labour, 1945, and the Birth of Modern Britain. Co-host of Churchill: The Finest Half Hour (on Spotify, Apple, & YouTube).

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University of Exeter News@uniofexeternews.bsky.social · yesterday

"The history of British democracy is also the history of the losers, loners and long-shots whose campaigns reveal what voters find funny, what they find unacceptable, and what they are, in the end, prepared to take seriously" - @richardtoye.bsky.social theconversation.com/count-binfac...

Count Binface: why Britain’s ‘joke’ election candidates deserve to be taken seriously

Satirical candidates are part of a longstanding tradition in British politics.

theconversation.com

Dan Kaszeta FRHistS@dankaszeta.bsky.social · 2d ago

Don't people get sent to prison for this sort of thing? Why is Farage's fiancier so immune to punishment for these felonies?

Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 2d ago

"[Byline] revealed that Cottrell entered corporate finance under a false Swiss identity, hired by the same City network that produced Reform UK’s own treasurer, Mehrtash A’zami. "Byline Times has since confirmed that this identity was stolen from a real person – Cottrell’s old school friend."

Dr Laura Sangha@lsangha.bsky.social · 2w ago

Things are so bad I joined WhatsApp (still don't have a smartphone though, no). In amongst the serious stuff in our 'at risk' chat are some Very Lovely Things. For instance, my colleague who works on the Italian Renaissance shared this photo of the Archivio di Stato di Roma, where she currently is:

A photo taken through an archway at the State Archives of Italy. All around are magnificent old buildings with a clear blue sky above.
The Wiener Holocaust Library@wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Happening next week! Don't miss a fascinating free evening talk about the experience of Nazi slave labourers on the Channel Islands Tickets available here: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/exhibi...

Exhibition Talk - A Proximity to Violence: What Channel Islands’ labourers experienced in Alderney, by Gilly Carr - The Wiener Holocaust Library

Join us for a special presentation by Dr Gilly Carr highlighting aspects of our newest exhibition Nazi Slave Labour: Perpetrators and Victims.

wienerholocaustlibrary.org

The Wiener Holocaust Library@wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The 8,000 slave labourers who passed through Alderney during the course of the war were witnesses to much of what was happening on the island while it was in the hands of German forces. Find out more about their experiences at an evening talk by Prof Gilly Carr

Dan Sohege@danielsohege.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Sorry but this is just flat out racism. One of the main things which Refugee Week activities do is break down barriers in communities to help reduce tensions, that's good for everyone. Cancelling funding for Refugee Week doesn't "put British people first" in any way. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

St Helens Council withdraws Refugee Week funding

Locally-funded events will still go ahead after the council withdraws government allocated cash.

bbc.co.uk

Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respectable Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations And Religions” - George Washington, 1783 “You have been turned down by Milli Vanilli” - America, 2026

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Milli Vanilli singer Jodie Rocco told AP that neither she, her sister Linda Rocco nor any of the other group members had been asked to come “My sister and I were shocked to see our name, ‘Milli Vanilli’, as one of the performers,” Jodie Rocco said