Peter Gates
@petergates.bsky.social
Mathematics education, educational researcher, into social justice, equity, social research methodology,quant & qual. Now genealogical researcher. Socialist. Narrowboat owner. Father #EduSky. #Genealogy. See https://petergates3.com/family-history-stories/
Research shouldn’t be stuck in journals and books. My latest funded project, Tappy Math(s), explores how we can take high-quality mathematics education research and turn it into practical, engaging resources for families and educators. Resources coming soon! #ResearchImpact #KnowledgeMobilisation
Yesterday I repeatedly said I was the most attacked MP in the UK. Which is true if you don't count the two who were killed, or those attacked with a sword or who had their offices set on fire and if you only count 'attacks' with milkshakes or eggs.
Let’s not fudge why Starmer is in this mess. Yes, he didn’t have political instinct. Yes, the public is much less patient and more critical. But Starmer was also - to use his own phase - morally bankrupt on key issues of the day, from Gaza, disability benefits, to immigration.
Fuhrage’s stormtroopers were out again I see. If you haven’t read the history of the rise of the Nazi party now would be a good time. Last time millions died. It’s happening again.
Meet the real Robert Makerfield Reform’s star candidate against Andy Burnham before he scrubbed his X & FB a/cs 🥴
Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼♂️😉@paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 3mo agoFarage’s vetting of Candidates is second to none, as seems there is none..👇🏼 Reform candidate in Makerfield by-election wrote about Asian men ‘assaulting white people en masse’ & ‘an invasion of foreign criminals’ on his X account Metro reveals And ‘friends’ with a British neo-fascist activist 🤷🏼♂️
Can reporters stop using the word deal? It’s an agreement, a settlement, a treaty, an understanding, an MOU etc. Using the word deal is accepting his simple-minded TV game-show framing and contributes to the bogus drama he is trying to create.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "Antisemitism and Jewish safety is not some abstract concept for me. In fact, in the last 6 weeks alone 2 people have been arrested in relation to antisemitic actions towards me and yesterday the Times newspaper published a vile antisemitic cartoon.."
‘This is just disarray’: alarm inside Pentagon after Hegseth staff purges
‘This is just disarray’: alarm inside Pentagon after Hegseth staff purges
Insiders portray defense secretary as increasingly isolated after officers with impeccable reputations forced out
theguardian.com
It was an old friend of his. Doesn't sound like an antisemitic terrorist attack to me, more like someone with severe mental health problems (though they're only white, aren't they?) Unless his friend was trying to stop him committing the antisemitic attack?
Starmer and Mahmood rightly raise concern about the attack on the two Jewish men, but why are they silent over the attack on the Muslim man a coupe of hours earlier? Is this really the integrity Labour voters hoped for after 14 years of Conservative chaos? As it looks to be more of the same
“Farage rarely turns up to do his actual job. Yet he finds time to jet off around the world on his donor’s private plane and trouser half a million quid while families struggle. Reform are not on your side. They’re just in it for themselves” It’s so obvious, it hurts. www.desmog.com/2026/04/18/n...
Nigel Farage Has Personally Accepted £675,000 from Foreign Sources
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has accepted more than half a million pounds from foreign companies, governments, and donors while serving as an MP, DeSmog can reveal. Since July 2024, when he was elect...
desmog.com
It started with City Academoes - and finishes up with Alcatraz
Natalie Bennett@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 4mo ago"It's more of a dictatorship to the children, rather than listening to the children's views." Any wonder we have a youth mental health crisis? And so many pupils staying away? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Anyone else get this rubbish in the post yesterday? These grifters will charge you £5 to attend a “special public meeting” to hear Farage lie about how he didn’t break Britain. Same thing happening in Leeds on Tuesday. This flyer contains no mention of his greatest achievement: Brexit. Funny that.
youtu.be/m70Y4SVUMS8 As Ed Davey has said to US cable TV, ‘At least our politicians can wear their own shoes…’
Trump's Favorite Shoes - Florsheim Shoes
YouTube video by Mr. Newberger's AI Funnies
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In this week's Book Club episode, Erin Welsh sat down with Dr Steven Mithen to talk about how the heck we can even talk to each other! In his latest book, The Language Puzzle, he details the evolution of language, from the earliest sounds and gestures to the multitude of languages we use today.
Spain has banned the USA from using its military bases. THIS is what everyone should have done.
Every time Nigel Farage's parties have lost an election he has blamed it on "cheating" by ethnic minorities and every time he receives huge amounts of media attention for doing so. The only problem? No evidence of cheating is ever found bylinetimes.com/2026/03/02/n...
Nigel Farage's Long History of Crying ‘Fraud’ Whenever His Party Loses Elections
The Reform UK leader has a long record of blaming his own party's election defeats on "cheating" by ethnic minorities, yet no evidence of it can ever be found
bylinetimes.com
The Epstein survivors make it very clear that they have not exonerated Trump, despite the GOP’s bogus claims. There is no amount of GOP spin that will make this go away and we won’t let it. Keep talking about it. DJT is guilty. He is a serial sexual predator and he needs to be held accountable.
I’m not an expert but this seems suggestive of either an anxiety disorder or internalised prejudice/expectation bias …what it definitely isn’t is evidence of London being unsafe
Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social · 6mo agoNadhim Zahawi thinks London is now unsafe, because the other day a tired-looking man walked past him during the morning rush hour.
Good morning, Jim Ratcliffe. Two things: one, pay your taxes; two, kiss my ass: www.politico.eu/article/manc... #jimratcliffe #manchesterunited
Manchester United owner praises Farage during anti-migration diatribe
Prime Minister Keir Starmer criticized businessman Jim Ratcliffe’s claims that Britain has been “colonized by immigrants.”
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If Jim Ratcliffe paid his taxes Marcus Rashford wouldn’t have to feed hungry children.
It makes you wonder whether the whole ‘war on woke’ over the last few years was waged just so that men like Ratcliffe could be disgustingly racist again without any accountability. PM tells Sir Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK 'colonised by immigrants' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
PM tells Sir Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK 'colonised by immigrants'
Sir Keir Starmer said comments by the businessman and Manchester United co-owner were
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Lots of not too unsubtle hints from Burnham at his Resolution Foundation speech today...."recent events have drawn a heavy line under a political culture that was too close to wealth and power, and too distant from the people we’re talking about today.”
I bet David Attenborough, Bill Bailey and Hamsa Yassim are not in the Epstein files.
Two regular hexagons inside a rectangle. What fraction of the rectangle is shaded? I found this #geometrypuzzle in my sketchbook - I drew it last June, but I’m pretty sure I never got round to posting it. Better late than never!
It would be quite ironic if Mandelson was responsible for bringing down a labour PM who wasn’t Jeremy Corbyn
