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Rob Spence

@spencro.bsky.social

Former Eng Lit academic. Ford Madox Ford, Wyndham Lewis, Penelope Fitzgerald, Robert Nye, but mainly Anthony Burgess, a fellow Mancunian. robspence.org.uk shinynewbooks.co.uk victorcrabbe on Insta Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/rob611

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Rob Spence@spencro.bsky.social · 4h ago

Covent Garden incident is obviously horrific, and the BBC is right to give it extensive coverage. But can someone tell me what purpose is served by these snippets? Random people with no knowledge of the incident, who didn't witness it, and have no idea what happened?

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Rob Spence@spencro.bsky.social · 4d ago

One aspect of the GM mayoral election I’m not seeing covered: 4000+ 1st pref ballots rejected because 2 x’s in the 1st column; 12000+ 2nd pref rejected because no mark in 2nd column. A lot of people who couldn’t manage to put an x in one column and an x in another for a different candidate.

Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social · last wk.

£18.5 billion - the cost of free social care for everyone paid through taxation £30-50 billion - annual lost tax revenue from reduced trade with the EU because of Brexit Rejoin the EU to fund social care 🇪🇺🇬🇧 😃

Kate Watson@loreandordure.com · last wk.

"Why do kids need to write essays now that LLMs can write essays?" Because if the LLM writes the essay, NO FUCKER HAS LEARNED A FUCKING THING FROM THE PROCESS.

Rob Spence@spencro.bsky.social · 2w ago

The new Prime Minister is writing a "10-year plan" for the UK. The arts & culture MUST be part of it. I've signed @campaignforthearts.org's petition urging @andyburnham.bsky.social to revitalise the arts – to revitalise the whole nation 🌱 Join me: www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/10-year-plan/

Prime Minister – put the arts in your 10-year plan for the UK | Campaign for the Arts

Sign our petition urging the UK Government to build a country where the arts are available from childhood, accessible to all and thriving everywhere.

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Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · last mo.

‘We urge the Government to prioritise this issue. Should this situation continue unchecked, the damage to the health of higher education, research and innovation will be profound and have long-lasting consequences.’ www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/stateme...

British Academy President: UK higher education crisis risks irreversible damage

As course closures, shrinking provision and widening regional inequalities threaten the future of UK higher education and research, President of the British Academy, Susan J Smith calls for an immedia...

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James F Ford@jamiefford.bsky.social · last mo.

I thought we had seen the last of spite and cruelty when Patel, Braverman and Jenrick were gone. Labour need to pull these asylum gimmicks that are just playing to the right, who'll never vote for them, while ostracising others who would. Whoever is advising this strategy needs to go.

Leo Hickman@leohickman.carbonbrief.org · last mo.

Letter in today's Times by climate scientist Sir Brian Hoskins: "The discourse around net-zero is increasingly decoupled from…science and our changing weather. "Net-zero is not an arbitrary slogan, rather it is dictated by the laws of physics."

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Abbey@abbeyarletto.bsky.social · last mo.

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

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