Steve
@stephenh.bsky.social
Been around the block, retired from education, sort of, not retired from life. Now got time for watercolour painting, riding my bike, and playing blues, though not all at the same time. Been glory hunting with Liverpool since Shankly’s days
The state of this. A lovely day out for Badenoch and Philp, playing dress up and making pronouncements about early release schemes - having left the country with one hundred available men's prison places, after fourteen years in charge. You read that right. One hundred places.
My latest on Substack (free). How one incredibly stupid Excel error broke Britain. russincheshire.substack.com/p/the-spread...
The Spreadsheet That Broke Britain
The absurd error behind austerity, stagnation and the rise of populist rage.
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Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
Reform's Richard Tice investigated by parliamentary standards watchdog www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Shocked? Not really.
Richard Tice investigated by parliamentary standards watchdog
Reform's deputy leader is being investigated about an allegation he failed to declare an interest.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Where were OfSTED in this process? Is safeguarding now negotiable depending on results improving? And of course Mr Bennett gets his quote in, and no one asks him about the major safeguarding issues around his ideas of zero tolerance.
How parents and pupils took on 'cruel', 'authoritarian' schools - and won
Discipline at an academy trust went too far - parents, pupils and former teachers tell BBC Panorama.
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But... surely the UK is a war zone under Sharia law, full of no-go areas run by grooming gangs and nobody can wear a watch or carry a phone in public..?
First saw him play in the flesh 1972/3 season, and thence until he left for Hamburg. He was incredible. One of those special players, who, when he was on the pitch in that red shirt was magical. My condolences to his family. “Liverpools got Keegan in the middle, that's why they’re called supreme”🎵
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w agoA pioneer and a superstar, Kevin Keegan’s achievements were extraordinary
If you're spending time in and around the National Park this weekend, please: 🔥 Do not light barbecues or campfires. 🌊 Waterways can look deceptively calm and shallow at this time of year BUT rivers and lakes can be extremely cold, deep and difficult to get out of.
No longer a joke candidate, Count Binface offers a manifesto that delivers far more for Clacton than Farage ever has.
I've lived in Beijing, and the thing is - they don't have elections.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoNewsmax talking head: "I've lived in Beijing. I can say the elections in Beijing are much better than California and the United States."
Farage wants an American style healthcare. Read the comments from people paying $50 a month for a ventolin inhaler. Then tell me he isn’t for sale.
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 3w agoAOC: This is an inhaler pump. Can you guess what the great innovation was that made it worth preventing this from going generic? It’s this little plastic piece right here. That was a major part of the new patent they filed to extend exclusivity and prevent this life-saving drug from going generic.
“As I write this, I have now been contacted by 12 headteachers who all say the new framework has failed to address concerns around headteacher wellbeing.”
NAHT@naht.org.uk · 3w agoThis harrowing testimony from school leaders about the impact of Ofsted’s revised inspection framework clearly shows it is continuing to cause real harm to the health and well-being of dedicated professionals 👉 https://bit.ly/3R7zdpd Ofsted must listen and act.
So sweet to hear Michael Gove boasting on radio about PPE contracts on his watch. Not corruption or cronyism he said. The loss of £10bn was all down to his total incompetence
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
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Key breakthrough as Hillsborough Law set to clear House of Commons this week
Exclusive: After months of difficult delays, the landmark legislation will return to Parliament this week in a milestone moment on its route to fundamentally changing the way the country operates
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Imagine if all those huge distribution hubs were to use their roof space for this sort of thing. Along with Tesco car parks?(other supermarket car parks are available for such schemes)
Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 4w agoThis is cool. Spurs have applied to install around 3,800 solar panels on the roof of their north London stadium. "The proposed 1.64MW system would give the ground a substantial source of on-site renewable electricity."
Farage says he is not for sale. That might come as a big surprise to people who give him millions of £s for “nothing”
HOPE not hate@hopenothate.org.uk · 4w ago"Do we want leaders that know how to make money?” asked Nigel Farage this week, defending himself from a growing financial scandal. The question we would like to pose is: what sort of money? hopenothate.org.uk/2026/07/09/s...
🔎 From the archive: What Connects Robert Jenrick to the Gambino Crime Family and Putin's Oligarchs? — John Sweeney 🔁 Relevant again: John Sweeney 6 years ago on Jenrick
What Connects Robert Jenrick to the Gambino Crime Family and Putin's Oligarchs?
John Sweeney investigates the Minister's ties, not only to Richard Desmond and his alleged run-in with the New York Mafia, but to a law firm that worked for Vladimir Putin’s favoured oligarchs
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The National Crime Agency have been "unable to identify the original source" of a £1m donation to a Reform fundraising vehicle. The NCA is now "seeking help from a foreign partner" in order to identify it www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Millions of pounds and many, many questions: the untold story of why Reform figures face NCA scrutiny
Exclusive: The details behind the financial transactions that bankers have flagged up to the National Crime Agency
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Just thinking, if Binface wins, Farage would be the first political leader of a minor party to have lost to a Dolphin and a Bin
What does a wealth tax actually look like? We sent Brighty Buoy and his tiny balls to Wimbledon to chat to fans 🎾
Can’t wait for the rest of the world to find out that Nigel Farage made a big “beat me in my backyard” statement only to find that his sole challenger is a man dressed as a bin
Chris Mason: Farage attempts to seize back the agenda after finance row www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Farage’s dealings not the headline from Mason. More about his political theatricals.
Chris Mason: Farage attempts to seize back the agenda after finance row
His aim throughout the forthcoming campaign is to clearly frame this by-election as "the people versus the establishment".
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