Megan Povey

Dundee shows what’s happening across the UK: chaos, cuts and compulsory redundancies.

Staff have been out all week because they refuse to see their institution gutted.

Vote YES. We are the university. We fight for it.

‘In today’s media landscape, legal threats are no longer a prelude to a courtroom battle, they are a powerful tool of communication and leverage in their own right.’

Trump’s $1bn BBC threat isn’t about the law — it’s political theatre Opting for Florida’s courts as the battlefield, not the UK, is key to understanding the entire gambit

on.ft.com/48crPOS Trump’s $1bn BBC threat isn’t about the law — it’s political theatre

Starmer and Reeves ditch plan to increase income tax rates in the Budget Chancellor explores alternative ways to raise revenue to fill fiscal hole estimated at up to £30bn

What a shock on.ft.com/49oxd2F Starmer and Reeves ditch plan to increase income tax rates in the Budget

Jeffrey Epstein’s network: ‘Life among the lucrative and louche’ New documents reveal fresh details about the sex offender’s powerful connections

on.ft.com/49RjtgS Jeffrey Epstein’s network: ‘Life among the lucrative and louche’

Donald Trump fights for control of Maga movement as Jeffrey Epstein emails widen schism Newly published messages from late sex offender become latest flashpoint in intraparty rift

on.ft.com/4qV9vRK Donald Trump fights for control of Maga movement as Jeffrey Epstein emails widen schism

‘“Did I mention that Trump’s not perfect?” Steve Bannon, his former political strategist, said on his War Room podcast on Wednesday. “He’s an imperfect instrument, but one infused by divine providence. If you didn’t have him . . . you wouldn’t have anything.”’

Confinement as a warning shot to an ill Kagarlitsky Boris Kagarlitsky is serving a five-year sentence while suffering from high blood pressure. “Stop speaking out or even worse can happen to you” November 12, 2025 Media Statement from th…

Confinement as a warning to an ill Boris Kagarlitsky againstthecurrent.org/confinement-...

Gotta give my friend @edwardluce.bsky.social credit: He published this column in the @financialtimes.com in the wee hours this morning in London, and it's now almost lunchtime in Washington and it has already aged like a bottle of 1869 Château Lafite Rothschild.

“We were absolutely gobsmacked.”

48 courses axed, music, languages, mental health care, childcare.
No consultation. No vision.

This is why we’re voting YES, to stop the destruction of our universities.
#WeAreTheUniversity #VoteYES
@uonucu.bsky.social

Sheesh
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Alex Callinicos: Mamdani must deliver to stop far right rise Mamdani proves the far right doesn't own the future, but from the pressures of Wall Street to the White House, his success is uncertain.

My latest column, on Mamdani’s victory. socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

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The right have just carried out a successful hit on the BBC, forcing a Tory Director-General to resign. Expect even more positive coverage of Reform.

Lancaster University staff to start industrial action over job cuts The university is looking to save £30m amid rising costs and a fall in international student numbers.

Solidarity to all colleagues at Lancaster university right now.

“The destructive programme of cuts at all while directing money to vanity projects abroad is completely unacceptable.” @drjogrady.bsky.social

We must come together. Vote YES.

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Trump’s Maga coalition fractures over far-right interview Heritage Foundation in turmoil after head defends airing of exchange with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes

on.ft.com/3Xi6LAa Trump’s Maga coalition fractures over far-right interview

Thomas Piketty : « En votant contre la taxe Zucman, le RN s’est clairement affirmé comme le parti des milliardaires » CHRONIQUE. Le parti de Marine Le Pen s’affiche désormais clairement comme un parti de droite, sur tous les plans, à la fois nationaliste, antimigrants, extractiviste et hypercapitaliste, souligne l’éc...

… capitalist, in the same way as Donald Trump's Republicans.’ www.lemonde.fr/la-chronique...

Thomas Piketty: ‘By rushing to the aid of the ultra-rich, when it had previously abstained [on a proposed wealth tax], the RN has clearly established itself as the party of billionaires, as a right-wing party on all levels, simultaneously nationalist, anti-immigrant, extractivist and hyper-… 1/

James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double helix, dies aged 97 US biochemist was responsible with the UK’s Francis Crick for 20th century’s most important biological discovery

on.ft.com/4hXmbUg James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double helix, dies aged 97

This weekend be sure to get your vote in, chat to a colleague about getting their vote in! Together we can change the future of higher education! #wearetheuniversity

We need everyone to come together and support Leicester!

If you can't make it down on the 12th please like and share this post and send your support!

Trump Weighs Options, and Risks, for Attacks on Venezuela

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‘Bond investors globally still look back in horror on what is widely known as the “Liz Truss moment” and no sane politician would want to repeat it. The long shadow of that bruising episode acts as a major constraint on what governments everywhere are willing to risk with … 1/

Staff at Dundee University are taking action again next week to defend jobs and resist compulsory redundancies.

A year after the university’s financial crisis, uncertainty still hangs over hundreds of staff.

Solidarity with Dundee UCU members fighting for fairness and job security. ✊

So @nytimes.com Mamdani did get the 50% you demanded.

Bond markets are winning the Budget stand-off Gilts investors have long suspected that Labour would abandon its manifesto promises

on.ft.com/43NcG3R Bond markets are winning the Budget stand-off

Dick Cheney passing on the same day as a Muslim socialist wins NYC is definitely evidence of a higher power.

Funny how 'left leaning'and 'left-wing'
individuals are often added as monikers to those interviewed by the @BBC - but there are no 'right leaning'or 'right-wing' labels attributed to, eg Richard Tice of Reform.