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@mikehodgkiss.bsky.social

Former deputy headteacher & editor of @Teachtalks. Currently enjoying retirement; dog walking, painting, ancestry research, Suffolk big skies & learning the ukulele.

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And her β€œapology” was not an apology but a re enforcement of her quite clearly racist viewpoint. How will the wider media view it? How will #Farage react?

26.10.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Very grateful for any shares on this to get the word out. Thanks! πŸ™πŸ»β¬‡οΈ

22.10.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜I have it in my blood and brain … I still haven’t been able to shake this nightmare off.’ How voices from a forgotten archive of Nazi horrors are reshaping perceptions of the Holocaust The RavensbrΓΌck archive reveals how being a survivor of the camps did not always entail innocence.

Never forget. Never again.

23.10.2025 06:09 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Is this the kind of role we want technology & #AI to have in our schools?
@suecowley.bsky.social

17.10.2025 06:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
β€˜Don’t Mention the Children’ | A poem for the children of Gaza, by Michael Rosen
YouTube video by SaveTheChildren β€˜Don’t Mention the Children’ | A poem for the children of Gaza, by Michael Rosen

this is so incredibly powerful. thank you, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social et al. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tENn...

12.10.2025 03:20 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Or perhaps we should have been checking β€˜stuff’ more closely before & AI has emphasised the need to (as all good historians do)…..know your sources.

14.10.2025 07:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As Jo Grady, the UCU general secretary, said:

β€œThis is an economically illiterate policy; no country has ever grown by slashing university places. Nonsensical ideas such as this come as no surprise from the party that crashed the economy…”

08.10.2025 07:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And at night in #Thatchertheatre …….. well, you know what happens…..

07.10.2025 07:41 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ofsted’s framework might actually increase risks to school leader safety - SecEd Ofsted’s failure to listen to school leader concerns when revising inspection framework could increase wellbeing risks

The new #Ofsted inspection framework is flawed, poses clear risks to the wellbeing of school leaders & #teachers & will not offer parents reliable assessments of schools, says Paul Whiteman – @naht.org.uk – in his @seced.bsky.social blog: buff.ly/tQ5TPH9 #schools #edusky

30.09.2025 05:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nigel Farage swans around peddling hate on Nick Ferrari’s phone-in | John Crace From immigrants eating the king’s waterfowl to sharia law in London, it’s all there in our Nige’s relativist world

Nigel Farage swans around peddling hate on Nick Ferrari’s phone-in | John Crace

25.09.2025 05:33 β€” πŸ‘ 131    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 11

It is indeed increasingly annoying and unbalanced the way in which the BBC report on immigration and on Farage/ReformUK. It is also what they do not report on.

25.09.2025 06:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Paracetamol use during pregnancy not linked to autism, our study of 2.5 million children shows Our research provides strong evidence against the concerning claims made recently by US president Donald Trump.

From the original Swedish researchers.

25.09.2025 05:51 β€” πŸ‘ 380    πŸ” 197    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 13

People listened to Hopkins’ words even though what he was saying was really wild & without proper facts, I think this feels very resonant right now. We are again in a moment in time in which people are willing to follow powerful and so called charismatic leaders, regardless of the costs.

24.09.2025 10:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In the 1645 Essex witch trials, led by men like Mathew Hopkins, women were branded as ungodly if they took herbal remedies to ease pregnancy & childbirth. Justice Alito, in striking down Roe vs Wade, quoted the judge in those trials, Sir Matthew Hale; his words later echoed in Salem.

24.09.2025 10:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

he could have stopped after the first 4 words…..
#Farage #Trump

24.09.2025 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reform’s immigration plan falls apart on hard contact with evidence, economics and any form of engaged brain. Never be afraid to stand up for this country and its decency and future by giving them short shrift.

23.09.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 320    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 6

Thank you for your contribution to this programme and highlighting(again) the appalling waste of money and how a few lined their pockets from exploiting others’ misery.
Where oh where is the accountability?

23.09.2025 07:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for your contribution to this programme and highlighting(again) the appalling waste of money and how a few lined their pockets from exploiting others’ misery.
Where oh where is the accountability?

23.09.2025 07:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for highlighting this but why is there so little accountability? Why was it aired so late? Why so little coverage elsewhere in the media? Such a disgrace.

23.09.2025 07:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why has this received so little coverage? Where is the accountability? Well done ITV for showing it but why not at peak time? @chrischirp.bsky.social @paulbrand.bsky.social @profaliceroberts.bsky.social @samfr.bsky.social @maitlis.bsky.social #PPE

23.09.2025 07:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAs we’re seeing in the US it’s messy and often unpopular but can still lead to very significant change through sheer brute force” Is this the β€˜he got the trains to run on time’ syndrome? That way danger lies. @samfr.bsky.social @suecowley.bsky.social @mrjamesob.bsky.social

20.09.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What do the immigration figures for the UK really show? Official figures indicate net migration is falling, yet concern among Britons is close to the highest it has been since polling began in 1974

despite media focus on small boats and asylum seekers, these only make up a tiny % of those coming to the UK – less than 5% www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
#immigration #smallboats @suecowley.bsky.social @profaliceroberts.bsky.social @chrischirp.bsky.social @morsecat.bsky.social

14.09.2025 07:31 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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What do the immigration figures for the UK really show? Official figures indicate net migration is falling, yet concern among Britons is close to the highest it has been since polling began in 1974

despite media focus on small boats and asylum seekers, these only make up a tiny % of those coming to the UK – less than 5% www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
#immigration #smallboats @suecowley.bsky.social @profaliceroberts.bsky.social @chrischirp.bsky.social @morsecat.bsky.social

14.09.2025 07:31 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Time for it to go not for it to change (a bit) #ofsted
@suecowley.bsky.social

09.09.2025 07:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you vote Reform you will be voting against women’s equality, for more harassment in the workplace and beyond (as if there isn’t enough)

Remember 41% of the Farage Foot Soldiers arrested in last summer’s disgraceful riots had already been REPORTED FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE

07.09.2025 08:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1607    πŸ” 610    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 13

β€œβ€¦.when you dig down into their policies the public are going to be absolutely horrified by what comes out of their mouths.”
Unfortunately @maitlis.bsky.social not enough are horrified because much of the media normalise their stance on health, immigration & more…

09.09.2025 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bridget Phillipson is right to focus on the plight of the white working class But real change will only come with proper policies that look at creating structural change to ensure all in education believe they can succeed, says Vic Goddard

Really positive article from our own @vicgoddard.bsky.social here:

www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

05.09.2025 06:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

β€˜That’s not just numbers on a sheet; that’s a young person walking into a college interview with doors already closed. That’s a parent/carer who doesn’t know how to help because they didn’t get those chances either. That’s a community that starts to believe education isn’t for them’
Spot on.

05.09.2025 06:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can’t get enough of this. @raskin.house.gov rubbing Nigel Farage’s nose in his self-confessed love of Putin as he’s forced to sit & watch is delicious beyond words

03.09.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1487    πŸ” 434    πŸ’¬ 76    πŸ“Œ 24
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Voting for Brexit, stopping the small boats – none of it will ever appease those who wage war on immigration | Nesrine Malik The facts and the numbers are irrelevant: Donald Trump and Nigel Farage just find new excuses and increase the toxicity, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Voting for Brexit, stopping the small boats – none of it will ever appease those who wage war on immigration | Nesrine Malik

01.09.2025 06:02 β€” πŸ‘ 511    πŸ” 174    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 16

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