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Former senior police officer, lecturer and business consultant. Bracknell Constituency Labour Party Chair and councillor. Doctorate in criminal justice. Commentator on policing and criminal justice. Carer, anti racist and Oxford United fan. #FRSA

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Race, violence in the US, and digital (news) discourse: a corpus-based critical discourse analysis of Jordan Neely’s racialization Abstract. Foregrounding the methodological and epistemological stakes for critical race-informed discourse analysis in the US (and elsewhere), I use corpus

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01.11.2025 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...

78% are murdered by a partner/ex

Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this

Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety

In fact, they voted against them...

31.10.2025 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 5402    πŸ” 1876    πŸ’¬ 188    πŸ“Œ 53
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Elon Musk’s latest tweets prove it’s time for the UK government to take action against him Elon Musk's latest posts inciting violence in the UK should serve as the final evidence needed for the government to take action against him.

Elon Musk’s latest tweets inciting violence in the UK should serve as the final evidence needed for the government to take action against the billionaire

www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/elon...

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A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to private messages, and published people's personal information for profit. Time and again, parts of the UK press have shown that they can't be trusted. It’s no wonder our press is the least trusted in Europe. They mark their own homework, so they never have to answer for the lies they spread...

Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

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Most British young men reject the far right - UK in a changing Europe Emilia Belknap and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte explain their analysis on the demographics of Reform UK voters in the UK. They argue that while the dominant narrative is that young men are the most likely ...

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31.10.2025 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I despair too, I see the far right wing ReformUK being helped by far right wing media outlets and the ReformUK supporting saps out there believe it all.
None of the far right news outlets have told them Reform won't fund their NHS on Tax money though.

31.10.2025 09:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Matt Goodwin is rapidly becoming a caricature of himself. His shouty rants on #bbcqt last night did him
no favours. From being a World expert on populism, he’s now one of its keenest exponents.

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Well said Lisa Nandy!

Reform have no real answers to anything.

They just create fear, distrust and chaos!

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Letting agency used by Reeves apologises, saying it's to blame for rental licence error
The lettings agency involved in Rachel Reeves’ rental arrangements said it had apologised to her for an β€œoversight” that led to a failure to obtain a licence.

Gareth Martin, owner of Harvey Wheeler, said:

We alert all our clients to the need for a licence. In an effort to be helpful our previous property manager offered to apply for a licence on these clients’ behalf, as shown in the correspondence. That property manager suddenly resigned on the Friday before the tenancy began on the following Monday.

Unfortunately, the lack of application was not picked up by us as we do not normally apply for licences on behalf of our clients; the onus is on them to apply. We have apologised to the owners for this oversight.

At the time the tenancy began, all the relevant certificates were in place and if the licence had been applied for, we have no doubt it would have been granted.

Our clients would have been under the impression that a licence had been applied for. Although it is not our responsibility to apply, we did offer to help with this.

We deeply regret the issue caused to our clients as they would have been under the impression that a licence had been applied for.

Letting agency used by Reeves apologises, saying it's to blame for rental licence error The lettings agency involved in Rachel Reeves’ rental arrangements said it had apologised to her for an β€œoversight” that led to a failure to obtain a licence. Gareth Martin, owner of Harvey Wheeler, said: We alert all our clients to the need for a licence. In an effort to be helpful our previous property manager offered to apply for a licence on these clients’ behalf, as shown in the correspondence. That property manager suddenly resigned on the Friday before the tenancy began on the following Monday. Unfortunately, the lack of application was not picked up by us as we do not normally apply for licences on behalf of our clients; the onus is on them to apply. We have apologised to the owners for this oversight. At the time the tenancy began, all the relevant certificates were in place and if the licence had been applied for, we have no doubt it would have been granted. Our clients would have been under the impression that a licence had been applied for. Although it is not our responsibility to apply, we did offer to help with this. We deeply regret the issue caused to our clients as they would have been under the impression that a licence had been applied for.

Oh, look at this - the letting agents apologise for NOT applying for the rental license & say Rachel Reeves would have been under the impression the license HAD been applied for.

Can we have the apologies now from everyone who have been absolutely obnoxious today in their handling of the story?

30.10.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 314    πŸ” 107    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 7

Matthew Goodwin was once a respected academic, whose specialism was the rise of populism. His membership of, and passionate support for Reform, demonstrates his use of populism in the worst sense.

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King Charles III strips Prince Andrew of his titles and evicts him from the Royal Lodge Buckingham Palace said the king's brother will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and not as a prince, and he will move from his Royal Lodge residence into "private accommodation."

Following revelations about Jeffrey Epstein, King Charles III is stripping his brother Prince Andrew of his remaining titles and evicting him from his royal residence and into "private accommodation." www.npr.org/2025/10/30/g...

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Even nice Shelagh Fogurty was at it this afternoon. She was followed by Tom Swarbrick, who was even worse I just despair.

30.10.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Witch hunt for Reeves, while Fracking Farage is forgotten about.
BBC cheerleading for Reform yet again.

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Made herself look stupid AGAIN!

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I’m no fan of Reeves or Starmer but I find the energy going into this really annoying. Why doesn’t the news media do its job and concentrate on serious issues?

30.10.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Women's Team Manager | Oxford United Football Club

Oxford United Football Club are looking for a Manager to lead and ensure the overall success of the Women's Team.

Applications close at 5:00pm on Thursday 13 November.

Find out more below πŸ”—
www.oufc.co.uk/vacancies-ox...

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Andrew stripped of Prince title and will move out of Royal Lodge He will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor - Buckingham Palace says

BREAKING: Prince Andrew is to lose his "prince" title and leave his Windsor mansion, Royal Lodge

Buckingham Palace says the King "has today initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honours of Prince Andrew"

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...

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The mainstream media seem to be going all out to discredit Rachel Reeves, despite evidence to the contrary. Even β€˜respectable’ journalists are leaping on the bandwagon because it boosts their ratings. Meanwhile, the Tory leader has made herself look stupid.

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Prunella Scales: Friend of Labour leaders and a high-profile campaigner After Tony Blair's landslide 1997 election victory, Scales and her husband Timothy West were part of a group of A-list supporters that became known as "luvvies for Labour".

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29.10.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#DouglasAlexander in sparkling g form on #PoliticsLive. Combative, articulate and confident. πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

29.10.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A strong and impressive performance from #KeirStarmer at #PMQs just now. In full, confident control throughout.

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Good to catch up with #RichLewis at tonight’s #RSA Cities Conversation series in Oxford. Three good speakers covering early years education and the attractions and dangers of using A I.

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Source: Centre for British Progress

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