Obviously I do not ❤️ this

I have previously written in praise of Queen Mary University of London and how i brought in-house outsourced workers, but this letter is disgraceful. It is an assault on a basic working right – the right to strike. Uni managers are demanding staff make up all strike days - or they will lose a month's pay

I have spent my life fighting for a fairer society on behalf of the people of Islington North, and I have no intention of stopping now.

Looking for thoughts on what this recommendation by the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee might mean for pension regulation in the UK.

Ah, 'legal advice', my old friend. Welcome back!

“I’m just trying to protect my child from…”
From what?? Clearly not suicide or sexual predators.

From being gay? From being trans? From being happy?

Maybe if you focused your efforts on making things less shit for queer folk, it wouldn’t be such a hard lot, y’know?

a short 🧵on:

why are we reballoting and why you should vote YES in the UCU ballot papers #ucuRISING

this is about the practical & technical aspect of voting YES, a short explainer for new members & those unfamiliar ⤵️

in short: vote YES & post your ballots ✅📮

Coffey: “I’m conscious of the question you asked”

That’s probably the best you can expect of this Tory government

Paul O’Grady may have called his relationship with Equity ‘f****ng complex’ but he was often Dep: including on the biggest collapsed tour of the last decade.

In October he told me he loved seeing Equity ‘being shaken up’; back to the radicalism of Marie Lloyd

RIP

✊🎭✊💃✊

When we worked together at Ch4, Paul O’Grady insisted that new roles on his show were advertised in the local Job Centre. He wanted anyone and everyone to be able to apply so they could get a break like he had. And it made the show better. A kind and generous man.

🥄🥄🥄🥄🥄 are in limited supply

Academics who teach Psychology &/or Neuroscience at UK universities. Want to inform good workspace design for our future? We are recruiting participants; response rate is really low. Here is a pic of the restorative view from my WFH desk to inspire you. :) standrews.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ah…

A must-read.

'Areas where needed action is missing include heat-proofing homes, stemming leaks from water supply pipes and preparing for flash floods and shortages of food and other Imports.'

UK ‘strikingly unprepared’ for impacts of climate crisis theguardian.com/environment/20…

This is how to tackle gun crime. Make them impossible to acquire

The Fauci speech was at Georgetown SFS today. If you want to watch the full speech stream, it’s found here: facebook.com/events/d41d8cd…

3) in early 2020… “Fauci explained that in the spring, “we were not aware that 40 to 45% of people were asymptomatic, nor were we aware that a substantial proportion of people who get infected get infected from people who are without symptoms.”   cnn.com/factsfirst/pol…