"That is a smoking gun." - Peter Jukes In a speech earlier this year, Boris Johnson argues the UK could make a profit by avoiding lockdown.

We've told our 100,000 health worker members that they can legitimately, lawfully, decline to put themselves in danger. They would do so reluctantly, but their union will defend them if they do.

.Michael Gove tells Sophy Ridge it’s ‘grotesque’ to suggest PM missed key meetings. Yet Boris Johnson’s *official spokesman* confirmed to me nearly 7 weeks ago that the PM missed first 5 COBRAs on #Coronavirus:

Around a month ago I was watching with horror as people claimed the UK wouldn’t be like Italy because “Italians hug and kiss” and “it’s an ageing society” England now has Europe’s highest excess death rate and hospital deaths alone are almost equal to Italy’s full death count

From a care home manager: “What a lot of rubbish. I didn’t get any support until March 23rd and they were just feeble emails. Then the local authority got their act together 2nd week in April. And the advice is still conflicting even today from CQC, CCG and PHE.”

This is the man ⁦Boris Johnson⁩ is so desperate to save. 👇

Yesterday the UK, population 66 million, had more deaths from #COVID19 than the *entire* EU, population nearly 450 million. Not even UK Prime Minister can spin that fact away - it is utterly, irredeemably damning.

Event on 15th October @ 3pm GMT 'Social Media for Academics' - details on pic. Pls RT / Share. Register here: bit.ly/3kPrF4C Aston University #astonuniversity #teamaston #astonbss Any questions DM me. #highered #socialmedia #professionaldevelopment

Thanks for the memories Muzik non-stop - '97 was quite some year for dance albums, I listened the hell out of most of these!

What does it mean when we talk about real terms pay in Higher Education dropping by over 20%, what impact is it having on individual members, & how does it practically interact with precarity & promotions inequality? TLDR: It's dire, & there is no valid reason for it to be. 1/

Aston University's Harshita Agarwal talking about the next generation in family businesses #MGSDTPConf22

Harshita is looking at how family businesses can best encourage and influence entrepreneurial entry modes. Did you know family businesses account for 7.82 TRILLION in trade? #MGSDTPConf22

Aston University's Fahmida Choudhury presenting on ethnic minority business in the creative industries at #MGSDTPConf22

Engaging poster presentations at #mgscon23

I just signed a Zarah Sultana MP petition: TELL SUNAK TO STOP ARMING ISRAEL. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop…

Applications for ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowships are now open! warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/…

PAUL HOLDEN STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO INTERVIEW WITH JOSH SIMONS ON BBC NEWSCAST Yesterday, BBC Newscast published a lengthy, forty-minute interview with former Cabinet Minister Josh Simons MP. The interview addressed how Simons, as a director of Labour Together, had appointed a

Have I Got News For You This is disgraceful, baseless and irresponsible. You should delete this immediately.