Reposted by David JobbinsUniversity and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 08/10/2026LSBU wants to sack 66 academics and rehire them on worse contracts before Christmas. That's fire and rehire. Our members rallied on campus today. LSBU has now agreed to talks at ACAS. Management needs to come ready to listen. 03821
David Jobbins @davidj2024.bsky.social · 08/10/2026#BigTech's data centres use as much power as millions of homes and guzzle our water. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Zero water waste 🗣️ Local community consent Sign Foxglove's petition to stop data centres harming our communities and environment. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...you.38degrees.org.ukBan data centres that harm our communities and climateBig Tech’s giant data centres swallow as much power as millions of homes, guzzle our water, and risk driving up our energy bills - all with zero limits. We need basic rules: ⚡ 100% clean power 💧 Ze... 000
David Jobbins @davidj2024.bsky.social · 08/10/2026And what will they use to fill the air time? More pointless comedy shows (I'm not against comedy)? Y&Y brought the BBC into close touch with ordinary people facing challenging issues. Big loss. And FT challenging to our brains. Cut the budget for Strictly! 030
Reposted by David JobbinsTimes Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Times Higher Education at 55: how title helped forge a sector Matthew Reisz speaks to many of the celebrated journalists who started their careers at THE – and hears about backstreet boozers, Hawaiian blizzards and living in ‘a constant ambience of fart’ #highered #THE ow.ly/XmLH50ZVwYP 011
Reposted by David JobbinsKuntie Plopkins @kuntieplopkins.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Paging the UK.... 3369107
Reposted by David JobbinsCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“The only sensible solution at this point is a moratorium on datacentres until very basic questions about how many we need, what for, where, and how pollution will be avoided are answered satisfactorily by the government” - @olliehayes.bsky.social 👏theguardian.comDrax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flightsExclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year 27735301
Reposted by David JobbinsPaul Quigley @paulquigs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Corbyn, Rosen join fight against Islington library budget cuts share.google/Wx6irzudlDt7... @alanwy.bsky.social @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @unison.org.ukshare.googleCorbyn, Rosen join fight against Islington library budget cutsIslington library cuts have sparked a protest backed by Jeremy Corbyn and Michael Rosen, as campaigners oppose potential funding reductions. 0134
Reposted by David JobbinsBlue Community .net @blue-community.net · 05/10/2026To: Andy Burnham, Prime Minister Ban new data centres that harm communities or climate you.38degrees.org.uk... 021
Reposted by David JobbinsNew Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When an algal bloom turned the Wye green, regulators were testing only a few spots a few times a year. Locals started testing weekly. Nicola Cutcher on the rise of the river guardians. newhumanist.org.uk/articles/why...newhumanist.org.ukWhy I became a river guardianAcross the UK, ordinary people are taking action to protect our rivers from pollution 0156
Reposted by David JobbinsBylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 04/10/2026A tale of two professors: race, scrutiny and the media There is no question that Professor Arday’s death exposes the issue of race in the construction of newsworthiness: why isn’t this obvious? westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/media/a...westenglandbylines.co.ukA tale of two professors: race, scrutiny and the mediaThere is no question that Professor Arday’s death exposes the issue of race in the construction of newsworthiness: why isn’t this obvious? 07023
Reposted by David JobbinsJonny @suffolkseawatcher.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Can people help share this far and wide? Great blog detailing a proper injustice - that seems to go unchecked year on year! Meanwhile over the border - Norfolk are smashing it! ♠️ tringa24.wordpress.com/2026/10/03/a...tringa24.wordpress.comA Tale of Two Coastlines – Norfolk Delivers, Suffolk DithersNorfolk has just committed £384,000 of developer mitigation money to protect beach-nesting birds on its coast. Suffolk is sitting on £1.74 million collected for exactly the same purpose. On 2 Octob… 0910
David Jobbins @davidj2024.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I actually don't but to be clear my vote will be wasted whatever I decide in a constituency where Reform UK remains favourite to oust a Tory with Labour and Lib Dems nowhere close and the Green Party sadly nowhere. That vote will probably be Labour but I won't rejoin Labour if H/row goes ahead. 100
Reposted by David JobbinsJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026🔴 Reform UK Mayor Has Firm Struck off as Another Files No Accounts in Six Years Exclusive: Reform UK’s Sam Journet branded “Britain’s worst councillor” as opponents demand he be suspended as Mayor of Basildon Council bylinetimes.com/2026/10/02/r...bylinetimes.comReform UK Mayor Has Firm Struck off as Another Files No Accounts in Six YearsExclusive: Reform UK's Sam Journet branded "Britain's worst councillor" as opponents demand he be suspended as Mayor of Basildon Council 7351154
David Jobbins @davidj2024.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This is a make-or-break issue for me, the reason I finally left Starmer's Labour Party and the reason I can't full support Burnham's. Block the 3rd runway. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George MonbiotA third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 110
David Jobbins @davidj2024.bsky.social · 03/10/2026www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/they...morningstaronline.co.uk‘They did not pass, they will not pass’ANTI-FASCISTS, trade unionists and Eastenders will come together this weekend to celebrate victory over Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts at the Battle of Cable Street 90 years ago.Declaring “they did not p... 010
David Jobbins @davidj2024.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A Bender, a lime milkshake and a vanilla ice-cream with butterscotch sauce in the Wimpy in Head Street, Colchester, when I was a student at revolutionary Essex University in the mid-Sixties. 010
Reposted by David JobbinsByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026📌 ICYMI — Times Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr Allegations — Samantha Asumadu The publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK…bylinetimes.comTimes Higher Education, Sponsored by Orbán’s Hungary, Failed to Report James Orr AllegationsThe publication signed a partnership with Viktor Orbán's government and has since published no coverage of the allegations around a Cambridge academic and former Reform UK policy chief whose foundation receives Hungary-linked funding 13517
David Jobbins @davidj2024.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I've seen the lobby in action, deciding the line to take in a dismal attempt to keep their jobs. Off the record/non-attributable briefings by a trusted source are one thing; lazy herd mentality at the expense of good journalism quite another. 000
Reposted by David JobbinsJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I've been blocked from attending Conservative Party conference. Just a few weeks after Badenoch blasted Reform for doing the same thing... bylinetimes.com/2026/09/30/k...bylinetimes.comKemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist BanThe ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press 29452204
Reposted by David JobbinsKevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Reform UK Slump To 18-Month Opinion Poll Low In Latest Blow For Nigel Farage www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/reform...huffingtonpost.co.ukReform UK Slump To 18-Month Opinion Poll Low In Latest Blow For Nigel FarageThe party is now in third place behind Labour and the Tories. 3279
Reposted by David JobbinsJan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Trump government leaves Group of States against Corruption of @coe.int Part of US government plans to undermine international institutions and law (which have benefitted US and its corporations massively) In this case, needed to prevent critical view of Trump's corruption and corporate capture 01012
Reposted by David JobbinsPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Richest 1% of Britons owns more wealth than the bottom 70% of the population combined. 50 richest families hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population combined. The concentration of wealth in fewer hands has not provided the necessary economic stimulus. Need redistribution.leftfootforward.orgThis is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardshipSustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population 961890707
David Jobbins @davidj2024.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I attended several Tory conferences as an accredited hack in the 70s-80s. They were the most unpleasant events I have ever been too (and that includes the PIE) - ill-mannered "representatives", joyless sex and buckets of booze (OK so the last applied to all main parties). 000
David Jobbins @davidj2024.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I hope @timeshighered.bsky.social will respond. As a former THES staffer, I am deeply concerned at the potential reputational damage from this carefully researched article. 010
Reposted by David JobbinsCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026NEW: ‘It’s an implicit threat’. Lord Tom Watson of Palantir writes to one of its biggest critics -Labour MP @labourlewis.bsky.social - to tell him the surveillance firm is watching him. www.thenerve.news/p/clive-lewi...thenerve.newsThey’re saying: we’re watching you’: MP Clive Lewis reveals Tom Watson has warned him over criticising PalantirIn a letter to his former Labour colleague, the peer, who joined Peter Thiel’s AI company this month, writes: ‘You have made the case against the company more or less continuously’. By Carole Cadwalla... 37683453
Reposted by David JobbinsDefend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026UNLAWFUL ARREST On Sunday, police forcefully detained and handcuffed a young man under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act. They stripped him of clothing while dragging him across the floor. He had not committed any crime. 11144100
David Jobbins @davidj2024.bsky.social · 29/09/2026(Some) national newspaper corrs live in a fantasy land where the "story", true or not, is intended to inflame. Have these "journalists" ever been to j-school? I went into journalism to help make society better, not pick fights. In despair. 100
Reposted by David JobbinsColne Valley Regional Park @colnevalley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If this area is to host so much development on such a colossal scale, failure to assess cumulative impact, amounts to a shocking disservice to the many millions of people living nearby. www.colnevalleypark.org.uk/lets-create-... 111
David Jobbins @davidj2024.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What was morally wrong was to use a crude mechanism to correct pensioner poverty without an exit policy and with no thought to the implications of its impact over decades. Income tax on those with additional income not enough to offset its blunt nature. 030
David Jobbins @davidj2024.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Agreed - I've owned c20 cars over 55 years and I've never, never, had to replace a registration plate. So why so many suppliers if not to fuel people's vanity or facilitate criminal and dangerous behaviour. 120
Reposted by David JobbinsIcelass @icelass.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It blows my mind the loopholes in this system and how easy it is to abuse. We do not need 4 times as many number plate suppliers as there are petrol garages. This needs getting a grip of instead of it being passed around like a hot potato 🤯😡 #ClonedNumberPlates #GhostPlatesbbc.co.ukPanorama - Ghost Plates: Drivers Cheating the LawHow cloned and ghost number plates are leaving innocent motorists facing fines, debt collection threats and years of stress. 3153
Reposted by David JobbinsRaptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Red Kite dies after being found with gunshot injuries in Peak District National Park. Police appeal for information + commentary from me ⬇️ #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/09/28/r...raptorpersecutionuk.orgRed Kite dies after being found with gunshot injuries in Peak District National Park – Police appeal for informationDerbyshire Constabulary has issued an appeal for information (27 September 2026) following the discovery of a shot Red Kite in the Peak District National Park on or before 7th July 2026. RURAL CRIM… 04239
Reposted by David JobbinsHunt Saboteurs Association @huntsabs.org.uk · 28/09/2026𝙀𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙤𝙘𝙠: 𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙄𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙡 𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 Eggesford Hunt huntsman, Jason Marles, has been convicted of illegally hunting a fox with hounds. Read more ⬇ www.huntsabs.org.uk/eggesford-in... 12711
David Jobbins @davidj2024.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Two calling male Tawny Owls heard this evening at approximately 22.00 from our Kelvedon Hatch garden #essexbirding 080
Reposted by David JobbinsTrades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 24/09/2026Workers at the prestigious medical journal The Lancet are striking for the first time in its 200 year history over inadequate pay. The work they do is essential for advancing medical research and for public health and wellbeing. @nujofficial.bsky.social 24528
David Jobbins @davidj2024.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Where will they find them? Reform haemorrhaging councillors who will be the pool for Westminster candidates. 000
Reposted by David JobbinsHunt Saboteurs Association @huntsabs.org.uk · 22/09/2026𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴 - on September 12, 2026, the Devon & Somerset Staghounds pursued this stag to his death. We take a look back to 1994, a stag killed in identical circumstances - even though hunting is now banned, they are still killing. www.huntsabs.org.uk/devon-and-so... 11410
Reposted by David JobbinsMike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Southampton Labour MP quotes Refukker George Madgwick as writing: “lobby against RNLI” and “withdraw your support and funding”. In response, Madgwick claims he was "not starting, leading or operating a Lobby group against the RNLI" and now feels victimised. He could try not being such a c*nt? 29387112
Reposted by David JobbinsNic Boothby @nicboothby.bsky.social · 22/09/2026'Outright racist’ Daniel Thomas will face full force of law over any crimes - says home secretary Well Shabana, we're waiting... 174
Reposted by David JobbinsJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“We think it will be of public interest that the most expensive house in British history was acquired in a way that saved £18.5m of stamp duty.” Sold by Reform's treasurer, no less open.substack.com/pub/londonce...open.substack.comLondon’s most expensive house, Reform UK’s treasurer, and a massively reduced tax billA £265m mansion in the heart of the Chelsea • Sold by billionaire Nick Candy and his ex-wife Holly Valance • Bought by a Labour-donating hedge fund boss • Why was the tax bill so small? 7166103
David Jobbins @davidj2024.bsky.social · 22/09/2026protectthewild.substack.com/p/denham-dat...protectthewild.substack.comDenham Data Centre issues show how developers are ignoring wildlifeIt’s one of EIGHT proposed centres in the area 000
Reposted by David JobbinsRaptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Marsh Harrier found shot in North York Moors National Park. Police appeal for information & some commentary by me 🔽 #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/09/22/m...raptorpersecutionuk.orgMarsh Harrier found shot in North York Moors National Park – Police appeal for informationPress release from North Yorkshire Police (21 September 2026): Marsh Harrier found shot in North York Moors On 28 August 2026 a juvenile Marsh Harrier was found in the Westerdale area suffering fro… 23635
David Jobbins @davidj2024.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I'll resurface some time in late 2027/28. Will it all be fun again then? 000
David Jobbins @davidj2024.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Time to start another circumnavigation of the Aubrey/Maturin canon, to immerse in an era when men had honour and scrubs met their destiny. Patrick O'Brian's writing is far ahead of his "rivals" - in truth there are none. Scholarship, humour and truth in every page of the 20 completed novels. 100
Reposted by David JobbinsSuffolk and Essex Hunt Sabs @sehuntsabs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Essex and Suffolk Hunt sabbed yesterday with South Norfolk Hunt Saboteurs and South Suffolk Hunt Sabs Group and independent monitors. It was our first outing of the cub hunting season. No known kills thankfully after the hunt killed a juvenile fox on Wednesday. 197
David Jobbins @davidj2024.bsky.social · 19/09/2026BBC News - RNLI video receives 'pure hatred' after anti-migrant protests www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukCeredigion councillor faces 'hatred' online after sharing RNLI videoElizabeth Evans, who shared a video of an RNLI training exercise, says the comments were "really, really bad". 000