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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Well I guess that is 3 high-profile examples - what are they thinking? Not to put too finer point on it but the man was a twat. He'd even laid into Duffield previously. What a weird world.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Or the patriarchy as folk of my generation would probably label it.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

No I was interested because I've seen a fair number of folk wading into the Liddle debate - on the other site that shall not be named - myself included. He was a boorish, myogynistic contrarian who the male media chumocracy appears bizarrely to have put up on a journalistic pedestal!!

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Danny Dorling has long provided insights into the dysfunctionality of UK housing markets - here he gives an overview of the issues whilst observing that 'the ratio of people to bedrooms is at an historic sweet spot'. www.ox.ac.uk/news/pulse/p...

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Professor Danny Dorling: Fairness, progress, and the role of housing in society

Danny Dorling is, by his own admission, an oddity. Born and bred in Oxford, he attended a local state school, and has returned later in life to take up a University professorship. He’s acutely attuned...

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Haven't seen any myself in the media hagiography of Liddle. All seems to be blokes in the right-wing media chumocracy. I'm sure as an evidence based academic you can put me right on this.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Yeah that's as maybe but clearly he wasn't cut out for local government - that's a mere 3 months since the election. I know all political parties struggle to find good local councillors but folk have to have an idea of what it actually involves.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Oh so there is a threshold of Jewishness. Who knew?

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Given the UK's geographical inequality has been writ large for centuries my guess is that policy-makers really have little clue as to what might change things. Maybe such inequalities are integral to capitalism

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Morning Tom - re-listened to your collab with Mr Manuva 'Duppy Writer' couple of nights back & then bunged it into car CD player to play real loud. A cracker - in with a shout as the best British dub album ever. Have a cracking weekend.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

"The Proof Of My Innocence". Jonathan Coe. Contemporary, thoughtful, funny and so cleverly constructed as a novel because it is actually about... Well you'll have to read it.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I wouldn't cut the basic rate but would rather move the tax threshold for the BR rate up which has been frozen since 2021. This would be an effective rate cut for all but of most significant benefit to the lowest incomes.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Hottest May temp recorded at Weston Park weather station in Sheffield (running since the 1880s) is 27.8C on 23rd May 2010. Will beat that on Monday and probably by a fair distance. 🌞

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I went past it a few weeks back - probably the most significant economic development in the city for awhile. And yes it is huge.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

That absolutist attitude bodes well if we had a PR system.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Possibly - although I have supported PR for decades I don't think it is a pancea. It'll create a new set of political challenges such as the negoiation of compromise. I'm not sure the UK is politically mature enough for that but I'm willing to find out.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Edging into the 1990s in Daniel Dylan Wray's comprehensive history of independent music in Sheffield. Cracking stuff but of course it is but a selection & my Sheffield of music in the 80s was a bit different from that set out here. But still a triumph from Daniel.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

If you live in Sheffield this is important. Woodhouse Ward - a decent w/class area - elected Nathaniel Menday (35% turnout) with a 1097 majority. A man who hangs a Nazi flag in his bedroom & talks of a 'sub-human underclass'. A fascist represents Woodhouse. No words www.thestar.co.uk/news/politic...

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Reform councillor suspended after The Star exposed Nazi flag social media posts

Nathaniel Menday was elected less than a week ago

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Interesting that the most working class member of the cabinet attracts such opprobrium. I'm pretty certain you'd lose your bet.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Yes it looks like the media really is running the political class. That's you Jessica amongst many others.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

If only I had Spotify 😀

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Apart from the reality that the world and politics in France are v different now to when Bourdieu produced this. I wonder what he would make of it? You should see his diagram of the structure of the French housebuilding 'field' - or maket to those of a less Bourdieuian disposition.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I can see that given Korean food - I'd also have thought Aussie riesling.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

This is exactly the case with several of my Muslim neighbours nominally called Mohammed.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

My latest (14th) post for the World of Music 365 blog. Inspired by a Arabic house mix tape played on the rooftop of a riad in Marrakech.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

An interesting - and as far as I remember accurate ramble through the early 00's Sheffield indie music scene. The Long Blondes drummer Mark was an admin assistant at Sheff College - always at the bus stop drum sticks in hand.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I agree but we already have an example when the tail attempts to wag the dog from 2010 when Clegg refused a coalition with Labour because he demanded the removal of Brown and instead we got austerity, PR put back a generation and indirectly Brexit. Didn't we start then?

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

It isn't just Reform whose information about their candidates is lacking in these local elections. Everything is pitched to national/interenational issues. Am I alone wishing each candidate should supply a CV to see what skills they might have to do the job www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/nazi-tweets-...

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Nazi tweets, pulped leaflets and AI slop

Inside Reform UK’s vanishing campaign

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Very sad to hear of the death of pioneering horticulturalist Professor Nigel Dunnett @sheffielduni.bsky.social whose work has made a significant impact on the streets, roofs and open spaces of Sheffield and elsewhere. Thanks for the flowers Nigel. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Gardening world pays tribute to Sheffield's Nigel Dunnett

The urban horticulture professor designed the wildflower planting in the Tower of London's moat.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

A reasonable set of caveats. Add to it how many 16-17 will actually register. But in seats like Sheffield Hallam & Sheffield Central I could see it making some impact but in different ways politically.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

ONS(2026) suggest between 2.5 and 3% of total post 16 electorate - 1.633.000 in 2025 - that around 2500 per constituency (I know a v rough av). Surely even on 50% turnout that could sway some constituencies. So I'd say ' a little, not much' rather than 'virtually none'.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Anyone know anymore about Berlin based Siba? This is one righteously angry song that just dropped into my vision. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdFl...

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DOUNANA (without us) SIBA & MONKYMAN

YouTube video by MONKyMAN

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Its good to be reminded that with Trump, MAGA and the World Cup that the USA is still a place of talent and innovation. Aged 73 David Byrne and his brilliant band at Coachella. As he stated " "Love and Kindness are a form of resistance". www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn1v...

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David Byrne - Life During Wartime - Live at Coachella 2026

YouTube video by Coachella

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Went past the new Sheffield Forgemasters machining factory earlier. It is huge. A nationalised company investing doing what the private sector could not, investing in high tech manufacturing. A project that Nick Clegg & the Lib Dems in the coalition gov in 2010 -15 sank as "unaffordable".

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

A hugely overstated & simplistic position. Can you actually point to an example of a BBC journalist saying "Farage has a point" in response to a news story relating to him? I'll wait. Sure it has always been establishment & constantly criticised by both the right and left - so pretty centrist

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

In August 1979 I saw Zeppelin, in the far far distance, at Knebworth. The sound swirled in the wind but yes it did feel a bit like a religious experience. I write about it below in the 365 Geography & Music blog. And yes fantastic (Arabic infused) version worldlymusic.blogspot.com/search/label...

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World of Music

Musical and geographical offerings from GeoBlogs: a 365 blog project for 2026.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

44 years and not a penny?? I figure that is statisically unlikely. t £5 in 1982 is worth in real terms around £22 today & if it had been invested at base rate interest compounded it would be worth £75 today. Buy hey it is also a probability of also being true - unlucky but true.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I broadly agree. And of course it is easy to say all sorts of stuff when you haven't really have got the responsibility of government and negoiating a path with nation who post WW2 we've got emeshed with to such extent that unpicking it would be super diff'/problematic. Still it's slogans aint it!

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Well Zack I'm not sure you think through the consequences of your words. You may want to unpick the UK's military dependency on the US, be more like France. Fine, but it is a hell of a job, v long-term & you'd probably propel us into it with no actual plan or functional relationship with the US.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Very concerning but World War I suspect not. What exactly would be the sides? China would probably sit it out with their wait and see approach. Russia is playing Trump like a violin and the US public may have finally reached the limits of its tolerance. US civil war more probable. But who knows?

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Ah this is something I have debated with a whole host of folk over the years. The problem is the tendancy is to pick 8 tracks that are in someway autobiographic of the person & their life progression rather than the your absolute fav tracks (which TBF changes on a regular basis). I'll give it a go.

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Carl Lee @drcarllee.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Jeez. I mean I drive through Eckington a fair bit and you think yeah I sort of understand that geographically but Fulwood!

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