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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Please do get in touch with ideas for #maritime books - our @degruyterbrill.bsky.social series 'Early Modern Maritime Humanities 1400-1800: Oceans in History and Culture', ed. by me & John Mcaleer is keen to hear from you! Contact me or @erikagaffney.bsky.social here or via brill.com/page/forthco...

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Hefin Meara @hefinmeara.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

JOB ALERT! Come and work with us. Historic England is looking for an Archaeological Conservator (Maritime). Closing date 20th September. app.beapplied.com/apply/xdeh5f... #Maritime #Underwater #Archaeology

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Lieke Smits @elckerlieke.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

EXCUSE ME??

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I had not some across this before, but if you want an example Nathan Cofnas’ scholarship, this is a doozy. Again I say, being sacked is not the problem; being recruited in the first place is what deserves scrutiny.

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Rebecca Pinner @drrebeccapinner.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A grumpy sun being eclipsed in an early fourteenth-century compendium of literary, historical, grammatical, scientific, astronomical, theological, pastoral and devotional texts. cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-GG-0...

The image is a detail from a page in a medieval manuscript. The background is being and there are five lines of black writing at the top of the frame. It is cropped to focus on a large bluish circle on top of which are superimposed two smaller greenish blue circles aligned with a yellow and orange sun with a grumpy look on its face.

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Danielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Job Opportunity! University of California Berkeley - Assistant Professor - Arts of the Medieval World - History of Art Department networks.h-net.org/jobs/70147/u...

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University of California Berkeley - Assistant Professor - Arts of the Medieval World - History of Art Department | H-Net

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

This thread gives a useful glimpse of how wide the cuts across UKHE are. tl;dr: not just the expensive disciplines; not just the academic ones; not just the humanities; not just the ones you thought.

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

New IHR Research Training: Media and Memory: Interdisciplinary Perspectives 17 June, 14:00 - 15:00 (Zoom) Join Dr Fransiska Louwagie & Dr Hans Hönes (University of Aberdeen) to explore how media shapes identity and collective memory. Free - booking essential: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Media and Memory Research Training: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

IHR Research Training

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Matt Holland Author Dot Com @gallaethamatt.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Counter protest against the far-right in Liverpool. Please share it. Even if you're not in Liverpool, you might have followers who are and help is gonna be needed

I can't alt text the entire poster from my phone but the key takeaway is that the counter protest is gonna be assembling at 11:30 am on Saturday 13th of June at the corner of County Road and Barlow Lane L4 3QU

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Dr Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir @vanlinduist.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

📢 Call for Book Chapters in our book series 'Old Norse Studies' TIMES OF CHANGE: NORWAY IN THE 13TH CENTURY, ed. Mary Catherine O’Connor & Jonas Zeit-Altpeter 📅 Abstract deadline: 31 July More information on submissions below. See the full Call here: trivent-publishing.eu/blog/post/36...

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

“Westminster needs to wake up to this need for joined-up thinking if we are to limit the number of...Essexes, Hertfordshires & Nottinghams...UK universities are a precious commodity. Ten years of dropping this commodity to see where the pieces land is not an education policy worthy of the name.” 1/2

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

We’re appointing a writer-in-residence! Join us to respond to our holdings related to the Bloomsbury Group (including the archives of Leonard and Virginia Woolf’s Hogarth Press) ahead of a major exhibition in 2027. Applications close 19 May. Best of luck! collections.reading.ac.uk/news-and-vie...

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Call for Applications: Writer in Residence - Blooming Bloomsbury and the Modernist Archives Publishing Project -Creativity and Community Co-Curation (2026) | Museums and Collections

The selected writer will spend the summer months (June—September 2026) drawing inspiration from MAPP to develop new creative work. From September to December, they will build on this...

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

When Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social shared his article about why universities were in trouble and why they need investment, a Labour MP jumped in to say they weren’t a priority for her. She may be surprised at how many people are employed in universities and how important they are to the economy.

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Investment in higher education isn't just about producing people with degrees. It generates huge benefits across the entire economy, as Alice points out.

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Rory Waterman @rorywaterman.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

'Few places left' for my Devils in the Details book launch on 26 May in NOTTINGHAM. Free! Booking link here: fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/linco... I'd love to see you. So would Kathy Daszkiewicz & Rob Etty. Folklore, poems, spicy anecdotes, attempts at humour, etc guaranteed.

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Lincolnshire Folk Tales Reimagined – Five Leaves Bookshop

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 03/05/2026

when ur on a walk and there's a dog

woodcut of an Elizabethan looking fellow in cape and hat with a walking stick observing a small animal and saying 'O yes'

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Nick Munn @medievalmunn.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Due to a couple of withdrawals, I am accepting paper proposals for my Constructing Masculinities and Ideas of Manhood in the Premodern World sessions at the upcoming @imc-leeds.bsky.social. Please see the attached poster for details! Thanks in advance 😊 #imc #medieval #history #conference

Poster Text:

Late Call for Papers

Leeds International Medieval Congress, 6th-9th July 2026

Constructing Masculinities and Ideas of Manhood in the Premodern World

In their 2017 work on Scottish manhood, Professors Lynn Abrams and Elizabeth Ewan stated that ‘Men are everywhere in the narratives of Scotland’s past, but at the same time they are nowhere, or at least their gendered selves, roles and practices are less frequently interrogated than women’s.’ This claim is true for Scottish history as it is for histories across the premodern world. While the study of masculinities has become more popular in recent decades, investigating the gendered lives of premodern men remains understudied. This panel aims to reflect on gender as a relational social construction and masculinities as a category in the social and political realms of the premodern world.

Potential applicants are invited to send proposals for papers of 15-20 minutes. Paper topics may include (but are not limited to):

·       Masculinities and their change over time and lifecycles
·       Male gender as a trigger for class conflict
·       Ideals of masculine identity compared to lived experience
·       Literary depictions of masculinity, idealised and denigratory
·       Reflections of masculinity in visual and material culture
·       Male identity across race, religion, and geography
·       Masculinities and their intersections with queer and disability studies
·       Clerical and hagiographical masculinity
·       Non-conforming maleness

Applicants are invited to send an abstract of no more than 200 words, including a proposed title, short biography (including research interests and institution), 3-5 keywords and preference for in-person or virtual paper delivery. Please send this information to Nick Munn (n.l.munn@qmul.ac.uk) by Wednesday 20th May 2026, 17:00 BST (GMT+1).

If you require any further information or have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out!

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Dr Sarah McKeagney @mckeagns.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Do you have lots of wonderful things to say about masculinities in the premodern world? Come be on a panel with me at @imc-leeds.bsky.social 🫡 Constructing Masculinities and Ideas of Manhood in the Premodern World, I @ International Medieval Congress 2026 imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2026/pre...

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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie · 24/04/2026

Today marks 110 years since the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic. This copy of the 1916 Proclamation, owned by Dr. Kathleen Lynn, features the names of eleven of the women imprisoned in Mountjoy Gaol after the Rising, signed on 19 May 1916: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....

Copy of the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic.

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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 20/04/2026

We’re very sorry sir but you cannot bring your emotional support dragon in here.

We are looking at a painting of St Liphardus - a 6th-century lawyer, hermit and abbot in Meung-sur-Loire near Orléans, France. He is wearing bishops clothing including a surplus and mitre and is holding a crook. On a lead is a small knee high green and blue dragon.

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Are you studying, researching or teaching environmental history? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 60,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net

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Using BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturers

For the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

This is stunning.

NYT headline: Vance Says the Pope Should Be More Careful When Talking About Theology
The vice president, who is Catholic, took issue with Pope Leo XIV’s statement that disciples of Christ are “never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs.”

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Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research @tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

CLOSES TOMORROW🚨#PhD Studentship w/ Tyndall Centre + @cast-centre.bsky.social at @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social 🟢Explore how group/social identities can encourage low-carbon, climate-resilient behaviours + cultural activities like sport can support climate awareness/action. 🔗

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PhD Studentship: Mobilising Community-based Climate Action Through Co-designed Sports and Wellbeing Interventions - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research

Aims and objectives

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Last week, Farage was demanding a ban on "mass religious observances" in public spaces and described Muslim prayers in Trafalgar Square as "provocative" and an attempt to "intimidate and dominate" UK society. This week, he's defending the "free speech" of a multimillionaire who celebrates Hitler.

If we start banning people from
entering the country because
we don't like what they say,
worry where that ends up... it's
a dangerous path to go down.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Also, if you borrow an author's book from a library in the UK, that author gets more than 12 pence per loan in Public Lending Rights. Any author can earn up to £6,600 per year this way.

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Weird Christmas @weirdxmas.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Guy's just over it.

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Kym Deyn @kymdeyn.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Okay, I get publishers affirming that the books we've produced are human-made, but have we also considered bringing back medieval book curses??? Just saying.

If you steal from this book to feed
An AI made from peerless greed
May boils burn upon your skin
And worms bite you from within.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 31/03/2026

It's Trans Day of Visibility today. If you're trans and are raising money for something (I don't care what it is), reply to this thread and I will boost you. If you are a cis person, take a look and find someone to support if you can. Everyone give this a share after.

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Sacha Coward @sachacoward.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Every. Goddamn. Company.

A meme image of Sigourney Weaver as Ripley, wincing away from the head of an alien xenomorph from Alien 3.

The text on the alien says 'click here to use our new AI features!' And the text on Ripley's face says 'Me'.

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Isabel Rogers @isabelrogers.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

This thread starts sensibly, in a museum, with a bit of bashed up greening bronze helmet. I wasn't ready for 4 posts further down and guarantee you won't be either. Hold onto your hats etc

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Rebecca Pinner @drrebeccapinner.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

A sadly fleeting but still enormously enjoyable visit to gorgeous Lincoln. I was invited to speak at the Historical and Archaeological Seminar Series @lbishopisarch.bsky.social @lincolnbishopuni.bsky.social and was thrilled with the turnout and the audience engagement. Thanks for having me!

A photo of Lincoln Cathedral west front. This is a huge church built of honey-coloured stone. The facade is wide and elaborately carved and two high towers protrude from the building behind it. The lower part of the building is in shadow. The sky in the background is blue and cloudless.

A photo of a black and white timber framed building in the street known as Steep Hill in Lincoln. It is jetted, meaning the upper two floors protrude out over the floors beneath. The building is on the corner of a street, which to the left of the image slopes steeply downwards.

A photo of a steep street which is sloping upwards. This is the street in Lincoln known as Steep Hill. The street is bathed in dappled sunshine and lined with small shops. A small number of pedestrians are walking both up and down the hill.

A photo of a street scene, with stone paving in the foreground and an old fashioned street lamp. The focus of the image is an ancient-looking arch which is built of honey-coloured stone and which looks to be crumbling in places. A road passes beneath the largest of three openings, and there are two smaller openings either side which are used by pedestrians. This is Newport Arch in Lincoln which was built by the Romans.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Here are 5 menswear outfits to make recruitment officers think you're 43 🧵

Leading Report on Twitter writes: "BREAKING: U.S. Army is increasing the maximum enlistment age from 34 to 42."

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James Baker @jwbaker.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

📢 If you missed Vincent Hiribarren's recent @ihr.bsky.social Digital History seminar 'Historian vs AI: who reads and analyses archives best', the talk is now on our YouTube channel youtu.be/VO26YAK1mu0 #dhist

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Vincent Hiribarren: Historian vs AI: who reads and analyses archives best

YouTube video by IHR Digital History Seminar

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Dan Conway @magisterconway.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

So, um... this is bad. Really bad. I looked at the letters that were translated by the AI, and the very first one I found was almost entirely hallucination. Thread:

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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

It's World Bear Day, so here's a bear who's had it with all this. #MosaicMonday

An ancient mosaic showing a bear, walking from left to right across a plain white background. The bear's limbs are somewhat elongated and he wears a rather world-weary expression.

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Dr. Krista A. Milne @kmilne.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Please help spread the word #medievalsky! Funded PhD position on medieval literary and artistic representations of disability as part of a Vidi project I will be leading that is funded by the Dutch Research Council: www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3592...

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PhD position on medieval representations of disability within the project DISMANTLE

Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) invites applications for a PhD position on medieval representations of disability within the project DISMANTLE (1.0 fte, 4 years / 0.8 fte, 5 y...

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Christian Cooijmans @ccooijmans.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Petition to once again - properly and correctly - refer to late Scandinavian prehistory as 'the Fabulous Age'.

An extract from Paul C. Sinding's 1858 volume 'History of Scandinavia', which reads: 'The history, therefore, of Scandinavia, through the first eight centuries after Christ, until King Gorm the Old, is properly and correctly called 'the Fabulous Age'

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Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Applications for IES Fellowships in the 2026/27 academic year are now open! You can apply for an ECR or Research fellowship, with terms from 6 months to 3 years. The application deadline is 10 April. ies.sas.ac.uk/fellowships/...

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Fellowship Applications and Renewals

Applications for the 2026/27 academic year are now open.

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The English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

News! EHR is hosting a free one-day symposium at St John's College, Oxford, on Friday 17 April, 10-6, on the theme 'When there are no sources'. Further details and how to sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/when-there...

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When there are no sources: an English Historical Review symposium

The EHR is hosting a one-day symposium in St John's College, Oxford, to celebrate the recent publication of the journal's 600th issue.

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B.S.W. Barootes @barootes.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Tell me you've never set foot in a rare books room or archive without telling me you've never...

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British Online Archives (BOA) @boapublishing.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

New collection—Witchcraft and Magic in England, c. 1400–1920. It explores the place of witchcraft in English history, as well as the influence of alchemy, astrology, herbalism, and related esoteric practices! Learn more at britishonlinearchives.com/collections/....

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Witchcraft and Magic in England, c. 1400–1920

Explore five centuries of English witchcraft and magic with records from leading archives, tracing trials, folklore, belief, and cultural change.

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The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

The Folklore Society’s Katharine Briggs Prize 2026 has opened for entries! Open to books in English having their initial publication in the UK & Ireland in the period from 1 June 2025 to 31 May 2026. Deadline for entries 31 May 2026. More info and rules: www.folklore-society.com/awards/the-k...

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

A 🧵 of 4-legged animals in sixteenth-century prints, including 🦊 🐕 🦒 🐈‍⬛ and a 🦄 . #skystorians

A weird looking "cat", thin and with babies on its back.

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

We're hiring at Birkbeck! Lecturer in Ancient History and Classics, full-time and open-ended. Closing date March 18th. Details here: cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

Birkbeck, University of London, is seeking a Lecturer in Ancient History and Classics to join our dynamic team within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Autumn 2026.

As Lecturer in Ancient History and Classics, you will contribute to the teaching of ancient Greco-Roman history and Classics in the School of Historical Studies - this includes our BA Ancient History and Archaeology, BA Classics, BA Classical Studies, as well as MA Classical Civilisation and MA Classics.

This post is offered on a permanent contract at Birkbeck, full time, 35 hours per week, with a salary of £44,247 rising to £60,858 per year. Teaching hours will vary from 6-9pm Monday to Friday.

To be successful, you will bring research expertise in ancient Greek history, broadly understood (this could include the history of Greek-speaking lands under the Roman empire), as well as ancient Greek literature, and demonstrate a capacity to contribute to interdisciplinary research and teaching, participate actively in curriculum development, supervise doctoral students, and help shape the intellectual life of our vibrant academic community.

We would also welcome applicants who could contribute to collaborative teaching programmes or research in the Faculty, in areas such as identity, race/ethnicity, or gender - experience of collaboration with cultural institutions, whether through research or teaching, is also welcome. The postholder could potentially take advantage of Birkbeck’s new Immersive Learning Centre for teaching or research.

As Lecturer, your core responsibilities will initially include programme/module administration, teaching, supervision, assessment, student support and pastoral care. You will also be equipped to supervise doctoral students.

With a PhD in any area of Ancient History/Classics relating to the ancient Greek world,...

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Colchester Museums @colmuseums.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

It’s your final weekend to explore Mythical Creatures! From ancient myths to fossil origins, this magical story quest closes Sunday 22 February. Don't let the dragon go without a goodbye: colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/events/mythical-creatures

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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 17/02/2026

🚨 Reform UK’s plan to scrap equality laws would fire the starting gun on a race to the bottom. UNISON warns that ditching protections would let bad employers act with impunity and drag the UK backwards on fairness and rights. unsn.uk/4cywGfU

Ditching equality would start the race to the bottom, says UNISON.

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