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Diane Purkiss

@janetanderson.bsky.social
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I love books, reading, eating, cooking, and my French bulldog Bunty. I write history and I teach English at Oxford University.

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Sam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Reminder, if any were needed, that no amount of social democracy lite - rent controls, renationalisations, devolutions - can morally offset Mahmood’s border policies.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
JD Vance is telegraphing that he is going to run as an antiwar candidate in 2028, based around a Dolchstoßlegende that absurdly blames Israel for being the sole cause of the Iran War. And that is going to awaken levels of antisemitism in the US that we have not seen in decades.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
What I'll be watching tonight instead of listening to the never ending lies from the WH about "rigged" elections:
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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The great thing about Britain is you're free to think whatever you want to think and say whatever J. K. Rowling's lawyers permit you to say.
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Happy Bastille Day! Today French people celebrate their ancestors who became fed up with an aloof regime they were unable to hold to account. Today I am introducing a Bill to close the British Royal Family’s outrageous carve-outs in the FOI Act. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Green MP seeks to end royal secrecy with Freedom of Information Act expansion
Sian Berry says the release of royal-related documents and data would be a ‘huge step for transparency’
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/07/2026
It is very funny how starkly and explicitly One Nation voters care most about race and care least of all voters about cost of living and housing, yet still get given the "it's just economic anxiety" treatment by most media www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju...
Bar chart comparing party voter priorities from a May poll — cost of living dominates most groups, but One Nation voters stand out by prioritizing immigration (28% listed it as their most salient issue) while other parties show higher shares for cost, healthcare, or housing.
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Miffythegamer @miffythegamer.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
TERFs (including Rowling) have now realised that most sane folks deserted Musk’s platform long ago, so these days they’re scouring this place instead for people to screenshot and harangue in their Twitter posts.
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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Oregon Records 5 Years of Zero Pesticide-Related Deaths in Bees www.goodnewsnetwork.org/oregon-recor...
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Oregon Records 5 Years of Zero Pesticide-Related Deaths in Bees
Oregon State was charged with developing a suite of educational materials to help inform private sector businesses and professionals.
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Sonia Silva ❤️ @vallygirl.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
If I were Nigel Farage, I’d dip into that £5 million crypto gift just to fund a video that can compete with this! 🤣 HILARIOUS ⬇️
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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
PLEASE HELP YOUR TRANS SISTER.
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Plant Powered A-ron🌱🌎💙🌊 @plantpowered1971.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
We aren't the same!
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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
"There are at least 38 Dutch websites kept online by a single administrator that appear to offer help to people with questions about their gender identity, but in fact contain disinformation about transgender people and the care available to them..."
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
0 days without being an international embarrassment.
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Trump Ripped After Mocking Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni With Bizarre 'Restraining Order' Meme
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Steck Bro @steck.me.uk · 07/07/2026
The way the times have used these stats will also be very selective and borderline deceptive. Where they state the rates of claimants getting full mobility rate for example, that will be because they have a physical disability that meets the criteria for that level of support, not because of ADHD.
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Fergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 07/07/2026
It's worth shouting about the sheer, abject cowardice of this Labour government refusing to have any kind of debate about something as obviously controversial as the EHRC's trans exclusion guidance. A government of people with no convictions, no courage, all in way over their heads. A disgrace.
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
What a day
Labour, Tories and Lib Dems refuse to stand in byelection with Farage’s resignation labelled ‘desperate stunt’ – UK politics live
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Lawrence @ldog562.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
IMPEACH CONVICT REMOVE Freeze his assets Sincerely the RADICAL LEFT Scum 🥰
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Politics UK @politicsuk.com · 07/07/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Labour says it won't stand against Nigel Farage in the Clacton by-election As it stands, only Count Binface will run against Farage
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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Steve the Muppet Wrangler @beardog63.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
My son was lucky enough to see this huge Luna moth this morning! He got a great pic!
A Luna moth on a tree
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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
M-m-morning Kitten
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Daniel Burke - 🍺Innkeep @innkeep.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Le Guin on the idea that there is a secret to getting good at writing.
I will dispose of the first myth as quickly as possible. The “secret” is skill. If you haven’t learned how to do something, the people who have may seem to be magicians, possessors of mysterious secrets. In a fairly simple art, such as making pie crust, there are certain teachable “secrets” of method that lead almost infallibly to good results; but in any complex art, such as housekeeping, piano-playing, clothes-making, or story-writing, there are so many techniques, skills, choices of method, so many variables, so many “secrets,” some teachable and some not, that you can learn them only by methodical, repeated, long-continued practice — in other words, by work.
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The Life of Sharks @thelifeofsharks.com · 07/07/2026
Yachts. thelifeofsharks.com/product/yach...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Nigel Farage is a grifter. He always has been and he's continuing to grift. He knew he was heading towards a byelection anyway so has pulled the trigger early. The people Vs the establishment?! Reform are literally part of the establishment.
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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
It might happen!


Following Nigel Farage’s decision to resign and trigger a by-election in Clacton, Liberal Democrat Leader, Ed Davey, said:

"If this by-election does go ahead now, we are calling on all parties to stand aside and refuse to give oxygen to Farage’s vanity project.

"But the Government should just say no to Farage’s ego-trip and block his resignation until the Standards Commissioner has finished investigating him. 

"The people of Clacton should have all the facts before they cast their votes."
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
He's still much better at sports than he is at presidenting. #FIFA-Fiasco
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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Coverage counts, and we are pleased to see the joint statement we shared with over 40 other women’s groups is being picked up by the media: diva-magazine.com/2026/07/07/e...
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Government urged to scrap trans “segregation” EHRC code: Here’s what you need to know
Trans advocates, women’s organisations and MPs have spoken up against the EHRC’s updated Code of Practice
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 07/07/2026
The Government must block Nigel Farage’s resignation until the Standards Commissioner finishes investigating him. The people of Clacton deserve the full facts. If a by-election does go ahead, all parties should stand aside. We cannot give oxygen to this vanity project.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"Emergency podcasts, sir. Thousands of 'em"
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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This is an actual screenshot from the syllabus for this class. Beyond parody
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 06/07/2026
RESPECT Every politician should be doing this. Mayor Coffman has spent every Friday night since February sleeping at Aurora, Colorado’s homeless center, serving breakfast in the morning, and learning firsthand what works and what doesn’t.
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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
While scientists have long braced for climate change, the growing severity of its impacts is shocking them. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Extreme Heat Stuns Even Climate Scientists Who Saw It Coming
Record-breaking heat waves are even stunning scientists monitoring the acceleration of climate change.
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bluevoter24.bsky.social @bluevoter24.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I think that's a safe assumption.. #crime #politics
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Brave and necessary
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dennis-the-menace.bsky.social @dennis-the-menace.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Hollywood has spent nearly $600 million trying to bring Matt Damon home
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dc2daylight.bsky.social @dc2daylight.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
And by “mentor” he means “the man who gave me over 400 million dollars to bail my incompetent ass out of all my many business failures.”
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I have special disdain for the anti inmigrant immigrants.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/07/2026
There's a part in the book "Careless People" where the author beats Zuck at Settlers of Catan, and he is absolutely wrecked by it. Someone pulls her aside to explain everyone else has been letting him win for years. I think about this a lot re: why tech bros think everyone will love AI chatbots.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 06/07/2026
This would be fruitless since we have no journalists in the tank for us at mainstream newspapers in multiple countries.
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Sandra Whittleston @swhittleston.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
What is so upsetting, is how the UK (England in particular) has been in the thrall of this man and his ghouls for far too long. We have lost so much ground over the past 20 years since he was installed by right wing hacks as a so-called "man of the people". @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
A story that encapsulates so much about British attitudes to its history of Empire. BBC News - Thousands of forgotten Punjabi WW1 soldiers recognised for first time www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Forgotten Punjabi WW1 soldiers recognised for first time
Nearly 10,000 soldiers' names are being added to the official database of war dead, a cherised step for many of their ancestors.
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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 05/07/2026
Another excellent video. You can't always tell.
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Everything here frankly makes joining the EU sound more appealing, not less. The UK’s “traditional policy preferences” in these areas are bollocks. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The EU that the UK left no longer exists | Mujtaba Rahman
Andy Burnham’s rise has stoked talk of the terms for a future British return – but this is the wrong question, says political risk analyst Mujtaba Rahman
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Good framing from the BBC "George Cottrell: Who is the aristocrat and convicted criminal at heart of Farage controversy?" Although see it's already been changed to "'Posh George': Who is aristocrat and convicted criminal at heart of Farage controversy?" Click through and keep it up the rankings
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George Cottrell: Who is the aristocrat and convicted criminal at heart of Farage controversy?
The 32-year-old reported crypto entrepreneur, once convicted of fraud in the US, is a long-time Farage ally.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Democrats are communists in the same sense that Donald Trump is a Christian: They are not.
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Ariaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Supposedly the most intelligent of all species...humans.
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
V good. taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/07/03/a...
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37 ways Andy Burnham could raise £4.7bn
Andy Burnham may need to find £4.7bn for defence. Here are 37 possible tax rises and reforms.
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