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Prof Mark Priestley

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Education Professor, Stirling Curriculum Centre , University of Stirling. Mountain and prog rock enthusiast. European. Blog at mrpriestley.wordpress.com Publications at www.stir.ac.uk/people/255862

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 3h
This week, the Prime Minister said that "all the options" for our future relationship with Europe are on the table. EU membership is the only option that makes sense. Write to your MP and ask them to attend the debate in Parliament on rejoining the EU.
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Tell your MP: 628 constituencies want EU membership. Only 4 don't. - Best for Britain
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 11h
Finally. We are starting to come to our senses www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Half of UK wants to rejoin EU and backing it could drive up Labour vote, megapoll finds
Exclusive: Findings will bolster those in No 10 who want to negotiate on re-entry but some senior figures remain wary
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Dr Eric Farmer @himself132.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If GB News were a normal commercial venture, like Talk TV, it would have been binned long ago. Since September 2020, it has spewed out hateful far-right propaganda, paying high salaries to people such as Nigel Farage. Ofcom has abjectly failed to address this threat to democracy.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When income is not income. As usual those who have the most are most adept at gaming the system
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Is Sue Ellen’s book called Mein Kampf?
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good! Airline seats are a scam. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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UK airlines to be banned from charging parents to sit with children
Planned rule change forms part of Burnham’s bid to crack down on the ‘little charges that add up’
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Latest from John Crace on Farage www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Welcome to the new Reform roadshow. Same as the last but more desperate | John Crace
Nige is not rattled that the UK likes its new PM. Or that Reform is second in the polls. Oh no. Because Nige believes in Nige
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yeah right… Says man with net favourability rating of minus 45, a shitload of investigations into possible corruption, a team of utter inadequates and with every constituency bar 4 favouring rejoining because we all know how crap Brexit is now. Bore off. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham’s reopening of Brexit debate is ‘biggest boost in my career’, says Farage
Reform UK leader tells supporters PM’s move has ‘opened up a huge flank to us’
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Daniel Hannan has been spectacularly wrong about everything to do with Brexit, so this is hugely encouraging for all #RejoinEU voters. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Jon @jonw67.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Christa Pike case encapsulates everything wrong with capital punishment. Absolutely barbaric. Might Americans finally be outraged enough to end this appalling practice?
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs"
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 30/09/2026
🚨 We’re calling on Ofcom to open a formal investigation into Nigel Farage presenting GB News shows and whether his programme on 15 September 2026 was within the rules on impartiality ⚠️ Broadcasters are required to present news in an impartial manner, without political bias.
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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Andy Burnham has broken the taboo on prime ministers being open to the UK rejoining the EU. It's a really important moment for our country. The inescapable truth is that the UK cannot achieve decent growth and fund the public services the public demands without EU alignment.
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Further evidence that we are fucked www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years
Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On my daily propaganda show tonight I will be pretending that Brexit wasn't a complete and unmitigated disaster based on the lies of a handful of rich grifting twats who don't give a shit about ordinary people.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Macron: “Brexit is the biggest lie of the last 30 years. “Those who said, "We will be richer" - eight points of GDP less ten years later. "”We will solve the problem of immigration" - it is more complicated than before. "”We are going to crush it in international trade" - it is worse.”
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Pete Miles @petermiles.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026
I've added my name... (And fyi it took me about 10 seconds) action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/201578/...
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The PM used his big speech to promise to fix Westminster's broken voting system.
We've heard promises before. I've signed to make sure this one is kept. It takes 30 seconds
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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Surely it is time for the authorities to take this Fairford terrorism case out of the hands of the police & pass it over to Nigel Farage, Richard Tice & Isabel Oakeshott etc. These people have the expertise & skills to have this all solved & explained to the public by tonight.👍
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This two tier policing is disgraceful. It's as if there is one approach for people who helpfully film themselves committing crimes and another approach when there is insufficient evidence.
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lovely sunset from Dumyat summit yesterday
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham edges Labour closer to finally, maybe, being sane about Brexit. Over 10 years, £Billions of cost, thousands of business failures, mountains of red tape, wasted resources and lost opportunities later…. our govt may, at last, cautiously, start to be honest about the Brexit moronathon. Yay.
The Independent front page headline: 

Burnham edges Labour closer to rejoining EU
After Ed Miliband tells party conference Britain's future is at the heart of Europe, ministers say it is 'not if but how' prime minister will include Brexit reversal in next election manifestoThere is growing optimism that a way back into the EU could be put to voters at the next election after the prime minister and senior ministers made it clear they believe Brexit has been a failure at this year's party conference.
When The Independent asked Mr Burnham about whether Rejoin would be in Labour's next election manifesto on his recent trip to the UN in New York, he refused to rule it out - having said a year ago when he was
Manchester mayor that he believes the
UK should rejoin the EU.

Andy Burnham has already warned about the 'drift and division' in the decade since Brexit (Getty)
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why might that be, Telegraph?
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
He’s not a moron - he’s a mendacious creep who knows exactly what he is doing as he stirs the racist pot
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Christopher 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇮🇪 @christophert42.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So Reform UK decided to whip up racial tensions without bothering to wait and oh look, nothing to do with small boats or any immigration but British nationals #bbcwato #wato
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The fact that the Fairford suspects are all British Nationals proves nothing. I’m a British National and look at the damage I’ve already caused to the UK.
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Very odd
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Authoritarian lunacy
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fury from the Express as their false Brexit narrative continues to crumble
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Racist organisation set up by a racist to appeal to racists is somehow being taken over by racists.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If only we'd had someone like Chis Philp in government for fourteen years, including being Minister for Immigration...
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The phrase ‘good riddance to bad rubbish’ springs to mind
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.
It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to
Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate
from the people. He has no real ideas, and
no plan,

Johnson on X
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There’s no excuse for being Camilla Tominey.
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
At least ban the intrusive and pernicious advertising
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Brazil has banned Online Betting. So should the UK. Would you support a ban in the UK?
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Interesting read www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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‘The weaker he gets, the more dangerous he gets’: Trump lashes out as his power wanes
Trump tries to dominate at the UN as his approval ratings plummet and even some Republicans distance themselves from him
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This inequity could be easily solved by granting free bus travel to children as in Scotland www.theguardian.com/money/2026/s...
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Schoolchildren without smartphones penalised with higher bus fares
Despite guidance keeping mobile phones out of England’s schools, cheaper travel may only be available via an app
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Online gambling is one of the great evils of our world www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Vast Casino Secrets leak exposes inner workings of offshore gambling firms
Files could have seismic consequences for online casinos, including those accused of illegally targeting consumers
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Blair is so much part of the miasmic rot that is contemporary UK politics
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.
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Pete Marchetto @petemarchetto.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It is not contradictory to think: i), he's not wrong; and ii), fuck off anyway. Entschuldigt mein Französisch. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tony Blair says Britain should work towards rejoining EU in next 10 years
Andy Burnham under pressure to revisit Brexit as poll suggests pledge to rejoin could boost Labour’s electoral chances
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Paul Ganderton @ecogeog.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
That's a first step. What's so terrible that the UK people shouldn't be able to see what #climatechange is going to do to them? Are political donors/owners that worried? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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Amra Watson @amrawatson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A year ago: Reform 311 seats. Now: 123. Even Tory + Reform falls short. Farage at No.10? Far from inevitable. The bubble is deflating. Make it burst.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 23/09/2026
EIon Musk’s Wealth 2009: $.6B 2026: $984B Jeff Bezos’s Wealth 2009: $6B 2026: $370B Mark Zuckerberg’s Wealth 2009: $.6B 2026: $256B Federal Minimum Wage 2009: $7.25 2023: $7.25 Billionaire tax rate: 8.2% Worker tax rate: 13% Pay workers. Tax & Abolish Billionaires. Save our economy & country.
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Prof Mark Priestley @markrpriestley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It takes some talent to construct such utter bollocks
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