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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 13h

‘I am normal. Here I am enjoying one pint and one dog.’

Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 15h

‘Disgraced theology professor James Orr had a PhD student cover at least six of his lectures last year, allegedly without pay and against the Faculty of Divinity’s knowledge.’

varsity.co.uk

Orr’s lectures covered by a postgrad

James Orr had a postgrad cover approximately seven lectures, allegedly without the Divinity Faculty’s knowledge

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 15h

(Shadow) Secretary of State for Greggs

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is like Niall Ferguson and his ‘six killer apps’ of history

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

All because Cambridge has some inclusivity training. These people are apparently serious thinkers.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Seal the tomb, salt the earth. He must not rise again.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

‘We’ll have no tolerance for public violence’

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In short - The Telegraph wants engagement; Truss needs relevance.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

‘We’ll have no tolerance for public violence’

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Cambridge should open the training to Spectator contributors.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

From Facebook and sort of looks familiar…

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

'Last week, Vanessa Wilson, chief executive of the University Alliance, said a tiered tuition fee system represented “an existential threat” to the sector, adding that the proposal risks hardwiring “old hierarchies of research-intensive and teaching-focused institutions into the funding system”.'

timeshighereducation.com

Tiered English tuition fee system ‘would denude rest of sector’

Fallout over differential university fees suggestion continues, amid suggestions that the Russell Group head is saying the quiet part out loud

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Looks like she’s already on comms with the team working the patio doors

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As a matter of logic you cannot be “hard working” if you rely on the state pension. I hope ministers will keep (start?) explaining that the state pension isn’t paid out of an investment fund but by the contributions of those currently working.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Day two of what seems to be Labrador Week, and talk of ‘far right labradors’.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Missing nothing at all. He knows the difference.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Not a ‘cash is king’ person, but an increasingly cashless society has created a logistical problem with the Tooth Fairy.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Nobody voted for wasps. Nobody voted for closing Wilko. Nobody voted for Norman Price.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It will never not be wild to me that the Russians attacked Keir Starmer's home, successfully spread falsehoods about Starmer's love life, and this didn't changed British politics and British political elite behaviour *at all*.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Farage’s position on Iran used to very different.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A labrador would be a solid choice for a dog PM

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Times this morning. Me in December last year. It was pretty damn obvious this would happen to anyone who did the maths. samf.substack.com/p/the-oversh...

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Increasingly the case that police requests not to speculate are treated as invitations to speculate wildly.

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Farage (et al) literally panting for Fairford to be linked to asylum seekers and, as usual, the ludicrous demand for immediate information with totally irresponsible implication that the absence of such information is suspect.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Maybe just me, but an echo of Hacker T Dog’s ‘just normal men, just innocent men’ here.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

‘to take on the problem of soaring immigration’ - except it’s going in the opposite direction…

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

But Matthew Syed told us only last week that the AfD are not extremists and the problem is ‘hyperliberals’?

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Somehow, the case for being less ‘nice’ towards groups of masked men blocking ports didn’t make this piece.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

For the Conservatives, some British citizens revert to being ‘migrants’ when they commit a crime

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

‘Put aside questions of justice, morality and human rights: in terms of personal effectiveness, of having made the best of a bad lot and expanded national power and prestige, Kim is the greatest national leader of the 21st century.’

lrb.co.uk

Richard Lloyd Parry · Keeping up with the Kims

For the Kims, nuclear weapons have never been an end in themselves; they are an insurance policy against attack by their...

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A Facebook memory from 10 years ago, when this was above a photocopier. I’m still not convinced my spare time waiting for printing should be given over to ad hoc lunges.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Is Matthew Syed’s thing just putting ‘hyper’ in front of nouns? Last week hyperliberals; now hypernations.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

‘Empire, Betrayal and Hope’ - also the plot of Star Wars?

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Kemp has never seen M&S ‘store colleagues’ in action in the Food Hall, Christmas Eve.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Spectator now just barking out compact, furious, reactionary takes.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Struck by comments from Adam Tickell, VC of Birmingham - he doesn’t see how students without A levels or equivalent can enter university and succeed. He needs to get out more.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My six-year old learned about voting at school today and has drawn up some campaign promises to become Mayor of York. So far 1) the day after your birthday is now a second birthday - more presents, and you get to tell everyone what to do. 2) A machine that makes it rain popcorn.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

They’ve defrosted ‘coalition of chaos’

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

‘And just to be clear, this is not an automated AI-generated message or an AI system contacting you. I am writing to you directly because your book was specifically brought to my attention for review.’ Adding this part doesn’t make a clearly AI email more convincing.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

reformhomeaffairs@gmail.com is exactly the email address you’d expect a pretend ‘Shadow Home Secretary’ to have.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

New post out: We have a fascinating guest post looking at how Putin has ratcheted up his campaign against Europe - through hybrid warfare, global alliances and support for malicious actors. Also looks at whether/how the escalation will continue. samf.substack.com/p/putins-cam...

samf.substack.com

Putin’s campaign against Europe

How far will he go?

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