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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 9m

These will eventually create new problems in HE - assessment integrity and privacy etc, and enforcement potentially difficult.

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Workplaces are bracing for the smart glasses era

New technology is an HR and data security minefield

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 9h

Newsnight on Russia & AI risks: huge emphasis on AI guardrails (appropriately). No recognition that Russian risks might be mitigated by training Russian language speakers, skilled experts in Russian and East European studies (culture, history, politics). Is there an invisible elephant in the room?

Photo of an elephant standing in a room, with 3 men in suits at a table and 3 standing women wearing frocks.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 9h

Suella Braverman made a solemn affirmation, while holding he Buddhist Dhammapada text. There was no controversy about this. www.parliament.uk/globalassets...

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 9h

Year below me at school in Mansfield. Very weird trajectory

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 9h

Nearly all Goodwin’s Facebook posts now end with a question. Given the size of his audience, I’d be surprised if his page wasn’t monetised. Questions generate comments, and comments drive engagement.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 13h

‘University style guide bans lecturers from making references to 1990s TV’

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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 15h

This is quite extraordinary. I don't think I have heard a more coherent, articulate and accurate deconstruction & demolition of Nigel Farage's ReformUK, Tory & Restore policy than this. In under 85 seconds! @rafaelbehr.bsky.social is on here folks and worth a follow.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 13h

As university culture war stories go, this is pretty thin stuff

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 15h

This guy is not really qualified to assess whether the Brexit vote was swayed or not. He should point out that that is outside his expertise and is a social scientific not a security question. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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MI5 chief Ken McCallum confirms Russia did interfere in Brexit referendum but says it had little impact – UK politics live

He argued there was no evidence to suggest the result of the Brexit vote had been swayed as a result of the effort

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The Times, once again, calling for mass deportations of care workers and other legal migrant workers.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Is ‘whisper it’ just Telegraph speak for ‘I’m probably wrong’?

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

More from the Telegraph’s ‘Whisper it, but…’ series

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The thing to remember is that, before it can be implemented, under-desk teaching will need to be considered by a committee, a subcommittee, and then passed to a task and finish group.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

If you’re looking for a ‘pristine violin’, I’ll put you in touch.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The correct response to this would be to make all the evidence used to draw the conclusion public, then challenge Farage to respond, otherwise people will just pick their opinions on the matter based purely on who they trust.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

When voters supported Brexit, we were told to respect their judgement - will of the people - and ignore the ‘experts’. Now voters are turning against Brexit, Robert Tombs talks about their gullibility and the influence of experts. Quite the turnaround.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Possible explanation for it being a recurring item

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

There’s a phishing email that goes around the university every now and again, purporting to be a widow giving away a list of valuable items. Today the Eric Clapton guitar is once again on offer.

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Last week, Badenoch was trying to appeal to the lost liberal/Remainy Tory voters of the South east by distancing herself from Reform. Now this. 1)she hasn't a clue; 2)what a fucked up state the right of politics is in. Fold away your flags, you ain't patriots

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Meanwhile student visas remain high for the moment, but the Home Office is doing its best to push these downwards too: bsky.app/profile/robf...

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Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Why on earth does this BBC piece on Burnham telling an interviewer the UK security services confirmed Russian interference in the Brexit referendum require a response from a pro Brexit pressure group? It's literally our Prime Minister telling us about election security. It's nothing to do with them.

The prime minister told The Rest is Politics podcast that upon arriving in No 10, he had asked about possible Russian interference in the 2016 vote, adding: "I've had the clear answer that, yes, there was."

"I think we've been too much on the back foot on that actually and we haven't informed people sufficiently about the extent to which people are seeking to disrupt the political process from overseas," he added.

Burnham did not provide further details about the type or extent of Moscow's activity during the Brexit referendum.

Britain Unbound, a pro-Brexit campaign group, said Burnham's comments were "another crude attempt to undermine the legitimacy of the decision that the British people made in 2016".

It said that foreign interference in UK elections was "obviously unacceptable" but added: "There is no good reason to believe that Russian intervention influenced the outcome of the referendum in 2016.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Mine: a partial devolution of work-related migration policy:

The Budget should give combined-authority mayors the power to create local work visas for recent university graduates, allowing them to retain international students and other young skilled workers.

The current system is excessively centralised. National salary thresholds and occupation rules take little account of differences in local labour markets, wage levels or growth strategies. A job paying £32,000 may be entirely viable and productive in Sheffield or Newcastle, even if it falls below a threshold designed around national or London wages, while the impact of new migrants on housing markets or local services will vary.

Mayors should therefore be allowed to sponsor a limited number of recent graduates who have studied in the UK, have a job offer in their region and meet locally determined salary or skills criteria. Visas could initially be tied to employment within the relevant combined authority, with a route into the national Skilled Worker system after two or three years.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

On the ‘Boriswave’ Jenni Russell seems to treat lots of very different migrants as though they’re all low earners who will end up living on benefits.

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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

My online girlfriend was so shocked by the Ukraine drone strike on the Russian data centre that she's been too upset to message me all day.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

“The prime minister told The Rest is Politics podcast that upon arriving in No 10, he had asked about possible Russian interference in the 2016 (Brexit) vote, adding: "I've had the clear answer that, yes, there was."”

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PM says it is 'clear' Russia interfered with Brexit referendum

He says voters were not "sufficiently" informed about how foreign actors sought to disrupt UK democracy.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Reform and Restore continue to compete in an auction to abolish asylum + make unethical and impossible pledges about the scale of deportations, where both intend to target asylum seekers + refugees with status + non-Europeans with permanent status + migrants on visas on an ugly + impossible scale

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Though she tagged a parody Putin account; the usual impressive attention to detail.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Doing what they can to help Putin over at GB News.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

On Facebook, this has 2400 laughing reactions and the comments are worse. A stark example of the dehumanisation of migrants

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Jenrick should take his one man justice patrol to Reform HQ. Some interesting questions about donations.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

To be fair, there’s more to it than the headline suggests, e.g. we should harness AI to eliminate the drudgery of work, much as the Victorian elite relied on exploited labour to enjoy their leisure. Fairly idealised.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The secret of Victorian work life balance was to be wealthy enough not to work in a Victorian factory?

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

HE coverage in Times/Sunday Times remains one of the worst

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This story in the Sunday Times on student loans immediately looked wrong, and as Wonkhe shows, it gets the numbers wrong, having included postgrads in the calculations.

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Also obvious and often forgotten: underlying maths here changed. A lot of people still analyse politics of Brexit as if the split in the public is still 52/48, with leave both an overall majority and more efficiently spread, with most seats majority Leave. None of that true now

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Average Labour lead now almost 5 points ahead of Reform....

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

I’d also agree with that. The war is now so closely linked to Putin’s own position, its difficult to totally rule out an escalation elsewhere, even if it seems illogical

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

Tend to agree. I wouldn’t rule out as much as the case here.

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

Why is it now fashionable to make things up?

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Rishi Sunak did not believe in the Rwanda plan as Chancellor - its legality, its efficacy or its cost - though he made a deal with Braverman to pretend he did as PM. His argument for it now fails to put his 3rd option under the scrutiny of the other two www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

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Rishi Sunak: Admit it, Rwanda is the only way to stop the boats

Critics said it was fantasy that we could leave the ECHR and secure our border. The real fantasy is thinking there’s an alternative

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

Fair point, and guess similar with airline bans where there are already restrictions

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

Reform’s plan is to make imports more expensive for British consumers to punish foreign governments for refusing deportations.

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

Pat is completely incompetent in special delivery service. The people of Pencaster and Greendale would welcome a drone.

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

That would be too much for Goodwin and his faux outrage

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