Reposted by Tim BradshawChris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 31/07/2026It really irritates me that, despite the news being full of reports of drought and wildfires, almost all the weather forecast presenters adopt a jolly, upbeat tone when talking about 'fine, dry weather' and a slightly glum tone when mentioning the odd places where there will be a few showers. 1621138
Reposted by Tim BradshawJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 18/07/2026If true, we get 3 things. None good. 1. The direct negative growth/fiscal impacts of cutting immigration. 2. A Chancellor who prioritises their own personal/ideological obsessions over the UK economy. 3. A PM who through myopia or weakness chooses 1 and 2. 41767258
Reposted by Tim Bradshawmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I respect France's commitment to not working on a holiday. 114111472404
Reposted by Tim BradshawCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Any Clacton residents who want to nominate your friendly neighbourhood intergalactic space warrior, ping me a line! 1764261896
Reposted by Tim BradshawAbigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 07/07/2026British drama school training is the envy of the world and, as more film + TV jobs are moving to the UK, our drama schools are the backbone of a global industry. These cuts are artistic vandalism and economic stupidity. 251187325
Reposted by Tim BradshawJennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Is there anything in Erksine May about having a bin on your head 2934840
Reposted by Tim BradshawAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Amazing ancient Lurs from Bronze Age Denmark. Thirty-nine of these bronze horns have been found in Danish peat bogs, likely deposited as ritual offerings some 3,000 years ago! Fun fact: Lurs are the inspiration behind the name and logo of Denmark’s Lurpak® butter! 🧈 🎺 🇩🇰 #FindsFriday #Archaeology 23610143
Reposted by Tim BradshawEnnius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 19/06/2026It's the #Weekend let the music begin! BnF MS Latin 8959; Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, and Bellum Judaicum; 12th century (1160 CE); Troyes; f.215r @gallicabnf.bsky.social 03614
Reposted by Tim BradshawAbbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026. 236168207550
Reposted by Tim BradshawGaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 02/06/2026I have a student son Henry Nowak’s age & I can’t imagine what it took for his family to respond outside court with the grace they did, asking that their son’s death not be used for division and hate. That Reform & Restore chose to throw that back in their faces makes me feel sick. 502215509
Reposted by Tim BradshawJennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Something from me on Andy Burnham as.ft.com/r/195a4775-9...as.ft.comCan Andy Burnham, Labour’s charismatic chameleon, reinvent himself again?Greater Manchester mayor has earned public respect by going from insider to outsider, but economic doubts could undermine his bid for Downing Street 139323
Reposted by Tim BradshawTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 14/05/2026It's so hard seeing someone else live your dream 733860
Reposted by Tim BradshawZoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 14/05/2026The fact that Keir Starmer has drafted Morgan McSweeney back in to save him has to be funniest part of all of this. Truly committed to never learning a single lesson you have to give it to him 1001630362
Reposted by Tim BradshawRallen @rallen78.bsky.social · 14/05/2026I think this maybe the most niché bit of trivia I’ve ever heard. 732913773
Reposted by Tim BradshawHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 14/05/2026If Farage's £5mn gift was a reward for 27 years of Brexit campaigning, it would work out at £185,000 a year. Which is more than the salary of the prime minister www.ft.com/content/896d...ft.comFarage says £5mn gift was ‘reward’ for Brexit campaigningReform UK leader had previously claimed the money had nothing to do with politics 3025680
Reposted by Tim BradshawGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 05/05/2026NEW from me: many of our universities are now in a dying fall. A new global-national-regional-local split is opening up, which could choke off progress on almost all the Government's plans. Do they have a plan? Nope, nothing, not a clue. 👇 isrf.org/blog/whats-t...isrf.orgWhat’s the future for our universities? 9280151
Reposted by Tim BradshawOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/04/2026The news I'm getting from the University of Sussex is that the overwhelming majority of the students are delighted and consider it a victory. Maybe the "Office for Students" might like to take the actual students into account. 1230543
Reposted by Tim BradshawNatasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 24/04/2026I’ve been hearing so much anger and disappointment from frontline workers about the BBC investigation into fraudulent asylum claims. One of the most damning responses has come from one of the experts they interviewed, solicitor Ana Gonzalez. It’s really worth reading her response in full: 4520461179
Reposted by Tim BradshawJames O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 23/04/2026NEW: The Green Party is STILL bad at being green (FREE TO READ) takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/the-green-...takes.jamesomalley.co.ukThe Green Party is STILL bad at being greenWe need 'industrial-scale' solar if we want to reach Net Zero. 2211448
Reposted by Tim BradshawJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Even though it’s been a frustrating day here today I’m not going to criticise BlueSky. I often get much worse service from things I actually pay for. 39311
Reposted by Tim BradshawJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Trump’s obviously spent far too long studying those pages in Schelling’s The Strategy of Conflict where he argues that chaotic irrationality can give you a bargaining advantage. 2301
Reposted by Tim BradshawJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 12/03/2026When BlueSky changes ownership, all I ask for is that I can still get a chronological feed as a default. It no longer exists on Facebook, and Twitter makes it difficult. I follow people because I want to see their posts when they post them. 2769485
Reposted by Tim BradshawBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Can anyone explain to me what the Blue Labour justification for this is? Who out there will vote Labour because Mahmood prevented a Sudanese Chevening Scholar? And to be honest, why won’t the PM simply overrule her? 36939306
Reposted by Tim BradshawAlan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 26/02/2026The Spectator published this attack on me & colleagues just as the High Court is considering Sussex’s request for review of the Office for Students fine. It accuses us of ‘repressing’ our students. The magazine ignored my request for to reply. Please disseminate. alanlester.co.uk/blog/smearin...alanlester.co.ukSmearing Sussex (and Me): Responding to Nigel Biggar’s Latest Attack in The SpectatorThe University of Sussex, Feb 2026, taken by the author. Alan Lester The Spectator has published an article by Nigel Biggar smearing the University of Sussex as repressing students who ‘don&#… 9172117
Reposted by Tim BradshawThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 24/02/2026The question I ask with any article is: what do I actually know and think about this topic? Essay = assay. This means sometimes my final piece is different to what I thought it would be. "What is your angle?" I am sometimes asked before filing. - I dunno, I reply, I have not written it yet. 39810
Reposted by Tim BradshawGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 18/02/2026In some ways I'm philosophical about The End these days. It is what it is. But for the final wave to hit because of the crisis when we worked the hardest we possibly could, we nearly broke ourselves, and did exactly what the govt told us to do? It seems.. painful. 914328
Reposted by Tim BradshawPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 13/02/2026The hospital waiting list in England has dropped to its lowest level in nearly three years. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukNHS waiting list at lowest level in three yearsBacklog drops below 7.3m for first time since 2023 in England, but concern over long A&E waits. 15350103
Tim Bradshaw @timjbradshaw.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Interesting reporting from @peterwalker99.bsky.social on the way Keir Starmer is so viscerally loathed. Public persona plus blunders & u-turns = Truss-like ratings. What could it have been minus those missteps and abandoned pre-election pledges -or McSweeney? www.theguardian.com/politics/202... 200
Reposted by Tim BradshawOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10/02/2026This is pretty menacing. Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students." When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win. 1951089505
Reposted by Tim BradshawChris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 09/02/2026NEW: Rare earths are often in the news, with nations vying over access to rare earth mines. But many countries, including the US, have many or all of the rare earths they need at home. In waste. I wrote about how to harvest rare earths without traditional mining... www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...bbc.co.ukFungi mining and giant waste piles: How to get rare earths without mining rockAs nations posture over access to rare earth deposits, scientists say these coveted materials are hiding in plain sight – and can be harvested without any conventional mining at all. 26429
Reposted by Tim BradshawJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Hard to remember today that Keir Starmer is only the fourth Labour leader to win a majority at a general election (after Attlee, Wilson and Blair). 6241
Reposted by Tim BradshawDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Actually, if this government is going to follow through on its policies shouldn't an AI LLM be the new Number 10 Chief of Staff? 6354
Reposted by Tim BradshawThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 08/02/2026The only precedents I can think of a PM losing the confidence of the House of Commons on an issue of national security or similar are Chamberlain and Eden. Not good for Starmer. Yes, we have had weak PMs drag on, but not when they have lost the confidence of MPs on national security. 6648
Reposted by Tim BradshawThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 08/02/2026McSweeney going makes no difference to the quoted point below. Starmer has lost the confidence of the House of Commons on a matter of national security. It is difficult to see any PM surviving that easily. And now there's the Mandeson document disclosure exercise over which he has no control. 924863
Reposted by Tim BradshawEmma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 05/02/2026The thing with everyone having a substack is not just that the market couldn’t work but you don’t want everything to be personality driven. You want a space for reporters not to be the story. Like how is the pipeline for expert commentators going to grow anyway? 710015
Reposted by Tim BradshawThe Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇 22804537
Reposted by Tim BradshawRebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 25/11/2025one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible. 237228526517
Reposted by Tim BradshawJonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.eurosky.social · 25/11/2025It beggars belief that Labour are taxing universities’ most lucrative revenue streams at a time when three quarters of them are in the red 18029
Reposted by Tim BradshawJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse. 1091786428
Reposted by Tim BradshawJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Can we go back to the days when politicians said that they really wanted to help people but it’s very hard and takes time, rather than saying that they want to hurt people and can do it quickly? 4512144
Reposted by Tim BradshawNatalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 16/11/2025‘Government sources said rules that mean most asylum seekers are not allowed to have jobs will not change.’ It’s absurd that the govt chooses to continue with a rule that puts asylum seekers in a situation of dependency, then attacks then for needing ‘handouts’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...theguardian.comUK government set to make support for asylum seekers ‘discretionary’Home secretary expected to change system to deny help to those who can work or who have assets 417057
Reposted by Tim BradshawLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 15/11/2025Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions. 2054071958
Reposted by Tim BradshawBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 15/11/2025With the ending of permanent asylum, taxes on foreign students, two U-turns on income tax, a refusal to listen to business concerns about hiring costs, again I ask ‘who are Labour for?’ What is the vision underlying all these choices other than responding to last week’s polls? 831693
Reposted by Tim BradshawAnthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 15/11/2025Thinking about my own father, who arrived in 1946 with the Free Polish Army - when would Labour have sent him back to communist Poland? How could he have done anything to build a life and have children in the UK if he had had to beg to stay every two years? Disgusting. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comUK set to limit refugees to temporary staysShabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system. 28453152
Reposted by Tim BradshawChaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 15/11/2025the video goes on and on about illegal immigration and yet the new proposal will target legal migration by confirmed refugees 1027255
Reposted by Tim BradshawJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 15/11/2025When asylum seekers are demonised I feel the need to point out that people like me are the children of asylum seekers (in my case my father came to England on the Kindertransport and my mother’s family fled pograms in Poland and Ukraine). Go home when safe? Hmmmmmmm…. 815834
Reposted by Tim BradshawSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 15/11/2025The main thrust of the proposal is about what should happen those who the UK government agrees have a valid claim for protection under UK and international law once they have been here 2-3 years (and 4-6 years and 6-9 years). The effects on integration are as/more important as on arrivals 33813