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Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. Materials chemist.

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It's very similar indeed to the situation with RT - but given its reach and influence and the active participation on it of UK politicians I'd suggest X is far more dangerous.
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Kim Jelfs @jelfschem.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Think of the combined CENTURIES of expertise lost here, the creativity, the knowledge, the depth and breadth of cultural learning and understanding, the generations of minds enriched and enlightened, the sheer weight of history that led to the establishment of these programmes. Purged. Destroyed.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
More Orr. 'The former student alleges that the academic’s claim not to have been disciplined contradicts assurances they say they received from the institution.'
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Former student of suspended Reform official ‘reopens case’ against University of Cambridge
Cambridge previously paid £5,000 compensation after an investigation partially upheld allegations against Dr James Orr
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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
just learned this today
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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I was asked "What do other countries do about big money in politics?" Canada is a useful case study as their parliamentary system closely mirrors the UK's (for obvious reasons) - except they've totally clamped down on mega-donations.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I quite like the Belgian approach to capping political donations
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 11/09/2026
How it started / How it's going
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform is the richest party in Britain. Its leaders are almost all millionaires. It is funded almost exclusively by billionaires. It has a supportive TV station and widespread media backing. So naturally, this donation comes with the usual attack on "elites". www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is completely on Andy Burnham Last week Labour could have stopped this. Now we have a single person giving more money than the entire general election spending limit for a political party www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“There is no basis to the govt’s response that the decision to impose sanctions against Jewish terrorists is an expression of antisemitism.” Signees include: Ehud Olmert, former Israeli PM Dan Halutz, former IDF and IAF chief David Harel, president of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is also worth a read from Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, another great rabbi Glad to see so many Masorti rabbi’s countering the unrepresentative narrative we’ve seen from seen quarters - the community is not a monolith jonathanwittenberg.substack.com/p/be-on-the-...
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Happy to report that James Orr (Cambridge) only has 9 publications in his Scopus record and I assume they are all his. His h index is 3, which means he has 3 publications that have been cited at least 3 times. www.scopus.com/authid/detai...
Screenshot of James Orr's Scopus record
Result Number	Document title	Authors	Year	Source	[Cited by]
1. Divine government (  Book Chapter)	Orr, J.	2022	Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 1, pp. 563 [0]
2. Individuation (  Book Chapter)	Orr, J.	2022	Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 1, pp. 960 [0]
3. Divine Lawmaking: Powers and Kinds (  Book Chapter)	Orr, J.	2021	Neo Aristotelian Metaphysics and the Theology of Nature
pp. 408-431 [0]
4. The Discarded Mind: From Divine Ideas to Secular Concepts	Orr, J.	2020	Neue Zeitschrift Fur Systematische Theologie Und Religionsphilosophie 62(2), pp. 167-189 [2]
5. No god, no powers: Classical theism and pandispositionalist laws	Orr, J.	2019	International Philosophical Quarterly
59(4), pp. 411-426 [4]6. Teleology as a theological problem in Kant’s pre-critical thought	Orr, J.	2016	Modern Theology 32(4), pp. 522-543 [1]

7. "being and timelessness": Edith stein's critique of heideggerian temporality	Orr, J.	2014	Modern Theology 30(1), pp. 114-131 [12]

8. 'The fullness of life': Death, finitude, and life-philosophy in Edith Stein's critique of the early heidegger	Orr, J.	2014	Heythrop Journal Quarterly Review of Philosophy and Theology
55(4), pp. 565-575 [9]

9. Edith Stein's Critique of Sociality in the Early Heidegger	Orr, J.	2013	Neue Zeitschrift Fur Systematische Theologie Und Religionsphilosophie 55(3), pp. 379-396 [1]Orr, James
University of Cambridge,  Cambridge, United Kingdom
Scopus ID: 55847656500
29 Citations by 25 documents
9 Documents published
3 h-index

Graph showing document and citation trends since 2013.
No publications listed since 2022 (2 in that year). Max citations: 6 in 2023.
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Joel @snufkinlib.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
God have mercy, an old friend of mine was one of Orr’s students who had quit his PhD and can only speak about it now
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Very useful diagram from Stephanie Lamy for those who want to understand James Orr’s far right network & its funding.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
'Despite posting losses, five of the seven Russell Group universities increased spending on executive pay the same year – while the number of staff with £100,000 salaries rose at six of them. Leeds had the biggest rise in executive pay at 7.6 per cent, paying senior leaders a total of £3.4m.' Hmm
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The seven elite universities losing millions of pounds… while bosses' pay rises
Russell Group universities are axing jobs and cutting courses as the sector faces a financial crisis fuelled by a drop in international students
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
'Cambridge, which reported an operating deficit of £23.3m, increased its vice chancellor’s base salary from £409,000 to £414,000 in 2024-25.' VCs' salaries nowhere on the top 10 list problems with UK universities list, but on the other hand, show some respect?
inews.co.uk
The seven elite universities losing millions of pounds… while bosses' pay rises
Russell Group universities are axing jobs and cutting courses as the sector faces a financial crisis fuelled by a drop in international students
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Europe has a far right problem and the US government plus various tech bros are encouraging it. The centre right insofar as it remains is stuck in paralysis as to what to do, and much of the media likewise, including supposedly "progressive" titles (yes you, staggers).
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
‘Masked paramilitary group occupies crucial port’ is the headline the media would go for if it wasn’t happening in Britain.
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Just when you already thought Orr was a wrongun… 21percent.org?p=4327
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The Curious Case of James Orr - 21percent.org
James Orr is an Associate Professor at Cambridge's Faculty of Divinity and, since February 2026, Head of Policy at Reform UK. He has described Nigel Farage's party as an "insurgent right-wing force" a...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Return of the Blackshirts. Dozens of men dressed in black, wearing balaclavas blocked the road at Dover. Organised to frighten people Crime and Policing Act 2026: "the wearing or otherwise using of an item that conceals identity when in an area designated by police" is a criminal offence.
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Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent
Port authorities say access roads ‘free flowing’ again after large group forces road closures in both directions
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Let me get this right: if you're a retired vicar and peacefully hold up a sign opposing genocide, you're a terrorist. But if 1200 morons put on balaclavas and close half of Dover to stop people *escaping* genocide, police "constructively engage." Is that it? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent
Traffic on A20 in and out of port grinds to halt as Kent police say they are in attendance and engaging with group
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Kent police said 'no arrests were made' of the people who blocked a port and roads. There's your two-tier policing, folks www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
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Port of Dover delays: Disruption as masked 'stop the boats' protesters block roads
Hundreds of demonstrators, wearing black with their faces covered, caused delays to traffic reaching the port.
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I watched the video of these elderly Reform supporters violently assaulting a young woman and it’s incredibly disturbing. I wish I hadn’t, though now I have the measure of how out of control and dangerous these people are. Arrests should follow. Meanwhile this thread makes very good points.
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Annie Mitchell 💙💚🌈 @annieingarden.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Ever wonder how Reform so far have got away with it & claim massive air space, while Lib Dems, despite having 72 MPs, don’t so much hit the headlines? Follow the money. Graphic from Guardian piece by Rowena Mason. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Graphs showing Labour, Conservative, Lib Dem & Reform UK party donations by date accepted. Other parties have much higher spikes than Lib Dem do.
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Sophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
James Orr February: "I will help to build the most serious policy operation in British politics" March: "Am I gonna tell anyone, [...] obviously not, so the reality is we could easily get away with it." www.verbatiminvestigations.com/full-investi...
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Dirty Money: A Year Undercover in Reform UK
A yearlong investigation into Nigel Farage’s fundraising operation reveals a plot to break the law by bringing foreign money into British politics
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The moment Reform admitted on camera the “grim reality” is they can’t bag any British donors was the moment I realised how bad it was
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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Allegations of bullying and misconduct raised against James Orr, Associate Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University Allegations partly upheld, but resulted in no disciplinary action – even though the student was lied to and told that it had www.ft.com/content/c2d0...
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James Orr and the gospel of the new British right
Reform’s policy head is a Cambridge theologian with an enviable contact book and a belief in ‘faith, family and flag’
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Also, I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: the student journalists at Duke Chronicle do astounding work as truly independent reporters They were the ones, for example, who broke the story about Bhattacharya saying, at a Duke talk, “I want the NIH to be the research arm of MAHA” 👀
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
'Of the 1,585 articles published by two Financial Times (FT) 50 journals published between 2010 and 2024, nearly half (788) were written or co-written by just 54 prolific authors, although these scholars made up only 2.4 per cent of overall 2,207'. 1/2
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‘Elite capture’ of top journals prompts ‘gatekeeping’ concerns
Scholarship ‘risks drifting away from excellence-based peer review and towards serving insider interests’ when cliques dominate, warns study
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 30/08/2026
NEW Stewart Lee column Ofcom has ruled against me over a mistake about an ex-Tufton Street campaign manager on a comedy show. The consequences seems like bad news for off-the-cuff banter www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Ofcom won’t touch GB News. But now it’s demanding a right of reply for jokes. Stewart Lee on being ruled against by Ofcom. Illustration of the Ofcom and Oxford Union Society logos, in front of a college dorm
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026
If buying isn't owning then piracy can't be theft. Any reasonable corporation knows that.
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Prof Rachel Oliver @profrachelgan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Andrew Gilligan is claiming that an actual Baron who sits in the House of Lords is unqualified to lead a Cambridge college. These efforts to tear down Black excellence and revert Oxbridge to an old white men's club need to stop. Far, far too much tragedy has already come from this.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
UK asks banks for feelgood stories about keeping out dirty money. 40% of global dirty money laundered in London, UK crown dependencies. Keaks by whistleblowers show banks, accountants and lawyers involved. No prosecutions. Frauds at major banks not investigated. Cosmetic gestures won't do.
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UK asks banks for feelgood stories about keeping out dirty money
City firms tapped for case studies to try to convince global watchdog that London has cleaned up its act
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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 31/08/2026
What in the absolute world
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This is a wild statistic (from IIHS, a very reputable research org): "Cellphone use prior to crashes is undercounted in police reports by a factor of at least 7."
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Study shows police reports undercount cellphone use before crashes
Police usually fail to note drivers talking, texting or fiddling with their phones in crash reports, a new IIHS study shows.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
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Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint
If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.
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pgofton.bsky.social @pgofton.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I know people are saying ‘terrorism’ is a worthless term because of shit like this, but this is exactly what the people in charge want it to mean; any type of resistance, no matter how inconsequential, is extreme violence and will be treated as such
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Academic freedom is when a foreign government dictates how and even whether a university investigates misconduct
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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is an extraordinary thing for the editor in chief of publishers Bloomsbury to say. But it does also explain why they published a book by Johan Hari which defamed me (claimed I'd used ozempic; I hadn't and wouldn't) and then had to apologise publicly to me and insert an errata.
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Ed Douglas @calmandfearless.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Pretty good going from BBC R4's Today to talk for 15 minutes about the disaster in Nepal and not once mention the impact of climate change A massive chunk of glacier collapsed and fell 1.2km, reduced to 'flash flood'.
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Its unfortunately a bit boring to repeat the same thing over and over again, but peer review, like the rest of academia and knowledge work in general, is under enormous duress bc the labor conditions of the people who do it have deteriorated beyond the point of the system functioning as intended.
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Mark Pendleton @markpendleton.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
84% of staff and research students at Sheffield Uni vote no confidence in the current leadership. This is no surprise after years of upheaval, lack of direction and “change” for the sake of change. Nobody, least of all the VC, knows what he’s doing or why. @sheffielducu.bsky.social
Picture of Sheffield Uni’s iconic red brick Firth Court building accompanied with the text “The VC Must Resign! Over 1500 staff and PGRs vote ‘no confidence’ in the University Executive Board and Council. #whereisthevc #stoprestructures” and the UCU Sheffield logo
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
a decent chunk of the uk's politics academics signed an open letter last year warning labour's appeasement would lead to this
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David K Smith @professor-dave.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We do loads of outdoor time, the 13yo has an excellent varied diet, we do all types of regulating activities. However, without medication he cannot manage himself or his emotions, he is extremely challenging, and could not function in any educational setting. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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The Great ADHD Myth? review – the most controversial show of the year is here
Dr Max Pemberton isn’t uncompassionate or especially radical, but he assembles a team of medics whose stance on the condition is clear from the off. This is a documentary that will incense and offend ...
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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
People my group have written to about the impact of mass redundancies on teaching quality, research and PhD supervision: VC; DVC for Education; DVC for Research; Dean; Head of School; Students’ Union President; Chair of Governors. People who have replied: 0.
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
It remains striking that Cambridge University – which has rightly found itself subject to immense scrutiny in recent days over its academic appointments process – did not answer any of Byline Times' questions re Cambridge Professor James Orr, Reform's Head of Policy, and his activities there. Why?
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 09/08/2026
What a bonkers statistic as.ft.com/r/3b0a9bd3-a...
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