Senior Lecturer in Sociology & Youth @londonmetuni Research: identity•youth•reflexivity•epistemology Ex-Project Manager @SpursOfficial @juliuselster.bsky.social
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From the North to Neerpede. 🇳🇴🟣⚪️
Thelo Aasgaard strengthens RSC Anderlecht’s midfield on loan until the end of the season, with an option to buy. More on rsca.be
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Maybe it’s my echo chamber but I don’t think I have seen misconduct from a uni lecturer generate this level of media coverage.
The extraordinary case of Professor Jason Arday
As high-profile Cambridge professor Jason Arday resigns after a string of allegations about plagiarism, @kirancmoodley explores what this complex story really reveals about academia.
Read our latest newsletter:
channel4news.substack.com/p/…
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Nothing to see here. Just a bunch of entitled middle-class white folks lynching the reputation of Britain's first and longest serving black female MP.
"I'm very sad and very concerned... Jews and black people should be fighting racism together."
Phil Rosenberg, President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews on Diane Abbott's readmission to the Labour Party.
#Newsnight
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Left: Gary Linekar, "(Police) carting pensioners off the streets for carrying a placard, it's utterly absurd what we've become"
Right: Yvette Cooper and Keir Starmer's legacy is a disgrace, will you end this shambles @andyburnham or will you make it part of your legacy too?
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🗣️ "We need to win these sorts of games"
Thelo Aasgaard on Rangers' opening day draw against Dundee Utd ⤵️
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Keir Starmer has done a trade deal with Donald Trump that could end up costing our NHS £45 billion - and, experts say, cause more Britons to die than Covid.
So why is hardly anyone talking about it?
My column theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Woodside (Haringey) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 43.3% (+6.1)
🌹 LAB: 41.0% (+2.7)
➡️ RFM: 7.2% (+0.1)
🌳 CON: 4.6% (-2.4)
🔶 LDM: 3.9% (-6.5)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2026.
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UN commission of inquiry says Israel committing genocide in Gaza by deliberately targeting children bbc.in/4uRd8sI
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🚨BREAKING: Filton 4 sentenced as terrorists
Amnesty opposes the use of terrorism powers in this case.
It is completely disproportionate to punish protesters for criminal damage as if they were terrorists, a sentence which stays with you for life.
The defendants in today’s case were sentenced as terrorists because prosecutors want to make an example of them.
Today's decision shows how direct action protesters could be treated in the future.
The use of terrorism laws against direct action protesters must end.
Together we must continue calling out the abuse of power and fighting for our right to protest.
Read our position:
Criminal Damage, Direct Action, Terrorism: Misuse of counter-terrorism powers in the UK: amn.st/6015B87ZCx
ALT Filton 4 sentenced as terrorists, use of terrorism laws against protesters must end
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"There is no one else coming to save us, if you have an opinion about what we should do with the country, you have to get involved”
Green Sarah Wakefield says she doesn’t want to just focus on "Westminster culture" but the “fundamental problem” of “massive inequality”
#bbcqt
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You might think this is bad, but imagine if they were over 60, holding up a placard with four particular words on it. That’s terrorism.
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#GMB: "Children are now 3 times more likely to grow up in poverty despite all adults in the household working full time"
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Yesterday Keir Starmer announced Labour will nationalise British Steel and save 2700 jobs.
The Uni of Nottingham put 2700 staff at risk of redundancy.
This is just one university.
Across the UK 15,000 higher education jobs need saving.
Where is the rescue package for our universities?
Cities and towns will be devastated by these job losses.
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Analytic philosophy: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, might be using a word incorrectly.
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The documentary that the BBC refused to air - Gaza: Doctors Under Attack - won a Bafta last night.
The documentary shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza by Israeli authorities. The decimation of Gaza’s healthcare system including the detention of healthcare workers is central to Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Amnesty awarded Gaza: Doctors Under Attack at the Amnesty Media Awards last week. The work of everyone involved in making this documentary and fighting for it to be broadcast shows the importance of journalists willing to speak truth to power.
#Bafta #Baftas
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Earlier this week, London Youth delivered an insightful training session for BSc Youth Studies students who explored the practical application of youth work principles and trauma‑informed approaches, discussing the impact of crime and barriers young people face when seeking help.
ALT Victoria from London Youth delivering a highly engaging training session.
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Starmer's resignation is not enough. What needs booting out is the politics he represents: corporate greed, anti-migrant rhetoric and endless war.
My piece for @tribunemagazine.
tribunemag.co.uk/2026/05/sta…
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‘You can speak up for Palestinian people and not be antisemitic’
Green Party Leader @ZackPolanski says Benjamin Netanyahu has made many British Jews feel less safe by ‘conflating’ antisemitism and criticism of the Israeli government
#Peston
