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Jonathan Davies

@profjsdavies

Former professor of urban studies and public policy. Independent Chair of Feeding Leicester. Living with CLL thanks to NHS.

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USA is a far greater global threat than Russia. That should be abundantly clear by now. USA has 750 bases around the world. USA attacks other countries at will. USA keeps a genocidal attack dog. USA is run by end-times psychopaths and emperor-dictator wannabes. A threat to everyone everywhere.

10.03.2026 09:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hello! It looks like private equity is moving in - attracted to making money from NHS waiting lists. And Iโ€™m not doing anything else until weโ€™ve raised the funds to investigate whatโ€™s going on ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿšจ

Iโ€™m not kidding. Iโ€™m determined to get this project off the ground. Private โ€ฆ

09.03.2026 14:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 24 ๐Ÿ” 17 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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'There's not much you can do' - ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Pidcock's honest reflection after ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Pogaฤar's ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Strade Bianche domination

๐Ÿ“ฐ www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/ther...

๐Ÿ“ธ Cor Vos

07.03.2026 16:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

There are people on the feral right which detests democracy, peace, jews, women and homosexuals to its core, arguing that destroying Iran, the murder of the Ayatollah and the mass murder of schoolgirls is good for democracy, peace, jews, women and homosexuals. What devilish cunning.

01.03.2026 18:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Global Big Beer moves to close leading cask ale brewery Global brewer Molson Coors has announced that it plans to close Sharps brewery in Cornwall by the end of 2026. The usual talk of difficult decisions is on display but for companies like this, its nโ€ฆ

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28.02.2026 11:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I couldn't stifle a derisive splutter when I read that that that the so-called "UN Security Council" is being summoned. When can we expect a statement from the Bored of Peas?

28.02.2026 16:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The FIFA Peace Prize selection committee members nod solemnly and say theyโ€™ve never been more proud

28.02.2026 13:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 171 ๐Ÿ” 34 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

BREAKING: I'm hearing reports that Israel has bombed a school full of children in Iran, killing 40 girls. I'm unclear if we're pretending there were tunnels below that school, but at least those girls were liberated, right?

28.02.2026 13:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 301 ๐Ÿ” 94 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

GOOD NEWS! A UNIVERSAL sarbecovirus vaccine candidate has OFFICIALLY started clinical trials. GBP511 is the FIRST vaccine to reach human testing that is intended to protect against MULTIPLE strains of SARS-CoV-2 as well as other related coronaviruses with the potential to spark dangerous outbreaks.

26.02.2026 17:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 3521 ๐Ÿ” 1091 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27 ๐Ÿ“Œ 30

I think Deform wants, or used to want, PR. PR might be the right thing to do as a matter of principle. However, it cannot plausibly be presented as a panacea or prophylactic against the far right. They could still win. There is no substitute for a credible system-transforming politics of hope.

27.02.2026 10:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Paul Mason on X: "@JoshuaYJackson If you don't think KS will advance the class struggle you're possibly not understanding social democracy correctly from a Marxist viewpoint" / X @JoshuaYJackson If you don't think KS will advance the class struggle you're possibly not understanding social democracy correctly from a Marxist viewpoint

To his great credit, @paulmason.bsky.social has left this up. I guess we could put it down to COVID-fever.

x.com/paulmasonnew...

27.02.2026 10:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Remember how the entire political class from the centre left to the far right collaborated to destroy Corbyn after June 2017? Expect the backlash to this Green victory to be vile. it will be nakedly racist, fanatical and violent. We need to be organised to resist this across the whole left.

27.02.2026 08:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oddschecker has Green at 1/2. Deform at 9/2. They know something? ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿผ

26.02.2026 22:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Starmer latest: Scottish Labour leader to demand PM resign over Mandelson scandal A major intervention from Anas Sarwar could be the tipping point for Keir Starmerโ€™s premiership

I don't know which straw breaks this camel's back, however the beast is clearly tottering.

"Keir Starmerโ€™s premiership is in freefall with the Scottish and Welsh Labour leaders set to call on him to quit".

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

09.02.2026 14:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NEW JUA #ARTICLE: Appointed boards and the limits of local democracy: The hidden face of local power, by Mirya R. Holman www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @bhanlonurban.bsky.social

04.02.2026 18:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tony Benn on Peter Mandelson 30 years ago โ€˜I think he is a really bad influenceโ€™* (6th December 1996) *Tony Benn recorded this assessment, which was made in a comment to the then Labour MP for Bishop Auckland, Derek Foster, in his Diary on 6th December 1996 just months before Labour won a landslideโ€ฆ

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03.02.2026 18:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mandelson โ€˜amazedโ€™ by Epstein files amid new Fergie and Andrew revelations โ€“ latest Police to review claims of misconduct in public office after peer accused of leaking sensitive information to disgraced billionaire

Yes - all this must have been a terrible shock for Peter. Thoughts and prayers.

โ€œI too am amazed by some of the conversations I had and areas of my life where I was seeking advice from Epstein.โ€

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

03.02.2026 13:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Novax Djocovid does it again! ๐Ÿ˜ฒ

30.01.2026 14:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Trump says โ€˜very dangerousโ€™ for UK to do business with China, after Starmer hails progress in Beijing US president warns Keir Starmer over closer ties with China during British PMโ€™s trip to secure lower tariffs and better access to Chinese market

To anyone with a smidgeon of interest in global geopolitics, the USA today will look like a vastly greater and more immediate threat than China. This is Dump's own doing.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

30.01.2026 10:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very interested in this as a CLL patient.

29.01.2026 21:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump claims Iranโ€™s nuclear capabilities โ€˜obliteratedโ€™ despite UN watchdog comments โ€“ as it happened Trumpโ€™s claim runs counter to a leaked US intelligence report which said the damage had only set Iranโ€™s nuclear programme back a โ€˜few monthsโ€™

I'm shocked and surprised to hear that the USA needs to "obliterate' Iran's nuclear weapons programme. For the second time in a year!

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

29.01.2026 17:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why do millennials think the year of the fire horse will save them? As memes about the year of the horse go viral on social media, Olivia Petter asks how and why so many of her friends suddenly believe that Chinese astrology will fix everything in their lives

This'll have the "culture warriors" wetting themselves.

Remember when the Kabbalah was trendy? Now apparently it is the Chinese zodiac.

www.independent.co.uk/life-style/y...

29.01.2026 08:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump to send ICE agents to Milan Winter Olympics amid Minneapolis shooting backlash Milan mayor, Giuseppe Sala, has said ICE agents are โ€˜not welcome in Milanโ€™ ahead of next monthโ€™s Winter Olympics

Now, here is a real plague-rat invasion. The Mayor of Milan doesn't want them. Will the Italian government roll over?

www.independent.co.uk/sport/winter...

27.01.2026 14:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Department of Homeland Security said the episode began after a man approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and they tried to disarm him. But footage from the scene shows the man was holding a phone in his hand, not a gun, when federal agents took him to the ground and shot him.

24.01.2026 19:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Is liberal democracy in terminal decline? The old system worked under a set of conditions that are no longer present

Nice piece by John Burn Murdoch tying the rise of the far right and geo-political conflict to structural limits of capital. We're in an era of zero (to negative) sum games.

I don't believe Mark "Thucydides" Carney discussed that.

www.ft.com/content/b4d2...

24.01.2026 12:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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National flu and COVID-19 surveillance report: 15 January 2026 (week 3)

For those who take an interest in such things, the flupocalypse seems not to have occurred.

www.gov.uk/government/s...

18.01.2026 10:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good grief. Will he bring his chainsaw? #Milei, #Erdogan invited to join #Gaza โ€˜
โ€œBoard of Peaceโ€. #boredofpeas

17.01.2026 15:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a nasally delivered, antibiotic-inactivated Bordetella pertussis (AIBP) vaccine that NOT ONLY prevents SEVERE disease BUT also CURBS bacterial TRANSMISSION. This NEEDLE-FREE AIBP platform could open the door to new vaccines against other respiratory bacteria.

15.01.2026 17:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 3016 ๐Ÿ” 844 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25 ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
Rory Kinnear's monster in Penny Dreadful represented in the post as Robert Jenrick.

Rory Kinnear's monster in Penny Dreadful represented in the post as Robert Jenrick.

Jenrick proclaims its defecation to the far right.

15.01.2026 16:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0