James Loxley
English Lit prof based in Edinburgh. Bisexual English Scot - volatile organic compound - he/they. Roundhead in politics, Cavalier in spirit. Small room dj. Opinions expressed here entirely my personal own.
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- “And then the man goes, but doctor, I am Pagliacci!”
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- Reposted by James Loxley🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted *And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it Full story: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
- Wonderful stuff! However… - we don’t know that Shakespeare wrote it, - or whether it’s in his hand in the manuscript (these issues are connected), - or whether it was performed (the censor’s hand in the ms makes it more, not less, likely that it was), - this passage was not censored,
- Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
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- Reposted by James Loxley"Rhe only reason we know any of this [about Mandelson] is because Epstein became entangled in the MAGA movement’s narrative. "What we still aren’t asking is how similar networks of influence are operating elsewhere today." New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/release-th...
- Who tf is ‘Al Carns’
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- Reposted by James Loxleythe new statesman has finally decided to inform us that Mandelson has been charge all along. Wonder what we'll learn in 5 years? www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...
- Reposted by James LoxleyIncandescent. One of the best pieces I've read about what university means to people and their communities - and what will happen to a city and people after one closes. The *Labour* government and Jaqui Smith in particular should be ashamed of themselves and shamed into doing something. Deplorable.
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- Reposted by James LoxleyA correction for the ages (from The Guardian's review of 'Melania'):
- The unsanctifying of Brown is long overdue. Calling him Grodon is an essential but small step towards the eventual goal.
- Reposted by James Loxleythe problem with this newfound “bursary” argument aired in the Times is this: twhen we first heard about these payments in September a person close to Mandelson said it couldn’t possibly be the case and, er, threatened to sue us
- A whole bunch of posters discovering the charm of D*nc*n H*th*rs*ll this morning and it’s going exactly as it always does.
- Reposted by James Loxley1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.” This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵 www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
- This whole business is just such a stark illustration of the media power of Noticing - or not, as the preferred political exigencies require.
- Reposted by James LoxleyReads headline. Does double take. Reads headline again to be sure that’s right 😳 www.standard.co.uk/news/world/h...
- The stakes could not be higher here, engaging as they do the interaction of the UK Supreme Court ruling and the Scottish government’s obligations under international human rights law. IANAL, but this could have much wider implications than the immediate - already hugely important - issue.
- Reposted by James LoxleyA school is being sued for including trans kids. We're trying to defend them. Will you help us? 👇
- ✏️ NEW 📏 A school faces a threat of legal action over policies that protect all children – so we’re fighting back. goodlaw.social/a8mo
- Reposted by James LoxleyDefinitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
- Reposted by James LoxleyThree parties - SNP, Lib Dems and Plaid Cymru - now asking for the police to investigate Mandelson. Hard to recall a worse public scandal than a cabinet minister allegedly colluding with foreign bankers to share market sensitive info and encourage threats against Chancellor
- Somehow, Mandelson returned
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- BREAKING on ft website: Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans www.ft.com/content/fdf7...
- Reposted by James LoxleyDelighted to be one of many colleagues endorsing @markpendleton.bsky.social for #ucu Vice-President (Higher Education). Find out more about him and his campaign here ucucommons.org/about-mark/ and please do vote when your ballot arrives! 😀
- Reposted by James LoxleyPerhaps the most important documentary of our times, Everybody to Kenmure Street is an official selection at Sundance and received a rousing ovation at its screening. And to the good people of Glasgow, the world salutes your kindness, love, empathy, intelligence and bravery. 🏴☮️💜 #FuckRacism
- And we can all make a shrewd guess at who told him to make that plea…
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- Reposted by James LoxleyCan’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.
- There’s ‘out of touch’, and then there’s whatever the fuck this is.
- Daily Express: NOW YOU MUST GIVE BRITAIN A PROPER BREXIT #TomorrowsPapersToday
- Reposted by James LoxleySo if I’m understanding this sequence correctly, from Thanksgiving to Christmas 2012, Elon Musk was essentially pestering registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to throw him a wild party on the island.
- Reposted by James LoxleyOutside the Level 2 Reading Room in @bodleian.ox.ac.uk there is a wellbeing display. Here are some it's little zines that genuinely made me smile.
- Reposted by James LoxleyHere are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
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- Reposted by James Loxleyjust choked on my beverage
- Reposted by James Loxleyi will never understand why people log on and *choose* to fight on the internet. there are so many better things you can do with your life
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- Reposted by James LoxleyStill the greatest video ever made. Sorry. I don't make the rules...
- Reposted by James LoxleyInstead of renting a hotel room for 2 hours I hear amorous couples are booking tickets to see MELANIA for complete privacy
- Not going to miss Researchfish - obvs for the vampiric business model, but also their deal with UKRI that allowed them to threaten anyone criticising them online with being reported to funders for ‘abuse’, with the obvious implication it would impact on the critic’s prospects for future funding.
- OOOOH Researchfish Is going extinct 🐡🐟🐠 help.researchfish.com/en_US/resear...
- Asshats can’t even lip sync
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- Reposted by James LoxleyLatest from me, and one of the most important pieces on Special Needs I've written so far: "In fifteen years of political journalism, I don’t think I have seen anything quite like this: a mad game of briefing, counter-briefing and official stonewalling." maybeimamazed.substack.com/p/why-the-po...
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- Reposted by James LoxleyMatt Goodwin's lies about his background have hopelessly confused Google AI 😉
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- Reposted by James LoxleyOn this day in 1945, the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was liberated. Between 5,000-15,000 homosexual men were sent to concentration camps. About 60% of them died there. After the camps were liberated, many of these men were reimprisoned under buggery laws. #HolocaustRemembranceDay
- Reposted by James Loxleybrass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
- Bovino put out to grass.
- BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
- Honestly this makes the ICE watchers sound cool as fuck
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- The good people of Edinburgh can’t contain their excitement. This is gonna break opening night records!
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- Reposted by James Loxley"Even users in r/massivecock, where most of the posts are images of erect penises, railed against ICE in their captions."
- Reposted by James LoxleyMood in minneapolis right now
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