rob witts
a guy who hangs around universities and opera houses
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- Juliet Jacques is brilliant on MELANIA novaramedia.com/2026/02/04/m...
- Reposted by rob wittsBezos burning the Washington post to the ground is as firm a reason for the continued bbc licence as ever there was. Eventually everything that can be owned by a billionaire will be owned by a billionaire and at that point its future will be determined by the whims of a man making 166k per minute.
- Reposted by rob wittsIt’s interesting who gets private investigators put on them and who just gets appointed ambassador
- 🔴 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-...
- Reposted by rob witts‘Can cork man stay afloat?’ was right there.
- Reposted by rob wittsBeyond shameless to criticise “the left” for not defending British values or standing up for integrated communities, whilst actively pushing policies on settlement designed to deter, exclude and “other“ members of our society
- Reposted by rob wittsSir 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
- Reposted by rob wittsMandelson would never have been exposed by the British media if it wasn't for the US DOJ dumping all those files. They would have assisted in covering up his role instead, like they've been doing for the past 30 years. They knew what he was and they kept quiet for decades.
- Reposted by rob wittsHe just tweeted it out …
- Reposted by rob wittswell here's one news story about the thing I've been obsessively tweeting about for days (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
- Reposted by rob wittsThis clip is marvelous. The best bits begin at 14:40 including a tour of the interior. Barbican, 1969: The development of the Barbican Estate following World War II youtu.be/vLPlJsoVq8k?...
- Reposted by rob witts“Everyone involved pretends they had absolutely no idea.” Ian Hislop, Private Eye’s editor, appeared on Tonight with Andrew Marr to discuss the Epstein files, and the cover the Eye ran in reference to the paedophile sex trafficker all the way back in 2011.
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- Just leaving this here www.thenational.scot/news/2545164...
- Reposted by rob wittsThe example I use: if you had a *mere* $1b — a fraction of what Bezos and Musk and Zuckerberg have — you could spend $25,000 every single day of your life and you would never run out of money. Your children would still be extremely rich. It would take over a hundred years to deplete your wealth.
- Reposted by rob wittsMacKenzie Scott has the chance to do the funniest thing right now.
- Historically by the time you become party leader and then PM, you would have decades of experience in the political arena. Turns out that was an important feature of the system I guess
- Reposted by rob wittsPleased to see the jury make this decision. We need to have eyes wide open this is exactly why the Government wants to abolish juries. People protesting against a genocide are not the criminals here - it's the politicians who continue to provide cover. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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- Reposted by rob witts1 And lo, there came upon the land a time of great Noticing, and many things were Noticed which had gone unseen 2 And the Hacks spake, saying, Whom could’ve known the taking bribes and wrecking his party with bullshit terror adviser guy was a Mandelson plant 3 And, it is a show, that is made of shit
- Reposted by rob wittsWhen people talk about the idea that some universities must go under, there’s a certain tendency to behave as if these smaller local campuses are negligible- regrettable casualties perhaps but not ‘real’ universities. This report does a great job of illustrating why that’s wrong.
- Reposted by rob wittsDevastatingly sad. Every Labour MP should be forced to read this. In fact, every MP, who rushed back to Parliament to vote to save one steel mill, whilst hastening the collapse of dozens of universities - and harming the students, staff, communities and economies universities sustain and support
- Reposted by rob wittsRemember, the state regulator "fined" U of Sussex almost £600,000 for attempting to protect the rights of trans people. Hopefully this shocking and shameful abuse of power will be overturned.
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- Reposted by rob wittsMedia coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza. We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
- Reposted by rob wittswhatever rowling is trying to hide it's something that would look even worse than how it looks to delete your entire yacht location history immediately after someone noticing your signoff turning up in the epstein files
- Reposted by rob wittsI'm sorry but it's very funny to me that the legislature of a G7/P5 country of 70 million is currently drafting the "Fuck This One Guy in Particular Act of 2026." Also, imagine tolerating a system of privilege so entrenched you need to rewrite centuries-old rules just to get at one douchebag.
- UK govt drafting legislation to remove Mandelson peerage, has referred information to the police www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...
- Reposted by rob wittsLast week, RPN broke a string of stories on significant changes to funding across a number of research councils (see thread below) This morning, UKRI chief executive is appearing at the Commons science committee, where he is being asked about them by MPs Here are some key moments so far 🧵
- On Friday we revealed that the heads of four large-scale physics infrastructure projects have been informed that they’ve “not been prioritised” for funding. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
- Reposted by rob wittsIn the fine British tradition of turning to memes in moments of crisis, I present your summary of today's UKGov committee session discussing the planned cuts, erm I mean cost reductions, at STFC. 🔭🧪⚛️ ℹ️: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-02...
- Popcorn at the ready: the UKGov Science, Innovation & Technology Committee is about to quiz Sir Ian Chapman about UKRI’s new strategic objectives. Will they ask him about the devastating cuts planned for UK astronomy? Let's hope so. 🔭🧪 📺 Watch live from 9:30am: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
- Reposted by rob witts📣 Today @felicitycallard.bsky.social and I have published the first peer-reviewed response to the 'Sullivan Review' of research and data on sex and gender. doi.org/10.1111/tran... The Review could threaten trans rights and inclusion, erode academic freedom, and undermine research quality.
- Reposted by rob wittsI read this, and I almost regret it. What do you even do with the knowledge that Epstein wanted and was trying to engineer societal breakdown via far right populism bc he thought it would benefit his sex trafficking business?
- I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy. www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
- Reposted by rob witts...The Aristocrats!
- brexit! in the epstein files
- Reposted by rob witts1. 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...
- it's a shame that any of this needs to be said (and the comments are what you'd expect) but I appreciated this calm and sane article on supporting trans people in universities (and beyond)
- Reposted by rob wittsshould be obvious but how we collectively react to the historical child abuse revelations coming out now will influence what people currently abusing children today will feel they can get away with. it will influence whether or not current/ new victims can feel safe enough to come forwards.
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- Reposted by rob wittsHello, I have a new book out in the spring with Picador and I would love it if you could help me spread the word. IF WE TOLERATE THIS draws on years of work, to help readers understand why British politics is hurtling rightwards and what to do about it. Pre-orders: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/if-w...
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- Reposted by rob wittsOnce again left standing at a pedestrian crossing unable to cross, despite the green man showing, because of drivers continuing to go through on the red light. What is wrong with people? How do we get them help?
- Reposted by rob wittsThe thing the Epstein case keeps emphasising is that Trump's central political virtue is impunity. The person who deserves to be punished possibly more than any other name in the files, is currently the person least likely to be. The entire moral economy of guilt & retribution gets upended by this.
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- Reposted by rob wittsDOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression. CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school? DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town. C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name? DR: Now look
- Reposted by rob wittsIt's 1998. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour. It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour. It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour. It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
- Reposted by rob wittsIt’s 2026. There is a measles outbreak in the prison for babies
- Reposted by rob wittsPlease CHRIST look at the UK; Starmer’s Labour didn’t win the last election; the Conservatives lost it. The thing to do is to *BURN AWAY* Schumer, Jeffries et al through direct action, protests, primaries. You and I are in charge (sorry! but also: congrats!) Catch up with us, Dems, or be retired.
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- Reposted by rob witts‘When it is up and running, the new gas-fired power plant near Homer City, Pennsylvania will generate 4.4 gigawatts, just a little more than the peak winter electricity demand for the whole of Scotland.’ Donald MacKenzie on the scale of AI’s resource demands. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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- comma comma comma comma comma chameleon you come, and go,
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- Reposted by rob wittsThis is a truly timeless piece... harpers.org/archive/1941...
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