A life spent teaching the young to think critically, beware believing everything they read and hear, and look for the author’s motives. Retired HMI 2005.
Joined March 2011
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Will Littlejohn retweeted
I have to disagree with @LucyMPowell comments at the Education Select Committee on Ofsted's current problems, being 'no one's fault'. The new Framework was introduced to address previous serious weaknesses in both its construction and implementation. Faults lie with leadership.
Will Littlejohn retweeted
This is getting mad. The police should not be policing words.
ARRESTED WITH SARAH HELM'S WORDS
A woman has just been arrested outside the US Embassy in London for holding a sign with words mirroring the ones that the National Security Advisor's wife tweeted, and for which @metpoliceuk declared "did not meet the criminal threshold".
Will Littlejohn retweeted
Nothing to see here. Just another woman with more balls than every single male politician, collectively!
📢"I cannot forgive, & there are so many others who will never forget just how long it has taken the UK Government to finally do the right thing📢
@larabirdsnp #israel
Will Littlejohn retweeted
Strong statement from Ed Miliband.
Anyone who invests in E1 settlement tendering process & with construction in illegal settlements will face sanctions.
Let's hope at least 4-year prison sentences as the non-violent climate protestors currently in prison.
ALT STATEMENT ON E1 SETTLEMENT EXPANSION 19 October 2026 The decision by the Israeli Government to open tenders for settlements in E1 is a direct threat to the prospect of a two-state solution and has been widely condemned by the international community. Today is the deadline for bids for the E1 settlement tender. I want to be very clear with those considering engaging in the tendering process: we have created new powers allowing us to sanction individuals and companies involved in the construction of illegal settlements such as E1. We urge businesses and individuals not to proceed with bids for E1 construction tenders. They should be aware of legal and reputational consequences, including the risk of involving themselves in serious breaches of international law. FULL STATEMENT CONTINUES ON GOV.UK
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Frank Norris and Prof Colin Richards drafted this response to Ofsted's interim report on the roll out of the new inspection Fwk produced with IFF. We will dig into the interim findings shortly and will publish on our site. Here's our initial response thealternativebiglisten.co.u…
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When was the last time that any of presenters on @BBCr4today, or indeed anywhere @BBCNews, made an equally passionate stand for the right to a safe home for Palestinians after their dispossession and genocide? I can't remember one of them risking their job to call for justice
"Do you think that the state of Israel, as a safe home for Jews after the Holocaust and after the pogroms, has a right to exist?"
@bbcnickrobinson repeatedly asks Green Party leader Zack Polanski.
Will Littlejohn retweeted
This Dispatches episode is very important for understanding what happened behind the scenes during the Israel arms licensing process. It should be watched in full, but I want to draw attention to one aspect in particular, where the whistleblower Mark Smith, who was involved in
Will Littlejohn retweeted
🇮🇱🇵🇸 They smash medical equipment inside Gaza hospitals.
They film themselves doing it.
Then they post it for amusement.
Israeli soldiers, in their own footage.
Will Littlejohn retweeted
A government cannot balance its current budget while starving the economy of the investment it needs. That is not fiscal prudence, it is deferred economic insecurity – and the UK’s lagging public and private investment are its outcome.
New post on what fiscal rules are actually for. Link in replies.
Will Littlejohn retweeted
I keep hearing stories about primary age children in English schools, 'hating writing'. Why? I know why: because primary school writing has become a matter of jumping through hoops which require you to lever in so-called grammatical features in order to reach the 'expected level'
Will Littlejohn retweeted
New detonations carried out by the Israeli military in the village of Bani Hayyan. Southern Lebanon is being pulverized and made uninhabitable in the complete international silence.
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BREAKING: E1 Tender Open for Bidding
President @vonderleyen: You warned Israel not to proceed with E1 expansion. They heard you loud and clear and did the opposite. What will the EU do next? Lip service or act in line with international law for a change?
peacenow.org.il/en/e1-tender…
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‘The Americans are not telling the Israelis to respect the idea that Palestine should have sovereignty. When I was PM and Israel invaded Gaza, the Americans told them to get out and they left.’
A good point from Brown: this is ultimately Trump’s holocaust. theguardian.com/politics/202…
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Does Gove know how P8 is measured?Inclusive schools face challenges with mid year arrivals, persistent absence.disrupted schooling. With no SATs measure how can a school hope to conform to his normative measures👇🏽 neither Ofsted or DfE take note of context ! A complete travesty!
Important to play ball not man. On day that England’s maths success is recognised worth considering the Progress 8 score at @vicgoddard’s flagship school Passmores Academy - students there are not being given the opportunities they deserve
Will Littlejohn retweeted
Grenfell cladding firm paid shareholders $31m more than to victims/survivors.
72 Britons died in fire due to faulty cladding.
US shareholders sued for inadequate disclosures, received $74m
Victims of fire, their families received $43m
No one prosecuted
theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
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Retired IDF Colonel Doron Meinrath was arrested today by the IDF for protecting a Palestinian community in Khirbet a-Tawil in the occupied West Bank from settler violence. The IDF arrested him after declaring the area of a water cistern he was protecting a "closed military zone".
Doron is one of several thousands of Israeli activists risking their health and freedom to serve as "protective presence" against settler terrorists.
timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e…
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“I did a leg amputation on a 5-year-old girl, and the only anesthesia that we had was the anesthesia doctor singing to her… We were praying for her to faint. She stayed awake the whole amputation.”
Absolutely devastating testimony from doctors in Gaza.
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Under 14 years of Conservative-led governments (2010 to 2024), UK public sector net debt (excluding public sector banks) grew by roughly £1.57 trillion, rising from about £1.08 trillion in May 2010 to approximately £2.65 trillion when they left office in mid-2024.
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An important statement from Brenda Hollis, who ran the #Palestine team, about the Prosecutor and the #ICC warrants for Netanyahu & Gallant. Having worked closely with the team as Special Adviser on War Crimes, I know firsthand her assessment is spot-on. linkedin.com/posts/brenda-ho…
