Andy Sprake

“asked to” bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@chelslesterrx Same to you Chelsea! How are you getting on?

@AndySprake Hope you’re doing okay! 👍 😊

In a world where demands on our time are ever-increasing, it’s more important than ever to protect space for the things you love. Making time for what fuels you is not a luxury; it is essential for our wellbeing.

@Livjane_11 Likewise, Liv! A coffee on campus is ready when you are!

@Darrylm5 100% Darryl! As ever, you are a true inspiration and I am so proud of the network we’re developing together 🤝

@AndySprake Great to catch up with you today Andy! 👍🏻

How will ⁦@BBCNews⁩ ensure this level of speech editing doesn’t happen again, to ensure the accuracy of semantic content coming from any political leader? bbc.com/news/articles/…

.@bphillipsonMP said “I want young people to have a good range of options, including subjects like art and music and sport”. Why do MPs relentlessly insist on conflating ‘sport’ with Physical Education? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

“There are times when protecting the right to freedom of speech and freedom to protest can mean that activity that would otherwise be unlawful would be regarded as lawful by the court to protect those rights.” So what does it depend on, exactly? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

When the fusion between Cantonese and a broad Scottish accent co-construct effective learning. A pleasure to be working with the Year 3 SHAPE VTC students in Hong Kong undertaking the @Uni_Lancashire BA (Hons) Sport and Physical Education degree.

@AlleyKieran @AThomPE @Uni_Lancashire Hope you’re well too, Kieran! Would love an update from you!

An unforgettable experience walking to the summit of #Snowdon with some of our BA (Hons) Physical Education & Sport students. Amazing young people with the world at their feet! @Uni_Lancashire #CARE

A high-profile and self-proclaimed “lefty” once said that the rise of right-ring popularity is not a triumph of the right, it is a failure of the left @UKLabour @Keir_Starmer

Instagram teen accounts still show suicide content, study claims bbc.com/news/articles/…

Here’s a man, with a peace symbol on his t-shirt, actively indulging in the mockery of a bloodied Trump effigy while being dragged through the streets. It’s sad to see things like this from the apparent left these days. Is this a moral act today?

That’s fantastic @Keir_Starmer. Is there any interest within the @UKLabour party in supporting higher education?

@jeremycorbyn That’s great and it’s good to see people freely speaking their values. It’s just a shame that your own political rhetoric is extremely divisive.

Today, while Donald Trump dined at Windsor castle, thousands of us turned out to reject a politics of hatred, division and fear. We had a message to him and our own government: stop appeasing the far-right, stop arming Israel, and start promoting peace and equality instead.

@jk_rowling @DessieVendee This book definitely changed my beliefs about the nature/nurture debate. Then there's the ethical challenge of 'what to do' with the insights from behavioural genetics in education. Worth a read!

I used to believe nurture was everything and that nature wasn't important. My belief changed because of my own life experience and from reading studies about genetic inheritance. In my early twenties I believed the difference between the sexes was entirely due to socialisation. I no longer believe that (for the same reasons as above.) I used to believe in unilateral nuclear disarmament. I no longer do. I used to believe cannabis was essentially harmless. I no longer do because I've witnessed it wreaking havoc on someone I care about's mental health. I used to believe in assisted dying. I no longer do, largely because I'm married to a doctor who opened my eyes to the possibilities of coercion of sick or vulnerable people. I've struggled with religious faith since my mid-teens. I appear to have a God-shaped vacuum inside me but I never seem quite able to make up my mind what to do about it. I could probably list at least twenty more things I've changed my mind about. I don't currently have a single belief that couldn't be altered by clear, concrete evidence and in all but one case, I know what that evidence would have to be. The exception is the God conundrum, because I don't know what I'd have to see to make me come down firmly on either side. I suppose that's the meaning of faith, believing without seeing proof, and that's why I'll probably go to my grave with that particular personal matter unresolved.

@Crabhat323752 @portneilhope @YoubeliveImhere @Docstockk Yeah, I read their subsequent book. Has it got to the point in America where some people live day-to-day with the conviction that the speech they find offensive is equivalent to physical violence?

Turns out if you spend ten years equating emotional harm with the gravity of physical harm, people will get casual about physical harm. Who knew.

We don’t yet know what motivated the person who shot and killed Charlie Kirk, but this kind of despicable violence has no place in our democracy. Michelle and I will be praying for Charlie’s family tonight, especially his wife Erika and their two young children.