Thread by @UWankings

We had the seed of an idea the other day that grew and grew, and highlights the sources of many problems in HE and the UK.

A comparison between the Russel (‘Rustle’) Group and the Tory Party...

Short Thread.

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Both the Rustle Group and the Tory Party firmly believe, based on their durable presence at the ‘apex’ of the university/political landscape (and despite plenty of evidence to the contrary) that they were born to lead.

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Neither the Rustle Group nor the Tory party has any interest in the broader health of the university/political sector, or of their own constituents. All that matters is winning.

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Both the Rustle Group and the Tory Party operate on short-term logics, absolving themselves of responsibility, and gaslighting – whatever it takes to firefight the current situation and game the next public evaluation (election/poll/REF/ranking)

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Neither the Rustle Group nor the Tory party has – despite endless claims to the contrary – any real interest in addressing inequalities. Their very being is, in fact, predicated on the existence and maintenance of disparities in wealth and influence.

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Both the Rustle Group and Tory Party have a long and unhealthy connection with private schooling. The relationship between them represents three legs of a rickety stool that the rest of the country/sector is expected to perch precariously on.

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