This is an awful & to me genuinely shocking, story. It’s not that Jay was let down by the safeguarding *system*, tho of course that’s never acceptable, it’s the personal role played in the failure by the Bishop of Leicester, which raises serious questions of judgement www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

Calls for radical action as Burnham told homelessness in England may rise 25% by 2030

📌 ICYMI — The Walls Are Closing In Around Nigel Farage’s Crypto Insurgency Nigel Farage's party is now connected to multiple parliamentary and police investigations, as questions grow about its opaque crypto-connected funding, reports Matt Gallagher

So Reform UK is funded by Russia, GB News is owned by a hedge fund in Dubai and the Daily Mail is registered in Bermuda. That's patriotism for you these days.

Reform would have held just 15% of last year’s donations under proposed £100,00 cap, analysis shows

My politics are to the Left of the Labour Party (You think?I hear those who know me say 😂)Andy Burnham has a moment here to do something significant here!the cost of living crisis means people are ripe for supporting sustained wealth redistribution! Will he be brave enough to do it? I truly hope so!

Reeves: "Andy knows.. the most successful Lab govts are those that combine radical change with credible economic policies" The most successful Lab govt nationalised 20% of the entire British economy, founded the NHS & built over 800k council houses. What have you & Starmer done?

'Let us be grateful to people who make us happy. They are the charming gardeners who make our soul blossom.' Marcel Proust

The Nightingale's Song at Midnight and the Morning Rain https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/the-nightingale-s-song-at-midnight-and-the-morning-rain

Controversy/manufactured controversy aside,happy to admit England deserved to win the game!Jude Bellingham is perhaps the most complete midfield player in generations!His contribution for once deserves the English media obsession. A wonderful footballer to watch!(Even in an England strip!)

Do you work in social care? Know someone who does? We need to hear your voices, as we look at how to build fair work in the sector. forms.office.com/pages/respon...

“My goal against England was totally on purpose, I swear” — the final words on that guy’s tombstone

🚨 POLL | Who would you prefer as PM? 🔴 Andy Burnham ~ 66% ➡️ Nigel Farage ~ 34% Burnham enjoys near-unanimous support from left-wing voters (90%+) but also picks up a whopping 40% of those who voted Conservative in 2024. (Source: Lord Ashcroft polling, 25-29 June) x.com/LeftieStats/...

Two things have never changed for me 1)that capitalism can’t eradicate the evils it has produced and 2)the only solution is a democratic socialism that initiates a permanent sustainable redistribution of wealth! True now more than ever in my 7th decade of life!

irishdiasporahistory.wordpress.com/2018/08/13/s... Michael Connolly explores the story of Marist Brother, Brother Walfrid, who worked with Irish communities in Glasgow’s East End in the latter half of the nineteenth century and was key to the establishment of Celtic Football Club. Great read!

thecelticblog.com/2025/10/blog... Always a debate that has an eternal life span who are the most notable players to play for Celtic? 🍀✊

The wailing and gnashing of teeth of the English media’s narcissistic wound if Norway beat them tonight might require the avoidance of media for a substantial period! The only thing being worse of course is if they win!!!!

Really interesting insight into the wider global Anglican relational dynamics by Kelvin. Who is always worth a read.

The number of people who have died trying to reach Europe has risen this year, new data by @iom.int shows – even though fewer migrants are landing on EU shores. In the first half of 2026, at least 1,570 people died on sea routes to Europe. During same period in 2025, at least 1,232 people died.

Why Scotland needs to hit pause on the data centre boom. Scotland is in the throes of one of the most consequential planning and energy debates in modern history, and we have almost no national framework to handle the flood of proposals coming in. www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2626...

🗳️POLL | Labour LEADS with Burnham: 🔴 Lab: 29% ( -6 ) ➡️ Ref: 25% ( +10 ) 🔵 Con: 16% ( -8 ) 🟢 Grn: 11% ( +4 ) 🟠 Lib: 9% ( -4 ) Poll: Public First, 26-29 June --- ( +/- vs GE2024 ) x.com/LeftieStats/...

My favourite thing about Haaland is that he spent 1.3 million ​Norwegian kroner of his football money on a rare 1594 edition of Viking chronicles - a record book sale for Norway - and then donated it to his regional library. www.reuters.com/lifestyle/ha...

The letter Phil answers is extraordinary. I particularly want to stress, though, that as someone who works in a theological college, I’ve had a number of ordinands who either arrived with a diagnosis of neurodivergence or gained one while with us. The church would be poorer without any of them.

#OtD 10 Jul 1940 the Vichy regime was established in France when the govt signed an armistice with Nazi Germany. The regime governed southern France, enacting anti-communist, anti-woman and anti-Semitic policies. More on anti-Nazi resistance during WWII: workingclasshistory.com/tag/world-wa...

Preaching that God has assigned black people to "a civilizational station of subordination and dependence" due to the Curse of Ham, Christian nationalist pastor Dale Partridge calls for a "return to European Christian colonization of African nations." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...

Absolutely Deranged!

The dialogue between Catholicism and Zen Buddhism is well documented!A number of Catholic religious order men and women have become teachers in the Zen tradition but remained in the Church and their orders!Personally I’ve found that experiential dialogue profoundly helpful in the last two decades!

Well this is a great sign for the state of Brazilian society

Shane Morocco haven’t really turned up tonight. Thought this could be one of the games or the tournament. France have controlled a pretty disappointing game thus far!

Donald Trump is a dangerous warmonger who constantly shows contempt for international law and human rights. The Scottish Government can't hide behind Westminster. It must use every power it has to ensure Scotland isn't used as a staging post for this reckless war.

GUYS - I’ve just realised what Farage is going to do… The thing is he now has NO WAY to proceed which doesn’t humiliate him. If he wins, he is, as Rachel Reeves put it, The Man Who Spent His Summer Arguing With A Bin. If he bails, he’s The Man Who Fled From A Bin. And if he LOSES…

As is the eternal cycle of the British experience, the Binface thing is painfully unfunny but the right's reaction to it is extremely funny indeed.

On holiday and revisiting old books on my bookshelves. This one feels like an appropriate read for these times of despair and defeatism! Ralph Miliband a brilliant Marxist thinker of the Old “New Left” 😂 and nothing like his “New Labour” offspring!

They were the Messis and Ronaldos of their time. And their fellow countrymen murdered them. David Bolchover’s brutal new book recounts how the Nazis destroyed the lives and legacies of 11 Jewish soccer superstars forward.com/news/sports/...

Mr Starmer said this when genocide was being committed.We are all more than one decision or statement in a life but in this moment the man clearly had no moral compass to find!He proved to be an incompetent leader of his party and the country and he may be more than this but a decent man he is not!

Through sourcing drugs via the national public procurement agency, Chile's ‘popular pharmacies’ reduced medicine costs and advanced health care as a right for all. Our essay of the week details this popular pharmacy model. By Camila Cea Moore et al. at @tninstitute.bsky.social buff.ly/2PW1xpM

From one local initiative in 2015 to 177 pharmacies nationwide, Chile’s popular pharmacies show how public ownership and citizen demand can expand access to affordable medicines: www.tni.org/en/article/t...

“Powered by US money and far-right European think tanks, Cambridge has recently become an outpost of a peculiar blend of national conservatism and apocalyptic Christianity, through the figure of James Orr – Head of Policy at Reform UK.”

“I was only a boy and I had a Scottish Cup medal. As we left Hampden I had another great moment. Mr. Maley handed me the Cup and said: 'Here, you sit up front with it.' To sit there with the Scottish Cup was the most magical moment of my career.” Jimmy McGrory on the 1925 cup final celebrations ☘️

"Very few of us have the courage to measure our passion for moral change against the sacrifice of what lies closest to our hearts—our good name, our comfort, our security, our professional status. And yet, until such things are placed in jeopardy, nothing changes." Daniel Berrigan, SJ

Buy this. If you're in any way interested in Martyn you already will have. But also anyone with any interest in music, musicians, the music business and the male psyche; rock n roll relationships, the counter-culture movement... the myriad ways individuals pass on their trauma. Sensational book.

Unfortunately the fundamentalist approach to texts is bedded in with many people. Some atheists quote the Bible as a social media "gotcha". And I've seen people judge Islam with a few verses from the Koran, with no awareness that all the great religions have had thousands of years of interpretation

Onana has done his ACL playing for Belgium at World Cup. Whilst FIFA will have to pay his Villa salary for the 6-9 months he is out -will be small compensation for his loss. Interesting for clubs struggling to meet spending limitations losses like this change their whole transfer policy in a moment!