Today is a good day for children! 450,000 will be lifted out of poverty thanks to the two child limit being scrapped. We're celebrating this win along with 18 other organisations including charities, campaigners, unions and faith groups with a national advert The Times

A truly terrible social policy, finally consigned to history. Proof of the power of social security to lift huge numbers of people out of poverty. A wonderful day for our whole society!

It is a good day for kids: 450,000 will be lifted out of poverty thanks to the two child limit being scrapped as of today. We're celebrating this win along with 18 other organisations including charities, campaigners, unions and faith groups with a full page ad in The Times.

Happy Easter to all the hopers and uniters.

Ipswich Town are now getting mocked for the furore over rolling out the red carpet for Farage by…. Reform’s own twitter admin. What a self own they’ve done here.

Media outlets should have a long hard look at themselves about how they handled this on the night. They (inadvertently) help set an inaccurate and damaging narrative about this election. They have to learn lessons.

Nigel Farage’s visit to Ipswich Town has gone so badly the club’s chairman has had to record a humiliating apology video. www.itfc.co.uk/videos/0435d...

I am a bit biased as a Norwich supporter but the absolute state of Ipswich Town rolling out the red carpet for Farage. Good grief.

I just made one of my Lent donations to the fund to rebuild Hatzola after the antisemitic arson attack. We are all stronger when we stand together. Chip in if you can: gofund.me/b685da96b

Read this story three times and I can’t quite get my head around what the problem is other than the videos are better at highlighting this MPs work than the usual dross put out. Weird story. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Whisper it quietly but this is a big, big decision - and it’s popular. Right for the BBC and a way of protecting the beeb against politicians who want to tear it up.

There is widespread public support for the BBC being given long-term protection, an opinion poll shared exclusively with PolHome suggests A new Survation survey for campaign group 38 Degrees found backing for the BBC charter being put on a permanent footing across different voter and age groups

The Conservatives have had see problems with anti-Muslim hatred for years. They’ve ignored warnings and let it fester. This research is from 5 years ago. hopenothate.org.uk/2020/09/30/t...

This stuff makes "up the 'RA, Nigel?!" seem like a tea party. Astonishing. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...

Wait wait I know this one

This is really important new research and it was great to work with Steve on publishing it. Two myths exposed here: 1. “Labour shouldn’t worry about voters it’s losing to its left because there’s a minimal electoral impact”. False. 2. “Labour’s only losing are woke lefties in safe seats”. False.

Substack on new research out today with @persuasionuk.bsky.social @38degrees.bsky.social - why are people leaving Labour for other left parties, what does it mean and what does it not mean? strongmessagehere.substack.com/p/understand...

This is really important new research and it was great to work with Steve on publishing it. Two myths exposed here: 1. “Labour shouldn’t worry about voters it’s losing to its left because there’s a minimal electoral impact”. False. 2. “Labour’s only losing are woke lefties in safe seats”. False.

The juxtaposition here is killing me. Do labour strategists think they are currently very popular?

The recipient of the FIFA peace prize is bombing one of the teams due to play in the World Cup in his country in three months. Well done Gianni!

This is an illegal war launched with a barrage of lies. The British government should clearly and unambiguously oppose what Trump and Netanyahu have done.

Very *normal island* stuff here in the times of london newspaper

Interesting to see how this worked out in the recent Australian federal elections for the Tories down under (it was ugly). www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

”I didn’t do anything because of hate. I didn’t care. It’s just I wanted the clicks.” A must-read piece by @londoncentric.media on why we're so absolutely cooked. www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...

*several people are typing*

This is just embarrassing.

It’s all a bit *many people are typing* for a Sunday lunchtime

Are water companies too shit to fail? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

If the British government, and indeed other governments, can’t muster a fast and strong response to Twitter adding a facility enabling users to create and share AI child sexual abuse material then not sure what Musk could ever do that would actually provoke a response.

We had one kid vaccinated for chickenpox (when we lived in the US) and one kid who wasn’t (after we moved to the UK) and the different parenting experience when each had chickenpox was *extremely* stark. This is a good decision. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Easter stuff on sale before Christmas is absurd, but this is taking things too far. 11 months to go before bonfire night!!!!

The best books I read this year. I’m now on the hunt for (history, ideally) recommendations for 2026. Any pointers? www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-fav...

“Tax. The. Rich.” The message from our new polling out today on the front page of the Daily Mirror. Avoiding austerity & helping people with the cost of living isn’t free. Voters are ready for some tax rises - but only if the wealthy pay their fair share. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

This is good, actually? www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...

Not to be a grinch but it feels like @jim.londoncentric.media winter wonderland woes come earlier and earlier each year. We should keep winter wonderland stories special by saving them for 1 December imho.

🎧 TUNE IN | 38 Degrees CEO @mcgregor.bsky.social co-hosted the latest episode of Over The Top Under The Radar to discuss hot topics including… 🙌 Zohran Mamdani's victory in the NYC mayoral election 🇺🇸 what else was missed in coverage of US politics 👀 speculation around the upcoming Budget

Instead of engaging in a peaceful transfer of power, Trump rallied supporters on Inauguration Day, told them to “fight like hell” and then sat watching on TV saying and doing nothing while those supporters rioted their way into Congress. Some BBC goof up doesn’t change that.

You can’t cut child poverty without scrapping the two child benefit limit, and you can’t be a Labour government if you preside over rising child poverty. Me for @labourlist.bsky.social on the route to getting done what Labour must get done. labourlist.org/2025/11/gord...

Just been to see the greatest football painting of all time. An absolute beauty.

Want to feel old? The new mayor of New York wasn’t even alive when England lost the semi final to West Germany in 1990.

Higher taxes on the wealthy, especially via closing loopholes, is very popular in itself. Using the money to fund public services even more so. Labour made an election promise to ensure “those with the broadest shoulders” paid their fair share and won a mandate to do so.

Irish politics is having an absolutely sensational few days.

Norwich will win the champions league if I can save up enough money to buy the club, I announce to world.

Cabinet ministers giving anonymous quotes attacking sensationally popular commitments made in a manifesto they got elected on is quite the move. Bravo! www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Even just a couple years ago, Jenrick would have already been sacked for this and would be a pariah from across the political spectrum, including most of the media. The change we’ve seen over the last ten years is incredibly stark. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Utterly despicable.

Standing with my Jewish neighbours in the rain close to Heaton Park Shul. Antisemitism has been on the rise. When I go to Mass, there’s no security on the door. My kids don’t have drills to prepare for a possible attack. We can’t defeat hate with more hate, only with love, togetherness and action.

We got a leaflet about a local redevelopment. One of the benefits listed in this message to local residents, is a “delivering a net gain in biodiversity”. Who signs this stuff off ffs.