En route to Labour conference! As a Scot, I’ll be quietly benchmarking everyone’s small talk against Glasgow standards 🤪

Wrapping up another wonderful week at @ippr.org! The selfie speaks for itself; a mix of excitement, curiosity and that “wow, is this actually happening” feeling. Being so close to Westminster is a daily reminder that there’s so much we can influence from the outside - and hopefully we will!

SHOCK, HORROR! 50% of columnists are privately educated. I’m not. But I know plenty of voices outside that bubble who deserve a column too - myself included 😅

We can’t pander to racists and those who will strip away our rights. Together we will resist.

Today Aberdeenshire Councillor @fatima-joji.bsky.social shares her experiences of being a woman in politics ⬇ Our report highlights the barriers & challenges women face & outlines actions needed to improve our political systems. Find out more: www.engender.org.uk/news/blog/en...

The Elitist Britain 2025 report is absolutely essential reading for the DfE! Tangible proof that privilege still calls the shots. The challenge now? Turning data into door-openers. Fund state schools, back first-gen talent (like moi), and judge people by potential, not postcode.

Today’s chocolate bar is an ontological conundrum. Its substance diminished, its cost amplified, my despair compounded!

I’m on a report reading rampage this evening!!! This IPPR North report confirms what I myself have lived through: for working-class kids particularly in the North, social mobility is a practically a myth. Until real investment reaches us, the ladder they talk about isn’t even there…

An absolute pleasure to attend the report launch where we heard from Zambia’s High Commissioner and Baroness Chapman. As the speakers and the report rightfully points out: the Global South doesn’t need hand-outs, it needs fair partnerships. Time the UK caught up!

Foreign billionaires don’t get to incite violence against Britain. We cannot stay silent. 1/5 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

It melts my head that X is still used for official Government communications, and, catching up on today's news and the fact we have a foreign billionaire inciting violence on our streets, it's clearer than ever that this should end. I raised this in Parliament last week 👇

Balancing Britain’s unrest with a balanced breakfast… Happy Sunday everybody 🍽️🥞

Happy 4th anniversary to the time this happened on Twitter.

📢 Women across Scotland have been sharing their experiences with us in a national series of workshops discussing their rights & where they most need change.

More people than ever are clapping along to the far-right soundtrack. For me, it’s not a particularly compelling one…some of the loudest voices could use more vocal coaching… With all the noise, I was prompted to respond to a wonderful piece by Rohan Sathyamoorthy. Read below 👇 @theguardian.com

Calls to double the wait time for indefinite leave to remain - and to apply it retrospectively - risk breaking promises to people who arrived in good faith, paid fees & built their lives here. @marleymorris.bsky.social in @thetimes.com 🔗 www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

HI BLUESKY! 👋 I have survived my first week as a trainee researcher at @ippr.org and let me tell you…it was glorious! I'm on here not only to share what I learn, to scream into the void about injustice and hopefully make a stir! Expect hot takes, loud thoughts and wild enthusiasm. Buckle up!