You don’t actually have to both sides this. The Jewish community in the UK is not the Israeli government. You can just condemn the murder of two British Jews killed in their place of worship and you don’t have to say a single other thing.

Right-wing media fluffs Farage for years, to the point where he now leads the polls, and then start whining about Starmer being 'obsessed' when he starts telling some long overdue home truths. It's actually hilarious.

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hardly anyone will watch Starmer's appearance at Labour conference today but it was probably the best speech he's ever given he clearly signposted what he stands for - a diverse, tolerant, decent Britain - and how be believes progressives are in an existential fight with the populist right

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Another indication of the quality of Reform's personnel - the problem seems even more acute in Wales nation.cymru/news/former-...

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formally launching my "Burnham is a symptom not a solution" take if your Labour party finds itself turning to Andy Burnham and going ohhhhhh should we maybe go for him instead then that means your Labour party is feeling poorly and must be tended to, don't ignore the Burnham warning signs

The vacuum at highest levels in talking about this dark turn in British life over the last few months HAS to end.

Daily Telegraph running a nasty story attacking Camden’s support for refugees and asylum seekers, with truly vile comments from national and Camden Tories. Not repeating the story but here is my response:

It would be good if this was matched with a call for embedding critical thinking skills in primary and secondary education across Europe.

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Surely not???

"You can be English with roots that stretch back a 1,000 years, but you can also be English and look like me". About time. Need much more of this, and need the PM to come out and say it and challenge the politicians and media who've brought us here - not just Musk www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

More of this please. And relentlessly. We can drive this lot to the edge and beyond. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A Prime Minister whose party wants him out, with opinion polls through the floor, and who cannot bring himself to denounce the dark ethnonationalist turn against non-white British citizens… how does he come back from this?

Take this cash. Put it in "Britbonds" to fund a sovereign wealth fund: housing, infrastructure, enterprise investments. Guarantee a level of interest equal to an instant access saving account. Share returns between savers and taxpayers. Better than giving it to fund managers. on.ft.com/42pX45G

At Bloomsbury Baptist Church for an inter-faith coffee morning, with Camden's diverse faith organisations, serving their religious communities by supporting vital social action to help those in need. Celebrating and drawing strength from Camden’s #diversity. #Camden www.tiktok.com/@richard.ols...

Great evening with Julia Neuberger and David Probert co-presenting awards to some of the great people who work at @uclh.bsky.social … my way of saying thanks for great care on several occasions. Special people doing special things in our special NHS

Council announces £100 fines for hire bike companies - www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/coun...

Totally called it. All across the medi..... Mirror.

"Free speech" and "flooding the zone with shit" are geopolitical and domestic tools pushed by MAGA and the Kremlin to destablise Western democracies and maintain authoritarian control. Useful idiots in UK politics and media help them along. Also: bsky.app/profile/ox.a...

NEW: An Oxford report warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights. The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system. 🧵 [1/8]

Someone needs to stage an intervention at the right wing rags … they’re really not well

Once again the evidence-free allure of the Danish model, where the social democrats are down and the radical right is just as popular as before

This is my flag.

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Got to be. Surely !!

When you actually have to explicitly ban your own members from organising racist lynch mobs

An excellent statement on Ukraine - clear and unambiguous. Every single US President in the modern era would also have signed this statement. Apart from one. Le grand orange. www.gov.uk/government/n...

A reminder for Trump and Putin today 🇺🇦

Quite. And anybody who wants to go back to the good old days when London was less crowded, whiter and poorer should listen to Down in the Tube Station at Midnight (released when I was 12 and it terrified me).

Abu Dhabi owned provider of special schools and children's homes sees profits rise by 28% to £44 million due to strong demand. That's all taxpayer money that could be spent on improving state provision. schoolsweek.co.uk/abu-dhabi-ow...

A great night in #WestHampstead introducing our brilliant candidate, Francesca Reynolds to residents. She’s a young, private renter and understands the challenges that so many of our residents face. The by-election is on 28 Aug. - register to vote and #VoteLabour🗳️ 🌹

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98% That's the decrease in the annual number of single-use plastic bags in the UK since a 5p charge started 10 years ago (it's now 10p) Not all environmental problems are that easy to tackle, but change is possible Resharing the Mail's 2015 splash, which has aged well www.gov.uk/government/p...

And in case you’re wondering, the revolving restaurant does still revolve…

My mother took me for lunch here when I was 11 and I’ll always remember we had strawberries out of season, an absolute first for both of us 🤩

A fantastic reception from #WestHampstead residents today welcoming Francesca Reynolds as our Labour candidate for the by-election on 28 Aug. #VoteLabour🗳️ 🌹

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I was once on a panel with a black writer in Liverpool. His family had emigrated there a generation before mine in the 19th century. This English nationality as ethnicity take not only ignores the reality of the present, it ignores the complexity of the past. It is simply wrong.

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Asylum-seekers get £49 a week loaded onto a pre-paid card if they're not in catered accommodation. They get £10 if they are. And yet nearly a third of voters think government spending helps 'immigrants' **most of all**. Insane and frightening.

Hugh Muir recalls the response of London Mayor Ken Livingstone to 7/7 from Singapore. I agree that, despite his flaws & failings at other times, that this was an important message www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"The emphasis on outcomes, over inputs, means much of the craft of missions is about creating a learning environment. A good mission acts as a discovery mechanism, using a mix of clear outcomes, aligned funding, and rolling experiments. By instinct, Whitehall finds iterative working difficult."