As much of a must read as your timeline is telling you it is www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Britain’s ‘unsung’ army is the million people in poorer working-age households who now have full-time unpaid caring responsibilities.

"About a third of children are now growing up in poverty." Michael Marmot, the UK’s leading expert on health equity, urges Prime Minister Keir Starmer to take bold action to tackle child poverty in this interview with The BMJ https://bit.ly/40rQ5Ip

In the interests of posting anything that isn't f**king miserable, acts of god permitting I will still be running a half-marathon on Sunday for a brilliant cancer charity and you can sponsor me here. I would LOVE to get to four figures before the weekend: www.givengain.com/project/alis...

Well worth the watch How can we be a democracy with a monarchy at the apex of our class system ? And other things …

If the officers themselves could be investigated for possible misconduct by not reporting concerns at the time they’re likely to not be able to recall perhaps? ( see also Covid inquiry)

Don’t go to the US while Trump is in charge Horrific story

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

If you have a Royal Family, you have deference. If you have a Royal Family, you have a class system. If you have a RF, you essentially say, "These people are better than everyone else by dint of birth & should maintain enormous influence, wealth and power." Why would anyone want that at all?

Just a reminder to any racist millionaire football club owners out there that without immigration we wouldn't have any of this

For ANYONE who cared to look, the signs were there for 30 years. I just can’t take another Lab person saying they feel shocked or let down. You cannot be shocked if you’ve paid even scant attention to Mandy’s behaviours.

"The #Epstein affair reminds us that wealth is not morally neutral. As Balzac warned, behind every great fortune lies a great crime" @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Closest anyone will ever get to an apology from The Orange ManBoy - now he should say something similar to the other 31 countries whose military he insulted

that Farage and Badenoch want ICE-style action in the UK should be enough to end them

Board of Peace - Season 1

How dare the Coward in the White House undermine the bravery and sacrifice of our British troops. Reform and Nigel Farage should be ashamed to associate themselves with him.

🚨BOOM!! 💥 YOU DID IT!!! The Petition for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party has hit 100,000 signatures! NOW LETS HAVE A DATE FOR A DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT Cc @HoCpetitions petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Winchester City Council is not only now off twitter but has removed all photographs of minors posted there. #councillor

Falls in the number of pupils have been hitting schools in London for a number of years - but now the problem is reaching beyond the capital. It's a story of birthrates, housing, funding and disruption. By me, for @schoolsweek.bsky.social schoolsweek.co.uk/how-falling-...

❤️‍🔥Tory sources confirm that Nadhim Zahawi made approaches to senior members of Kemi Badenoch's team about getting a peerage just weeks before defecting to Reform UK - but was turned down.

I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

It is thought removing the two child benefit cap will lift 450,000 kids out of poverty. And that is what got the biggest jeer of the day from the Opposition. Just remember. They may be flailing, failing & fading, but a lot of them are still total bastards who regard poverty as a moral failure.

Delighted to see the abolition of the two-child limit for means-tested benefits. We should never punish children for the so-called 'sins' of their parents. Children turning up at school too hungry to learn is no way to build a country fit for the future

The Sudetenland was ceded to Germany. It did not stop World War II. Do not let history repeat itself.

King’s ransom bit.ly/48rKqGO what the Royal Family really costs as its income ratchets up from the Sovereign Grant after soaring Buckingham Palace costs and offshore wind

So much of the UK’s steady decline post war can be explained by how easy it is for some people to fail upwards. Some spectacular examples with COVID and Brexit - often the same people in both. And easily identifiable by the frequency of their appearance on BBC Radio 4 Today programme

UK Covid inquiry: Chairwoman of the inquiry, former judge Baroness Hallett, said the UK's response could be summarised as "too little, too late" Lockdown could have been avoided - but action came too late 'Chaotic' government with key figures criticised including Dominic Cummings & Boris Johnson

JD Vance on the same morning Trump calls for execution of elected Democrats: "He's not a violent person:"

Going out on a limb here, but if Tommy Robinson is tweeting praising your new immigration policy YOU MIGHT HAVE LOST YOUR MIND, MORAL COMPASS AND REASON TO EXIST Labour

Richard Aldington's Epilogue to Death of a Hero. Always worth revisiting on Remembrance Sunday.

Chris Mason is what happens when a Hospital Radio DJ, whose sole qualification appears to be a sort of soporific inoffensiveness, is somehow promoted to BBC Politics Editor - a position that demands unflinching insight, objectivity, and sharpness. It's like a puddle trying to be the ocean.

If you're just waking, it's been a good night for Democrats across the US, with voters rejecting Trump nationwide. 🎉 Mamdani's comfortable win in New York, on the highest turnout since 1969, provides further proof that you don't have to pander to the right to win. news.sky.com/story/zohran...

🚨NEW - Train hero who saved passengers during attack confuses racists by being a Muslim Click for more: open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...

What he said: 💯 🎯

● Andrew Windsor remains 8th in the line of succession. ●King Charles III will privately fund his new living arrangements despite Andrew being very rich indeed ● Actually we don't know how wealthy Andrew is because his mother's will is sealed for 90+ years ● Sleep well serfs. ● Know your place.

Far, far too late. The King and Royal Family covered for slimeball Andrew until they had no alternative. This outdated hereditary institution is fundamentally rotten. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Elon Musk is once again inciting violence on British streets because the government has taught him there are literally no consequences for doing so. They even carry on using his far-right social network to promote government policy as he does it. The absence of backbone is *astounding*.

We’re told tax is a curse and even “theft.” That’s wrong. Tax is how we build a fair society. It’s how we express our shared responsibility. The real immorality lies in avoiding tax. In this video, I explain why tax is not a burden but the foundation of democracy itself. youtu.be/4UXpnRL3WVE?...

Labour doesn’t really have a ‘dilemma’. It has a choice: change direction or die. Keep chasing Reform voters and Labour will be wiped out in the local elections and then wiped out in the general election. Remember that they’re supposed to be on the left, and they could still win it all again.

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season. TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible. christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

Trump's not even brought the real Melania with him, that's one of the inflatable ones

🚨 MILLIONS at higher risk will lose NHS Covid vaccines this autumn. Lives will be at risk. The NHS will face more pressure. Covid is as serious as 'flu and also requires updated seasonal vaccines. We can stop this! Sign + share our petition (on next post) 1/ #KeepCovidBoosters

Failings in care of cricketer who died, coroner says This is so tragic I was MH SW if I saw anyone with this level of suicidal thoughts should have been formally assessed under MH Act and probably admitted to hospital Also do people understand they can ask for a formal assessment under MH Act ?

#BBCLauraK BBC bosses are currently rebranding their ‘Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg’ programme. Ideas for a new name reflecting its current newsworthy content include: ‘Sunday with Nigel Farage’ ‘It ain’t half Nige mum!’ ‘24 Hours in Nigel Farage’ ‘Only Nige & Horses’ ‘Pointless.’