This seems to sum things up, except it is not funny. A free impartial press is so important at all times and even more so at times like this.

Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection. Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?

Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.

Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system 1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK 2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc 3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today

Training opportunity - All are welcome: Unlocking the Bible in Urban Communities. 📅2nd December ⏲️10:00am to 3:30pm 📍The Queen's Foundation, Birmingham 👉️Book Now: [email protected]

Remove from us the fear that we are insufficient and that you are unresponsive. Instead replace it with the knowledge that all we have is you and one another, And that is enough. www.methodist.org.uk/faith/prayer...

Fine definition

Laura Kuenssberg, "Zack Polanski, the new Green leader, making a big impression" Just not big enough to be inviting on as often as Reform UK are

The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Join us LIVE on Monday, 3rd November for the premiere viewing of the inaugural Robert Beckford Lecture and a special online Q&A with Professor Robert Beckford. #RobertBeckfordLecture #TheQueensFoundation #FaithAndJustice #Theology #HistoryInTheMaking

3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇 1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK 2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves 3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...

The way Jesus carried himself, there is no record of a woman even being afraid of him, and they brought children to him. The People afraid of him were persons of power. Dr. Chris E. W. Green

An LLM-produced essay is tangible proof that a student doesn’t care, and yet responding to it properly requires hour upon hour of careful work. It’s asymmetrical and overwhelming.

A reminder to fellow NT members - the Restore Trust lot are at it again, trying to insert ideology into NT’s curation of our heritage. Don’t forget to vote for historical accuracy over politicised nostalgic fantasy

So tired of politicians and media gaslighting on what to me are crucial issues. The environmental crisis should be a top priority. Immigration is good for this country. 'Tough choices' should be tough for the rich, not just the poor. So, I just joined @greenparty.org.uk.

'Forgiveness of sins is one of Farage's powers, along with the healing of leprosy and the ability to appear on Question Time at will.' Yes. Hoping that Reform is finally beginning to have to face some real scrutiny.

It shouldn’t take him getting sued to ensure tens of millions don’t go hungry in the richest nation on Earth.

As Reeves travels to Riyadh to discuss trade, Saudi Arabia is in the middle of an execution spree. The UK must not cosy up to regimes with appalling human rights records. Trade deals can’t come at the cost of our values; our govt must not prioritise profit over human rights.

Farage: epic grifter

Yesterday Reform UK were given the Rusty Razor award for the worst pseudoscience of the year. From denying climate change to platforming quacks, Reform propagate dangerous nonsense. www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/10/refo...

Braverman deleted this tweet which made me wonder who that previous prisoner was. His name was Junead Ahmed. He was a conman mistakenly released in 2023. She was Home Secretary at the time. Oh. news.sky.com/story/migran...

Look, a Reform MP saying black people in adverts drive her mad is very bad. The Shadow Home Secretary refusing to condemn this because it reflects "legitimate concerns about...immigration" is arguably worse, because it's: A) a real party B) a shadow minister C) he's been in parliament since 2015!

Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.

Home Sec describes a widely held public perception (UK is the destination of choice for asylum seekers in Europe) + endorses it as true. Home Office data shows it is not true. Whatever merits of her policy change, should not make false factual claims www.thesun.co.uk/news/3709465...

That moment when your head knows that it is two days until half term, but your body thinks it started yesterday. 🤔

Well this seems pretty obvious and yet somehow it needs to be said.

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

New short course alert! In this new 15-hour online course, discover what Christian tradition says about being human and living your best life. Info and registration: www.queens.ac.uk/creatures-ea...

“Only 5% of migration is from small boats, but it gets 95% of the headlines. It would be ludicrous to cut legal migration when we have 150,000 NHS vacancies." Zack Polanski says politicians must stop fuelling fear and start telling the truth about immigration. #Peston

BBC give @zackpolanski.bsky.social a five minute interview and our membership grows by +6000 in a day. Imagine how fast our membership would grow if they gave @greenparty.org.uk fair and equal air time!

Over 50,000 cis women have signed the @nionwomen.bsky.social open letter rejecting the narrative that trans women are a danger to women. The real threat to women has never been trans women. The real threat to women is male violence. Add your name today: notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...

I'd rather listen to @zackpolanski.bsky.social talk about women's rights than Rowling because he includes all women including trans and non binary. And I'm a cis woman.

"The EHRC’s exclusionary interim guidance has had a devastating impact on trans people’s lives" “Now the guidance has been withdrawn, so should the exclusionary policies that organisations rashly implemented in its aftermath. If not, they could find themselves in hot water.”

It is a countdown to our new annual event, the Robert Beckford Lecture, marking Black History Month and thirty years of pioneering scholarship in Black theology. queens.jotform.com/252553830352... #blackhistorymonth #biblicalscholar

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt: “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist." www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Personally I prefer a society whose members feel some pressure to signal virtue over one where vice is continually rewarded

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia. Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

Congratulations to the Telegraph for a headline even worse than Sky News's sterling effort in telling us the new Archbishop's husband's name before her own.

Read a statement on the announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza from The Revd Richard Andrew and Matthew Forsyth, The President and Vice-President of the Methodist Conference at the link below 🔗⬇️

I am not holding my breath.

Yet more evidence of the extent of migration, this time in post-Roman Britain.

Excellent letter from the Bishop of Birmingham to Robert Jenrick. At a time when so many other voices have been silent, the bishops have been admirably outspoken against attempts to stir up division. The churches do a lot of community cohesion work & do not want to see this trashed for party gain.

You should be angry at private companies making massive profits from our taxes to house the most desperate people in appalling conditions... And NOT the people forced to live in them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Really glad to see this. @zackpolanski.bsky.social is giving a lot of us hope, but I worry about any movement too dependent on one person. As the media starts to pay attention to the @greenparty.org.uk (please!) looking forward to hearing from other leaders as well.

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"I see gangs of masked thugs roaming the streets rounding up anyone the wrong colour, and I think: *this* is what Britain needs."

Convinced that most British people want to live in a functioning, decent country where government improves stuff and everyone can thrive. The vast majority want nothing to do with this imported hate and atmosphere of violence directed at people just trying to live their lives.

We were delighted to welcome Bishop Michael Volland, Bishop of Birmingham and Bishop Esther Prior, Suffragan Bishop of Aston, to Queen’s yesterday.