Draft Tory legislation on removing indefinite leave to remain is insane. Would chuck out those not earning over £38K - including many pensioners! + social protections seems to include child benefit, so load of people with (British!) kids! They'd remove my sis & mum who've been here 50 years.

'When Roobarb Made a Spike', the first episode of Roobarb, was originally broadcast on this day in 1974. Thirty episodes were made - all were written by Grange Calveley, directed by Bob Godfrey and narrated by Richard Briers.

As far as I can tell, this policy would deport my Swedish wife (who has a well-paying job and pays thousands in tax each year, not that that should decide these things) because she "took" from society by going on maternity leave when our kids were born.

Here Lam explicitly sets out her proposal - which is official Conservative Party policy - to deport long-standing legal permanent residents who have *ever* claimed any benefit, including the state pension or child benefit (even if the child is British), or who earn less than £39K.

Only one prosecution made after 15,195 wood-burning complaints in a year in England

BBC London is doing a whole show on phone-snatching, and if you watched this you'd think that the Met is wholly and entirely dedicated to catching the little scrotes. The Met press office must be absolutely delighted at the unquestioning coverage this is giving them.

So this guy (1) wasn't a teacher, (2) didn't get sacked, as he was actually a temp employed by an agency, and (3) made some social media posts about "problems we have in the country such as young girls getting raped" which a head teacher thought were racist. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk...

Had to clamber over a barbed wire fence, rip my coat and trespass to get a photo of this folkloric monster pretending half-successfully to be a tree. I have no regrets.

"Cloud computing disruption highlights risk of deepening ties despite warnings from UK’s own regulators, including the Treasury" www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #BBCPM

NEETs face considerable disadvantage in finding good jobs; those with low levels of education have the highest risk. Across all age groups, NEETs are far more likely than all young people to hold GCSEs or below as their highest qualification, and this gap grows with age. More➡️ buff.ly/kIei4lG

how the other half earns 👇

Actual Parliament also said that the Office for Students isn't fit for purpose: committees.parliament.uk/committee/51... But, sure, let that ideological bullwark decide on the future of universities. Why not. How much more harm can this government do. (much more. so much more. Somebody release us)

The woman who "invented" the Erasmus exchange programme, Sofia Corrado, formerly Professor of Adult Education at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, has died aged 91. She was affectionately known as "Mamma Erasmus."

From basic policy analysis terms, I don't understand the policy problem that the UK govt are trying to solve with the fees announcement? The idea of linking fees to quality has been touted all the time, but it just falls down when they realise you can't measure quality www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I remember once at an office job I had, I was really struggling with a big awkward box of files and paper up some stairs, and my boss came past me and said "oh let me help you" and took ONE SHEET OF A4 PAPER off the top. Anyway, in completely unrelated news.....

We all know that the UK could have a well-funded university system without heaping debt on the heads of students, if politicians wanted it to. That's the only thing to say, really. Every dysfunction is a choice. A choice made by politicians, not by lecturers or students.

70 years since the birth of Rock’n’Roll, I went looking for signs of life … www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

Is the answer then to impose real term salary cuts and redundancies on academic and services staff at Universities, and close down ‘unprofitable’ departments? This has been de facto UK Government policy for about a decade already.

I agree. Im a head of 6th form and lead on careers. Im exhausted with not being able to clearly advise students and the constant changes. The hours I've given up attending conferences only for it all to change, then pause then not change.

I've got a fading dream; that, at some point, someone in government will take post-16 education seriously. The dream's still there, but oh Lord, it's fading.

Trying to imagine what the reaction would have been if the Govt had casually announced they were replacing A-levels with no details, as they have done with post-16 vocational qualifcations today. Probably not total indifference.

And we're away. Bridget Phillipson is introducing the Post-16 Education and Skills paper. 1/x

Highly recommend the Fair Museums manifesto as a template for fair recruitment. fairmuseumjobs.org/wp-content/u...

Biggest argument for buying music is owning music. The nature of deals and distro means that a huge amount of music you’re listening right now potentially won’t be there in a decade… AND as physical is no longer the default, once the digital is gone, it’s gone.

The govt should find 100 small things that piss people off & fix em, such as… Ta to Politico for the vid, at its Labour fringe event, I explained that as big changes take time, govts should also have a team focused on small winnable change. What little fixes'd you want?

When does eccentricity become dangerous? The Campaign Requiring Obliteration Of Pillboxes (C.R.O.O.P) believe pillboxes are portals to an England invaded by Nazis. Normally this would just be thought of a bit mad, but C.R.O.O.P. also believe in bombs. – Bob Wellings, BBC Nationwide

Good to see work place stress being discussed but sad that the onus is always on the employee. The 2 words suggested in this piece ‘I don’t’ contradict so many job ads that ask for a ‘can-do’ attitude🤷🏻‍♀️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper due today - as well as new 'V levels', it is expected to include plans for student number controls on courses deemed to be poor quality www.timeshighereducation.com/news/governm... via @helenpacker.bsky.social

This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.

Incredible stuff. Penguin and Club biscuits now have so little cocoa content their coating can no longer be described as “chocolate”. www.thetimes.com/article/2144...

Common Sainfoin out in the field today in South Norfolk. #wildflowerhour

In one crisp para — & the 2 charts he highlights — @chrisgiles.ft.com bursts a huge number of “welfare” myths www.ft.com/content/ee67...

This, this, this. If journalists don’t scrutinize this and explain it properly now then they have failed on their duty and will bear a share of the blame if such policies are enacted (most of the public oppose them and don’t I think realise what is being proposed yet).

I genuinely find this very worrying, as someone with settled status! sure, Lam probably won't be home secretary tomorrow, but the mood music is changing, you can feel it, and I just don't trust Labour to fight like hell on our behalf, so unclear where this is going to go

Farage said this would all be fine. When people voiced fears about damage to our exports, he called it “Project Fear”. That damage is now everywhere, and we’re seeing the adverse consequences ripple all the way through our economy. No one should believe a word Farage says.

"But soft! What light through yonder window... BRAKES!"

A heist. A real life heist. Using a LADDER

If I had to pick one TV show that most closely represents the current short-form video craze, it’d be You’ve Been Framed

I love this so much

David Byrne at #NoKings on his bike. (via @wutangforchildren.bsky.social)

We saw you from across the bar and we really dig your vibe.

If you find yourself in Green Park Station, you can avoid the long walk between Piccadilly and Victoria Lines by taking the escalator up to the ticket hall and back down the other side x

Brexit impact on UK economy 'negative for foreseeable future,' Bank of England chief says

On this day in 1965, the first edition of The Magic Roundabout was broadcast on BBC1. Using the animation from the French show Le Manège Enchanté, completely new scripts (which bore no resemblance to the originals) were written and narrated by Eric Thompson.

If Twitter still existed, “I’m meant to bloody be on holiday this week, Paul!” would be morphing into the internet’s lexicon as I type. Just fantastic stuff. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This unassuming #Roman ceramic floor tile from ancient Londinium (London) sports a sketch of a pharos, a lighthouse. It's very much like the two lighthouses that flanked ancient Dover harbor, where the Roman fleet was based. Those, in turn, were based on the pharos of Alexandria. 🏺 1/ 📸 me

@ianmartin.bsky.social What with this and Winter Fuel Payments reappearing the good news keeps on coming.

Jenrick casting 1980s British football hooliganism as something that was easily dealt with by police and not an era defining issue which we're still living with the consequences of today... He's genuinely the most unserious person in British politics rn

Fascinating episode of the Briefing Room about the collapse of reliable economic data due to drastically falling survey response rates. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...