I’m dealing with a family emergency, so I won’t be doing broadcast interviews on the John Davidson Tourette’s tic at the BAFTAs story. Hearing the N word shouted at two of the most successful black actors in the world, on stage at the BAFTAs and broadcast on the BBC, was horrible. It made people uncomfortable. It should have. But it was an involuntary tic from someone who lives with Tourette’s syndrome. It was not chosen. It was not intentional. It was not an expression of belief. What’s astonishing is watching people who constantly lecture the public about inclusion suddenly abandon it the moment it becomes complicated. The same voices that demand respect for lived experience are now acting as if a neurodivergent man consciously decided to shout a slur for sport. Tourette’s is a neurological condition. It is not a political statement. It is not a moral failing. You cannot preach DEI and then punish someone for symptoms of their neurodivergence. Even the Royal Household has previously understood Davidson’s condition. Not even the late Queen was immune to his tics he said “F*ck the Queen” TO HER FACE. If that reality can be accepted there, it should not be beyond the rest of us. Two things can be true at once. The word is abhorrent. The tic was involuntary. If your commitment to inclusion collapses when it involves neurodivergence, then it was never inclusion in the first place.

Both Danny Blanchflower and Jack Kyle were born in Belfast 100 years ago today. That's pretty extraordinary.

It wasn't just Starmer, the chatterati, the poderati, the lobby, Whitehall and all its Sir Humphreys....they all were saying a year ago, maybe to deal with 4 years of Trump we've all got to get a bit more Trumpy. Mandelson's appt was part of that panicky zeitgeist. 1/

If you watch one thing today, make it this

Trump says UK and other NATO troops stayed “mainly in the back” in Afghanistan. May I please introduce you to Lance Corporal Joshua Leaky VC - who ran into enemy fire to rescue injured US marines.

As a child in that era I listened to late night crackly radio commentaries of European football ties. Football then seems a hard old world but John Robertson had a talent that transcended his time. How thrilled I was to watch him at Windsor park in 1981. This is a moving tribute.

Morning Sport on @SkyNews done ✔️ Honestly don’t know why I bother posting on here to get quite so much abuse from strangers but then I think ‘ I’m still alive and well so I am going to post - sexist, ageist, haters you do you’ . That’s it.

There’s a real danger of complacency & blind-eye turning, but nevertheless this coincides exactly with my experience. (I believe the current expression is “lived experience”).

A review of an "An evening with Nish Kumar and The Guardian" for @TheCriticMag thecritic.co.uk/an-evening-w…

Highly commended for Innovation of the Year are @SkyNews / @tortoise for The Wargame. @haynesdeborah @jshield @JBSwinburne96 Tom Kinsella @Katy_Scholes Jasper Corbett @paulstanworth @swhiteheadsky @DavidMapstone #BJA2025

Survivors speak about the signs of grooming news.sky.com/video/share-134…

📽️ Been working on this film on & off, for the best part of a year. About the reality (not just the theory) of tariffs. It's the tip of the iceberg of the biggest econ story of our day. It'll air on @SkyNews Fri but u can watch the whole thing here NOW👇 youtu.be/woT0FX5Ztas?si=ABY4…

Grooming gangs continue to operate in the UK. Narrated by the voices of survivors, a new @SkyNews documentary out today tells the story of the gangs and how they are exploiting young girls. From @LizLaneSky & @Sarahcoconnell, watch Prey: youtube.com/watch?v=bGV4Cdb_…

youtu.be/bGV4Cdb_w3I @Sarahcoconnell @LizLaneSky @scarlett_w53584 I'm glad that we have spoke out and I really do hope it raises awareness if you are a girl that been groomed or is still being groomed then it's ok to speak out YOUR NOT STANDING ALONE !!!

The fact this is the first time I’ve personally seen any media coverage of women grooming young girls blows my mind. We’re lucky that the girls in this film were willing to speak out about their horrific experiences, or the public would be none the wiser. Well done to all the girls who have had the courage to speak out and to @scarlett_w53584 @Sarahcoconnell @LizLaneSky @holly__beaumont

“The richest family in the street: no locks on the door, but very strong opinions on the ethics of locksmithing” open.substack.com/pub/tull/p…