Trump ending up shitting on Israel was literally the most predictable thing that has ever happened. And yes, this is absolutely an all-time “I told you so”.

Well you learn something every day! Had NO IDEA Mexico also has pork scratchings! *starts humming ‘I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing’

This is a shocking read. Relevant beyond Scottish courts. "In Scotland, the development of a victim justice system has resulted in processes and policies being warped, twisted and manufactured to protect women in rape cases. Understandable and humane as this may appear, the end result has been that limits to evidence has become so extreme in Scotland that even the UK Supreme Court (having a similar understanding of rape myths to us north of the border) had to conclude that since 2013 many accused persons in Scotland have been denied the right to a fair trial. As a result, hundreds, possibly more than a thousand men, could be rotting in prison because this basic human right has been abandoned." thecritic.co.uk/issues/july-…

Ha! Who knew tapestry was so popular?! Think I’ll wait for the first few waves of ticket bookings to die down before trying to see the Bayeux Tapestry @britishmuseum

An internal investigation has now concluded into City & Guilds, the storied and centuries-old charity that @ShipleyWrites and I reported on recently. Our work led to the delay to the ennoblement of Ann Limb - a Labour peer-to-be who lied on her CV and ran C&G at a time that its executives pocketed secret seven figure bonuses. Now those executives have been sacked for gross misconduct without a disciplinary process. It turns out £5m was awarded in secret bonuses, none of which were disclosed to the company to whom the charity's assets were inexplicably sold. The new owner will seek to recoup millions and "make appropriate referrals to the relevant authorities". The new owner has launched a further investigation into another matter we revealed: the alleged manipulation of internal financial figures. Whistleblowers said this was used to lubricate the sale of C&G, a centuries-old and beloved institution, to a foreign buyer. The Charity Commission, parliament, the royal household - all asleep at the wheel as a charity which has played a significant public role since the Victorian era was looted and sold off. Statement below:

‘Things were nicer when I helped determine what the news was’.

What could be more British than starting the week with a ban? 🇬🇧

The social housing discussion on here is profoundly depressing. Fellow citizens reduced to units of economic value; prejudices about moral worth; a rehash of the deserving and undeserving poor. All the while ignoring the things they would most make a material difference to people’s lives - not de-homing some council tenants, but building millions of new homes.

Last person I would trust to use 15% of a trillionaire’s confiscated wealth is a former Brussels bureaucrat.

It is literally insane simultaneously to think that 16 and 17 year olds are mature enough to vote but not mature enough to look at Instagram at 8:30pm. This is comically absurd.

The flat in question is a Peabody property - not publically funded social housing, but a private charitable provider. They will own the property, which will add capital appreciation to their funds. Who they choose to let their properties to is up to them, within the terms of their charitable aims.

English Courts almost always pass long custodial sentences for political violence. That was true of the post Southport disorder, but Amnesty and the Green Party don’t care about that because it was working class men, not a middle class men with jackhammer who apparently should just be allowed to do whatever he likes.

I’m seeing lots of millionaires saying that other much wealthier people have too much money.

Bit concerned that Campbell is lauding primary school children as wise.

Ironically, Idris Elba’s career has arguably done more for Black British belonging than playing Bond ever would. DCI John Luther wasn’t presented as a “Black version” of a British character. He was simply British, and his race was incidental to his legitimacy.

Been thinking about this more - sorry Di, not stalking you! - and it's clear that if UK governments had treated migration as a matter or upholding the law - of applying existing migration rules firmly, creating new ones where gaps were being exploited, cracking down on visa sponsor scams and the black market high street industries that rely on it - rather than managing allof that through a lens of race relations, we may not be exactly where we are today. x.com/nguyenhdi/status/20650…

Taking no lecturers on women’s rights from a party whose MPs think women have penises and women’s rights are a finite pie that have to be shared with new users.

All for honouring people who were 'firsts' and perhaps set the scence for the future or broke down previous barriers, but painting an object black to notionally reflect the skin colour of the person you're honouring seems rather...reductive and essentialist? x.com/BBCScotlandNews/status…

The Dundee girl who defended her sister with an axe was rubbished in the press and online by a lot of people who ought to have known better. She was vindicated today when her persecutor was found guilty. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2d…

It’s hard to take seriously authorities use of the term misinformation and attempts to control the free flow of information when they get things this wrong. No wonder there is a public trust issue.