I'm going to stand up for the rights of prison officers to work safely & protect national security. I don't care how inconvenient my views are or how overlooked I am as a result. The state and its agents have failed in a basic moral duty. That is worth more than gongs, trust me.

I’m not sure defending spoilt middle-class Brits from smashing a British police officer’s spine is doing much for the plight of Palestinians. But then this guy seems to be a football commentator now cosplaying as a war reporter and genocide expert so I guess we should adjust our expectations

I think about this every day. In the Netherlands, if a person dies alone, without any family or friends as mourners, a poet will be sent to write a poem and read it at the burial service. It's called the Lonely Funeral Project, and it's just humans being good humans.

'Touchable'.

It's how impervious they are that's so impressive. At some level Kyle must be dimly aware this isn't so much a car crash as the entire contents of the M25 in a gigantic blender. Yet on he goes. Mesmeric.

The most loveable thing about this interview is that he thinks there will be a 'next parliament' with these people still in charge. There must be a German word for this. English is inadequate.

Good to find some national levity in today's skip fire.

This week's Secretary of State for the Indefensible, a decorated veteran himself, will have to go on the media rebutting the devastating claims of his successor and the armed forces minister both of whom have resigned on principle. What a way to get a CV filler.

Like an arsonist trying to sell you the benefits of smoke alarms.

Blazer? This is shirt sleeve order for summer wear. He's not a redcoat at Butlins. But critiquing Aaron for being too militaristic was not what I expected on today's bingo card.

What sort of a Government foists a wholly inadequate smoke and mirrors defence funding plan he hasn't seen in full on its Sec of State on Monday, insisting he should green light it three days later? A deeply unserious one.

BREAKING: Alice Edwards, one of only two UN rights experts to sign a letter on the Oct. 7 atrocities, says “There was a campaign [by other rapporteurs] to prevent that letter going out. Weeks of being bullied and deterred from writing it, telling me everything in it was false.”

Lots of things to unpack here, beyond dysfunction in @DefenceHQ. Trust in Government diminishing, the contract between state and those who serve on its front lines broken. A hand grenade of a resignation letter.

If you're wondering why @MoJGovUK biggest agency @hmpps keeps hiring teenagers in uniform who need further training not to have sex with prisoners, this is useful context.

“Mate the #ThinGreenLine deserves a huge shout out please, dealing with serious disorder and arson endangering lives. Working together with the Fire and Rescue Services, they are the best of us. Thank you.” I couldn’t agree more, exceptional work from them all. #ThinBlueLine 🚨

Wild. I wonder how long he will put up with being Keir's official human sandbag?

Sir, We have written to Professor Irene Tracey, vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford, to express our grave concern regarding the disruption of Dr Michael Foran’s lectures on “Sex, Gender Identity and the Law” (“Protests cancel Oxford gender lectures”, Jun 9). After disruption of the first two lectures in the planned series, which included intimidation of students in the audience by the demonstrators, Dr Foran felt obliged to cancel the remaining lectures. It appears that the university proctors authorised and facilitated protests inside the lecture theatre and did nothing to remove miscreants. Members of the Proctors’ Office, including senior figures, can be seen in videos of the disruption. The proctors have enabled the exercise of a heckler’s veto. The failure of the proctors to uphold the essential functions of the university has created a hostile and degrading environment for Dr Foran and his students, and will inevitably contribute to a chilling effect, constraining the discussion of sex and gender at the university. The disruption of lectures violates the rights of students to listen, participate in discussion, and learn from their lecturers and from one another. The university must act to ensure that Dr Foran’s lectures can be rescheduled, and that no disruptive protest will be authorised. The proctors should receive training to ensure that they understand their duties. thetimes.com/comment/letters…

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It can't get any worse for Starmer than this. Yet, somehow, it did. #ReverseMidas