Nick Wright

Perfick loaf! 😻

Poor Parkin! No peace for an boi!

Spoke to CNN about our national flags & why ethnic minorities can certainly identify with them too
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Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy

“The ECHR isn’t Brussels meddling. It’s the foundation that protects you from your own government.” – The Bear on why leaving the ECHR would be a really Bad Idea.

The moral and economic costs of Farage’s plan to deport up to 600,000 asylum seekers Key planks of policy include Human Rights Act repeal and potential payments to countries such as Iran and Afghanistan

Analysis - the moral and economic costs of Farage’s plan to deport up to 600,000 asylum seekers

(Currently most read on the Guardian website, beating Taylor and Travis)

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

People can feel sympathy for Lucy Connolly over the scale of sentence she got after pleading guilty.

But the appeal found her evidence demonstrably not credible on what she knew/did not know about the sentence before her guilty plea.

Her media interviews repeat those false claims

"although the summit may not have been a meaningful step towards peace, it was significant for what it tells us about the conduct and direction of US foreign policy" Fascinating piece by @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social on the recent summits. ukandeu.ac.uk/what-the-tru...

This felt inevitable: an interview with Allison Pearson given top billing in the Telegraph.

Connolly suggests Starmer should relearn what freedom of speech means and "what the laws are in this country".

I think he knows but Connolly/Pearson clearly don't. No lessons have been learned in prison.

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63% of people think net migration rose in the last 12 months
8% of people think it fell

Yet it fell by 400,000 in 2024 vs 2023
[It is falling further in 2025]

Public service broadcasters are doing a core part of their job on this topic badly if that 8% is not closer to 30% at least

Learn a German word today:

Bügelbierflaschenzudrücker (swing top beer bottle shutter).

In a new post for @flint-global.com, we take a look at the possible impact of US pharmaceutical tariffs, and why a “deal” might not be as beneficial as it first appears.

Featuring @georgeriddell.bsky.social

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BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives - Supporting varied pathways We asked some #BISA2025 delegates to share their reflections of the conference in Belfast.

New BISA at 50 article! 🌟

'Supporting varied pathways' with @drnickwright.bsky.social - a BISA trustee 📚

'Long may this continue – and I’m already looking forward to the discussions in Brighton next year.' 🎉

Read now 👉 buff.ly/aYWwiNz

@julietdryden.bsky.social
@juanitamarieelias.bsky.social

10 reasons why the hereditary peers bill should be amended to constrain Prime Ministerial patronage and the size of the House of Lords The government’s House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill reaches its report stage in the chamber this week – presenting a serious moment for possible amendments. Meg Russell argues that peers should…

NEW BLOG: 10 reasons why the hereditary peers bill should be amended to constrain Prime Ministerial patronage and the size of the House of Lords

Ahead of the hereditary peers bill's report stage starting in the Lords tomorrow, our Director, Meg Russell, sets out why peers should amend the bill.

Every single picture of Peter Thiel makes him look like the guy in a zombie film who's hiding that he was bitten.

"I was still a baby" Rebecca Adlington says public called her 'too fat' and 'ugly' while competing in Olympics aged 19

Harmful messages sink in, not only for the athletes they’re directed at, but for every woman and girl who hears them.

Our research shows it too. 45% of teenage girls feel they don’t have the right body shape for sport, increasing to 52% of girls who used to be sporty but dropped out in their teens.

20mph limits in London linked to sharp fall in road injuries and deaths, new report finds A new study published by Transport for London (TfL) has shown that the introduction of 20mph speed limits and zones on local authority-managed roads in London between 1989 and 2013 led to significant…

Study on London 20 mph limits shows:
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%

etsc.eu/20mph-limits...

A must read

Robert De Niro is expressing his love and support for his daughter Airyn De Niro, after she recently shared publicly for the first time that she is transgender. cnn.it/3EY1msu

Black and white photo of a laughing young white woman with curly blonde hair. She is descending a gigantic pile of building rubble holding a lasso and an unhappy white and black cat. She’s doing all this while wearing a dress and dress shoes.

“Miss Iris Davis… spends a great deal of time recovering cats with the aid of a 'lassoo' from the debris of bombed house. So far she has rescued six hundred of these feline strays, 8 November 1940.“ www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Pritzker: It’s time for us to be done with optimism about their motives. Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research… Autistic kids and adults who are loving contributors to our society don’t deserve to be stigmatized by a weird nepo baby who once stashed a dead bear in his car. Our military service members don’t deserve to be told by a washed-up Fox TV commentator, who drank too much before being appointed Secretary of Defense, that they can’t serve their country simply because they are Black, gay, or a woman.

Dear god let this man cook.

Yup!! Been taking it for a couple of years. Really helps.

A screenshot of a Reuters article stating that the US FDA suspended milk quality test workforce cuts.

Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.

You don't pick Secretaries of Defense based on how good they are on TV for the same reason being a pilot has requirements other than a sexy voice for the pre-flight announcements.

New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.

Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:

—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.

Read it.
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I won’t share RFK Jr.’s lies about autism.

It’s disgusting and dangerous.

If he had a shred of decency, he would apologize and resign.

Autistic people contribute every day to our nation’s greatness.

To every kid with autism, I’m in this fight all the way for you.

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