A second foreword from Steve Reed. "A pride which is hopeful about the future for people’s communities and the country, not pining for some imagined past. Open to all those who call these islands home, regardless of the colour of their skin"
www.gov.uk/government/p....
I love politics on 5live in general, and the phone-in specifically, for all the reasons here. You get the time to talk things through. It's more testing, but more rewarding.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Future of venue 'founded on the belief music can change the world'
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/mus...
Very good news for lovers of live music and/or Birkenhead
www.birkenhead.news/future-yard-...
Watching Louise Casey’s speech at @nuffieldtrust.org.uk Health Summit.
She traces the history of care from 1948, where Beveridge’s lack of focus on social care was in large part down to lower life expectancies & unpaid care.
That’s changed but she says ‘we haven’t looked it in the face’.
Clearly it would have been nice if Palace had beaten them today, but, you know, respect for this.
01.03.2026 17:50 — 👍 18 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Daniel Sturridge on the telly 👏👏
01.03.2026 16:26 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Labour is rising to the generational challenge of properly supporting children with SEND.
We will set out our vision and ambition for a schools system where every child can achieve and thrive.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
That was a goal dammit. Ridiculous.
22.02.2026 15:51 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
What a life! Another brilliant interview by @shattenstone.bsky.social
22.02.2026 07:41 — 👍 91 🔁 38 💬 4 📌 2Oh the curling has started!
21.02.2026 18:10 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0Come on GB
21.02.2026 18:07 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0
James Milner, 40 years young, starts for Brighton at Brentford to make his record-breaking 654th Premier League appearance 👏
He's also the first man to play in 24 PL seasons, the competition's second-oldest scorer and its second-youngest scorer. Astonishing longevity 👑
Some thoughts on events in recent days:
medium.com/@Alison_McGo...
I’m putting tech firms on notice: deal with the appalling abuse of women online – or we will deal with you | Keir Starmer
19.02.2026 07:08 — 👍 157 🔁 31 💬 11 📌 12“Salah’s presence back in the team has made Liverpool better” 💪
17.02.2026 17:46 — 👍 64 🔁 5 💬 4 📌 3
Gisèle Pelicot is the strongest woman I have ever met
“Strength is in my DNA”, she said, writes Victoria Derbyshire
https://bit.ly/4ttR2wS
Olive Grove (Orange Sky) - 1889
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14597
There's no patriot like a Monaco-based patriot.
12.02.2026 09:23 — 👍 1394 🔁 299 💬 57 📌 9& me Tim. I'll never forget it x
12.02.2026 09:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0In the worlds end pub
11.02.2026 20:07 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Wonderful
11.02.2026 20:00 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Going to @ucl.ac.uk changed my life & gave me the best friends a person could ask for.
It helped me think, write and argue. (Looking at you @jowolff.bsky.social @timcrane.bsky.social & others not on here)
Happy 200th UCL. Keep breaking the tradition.
Some thoughts on events in recent days:
medium.com/@Alison_McGo...
Get in LFCW! A win. An actual win!
25.01.2026 13:49 — 👍 56 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 1This sounds like a quiet, technical update that will end up radically transforming communities.
06.02.2026 17:06 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Long time coming, this. A new Treasury Green Book with place-based analysis, taking account of the different economic history and potential across the UK. Very pleased Liverpool will help lead this new approach.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Ellen Wilkinson, postwar education minister, died on this day 1947.
06.02.2026 08:22 — 👍 33 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
10 years of argument followed.
Today's debate on the two child limit shows that evidence matters. Thank you to everyone who made the argument, never gave up, kept listening to families and helped us move forward.
Our kids deserve this investment.
Keep going.
