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01.03.2026 22:46 β π 259 π 33 π¬ 11 π 0@johnharris1969.bsky.social
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Trumpβs βalmost physical horror of violenceβ latest:
01.03.2026 22:46 β π 259 π 33 π¬ 11 π 0Thanks Tim
02.03.2026 08:06 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0One of today's must-reads.
02.03.2026 08:01 β π 34 π 11 π¬ 4 π 0Thank you!
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Latest from me: By dint of its relationship with the trade unions alone, Labour still plays a vital role in our democracy β but it also looks dangerously like an archaic legacy party. Its old majoritarian dreams are over
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Ask him to turn it off
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π¨No more safe seats: the Greens take Gorton and Denton
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This is the point.
27.02.2026 17:21 β π 54 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0Really not sure if telling Green voters they we're stupid enough to be hoodwinked by extremist anti-NATO crack dealers is the most productive way for Labour to behave. Makes them sound like they're joining Reform in a kind of Mary Whitehouse prig chorus
27.02.2026 16:52 β π 99 π 13 π¬ 9 π 0It's a really important piece of writing. Thanks for writing it
26.02.2026 19:33 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Best thing I've read on the SEND reforms: personal, really lucid, great on the policy context jimlauder.substack.com/p/the-white-...
26.02.2026 19:24 β π 20 π 7 π¬ 1 π 0V familiar. Would it have really eased the following day though?
26.02.2026 16:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Isn't the key hangover question whether it was worth it? That always makes them bearable imho. The bad ones that were frittered away are thΓ© worst
26.02.2026 16:51 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
I've been waiting all week to talk to @johnharris1969.bsky.social about what he thinks of the govt's Send reforms, given he is a bona fide expert.
He surprised me in a number of ways with what he said. Well worth a listen:
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Anyway mr rolley, I'm sure you're an agreeable fella and arguing with strangers is a bit daft. Thank you for engaging, I'll bear what you said in mind.
25.02.2026 17:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0That's what I said, in both cases.
25.02.2026 17:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It's one point of three
25.02.2026 17:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Ps it wasn't "a future govt might change this". It was "if you weaken rights from 2029 onwards, you may well facilitate Reform UK doing bad things." It's an important point.
25.02.2026 17:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0No it wasn't! It was framed around 1.does the money reflect the level of ambition and 2. What will happen to rights if redress & choice. The Reform point is in the context of (2). Maybe read it again and take your souvenir Clement Attlee glasses off
25.02.2026 17:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0No it isn't. Come on. It acknowledges the positives and then points out reasons for concern, among SEND parents like me. It's an analytical piece. I'm not here to big anyone up. If you're a party activist, that's your job.
25.02.2026 16:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0What's unfair about the Send piece?
25.02.2026 16:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0"As long as a journalist reports the truth, in fairness and in conscience, it's not his job to worry about consequences."
25.02.2026 16:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The Thom Yorke track on the Flea album sounds exactly like great lost Manc band Yargo
25.02.2026 14:16 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Story 1 by Max Kendix of The Times, tweet posted at 14:35 on Friday 20 February Councils forced to spend Β£20k a year for a single child to receive horse therapy to help with special educational needs EHCPs used for therapy alpacas, dogs, angling, and aerial arts. Costs of horse-related spending alone is Β£1.9m across 22 councils this year, for 119 cases
Second story by Max Kendix, tweet posted on 22 February Times investigation: They had special educational needs. The state failed them so badly that they took their own lives We uncover the stories of 20 young people whose recent deaths are blamed on failures by schools, councils and hospitals to give them the support they needed
A tale of two Times SEND stories on X, the everything app: same paper, same journalist, 48 hours apart
Story about spending on equine therapy - 136,000 views, 111 RTs, 95 comments, many foam-flecked
Story about 20+ system-induced teen suicides - 4,000 views, 30 RTs, 7 mostly scornful comments
I did 2 and a half days in Bristol with no natural light. Exited feeling v spaced out
25.02.2026 14:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Fair point
25.02.2026 13:24 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Doing that is one weird experience. How long are you in there?
25.02.2026 13:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I keep meaning to plug this Miles Davis CD that comes with the current issue of @mojomagazine.bsky.social. One of the greatest comps I've had the pleasure of sticking to the front of the mag.
25.02.2026 12:00 β π 63 π 9 π¬ 1 π 5Have you got any hard copies? May well use it on this week's column
25.02.2026 10:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Not at all. 2005 election was full of it
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