Fiona Millar

Educators against the 11-plus – Comprehensive Future Dear Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education This September, more than 100,00 stressed children will sit an unnecessary exam. We are ... Read more

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There is a dangerous disconnect: on Gaza, politics no longer speaks for the people | Gaby Hinsliff The government now faces a daunting task to show that society’s concerns can be reflected. It will need to do better than this, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Every word of this www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our hearts are breaking

I’m witnessing the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s children – why is the world letting it happen? | Nick Maynard A permanent ceasefire, the free and safe flow of aid, and the lifting of the blockade are needed now – all could be achieved with political will, says UK surgeon Nick Maynard

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Labour peer Peter Hain in the House of Lords just now: "This Government is treating Palestine Action as equivalent to Al Qaeda and Islamic State...It is intellectually bankrupt and morally wrong.

"Frankly, I am deeply ashamed. And that's why I support the regret motion."

Ayatollah Khamenei - 86
Donald Trump - 79
Benjamin Netanyahu - 72
Vladimir Putin - 72

Why are these old men determining the future of the planet? 🤦🏽‍♂️

Royal College of Physicians and health organisations write to the UK Foreign Secretary about the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza

We’ve joined several other UK medical organisations in urging Foreign Secretary David Lammy MP to take decisive action to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in #Gaza.

Read the full letter: ow.ly/YElJ50W4eYT

@rcpch.bsky.social @rcn.org.uk rcgp.bsky.social

‘These are not numbers – they are people’: what ex-communist Slovenia can teach the world about child poverty Slovenia’s children are less likely to know deprivation than any other European nation’s. Is that because of what the country is doing now – or its socialist past?

So impressive- a lot for us to learn here. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Labour's attempts to blame rising small boat numbers on the weather are "pathetic" says Shadow Conservative Home Secretary Chris Philp

In other news, here's Chris Philp, when he was Immigration Minister, blaming rising small boat numbers on the weather

The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life

“I hate the way that disabled lives recede out of view because other people are too squeamish to talk about them, and I want to confront that tendency. Mostly, though, I think Max is already a thousand times more interesting than anyone I’ve ever met, and I want to tell you about him.”

Stanford president and provost back Harvard in funding fight The president and provost said Harvard’s rejection of government demands was “rooted in the American tradition of liberty.”

Stanford’s president and provost release a statement supporting Harvard. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/15/l...

America has no allies in this trade war. Not the EU. Not Japan. Not Canada, not Mexico, not Australia. Not even Russia. OK, maybe El Salvador. MAGA wanted America alone. It got its wish.

Just enjoy the tariffs

Elon’s own AI bot is calling this illegal ⚰️

The email lady gets the last laugh on this, forever

Huge Survey Finds 94% Of Germans Won't Buy A Tesla After Musk’s Political Antics | Carscoops It's unclear if Tesla will be able to win back fans in Germany before rivals snatch away its market share

Huge Survey Finds 94% Of Germans Won’t Buy A Tesla After Musk’s Political Antics 👏

www.carscoops.com/2025/03/germ...

Meanwhile over on X….

In January I spent 24 hours with Ukrainian combat medics of the Third Assault Brigade in a frontline field hospital.

Their work is extraordinarily courageous - they are constantly targeted by Russian forces, in violation of the Geneva Conventions.

Please watch.

Please keep supporting Ukraine 🇺🇦

Diagnosis isn't really relevant either way to this issue as neither PIP nor incapacity benefit follow from a diagnosis but an assessment of capability.

Wikipedia image of Major General (Ret.) Charles C. Rogers

Defense.gov google return: Medal of Honor Monday: Army Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers

Defense.gov 404 - Page Not Found

https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/2824721/deimedal-of-honor-monday-army-maj-gen-charles-calvin-rogers/

This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.

Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."

Agree with this- anyone who has had interaction with NHS MH services will know how stretched they are. It’s hard to get diagnosed at all so how can mental illness be overdiagnosed.

Wes Streeting, the health secretary, told LBC: "We're different political traditions, but I think we've all been struck by the pace at which President Trump's new administration has come in and made a whole bunch of changes to the way that Washington and the way that government works. "We might look at some of those changes and think, well, they're not quite the changes we would make, from a centre-left perspective, but the speed at which they've operated, we've actually thought, you know what, we can go further and faster. We will, we are. That's what the prime minister's doing."

Ugh. I can’t tell you how much I dislike this. To witness such cruelty, incompetence, contempt for the law and think ‘let’s have some of that’… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The Times reports people will only be eligible for PIP if they score at least 4 points ***in a single activity*** (and more overall). This specifically discriminates against people with mental illness, who generally score fewer points across multiple areas. It would be an absolute disaster. 1/3

The “speed at which they’ve operated” is down to ignoring or actively destroying laws and institutions. This is real “say what you will about Mussolini, but he made the trains run on time” territory. Very concerning that a leadership figure would consider this an appropriate thing to say in public.

Please tell me this isn’t true

Who could have predicted this?

If only there was some way of knowing why Musk is pushing for elections and “regime change” in Ukraine… but not Russia..

The FAA approved another launch before the last crash investigation was completed — and it ended in another disaster.

Why is SpaceX getting a free pass from DOGE cuts? 🤔