‘I see you’re naming bills after racists now, Father.’

‘Expat’ = migrant. I hope they have learned the language and integrated culturally!

Yes, absolutely and the SEN reforms will concentrate minds. So long as the context is what’s taken into account and not costs or entrenched educational ideologies.

Absolute minefield but needs tackling, yes.

Good to have it explicitly stated that the Tories are an Anglocentric party. So much for Unionism!

Shocking behaviour

…and what is she supposed to have ‘mishandled’???

Great summary by Private Eye......

This. An emergency recall of parliament on a weekend for British Steel. Nothing at all for UK HE which employs far more people, has already shed 10,000 academic jobs, with several institutions on the brink of collapse.

A reminder: we train all the doctors, teachers, engineers, nurses, lawyers &c &c

British Steel's turnover (2023) £1.26 billion - Votes at risk! Red Wall! Urgent legislation!

UK universities' combined turnover (2023/4) £57.2bn - Central to innovation and the industrial strategy. Educating a dumbed down nation. Silence.

Yes, let's save steel, but for heavens sake help unis too!

In my view, the main reason we’re living in an age of ‘over diagnosis’ of mental health issues, is because we have chosen to ‘under invest’ in community development and well-being.

very worried about Suzanne O Sullivan’s book about over diagnosis - in particular on ADHD - a Radio 4 book of the week loved by The Guardian - having spent a great deal of time talking to neurodivergent people -knowing the battles they’ve had & have - I fear this will be ammo for cynicism

In my view, the main reason we’re living in an age of ‘over diagnosis’ of mental health issues, is because we have an ‘under investment’ in community development and well-being.

As Honest Bob Jenrick tours the country repeating far-right conspiracy talking points about “two-tier sentencing”, here is the letter his own government sent to the Sentencing Council last year approving the very Guidelines he now claims are evidence of “two-tier Keir”.

The man is a fraud.

EU preparing to give Ukraine access to Single Market in peace deal Access would give economic boost to war-torn country – on its path to bloc membership

Telegraph reports that Ukraine membership of the Single Market would boost its economy. Irony is dead. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

'Did you even say thank you?'

This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II.

Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.

Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.

80% of German voters did NOT vote for the AFD. This is not a victory for the racists.

I'm not having Fraser Nelson playing dumb on the rise of racism on the right after years spent printing Murray, Liddle, Taki and Shriver.

I literally had a DM row with him years ago where I said this would happen.

Three games of Scrabble on the iPad and The Guardian quick crossword over breakfast on weekdays.

By the way... When are getting the #emojiBZH and #emojiKernow, @unicode.org? 🤔 Why can't Brittany and Cornwall have their own flag emojis? 😕

True. The challenges of shrinking intake alongside budget restraints is really biting.

There are some real experts on this in Cornwall and we have well established small schools network to share that.

Europe should continue exporting aluminium, and say but these tariffs are for aluminum, we sell aluminium

My father Raymond was born 103 years ago today. He dwelt in his own imagination, and I was not his biggest concern; nonetheless, he totally created the template for what I am, good and bad - he might as well have named me Raymond Jr. I owe him a lot: happy birthday, dad! 💕

…ly disappointing.

My first block on Bluesky. Congratulations.

It’s a great museum.