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Freelance journalist covering British politics and public services - NHS, education, care, housing, disability, benefits. Not a tribalist. I like good things and I don't like bad things.

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yeah I just credit it to DJ Fresh

06.03.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

lol that's an improvement

I was gonna say "so that's what Rita Ora's up to" but it's also an improvement on anything Rita Ora released

06.03.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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NEW POLLING OUT FOR WALES

New polling from @Moreincommon_ shows a drop in Reform polling from a month ago:

- Reform UK 26% (-5)
- Plaid Cymru 26% (+2)
- Labour 20% (nc)
- Conservative 10% (–3)
- The Green Party 10% (+5)
- Liberal Democrat 7% (+1)

06.03.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 7

lol, and those mobile phone facias

I never did any of it *smugface*

06.03.2026 13:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

was it specifically about a real life ex?

mind you, imagine being her brother...

06.03.2026 13:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So a tiny minority more than previous generations holds more misogynistic views. But don’t let that stop the narrative.

06.03.2026 09:54 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Recruiting teaching assistants harder than hiring teachers, according to school leaders - NFER Our latest research into the education workforce has shown that three in four school leaders are struggling to recruit teaching assistants (TAs).

New Nuffield research make stark reading for the DfE as it aims to cram more SEND children into mainstream schools: The study shows 3 in 4 school leaders are struggling to recruit teaching assistants, saying it’s harder to recruit TAs than it is teachers www.nfer.ac.uk/press-release...

06.03.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

honestly the only ringtone anyone should have downloaded would be one that sounded like either bullets being fired or a bomb going off

06.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

you should play it to your teenager and see what he thinks

"this were the moozik I grew up with when I were a wee one"

06.03.2026 13:11 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

what was there to sing???

your house is extremely glass...

06.03.2026 12:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

didn't you download Crazy Frog?

06.03.2026 12:54 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Right now govt is making up an obviously false β€œsaving” to justify its imm, while ignoring the obviously true cost of that policy (treasury projections assume a level of net migration Home Sec opposes and which is unlikely to happen). And these ppl wonder why trust in politics is declining.

06.03.2026 12:05 πŸ‘ 104 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4

I read a short story by her, called Anthem, and what was really striking about it was how sterile and black-and-white the prose was. Like "this is this and that is that". The diatribe of a monomaniacal extremist with the mind of a sociopathic ten year old

06.03.2026 12:11 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Β£1.6bn SEND pot risks being β€˜swallowed up’, leaders warn Flagship fund to improve inclusion in mainstream schools β€˜won’t go very far at all’, and a clear national strategy is needed on how to use it, government is told

School leaders have warned that the government proposals for funding mainstream inclusion are β€œextremely unrealistic” and risk there not being enough provision to meet demand.

@jabedahmed.bsky.social with the full analysis below
www.tes.com/magazine/new...

06.03.2026 07:43 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen." Just off the top of my head the potential interaction with local authority homelessness and social care duties feels significant?

06.03.2026 09:14 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

fwiw "John Prescott's son joins the Greens" is *only* newsworthy because of the allegations against him. Otherwise it's not really news at all

06.03.2026 11:25 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Erm... maybe the Greens want to look into *why* he left Corbyn's office before celebrating this too much.

06.03.2026 10:49 πŸ‘ 205 πŸ” 101 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 10

That would presumably be this www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

06.03.2026 11:21 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Westminster Meeting House raided by Metropolitan Police again. Statement: β€œFor Quakers, faith and action are inseparable. Peaceful protest, prayer and nonviolent action are integral parts of many Quakers' religious life.

Whilst we take the planning of criminal acts very seriously, we believe that this incident is a deliberate targeting of committed young people who want to make our country a more equitable place. This raid is part of a systematic stifling of dissent.

That this is the second time in a year that the police have raided our meeting house dramatically illuminates the broader trend in the UK of cracking down on those who disagree with the government. The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy. It's a key part of how people make their voices heard between elections.” – Oliver Robertson, Head of Witness and Worship
Quakers in Britain, 5 March 2026

Westminster Meeting House raided by Metropolitan Police again. Statement: β€œFor Quakers, faith and action are inseparable. Peaceful protest, prayer and nonviolent action are integral parts of many Quakers' religious life. Whilst we take the planning of criminal acts very seriously, we believe that this incident is a deliberate targeting of committed young people who want to make our country a more equitable place. This raid is part of a systematic stifling of dissent. That this is the second time in a year that the police have raided our meeting house dramatically illuminates the broader trend in the UK of cracking down on those who disagree with the government. The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy. It's a key part of how people make their voices heard between elections.” – Oliver Robertson, Head of Witness and Worship Quakers in Britain, 5 March 2026

Yesterday evening, for the second time in a year, the Met Police raided Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists.

STATEMENT: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

06.03.2026 10:37 πŸ‘ 366 πŸ” 264 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 55

surely if he was a totally amoral cynic he wouldn't have fled the Nazis in France in the first place?

06.03.2026 10:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

How are they for kids with SEND, given that there are grammar schools with virtually no kids on the SEN register or with EHCPs

06.03.2026 09:27 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Genuinely fascinating divergence.
Oil and energy market types: really beginning to freak out.
Global macro types: mostly relatively calm and expecting this to all blow over.

06.03.2026 09:20 πŸ‘ 345 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 22
A poorly drawn faux football sticker of American pop icon Diana Ross hooking a dismal penalty wide of the left hand post during the opening ceremony of the 1994 World Cup. The flimsy goalnet collapses regardless, in apparent sympathy.

A poorly drawn faux football sticker of American pop icon Diana Ross hooking a dismal penalty wide of the left hand post during the opening ceremony of the 1994 World Cup. The flimsy goalnet collapses regardless, in apparent sympathy.

1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ days until the World Cup, so here's one poorly drawn World Cup moment every day until the tournament kicks off or until we forget to post one (I give it a week)

We'll start with Diana Ross failing to work the goalkeeper. She'll be disappointed with that.

03.03.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 102 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3

yeah, the easiest one on paper was tonight v Palace, unless Wolves fold after they're mathematically relegated

06.03.2026 00:57 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Solanke's the key - he's by some margin better than any striker at Leeds, Forest, or West Ham (even allowing for Castellanos' promising start)

06.03.2026 00:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

if Spurs actually get their act together and start playing, to use technical terms, their run-in should be fine - Forest at home, Leeds at home, Wolves away iirc.

if they keep going like they are, their run-in is irrelevant - they're not beating anyone on this form

06.03.2026 00:16 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Spurs decided they are going to win something this year - they're going to snatch the Worst Premiership Manager Of All Time trophy from Ivan Juric

05.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
05.03.2026 23:16 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't agree with this - it was centrally important that the Greens got *noticed*, that they became a party people thought about, which isn't easy without a supportive press.

That's what Zack gets them - attention. Ramsey and Chowns couldn't even get noticed in their own leadership election

05.03.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The next few years will feature so, so SO many columns and Substacks by people claiming that things were going well and Labour just needed to 'stick with Morgan's plan'.

05.03.2026 11:45 πŸ‘ 226 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 1