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26.02.2026 23:22
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As a counterpoint, I've never heard someone make a bad argument for why they don't want kids. Even those stereotyped as 'selfish' reasons are linked to broader points about autonomy/independence. People think about this a lot, particularly cis women, and there's often more than 1 reason in the mix.
I do think we could do WAY more as a society to make childrearing less challenging for those who are only saying 'no for now' for economic reasons. But (a) too much of the conversation focuses on women alone and (b) it's too often assumed that people are only saying no because they can't afford it.
Yes, they are tiresome! I am partially speaking from experience here, there's nothing more patronising than someone thinking they can convince me out of my decades-strong, multifaceted reasoning for why I don't want kids by pitching a generic point about older people like I've never heard it before.
Like, no amount of pontificating on 'having too many old people and not enough young people = bad' is going to overcome chronic illness, infertility, low salaries vs high childcare costs, family trauma histories, just not wanting kids and all the other myriad reasons why people are choosing not to.
Both 'overpopulation' and 'we need a birth rate boost' arguments are mired in racism which ekes out as soon as you unpack them.
When we look at population-level birth rates, we forget how this breaks down individually, also. I struggle to get on board with arguments that don't acknowledge this
Ah yes, the good old fashioned British BakerPub!
The workload facing MPs and their staff is growing, in ways that aren't visible to the public: casework and the inbox.
For @thehousemag.bsky.social, I delved into what the workload looks like, why it's growing, and what this means for how MPs can balance the different aspects of their role
'UK has too many ADHD diagnoses' doesn't pass the smell test as explanation for UK's rising number of young people not in education, employment or training - ADHD diagnoses have gone up at similar rates across our peers, but the UK's rising NEETs are a UK issue.
Really disappointed to hear about this. Thinking of you today.
Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
As MPs vote on whether to decriminalise abortion after more than 150 years, here’s this week’s column setting out why it should be a “yes.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A big (and very welcome) announcement from government today on free school meal eligibilty, widening it to all children on families eligible for UC.
A quick thread on these changes, and the remaining challenges 🧵
www.suttontrust.com/news-opinion...
🚨 NEW: Labour is lifting 100,000 children out of poverty by expanding access to free school meals.
Alongside free breakfast clubs, cheaper uniform costs and government-funded childcare, Labour is putting money in parents’ pockets and giving children the best start in life.
Entirely this: I’d add that being serious about climate change is a hygiene factor for many voters. In not a single UK constituency does concern about climate drop below 50% - hitting 68% in Clacton. There’s a debate on the ‘how’ and particularly how to do it fairly but much less on the principle.
We find the West of England Mayoral Race is too close to call with victory possible for 4 & maybe even 5 parties. Labour's Helen Goodwin in the lead on 23%
🌹LAB 23%
🌳 CON 21%
➡️ REF UK 18%
🌍 GREEN 18%
🔶 LIB DEM 15%
⬜️ IND 5%
I don't like how it's suggested as the answer to everything. AI won't save us!
This has inspired me to plan my upcoming holiday using Chat GPT... so I can rip out its suggestions and replace them with my own. Not an awful idea to have a pre-made structure if you don't know where to start.
An incredible branch Chair and an asset to our trade union movement - thanks for all you've done for the GMB @jensym.bsky.social 🧡🫡
...and if you're reading this and you're not in a trade union then what are you doing? #JoinAUnion
Every brilliant, quietly angry word of this by @roberthutton.co.uk:
Premier league table with Liverpool top by 9 points.
That’s a nice looking table
I wrote about the way the SEND crisis is quietly unpicking women's lives - destroying careers, dismantling relationships, damaging physical and mental health.
And all this goes on unacknowledged.
Long read for The i Paper:
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
@emilyclarkebristol.bsky.social and @lisied.bsky.social hit the nail on the head here. Gender-based violence is sadly not going anywhere and more needs to be done 🙌
An amazing achievement, and every bit deserved! Congratulations 😊
Sigh - classic fact free nonsense. ‘news’ story here totally fails to mention that Tory plans were for fines of £5k (later reduced to £3k) for each missed heat pump sale. What @Ed_Miliband has done is to reduce that to £500. Headline should read “Miliband slashes Tory boiler tax”
Some people cannot comprehend that the exodus from X is not 'liberal flight' but a lot of people deciding that the content on the platform - hate/extremism, disinformation, violent/nsfw content, low quality ads, lax responses to user reports, suppression of content - just can't be ignored any more.