So many people defending Russell Brand and claiming it’s all a conspiracy is a dark place for us to be in. And we are seeing this all too often.

Truth. Facts. Ethics. Right and Wrong.

These things HAVE to matter for a country and its population to function and thrive.

I’m on hold waiting to speak to my GP surgery. The automated message is telling me that once I get through a care navigator in the solutions office will deal with my request.

I’d like a lot less jargon and a lot more human please.

Today's swimming forecast. In one word. Don't.

As we now know 60% of this is caused by lack of investment in infrastructure, another 18% due to lack of maintenance and the amount of sewage dumping caused by 'exceptional' rainfall?

Yep, that's right, none, nada, zilch, 0%!

A year ago today Liz Truss crashed the UK economy and shattered people’s lives and hopes with her disastrous budget.

She still believes she was right to do so. 🤡🤡🤡

Job done 🙌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
#RWC2023

Fabulous England! What a beautiful try. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
#RWC2023

Wow. What an amazing win for Fiji. 🇫🇯
#RWC2023

Oh no! We’re in danger of getting our Free Movement, borderless trade, youth opportunities, investment, reputation and political influence back!

The horror!

I’m getting old - can’t stand coffee shops, bars, restaurants etc where you order on a screen and not by talking to an actual fellow human.

I’m watching #stateofchaos

It’s beyond maddening to see all over again how these awful awful Tory politicians behaved and the terrible damage they have done to our country.

None of them should have been anywhere near power.
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

I spoke to the head of Estonia's Civil Service about leadership and dealing with a crisis (He's had a few). His interview is fascinating and he's one of the smartest people I have ever interviewed.

globalgovernmentforum.com/from-digital-i…

It seems increasingly important to resist knee-jerk conclusions that all apparent evidence of the UK's international decline is actual evidence of the UK's international decline. For example, I would like to read a sober analysis of the UK's absence from this.

Tory Justice Minister Alex Chalk refuses three times on #BBCLauraK to answer directly whether his department recently received requests for help specifically from Wandsworth prison.

Instead tries to blame Labour for lack of investment.
#ToriesBrokeBritain

It’s safe to say that my French hubbie is currently very happy.
#RWC2023

Got to love the all blacks haka
💪🏼🏉
#RWC2023

New Tory PR campaign:

💥Most pupils are safe
💥Most prisoners won’t escape
💥Most ambulances will arrive
💥Most rivers aren’t full of sh*t
💥Most people can eat and heat

💥Mostly f*cking things up for 13 years

#ToriesBrokeBritain

Just a Tory Minister congratulating himself for rejoining something his Government forced us to leave in the first place.
#BrexitBrokeBritain

So, UK is going to rejoin the EU’s Horizon scheme.

Over time we will rejoin all the EU schemes.

Brexit was, is, and always will be, utterly absurd.

There’s a school opposite my house which includes a sixth form. Lots of excitement as pupils start back to today.

Can’t help but wonder, however, why we still force sixth formers to wear suits and ties - so few jobs require that nowadays.

What Gillian Keegan meant to say was that she and her Cabinet colleagues have all done a f*cking good job of sitting on their arses.