Liz Truss book enters bestseller list in 70th place with 2,228 copies sold dlvr.it/T63VCV

Really no big deal that Neil Tennant doesn’t know any Taylor Swift songs given that (a) cultural consumption is far more fragmented than in the past, as we all know, and (b) the guy turns 70 this year

Love this Pet Shop Boys story about George Michael at the 2012 Olympic closing ceremony, from Pete Paphides' fantastic Record Collector Mag interview.

You just know this guy’s playing “Imagine”.

I absolutely agree with this. Reform aren’t real, and will not poll anywhere near their current numbers at a general election. The caveat for the Tories, though, is only a fraction - probably not even over 50% - of those voters will be coming back. They’ll mostly abstain.

exhibit 12,798 of the thing people said would happen, happened

Fascinating new Institute for Fiscal Studies paper finds that the closure of 70% of police stations in London was not cost effective and led to higher crime levels, with particularly negative impacts on the poor

ifs.org.uk/sites/default/…

Compensation for lack of an appropriate education seems to have been growing recently.
Our own CEO's daughter also waited 18 months for a finalised EHCP and a suitable school place.
This is not a huge rarity.
Local authorities should be aware.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

NEW REPORT on SIM, 'Criminalising Distress', shows police are still embedded in mental health services, and other coercive, punitive practices continue, despite NHS England’s 2023 directive for them to be ‘eradicated’. #StopSIM medact.org/criminalising-…

We hope that the Secretary of State abandons any plans to implement the Work Capability Assessment reforms until this legal challenge has concluded and Deaf & Disabled voices have been heard.

Read about our judicial review below 👇

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batman could be wearing his hellbat suit and he would still not get this information outta me

Other countries pointing to the current state of the UK health system as an example of how not to do things. ☹

Great piece. It's outrageous that we don't know who bought the JC. Both the secrecy and the paper's coverage are of great concern to many British Jews.

If one wants a reason why Brexit (as implemented) has been such a bad idea look no further than how it has eroded the trust in government of many of its supporters.

Policing Minister Chris Philp has just asked if Congo is a different country from Rwanda while on BBC's Question Time 👀

The world's first Sikh court has launched in London, handling family and civil disputes.

The court, which will sit openly and has mostly female judges, will seek mediated settlements, but can give legally binding judgments under the Arbitration Act archive.is/IWabV

Not surprised. Supermarket food shopping online is pretty crap - you can't check the expiry dates so can end up with loads of short-dated perishable food; the delivery fees can be stinging; you don't know what will actually be in stock and what won't

Seven years on and no progress on disability rights by UK government, says UN committee
(govt ignores disabled people's evidence and analysis and 'strongly rejects' the committee's findings)
#CRPD24 #CRDP24
disabilitynewsservice.com/seven-years-on…