My recent purchase from eBay ex libris a certain Paul Mason?

With the completely disconnected proposal by the Conservatives worth a read of this reflection on National Service by The Northern Star x.com/TakingControl/…

Used to be able to connect to the internet whilst travelling between Hampshire & London Vodafone UK but now minimal coverage - hardly a 5G upgrade here - even when showing 4G no internet?

#votebooks ✔

📚 Discover our #Elections Special collection: Blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/colle…

#GeneralElection

Oh but it could never happen here, is something I have heard often over the years.

Meanwhile, emboldened by victories won against women's rights in the US and elsewhere in Europe, UK anti-abortionists chip, chip, chip away.

Well how wonderful to wake up to this epic article in the Financial Times - a huge thanks to Kate Finnigan and genevieve lutkin - the world really is my oyster! on.ft.com/4bCiUFi

The political Right using a sudden found concern for those with Down syndrome as a mask for an anti-abortion campaign is about as low as you can go. Oppose the amendment, support women's rights. This is nothing more than a stalking horse. #DownSyndrome x.com/lozzafox/statu…

The Road to Hell is officially out today—read the introduction here.
nickasbury.substack.com/p/the-road-to-…

Detailed breakdown of some of the issues in the Vulture Capitalism book by Grace Blakeley x.com/blogroberts/st…

Kudos to The Broken Binding | Bookstore their edition of Andy Weir's The Martian is superb

#BookoftheNight

Thread re #NC41

Liam Fox MP has laid an amendment re the Criminal Justice Bill - which may (or may not) be voted on next week 15 May 2024

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#NC41 in today’s Telegraph

More than 100 specialists in fetal medicine have written to MPs stating their alarm and warning of the ‘catastrophic impact’ ahead of a Commons vote on amendments relating to abortion in the Criminal Justice Bill

(Votes taking place 15th May)

Does Harry know that his image is being used by religious anti-abortionists to further their agendas? 🤔

What is Harry’s mother thinking allowing his image to be used this way?

This is not a vote FOR Harry.
It is a vote against women’s rights.

This post disgusts me

#NC41

Why on earth is nobody else calling this out for what it is?

Why are parents allowing their kids images to be used this way?

Whatever my views on abortion are, I don’t use my daughter’s words or image to persuade people to agree with my perspective.

This is so unethical.

And there is more - photo after photo of children and young people with Down syndrome who DO NOT KNOW how their image is being used.

Again any debate or vote re #NC41 is not a vote for Hallie/people who have Down syndrome. In fact it reduces the rights of women inc those with DS

I don’t think it could have been a more intimate book, a privilege to spend some time with Salman Rushdie's meditations after an attempted murder. ‘Terror must not terrorize us. Violence must not deter us. La lutte continue. The struggle goes on’.

And when the NYPD Deputy Commissioner can’t distinguish between a terrorism manual and a book on the Oxford Academic “Very Short Introduction” list. Now, that’s worrying.

I'll be presenting at FUTR Group #futreurope  on Tuesday - talking about AI and Bookselling 🤔 wonder what my line will be? Could be the spectre at the feast! Come along... tickets at eventbrite.co.uk/e/futr-europe-… (VIP FOC entry for retailers)

National Down Syndrome Policy Group Liam Fox MP This isn’t a clarification, its an admission that the original amendment was much broader in scope & wouldn’t get the support you hoped. This new amendment is still a stalking horse for anti-abortionists - a mealy-mouthed push to remove women’s rights under the guise of equality.