I'll have mine with Maple Syrup. If we don't hold Govts to a higher standard than terrorists what are we for? As allies, friends, advisors, human beings.

JD Vance says women who haven’t given birth like Kamala Harris are “childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives,” and have “no direct stake” in America.

Is there any funnier thing than a 2 year old who has just got off the spinny thing in the playpark and is trying manfully to stay upright on the one leg that still recognises gravity?

Personal reasons meant I could not be in Westminster this evening to vote against the 2 child benefit cap. But horrified colleagues suspended for 6 months for voting against, when removing the cap is supposed to be party policy

The 'don't have three kids if you can't afford them' argument assumes that no parent ever dies or gets too ill to work or gets made redundant and no dad ever walks out on mum. It's as specious as it is morally repugnant.

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Cross party support at Holyrood for child payment. Scottish Labour MPs campaigned on wqnting to get rid of two child cap. Not one of them supported this amendment although their own constituents are somewhat protected. How shabby. How shameful. news.sky.com/story/labour-s…

Govt revives the disastrous Private Finance Initiative (PFI). PFI ran 1992-2018. Govts got £60bn private investment, repayment £306bn. Now £1 of public investment to be matched by £3 of private, will repay £15-£18, guaranteeing corporate profits There are sensible alternatives

Olympics and Election in same year. If you set the bar very low - no one has to jump very high to get over it. Politicians could do with watching athletes. Once you accept a really low standard to win at any cost - no one after will have to jump very high to win at any cost.

The ocean is shrouded in mystery. It covers about 71% of the Earth’s surface, yet we know very little about it when you consider how vast it is - A Thread 1. This fisherman with a deep sea Wolf Eel

...our generous directors Esme Bayley, Daniel Cameron & Chris Honey; the actors who hit the ground running & delivered amazing performances Julie Martis, Jamie Adams, Graham Cobb, Adam Johnston,Liam McCole,Jacqueline Wilde,Elaine McKenzie Ellis, Alison Gould, Janette Foggo💙...

We saw what EDL and their like did in Southport with absolutely no regard for a devastated community. Leader of GlasgowCC Dr Soryia B Siddique Alexander Belic John Grady MP Nicola Sturgeon Paul Sweeney I hope you are working cross party to keep this out of our city Police Scotland bbc.com/news/articles/…

Nobody should be prohibited from participating in sport. But the first principle is that you start with as level a playing field as possible on as many criteria as possible. Create new categories so everyone can compete appropriately - everybody cool with that.

That's the Marie Curie hospice on fire again. Paul Sweeney Dr Soryia B Siddique Do Not tell.me ever again that these buildings are secure because they absolutely are not.

Looks like they made a proper job of it this time. Fucking raging. Been told over and over again that these buildings are secure when obviously they are not. And who actually gives a shit?

That's me on the big bus to Embra. I've booked 5 trips to Festival so far. Subsidising Theatre and artists with my bus pass. 78 quid in train fares saved. The holistic view of economics.

MEET THE DIRECTORS Also returning to direct this month is triple threat Janette Foggo💙, she's been an actress for over 40 years working all over, recently A Play, A Pie and A Pint in Linda McLaughlin's The Merry Wives of The Wyndford & Finborough Theatre in Ena Lamont Stewart's Knocking on The Wall