Exactly this_ a strong welfare system used by everyone is part of the glue that binds us. Perfectly put by Sadiq Khan

Neil Kinnock famous 'I warn you' speech in 1983 youtu.be/2yjLr5fMX4A?si… via YouTube
40 years on, and the Conservative government thinks it is a good idea to criminalise street sleepers. Even Mrs Thatcher wasn’t that despicable.

This is heart-breaking to watch. 💔She’s 70 years old for Chrissake. Our longest-serving black MP. Between Hoyle, Starmer and Sunak she’s been silenced whilst men discuss whether it’s ok to take money from someone who’s said she should be shot. For shame.

Fascinating conversation between Chris Mullin and Rafael Behr this evening: democracy, political trust, PR, ideology - they covered it all. Huge thanks York Literature Festival 📚 and especially Ben Fuller See you next week for steve richards

Thank you York Literature Festival 📚 for a thought-provoking evening with Chris Mullin We’ll be back tomorrow for more political conversation with Rafael Behr

This is for you ⁦Stig Abell⁩ . This is for you. facebook.com/share/pnLpk8gv…

Hello @firstbus. I have been at the Moorlands close bus stop in Osbaldwick for 15 minutes. When I arrived, the sign said ‘bus due in 4 minutes …3 minutes …5 minutes… 4 minutes’. So - 15 minutes and waiting.

Gullis says he will vote against the unamended bill only 'if there's a sufficient number of colleagues willing to do the same'.

Asked what the number looks like at the moment, he replies: 'I'm not a numbers guy.'

No wonder Downing St is calling their ridiculous bluff. ~AA

To put it simply (re Mr Bates, and re funding cuts): good democracy needs good drama (and good fiction, and music and....)

As the PM repeatedly enjoins us to ‘stick with the plan’ I am reminded of the old joke about the man who jumped off the top of the Empire State Building. As he passed each floor on the way down, he was heard to shout ‘OK so far!’

This is shameful. theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/d…

At his press conference, the PM took questions from: the BBC, Times Radio, the Mail, and the Express. Good to see a wide range of political positions represented in the choice of questioners.

This is the meeting point at KGX. It’s says go and find a member of staff.

And in other news, Long Boi makes it to the pages of the FT. ⁦University of York⁩ ⁦⁦Joan Concannon⁩.

On this day, c.1980, I made the annual pilgrimage to UCCA, Cheltenham for University of York. I packed my suitcase with print out that gave the A level results for *every* candidate in England. Then I got back on the train and came home to York. Seems impossible now.

You genuinely could not make up this level of incompetence and shambolic planning.

“Migrants are being temporarily removed from the Bibby Stockholm barge after traces of Legionella bacteria were found in the water.” ~AA
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Good news! The Guildhall is back in again this year. Happily this photo also shows City Experiences York - they are working with us to do an 'Architecture of the Ouse' Cruise each day at 4pm. Lasting 1.5 hrs and FREE to visitors of YU. Thanks City Experiences York!!

Such a great - and humane - thinker. His work is hugely insightful and endlessly thought provoking. Thanks for everything, but thanks especially for ‘On Bullshit’: a concept whose time has indeed come.

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