Goodbye, Frank Field. You were always MY MP, though I only got to vote for you once in Birkenhead. I measured the others by your high standard; few approached it. Your party called your ideas a 'joke' in 1998 to discredit you, but you were undiscreditable. Frank Field

Got a lot of time for you James O'Brien; I sing your praises often & you're entitled to be annoyed by ppl who pester you. But you do ignore ULEZ & LTN issues & that saddens me bc injustice is still injustice even when you have prejudices about those suffering the injustice.

Utter sense. About utter nonsense. Thank the stars for & hold tight to Marina Hyde, she will pull us through. Don't look down. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Me, use a walking app? No way; I don't count steps & I don't want to be reminded how unfit I am. But I think trundl is pretty neat; it's like doing a mini-sponsored walk every time you nip to the shops. Check it out. trundl.co.uk

Let's campaign to ban the phrase 'record levels' from political debate. It should get universal support – because it's so meaningless, politicians who use it might as well wear a badge saying I TAKE YOU FOR A FOOL. If you're still convinced by it, your credulity has maxed out.

You cannot hope to bribe or twist,
– Thank God! – the British journalist.
But, seeing what the man will do
Unbribed, there's no occasion to.

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Boris Johnson's dishonourable Honours list: he plans to hand out peerages with a written undertaking to vote for the govt attached. I'm dumbfounded: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Even if your relationship with democracy has dwindled to a tired, Brenda-from-Bristol, oh-alright-then sort of a thing, this is the most important article you'll read for a long time: theguardian.com/uk-news/commen…

I love you Shelagh Fogarty

Just had liver & onions for me dinner. Feeling about as Northern as it's possible to feel.

People, love your postie this #Christmas ! My postman in London N11, New Southgate sorting office, just searched his whole cart for my mail bc I was on my way out, and on a freezing cold day too. Royal Mail thank you for kind posties.

Worrying talk of #Polexit threatening unity of #EU & reminding us of the ever-present possibility of #Grexit , #Swexit or even an Irish departure, #feckit .

So sad that Shirley Williams has died. If politicians of all colours could speak with half her honesty, intellect and directness, we would be a far better and happier country.

So impressed by Lisa Nandy. She's got all the intellect of Gove but, where he employs it to obfuscate and equivocate, she clarifies. She's unflappable - easily a match for Andrew Neil during the leadership contest - and she listens, so you get a conversation not a message.

Labour, your virtual conference is an eyeline fail. What, exactly, is Keir looking at - the socialist horizon? Are participants in the conference getting him via a different camera? Sorry, but it just makes him look like he's faking it. Should've looked into camera. #Labour2020

'Why UK Asians need to talk more about suicide' - on #WorldSuicidePreventionDay , my story 👇🏾 bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-44…

Not every day you interview your mum. Thank you for heartfelt storytelling about your sister who took her life. Expert says rates of attempted suicide among South Asian women at least 2x more than white women #WorldSuicidePreventionDay #r4today

Big fan of the government saying we should go to restaurants and pubs and back to work and pretend everything is normal and then saying it's all fucked because we went to restaurants and pubs and back to work and it's all our fault

Today is #WorldSuicidePreventionDay so I am going to reshare the quote that has helped me over and over again.

'You don't want to die, you just want to kill how you're feeling right now.'

You are important, you are wanted and there is help. Speak up. Be stubborn. Stick around.