Disappointing and extreme statement by the chief rabbi.

Because the uncomfortable truth is, in our society (not only the media) all lives are not viewed as having equal value.

Welcome to Elon Musk’s X: “The wife of a Conservative councillor who was convicted for stirring up racial hatred on social media did not violate X's rules with the post.” bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck is such a favourite with so many of us. This fantastic thread decodes its iconography:

One of you guys Nigel Farage MP Lee Anderson MP want to explain this to Dickie? The lack of knowledge and awareness is embarrassing. ✨The pre-Brexit Dublin Agreement allowed the UK to return migrants to “safe” EU countries where they should have claimed asylum if they had passed

The government's suspension of arms export licences to Israel *is not* because of concerns about civilians in Gaza being killed by British-manufactured weapons The review found that it was not possible to reach a 'determinative judgement on allegations regarding conduct of

“dishonesty and greed” “wide-scale technical incompetence” “merry go round of blame” “ideology of deregulation” Failure to disclose risks of cladding Just some of the reasons the “entirely avoidable” deaths at Grenfell Tower happened. But will anyone ever be prosecuted?

Former Home Secretary Priti Patel has been knocked out of the Tory Leadership contest after failing to secure the backing of enough Conservative MPs. Presumably this leaves her with enough free time to party with Nigel Farage, again.

Kemi Badenoch at the launch of her Tory leadership campaign: I don’t peddle culture wars (paraphrase) Kemi Badenoch on suspension of Israel arms exports: Labour government has once again prioritised the mob over UK interests

Sounds like a political Starmer-Barnier ‘bromance’ is in the making. In which case I’m naming it ‘Starnier’