Croydon residents were eventually told that no one was going to be taken from Lunar House tonight. This was a lie. Apparently two people were taken.

The violence & aggression from officers was grim.

People needed for tomorrow & the foreseeable future.

#StopRwanda

This is all about reach. The more eyeballs the better. The fact you know about it doesn’t mean everyone does. So share, share, share. On this and every platform.

🚨‼️For anyone who has already been detained and is in need of urgent advice, charities have asked me to share details of their helplines.

For those in Brook removal centre or Tinsley IRC:
0800 389 4367 Gatwick Detainees

For Heathrow IRCs: 0800 587 2096 Detention Action

Most Brits may no longer be able to vote in the June elections to the European Parliament, but dual nationals and EU citizens living in the UK can. Please share this moving video encouraging them to do so.

Occasional reminder to my trans and non-binary readers, you're always welcome. I've met so many of you, and I look forward to a future full of your own stories, including about surviving this age of hate. Live well, live defiantly, live beautifully. ♥️

This evening, on your way home, don’t pick up the Standard out of habit. And if you’re at one of the stations where someone hands it out, tell them why it’s a “no, thank you”. Leave them piled high to be returned. Let them see their circulation drop.

Please share. #BoycottES

I'm excited to announce I'll be starting a 6 month stint as a Deputy Editor on the UK Guardian Opinion desk next week and I'd like to hear your pitches! 🧵

Worth a watch.

I set out to find bright carpets of bluebells and came upon only small, scattered clusters. But these jewels of blue amid the green, with supporting stitchwort, like tiny cheerleaders, can never be a source of disappointment. Sometimes a whisper is more powerful than a shout.

I would love our approach to all social issues to be analytical, like this.

Social media won't allow it. Its currency is outrage.

This letter deserves widespread attention and support.

AI-generated content could do catastrophic harm to democracy.

In the absence of legislation, some kind of voluntary arms control is essential.

And that will only happen with massive public pressure
demos.co.uk/research/open-…

As we, finally, come close to the end of #AutismAcceptanceMonth , my final post for April is a bit of a rant about how often #ActuallyAutistic individuals are portrayed in a way to make non-autistic people feel better, and why we need our self-agency back.
medium.com/@StandForAll/a…

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

I’ve written several times in recent weeks about toddlers’ tendency toward egocentrism (which in this case doesn’t mean that they’re full of themselves, but rather that - developmentally - they find it difficult to process the world from the

A few weeks ago I was so moved by Sangita Myska talking about the racism tolerated by the Tory Party, and how it made her and people she knows feel, that I had to stop the car to listen and weep.
So yes, I ask the same question others are asking of LBC:
#WhereisSangitaMyska

I could use my lovely blue tick to go off on some thousand word diatribe about how beyond awful these low-lying scoundrels are, but instead I’ll just stick with: register to vote, make sure you have the right ID to vote, and vote.

Found an interesting post about the National Trust defending itself against dark funded RW Tufton St pressure groups. Sound oddly familiar?
Unlike trans organisations the NT has ample funds to retaliate, but I want to flag the the idea of ‘marshalling the sensible people’ 1/3

I don't know who needs to see this, but stomach issues are EXTREMELY common in autistic people.

Some studies have found that up to 91% of autistic people have stomach issues (like constipation, diarrhea, and abdominal pain).

Academics and journalists in the UK, US and Europe are increasingly interested in attacks on the National Trust and other UK institutions. Sadly the attention is warranted, and needed. Charlie is Media Professor at the LSE.

We only need to stop some Covid, to stop all Covid.

Going back to Jeremy’s work nearly 4 years ago, on masks. But the same applies across most aspects of Covid. /1

So has Sangita Myska still not been on her LBC show?
And still no explanation?
Really is starting to get worrying.

I really hope she’s ok. She’s an excellent journalist, a huge asset to LBC.