Why we allow faith schools at all is a mystery. Of course everyone has a right to learn about their faith, but it should be outside of, and not within a secular education system. theguardian.com/education/2024…

Lovely person that Tory mayoral hopeful for London.

Tory hopeful for London mayor joins anti-Ulez Facebook group rife with Islamophobia.
Susan Hall became member a day after an exposé about its contents – much of which is directed at Sadiq Khan. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow orders more weapons to ‘maintain pace of offensive’. theguardian.com/world/live/202…

Kharkiv residents suffer as Russia intensifies attacks.

Ukraine’s second-largest city has suffered ‘extensive damage’ to civilian infrastructure and a sharp increase in casualties; woman, 98, walks out of besieged city on her own. What we know on day 798. theguardian.com/world/2024/may…

Martin Myers tried and failed to steal a cigarette. Why has he spent 18 years in prison for it?

A devoted father with a zest for life, he was given an indeterminate sentence in 2006. He is still locked up – and losing hope that he will ever be released. theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/m…

Why we allow faith schools at all is a mystery. Of course everyone has a right to learn about their faith, but it should be outside of, and not within a secular education system. theguardian.com/education/2024…

Dozens arrested at Columbia University as New York police disperse Gaza protest.

NYPD officers move on to campus on Tuesday evening to clear out Hamilton Hall building taken over by protesters, with reports of more arrests at City College of New York. theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

Would be a very good idea for 'senior figures' to knock this on the head quickly.

Brexit kills UK farming, but also perversely makes it more difficult & costly to import from the EU, across now universal *UK* regulatory & customs borders (highest of trading barriers) against the whole world.

‘George Galloway just shades it.
A man always pleased with himself. More than that, he adores himself. He has yet to meet anyone he considers his equal. His intelligence borders on divinity. People should count themselves lucky he’s part of their world’. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

String of killings have put spotlight on adequacy of mental health care in UK.

Hainault attack may be latest incident linked to mental ill-health, at a time when NHS services are struggling. theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

HMRC prosecuted just 11 wealthy individuals last year for tax evasion

There is currently £120 BN lost every year due to tax avoidance by the wealthy

Disabled people on benefits aren’t the reason the NHS is failing, why the roads & sewers fall apart

It’s parasites at the top

Homelessness jumps 16% in England, laying bare scale of housing crisis.
Nearly 45,000 households had nowhere to live in the three months to December last year, official figures show. theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Victoria Atkins has just said
She spends all her waking hours trying to improve the NHS
The only conclusion I can draw from that is she must spend an awful lot of time asleep

So the UK Sevington Brexit border facility which services Dover port will not have any border staff there after 7pm so drivers arriving after 7 will be able to simply enter the UK with no checks.

Lovely.

Clearly Penny Mordaunt isnt just a sword carrier in a (soap) opera. She clearly fancies herself as the Sword of Damocles.

It seems certain Sunak will lead the Tories into the local elections. After that, regicide as usual. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

How climate policies are becoming focus for far-right attacks in Germany.

Politicians fear perceived costs of green transition are driving poor and rural voters to parties such as AfD. theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Mom de plume 🇬🇧 🇪🇺🇺🇦🕷 #FBPE There's an air of grim introspection
Ahead of the EU election
Will a populist wave
Make us its slave?
Are we bound for a hard-right direction?

The double loss of Bangladesh’s ostracised tiger widows. theguardian.com/global-develop…

James Baldwin’s long campaign to crack Hollywood. theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/…