I reckon this is just spin. But, if true, he'll be great on the stump.

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And a relative majority of taxi drivers in England are middle-aged Asian men. Who the hell cares? This stuff is just so divisive.

A good slab of modern 'journalism' is just looking at any profession or area, in a country that is 83% white, and saying 'Shock at lack of diversity in x'. Not sure if it's more stupid or lazy.

Closing schools during the pandemic was an awful decision. Tens of thousands of kids never returned after they reopened. Exclusion and suspension rates are now going through the roof. A generation has been betrayed, says Gareth Sturdy
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The general secretary of the FBU authorised secret and substantial pay-offs to two elected national officers who had accused him of workplace bullying. No amount of spin can make this anything other than a serious scandal. His position is untenable. ⬇️ campaignfbu.com/the-fbus-hush-…

“NHS to declare sex is biological fact in landmark shift…”

Imagine you’d been in a coma for the past decade and woke up to this headline. telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/3…

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Brutal.

Still envious, Prof?

The liberal commentariat seems to be remarkably quiet about the Irish government's insistence that it be allowed to return unwanted asylum seekers to Britain. Can't think why.

Nothing is ‘wrong’ with immigrants. But, as a phenomenon, mass and unregulated immigration has the capacity to cause significant social & economic disruption in our communities. That’s why immigration should be carefully managed. Why is this point so difficult for some to grasp?

While many defend women-only spaces, too few are willing to stick up for the male equivalent. They see men’s spaces as dens of casual misogyny – as the last refuges of Neanderthals. This is deeply unfair, says Jenny Watson
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Full nationalisation, plus an end to the government's foolish obsession with subsidising and enc ouraging road transport, is the only way to give this country decent railways: mol.im/a/13357659 via Daily Mail Online

Our asylum system has become a terrorists’ charter, writes Tom Slater
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Things you learn on Twitter.

Welcome to the party, ⁦Dr Daniel Poulter MP⁩. In the interests of democracy, you should resign your seat and fight a by-election as the Labour candidate. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Eight years on, the same gripes, the same arrogance, the same failure to understand Leave voters and their motivations. They think they are the ‘enlightened’ ones and everyone else is narrow-minded. They have no sense that they are the ones living in a bubble.

Twenty-four men have been given jail sentences of up to 30 years for sexually exploiting girls in West Yorkshire. Bravo, ⁦West Yorkshire Police⁩. Women and girls are safer without these predators on our streets. bbc.com/news/uk-englan…

The demand to “use ‘correct’ pronouns” is the very height of gaslighting. It coerces people into stating something that they know in their hearts and heads to be untrue, while instilling in them a fear of the consequences if they dare resist. It’s the worst kind of bullying.