Re-upping this. If you want to work with an MP who wants to be a part of the conversation in the next 5 years on growing our economy + making London an even greater city to live, please apply!

People with kids (in the UK), settle a bet for me: Do your children tend to pronounce the letter Z as zed or zee?

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Shameful bullshit

This was prompted after hearing not one but two younger colleagues say "Gen Zee" and my general assumption that because of global media most English pronunciations will gradually Americanize. Looks like the line is holding for now

Probably would've been good to specify that this is referring to one specific case

Just wanted to share quickly how lovely yesterday felt in Southport; a total contrast to the night before. 🧵 The mosque and people’s garden walls were rebuilt by builders and bricklayers volunteering their time and labour:

Fieldwork for this was finished by Friday morning, vast majority done before Starmer's press conference. Also it's his disapproval numbers returning to something normal and we saw something similar with Sunak's post-GE bounce wearing off as well

So - do you have to be white to be British? We have asked in the past.... answer is NO. Also clear that overt racists are a very small part of British society

Sound on

This is not what it says