Now there’s a real mensch. Well said, John - you have the admiration of every decent journalist. x.com/nowthisnews/st…

My response to the current Probation consultation is on front page of ambridges.wixsite.com/mysite - start with the Three Purposes of Probation

“I continue to struggle with what I’ll call the ‘burden of forgiveness’— the idea that while all of us are to some extent on the receiving end of hate, certain communities are more so…& in that reality… bear the burden of forgiveness.” Sally Kohn – spot on!    #TFPLecture

“This paradox is one of the reasons I support The Forgiveness Project — which never preaches or pushes forgiveness, but rather holds the importance forgiveness must play in peace and justice, alongside these tensions.”    #TFPLecture The Tabernacle W11 sally kohn

Fantastic discussion of the burden that hate brings The Forgiveness Project annual lecture with Sally Kohn Marina Cantacuzino MBE

Most moving aspect of experience of talking about forgiveness and ending hate is that attracts hateful responses The Forgiveness Project #TFPLecture

“People are hard to hate up close’ Really inspirational words Sally Kohn The Forgiveness Project #TFPlecture and Dunia Shafik your bravery telling your story about how nothing is black and white with perpetrators and victims is groundbreaking #UtterRespect

@sallykhon author of The Opposite of Hate superb “lecture” @Forgivenesspro

RT ForgivenessProj: “This paradox is one of the reasons I support The Forgiveness Project — which never preaches or pushes forgiveness, but rather holds the importance forgiveness must play in peace and justice, alongside these tensions.”    #TFPLecture …

In a time where everyone is encouraged to adopt an opinion, listening becomes even more important. There is nothing wrong with being unsure, and it takes real #humility and #strength to be able to change your mind when presented with new information...

Public finances data commentary: Year to date borrowing continues to fall. Read the full commentary at: obr.uk/monthly-public…

Unbelievable save!! 🐶⚽️

Eurosceptic argument - as it was - held together rather well around a single unifying idea: that the UK could not historically, culturally, spiritually, politically go where the EU is heading....to (crudely) "a country called Europe". Thread.... /1

My ‘work memoir’, Probation and Me: Fallible Memories of a Fortunate Career, is now available, FREE, from my website, andrewbridgesprobation.com – I’ve organised it so that you can easily identify and then locate the section(s) that might be of specific interest to you.

Check out my short article re: This week's Probation announcement linkedin.com/pulse/weeks-pr… via LinkedIn

I should be qualified to comment on the covid-19 pandemic. I'm a computational/system biologist working on infectious diseases and have spent five years in a world class 'pandemic response modelling' unit. In this thread, I will summarise what I believe I (don't) know. (1/12)

NEW BLOGPOST: How can a 5-year prison sentence ever reflect the intentional taking of a life? thesecretbarrister.com/2021/02/20/how…

Benzema looks like Anthony Quayle…