This letter is from a former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills, Further and Higher Education. If any English teachers follow me, I would like to see your critique on the standard of writing.

A benefit claimant is judged to have not tried hard enough to find work, so their medicines are taken away. This and so many idiotic ‘cruel to be kind’ hard-nosed right-wing policies collapse under a simple four-word question: AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS?

Unless we improve vaccine uptake, measles will be coming back to a nursery and school near you. Measles disables and kills children. #VaccinesCauseAdults

Here I am buying 36 mince pies for ten million key workers instead of giving them a pay rise, while pretending I don't know I'm being filmed. Merry Christmas!

The huge prize at this election is the Tories coming THIRD. And tactical voting can deliver it. If the Tories were to come third, it would change absolutely everything. Read on to find out why... (Long tweet. Please expand. Thanks.) If the Tories come second, they will form

This is a nice little manifesto comparison tool for anyone unsure which party to vote for - if it helps, I have always voted for the policies I like, never for a leader, they are just one person bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Britain will not rejoin EU in my lifetime, says Starmer. I'm a Rejoiner. I will not vote Labour. Please retweet if you will do the same. theguardian.com/politics/artic…

Every now and again there is a piece of writing that I think everyone should read because of its significance and the moral authority of its argument. This article by ⁦Nesrine Malik⁩ is one such piece. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

A short history of post-Brexit sewage dumping: 1. We left the EU and Single Market. 2. Because of that, we no longer had enough chemicals to treat raw sewage. 3. The Tory government therefore passed a law giving water companies permission to dump raw sewage without being fined.

This is quite possibly the first cover of The Atlantic magazine ever (in 167 years!) to be published without a headline or typography describing the stories inside. Here is The Atlantic's October cover:

Labour is a party "drunk on power who lied to the British people", claims James Cleverly, whose party lied to the British people about being drunk in power during lockdowns. #CPC24

I’m delighted to announce that the Government have conceded that the previous administration acted unlawfully when delaying and abandoning key Net Zero policies – we’ve won . Watch and read on for more 🧵

Who pays the tariff? We the tariff. Wait for the moment the guy finally realizes at the end….

Trump says there’s no empty seats and the cameraman goes rogue Live fact checks at trump rallies now

Former Trump aide Alyssa Farah Griffin: “I'm speaking as a former senior aide to Donald Trump who knows him very well. This is the most important election of our lifetimes because he is the most dangerous man to have ever sat in the American presidency.”

How Musk broke Twitter and helped elect Trump (Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam)

I'm just not so sure the presidency and the position of attorney general were meant to be safe havens for people trying to avoid prison time

Pretty crazy someone can be charged federally with interfering in an election and those charges get dropped because they win an election.

People have had enough of Elon Musk interfering with our country’s democracy when he clearly knows nothing about Britain. It’s time to summon the US ambassador to ask why an incoming US official is suggesting the UK government should be overthrown.

Tonight, in a House of Commons vote, Labour and Conservative MPs failed to back our plans to protect customers from footing the bill for water company bailouts. Liberal Democrats forced a parliamentary vote to ensure it is creditors, rather than customers, who pay when water