Thinking of friends, colleagues, comrades in the fire and rescue service who every day run toward danger to protect the rest of us. We remember the dead and fight like hell for the living 🕯 ✊

Today marks three years since we left the EU & we must face up the inescapable truth: Brexit isn’t working. It’s had a damaging impact on our capital and country at a time when we can least afford it. We need to move away from the extreme, hard Brexit the Tories have imposed.

Looks like a cuckoo!

I've just signed The Mirror's 38 Degrees petition calling on BBC to re-instate Gary Lineker to #motd #BringBackGary #ImWithGary - please sign and RT you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/prom… via 38 Degrees

Disgraceful that Gary Lineker has been pulled from presenting #MatchOfTheDay because he shared his conscientious views on UK Government's policies re asylum seekers and small boats. Well done Sir Gary! Stay with it! You will be back!

After a surreal few days, I’m delighted that we have navigated a way through this. I want to thank you all for the incredible support, particularly my colleagues at BBC Sport, for the remarkable show of solidarity. Football is a team game but their backing was overwhelming. 1/4

I did one of these courses after driving at 25 mph in a 20 mph limit, only I did it on line on Teams. I wonder why Suella Braverman didn’t do the same. She could easily have gone unnoticed, But she had to fiddle the system to her advantage instead. Not only dishonest - not clever

Watching from the rickety stands of the Boleyn Ground since the good old days when chants of “Harry Redknapp’s Claret and blue army, and we delighted in the skills of Ferdinand, Cole, Carrick, Lampard, Di Canio, but never dreamed we would make a Euro final. Come on you Irons!

Disabled artist Hannah James (my lovely daughter) is holding her first solo exhibition 16th June to 5th July at the Woolwich Front Room, Powys Street SE18. I am so proud of her! And in the same month as she started working for ⁦@EntelechyArts⁩ as Assistant Director!

On the opening of the once Conservative, now right wing populist party, could their scribbled tree logo perhaps be replaced by the vandalized sycamore? amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/s…

Have these jump on/ jump off city bikes added anything to our way of life? They litter our pavements, obstruct and spoil the environment. I say ban them or put them in a cage.

Aged care workers in Australia to get 23% average pay rise as union heralds move as ‘one of the best outcomes’ ever achieved. A real benchmark for under valued care workers world wide. theguardian.com/australia-news…

Lime green bikes litter the grass as far as the eye can see. Time to ban these nuisances or at least designate approved parking spots for them

1 in 10 of us face a 3 week wait for a GP appointment. With hundreds of GPs facing closure wait times could get even higher. The Government need a proper plan to save GPs from closure. Agree? Join me today & sign the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop… via 38 Degrees

« The thing is. Have you noticed that we only win world cups under a Labour Government? » Harold Wilson 1966

Delighted that #RachelReeves has decided to requisition my unneeded #winter fuelpayment , which I past years I have donated to Crisis at Christmas. Memo to self “Think of another trigger to small scale philanthropy.”

About time we regulated the parking of hire bikes