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Narrator: they were not underestimating what a party led by Rupert Lowe could achieve

Absolutely. A minority of parents abusing a complaints process leads to horrendous levels of exhaustion for many heads.

My first ever byline was on the RTT. When this flashed up on my timeline I thought, "Wow, let's see what the old paper is up to," and, bloody hell, it was a depressing exposition of the state of local journalism. If you can even call it that.

In a massively unsurprising development

Right. Let’s go in swinging with both fists, here. Let me tell you about LCpl S. I won’t blow his full name on the internet because I don’t know what he’s up to and it might be something cool. This guy was the son of an Afghan refugee from the 1980s war. Of course, he was

Just had a cheeky pint in my local. The vibe in the pub on the first proper day the sun comes out is always special

More movement and more shops. Time after time after time. We’re not anti-car but too many cars are anti-city.

Good piece from Ed Dorrell for LabourList "There is a strong national urge to baton down the hatches. Economic growth and sunny uplands don’t resonate with people if they think the world as they understand it is collapsing around them." labourlist.org/2025/04/labour…

"From national security to job security to border security to financial security, voters are deeply concerned about a scary world." My latest piece for LabourList is on how *security* has become the Starmer administration's defining narrative. labourlist.org/2025/04/labour…

Good

Brilliant news. Rob Parsons is ace.

Perfect

What what what the effing hell is this insanity? theguardian.com/education/2025…

28 years since we locked the head of the uni young Conservatives in his room for the evening and nearly got chucked out of halls for climbing on the roof of one of the residential blocks as a new dawn was breaking.

📢"In the years since the Coalition government, many voters have not unreasonably concluded that there is a magic money tree, when circumstances demand it." Read Ed Dorrell here: labourlist.org/2025/05/revisi…

My latest is on how voters really really aren't buying the Chancellor's never-ending message of austerity

Just explaining #Eurovision to my 6 year old daughter: "... and what's more, lots of the songs are funny..." "Like 'Beans, Beans Are Good For Your Heart'?"

I've written for @labourlist this week on why Reform-intrigued voters are not in fact the snarling right wingers that the Guardian-readers of London might assume they are. (And why they'll support binning the two-child benefit cap.) labourlist.org/2025/05/two-ch…

Tom Bennett OBE For a long time I shied away from completely removing use. I tinkered around the edges trying not to upset people too much. Then the two secondary SLTs decided enough was enough. Yondr bags introduced. Should have done it years ago.

“The idea that the child limit has achieved totemic status among potential Lab-Reform switchers in the Red Wall is for the birds” >> time to end the two child cap- well said Ed Dorrell for LabourList labourlist.org/2025/05/two-ch…