I will be showing this recent portrait commission of Prof Helen Moore, President of Corpus Christi College Oxford at the the RP exhibition opening on the 8th May at the mallgalleries London. Royal Society of Portrait Painters annual exhibition 8 - 17 May Mall Galleries London

Yesterday marked the 21st anniversary of carnage and multiple casualties. 1st May 2004 we got smashed in an ambush, I was in the back of the warrior armoured fighting vehicle treating casualties in pure chaos not knowing if we would make it out alive. JBVC got us out 🫡

🇬🇧 Today is Armed Forces Day 🇬🇧 A day to honour the bravery, dedication, and sacrifice of our Armed Forces — past and present. To our incredible #SapperFamily: Thank you for your service, your strength, and your dedication 💪 #RoyalEngineers #BritishArmy

Thank you to Lisa Nandy MP for her statement today. The BBC has serious questions to answer about its Glastonbury coverage - with 400 staff on site, what were they all doing?

Settling in for my train journey with the third in the Adam Green series of books by Rob Rinder Seven pages of prologue and I’m already on the edge of my seat waiting for the twists and turns. ‘The Protest’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🇬🇧 VJ Day | Lest We Forget 🇬🇧 Today we remember the end of WWII in the Pacific and honour those who served, suffered, and sacrificed 🫡 A time to reflect on the courage and resilience of our Armed Forces. We will remember them. #LestWeForget #RoyalEngineers #BritishArmy

Lucy Connolly pleaded guilty & was sentenced. Ricky Jones pleaded not guilty & was acquitted by a jury. That is not two-tier justice. It is legally illiterate to imply one was punished & the other ‘let off scot free’ - when one of them was quite literally acquitted after trial.

Chris Philp MP Your post is quite astonishing. You either believe in jury trial or you do not. For as long as I can remember the Conservative Party has seen it as a key part of our freedom under law. If so, you have to accept the right of a jury to bring in a verdict with which you might

For every retweet of this post, I will donate £1 to the Victoria Cross and George Cross Association up to £50,000. Time is running out following Imperial War Museums’s decision to close the Lord Ashcroft Gallery. Visit while you still can, to honour the bravery of those who risked so much to protect our great nation.

Celebrating nature with First Lady Melania Trump, Dwayne Fields and Scouts 🌿 Today's activities show how time spent appreciating the natural world can inspire young people, as well as nurturing the values of friendship and cooperation.

This tweet isn’t going well Could be something to do with her assisted suicide bill

.Tanni Grey-Thompson tears up explaining she knows parents "terrified" about how their 40-year-old child living with Down’s syndrome will be treated if they outlive them, and they are no longer around to help advocate for him. Especially if assisted suicide becomes an option.💔

I have been on site at Huntingdon Station since 2110hrs liaising with emergency services and news media following the Major Incident. Shortly after 12am this morning I met with the Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire Constabulary, Simon Megicks, at Huntingdon Police Station

By coincidence, I took a screen shot of this text from the lord chancellor and Secretary of State for justice, from 2020 when he was in opposition ⬇️⬇️⬇️

The jury system has been the foundation of English criminal justice and active citizenship for over 700 years; we can’t allow David Lammy, who is so shamefully ignorant of both history and arithmetic that he thought Henry VII succeeded Henry VIII, to undo the work of centuries.

Judge Oliver Saxby KC thanking jurors at the end of a double death by dangerous driving case: "The criminal justice system gets a knocking a lot of the time but it is jurors such as you, jury trials, that are the bedrock of our system and I'm very grateful for your participation"

It is not too late to put the brakes on assisted dying, and focus on improved palliative, social and end-of-life care theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

My favourite moment from yesterday. North Eastern Circuit Leader, Caroline Goodwin KC giving the Minister a reality check on Labour’s nonsensical plans to limit jury trials to address the backlog.

Baroness Hale on being a trailblazer as the top judge in the UK - Big Issue bigissue.com/culture/barone…