It's the economy - stupid, stupid, stupid

Excellent blog by Mark Blake from Criminal Justice Alliance - a new criminal record system for childhood offences is needed but more fundamentally, action to address disproportionality for racially monoritised children is well overdue.

Israel has announced to the world that it has ethnically cleansed northern Gaza. From the very start, it has been hideously clear what Israel’s intentions are. But it’s those who have said so who have been smeared, while the apologists and deniers have faced no accountability.

Israel cut ties with UNWRA, attacked the West Bank and Lebanon, and announced a pending “complete evacuation” of northern Gaza earlier this week. interc.pt/4fgFLZr

Had a shitty couple of days -Sassy obviously decided I needed a bit of extra loving as she sat on my lap for a cuddle. Which hardly ever happens. #CuddlingCats

Last night at BAFTA Scotland, where I was nominated for my performance as Dodi, was probably my last outing with him. A year ago when we premiered #TheCrown, the official number of dead in Gaza had just passed 10,000. Now, while this genocide continues, that is the number

Arrived at Sunderland City Hall for the Ingeus UK #ValueInLivedExperience event. I am chairing a panel where people will share their stories then as part of a later panel, I will talk about how Unlock can help employers be more inclusive for people with criminal records

Another long work day for me this week (after going to Sunderland for a great @ingeus Lived Experience event on Monday). But I am so lucky to be representing the wonderful Unlock - at every event, people can't wait to tell me about how amazing our helpline/advice is!

PhD studentships available in our Dept + linked Depts at University of Essex Sociology @ Essex essex.ac.uk/scholarships/s… please share widely.

Lee Anderson here, fighting the 'Battle of the Somme', by interviewing his mate and pretending he is an independent voter. Still can't do it right.

A 4-year-old girl in Gaza, left in the care of Israeli soldiers, has gone missing. When asked what happened, Israel’s military + court said they don’t have her. It’s one of 50+ cases of what HaMoked is calling “forced disappearance” from Gaza. apnews.com/article/israel…

This is absolutely ridiculous

The appellate decision affirming E. Jean Carroll’s first jury verdict against Donald Trump is a 77-page foray into rules of evidence. You might be tempted to put it aside. Don’t look away. 1/

I’m a Marine. I can’t get one part of the Pete Hegseth hearing out of my head. slate.trib.al/VN7H3kg

🚨The HuffPost UK weekend read on how the PM should handle President Trump. Emily Thornberry: “We can’t pretend that it’s not a problem.” No10 source: “Their political analysis is not that far away from our own. We are not the Democrats, quite frankly.” huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/keir-sta…

THREAD - A friend of mine asked me to share a situation which happened to her elderly mother, at the pro Palestinian demonstration which took place in London yesterday. Her mother, Michelle Trainer 82, sister of former High Court Judge Stephen Sedley QC 1/3

Trump's version of the #MeToo movement....

Right, if you are a new police officer, please be aware of this - Some of the university training you're getting on mental health and mental health law is wrong: - It's either just wrong - or it's missing things out - or it's over-simplifying things. You need to work it out.

.HM Courts and Tribunals Service "covered up" IT bug because informing judges and lawyers that bug was causing evidence to go missing was "more likely to do harm than good." bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…