My teenage son had his phone stolen this evening. He’s safe and unharmed physically. Car pulled in front of him and guy got out with a machete. A machete. Let’s stop pretending this is normal or ok. London 2025. With machetes.

Angela Rayner has achieved more in the last year than most politicians achieve in a lifetime - a trailblazer for working class kids from backgrounds like ours. When those kids have a council house, when their mums and dads have better rights and pay, they’ll have her to thank.

What a system. David Lammy spends years carefully building relationships with key people, including in the Trump Administraion, now for nothing. Yvette Cooper spends a year getting to grips with complex immigration policy, for what? Shabana Mahmood has the benefit of 14 months

Can you imagine a FTSE company randomly rotating the CEO, CFO and CTO every couple of years when they’ve got no experience or expertise doing each other’s jobs? It’s a ridiculous way to run a country.

Not to mention that changing pretty much your entire Cabinet one year into office doesn’t exactly scream competence and stability when your polls rating are what Labour’s currently are. Mad.

‘There’s nothing wrong with being patriotic about your country, it’s if you hijack it for political means.’ Ross Kemp weighs in on the England flag row.

Path ♥️

Always fun to revisit this Andrew Marr clip about how incredibly stable the country is going to be under Labour. Just over a year later and the government is in chaos, while Marr is writing articles for the New Statesman on how Labour must tackle immigration or be destroyed.

Brightwell Barrow at sunset with the Iron Age hillfort of Castle Hill behind, South Oxfordshire.

River Findhorn, Scotland!💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Queensway Tunnel lies underneath the River Mersey in Liverpool and was designed by engineer Sir Basil Mott. The tunnel, which connects Birkenhead to Liverpool city centre, opened to the public in 1934 to 200,000 people. This photograph was taken between 1929 and 1930. 📸

Listen to the birds! #thames #twickenham #sunrise #saturdaymorning

Sun-kissed Whitby Abbey ❤️

Good morning from Somerset! Capturing the serene beauty of Glastonbury Tor and its rolling countryside at dawn. I wanted to share a wide panoramic shot, but it was too much for X to handle. Instead, here are two zoomed-in views from that image: first, the breathtaking sky, and

Grassington 💚

Selsdon Oak #trees #TreeClub #woodland #croydon

In The Meadow. 18°C and the sun trying to break through. Boo.

Britain feels very unChristian right now. Whatever this is, it isn't Christianity. It's something else.

She also exemplified many working class people's aspirations: to get a good job, earn well, own a home, build a better life for her children, leave a legacy. All things that this government is busy taking away from people.

It’s behind you!!! Came across this stag at Bushy Park this morning as I finished my very first Parkrun/walk. Just had to stop to take these pics. The Royal Parks #royalparks #bushypark #stag #deer #wildlife #wildlifephotography #bushyparkrun