You get another mention on the podcast today James Bagge as we discuss polling showing Liz Truss now by far the most unpopular politician in the country with Sunak second and Johnson third. Who is best placed to beat her tho? You or Labour? Would be such a prize for democracy

Out canvassing I met 5 people today who like me are left of center Labour voters. All of us have pledged to support the Independent James Bagge James Bagge who we think will be a better MP for us than Liz Truss in Norfolk South West. It was no surprise to find so many

David v Goliath in #Election2024 is James Bagge (independent) who will oust Liz Truss on Thuas MP 4 Norfolk SW. As #MartinBell in 1997, so local man #JamesBagge w a history of service 2 county & country is a reminder of the standards & duty MPs shd adhere but rarely achieve.

A rock band is performing and the singer sees a kid with a banner asking to play guitar with them. The singer asks him: - Do you really know how to play guitar? - Yeah! - What's your favorite band? - Guns N' Roses What happens next is incredible.

At full council today and in her response to my question, the leader accuses parents, and me, of believing that an EHCP is a “magic bullet”. I asked her to retract the accusation but she declined. #GoldenTicket #MagicBullet #SEND

Norfolk County Council leader to me today: “I don’t think an EHCP is a magic bullet and some people think it is, and I think you seem to think it is” Ducking my actual question with an insulting accusation and showing she still does not get it.

How about this from the DWP? They invite a disabled person to an event for disabled people organised by ‘disability advisers’ in a building that is not accessible…

🇬🇧Dear Rachel Reeves so here’s another ‘money saving’ idea: You MPs are now on £91k pa. Do YOU need to ‘claim’ for heating? Do YOU need subsidised meals and drinks? Do YOU need ‘mortgage relief’ etc? If we have to do w/out our Winter fuel, how about a little solidarity?

We need your help to identify those responsible for striking one of our police dogs with a brick and injuring six officers in the violent disorder in Tamworth and Stoke-on-Trent. Read more here: orlo.uk/ncGJI

The % of SEND tribunals Norfolk County Council loses or concedes is closer to 97% but I’m glad this is getting coverage at last, after years of asking for the numbers which go up yearly with no accountability or scrutiny! Stop with both the blank cheques & the deplorable cuts to the MIG.

1. Gushing Thanks: A 🧵. The awful riots that shook the nation last week have brought out the very best of us. I’ve a few “thank yous” to dish out. Firstly, to our horses. I choose to be a copper, they don’t and so I’m morally obliged to ensure they have the best life possible.

Dan White : Disability Campaigner / Author / ♿️ A kid from my town 12yrs old with Autism and ADHD was due back to school this week, struggling last year without help and same again this coming school year he felt he had no other option and took his own life last week. Poor kid, nowhere to turn nobody to listen. So wrong.😔

Our children are being let down due to poor SEND schooling. In Parliament this week, I highlighted how the hardline approach to absence and use of isolation - coupled with a lack of funding and unachieveable targets - are harming both pupils and parents. Things need to change.

Highly qualified UP3 staff like myself were bullied out by Graham Horn to make room for the following. My local school is failing Fenland children so badly 😢 Fenland Citizen John Elworthy Cambs Times #teachers Bridget Phillipson BBC Panorama Department for Education BBC Education