Socially-distanced jury trials will fail to clear the huge backlog in the criminal courts. One option: requisitioning London theatres. 'You can imagine some of our criminal barrister friends loving that' My latest - economist.com/britain/2020/0…

Spike Lee’s new movie concocts a bizarre scheme for surviving land mines. Would it work? slate.trib.al/ZhSytoO

Something pathetic about dozens of middle-aged not very bright men and women (Tory MPs) tweeting cut and paste joy and expecting congratulations for taking away the rights of young people to travel, work and live in some of the greatest, safest, most prosperous countries on earth

A man is dying inside live on Radio 4 ... He was once Michael Gove ...

As a reporter I’ve covered multiple genocides. President Donald J. Trump in the 90s you saw Bosnian war from the civilians’ POV. Now, I ask you #SpeakToSyrians to understand the human toll of the Syrian war. Michelle Taylor. I nominate @IM_pulse Jenifer Vaughan (Fenton) Andrew Gilmour @elizrael to join + tag 2

Human being meets robot.

thread 1/13 Putin's risk appetite is far greater than we realised. We are deluding ourselves (I was too complacent and thought he wouldn't go this far) So forget the stirring talk about Western unity and a revived spirit of purpose in NATO.

This is a love letter, from a Syrian doctor to a Ukrainian one. Please share it so it may find it's way to people who may want to read it. instagram.com/p/CbAvEjMIjNN/…

Let's be clear - if you're avoiding or evading tax, you're taking money out of the pockets of people who need it. We can't let Tory MPs get away with weaponising feminism to defend this daylight robbery, while people can barely afford to heat their homes. Me on BBC Radio 4

Seeing the interview in its entirety is sickening, but at the same time the bullying & patronising nature of it is getting plenty of coverage for what is the most crucial time for our future existence on this planet. Only one person came out of this well & that’s Miranda Whelehan

Without the North Korean style MailExpressSunTelegraph axis Johnson would have been ditched already. That they continue to prop him with such slavish and dishonest coverage merely delays the inevitable. But my God what a weird sense of Britain it all conveys to the world.

I’ve just binged on the masterly Butler to the World by Oliver Bullough It deftly tells of how UK banking facilitates a squalid below stairs money laundry for anybody with cash, from criminals and tax dodgers to…Russian oligarchs. It couldn’t be more timely.

Would be nice to see this hit a million views before he actually hits the road…

MP explains how mini-budget & trickle down economics is like “watering a garden. Selectively”

And this is by no means all they can do to you. Please read this article for more details: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Striking fr Tory MP Tim Loughton on lack of legal asylum routes. “I’m a 16yo orphan from an African country escaping a war zone & religious persecution. I have a sibling legally in UK at moment. What is the safe & legal route for me to come to the UK?"

The PR company Michelle Mone paid to "rescue her image" has dropped her!! Here's some free PR advice ⏬ 1. Pay back the money you've taken as a Pandemic Profiteer. 2. Say you're sorry 3. Give a multi million pound donation to an NHS Charity on top. Cos only that could even