'Do you believe that?'
'No.'
'Why did you post it?'
'I don't know.'

Tom Swarbrick challenges Susan Hall after she reposted an article stating, 'It is a delusion that humans can control the climate'.

I work in the CJS. IPP sentences (especially not retrospectively abolishing them) should be a national scandal. They don’t keep the public safe. They offer no hope of rehabilitation - just literally endless cycles of prison & recalls. I do honestly see them as a form of torture.

Incredibly tough piece on the startling inhumanity via bureaucracy of the criminal justice system, and the scandal of IPP sentences.

Read this, it’s important:

‘How good can his gull impression really be?’ I thought to myself. Then he changed my world entirely

theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

If anyone with memories of David Marquand, or who’s been influenced by his work, would be interested in writing up some reflections for the Renewal blog, please get in touch.

So sad to see this.

Only one person has managed to crack this so far - truly one for the true fans this !

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Selling!

Two standing tickets for Bruce Springsteen at Wembley - Saturday 27 July - through Ticketmaster: secure.ticketmaster.co.uk/rs/23005F2C958…

Lovely to be out for Sadiq Khan and Rachel Blake in Westminster this evening!

Strong support for Labour’s mayor and his record of house building and free school meals ahead of next week’s vote 👍

Great to join so many MPs & London Labour supporters in Westminster tonight.

A vote for Labour on May 2 is a vote for:

🌹40,000 council homes
🌹6000 rent control homes
🌹1300 more police
🌹150,000 new jobs
🌹Free school meals made permanent

#LabourDoorstep #VoteLabour 🌹