Happy feast of St Joan of Arc. For Mark Twain, she was “easily and by far the most extraordinary person the human race has ever produced.”firstthings.com/article/2024/0…

This isn't about Eton or Harrow or whatever other righteous class battle people think they're fighting. They won't be harmed. This is about small, provincial schools, including many Catholic ones. And the mindset that wants to punish those that attend them x.com/michael_merric…

There are lots of reasons why punishing people for opting out of the state system is problematic. This is my main one.

They shouldn't.

Imagine looking at these two and making the second one the priority

This is fascinating

All these years later, Blue Labour still right

NEW: 🔴 Red Votes, 🔵 Blue Values

@jlpartnerspolls have a new report out finding *40%* of Labour's lead relies on voters who are economically and socially conservative.

Labour is reliant on tough-on-crime, anti-immigration, 'Blue Values Voters'. (1/7)

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In 2017, Atlético Madrid announced the decision to modernize the club’s crest.

In 2023, 78,000 of their 138k+ members voted to bring back the old badge.

Today, they announced their decision to return to the 1947 crest.

A freight train has derailed in Cumbria causing major delays on the rail network bbc.in/3x1XgM0

If not being eligible for tax now counts as a tax break, then you could just as well say Labour want to give tax breaks to betting shops.

I suspect the ECRH challenge on this policy is going to be interesting.

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Our schools are precious to us. They’re not perfect, but there are many of us working very hard day in day out to make them better places for all the young people entrusted to us - Catholic and non-Catholic alike.

In the run up to the election, what I want to hear from politicians: 'thank you'. That'd be a good start.