We are doing high speed trains, but not necessarily on high speed track

Extraordinary but I'm told Network Rail was not consulted on today's rail announcement on Network North nor was it asked for advice or information. The company is awaiting further information.

Powerful - and grimly necessary - column by gabyhinsliff theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

More fun at Thames Water. Fresh downgrade for the parent. theguardian.com/business/2023/…

Here is a piece I wrote about Prof Jo Phoenix, Rachel Meade, Maya Forstater & some of the other women discriminated against by employers for their gender-critical beliefs theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Why we should all care about the workplace persecution of gender critical women: it’s antithetical to a tolerant society & diminishes us all. Today’s column: Vindictive, cowardly leaders bowed to the gender bullies and failed Jo Phoenix | Sonia Sodha theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Overdue and welcome. The fact 6 out of 7 adult clinics obstructed a study to understand outcomes for gender questioning children treated by NHS raises *serious* alarm bells Adult transgender clinics in England face inquiry into patient care | The Guardian theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

The Cass Review replaced heat with evidence for gender questioning children. But as new legal advice on schools shows, there’s a long way to go yet in unpicking the harmful influence of an adult ideology on services for children. Today’s column theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Excellent Observer editorial: Children were catastrophically failed by the medical profession theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

“Those who say a child has been ‘born in the wrong body’ & who have sidelined child safeguarding, bear a very heavy responsibility.” A v important piece by former Tavistock governor & whistleblower David Bell on the harms of gender ideology for children. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Good to see Full Fact fact checking the misinformation shared by Dawn Butler ✊🏾💙 & Stonewall about the Cass Review. Butler has since corrected the record in Parliament but her social media post sharing the misinformation remains online. fullfact.org/health/cass-bu…

This is depressing. Shame on those at Hay and Edinburgh who caved to fringe activists, thus paving the way for this. It's on them. theguardian.com/books/article/…

We asked women in the UK which issues will decide their vote this general election, and they answered 👇 theguardian.com/politics/artic…

Leading authors, illustrators and agents have spoken out against the Guardian Media Group’s proposed sale of the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper to Tortoise Media, as readers launch a campaign to "Save the Observer" 👇 thebookseller.com/news/authors-i…

In the office today and I took a look at the display of objects from key moments in the Guardian and Observer’s proud history of journalism. These two caught my eye.

Lovely touch from Andrew Bailey to mark Larry Elliott's last Bank of England press conference as the The Guardian economics editor. "Thank you for everything you've done for British economic journalism".

Here's why I think the proposed sale of the Observer to Tortoise would severely damage the reputation of the Scott Trust and threaten the future of the world's oldest Sunday newspaper, which I edited until last weekend 🧵

Yet another excellent letter in response to the Scott Trust chair. theguardian.com/media/2024/dec…

The Treasury’s strategy on the Speke vaccine plant always looked a loser. From last year: theguardian.com/business/nils-…

I wrote about this here. I won’t express a view on the specifics of the Sussex fine but pretty extraordinary for their VC to wade on this without acknowledging the levels of discrimination against women with gender critical belief in her sector. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…