I hold no particular candle for the new government, but 14 years of staggering destruction and harm isn’t going to be mended in 14 weeks. We need to give them time….

Happy paperback publication to THE FALLEN by John Sutherland! Out now with Orion Publishing and available in all good bookstores and via the link below! #THEFALLEN John Sutherland #JohnSutherland geni.us/TheFallenJS

'Fascinating and unputdownable' Jeffrey Archer From ex-hostage negotiator John Sutherland, THE FALLEN is a heart-pounding London police thriller with plenty of twists and turns. OUT TODAY in paperback 🔗 brnw.ch/21wMaCS

Inclined to suggest that we are currently faced with more urgent priorities than smoking in pub gardens... ... starting with the disease of male violence against women and girls.

Male violence against women and girls is the most urgent issue of our times... bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Dear Sainsbury's It’s August.

"Esther McVey's 'breathtakingly thoughtless repugnance' is a potent reminder of how bereft of talent, compassion and decency the previous Government was..." 👇 yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/e…

Demanding that your fellow citizens adhere to the strictest interpretation of the Bible while not requiring any adherence to the Bible from your preferred presidential candidate is one of the clearest ways to express that you see the Bible only as a tool for your own power.

Remembering PC Raja Ahmed, of Greater Manchester Police, who was killed on duty on this day in 1999, when a stolen car was rammed into his motorcycle. #LestWeForget

Paperback writer… #TheFallen geni.us/TheFallenJS

The staggering lack of self-awareness being displayed by so many former Ministers and Prime Ministers is quite something to behold…

Horrifying news… With a trial pending, I will say no more.

You don’t have to go back very far to see the most dishonest politics ever meted out to the British public and Tom was part of that. Until people like Tom acknowledge that, explain it and apologise for it, there can be no place for them in public life.

But why did you walk past? Why didn’t you stop and offer to help? I don’t understand…

Welcome to Elon Musk’s X: “The wife of a Conservative councillor who was convicted for stirring up racial hatred on social media did not violate X's rules with the post.” bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Huge congrats to Abir Mukherjee on his McIlvanney nod… #Hunted is a cracking read.

Grenfell is simply explained: firms chased profits, ministers sat on their hands, innocents paid with their lives | Peter Apps | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The capacity of the State and its institutions (including the police service) to fail ordinary people - and then to delay and deny justice for those most affected - is a horrifying thing…

I am, not for the first time, hopelessly late to the reading party. But this, by Jo Callaghan, is really rather good. Particularly on the complex and evolving relationship between technology and humanity, and on the agonies of grief. Recommended.

Because Brexit is such a winner for the economy, we’re delaying its implementation again. I’m getting bored of this economic self-flagellation. Brexit is doing us no good, holds no future promise, and we should be getting rid of it.