Every word. ⬇️

“I do question how much the university administration understands the concept of free speech,” says USC journalism professor Afua Hirsch. “The point of free speech is that people have the right to say things that you might find uncomfortable or inconvenient,” she tells me.

So surprising that Susan Hall’s policy to “end free school meals” didn’t sweep her into City Hall with a landslide.

I fucking love Andy Burnham

Sadiq Khan’s decision to push ahead with ULEZ has been utterly vindicated. Meanwhile those Tories and their media cheerleaders who seized on a single by-election result to dump climate commitments have been made to look ridiculous, as well as cynical, reckless and irresponsible.

You mean the biggest re-election result for any mayor and an 11 point gap?

White House staffers turn on the White House

This isn't a 'gap in the polls'. It is a gap in *local* voting patterns which are very different to *general election* voting patterns. Would be utterly crackers to make any GE decisions on this information.

Congratulations on your new film @awsuki .
And for creating hit music for a hit boy band (that doesn’t actually exist - “August Moon”)

Western leaders are allowing this to happen.

I’m back on my old show tonight. On BBC Radio 5 Live talking to excellent Gordon Smart about the (very lovely) old days.
I’m on from midnight to 1am.
At half midnight we may or may not revisit that thing I can’t mention - that used to happen at 12.30am.
(Fingers on lips, “Shh!”)

Opinion | Rishi Sunak is almost as bad at politics as he is at morality. Who exactly is this scheme supposed to appeal to?

🖋️ Ian Dunt

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I love Israel and it’s people.
But this current government is just absolutely dreadful. Dark. Nasty.
If a court thinks we’ve done something wrong - we will just do more of the wrong thing.

Let’s see if she ever mentions him again if he turns out to be White and British.

It feels like he’s spiralling

I am deeply alarmed by reports of mass graves in Gaza.
 
Independent investigators must be allowed immediate access.
 
The families of the dead have a right to know what happened.

The world has a right to accountability for any violations of int’l law that may have taken place.

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Rishi Sunak, whose party campaigned for Gary Lineker to be sacked for expressing his opinions and whose government blacklisted from official events anyone who publicly criticised them, says 'cancel culture' is now 'threatening our freedom'

Drew Barrymore interviews everybody like they have coke and she doesn’t have any money.

Read it. George Stephanopoulos states plainly the very thing media critics have been asking for. Via Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)