Social mobility in Britain is low. The educational opportunities and life chances of a child born today are strongly linked to their parents’ socio-economic background. This is not just unfair, we're also missing out on potential economic growth 📉 We need change.

Here is a list of popular phrases used by the Party of Law and Order, each with its English translation for the uninitiated: THREAD

Sale on my Etsy page 50% off all paintings

youtube.com/watch?v=f3OTpv… - it remains a remarkable thing- the solemnsad progression and spirals of the music; the close up of awesome power in flight ; the tracking of the flaring descent. The hubris and the ashes. Icarus. Lucifer . A warning and a hope

youtube.com/watch?v=Axsr6V… My daughter was drawing, in another room singing. 10 . Happy. Conscientious, careful, committed to her work. This song floated out down the hallway, acapella .

Why a cut in inheritance tax makes no sense and why cutting income tax does taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/11/1… This morning's Twitter thread on inheritance tax, all in one place (which makes it easier to read)

youtube.com/watch?v=MCd3tS… i cant think of many who write things that you can like as much after so long

Former #Conservative chair, Brandon Lewis, will be paid £250,000 a year to advise a company part-owned by two Russian oligarchs with sanctions against them Jim Pickard 🐋 No MP should be allowed a 2nd job, save a very narrow number of 'good' roles. This must be put on a legal

Today marks 20 years since the repeal of Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 which Margaret Thatcher and Michael Howard introduced to ban local authorities and schools from ‘promoting homosexuality’, referring to ‘pretend family relationships’. Thank you The Labour Party

youtube.com/watch?v=wm7scN… Eldest - yr 11- calls down "Thats like Blake's London!"

the 2nd most curious thing i found today

Getting ready to board back to Hanoi. We are looking for English teachers from August 2024 - come and help us shape, build, develop the curriculum at Brighton College Vietnam. tes.com/jobs/vacancy/t…

Jeremy Hunt to hand tax cuts to the rich. How is that done? Froze personal allowance, inc tax thresholds No extra money for NHS, hungry children Imposed two-child benefit cap Cut real wages in public sector Cut benefits of sick/disabled -force them to work leftfootforward.org/2023/11/what-t…

#INDvsAUSfinal a billion plus are starting to realise that today isnt going to be their day after all. Something magical needed in the last batting overs now if they are to win

The rapid melting of sea ice in the Nordic Seas immediately preceded an abrupt period of climate warming 44,000 years ago. #GlacialReadsWeekend🧊 Story by Theo Nicitopoulos l8r.it/ulZA

#INDvsAUS Congratulations Australia. Unexpected WB winner 2023

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Are you really saying all of our voters could fit in there?

🚨 NEW: The Chancellor told teachers and nurses they couldn’t have a pay rise that might stoke inflation. But what kind of pay rise did landlord Jeremy Hunt award himself? We found out.

Children's school shut after a hoax bomb threat. A reminder that we have it so much other parents than elsewhere today