Braverman accuses me of "faux outrage" when I challenge her on shameful lack of safe & legal routes. Trust me, Home Secretary, my outrage is real. What's "faux" is your claim that Govt is treating refugees "compassion" when the reality is this divisive, dog-whistle legislation

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is profoundly concerned by the asylum bill introduced by the UK Government to the House of Commons today. Our statement here: unhcr.org/uk/news/press/… Tweet 1/2

A thought provoking thread that’s worth a couple of minutes of your time:

Join bereavement counsellor Julia Samuel OBE and Dame Sheila Hancock on 23 March for a conversation on grief.

Gary Lineker suspended by the BBC for upsetting the Conservatives because he stood up for some of the most vulnerable people in the world. The same BBC whose chairman gave the Conservatives £400,000 before helping to arrange an £800,000 loan for Boris Johnson

The #BBC reporting that #BBC were wrong to sanction Gary Lineker according to former #BBC director general. The editors must be tearing their hair out trying to report on their own errors & biases - where's it going to end? bbc.co.uk/news/live/ente…

kudos to Professor of Economics at King's College, Jonathan Portes for putting a squirming Jacob Rees-Mogg in his place on the damage of Brexit

Well she's not asked for my opinion - and I fully oppose the Bill . #NotInMyName

So hospital admissions with Covid still going up in England (12% over last week) - both incidental and primary covid admissions going up. Increases not as fast as previous spikes but nonethelss the wrong direction. Zoe app also now showing definite upward trend in cases.

Former UK PM Boris Johnson to step down as a Conservative MP with immediate effect after receiving Partygate report bbc.in/3P7kK9c

Absolutely!

As a Secretary of the 1922 Committee Gary Sambrook were you present at this event where Rishi Sunak made anti trans comments? Did you - or will you - condemn such hate speech?

Jeez. Boris Johnson is again tweeting we had the “fastest vaccine roll out in Europe” as a benefit of Brexit! How many times do I need to point out that’s absolute boll****👇

#Brexit has resulted in less people working in our public services less prosperity less security less control re climate change, threat of AI, terrorism less attractiveness to businesses less inward investment less choices for young person This is how Britain could

“Just 33% of Britons now believe 2016 decision was right one, while 55% say it was wrong. As many as 59% would vote to rejoin the EU, with just 41% preferring to stay out”. Proud that The Green Party policy is to rejoin when the time & conditions are right theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

What's going on with the hideous set design & retro fonts??! I#UniversityChallenge

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