Absolutely!

Rantzen accused of being ‘disrespectful’ as MPs debate assisted dying bill – UK politics live About 150 changes have been made to the bill since MPs voted on it last year

I absolutely agree with Esther Rantzen’s point that MPs aren’t being honest about how religion shapes their opposition to assisted dying. This is dishonest, especially when hidden under other supposed concerns. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Wow, what an incredible archival resource. Huge thanks to @inquest-org.bsky.social for compiling and making it publicly available.

Bid writing is TERRIBLE and STUPID in its level of waste and irrelevance. And I say this as someone who writes for a living.

'Supersize SUVs much more likely to cause fatal injury to cyclists and pedestrians' Sports utility vehicles account for more than half of new cars bought in UK

Pedestrians who are hit by SUVs are 44% more likely to be killed than if they were hit by a conventional car, new study finds. Children are 82% more likely to die when hit by an SUV than by a car. In children under 10, the risk of death was 130% higher.

Regulate vehicle size now.

UK woman accused of using pills for illegal abortion during Covid lockdown Nicola Packer, 44, was arrested at a London hospital after reporting a miscarriage in 2020, court told

does CPS really have nothing better to do than prosecuting a woman for 'illegally taking abortion pills' during the lockdown /// despite the fact that the crown's own estimate is that the foetus was around 22 weeks and termination is legal up to the 23rd week www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

"Starmer takes a lot of flak for lacking a clear animating purpose ... But on clean energy & climate action he has been ...much more ambitious than he is given credit for".

Interesting & encouraging piece by @james-bg.bsky.social of @businessgreen.bsky.social.
www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/44...

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The energy at the edges The system is dying from the middle, but there’s vitality at the periphery

The energy at the edges - a new post with some thoughts on the vitality at the edges of the system.

medium.com/@jamestplunk...

Text: We're raising £20,000 to build the extreme wealth line, a new tool to tackle the harm caused by the super rich.

We must challenge the growing power of the super rich over our politics and stop them blocking the changes we need for a just, sustainable future.

Donate today to our #ExtremeWealthLine campaign and your donation will be doubled thanks to the Big Give. donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

Virginia Giuffre, Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew accuser, dies aged 41 Giuffre’s family issue statement confirming she killed herself at her farm in Western Australia

What a brave, brave, brave woman. She deserved peace. She deserved so much better. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Pepper spray to be used in youth custody after surge in assaults Youth offender institutions, whose inmates are as young as 14, are the most violent part of the prison system

“In adult prisons, Pava spray is deployed disproportionately — particularly against Black and Muslim men.” —Meka Beresford, ARE Head of Policy

Due to a surge in violence in #YouthOffender Institutions, the gov’t will now trial PAVA spray on children as young as 14.

On Tuesday we will be holding a session looking into misogyny in young men and boys.

Witnesses include executive producers of @netflix.com show Adolescence Jack Thorne and Emily Feller, as well as experts working in education and on gender equality.

Full details below 👇

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Only three people ever prosecuted for covering up England’s illegal sewage spills Employees of water firms who obstruct investigations into spills could face jail under new rules that come into force on Friday

Isn’t it time that illegal behaviour was treated as, well, illegal?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Trafficking victims rejecting UK government support because they fear being deported Nearly 6,000 victims of modern slavery chose not to be referred for help last year, new data shows

📢FOI in the News!

Thousands of trafficking victims reject government support for fear of deportation according to new FOI data obtained by the Observer and anti-slavery charity After Exploitation.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

#Refugees #HomeOffice #joinCFOI #accountability

My plans for some of our key missions and goals in the next years of @giwlkings.bsky.social

I think the funniest thing that happened after the Drump Tariff stupidity is how chinese factories are now unveiling how the American middle men have been taking a huge cut on your goods and persuading Americans to buy directly from China. I am not even sure what to call this...

Ever thus

UK regulator to investigate Ernst & Young 2015-18 audits of the Post Office.

Despite public evidence of failures, it did nothing. Now responding to pressure in parliament.

Why only 2015-18? Flawed accounting system resulted in false accounts & postmaster prosecutions years before.

Token inquiry?

UK median wage, £29,628. Net pay, £24,852; barely enough to survive.

Top 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Bottom 50% less than 5%.

Can't revive economy without boosting purchasing power of the bottom 50%.

Workers need higher share of GDP. Progressive taxation.

My co-written book with @campbellbeatrix.bsky.social will be launched on 3rd July in Central London. To book your place, go to bit.ly/PlanetPatria...

Women will suffer most from cuts to disability benefits Cuts will push hundreds of thousands of women into poverty or force them out of workforce

£5bn disability benefit cuts will push 250,000 into poverty. Women—especially Disabled women and unpaid carers—will be hardest hit. Why target the most vulnerable?

WBG Director @maryannstephenson.bsky.social sets out the case for fairer choices: www.opendemocracy.net/en/disabilit...

Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assault Actor and comedian charged with rape, indecent assault, oral rape and two counts of sexual assault, say police

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... finally. A horrifying man.

Silvertown Tunnel Cycle Bus: Access information Wheels for Wellbeing is an award-winning charity supporting disabled people of all ages and abilities to enjoy the benefits of cycling.

And here is the @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk guide to using the @transportforlondon.bsky.social cycle shuttle bus. #Disability #Cycling #Silvertown wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/silvertown-t...

Alt text: A screenshot from The Telegraph’s website features a headline reading: “Labour benefit cuts may breach equality law, says human rights watchdog.” The subheading states: “Equality commission to consider how Liz Kendall’s £5b welfare reforms will impact disabled people.” Below the headline is a photo of Liz Kendall speaking at the dispatch box in the House of Commons. She is wearing large glasses and a dark blue suit, with a serious expression as MPs look on in the background.

NEW: The Equality and Human Right Commission is investigating Labour’s benefits cuts for potentially breaching the Equality Act. Spoiler alert: it is. I’m half way through all these PIP scoring forms and changing to needing 4 in one item is clearly discriminatory.

Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit The infrastructure required to host COP30 in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.

This feels like a good analogy for VAWG public policy. Supposedly it wants to keep women and girls safe, but drives roughshod over their choices and realities to get there. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Adolescence and the Lost Truths: Why save masculinity when you could save men? — Dr Finn Mackay We are barely out of International Women’s History Month and everyone is talking about the crisis of masculinity, yet again. It seems there has never been a time that masculinity has not been in crisi...

Stop focusing on masculinity & start focusing on human rights www.drfinnmackay.co.uk/blog/adolesc...

Beautifully written!

Adolescence and the Lost Truths: Why save masculinity when you could save men? — Dr Finn Mackay We are barely out of International Women’s History Month and everyone is talking about the crisis of masculinity, yet again. It seems there has never been a time that masculinity has not been in crisi...

Finn Mackay, spot on as ever.

www.drfinnmackay.co.uk/blog/adolesc...

On Wednesday I urged the Government to support my amendment to the ER Bill to extend the ban on NDAs in cases of harassment to the entire workforce.

This could be the Government that ends these abuses of NDAs for good. Victims continue to be hurt day after day. Now is the time to sort this out.