Seems weird for an official inquiry to blame the parents and I’m not sure how helpful it is. However culpable they might be they are not accountable taxpayer funded public agencies

Is the Iran war a sign that Trump has lost interest in the Nobel Peace Prize or that he is doubling down on that goal?

Save for one recent botched attempt, DHSC have not explained why they cancelled the NIHR Maximising Impact & Public Partnerships contract & what they will do instead (which they presumably think is better). This is piss-poor in my view & an insult to all those working in patient/public involvement

As a Jew, what makes me even sadder is that other Jews are happy to act as Farage's useful idiots in this pantomime. What are they thinking? Where is their sense of history? Where is their solidarity with other minorities? Massive fail

Yes this is a highly questionable decision, poorly managed, poorly communicated and I suspect in ignorance of the likely consequences

“It is unclear what the motive of the attacker was” says the BBC website. I would hazard a guess that the motive was to kill Jews.#BondiBeach

Is this a declaration of war? Is the USA now our enemy? Should we stop our security cooperation with them?

I don’t doubt Ukraine has a corruption problem but I can’t help wondering if their anti corruption agency has been infiltrated by Russia?

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We are a long way indeed from systematically collecting and acting on the voices of patients. Abolishing Healthwatch and handing responsibility for its work to ICBs (which are themselves undergoing massive reorganisation) is in my own view a very bad move indeed by DHSC.

Yep same here. I always want to (but don’t) say, which bit of black didn’t you understand?

Interesting take from Mr Gibb: that authentic right wing mix of malice and stupidity

My news: at Xmas, after almost 6 years, I'm standing down as NIHR Director for Public Voice, to explore new opportunities. Proud of my talented team's legacy, including accessible research reports on evidence.nihr.ac.uk & a new public partnerships strategy for NIHR www.nihr.ac.uk/about-us/wha...

Aagh! If you are listing things and say "a", you must subsequently say "b" (and certainly not "2", or just nothing). It's the law

Is it legally possible to defame someone who is immune to defamation? The world is divided into people who already think Trump is a c*** and those who worship him either regardless or because of what he does. So how can his reputation ever be damaged?

Thanks for your suggestions

You’re right to be angry. It is the abandonment of decency by a party that once claimed to be serious. These people are wicked and heartless opportunists who would sell their own grandmothers for a few votes.

Anyone else have a Vodafone dongle K5161Z that can't be used because Windows 11 has prevented the laptop ports from installing the necessary software? Vodafone are not being helpful about it.

If I were running Labour comms I would commission an app called 'Will the Tories/Reform deport you?' then let the reactions on TikTok and Instagram do their work.

If you feel the need to do something in the wake of the Manchester attack why not donate to the Community Security Trust, the organisation that works to keep jews in Britain safe

cst.org.uk/donate-now

For anyone who's wondering about this, particularly in the UK: yes, do email or message your Jewish friends with a word of support. It makes a huge amount of difference.

It looks bad for Rowley. In denial about institutional racism and misogyny & it takes undercover journalists to get him to acknowledge the problem. Asleep at the wheel

It was enormously encouraging to hear Starmer taking the fight to Reform and calling out Farage for the scumbag he is

Re Charlie Kirk it is possible to believe that political violence is always wrong and also that some people bring the violence upon themselves through their own violent rhetoric. In other words it is possible to hold more than one thought in one’s head at the same time.

Letter of the day (in the Times)

Totally agree

Palestine Action protest arrests rise to more than 500 Police say the majority of arrests were for displaying placards in support of the banned group.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... What a disgrace. The law is an ass. Yvette Cooper is an ass. The Met Police are a bunch of asses

Police arrest 365 people at protest over Palestine Action ban in London Met officers and other UK forces form ‘significant presence’ in largest protest since group was proscribed as terrorist organisation

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a... Bone headed lawmaking; bone headed policing.

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say Israel-based human rights groups Reports detailing killing of children and elderly, forced displacement and starvation likely to add to pressure for action * Middle East crisis – live updates Two leading human rights organisations based in Israel, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights, say Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and the country’s western allies have a legal and moral duty to stop it. In reports published on Monday, the two groups said Israel had targeted civilians in Gaza only because of their identity as Palestinians over nearly two years of war, causing severe and in some cases irreparable damage to Palestinian society. Continue reading...

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say Israel-based human rights groups