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If you want to live in a true democracy 🙏🏻 keep Retweeting the wise words of the late great Tony Benn he renounced his aristocratic title to become a Labour MP 🙏🏻

AI-driven misinformation ‘biggest short-term threat to global economy’ theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Pupils to get unique ID number linking service records under Labour … but who will have the legal responsibility of verifying the data input is true before AI is applying it…? theguardian.com/education/2024…

Crack down on mouldy homes in England or more will die, warns doctors’ body theguardian.com/society/2024/j…

I had a similar experience in South Africa in the 90s, with a medical student friend friend. We were both doing our elective. We were out one evening when we realised we had both been drugged. We managed to make it safely back to our accommodation, but it was terrifying. The other med students thought it was a ketamine/caffeine mix that was apparently well known for being used to spike drinks at the time.

Two years ago today, Jaimi and I were spiked by a waiter in a hotel whilst we were sat chatting. We were both incredibly ill, and it’s a miracle we both realised, got back to our room, locked and barricaded the door, and then passed out. When we each came round, the pain and weird symptoms were absolutely terrifying, but we didn’t dare tell the hotel we needed help in case we were at risk. I will never forget the moment I realised something was seriously wrong. I was stood in water, around waist-height, chatting to Jaimi. Suddenly, I realised I didn’t have control of my body anymore, and I felt like I would pass out in the water and drown. I had this urgent voice telling me to get out of the water. We were both getting more and more confused, and got back to our room as fast as we could manage - which was pretty difficult as everywhere looked like a repetitive blur. I don’t remember much of how we got back, or how long it took us. When James Cleverly made the comments about spiking his wife with a date-rape drug a couple weeks back, I didn’t have the words or the energy to respond. When I saw he was playing it off as a funny joke, I was just so utterly bored of the same old same old. “It’s just a rape joke. It’s just a spiking joke.” I just knew he was not the kind of guy I would want heading up sections and departments around VAWG. I’m not even sure why I’m writing this - but it came up on my memories today. 2 years ago, I was with my wife, recovering in a room from whatever the hell had been put in our drinks. It haunted us both for weeks - why were we targeted? What was the next step in that plan? Was it for a laugh? Was it to abduct us? Rob us? Rape us? Kill us? Apparently James Cleverly apologised a few days back, but apologies don’t change the fact that the dude we are supposed to trust with addressing VAWG is the one making jokes about date-rape, drugging his wife, and ‘keeping her sedated’. Sickening. The wrong people are in power. As always.

Why are living standards lower in UK than in our major competitors? Why are chancellor and PM cutting taxes rather than investing in public services? What did Jeremy Hunt learn from setting up three businesses that failed? @StephLunch and I interview Jeremy Hunt for today’s @therestismoney podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the… open.spotify.com/episode/1HgHnj…

Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Are you surprised it took a drama on TV to regalvanize the debate?" Alan Bates, "I'm pleased this has actually achieved something" KGM, "If you sat down with Rishi Sunak and could write down your prescription, what would it be?" AB, "To get money that is owed to the actual victims.. It's been going on for far too long, we've lost 70 of them already.. Then look at who is responsible and hold them to account.. Then sort out the convictions.. They've got to get on with them now"

Watch @AndyMcDonaldMP grilling the current Post Office CEO Nick Read last June "What is so extraordinary about you that you feel you deserve a whacking bonus of £455,000 to make your total pay £870,000" Andy: The metric used to calculate part of the Post Office executives' bonuses was based on false information in the accounts relating to the inquiry into the Horizon scandal. Andy: The executives must return all inquiry-related bonuses immediately

Hi BBC Woman’s Hour - Why is our licence fee being used in promotion of a dating agency that costs £Ks to join and has very bad reviews on Trust Pilot - what has happened to our once responsible public service broadcaster … ?

Developer of Las Vegas-style Sphere in east London withdraws plans - 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Good - it’s affordable homes we need in London not more mindless, profit driven US style ‘entertainment’! theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/j…

Writer of Post Office scandal TV drama ‘astounded’ by reaction theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/j…

Meloni urged to ban neofascist groups after crowds filmed saluting in Rome theguardian.com/world/2024/jan…

Post Office scandal: Sunak would ‘strongly support’ review of ex-boss’s CBE theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/j…

Former NRA chief of staff admits wrongdoing before corruption trial theguardian.com/us-news/2024/j…

Charity criticises ‘crazy’ rules for flood defence funding in England and Wales theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/j…

Testify under oath about Jeffrey Epstein abuse scandal, Prince Andrew urged theguardian.com/us-news/2024/j…

Met police officer charged with two counts of rape and suspended theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/j…

Prescription drugs sold online without robust checks bbc.co.uk/news/health-67…