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If you elect the school bully as class president, he'll continue being a bully.

I’m furious, the people who own the house mine backs onto have cut down at least 3 beautiful trees, they provided privacy and helped with pollution. One was over 100ft tall. Now all I can see is their barren fucking wasteland of a back yard. I despise people who cut down trees.

A gentle reminder that many colleagues and pupils may not have had a lovely Christmas. It might have been awful. They may be very happy to be back where it feels safe, or where there's routine, or where there's company. They may be dreading the question 'what did you do then' or

It’s not that standards have changed. Women always felt creeped out by predatory, lewd men. It’s just that now women feel able to challenge. Older, middle class women more able to challenge than freelance junior women. It’s our duty💪💪💪 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

We now have the first cabinet in history made up entirely of state school educated MPs

“A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women's beds in a week. A Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour's wife over the garden fence.” - Clement Attlee Never more apt than today.

“I am concerned about the difference... we want to make the system equitable” @faisalislam asks education secretary Bridget Phillipson why nearly twice as many private school students are getting extra time in exams under special educational needs provisions than those at state schools #Newsnight

“The Education Secretary is very worried that state school pupils are at a disadvantage” @nicholaswatt responds to Bridget Phillipson’s concerns that nearly twice as many private school students are getting extra time in exams than those at state schools #Newsnight

Gisèle Pelicot graces the cover of vogue germany, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Fantastic weekend for cancelling plans.

@DudeAdhd Packaged mango and watermelon will rip you off. But big fruit not small packs.

"Why is it always millionaires like yourself get uptight about two pounds an hour for people on a minimum wage?" Rest in peace, John Prescott.

NEW: The closure of youth clubs in the 2010s led to increased offending and worse GSCE results. Teenagers entitled to free school meals were most affected. Read @carmenvillaecon’s briefing: ifs.org.uk/articles/how-c… Read the working paper: ifs.org.uk/publications/e…

The average house price in London is now almost 14 times the typical household income. It’s shattering one of the bedrock principles Britain was built on: if you work hard, you get ahead. Fixing the housing crisis isn’t going to be easy, but we can and will solve it.

🚨 Those from upper-middle-class backgrounds, and the privately-educated, are significantly overrepresented in the creative professions in the UK. Our new research uncovers stark inequalities in access to careers in the creative industries, including television, film, and music 🧵

💙Join us for Anti-Bullying Week!💙 Show your support by hitting ‘like’ and ‘retweet’! Together, we’re standing up for kindness, respect, and a future without bullying. Let’s make this message go far and wide! #AntiBullyingWeek #ChooseRespect 💖

The reality facing a young working-class person looking to buy a three-bedroom house in the same area I grew up in is: £100,000 deposit. £900,000 mortgage. The housing crisis is holding hard-working young people back from the life they deserve.

Exclusive: The government is looking at letting councils open schools again, the education secretary has said Read the full story from our interview with @bphillipsonMP here... schoolsweek.co.uk/phillipson-ope…

As of January 20, this address will, for the next 4 years, appear on the national registry of sex offenders. What a country.