Clown to the left of you

There's something deeply disturbing about the closure of one of the oldest schools in England, which goes back to AD 631, its roll of headmasters to 1114, and numbers Thomas Paine among its former pupils. Our national educational heritage, sacrificed for an ideological tax grab.

🚨 NEW: Met Police Commissioner Mark Rowley says Zack Polanski’s "misinformed commentary" is "contributing to rising tensions" It comes after he reposted criticism of the Met officers who detained the Golders Green terror suspect

BREAKING: Keir Starmer says calls to 'globalise the intifada' are 'terrorism against Jews' The Prime Minister made the claim in a press conference to address an antisemitic terrorist attack in Golders Green

🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer's full address to the nation over the Golders Green terror attack "If you stand alongside people who say Globalize the Intifada, you are calling for terrorism against Jews" "I call on everyone decent in this country to open their eyes to Jewish pain"

British class system= 20 something woman renting on minimum wage is middle class because she reads books; 50 something man who owns her house and three others is working class because he expresses socially conservative views in a regional accent. That’s how it works.

Mark Gatiss: "I don't understand the antipathy towards Keir Starmer" The actor – currently starring in a play lampooning fascism – argues that the PM is doing a good job, but from the press he gets "you'd think he was Vlad the Impaler". Listen on the New Society podcast.

You don't hate landlords - you hate the consequences of a housing shortage caused by restrictive planning rules. You don't hate freeholders - you hate the consequences of building cost inflation, disproportionate fire safety rules, and having to make major decisions about your home with complete strangers.

We sit down with hereditary peer Charles Courtenay, the 19th Earl of Devon, as he prepares to be removed from the House of Lords. He argues that his long lineage and the fact that his ancestors fought in the Crusades provide Parliament with a valuable connection to our past.

If you earn £100,000 a year plus expenses and perks you are obviously not working class. This isn't Ancient Rome. People do not inherit their class.

We sit down with hereditary peer Charles Courtenay, the 19th Earl of Devon, as he prepares to be removed from the House of Lords. He argues that his long lineage and the fact that his ancestors fought in the Crusades provide Parliament with a valuable connection to our past.