Jonathan Shaw

I’m adding this to my new behaviour policy.

2 insufferable pricks gaslighting an entire minority due to their own bigotry and prejudice. If you listen to either of these clowns on the subject of antisemitism, you're a fucking moron.

This needs to be called out.

@adamboxer1 A great presentation. I don’t know about you but I find myself increasingly angry that so many colleagues remain happy to support the NEU whilst Kebede won’t withdraw or apologise for his call to globalise the intifada. It’s as if ‘Jews don’t count’ to steal @Baddiel’s line.

By sheer coincidence, it was my turn to do Thought For The Day at TTA this morning, so I chose to talk about the horrific attack in Golders Green yesterday, and what it means to be a Jew in 2026 Britain. Please give it a few minutes of your time if you can.

.@zarahsultana I assume this is a different Zarah Sultana MP to the one who was recently filmed clapping along to loudspeaker chants for intifada, on a street in Surrey. telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/…

@fharris2011 @Glinner @SportSJA @guardian What do you say to your Jewish customers @CanonUKandIE @CanonUSA @Canon

@SportSJA @guardian Speaking as a journalist, I find it incredible you're honouring a man whose bigotry against Jewish people and women is well-established Not the first time a creep has been rewarded of course, and I guess it won't be the last

🏆✍️ WINNER! Jonathan Liew (@guardian) is named SJA Columnist of the Year at the British Sports Journalism Awards, sponsored by Canon. 🥇#SJA2025 #BritishSportsJournalismAwards #sportsmedia #sportsjournalism

@unherd @Tanni_GT @Docstockk @RabbiRomain @soniasodha @DAaronovitch Those unelected peers who subverted parliamentary democracy have condemned many to a long, slow, painful and dehumanising death. We should all have the right to choose our own death. Their arrogance in imposing their views on others is truly breathtaking.

LIVE NOW: The assisted dying bill has divided Britain along philosophical, religious and ethical lines. Coming together to discuss the existential problem of euthanasia are: philosopher @Docstockk, @RabbiRomain and journalists @soniasodha & @DAaronovitch. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

A shower screen shattered all over my wife this week. Over the next 72 hours, the NHS got almost everything wrong. A cautionary tale of a system that is broken (with the usual caveat that everyone working in it is doing their best) 👇 I called an ambulance. All good at first: “It’s on its way.” Ten minutes later: “Actually, there are no ambulances for hours - can you get her to hospital?” So I loaded my bleeding wife into the car, along with the kids and the dog, and drove to A&E. Ten hours later, she came home - having given up after not even being offered a plaster. The next morning, we called our GP: “Any chance she could see a nurse?” “No - as the ambulance referred her to hospital, we can’t see her.” So I went to the pharmacy and bought a first aid kit. Because apparently that’s where we are now - me and a pack of plasters, in one of the richest countries in the world. This morning, still in pain, still untreated, and with a ballooning foot, we went to an urgent treatment centre. At first, smooth. She was seen in under two hours. X-ray done. “Nasty cut, but nothing broken.” Relief. Two hours later, the phone rang. It was the hospital. “Sorry - we got that completely wrong. Your foot is broken and the wound needs antibiotics.” If it wasn’t so serious, it would be laughable. And the truth is - anyone who uses the system has a story like this. We need to stop clinging to an idealised version of the NHS and have a grown-up conversation about how to fix it. Free healthcare for all should remain a principle - but pretending the current model works isn’t helping anyone. Almost every other developed country combines public healthcare with some level of private provision - and all deliver better outcomes as a result. Yet in the UK, even suggesting that tends to get shut down before the conversation starts. That’s not protecting the NHS. It’s protecting a cult. We don’t need ideology. We need honesty about what works. We need a brilliant NHS in practice for all of us - not one we’re told to revere while it quietly crumbles, and where anyone who speaks up is dismissed or discredited. When are we going to get serious about the things that actually matter - and have the difficult national conversations needed to fix them? We don’t need to abandon the NHS. We need to be honest about fixing it. We shouldn’t just shrug our shoulders. We have to be better. We need to vote for real change.

New Post! In many classrooms, lots of students aren’t listening, which means they aren’t learning. In this post we outline a few common mistakes and simple techniques for building classrooms where ALL students expected to participate. Please share if you can, link in reply 🙏

@TfL What is TfL Rail? The letter you sent me with my new Oyster 60+ card says I can get free travel on TfL Rail (excl West Drayton-Reading) but I have no idea what TfL Rail is.

@TfL Please explain how I can purchase 50% off Thames Clipper fares using my Over 60's Oyster Freedom card. There is no ticket office at my stop, just a machine.

@adamboxer1 My school (6th form specialist maths school) comsiders collaborative learning to be a feature of successful lessons, is big on group work and students learning by working in groups through structured worksheets - which I think counts at least as partly discovery learning.

Does anyone know of an English secondary school that is using inquiry/project/discovery learning, I.e. it is in its teaching and learning policy?

@TheMossadIL Very nice but should be champagne that tastes like…

Don't care. I'm posting more of these because it's fun. What song is this?

@novaramedia Hard to imagine what a union like the NEU led by a man who called for the intifada to be globalised would have with a party whose deputy leader applauded the October 7th massacre.

The Green party has spotted an open goal in the form of Britain’s trade unions, which collectively represent six million workers. But will Zack Polanski's charm offensive's work? @Michael_Chessum reports: novara.media/4slIIh9

Hard to imagine what a union like the NEU led by a man who called for the intifada to be globalised would have with a party whose deputy leader applauded the October 7th massacre.

Just so everyone knows what's going on in terms of hatred of Jews on the British left: John Rees, the co-founder of @STWuk who organise the pro-Palestinian marches in our cities, is saying that a Jewish person in public office who is member of a synagogue is unacceptable.

@HMRCcustomers I tried webchat - all I could find was an AI assistant. It was useless. How do I webchat with a human or send a request to register electronically.

@jonathaneshaw Thanks. I'd advise to contact our helpline who can check if your record is open. You can use webchat if you are unable to call: gov.uk/find-hmrc-cont…. Sofia

@HMRCcustomers you wrote to me saying I no longer need to file self assessment returns and that you are deregistering me. I believe this is wrong and I need to register again for self assessment. How do I do it. I am unable to telephone.

@HMRCcustomers Does not work. See screenshot.

@jonathaneshaw Thanks. Follow this link: gov.uk/register-for-s…. Sofia

@HMRCcustomers No

@jonathaneshaw Thanks. Do you need to register as self-employed? Sofia

@HMRCcustomers I tried and failed. When I log in voa govt gateway to self assessment it tells me Imhave no returns to complete and does not offer me the opportunity to register for the current tax year.

@jonathaneshaw Thanks. Does the letter advise you no longer need to file from 25/26 onwards? Sofia