jim macred
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jim macred
@smokejack
Injustice is endemic - life should be poetry not carnage - right wing politics is a cancer that will kill us all - if we allow it. Lifelong Pacifist. Writer.

There’s some high-end journalism happening at @GBNews you won’t find elsewhere Here’s a 30-min interview with the Chair of Hse of Lords Econ Affairs Select Cttee - on a subject he says is “now the biggest economic question facing the UK and the world” bit.ly/3iEbAiT

Standard Blairite - the bloke who won three landslide elections? Strikes me a good plan then.

Can anyone recommend a nice UK holiday spot I can travel to if I get pinged?

There isn’t a person in the country who doesn't long for this nightmare over. Everyone has lost so much. Loved ones. Jobs. Homes. Peace of mind. Social contact. Confidence. But we can’t make it go away by closing our eyes & declaring ‘Freedom’. @BorisJohnson has given up.

"Everyone should be able to be who they are inside." The words of the four inspiring students I met this week from @SSABlackpool Academy as they gave me a rainbow lanyard that all their teachers wear. They proudly put diversity and inclusion at the heart of their curriculum.

There will be some who will feel that in using the pilot to avoid isolation the PM has institutionalised Barnard Castle. And therefore compliance with the isolation rule may well come under unsustainable pressure

In 20 years of political reporting, I’ve rarely seen such contemptuous behaviour by a prime minister. Let’s #SendThemAMessage

👇🏼 Q is really how No 10 and 11 didn’t see this before making their decision