Patrick Williams

Folk (including @BBCr4today) are (rightly!) celebrating diversity in the 'great offices of state'. But it's maybe worth noting that Kwarteng, Cleverly, and Braverman were all privately-educated. Fact is that, nowadays, the real lack of diversity in Parliament is class-based.

Had a fall last night and ended up in @BeaumontEDnurse. I could not have been treated better and I take this opportunity to salute the staff. Go raibh míle maith agaibh,

A year ago I began wondering: what happens in Syrian media when Mick Wallace and Clare Daly speak in support of viewpoints held by the Assad regime? I set up an alert for their names when used in Arabic, Russian and Chinese. Follow me down the rabbit hole: irishtimes.com/culture/how-cl…