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Feminist. Former teacher. Have 2 cats. Labour voter. Have RA.
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I'm begging someone to ask Badenoch about this. I suspect her desperation to stay aligned with the far-right Maga types might genuinely lead to her agreeing that she's not truly British.

And before Brexit you could meet staff from all over the EU too. No wonder we’re short of staff (not only in NHS) but skills too.

Brilliant interview with John Major by James Naughtie. @bbcnews World this Weekend.

More nonsensical drivel about USAID being a ‘fraud’. Cancelling it is causing untold damage.

Brilliant woman on #politicslive from Common Wealth (Eleanor Shearer) countering the ‘charity begins at home’ mantra spouted by woman from Telegraph.

Is Kemi Badenoch just nasty or nasty and smug?

‘Worse than the 1980s’ – that’s the arts sector now. It’s not a good look for a Labour government.

Bard in crisis? RSC says young directors lack Shakespeare training www.thetimes.com/article/3926.... Someone should pass the guidance on speaking Shakespeare to Sigourney Weaver! She hasn’t a clue.

Leaving this platform now for at least a month. Happy New Year to you all.

How can Archbishop of York stay in post?

This must be done before Elon’s money gets a grip. Ministers need to get a move on. This will be 2025 not 1955!

Let's hope the government is too (reader, it isn't 😢).

Next Archbishop of Canterbury ‘must break up the old boys’ club’ www.thetimes.com/article/a57c...

When did ‘you did good’ or ‘I’m good’ become ok? What happened to ‘well’?

I've just watched back the Pat McFadden speech about "test & learn" - here's the full transcript which is worth a proper read. Some of the early headlines weren't helpful IMO, but overall I'm very optimistic 🧵 www.gov.uk/government/s...

I like to think this is just his term for a bad case of piles.

Huge.

When you can't let the cat go out because he might invade Poland

Watching 2nd series of The Empress. Devastating grief, power struggles, politics & Politics. Beautifully done but those skirts!