An incredible sentencing document, in which Judge Lamberth systematically dismantles the idea January 6 was a 'peaceful protest.' Every paragraph is like a sledgehammer to that myth. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

Surprise! This report isn’t about abolishing the Foreign Office (tho’ it suggests changing the name) or denigrating the UK’s history. It’s a thoughtful piece about Britain’s interests in a changing world and how to organise government to deliver them. 1/8 ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/sit…

57% of people accepted on to physics teacher training courses this year are from outside the EU.

Teaching drifting towards being dependent on immigration, as the NHS already is.

On a per person basis it’s considerably worse than the headline figures. This was a period of rapid population growth. On a per person basis GDP has been falling consistently for two years.

Not sure calling this a “mild” or “technical” recession quite gets at the scale.

It's weird how politicians don't seem to be able to see the connection between their increasingly pathetic attempts to create moments of populist outrage and the fact they are more hated than ever.

New official data published today confirms this as worst parliament for income growth since at least early 1960s

“By the time you’ve watched this I will have died.”

Shortly before Paola died alone at Dignitas, she made this incredible short film with Rankin

Britain's blanket ban on assisted dying robbed Paola of choice in the UK.

Please sign her open letter
dignityindying.org.uk/paola

Wake up with wild analogies! David Frum compares the re-election of Trump to a giant comet striking the Earth. And 'if you're told the captain of the ship who's supposed to detonate the device that diverts the comet, may be a little old....' Well, he's the captain we have!

Goodwin also said in November 2018 that it was “entirely plausible, likely even” that Jeremy Corbyn would be Britain’s next Prime Minister and said in March 2017 that it was “entirely plausible” that Marine Le Pen would win the French Presidential election

“In our nation’s 246-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump.'
-Former VP Dick Cheney

While Alistair and I have different politics I always admired his abilities as a Minister & respected his manifest decency as a human being. For me he was an opponent and never an enemy.

It’s unsurprising that he writes this. 👇
What is shocking is that it needs to be written.

The start of my response to yesterday's budget. Nothing much changed

This is absolutely superb. A masterclass.

If America chooses this, frankly it deserves its fate.

I tried to listen to the budget, but I physically cannot bear all the screaming & yelling.

If people behaved like this in a school, a workplace or anywhere outside a zoo, it would mean expulsion, dismissal or medical intervention.

Why in the world is it tolerated in Parliament?

Hey Rishi Sunak this is how #MobRule started
Within seconds of publication these MPs got death & rape threats. One had to have armed police protection. Many caved in to threats & abuse & didn’t vote as they wanted to.
Parliament & a compliant media let the rot set in

This is the film Navalny made that pushed Putin from seeing him as an irritant to someone who had to be liquidated. Do watch if you haven’t already. And watch again if you have youtube.com/watch?v=mMxqTa…

Fascinating interview with the brilliant James Graham by my friend Craig Oliver

Today I’m remembering my husband Gordon Aikman and all who have died from Motor Neurone Disease. There is still no cure.

He died 7 years ago today and we are incredibly proud of everything he achieved.

The brilliant Glenn Campbell made this film about him:

youtu.be/U3D0UeJq0VU?si…

Out now: ⁦Rory Stewart⁩ is the first guest on the new series of Desperately Seeking Wisdom. Rory talks about what he’s learned from life, including his lowest moment…
You can listen wherever you get podcasts or desperatelyseekingwisdom.com

Claiming only people born in Britain count as British is far right ethnic nationalism. Goodwin now makes this claim over and over again, day in and day out.