Comedy in the sunshine 🌞 ~ Stratford Pursuits Festival

Nice read on #edtech from Startup Coalition. When I started drafting a version of this in 2022 the AI/plagiarism policy question was new. In less than two years, look at how fast we've moved...

An excellent tribute to Carol ❤️

Timeline cleanse

Talking this evening with fantastic 50:50 Parliament colleagues about getting involved ahead of a General Election (everyone should!)

A reflection on this photo: we stood under this painting with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, 2x Treasury SpAds, colleagues working on protein research, tax, policy, infrastructure. Whenever we think how far we have to go, also worth remembering how far we've come 👩‍💼👩‍🔬

Awesome to pitch policy at No. 10 today to Laura Trott and Treasury SpAds about innovation & how Govt can move with the speed of tech change 🚀

Timeline cleanse

The Merchant of Venice isn’t meant to be about Shylock but he has our attention because Shakespeare keeps giving him all the best lines

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Do you like a villain origin story or are you fed up with the bad guys being rewritten as heroes? Let us know 👇

From the stage to the screen, yesterday's villains are today's heroes. Everyone loves a good bad guy, and classic villains are alluring because rewriting their stories – of ambitious women, the disabled, the outcasts – gives us a chance to right the wrongs of the past. But should…

Blackmailed over personal life = truly grim.

Handing over colleague's details to save your skin = unfit for public office.

Both those things can be true at once. He's got to go.

A great article. Faith can be a broker for strong cross-party relations and we have enjoyed finding common ground with our Catholics in the Conservative Party colleagues

An excellent article by Frances Lasok

Catholicism has a much-needed place in Public Office – but we need to articulate it better catholicherald.co.uk/catholicism-ha…

People of faith are driven to public life. It's the pathway to make change. But there's one thing we don't talk about enough...and that's the pathway of elected office. Today in the Catholic Herald 👇
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Great listen from Kate Fairhurst. One takeaway - so many of the best people in political leadership roles started by being asked to stand

Today is International Women’s Day

Yesterday marked 5 months since October 7.

There are 134 hostages still in Gaza.
19 are women.

They are going through unimaginable pain and sexual violence at the hands of rapists terrorists Hamas.

#bringthemhome

Fantastic evening talking pathways into politics with @AliciaKearns Samia Hersi: how to become the best version of you, build networks, help others. At every level of politics we have power - use it!

Great to play at Leicester Comedy Festival!

Free next Tuesday in London? Come along to talk about pathways into politics👇