I’ll look forward to the royal family advocating for more sympathetic national policies with respect to sick leave. After all, or course people struggling with a serious illness/disability, and those around them, should be given the peace and space to manage without reproach.

Sam Coates Sky True, a bunch of millenials joining a party to oppose austerity ideology that killed hundreds of thousands of people is analogous to the far right getting the tories to go full national front. Astute journalism, sir

I have a new single. It's called The Idiot.

⁦Lloyd Cole⁩ unusually for Canada, it actually arrived on time. Replaced the cartridge and stylus on my deck too so totally fresh…and it sounds gorgeous. Purposefully avoided listening to any previews or the pre-released tracks. Time for a beer (or a Typhoo).

Thanks for this brilliant poem in the National Education Union mag, Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓.

Now approaching 200,000 reads.

Dr Russell Jackson, senior lecturer in communication and public relations at Sheffield Hallam University, writes an open letter to the BBC about Question Time

GET A GRIP BBC Question Time #BBCQT #FionaBruce yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/an-op…

Got the important stuff unpacked…my very own Tower of Song!

Dodged taxes, colluded with Head of BBC for personal gain, and facilitated hundreds of vulnerable children being abducted by gangs? Hell of a time to be a Tory.

Did a little Halloween painting at the weekend!

Braverman lost to tofu, Truss lost to a lettuce, vegans having an amazing week tbf

Arrived in Canada as a settling Permanent Resident on Sunday! Had to cross the Rainbow by foot seeing as I still don’t have my PR card…

one mp said to me last night

This is the most abominable, care free Attitude to human beings ..appalling , love save us all from this divisive fake human

It seems like Truss's advisers thought she'd get an easy ride from local media, but they've ended up doing a far better job of holding the powerful to account than most of the big house, six figure salary pundits who have failed so spectacularly for the last 12 years.

Happy Owain Glyndŵr Day, the true and last Prince Of Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Byth Anghofio ✊

So. Reinstating bankers’ bonuses is a Brexit benefit is it? Much like allowing filth in our waterways, weakening workers’ rights and consumer protections and lowering our food and welfare standards.

Tories “turbocharging” inequality and insecurity to please the super-rich. Nice.