Thank god the law protects us all from the chilling effect of Michelle Donelan.

This is absolutely astounding.

And, yet, Captain Tom…

Celia is an absolute tonic on this site. She really shows that the only way to deal with bullies is to challenge them.

Proudly progressive voluntary organisations don’t get extra credit for validating nonsense. Sometimes, with good judgement, our job really is to fight back.

This was loads of fun to record - the insights into student life in Finland were so interesting, and it was great to shout out some of the brilliant things that @durhamsu Durham University do.

This is such exciting news - congratulations, Sami, from everyone at Durham SU.

I generally only read these sorts of things to judge the signatures (promising dynamism, not clear if there’s two Ss). But the prose; my God, the prose.

This is cool. I know one kid who will be giving this a try.

Thanks bab. Very kind of you to say so!

This team is, without question, the most exceptionally talented group of student leaders I’ve met in my career. I can’t describe how sad I am that I’ve no longer got Joe, Jack, Josh and Laura to inspire and guide me every day. Properly gutted.

I don’t know whether responding to a video with text is Not OK, but Laura is One Of The Best, and I will miss them very much.

An actual superhero, scholar and gent.

MY HEART IS HEAVY AND GREY

As if he has more than one private cinema in his house.

Labour can only change Britain when in power. This is bang on from Polly Toynbee 👇

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Listen up, critics: first let Labour win power. Then scrutinise its real record | Polly Toynbee theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Jamie wasn’t disciplined or barred, though, was he? He just didn’t get a place on the shortlist.

A system that doesn’t guarantee you win isn’t broken by definition. Independent candidates really don’t have to always reach for the Trump card.

- but there’s a whole new roll behind you??
- i’m well aware of that sandra, just hand me the newspaper please…

This is an absolutely brilliant, spot-on, way of thinking about the problem we seem to be getting comfortable with.

People regularly ask me: what can we do to strengthen our democracy & trust in politics?

I discuss part of the solution in this podcast - local journalism is a vital part of holding politicians accountable & also making politics feel more relevant & closer to home. Listen 👇

This is a strong, Important, message.

It’s a shame - and outrage - that too many trustees and staff are bullied into silence from fear of ‘reputation damage’ without reflecting how inaction creates reputation too, even more damaging.

I’m so lucky/proud @durhamsu stands up.