Unless blocked, Sunak is going to send c.100 terrified refugees 4,000 miles away in a symbolic gesture that will neither 'stop the boats' nor save him electorally. The main result will be to cause intense pain to a group of people who have already suffered plenty.

No worse notification than the nursery app letting you know there's a vomiting bug going round.

This is incredibly grim.

I did this scheme in 2016 - it's a great opportunity for a young journalist who wants to pursue foreign reporting.

This is a fascinating, gripping and nuanced piece about, among other things, the complexities of prosecuting county lines cases and the blurred lines between victim and perpetrator theguardian.com/law/ng-interac…

Read the whole thread.

I never thought I will have to do this. But I am left with no choice. I need to save my surviving two sisters and their children. I lost too many family members, and I don’t want to lose more. Please donate or share.

gofundme.com/f/bring-relief…

Yes rules are important. But anyone slinging around lazy “welfare cheats” rhetoric needs to read this story about where it can lead

A good parent broken, and the state shelling out not less, but more

This is harrowing theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

This is what is Israeli bombardment did to Khan Younes

I loved talking to Caroline about her fascinating new book - listen to our conversation here!

Loved this piece by Sophie Elmhirst about one of the OG trad wives (a British woman from Cheltenham - who knew!) questioning her legacy newyorker.com/culture/person…

Very powerful The Guardian Long Read essay about both surviving sexual assault and documenting it in others - not an easy read but beautifully written, honest and thought provoking theguardian.com/world/ng-inter…

does any one know where i could find some Unsolicited advice? preferably from people with weird personality disorders who dont know anything

Please sign/share - petition calling on the UK govt to establish a Gaza family reunion scheme. Like the one for Ukraine. The call comes from a collective of Palestinians from Gaza and others. They'd like 100,000 signatures by 18 April so don't be shy! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6485…

This part jumped out to me. A rare and honest admission from a (former) U.S. official on how folks in Washington - especially Biden - empathize with Israelis in a way they simply don’t (can’t?) with Palestinians. Explains much of our current predicament.

Biden’s Increasingly Contradictory Israel Policy - essential, maddening reading from ⁦Isaac Chotiner⁩ newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/b…

This should factored into the international response. This was no accident. 3 strikes on aid workers. Most states would face immediate sanctions

My latest newsletter is about creativity, coming up with ideas - and the time I spoke at a careers’ fair and a student’s question prompted some intense existential dread samirashackle.substack.com/p/what-if-the-…