Why bother to read a piece by someone who does not understand that social care involves so much more than elderly care?
John Harris
@johnharris1969.bsky.social
Guardian. Free Substack pieces at maybeimamazed.substack.com Plus music writing in MOJO. Maybe I'm Amazed, my new memoir about autism & music, out now. Order here https://linktr.ee/maybeimamazed
Had a proper blast compering the Wilderness orchestra's connoisseur's tour thru post-65 Beatles, at the festival of the same name. Big thanks to the musicians, singers & Ben De Vere
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Is “pragmatic” the new, “grown up” word? Andy, there’s nothing “pragmatic” about drilling for more oil & gas - to even consider it with the planet literally on fire is total madness. How many times must we say it will do nothing for energy bills or security? It would be an act of utter recklessness
Burnham promises ‘pragmatic’ approach to North Sea oil and gas
PM tells reporters the government cannot ignore the energy resource ‘when people are struggling’
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Unequal capitalist societies survive on the lie certain things are inevitable. Millions will always be hungry. Some sleep on the street. Old age and disability means not having a regular wash. Burnham admits they’re political choices. So, what’s next? My col: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Burnham is taking a bold risk by busting the big lie of politics – that change is impossible | Frances Ryan
Unequal capitalist societies survive on the premise that certain things are inevitable. Admit that these are political choices, and who knows what voters will demand, asks Guardian columnist Frances R...
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If I was an agency wanting to be disbanded, I would choose the moment just after a new man of the ppl PM from the NW arrived - with a defining mission to rebalance the country and make agencies accountable - to pull £ from the world renowned telescope visited by generation upon generation of NW kids
And this is why disabled and older people in England are currently forced to sit in their own urine because they can’t get to the toilet.
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Just back from holiday in Northumbria. Big up the Accidental Bookshop in Alnwick, where me & James signed some Maybe I'm Amazeds 1/2
A betting account in the name of George Cottrell, the convicted fraudster who bankrolled Nigel Farage, received almost $9mn in cryptocurrency from unidentified sources while he was providing gifts to the Reform UK leader great work from @annasophiegross.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/b74c...
Betting account in George Cottrell’s name received $9mn in crypto from unidentified sources
Deposits in Polymarket wallet came as convicted fraudster was providing gifts to Farage
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What Burnham has done cleverly in his first two days is announce two good things, rather than declaring in a rose garden that everything is going to be awful and then pledging to mug pensioners
Hey Guildford, how about this? www.thesun.co.uk/news/3865659...
Net Zero's killing UK & I'm more right-wing than Farage, says Kemi Badenoch
KEMI BADENOCH is in the driving seat. Her hands are on the wheel of a 50-tonne fuel truck, and she seems pretty fired up as I climb in next to her. Anyone who has watched her blazing Commons clashe…
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The danger here is that this looks like top team predicated on a record of anti-Starmer service (with sackings to match), not coherent politics
Chagos with Ed Milliband! [Am I doing this right?]
Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · 2w agoEd Miliband is foreign sec
John Healey has been secretly plotting the downfall of neoliberalism for decades
Yes, Argentina the first ever World Cup finalist to not have a shot in the 90 minutes.
Latest from me: it's a moment for hope, albeit qualified www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Andy Burnham I’ve met over the past 20 years gives me hope for British politics | John Harris
You hear the word ‘empathy’ a lot when people talk about our next prime minister. I can see why, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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The Labour Party has long been an institutionally stupid organisation
Guardian: Nigel Farage told senior figures in Reform UK he would need “a million a year” to cover lost earnings if he stood for parliament in the 2024 general election, sources have told the Guardian, raising further questions about why he was given £5m by a crypto billionaire.