Can we stop putting pictures of Russell Brand over social media? We don’t need to see his face. We just don’t

In 2014 a woman accused Brand of assault. He sued her for harassment. The judge - despite acknowledging that she might have told the truth - ordered her to never speak to anyone about this, including doctors, therapists and police. Judges should not have this power. taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/11/07/r...

Russell Brand’s secret injunction: the order that silenced his accuser

The never-published High Court order Russell Brand won in 2015: a lifelong gag on his accuser, Sylvie Berki, that bars her even from speaking to the police.

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On Thursday I wrote about the 2014 injunction Russell Brand obtained against a woman who accused him of assault. I've now obtained the final order. It's breathtaking. She had no lawyer. No trial. Yet she was silenced for life - even barred from speaking to the police. 🧵:

Musk's money and Trump's interference could not stem the tide of public fury towards their corrupt far-right regime. Let's hope that tide keeps rolling round the world.

If you haven't yet signed up for this week's free @literacytrust.org.uk KS2 poetry masterclass with the brilliant Sharena Lee Satti, make sure you do. Lots of practical ideas, enjoyable writing approaches and inspirational insights. literacytrust.org.uk/events/poetr...

Poetry masterclass for KS2 practitioners: inspiring young writers through poetry | National Literacy Trust

Join us for a free and inspiring online CPD training session for primary teachers to explore the power of poetry in the classroom.

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I'm really fucking devastated right now so instead here's the picture Patrick Stewart posted nearly 13 years ago to the day with the caption "happy halloween" of him dressed as a giant lobster in a bathtub.

Didn’t turn up to EU fisheries committee meetings whilst being a committee member Doesn’t hold constituency surgeries Doesn’t attend PMQs Didn’t attend the budget. The man who wants to run the UK can’t be arsed to do the job he’s already got. Please UK, wake up and smell the fag breath.

There is a ball of anxiety in the pit of my stomach, slowly gnawing away. This will pass. It will pass.

I simply cannot believe that we live in a time when a man accused of multiple sexual assaults against numerous women can look us all in the face and try to convince us that he, is in fact, some sort of victim. Russell Brand can go fuck himself.

Happy Monday. It’s Halloween week - any spooky reads on the horizon for you? - Michael

Getting old is not fun. I’m okay but watching people around me (who are older) being old is harder than I thought it would be. Life eh?!

According to the @teachertapp.bsky.social survey, 90% of teachers are on half term next week, so Tutor Group Think is having a break for a week and will return on Monday 2nd November. Here's a taste of what we've done this term. Perhaps share and build our community. bit.ly/TutorGroupThink

HYPOCRISY IN GOP #ProudBlue

We are having to put you on notice to improve. Something wrong with my work? No it’s great - it’s the lack of smiling we are concerned about.

Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · 2w ago

Go fuck yourselves

I’m sorry, but how many strippers are working in rural Devon for this to be a statistically meaningful comparison? And why do I now desperately want to meet the woman single-handedly sustaining the exotic dancing economy of South Molton? What an insanely weird post. Absolutely sending me this is.

Reform UK loves free speech. Absolutely adores it. Unless, of course, that speech involves journalists exposing racism, questionable finances or the behaviour of Reform politicians. Then it's apparently time to call the police. This is going to backfire on them. Spectacularly.

Free Speech Warriors Call the Police on Journalists

After months of damaging investigations, Farage and his cronies have turned on the journalists exposing them. They may soon discover just how spectacularly that can backfire.

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Good morning, we are open! I’m here until 4pm - Sally

Poem for Saturday 10.17.26 By ~ Joseph Fasano For Renee Good "We haven't forgotten you-not the blood, not the plushies in the glove box, not the voice that called out like ours..."

All you Libby users borrowing digital books and audiobooks through your library cards, you can set your preferences to human authors and artists ONLY. Click the middle button at the bottom, then "Content Controls" under Settings. You'll find "AI Contributions" there. Click in to it to make changes.

The Resolution Foundation has cited the economic effects of Brexit as one of the factors which have acted to suppress wage growth

Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 4w ago

“There is not a single sign of any overall economic damage done by Brexit” says Nigel Farage Meanwhile back on planet earth by almost every economic & financial measure Brexit has been disastrous for the UK Is anyone seriously buying his bull****? Get the FACTS here👇 youtu.be/DQRzdz-7R8U?...

Extraordinary undercover reporting in Reform by ITV, uncovering what many of its councillors and activists are really like, when they think the cameras are off. A racist party which attracts racist people. www.itv.com/news/2026-10...

—Margaret Atwood Handmaid's Tale June —Nothing changes instantaneously. In a gradually heating bathtub, you'd be boiled to death before you knew it.

Nathan Gill - Reform's leader in Wales - is serving a ten-year prison sentence for accepting Russian bribes. And still Farage insists that that Russia doesn't attempt to influence British politics.

Remember to vote 💙

One of those days were my mood just needs it to be the end of the day. Can’t snap out of this funk. Even a walk and coffee didn’t provide its usual cure.

Agreed 👇

Delighted that Navi Pillay, chair of the UN commission which found Israel guilty of genocide in Gaza, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. Let Trump and Netanyahu splutter and fume: the truth becomes ever harder to deny.