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DecrimNow

ukdecrimnow

Today, a bill to criminalise the purchase of sex as well as banning all forms of profiting from sex work - including review websites - passed its first reading in

William Baldét MBE

WillBaldet

*Thread* on latest Channel stats for Apr 2019 - Mar 2020.In total 6,287 referrals for Prevent safeguarding concerns.That's just 0.6% of the circa 1m total safeguarding referrals each year (for

Eddie Du

Edourdoo

“Human rights angel” There is actually a book about this...https://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/15592.html Far from understanding myth as a mode of deceptive discourse, scholars in the field of religious studies understand myth as

Laurie Macfarlane

L__Macfarlane

Today the UK government has published the details of its “once in a generation” overhaul of England’s planning system. The proposed reforms confirm many of the fears I outlined here,

George Monbiot

GeorgeMonbiot

You can watch my very rare outing on the BBC today, here. You can see why they keep me off:https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000pb94/politics-live-12112020 I'm grateful to have been allowed on air by @BBCPolitics,

💙 ℹ️ Not The Torygraph 💙 #SaveOurNHS

TweetForTheMany

#TommyRobinson's funding streams? 1/xASK YOURSELVES WHY a far right US neoconservative war monger (someone who sits on the Jerusalem Summit and swaps funding with John Bolton's Gatestone) would want to

Rachel Reeves

RachelReevesMP

Just now at #PMQs @Keir_Starmer spoke about NEW figures of £130 million spent on comms consultants.As we wait for the results of the National Audit Office investigation I've called for

Public Interest Law Centre

publiclawcentre

Why do some non-UK nationals sleep rough and what happens to them when they do?A thread made of stories… EU citizens:‘It wasn’t hard to find work, but it was hard

Paul Hilder

paulhilder

They’re still counting the last votes, but it looks clear this morning that Democrats Warnock and Ossoff have won a historic double upset victory in the Georgia Senate runoffs -

Karam Bales

karamballes

1/ Thread: 17th AugustSafe return to schoolsLooking at this weeks PHE data report in relation to the @IndependentSage report on schools.Report compared to current DfE guidence is here.https://twitter.com/karamballes/status/12943206852512768

Palestine Deep Dive

PDeepdive

THREAD on the IHRA Definition: Given that IHRA has been in the news recently, with Education Secretary @GavinWilliamson urging UK universities to adopt it by Christmas, here is a thread

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

The US and the UK have been locked in a fierce competition since March, to see who can bungle their coronavirus response worse. The US is the clear leader here,

Thomas de Waal

Tom_deWaal

One big Question hangs in the air, as #Belarus crisis deepens, #Lukashenko loses his 26-year-old grip on power. How will Russia respond? I’ve followed Russia’s relations with its post-Soviet neighbours

Sophie Hill

sophie_e_hill

The cronyism in this Tory government is so out-of-control that I honestly couldn’t keep track… so I combined my two main skills (puns and #Rstats) to create this interactive visualization.Introducing…

Andrew Flood 👨🏻‍💻📝🕺

andrewflood

The right wing suggest we can let people die of #Covid19 in order to 'save the economy'. But countries like Sweden that took that route did as bad if not

CLARE SAMBROOK

CLARESAMBROOK

Years ago my friend got a job interview with L'Oreal."You speak fluent French?" they asked."Oui, Oui," lied my friend.The rest of the interview was in French. It didn't last long.This

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