red-star martini

A louche

[red-star martini @CjrCol1]

Here's me

[EnGee @_EnGee]

Nigel Farage

[Peter Mitchell @_bezpilotnik]

/ when that murder is used to shape and direct hatred and violence against others it's a profound violation of the peace & dignity of the deceased and their loved ones. It's impossible to imagine a tenth part of what that kid's family are going through, but the grotesque circus /

[Rima Hassan @RimaHas]

Annie Ernaux prix Nobel de la littérature avec le keffieh palestinien, venue apporter son soutien à la candidature de Jean Luc Mélenchon !

[Idrees Ahmad @im_PULSE]

She's the only genuine, multi-talented superstar. Her podcast is excellent. Her conversations with literary giants are always thoughtful. And she has a strong moral compass and stands up for causes that scare ordinary celes. International Booker Prize chose well.

[red-star martini @CjrCol1]

I think we can all agree that this email could have been a novel

[red-star martini @CjrCol1]

Good

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Man who felled Sycamore Gap tree released early https://t.co/wzUcAcJrct

[Mosab Abu Toha @MosabAbuToha]

I just found these photos of the schoolwork of 9-year-old Ritaj Rihan, who was shot in the head and killed by Israeli terrorist forces yesterday in a classroom tent in northern Gaza.
One photo shows Ritaj’s practicing handwriting. The words on the page were orange, banana, and apple.
برتقالة/موز/تفاحة

The other photo shows her solving subtraction problems. She was murdered in front of her teacher and peers, leaving behind only these unfinished lessons.

[London Renters Union @LDNRentersUnion]

Be a part of it.

[Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK @CovidJusticeUK]

But this is not only about past failure. Our health service is in a worse position to cope with another pandemic than it was 6 years ago.

The current meningitis outbreak underscores the urgency of restoring resilience and capacity in our Health System.

8/10

[Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK @CovidJusticeUK]

This report must not be left to gather dust.

Its recommendations should be the floor, not the ceiling, of the Government’s ambitions.

The Government must use this report as a catalyst for change.

Only by acting now can we save lives when the next crisis hits.

10/10

[Tribune @tribunemagazine]

Emerald Fennell’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ adaptation strips the novel of its racial, regional, and class dynamics, producing an empty spectacle emblematic of the erasure of working-class voices from the arts. https://t.co/yBbFTaBBP5

[Municipal Dreams @MunicipalDreams]

Happy Valentine's Day❤️. On this day in 1951, Mr and Mrs Snoddy, their two children and pet tortoise moved into a three-bedroomed flat in Gladstone House, the first residents of the Lansbury Estate in east London. We built 162,584 new council homes that year.

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

@bigfatsquirrel9 Yeh, landlords actually, but only if they don’t maintain them to basic decent standards. If you don’t agree with that, so can you. 👍🏻

[Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK @CovidJusticeUK]

A recent article in The New Statesman claimed that 'Britain's Inquiry culture radicalises victims'.

If wanting truth and change is what counts as being “radical” in Britain today, then perhaps the problem is not with us, but with what passes for normal.

Our full response below.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

@wesstreeting

[Tom London @TomLondon6]

Who to trust?

Baroness Hallett, writing with the benefit of hearing from witnesses and a mountain of documentary evidence
OR
Boris Johnson, a solipsistic lazy chancer facing the gravest possible allegations in - at least - the court of public opinion?

Who to trust? Not hard …

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

My thoughts with all who lost loved ones or still struggle with effects of #Covid. Confirmation of “toxic & chaotic culture” at heart of Govt; that they did “too little, too late” & that faster action could have saved over 20K lives is still horrifying https://t.co/Q9YinXaI3V

[Nathan Oswin @nathan_oswin]

The stark contrast with the careless disregard how the government acted made it almost overwhelming to hear.

Governments failed in so many ways as exposed by the report, but the ways ordinary, decent, kind people came together to support each other should also not be forgotten.

[George Aylett @GeorgeAylett]

One key finding from the Covid inquiry states that, if lockdown had been imposed just *one week earlier*, it could've cut number of deaths in England by almost half.

You’ll never guess which politician called for this at the time (and was ridiculed for doing so.. see replies!).

[Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes @SartreQuote]

I'm going to smile, and my smile will sink down into your pupils, and heaven knows what it will become.