Jon Guinness

[Sharron Davies HoL MBE @sharrond62]

This woman is extraordinary. I do not understand how government is not breaking her door down to get advice. What a strange world we live in that an education minister goes out of her way to do the opposite of what brings success.

[Norman Brennan @NormanBrennan]

BREAKING NEWS; Safe London? You make your own minds up; Here are some of the Crimes that may help you make your minds up that have happened in past couple of weeks👇🤷‍♂️

19yr Man Stabbed to death Peckham;
33yr Man Stabbed to death Camden
25yr Man Stabbed to death Brent
22yr Man Stabbed to death Croydon

21yr Man Stabbed Fights for life Croydon
21yr Man Stabbed Injured Croydon
12yr Child stabbed at school in Kingsbury
13yr Child stabbed at school in Kingsbury
Both remain in hospital in serious condition;
16yr Child stabbed on a bus in Harrow;

Raid on high end jewellers Knightsbridge
Raid on high end jewellers Shepherds Bush
Raid on high end jewellers Richmond

When Knife crime for example reduces its often from historic highs & still leaves Tens of Thousands of victims often maimed injured scarred;

Stop & Search has reduced from 1.5 Million in 2009 to just 500,000 a year or so ago;

There are 4,000 gangs Nationally 200 in London they number 15/25 members on average most if not all will carry a knife ie fir revenge attacks to commit crime or to defend their turf; some of these gangs can also get access to firearms; either hired or borrowed from the criminal underworld; these gangs also involved in county line drug offences;

This of course means that thousands of those carrying knives won’t be stopped so of course can’t be included in statistics; IF police carried out constant mass S&S’s I believe Knife Crime Stats could easily be DOUBLE what they currently are;

Murders have been reduced; what has gone some way to achieving this & saving many lives are highly medically trained police officers normally 1st on scene; paramedics & the highly skilled surgeons often skilled in War Zone Injuries & advanced life saving treatments;

Across London there are Many NO GO AREAS; ie where single/couples/families won’t want to live; or bring their children up in or tell their children not to visit or frequent; which in effect are to them NO GO AREAS;

Many of these areas are controlled by feral gangs of youths as described above at paragraph 7; housing estates where in both daylight & more disconcerting at nightfall are akin to Assault on Precinct 13;

Yes people living in large blocks of flats which are like blocks of prisons as people & in particular the elderly fear leaving their homes;

Anti Social Behaviour is at an epidemic stage as is Shoplifting Street Robberies Phone & Car Thefts & as serious as it gets for women a Rape is reported in London EVERY HOUR; tho rape charities & rape help groups believe that the true figure could be as high as 4/6 times what has been reported to & recited by the police;

Many women fear having g their drinks spiked in bars & locations across London & often avoid high crime areas again to THEM these are deemed NO GO AREAS;

So? That’s my own OVERVIEW of London & the crimes committed in just the past two weeks & the types of crimes that terrify both the public & victims;

Many of public NEVER see a police officer; Many victims won’t get police attendance unless it’s the one of the serious crimes that I’ve highlighted above in the first few paragraphs as most victims feel that they are no more than just a crime number;

SO? Is London Lawless? is it Unsafe? Not every single area but too many areas!

Who am I to give such an opinion & such an overview? Someone who has policed London for 31yrs is Britains lead Knife Campaigner an Independent spokesperson on policing (for 37yrs) & a Lead law & Order Campaigner & First Serving Police EVER to break from the ranks & WARN Britain what was coming to our streets!

Wrote several times to the Queen attended No 10 Downing St with a Dozen families both Black & White bereaved by Knife Murders & Written to every MP when a serving officer of my concerns on crime & lawlessness!

Plus for 37yrs I’ve undertaken 10,000 - 13,000 Media I/v’s across every section of London & National media outlets & advise public on the law;

MY OPINION👇

LONDON IS A LAWLESS & UNSAFE PLACE🤷‍♂️

[Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy]

My open letter to the Education Secretary ⁦@bphillipsonMP⁩

Many teachers and school leaders share my concerns with regard to her decisions but are scared to say.

If you can find it in you, please RT.

My letter is also here: https://t.co/phAiybAov5

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

Almost everything chancellor Reeves announced in her speech today – Backing a third runway at Heathrow. Relaxing planning constraints. Building Britain’s very own golden research triangle of London, Oxford and Cambridge. Unlocking money from pension schemes — could and should have been done by the previous Tory government. The fact that none of the above happened is a true measure of how much the Tories squandered 14 years in power. We are almost 2 decades behind where we should be.

[Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy]

“All those detentions… I would. like to say thank you!” 😂

Our kids get it, even if the rest of the world doesn’t!

[Andy Murray @andy_murray]

Never even liked tennis anyway.

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Watch this. Seriously.

[Tim Leunig @timleunig]

This is important. It (almost) doesn't matter what we build - the benefits of more housebuilding are widely felt, because the people who buy new executive housing free up other housing for other people.

[Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy]

Respect to ⁦@aliceTTimes⁩ for changing her mind.

Believe it or not, I too once thought as Alice did, and then I began work in the inner city some 25 years ago, and the years of experience changed my mind.

What we do works! https://t.co/SNx8KSS6zQ

[Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy]

Extraordinary achievement from Michaela teachers, with a truly comprehensive intake.

Teachers out there will know what this means!

[Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy]

Ofsted inspected Michaela last month.

This is the Ofsted report- through today!

I know some people worry about the harm we do to children.

Ofsted feel differently.

[Stan Sport Football @StanSportFC]

“Together we have reconnected the soul of this football club” ❤️🤍

Mikel Arteta could barely get his end-of-season speech out above the Arsenal faithful chanting his name.

The Emirates going absolutely mad for their Spaniard.

#PL #OptusSport

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: I’m not sure people fully appreciate how dire the US life expectancy / mortality situation has got.

My column: https://t.co/dBIhT9eZLv

And some utterly damning charts.

1) at *every* point on the income distribution, Americans live shorter lives than the English.

[The Onion @TheOnion]

‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens https://t.co/LrNke2WimM

[Jon Guinness @JonGuinness]

@londontheatre no response at all

[Anna Guinness @Guinnessanna]

@londontheatre DM but no response. Want to look like a responsive company on social media but behind the scenes complete lack of customer service. Issued a theatre voucher that was valid for less than 12 hours and now refusing to engage. Utterly disgraceful.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

BBC reporter asking what they thought was a random guy if he remembers the 1967 FA Cup match and he was actually the Liverpool goalkeeper who played in it!

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

Many prominent Trumper election deniers have done especially badly in the mid-terms, from Massachusetts to Michigan. Further evidence that Trump is a drag on the Republican ticket.

[David (son of a toolmaker) Higham @oldtrotter]

From four years ago. Nothing has changed. Levelling Up 🤔

[Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy]

A MUST read for anyone who wants to understand the madness of education.

Michaela’s top progress 8 score is a tiny piece of the puzzle. Schools that use similar approaches do very well.

Why do we continue to reject what works? Why not change your mind? https://t.co/VL1v8S2cJc