Octavia

Lewisham. Politics.

[Ese Erheriene @Ese_Journo]

Heartfelt thanks to Lee Green residents for returning James and I as your local councillors. A difficult election with many wonderful, hard-working colleagues lost. Our focus remains on improving residents’ lives — and the work to earn back votes across the borough begins today🌹

[Iona Fyfe @ionafyfe]

This literally is an episode of the Thick of It

[We Are Family @WAFadoption]

We Are Family are small but mighty, and we are so proud to offer our services for free. This Small Charity's Week, it would be amazing if you could consider giving We Are Family a gift at a level you can afford to help us continue our services. https://t.co/t8M83pGjlv

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

If you elect the school bully as class president, he'll continue being a bully.

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

I’m furious, the people who own the house mine backs onto have cut down at least 3 beautiful trees, they provided privacy and helped with pollution. One was over 100ft tall. Now all I can see is their barren fucking wasteland of a back yard. I despise people who cut down trees.

[Ed Finch @MrEFinch]

A gentle reminder that many colleagues and pupils may not have had a lovely Christmas.
It might have been awful.
They may be very happy to be back where it feels safe, or where there's routine, or where there's company.
They may be dreading the question 'what did you do then' or

[Harriet Harman @HarrietHarman]

It’s not that standards have changed. Women always felt creeped out by predatory, lewd men. It’s just that now women feel able to challenge. Older, middle class women more able to challenge than freelance junior women. It’s our duty💪💪💪 https://t.co/g22OEsygtg

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

We now have the first cabinet in history made up entirely of state school educated MPs

[Robbie Bono @robbieee04]

“A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women's beds in a week. A Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour's wife over the garden fence.” - Clement Attlee

Never more apt than today.

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

“I am concerned about the difference... we want to make the system equitable”

@faisalislam asks education secretary Bridget Phillipson why nearly twice as many private school students are getting extra time in exams under special educational needs provisions than those at state schools

#Newsnight

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

“The Education Secretary is very worried that state school pupils are at a disadvantage”

@nicholaswatt responds to Bridget Phillipson’s concerns that nearly twice as many private school students are getting extra time in exams than those at state schools

#Newsnight

[YSL STANDARDS @YSLstandards]

Gisèle Pelicot graces the cover of vogue germany, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

Fantastic weekend for cancelling plans.

[Octavia @OctaviaEliz]

@DudeAdhd Packaged mango and watermelon will rip you off. But big fruit not small packs.

[Paul Embery @PaulEmbery]

"Why is it always millionaires like yourself get uptight about two pounds an hour for people on a minimum wage?" Rest in peace, John Prescott.

[Institute for Fiscal Studies @TheIFS]

NEW: The closure of youth clubs in the 2010s led to increased offending and worse GSCE results.

Teenagers entitled to free school meals were most affected.

Read @carmenvillaecon’s briefing: https://t.co/0tdukJu8Sj

Read the working paper: https://t.co/7AVbYRUkQy

[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

The average house price in London is now almost 14 times the typical household income.

It’s shattering one of the bedrock principles Britain was built on: if you work hard, you get ahead.

Fixing the housing crisis isn’t going to be easy, but we can and will solve it.

[The Sutton Trust @suttontrust]

🚨 Those from upper-middle-class backgrounds, and the privately-educated, are significantly overrepresented in the creative professions in the UK.

Our new research uncovers stark inequalities in access to careers in the creative industries, including television, film, and music 🧵

[Anti-Bullying Alliance #AntiBullyingWeek @ABAonline]

💙Join us for Anti-Bullying Week!💙

Show your support by hitting ‘like’ and ‘retweet’!

Together, we’re standing up for kindness, respect, and a future without bullying. Let’s make this message go far and wide!

#AntiBullyingWeek #ChooseRespect 💖

[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

The reality facing a young working-class person looking to buy a three-bedroom house in the same area I grew up in is:

£100,000 deposit.

£900,000 mortgage.

The housing crisis is holding hard-working young people back from the life they deserve.