In an era when @realDonaldTrump jokes about shooting journalists and @elonmusk denigrates “legacy media” I thought it worth pointing out that well-resourced, investigative, public-service journalism can still effect change. Thank you to the victims of Church abuse who trusted me to tell their stories.
when cigarette smokers tell me the reason they like smoking isn't the addictive chemical high but the tactile pleasure of the act, the tranquility of the outdoors, the strangers they meet etc it feels like pavlov's dog telling me he eats because he likes the sound of the bell
“We can only understand our life backward, but we’re forced to live it forward. And I think that’s the confusion we all feel, is that we always learn too late. We go through things that are completely inexplicable and mysterious. And then years later, we realize.” — Joachim Trier
You put Suella Braverman in charge.
You called asylum seekers “illegal immigrants”, knowing they’re not.
You gave money, millions, to Rwanda instead of funding the processing of asylum applications.
You placated the far-right with ever more violent rhetoric.
You did this.
Jodie Comer says it winds her up when she’s selling stuff on Vinted and people start haggling on the price.
“They’re already getting a bargain, cheeky dickheads,” she fumed