Morning all. A day of spreadsheets, reading tests and intervention for me. We have moved the library to the smallish room next door while trials are on in the LRC. Much smaller but I have a cute little gang who come in at social times 😌
Taylor Swift wrote a song about my son, Ronan, after he died of cancer. She put me on as a co-writer, and donated the proceeds directly to pediatric cancer -no strings, no hidden motives, just pure compassion and integrity.
In stark contrast, the Trump family engaged in significant fundraising efforts for children with cancer through the Eric Trump Foundation. However, reports later revealed that funds were used to pay Trump-owned properties for hosting fundraising events, raising concerns about conflicts of interest and self-dealing. What could have been a mission solely dedicated to supporting children in need became tainted by financial practices that appeared to benefit the Trump Organization, casting a shadow over the charitable intentions initially claimed.
This election is a no-brainer. It’s a choice between compassion and corruption, between someone like Kamala Harris, who has spent her career fighting for justice, and Trump, who has exploited the vulnerable at every turn. Kamala has consistently shown a commitment to supporting communities and ensuring people’s rights are protected, while Trump and his family have even stooped to taking funds meant for children with cancer.
If integrity, empathy, and basic decency matter, then this choice couldn’t be clearer. Supporting Kamala and her values means standing up for the kind of future where compassion isn’t just talk—it’s action. We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to reject self-interest and stand on the right side of history.
If you summon a mob to attack our democracy, you have to lose your job.
If you go to Cancun when your fellow Texans are freezing in the dark, you have to lose your job.
Tomorrow, we fire Ted Cruz.
“When I won the Tory leadership contest the first thing I did to increase my popularity was to say that outrage over people dying alone while there were parties in number 10, was overblown.”
Epstein is on tape saying Donald Trump was his best friend for ten years. Saying that the first time Trump slept with Melania was on his plane, “the Lolita Express.” And that Trump was a serial cheat who “loved to fuck the wives of his best friends.” Good luck on Tuesday, Donald.
The Tories don’t get it. The outrage was felt by people who couldn’t be by the hospital bedsides of people they loved, missed family funerals, cancelled weddings and made so many more sacrifices because they followed the rules and the Tories didn’t.
Laura Kuenssberg: “You’ve put taxes up on private jets - rightly or wrongly”
Glad to see someone fighting the corner of private jet users in a country with more food banks than McDonald’s restaurants
#BBCLauraK
Badenoch tells #BBCLauraK that Johnson was a great prime minister, that partygate was “overblown”, that it was the rules that were the problem and that the Tories will vote against investing £22Bn in the NHS
Lessons learned - 0
“Renewal” - not happening
Arrogance - off the scale.