A 92 year-old nun died today in a Carmelite Monastery in Illinois. She was kind of an unusual nun. She didn’t sing very well. She was frequently late to her required duties around the convent. She threw sticks for the communal dogs which was not allowed. Also she was my mother.
"I really rebel against this idea that politics has to be a place full of ego and where you're constantly focused on scoring hits against each one another. Yes, we need a robust democracy, but you can be strong, and you can be kind" Jacinda Ardern
‘This is only a British wish’: German & French gov confirm @welt there won’t be any bilateral negotiations with U.K. on readmission of asylum seekers from Britain. A cornerstone of Patel’s Sovereign Borders Bill, due in June, is gone 1/2 https://t.co/R89mzMK7Gr
Rather than funding and staffing the NHS properly, the government would rather pay private hospitals £10billion
The same private organisations they’ve paid during the pandemic yet barely used
Please RT if you’re as worried about privatisation as we are
https://t.co/AmnxNHgiNV
It’s not the belief that voters can be palmed off with yachts & weddings, or flags & statues, or bread & circuses that’s most saddening.
It’s not even the way client journalists serve it all up in a bulldog bow tie while running away from government lies.
It’s the fact it works.
The Tories' support has been slashed by seven points after Dominic Cummings' explosive attack on the government's handling of the pandemic, a poll has suggested.
https://t.co/xSkjVfrDxz
.@MarcusRashford is way ahead of where I was at 23—and not just because he’s a better athlete. It was great talking with him about everything from our shared love of reading to how we can lift up the next generation of leaders.