Nick Johnson

CEO of @BERANews. Chair of Governors #stjohnsdigswell. Education, integration, politics with a bit of cricket thrown in. Tweets are personal

[Matt Deegan @matt]

Today's anniversaries. 75 years of Bruce Springsteen, 50 years of Ceefax and 25 years of the West Wing.

[Department for Education @educationgovuk]

As schools across England break up for the summer holiday, there is no better time to say THANK YOU to all the incredible teachers who've supported our children throughout this academic year.

Watch Education Secretary @bphillipsonmp's end of year message for teachers ⬇️

[Parish of Digswell @DigswellParish]

Jan Martin, interim head of St John's Church of England School with The Revd Selina Evans at the leavers service this morning at @digswellparish #digswell #stjohns

[daniel norcross @norcrosscricket]

I remain in denial about Anderson. Quite simply the bowler I’ve most relished watching.

[Jack Blackburn 🇺🇦 @HackBlackburn]

Can’t believe I live in a world where Jimmy Anderson is being forced into retirement and Joe Biden isn’t

[Jon Coles @JonColes01]

The two 'hall of fame' careers of @jimmy9:
https://t.co/9IHZmmgyQ7 summer 2014 he was about to overtake Ian Botham as our highest Test wicket taker:380 wickets averaging 29.72 and a strike rate of 58.1. He was surely near the end of a great career. Botham backed him to get to 450 wickets. But...1/n

[Welwyn Hatfield Times @whtimes]

Parents at Digswell's St John's Church of England Primary School are calling for action after a number of sewage leaks from a nearby pumping station. https://t.co/Br80gV63I1 👇 Full story

[Nick Johnson @Nickbsjohnson]

@neilmcrowther Absolutely - it was the lowest common denominator approach and totally missed the way the three predecessor bodies had evolved their work to take on far more strategic thinking. But I think the fault in that lies in how Labour set it up as much as what happened post-2010

[Nick Johnson @Nickbsjohnson]

Absolutely agree with this - still not entirely clear to me whether its weaknesses are systemic or as a result of the politics of the period it has existed. I suspect the former which requires new thinking.

[Neil Crowther @neilmcrowther]

@AdamWagner1 My view - having worked there & closely observed since - is it never really found its space & then just been systematically weakened since 2010. Think it’s time for a root & branch rethink of how equality & human rights promoted & enforced. Not really been done since early 2000s

[Nick Johnson @Nickbsjohnson]

@neilmcrowther It also always seemed to be an administrative solution to an intellectual problem which was never addressed by its proponents. Which is probably why it had so few defenders because in trying to address all, it neglected the specific nature of some inequalities.

[Sam Freedman @Samfr]

Every single Labour prime minister has appointed a member of the Benn family to their cabinet.

[mary beard @wmarybeard]

So pleased it's a new morning! But some contributions to 'debate' over last few weeks suggest that one priority is a 're-set' of how we argue about politics. Need I say (to Labour) that arts & humanities have crucial role here (not optional extras). https://t.co/UaQ1hDQMKl

[Paula Surridge @p_surridge]

This is an early half-formed thought to be followed up when we have the data to do so. But could it best be understood as Con - Reform as protest and Con - LibDem as long term shift which in electoral (seat) terms is more damaging

[Gordon Brown @GordonBrown]

As the Tories pander to the prejudices and hard-right agenda of Nigel Farage and his supporters, it’s become clear that what’s at stake in this election is nothing less than what it means to be British.

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[Wisden @WisdenCricket]

James Anderson’s first spell since March?

6-19 from 10 overs for Lancashire against Nottinghamshire 🤯

#CountyCricket2024

[Helen Lewis @helenlewis]

I feel like I’m the only one who is obsessed with this, but one of the reasons Sunak is doing so badly is that the Conservatives’ signature achievement in government — Brexit — has been a bust.

And yet the B-word is barely a feature of the election campaign:

[Robert Saunders @redhistorian]

I've been re-reading the 1945 manifestos for a thing next week.

The sections on education - written in the middle of an economic crisis, with a huge job of reconstruction ahead - make quite a contrast with the narrowly econometric vision we get today.

[Tom Harris 🇬🇧 @MrTCHarris]

I left Labour under Corbyn, sick at the thought that my subs were funding his project. I voted against Labour because of Corbyn. But even I can understand why Starmer and others stuck with Labour and paid lip service to Corbyn's leadership until after his inevitable defeat.