Mark

This is a good lesson for journalists: Use plain language to state true things clearly.

NHS infographic stating "Measles cases are rising in England. Make sure your child is up to date with their vaccinations." Features an illustration of an adult and child sitting on a couch.

Make sure your child is protected from measles.

Two doses of the MMR vaccine provides lifelong protection. If they’re not up to date, contact your GP. Find out more MMR: https://lnkd.in/eu6tVAae

Tweet from Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz: Justice has been done. I welcome the decision of the Chief Military Prosecutor, Major General Itai Ofir, to close the Sde Teiman cases against IDF soldiers and to cancel the indictment against them. This trial was born in sin by the previous Military Advocate General, using a blood libel against IDF soldiers and criminal investigation methods, and I am glad that justice has been done and the trial has been canceled. The role of the IDF's legal system is to protect and safeguard IDF soldiers who engage heroically in war against cruel monsters, and not the rights of the terrorists of Hamas. I am convinced that the decision will lead to a new path.

The Defense Minister of Israel says it was "blood libel" to go after Israeli soldiers caught on camera raping a Palestinian.

I don’t know, if I spent all my time online claiming that a group of people were so terrifying and dangerous that they should be excluded from public life and any space I am in, I wouldn’t spend money to willingly go to a concert with up to 10,000 of them

The Representation of the People Bill MUST scrap First Past the Post First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped. Yet the new Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our rotten voting system, which lea...

First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.

Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.

Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...

🎯

So to summarise: You failed to take out the regime. You failed to destroy nuclear material. You failed to eradicate Iran's retaliatory capacity. You brought chaos to the Middle East. You killed god knows how many people. You destabilised your own economy. All for nothing, but the ego of madman.

100,000 trans people & allies fill central London for Trans Pride.

Mainstream media: nothing

Thousands of trans people & allies fill Wembley Arena for pro-trans gig with massive names like Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Sugarbabes.

Mainstream media: nothing.

This is what extreme media bias looks like.

“She’s the exception, I am the rule.”

Such articulate cutting through of the nonsense around puberty blockers and eg Keira Bell’s detransitioning from Stephanie Lynnette on GMB this morning. It is also a refreshing relief to see a trans person actually being allowed to speak for once!

When I said 'Kemi Badenoch is so partisan, under her the Tories would oppose puppies and kittens if Labour said something nice about them', I didn't mean it literally.

WIN: High Court throws out £8m lawsuit over tax avoidance investigation | Good Law Project We have successfully defended award-winning journalist Dan Neidle from an ‘oppressive’ claim which tried to silence him – but the law still needs reform

We've won the UK's first ever SLAPP suit - acting for @danneidle.bsky.social - and made some really important law protecting the right to call out barristers whose misconduct facilitates aggressive tax avoidance.

IDAHOBiT2015 - thank you to Sarah Wong and Bliss YouTube video by Malcolm Wilson

Tonight I am going to Trans Mission, a concert in solidarity with trans people and in aid of @goodlawproject.org.

I haven’t been able to watch this video for years because it hurts. But as the UK government endangers the wellbeing and lives of young trans people, I had to share it. Watch and share.

At this point, it seems that the safest assumption is that the Trump administration simply doesn't care if the Russians are sharing information on US military assets with Iran. Putin can do what he likes, however damaging to the US, with no fear of a US response.🧵

“Don’t ever be the first to stop applauding.”

-- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, writing about the unfortunate director of the local paper factory

mannerofspeaking.org/2010/05/12/s...

Cohesion strategy: Fine words on free speech – but still too timid on religion The Government's new social cohesion strategy contains welcome language on free speech and liberal values – but reveals a continuing tendency to pander to faith-based pressure. Read More »

The government’s new social cohesion strategy reaffirms important liberal principles — including free expression.

But it continues to carve out special protections for religion.

Read the full op-ed 👇

www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2026...

Humanists UK welcomes definition of anti-Muslim hostility Humanists UK welcomes the newly proposed definition of anti-Muslim hostility, and commends the ‘Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition’ for striking the appropriate balance of res...

Hostility against Muslims is on the rise we all have a duty to stand up against it. We are pleased to see that the new definition of anti-Muslim hostility, along with supporting guidance, does this while explicitly protecting speech that is critical of religious ideas🧵

humanists.uk/2026/03/09/h...

So good... everything clicking into place...

Is there a footwear choice that most commonly leads to fascism?

EXC: Nigel Farage defends Reform-run Kent County Council increasing council tax by 3.99% despite election leaflets last year pledging to “reduce waste and cut your taxes”.

Mr Farage told ITV News Meridian: “Cutting taxes can be not putting them up as much, I suppose.”

more gut-wrenching than his guff is the sycophantic laughter

Reform ‘Thought for the Day’ Thought for the Day should include nonreligious contributions – or be scrapped.

Fewer than one in five British people think BBC Radio 4 's #ThoughtForTheDay should exclusively feature religious content. Join our campaign to reform #TftD 👇👇👇 www.secularism.org.uk/thought-for-...

The psychopaths driving the war are not concerned their personal wealth will take a hit.

Dozens killed as Israeli special forces raid Lebanese village in search of 40-year-old remains Overnight, one Israeli operation saw at least 41 people killed and 40 injured, according to the Lebanese health ministry.

Pretty serious allegation here. "Witnesses told the BBC that the Israeli soldiers had arrived disguised in Lebanese military fatigues and used ambulances with signs of Hezbollah's Islamic Health Organization."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Number That Tells the Truth About Inequality I've just finished Kate Pickett's new book, The Good Society (Bodley Head, 2026), and I can't recommend it highly enough.

"I've just finished @profkepickett.bsky.social's new book, The Good Society (Bodley Head, 2026), and I can't recommend it highly enough...Buy it, read it, press it on people."

Here, I talk about the Palma Ratio, which the book introduced me to - ajustsociety.substack.com/p/the-number...

It's pretty bad when you are the chief lying liar who lies and can't get one of your obsequiously subordinate lying liars who lie to lie for you because even the subordinate knows it's just too big a lie to tell for anyone but the chief lying liar who lies so much that there is no lie he won't tell.

Montage of Hannah Dadds (L) climbing up into a District Line R Stock cab, and Karen Harrison (R) in her British Rail uniform, with the IWD logo

Happy International Women's Day 2026 to all of the amazing women in the transport industry and beyond! Here's two trailblazers: Hannah Dadds the first woman Underground driver (1978) and Karen Harrison her British Rail counterpart ('Traction Trainee' from 1979) #IWD2026 LT Museum Collection

Why say "fatally shoots' when you could say "murders".

I asked @ianbetteridge.com about this

that perhaps a modification might be

any headline that asks a question has a one-word answer the journalist is seeking to avoid

usually No

sometimes Yes

rarely Maybe