This reporting by @rachelsylvester.bsky.social for the Observer is excellent.
Shows EXACTLY why the 'Two Tier Britain' myth is so insidious.
Bravo!
More journalism like this please.
Wes Streeting: ‘I don’t want Nigel Farage walking into Downing Street on my conscience’
The ex-health secretary and leadership hopeful tells Rachel Sylvester that Labour must heed voters’ warning on Reform’s surge
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Some people shrug off the use of illegal (ghost or cloned) licence plates as low level crime, evading speeding tickets and congestion charges etc
But increasingly police are aware of their role in organised crime, and even murder - like that of 21-year-old Kyron Lee
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The ex-health secretary and leadership hopeful says Labour must heed voters’ warning on Reform’s surge
And you can read my @theobserveruk.bsky.social piece here. @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social says the scale of the problem is huge and “One of the worst things I was ever told was that there is a specific global market for UK children because they wear school uniforms.” observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
“Two tier Britain” is a dangerous myth - my latest newsletter piece for @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/politic...
The prime minister has told tech firms they have three months to install software that blocks children from sending or receiving explicit content. That vital protection comes too late for the families...
As the government announces plans to force tech companies to stop children sharing nude images this is one mother’s story of discovering her daughter was being groomed by a paedophile in the US, as part of a “pandemic” of online exploitation of kids observer.co.uk/listen/the-s...
“One of the worst things I was ever told was that there is a specific global market for UK children because they wear school uniforms” @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social says. My piece for @theobserveruk.bsky.social on the pandemic of online sexual exploitation observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
“I was told we'd have a Royal Commission in the manifesto. I was told we'd be announcing it during the election campaign. I was told it was going to be the first big announcement. I was being strung along” - @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social on social care observer.co.uk/news/politic...
In his interview @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social is also excoriating about Keir Starmer’s approach to Gaza. When he circulated a dossier from medics alleging war crimes “I was accused of trying to be disruptive. I had my motives (and) integrity questioned by the PM” observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Cat Neilan
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Tech firms are to be forced to install software that makes it impossible for children to take or share nude images. That vital protection comes too late for the families of those who have already been...
The idea of “two-tier” public services has been weaponised by right-wingers wanting to whip up “pure cold rage” against immigrants, but in so many areas the concept simply does not stand up to scrutin...
