My letter in today's Guardian. Just asking, like. But I think we know the answer.

Just in from mammoth interview session to two bits of news. One that a DV perp got locked up because of something I did and that a vulnerable constituent had a a massive wrongful debt written off after our intervention. This is why I came to politics, this is why I'll just keep cracking on.

👨‍👦‍👦 A Labour MP who took more than the minimum paternity leave has said it was still "not enough" and called for “massive reform” to paternity rights

👇 @jon4highpeak.bsky.social told @zoecrowther.bsky.social shared parental leave “just hasn’t worked”

NEW: X has become a hotbed of neo-Nazi content under Elon Musk. We identified the operators of four anonymous accounts that share racist, antisemitic, and neo-Nazi content. Three live in Texas. Musk has replied to two of them. One works for the Navy.

www.texasobserver.org/revealed-ope...

There does, however, need to be a significant waking up to the empirical reality of this global far right movement - it is not messing around.

I just don't have the time or the energy for Elon Musk discovering UK parliamentary petitions.

So @vicderbyshire.bsky.social's interview - in the street, surrounded by angry farmers - with Jeremy Clarkson for Newsnight is an absolute masterclass in keeping your cool and knowing your facts. I love Clarkson's Farm, but his replies to her were not his finest moment.

“So it’s not about you, it’s not about your farm and the fact you bought a farm to avoid inheritance tax?”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social speaks to Jeremy Clarkson at the farmers’ protest in Westminster where thousands of farmers are protesting the government’s inheritance tax plans.

#Newsnight

Badenoch arriving is the clearest evidence yet of a change in the centre of gravity online. I know some people will hate it. But if you want to replace X, it's going to involve the leader of the opposition being here.

This morning, I was on Politics North West talking about my ADHD diagnosis, the postcode lottery of diagnosis and medication and how I'm working to make Parliament a more welcoming place for those who are neurodiverse.

Watch the full segment on BBC Iplayer (12:53)👇
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Another day, another million new people have joined Bluesky!

18M users? 🙂‍↔️ 18M friends 🙂‍↕️

One of the 1st responsibilities of journalists is to check their sources. There are way too many examples of ‘grassroots’ organisations whose motives, links and funders go unchecked when their views are reported in our media. It’s a very serious problem. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Today the Labour Government is announcing a huge boost for childcare for Military families deployed abroad.

This will save them thousands of pounds a year and is part of our work to renew the contract between the nation and those who serve 🇬🇧
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

My grandmother’s dad bought their first house for £250 in the 1940s.

Perusing rightmove, a house on that very street is today listed for £320,000.

Uplift in house value: 127,900%

Uplift in UK wages since the 1940s: 309%