When Starmer announced Peter Mandelson as US Ambassador I immediately turned to my wife and said; that’s a serious misjudgment. Told you so!!!

@sonia-sodha.bsky.social good article in Observer today but I’m concerned you muddle sex & gender, male/man etc. I think it’s clearer to just sex/male/female for biological sex only; immutable. Use gender only for girl/woman/boy/man/fluid etc. Does Upton identify as female or as a woman or both?

@beckjoinyourunion.bsky.social Finally. What worries me about the responses to the billionaire bullies and their idea of “freedom” and “free speech” is I don’t hear the people saying; societies are rule based & we all need to abide by the core rules for societies to function; it’s being grown up.

@beckjoinyourunion.bsky.social Question 2: the most important. Is it possible to bowl a leg break with an off break action legally (arm angle etc)?

@rachelshabi.bsky.social Thank you so much for Off-White. A very useful addition to Baddiel’s Jews Don’t Count and the analysis & clarification of the far right & right; lest we should ever forget. The growth of the far right & demagogues, inc Netanyahu, is very worrying. Best wishes. David Freedman

Puberty blockers to be banned indefinitely for under-18s across UK. Yay! And if anyone thinks they can design a trial protocol that they are confident will not do harm, I’d love to see it!

@catherinebennett.bsky.social In your list of apologies, sorry to raise this, you omitted the senior execs at Chester Hospital who tried to crush the senior paediatricians and parents of the children L Letby, who now pour out their contrition.