Sold A Story is a great podcast all about this!

The irony of a representative of our current government calling out any institution for not listening to people and abdicating responsibility.

Excellent thread. I would add, there is nothing exceptional about private companies providing aspects of the NHS offer, this happens in almost ever conceivable hospital specialty, often to reduce waiting lists or target a specific population who need care

I've got slightly better throughout my degrees but now in my third year of my phd I still had a moment recently of 'where did I get this from? why didn't I make it clearer!', so definitely a slow burner. Maybe the next project it'll stick but I can't face the idea of there being a next project atm!

2 years ago me really should've taken more notice of this

I think it has to. Home education is rocketing up. At what percentage of deregistration do we acknowledge that there is a societal obligation to at least try and make sure schools are appealing and workable to a sizeable portion of the population and shift things accordingly?

100% the amount of people who 'complimented' me on weight loss in the months after my dad suddenly died in my 20s... read the room much? fatphobia has people in a chokehold

I'm with you. The framing is all wrong too - 'helicopter parent' is a negative term not a parenting philosophy surely. Also I can't see anything in this article that's inconsistent with 'gentle parenting'. Also, this approach is clearly inappropriate for under 3s. Three more objections for you!

I wish people were willing to discuss illegal employers not illegal workers. It's pretty clear any intervention needs to make it harder to hire workers illegally, not harder to accept offers of illegal work.

but thats a hexagon. invested

thats a pentagon

Odd that they used a system to find my correct address 10 months after the offence but not earlier? The paperwork was astronomical and I did think - a huge number of people who go to court are fairly low literacy and agency, this cannot be the best system or the fairest

This is so fascinating! I recently got a letter to my current address saying I had a £1100 fine for failing to provide info, failing to attend court, victim impact etc etc. It was a speeding ticket that went to my old address (insurance up to date, licence up to date... logbook not up to date) 1/2

Counterpoint: South Africa

The Rivendell one is so disappointing looking!