In 1791 Thomas Paine argued for a codified constitution in his publication The Rights of Man. Here we are, over 200 years later, still having to state the obvious. The absence of a codified constitution gives a free ride to the grifters and opens the door to fascism.

Here's Nick Griffin - British National Party leader in 2009 - complaining that the BBC Question Time audience he faced was "dominated by ethnic minorities."

He was criticised at the time by just about everyone.

Nowadays they'd be discussing what he meant on #R4today

That's the maddening thing - most Labour MPs believe this in their bones! The Cabinet just haven't been allowed to say it up til now! As if the only way to combat far right racism is to concede to all their policy demands...

If your entire argument for why Jews should be protected is not because they are human beings and deserve respect but that they have been "a model minority," then congratulations, you have actually implied that if they weren't, that would justify a mass expulsion.

This whole obsession with "too many people going to uni" is such a classic example of the parochialism of UK policymaking. No one bothers to ask why the % here is lower than in most other developed countries or whether that might be relevant.

It’s journalism’s obesogenic environment problem.

Everyone knows you’re meant to eat your greens (speak to domain experts, double-check), but social media has created a sea of cheap and convenient (open an app), hyper-palatable (sensationalised, alarmist), nutrient-poor (dubious veracity) options.