'There is precious little enthusiasm for either Sunak or Starmer, it’s the standoff of the Woodentops'

On this week's #PlanetNormal Allison Pearson isn’t optimistic about the leadership option from either Labour or the Conservative Party.

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It's amazing how many things that worked quite well for generations have been utterly wrecked in under three decades.

Quite a moment to see that the necessity of a ban for smartphones for U16s is now the consensus view in the UK. So bloody proud of my colleagues and fellow parents at UsForThemUK 🌟 safescreenscampaign and the wonderful Allison Pearson who launched this campaign with us in December 2022.

Allison Pearson The baby got thrown out with the bath water. Honest flirting and seduction were drowned. The nation still needs to meet, greet and mate!

‘There were things in my family that taught me early on that secrets kept me safe… ’

On this week's #PlanetNormal Academy award winning actor Kevin Spacey speaks to Allison Pearson about the struggles he faced with his own sexuality.

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’I am absolutely accept that at times I behaved poorly..’

On this week's #PlanetNormal Academy award winning actor Kevin Spacey speaks to Allison Pearson about losing his career to misconduct allegations

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Here’s me talking to Kevin Spacey:
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‘Starmer’s frontbench is nothing compared to Blair’s frontbench’

On this week's #PlanetNormal Liam Halligan compares the current Labour frontbench to the one led by Tony Blair when the Party last came to power.

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Sweden had some of the lowest excess deaths in the developed world during the pandemic. It performed far better than Finland, and just as well as Norway.
The fact seems difficult to accept for lockdown enthusiasts, so I decided to write a thread summarizing the evidence...

NHS doctors & nurses are afraid to whistleblow about patient safety concerns, as they know their concerns won’t be listened to, and they’ll be targeted personally.

It’s been this way for decades. 😔

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In case you missed it, here’s an interview I did with Kevin Spacey.
It got emotional.

Superb by ⁦Shaun Bailey⁩

Ending stop and search a disaster, leading to dramatic increase in knife crime

Police need tools and support from politicians to take knives off our streets; with serious consequences for those who carry them telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/1…

HAS there ever been a time when the ideology and actions of Western politicians have been so out of kilter with the wishes of the electorate? conservativewoman.co.uk/politicians-th…

FSU member Linzi Smith is crowdfunding to take legal action against NUFC and the Premier League having been banned from attending games at St. James's Park for expressing her gender critical beliefs on X. If you can, please show your support below!
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Our ruling class has no shame...

Serious concerns raised by UK Parliamentarians on the World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic Accord project, from yesterday's UK House of Commons debate.

Danny Kruger: 'We know what the real agenda of the WHO is from the drafts that have been submitted in recent months. It wants to have binding powers

Sad to see that Caroline Nokes didn’t defect to another party. There’s always next week. 🙏🏽

We pay this woman’s wages.

Sharon Stone, Liam Neeson and Stephen Fry among stars calling for Kevin Spacey to be able to resume his acting career after 7 years of being “cancelled”.
Story here: telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/1…

Allison Pearson Dan Wootton Liam Halligan Great! I get a nosebleed if I go further south than Dudley