[Malcolm Armsteen]

Thanks. I see he's still making perfect sense...

Presumably that means his 'reporting' will be such that he would be suspended anyway.

[youngian]

Has Bastani been suspended? I can't see his feed as he has blocked me.

From Twitter? No he's still there chuntering away. If you're talking about his membership of Labour, well he's saying that he cancelled his membership ages ago.

I believe Bob Woodward was a registered Republican in his youth before his career required him to follow a non-partisan path. A wise choice, I wouldn't want to see Woodward, Bernstein or Bastani lose their journalistic credibility.

[Tubby Isaacs]

This is one way of putting it.

[youngian]

What do you have to do to make your nomination official? I officially nominate Howard the Duck as the best film ever.

[The Weeping Angel]

This is one way of putting it.

The reality of being a Cuban doctor abroad.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48214513

[Tubby Isaacs]

Looks like MPs (and other national legislators) can nominate.

[The Red Arrow]

Labour MP threatens legal action over maternity leave for top ministers

Exclusive: Stella Creasy threatens action against plans to give cabinet ministers more rights – as she discloses she is pregnant

“There’s no difference between myself and the attorney general in terms of the impact of having a baby on you,” she said. “We are in an environment where thousands of pregnant women are facing risks in the workplace, including the risk of the loss of their job. The message that we’re sending is that we treat maternity leave like a benefit, like a company car. In other words, only paid maternity leave for management.”

She said it was an “extreme measure” for any MP to consider legal action but she believed she had been misled two years ago that swift reform to maternity rights was not possible – when now the government intended to pass a bill in a single day.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/ ... -ministers

[Tubby Isaacs]

Good thread here on John Rentoul's feeble attempt to make out Anneliese Dodds is about to be sacked.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Whoops. The nurse in this picture was in Spain. Are you trying to help them get away with "worldwide problem"?

[mattomac]

Considering she has been a nurse on the front line during this pandemic however much you want to do whataboutery tactics it’s a bit weak.