Ok I have caved in and migrated you can find me at greenmirandahere.bsky.social ... checking in here for a while too for the sake of all the great friends and sparring partners I've made down these crazy years. Sniff.

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Great piece

The free links to the article keep getting used up so here's yet another fresh one: as.ft.com/r/d769da51-5cf3-43…

🚨Hilary Cass has called for an independent inquiry into how Brighton GPs were allowed to prescribe cross-sex hormones to children as young as 12.“There urgently needs to be an investigation of why every system that should have protected children, young people, and indeed young adults has failed,” she told me. The employment tribunal between Dr Sarah Redvers and NHS Sussex has highlighted how regulators and the NHS collectively failed to stop prescribing of puberty blockers and hormones against national guidelines - for years - and how instead the person raising concerns was accused of transphobia and herself investigated. Dr Redvers sat down with me for her only newspaper interview about her treatment in a scandal which, Cass now says, “dwarfs” that of the Tavistock’s GIDS. Me for the Sunday Times… thetimes.com/article/cfde7b4…

Great from @DanNeidle for the weekend @FT on all the terrible tax ideas that get floated before the Budget as.ft.com/r/c5ba7b8e-e7d3-4c…

More sailors died in the Black Sea than in any other body of water this year, outstripping fatalities in the headline-dominating Gulf. “Each attack on a ship is an attack with the intention to cause death .” as.ft.com/r/24957c19-041b-46… w/ @SavageSusannah @nassos_ @sdbernard

If you’re interested in listening to reasoned debate from people who appreciate the views of others, give this pod a spin. Always inciteful, sometimes funny. always entertaining #NotAnotherOnePod @notanother1pod @montie @greenmiranda @iainmartin1

These numbers should concern Polanski and the Greens. We talk a lot about how Reform have gone backwards since winning the locals. But the Greens are in reverse too.

Should Andy Burnham be tougher on Donald Trump over Ukraine? Listen to full Political Fix episode here: ft.trib.al/bheHrTT

Andy Burnham: straight-talker or loose cannon? On the FT’s Political Fix podcast this week, we discuss the PM’s troublesome penchant for off-the-cuff remarks, Labour’s youth welfare reforms, and the Lib Dem coup that’s fizzled... for now With @greenmiranda, @robertshrimsley & @Smyth_Chris Check it out here! 👇 podcasts.apple.com/sn/podcas…

Are the Lib Dem birds angry or just disappointed? ft.trib.al/tafA76W

With just weeks to go before the US midterms, Democrats have developed an advantage among independent voters, according to our latest FT-Focaldata poll. Read more in the latest edition of White House Watch: ft.trib.al/VGiFQ6E

Does Andy Burnham have a coherent strategy? @iainmartin1, @steverichards14 , @greenmiranda and I discuss on the latest edition of the Not Another One podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…

Nerine bless it. First one that's ever flowered for me. New cermanic pot from the charity shop. And crazy heat I guess.

Another #SaturdayMorning has come round again so here's our traditional start to the day & week-end. This is "Interior" by Brynhild Parker that dates from 1930. It was one of 3 pieces by her that was in the collection of Sir David Scott along with another 14 by other ELG artists.

In our latest voting intention, Labour hit 29% their highest since 2024, Reform move to 2nd & Greens fall to lowest since August 2025 🌹 LAB 29% (+2) ⏩ REF 24% (+3) 🌳 CON 21% (-1) 🔶 LIB DEM 10% (-1) 🟢 GREEN 7% (-2) ⚫ RES: 4% (-2) N 2,088 | Dates 3-5/10 | Change w 29/09

Laura Trott and Jennie Jones on Sky .... #sketchypolitics

And I’ll cry if I want to.

Last week, I had the privilege of making my first big speech on the main stage at Lib Dem Conference. I shared my story and how it motivates me to fight for a fairer deal for families across the country. We initially thought the footage had been lost but a big thank you to @SkyNews for recovering it!

Before Millenials is Gen X who are about to retire in the next 6 years - my generation who have had instability & less likely to have a private pension & a proportion are in private rented accommodation which is way over HB rates what do you propose to do about that generation? Pensioner poverty returns in a big way