Hey @limebike are you happy that all these bikes blocking the pavement in Waterloo have been left in line with your hire conditions? (And two of your staff have just driven off and left it like this. )

All good things end, apparently. ITV's Tour de France coverage has been masterful and beautiful, as much art as sports broadcasting. Gary Imlach is the exceptional host on our screens, @millarmind @nedboulting and the team have brought alive this extraordinary event. Thank you.

Labour rely on the myth they will help those who need it. In Lambeth they're kept there by those who can afford to believe that myth. Now they've had three years of serious opposition in Lambeth, the facade is crumbling. .

This is exactly why it was quite a stretch for the Culture Secretary to claim there is a problem with BBC bias in favour of the Palestinian cause in regard to Glastonbury coverage and recent documentaries. If there is an issue of capture that is not it.

Hey @limebike you might want to pop down to Lambeth North Station to sort this out.

The practice of "rationing" is not theoretical. It happens. Schools pretend assessments are not needed, councils reject applications just to keep them off the books. It's unjust. Yet we continue to tolerate this failure.

To frame it in a way that pushes blame on to children for needing support and their parents is unprincipled on all sides. Schools, councils and government have all known the issues for years, yet they have failed and refused to engage. Of course there has been a collapse in trust.

It is not SEND that is bankrupting councils. It's underfunding of local government in general, poor management of the SEND funding system amd provision at a national level that forces councils and schools to game it.

Misread this as fishermen.

What the fuck were they taking? This feels like a scene from Father Ted:. "Would you like a cake Father? It's got cocaine in it. Raisins, I meant raisins!"

Except they're imaginary condoms. .

What's the diplomatic word for a fucking idiot. ?.

These policy decisions are made by people who are not in the position of being unable to afford holidays in peak periods. Then communicated to parents like we're idiots who can't make an informed judgment about bringing up our children. And "support" will be laughable.

The current school attendance drive is unnuanced patriarchal nonsense. I'd bet £60 that a 10yo with autism and ADHD will have benefitted more from 6 days away with family than being in school when compared with not being able to go at all.

The clear warning that if we thought culture was in safe hands with Labour we're being optimistic. When you run every last thing you can avoid this, not doing so is a choice to destroy.

At least she's coming round to the idea of Britain being a republic. These people claim to be patriots but they're the first to bend over for a foreign convicted criminal and serial serial abuser.

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Because when we have an electoral system that delivers one party 63% of seats on 34% of the vote the really pressing No. 1 reform issue for our nation is obviously 90 people in the Lords. Fiddling at the edges. As ever.

Two things I'd be interested to hear more about. Has anyone investigated finances to assess how far schools could absorb tax?. Have any constructive alternatives been floated? eg allocating places to non-fee paying local kids in return for tax waiver.