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Congratulazioni. Che squadra!

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Debbie Abrahams on Radio 4 just now. I don't understand why, as an MP (and a senior one at that), you would go on Today if you're not prepared to talk about what's in the news.

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What does it mean to be a boy today? And what do we do, as men, in… | Boris Pomroy I've read a lot about Adolescence in the last week. Here's my perspective. I grew up in a world where positive male role models made all the difference…

Weote this in response to Adolescence. www.linkedin.com/posts/borisp...

At some point European leaders are going to learn what the average 12-yr old knows instinctively. If you hand over your dinner money to bullied, they don’t go away. They come back stronger, more vicious and with bigger demands.

OMG Vance and Trump shouting at Zelenskyy is quite fucking something.

Huge respect for Anneliese Dodd.

Same. Ever more Reform-esque rhetoric (and now policy). Very depressing.

If Labour becomes "Reform-lite' then people are more likely to desert them and vote for the real thing. Imitation and weak leadership will not win Starmer anything. I don't think I've ever felt so let down by a Government I voted for.

The Labour I voted for promised to restore UK Aid to 0.7% as soon as economy allowed —now they’re slashing it to 0.3%.

This isn’t just a broken promise, it’s a reckless move that makes Britain less safe.

This is short-sighted, self-defeating, and shameful.

I am disgusted.

#UKAid #ForeignPolicy

Let’s remember what this war is about: Ukrainian self-determination, an ability to choose its own future. Neither Trump nor Putin give that any regard.

Zelensky is being forced to plead with Trump that his own country, which has spent so much blood and endured so much horror, is allowed to be at the negotiating table about its own future. That's where we're at- a return of great power politics.

Putin's best week in years.

Starmer Must Stand Firm with Ukraine and Forge Stronger Security Ties with the EU in the Process The UK's support for Ukraine, along with other European countries, has been a beacon of hope in dark times.

Time for us to get close to Europe again and keep our promises to the Ukrainian people. Me on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/borispom...

Our Shrinking World: How Populism, Fear, and Division Are Redefining Politics Can progressive movements adapt and rise to meet the challenge before it's too late?

I've been thinking a lot about the rise of populism and how ill-equipped progressive politics is to fight back. So I wrote my very first substack. substack.com/@borispomroy...

Wow. So much to unpack.

Gregg Wallace apologises over 'women of a certain age' video Following criticism of his initial response to mounting allegations made against him, in which he dismissed his accusers as "middle-class women of a certain age", MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace ha...

Well, this was inevitable.

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So much talk about Fees, but this is the real issue. Students from poorer backgrounds can't afford a roof over their head (let alone food and, dare I say it, beer). Maintenance grants/loans need a HUGE uplift.

At home. Pity the neighbours.

I have a drummer, pianist and guitarist…

Rugby coaching. Listening to my kids perform steel pans at Chiswick House. Spiced Cider. Making a Shepherds Pie whilst singing to Bublé. Today is a good day.

Oh my.

But hang on, I hear (some of) you say... what about small boats? They're the main thing most politicians talk about after all...
So how DO small boat arrivals compare with legal migration?
Here's your answer in a chart 👇

RIP John Prescott. One of the good ones. x

I've always been sceptical of #InternationalMensDay but 1 in 5 men have no close friends. Suicide is the leading cause of death amongst men under 50. Paternity leave is so poor that many men aren't able to take time off. The status quo damages men as well as women. We need to change the narrative.

The ongoing crisis in hospice funding should demand immediate action.

I know there’s no magic money tree but the reliance on donations to make dignified palliative and end of life care happen is baffling at best.

Feel incredibly lucky that Chiswick School offers an amazing music education to all those who want it, from bands playing in local pubs, through to a full choir partnering with a local Sinfonia and belting out Beethoven's 9th - and everything in between. Has transformed my children's cultural lives.

I concur. Chiswick is frankly a cold, miserable and wet disappointment.

Reflecting on the farmers’ protest: Almost everything in the public sphere feels broken—health, justice, education, and public finances. Labour faces an angry, impatient electorate demanding change but with no consensus on funding it. The challenge ahead is enormous. I don't know how they succeed.

Whilst the diagnosis is on the money. And solution that starts with ‘returning to old school values’ is a massive red flag. The future of what it is to be a great man will not be found in nostalgia.