Lots to do this half term in Leeds!

When I turned up to my first @glasgowgreens meeting the first person I ran into was my history teacher.

A stolen watch doesn’t become yours just because you pass it down to your children. So why apply a different rule to stolen labour, wealth and land? Reparations are about inherited benefit and inherited loss. Time doesn’t erase injustice.

Today I made what was meant to be a light-hearted self-deprecating remark. I didn’t get it right and it hasn’t come off as I intended. I fully support our Home Secretary and the government’s position on migration reform. As I said earlier this week, it’s absolutely right that people should have to make a contribution to this country in order to earn citizenship.

The Commissioner appeared on @BBCPM this evening to reiterate his condemnation of those who have directed awful abuse at our Muslim colleague after she received a national policing award yesterday. Sir Mark shared his concerns about how common such behaviour has become. xitter.cf/i/status/2113311921827…

Some chatter on social media would have you believe that crime is out of control. The facts tell a different story. As @frasernelson has shown in his Substack today: Violence is at its lowest level since the crime survey began in 1981. Robbery is at a record low. Crime, excluding fraud, is 78% down on its peak in 1995. And the stats show this Government is delivering on its promises too: Knife crime is down 11%. Knife murders are at their lowest level in 35 years. Thefts including phone snatching have fallen by 20% in the last year alone. But I know there is more that we must do, and we will: We’ve put more than 3,800 extra neighbourhood officers into roles, with named, contactable officers for every neighbourhood. We’re introducing the most significant reforms to policing in a generation. We are tackling rising rates of violence against women and girls through our landmark strategy. And we are tackling crimes like fraud, more prevalent in our increasingly online world, with £250 million directed to this challenge in our Fraud Strategy published this year.

Just spent the entire school run debating with my kid which superhero has the best lair - options being Tony stark or Bruce Wayne - and now obsessed with answering his comeback. Where does Spider-Man keep all his vehicles? 🤷‍♀️

If it’s part of a legitimate investigation of course it’s OK. How do you think investigative journalism works you idiot. “Here you go. Here’s my ID. It’s my NUJ pass”. You honestly haven’t got a clue have you…

Parking should be straightforward, not another everyday hassle. Today we’re putting the brakes on rip-off parking charges - meaning drivers get a fairer deal, protections from being unfairly charged, and confidence that private parking providers are held to a higher standard. It's yet another step forward in this government’s plan to take the stress out of everyday life and ease the pressure on people's pockets.

Former member of deadly Isis cell spotted at King's local Co-op lbc.co.uk/article/isis-small…

A powerful intervention from the head of the Army. Something is coming, and government needs to wake up. He says the public will have to make sacrifices so we can prioritise defence and security. This is no time for “national security can’t come at the expense of social security”. Hard choices are coming whether ministers like it or not. I have been clear where I would start: cut welfare spending and put the money into defence.