“The people of Tottenham have given me a platform they don’t have and would love to have,” says David Lammy. “There aren’t many like me in public life, so it’s my job to represent the people of Tottenham and bring that to public debate.” The Labour MP talks Twitter spats, Comic Relief, fatherhood and cultural appropriation https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/the-sunday-times-magazine/the-interview-david-lammy-on-tribalism-fatherhood-and-his-infamous-twitter-wars-2wcm038gw | The Times and The Sund

Here’s David Lammy praising the “courage of ordinary Russians taking to the streets of Moscow” to protest Putin’s despotism. Yesterday 466 people were arrested in Parliament Square for showing support for the protest group Palestine Action who have been proscribed as a terrorist organisation so that the UK government can stifle dissent over Gaza. Lammy expects us not to notice his hypocrisy. (Video credit: @SaulStaniforth) | The Daily Politik