samanthajbooth.bsky.social
Deputy editor at Schools Week • mainly investigating SEND and inclusion • Sam is fine • Press Awards specialist journalist of 2025 • @schoolsweek.bsky.social
👤 Joined on 27 July 2023
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@samanthajbooth.bsky.socialThe thing is, this isn't some gotcha memory test about "what precise amount of money will this cost/raise" of the type beloved by interviewers in election campaigns. It's the most basic question imaginable - "how will this thing work?" She has no idea.
Show PostLabour to repeal Thatcher's "ideological ban" of public ownership on water companies. This is a BIG announcement.
Show PostNEW: Liberty Investigates and The Guardian discover British Transport Police’s initial six-month trial of live facial recognition tech in London’s railway stations: - cost more than £320,000 - took nearly 100 hours of police time - resulted in no arrests www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Show PostSomeone recently said a thing that’s really made me think: Why should everyone pay so that some people can inherit more? It’s a fair and challenging question.
Show PostI do find this country mad. Anyone can see that social care is in a state of devastating crisis in this country and that it is the key source of the NHS crisis as well. There is no feasible way to solve it without everyone contributing. Burnham is honest about that and is already getting pelters.
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