Lord Bethell

My Mother's post-natal depression led to chaotic life of drink, drugs, divorce and ultimately, when I was nine years old, her death. I have spoken about this to the podcast "Past Imperfect" with Alice Thomson and Rachel Sylvester in The Times. 1/4 thetimes.co.uk/podcasts/past-…

I’m all in favour of free markets and global trade, but we must have our eyes open to the use of forced labour by autocratic governments particularly in tough competitive industries like solar panels and rare earths where cheap labour costs give a strategic advantage to these…

One of my first bosses in journalism, Micheal was both scary and kind, a wonderful set of attributes jn a political editor. It was a golden age for Fleet Street. Sad to see both Micheal and those halcyon days pass away.

I fell for the antivax lies, then measles put my son in hospital thetimes.com/article/e14603…

Well done to everyone who campaigned to ensure age verification for pornography was in the Online Safety Act! Today it comes into force and while no doubt there will be some who get around it, it means young kids in particular won’t be stumbling on violent and harmful porn.

A junk food advertising tax to fund fruit and veg marketing is no longer a “maybe”, it’s a “when’s it start?” and “how’s it work?”. thetimes.com/article/fd983e…

That's very inspiring, Chris. What sort of champagne is your favourite? Are all doctors entitled to champagne? Are taxpayers's entitled to champagne, or is it just for doctors?

“Becoming”? That does beg the question, were we ever going to be anything else?

@BiteBack2030 has published new research on how giant food and drink brands are using schools to market and sell their unhealthy products to children and young people👉bit.ly/3TUduyJ. 👀Read our full response➡️ bit.ly/4fcVNEw

just back from a swim at Ham. Thanks @JimBethell 👌 cityam.com/the-discrete-j…

For the fathers.

This week, new rules will require all sites hosting pornographic content to enforce age verification, in an attempt to stop under-18s from viewing pornography online. Will it work? Young people talk candidly to #Newsnight

How to lose an argument in court⬇️ Counsel: there are lots of examples of [insert issue] Judge: can you give me one example? Counsel: [bluster, blah, I’ll send a note next week]

Some coverage of our recent guerrilla swimming adventures in the tidal Thames (the picture is at Kew and we swam to Hammersmith). It’s really the most joyous pastime you could image. Warm water, swooshing tide, teaming riverbanks, banter, good beer and a mischievous sense of…

Red alert for all parents currently allowing their kids to play Roblox games, from the great @JonHaidt.

Isn't a strike "risking safety"? Haven't we proved that?

Mackey 'risking safety' with tough line on strikes, says BMA ift.tt/LtTM5gs