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The vaccine is a spot of bright light at the end of a dark tunnel. That it has been developed by German immunologist Özlem Türeci and her Turkish born German husband Uğur Şahin is - additionally - a powerful counterpoint to those who lie and claim that migration harms us.

A woman: *rises to the second highest political office in a country of 300m people, becoming the first woman, the first black woman, to do so*

The Telegraph: “But her eyeliner tho.” https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1325218008269266945

No, you didn’t 🤷🏻‍♂️ https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1325099845045071873

Our government backed the wrong horse:

There’s some beautiful karma in Obama’s pal and the first ever black woman Vice President-elect are the ones who beat the racist, misogynist Trump.

Come on, America. I know it’s a tough choice: a lying, misogynist, racist, dangerous, narcissistic fascist who cages kids and stokes violence and endorses white supremacy and whose attitude to Covid led to 230,000 deaths, or the gentle, sane guy.
But please do the right thing.

The timeline of @MarcusRashford this morning is as beautiful as it is chilling. Beautiful because it shows the generosity of people across the country towards those with the least, chilling because charity is now required to cover the deficiencies of this government.

So sad to hear that Ibiza and @CafedelMar_Ibz legend José Padilla has died.
RIP