Jessica
@jessicagh.bsky.social
Social Media Journalist at The Times / LDR Reporter at Suffrago (all opinions my own etc etc)
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British men urged to join ‘Dad strike’ calling for more paternity leave
British men urged to join ‘Dad strike’ calling for more paternity leave
Exclusive: Fathers planning protest with babies in London on 11 June to highlight UK’s ‘rubbish’ statutory leave, least generous in Europe
British fathers are being urged to join the world’s first “Dad strike” to protest about the UK’s statutory paternity leave, which campaigners say is the least generous in Europe.
Fathers are planning to protest with their babies outside the Department for Business and Trade in London on 11 June in an effort to force the government to improve leave for dads and non-birthing partners. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
British men urged to join ‘Dad strike’ calling for more paternity leave
After years telling people to look up at the camera during interviews… it took multiple attempts for me to actually master it on this video
Interview with the Yorkshire Party Mayoral hopeful! 🗳️
Suffrago's own Jessica Harpin interviews Yorkshire Party's Rowan Halstead on his manifesto and his thoughts on Hull's salary figures being the lowest 20% in the country.
#ukpolitics #uknews
Suffrago's own Jessica Harpin interviews Yorkshire Party's Rowan Halstead on his manifesto and his thoughts on Hull's salary figures being the lowest 20% in the country.
#ukpolitics #uknews
April 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
After years telling people to look up at the camera during interviews… it took multiple attempts for me to actually master it on this video
A total joy to write for Arlen’s Substack this week - I will say that my rage about the lack of buses did require a LOT of editing down
"Back when I were a lass, we never caught the train or bus –because, quite simply, there weren’t any. Even now, you’re still more likely to pass someone travelling on horse-back than by bus."
@jessicagh.bsky.social sits in for this week's Wor Room, recalling her Yorkshire youth and dodgy transport.
@jessicagh.bsky.social sits in for this week's Wor Room, recalling her Yorkshire youth and dodgy transport.
Guest Post: I’m sorry, I missed the bus
Jess Harpin sits in with recollections of growing up in Yorkshire, and the role of transport in our lives
open.substack.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
A total joy to write for Arlen’s Substack this week - I will say that my rage about the lack of buses did require a LOT of editing down
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My 7yo wants to join the school council to make the case for longer play times. She constantly talks about how much she misses reception and Y1 because they actually got to play - which is how children learn and process information. It’s so sad. Is this really leading to better long term results?
Sad graphs on the squeezing of outdoor play and school playtimes in England. Maybe rather than showing Adolescence in schools we could improve play facilities for young people?
on.ft.com/4cx4Rm2
on.ft.com/4cx4Rm2
April 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
My 7yo wants to join the school council to make the case for longer play times. She constantly talks about how much she misses reception and Y1 because they actually got to play - which is how children learn and process information. It’s so sad. Is this really leading to better long term results?
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Okay, here is why I HATE AI. I'm trying to research poems about going into space, or famous quotes about escaping gravity. As the FIRST RESULT, Google gives me this SHITTY poem IT'S WRITTEN ITSELF, like it's fucking Adrian Mole and I'm John Tydeman at the BBC. HATE HATE HATE.
April 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Okay, here is why I HATE AI. I'm trying to research poems about going into space, or famous quotes about escaping gravity. As the FIRST RESULT, Google gives me this SHITTY poem IT'S WRITTEN ITSELF, like it's fucking Adrian Mole and I'm John Tydeman at the BBC. HATE HATE HATE.
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That'll be the demograph both trying to care for elderly parents with no social care, and support adult children who still can't afford their own houses, or to have children. They're seeing the impact of everything.
Coming back to this, it's striking when we talk about the most disillusioned in society the image is usually Gen Z man or a retired man. But (albeit from a high baseline) the person most likely to say things in the UK today are getting worse is a woman in her late 50s/early 60s.
April 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
That'll be the demograph both trying to care for elderly parents with no social care, and support adult children who still can't afford their own houses, or to have children. They're seeing the impact of everything.
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an idle thought I've had at the back of my head for a while is that a lot of white collar/middle class jobs used to be legitimately fun and/or intellectually stimulating and/or ludicrously well paid and now they're few or none of those things, and we don't talk about that at all
April 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
an idle thought I've had at the back of my head for a while is that a lot of white collar/middle class jobs used to be legitimately fun and/or intellectually stimulating and/or ludicrously well paid and now they're few or none of those things, and we don't talk about that at all
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With the NI hit to jobs, the care crisis and concerns about our global priorities, Labour is losing its female voters.
In my latest read for @theipaper.com, I speak to those who now feel they made a mistake last July about their hopes and disappointments
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
In my latest read for @theipaper.com, I speak to those who now feel they made a mistake last July about their hopes and disappointments
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
I regret voting Labour - they've let women down
Polling shows that women are falling out of love with Labour - thanks to economic policies that will hit them the hardest and 'unforgivable' aid cuts
inews.co.uk
March 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
With the NI hit to jobs, the care crisis and concerns about our global priorities, Labour is losing its female voters.
In my latest read for @theipaper.com, I speak to those who now feel they made a mistake last July about their hopes and disappointments
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
In my latest read for @theipaper.com, I speak to those who now feel they made a mistake last July about their hopes and disappointments
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
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gonna make people feel more secure by cutting their money when they're already struggling
Agree with this . Everything we hear when we talk to people suggests people are exhausted even scared by the unpredictability of the world & unreliability of state services. The central question for politicians is how to give people a greater sense of agency & control over life
March 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
gonna make people feel more secure by cutting their money when they're already struggling
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Attaching this article to my CV with a covering letter simply reading “pls help???”
Seriously though, glad to see this being written about. It has quite literally ruined my life and the lives of many people around me, and it’s so far from over.
Seriously though, glad to see this being written about. It has quite literally ruined my life and the lives of many people around me, and it’s so far from over.
Senior TV producers take shelf-stacking jobs as UK industry remains in crisis
Experienced figures doing entry-level roles amid prolonged work drought since Covid and rise of online content
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Attaching this article to my CV with a covering letter simply reading “pls help???”
Seriously though, glad to see this being written about. It has quite literally ruined my life and the lives of many people around me, and it’s so far from over.
Seriously though, glad to see this being written about. It has quite literally ruined my life and the lives of many people around me, and it’s so far from over.
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JPMORGAN slashes $TSLA Q1 delivery estimates “to just ~355K, which is -8% y/y .. and -28% q/q
from 495K in 4Q24 ..
“.. We struggle to think of anything analogous in the history of the automotive industry, in which a brand has lost so much value so quickly ..”
Cuts target price to $120 (prior $135
from 495K in 4Q24 ..
“.. We struggle to think of anything analogous in the history of the automotive industry, in which a brand has lost so much value so quickly ..”
Cuts target price to $120 (prior $135
March 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
JPMORGAN slashes $TSLA Q1 delivery estimates “to just ~355K, which is -8% y/y .. and -28% q/q
from 495K in 4Q24 ..
“.. We struggle to think of anything analogous in the history of the automotive industry, in which a brand has lost so much value so quickly ..”
Cuts target price to $120 (prior $135
from 495K in 4Q24 ..
“.. We struggle to think of anything analogous in the history of the automotive industry, in which a brand has lost so much value so quickly ..”
Cuts target price to $120 (prior $135
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The milestone highlights the rapid growth of renewable energy despite political headwinds since President Trump’s re-election
Wind and solar power overtake coal in US for first time
www.thetimes.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The milestone highlights the rapid growth of renewable energy despite political headwinds since President Trump’s re-election
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More than 170 mothers killed by their sons in 15 years in UK, report reveals
More than 170 mothers killed by their sons in 15 years in UK, report reveals
Number is nearly one in 10 of all women killed by men, leading to calls for government action to tackle matricide
* ‘A real injustice’: mothers killed by their children is still a hidden issue in UK
* ‘You took the life of someone who had given you…
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
More than 170 mothers killed by their sons in 15 years in UK, report reveals
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"The most striking aspect to Trump's crypto reserve and the scrapping of anti-money laundering rules, which together amount to a global charter for criminals, is that he's making no effort to dress them up. This pig has no lipstick." My column. on.ft.com/43kiBOu
Trump’s heist in broad daylight
[FREE TO READ] Having previously declared bitcoin to be a ‘scam’, the US president now wants to add it to the Fed’s balance sheet
on.ft.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"The most striking aspect to Trump's crypto reserve and the scrapping of anti-money laundering rules, which together amount to a global charter for criminals, is that he's making no effort to dress them up. This pig has no lipstick." My column. on.ft.com/43kiBOu
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Ministers have outlined plans to abolish the leasehold system 👏👏
@matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social said the government would "continue to implement reforms to help millions of leaseholders who are currently suffering"
#Leasehold
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social said the government would "continue to implement reforms to help millions of leaseholders who are currently suffering"
#Leasehold
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to end leasehold flat system with new commonhold plans - BBC News
Ministers want to move to a "commonhold" system where flat-owners own a share of their buildings.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Ministers have outlined plans to abolish the leasehold system 👏👏
@matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social said the government would "continue to implement reforms to help millions of leaseholders who are currently suffering"
#Leasehold
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social said the government would "continue to implement reforms to help millions of leaseholders who are currently suffering"
#Leasehold
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I have been weirdly obsessed with The Times’ Gen Z survey, so I decided to write a Substack on it
open.substack.com/pub/jessharp...
open.substack.com/pub/jessharp...
In Defence Of The Un-Fun
My thoughts on The Times’ survey of Gen Z attitudes and habits
open.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I have been weirdly obsessed with The Times’ Gen Z survey, so I decided to write a Substack on it
open.substack.com/pub/jessharp...
open.substack.com/pub/jessharp...
have never really understood why, when lots of European countries have a tourism tax, we don’t?
The levy, due to come into effect later this year, will rise to a daily rate of €7 for many hotels in Barcelona, where locals blame overtourism for soaring rent
Catalonia doubles tourist tax to fund housing for locals
www.thetimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
have never really understood why, when lots of European countries have a tourism tax, we don’t?
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The levy, due to come into effect later this year, will rise to a daily rate of €7 for many hotels in Barcelona, where locals blame overtourism for soaring rent
Catalonia doubles tourist tax to fund housing for locals
www.thetimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The levy, due to come into effect later this year, will rise to a daily rate of €7 for many hotels in Barcelona, where locals blame overtourism for soaring rent
chance would be a fine thing
The birth rate is at its lowest ever, at 1.44 children per mother, and the average age of giving birth is 30.9, which is the oldest on record
Babies or house: how would you rather spend half a million pounds?
www.thetimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
chance would be a fine thing
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"Normalise living with older strangers." "Normalise living with flatmates into your thirties." "Normalise communes."
How about you Normalise building some fucking Houses.
How about you Normalise building some fucking Houses.
February 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Normalise living with older strangers." "Normalise living with flatmates into your thirties." "Normalise communes."
How about you Normalise building some fucking Houses.
How about you Normalise building some fucking Houses.
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At last Thames are providing a decent supply to someone.
www.ft.com/content/40b5...
www.ft.com/content/40b5...
Thames Water burns through £15mn a month on lawyers and advisers
Troubled utility tells court hearing for emergency loan that restructuring costs could top £200mn
www.ft.com
February 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
At last Thames are providing a decent supply to someone.
www.ft.com/content/40b5...
www.ft.com/content/40b5...
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PS: There is no such thing as Sustainable Aviation Fuel, nor, at scale, will there be. The polite term for Reeves's claim about it is a myth. The less polite term is a lie. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Out of 1,500 global climate policies, only 63 have really worked. That’s where green spin has got us | George Monbiot
Grand schemes, many backed by governments, masquerade as positive action on the environment. They should be disowned, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
PS: There is no such thing as Sustainable Aviation Fuel, nor, at scale, will there be. The polite term for Reeves's claim about it is a myth. The less polite term is a lie. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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this is basically my entire policy platform, people should be physically going to the office but they should only have to work 30 hours a week, 35 at a push, everyone should be getting a little bit of office-based work, as a treat
i think every anti-WFH argument i’ve ever seen invokes “isolation” as a reason commuting into offices is apparently vital but a societal push to reducing work hours and promoting engagement with local community activities instead never seems to be suggested, i wonder why that is
January 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
this is basically my entire policy platform, people should be physically going to the office but they should only have to work 30 hours a week, 35 at a push, everyone should be getting a little bit of office-based work, as a treat