Happy Friday! I’m tempted to spend the day singing ‘It’s the end of the world’ however, I shall try and maintain a positive attitude despite the fact that an orange maniac is about to take office in the US and Theresa May has comprehensively demonstrated that the UK is screwed up!

Here are this week’s links…

John Lewis, Donald Trump and the meaning of legitimacy

This is about the impact that growing up in a poor neighbourhood in the US does to children’s health and outcomes. And this is why mixed social housing is important and why what’s happening here is going to destroy our society.

The situation is Gambia, reminds me what happens when politicians don’t believe in rules.

I’ve had a complete and utter nightmare with GWR this week. David Mitchell just about sums up why train privatisation doesn’t work.