Stella Creasy’s maternity struggles

Stella Creasy has spoken out about her maternity rights.

She said she is having to beg for extra staff funding.

“For all the talk of being family friendly, Westminster is still struggling to offer deeds instead of words," she wrote.

"And if we can't get this right for MPs, how can we get this right for parents elsewhere?"

If Stella Creasy can’t get the maternity cover she wants what chance do the rest of us have?

Hong Kong frees student activist

Hong Kong's most prominent student activist Joshua Wong has been freed from prison.

Joshua Wong was the face of the pro-democracy protests.

He has called for the Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to resign.

The Hong Kong protesters are still looking for the repeal of the extradition bill.

Protesters are still on the streets in lower numbers.

Extradition paused

The Hong Kong government has suspended its highly controversial plan to allow extraditions to mainland China, Chief Executive Carrie Lam has announced.

The protests have had an effect.

This is not the end of the bill, just a pause to think, but it might be the pause the protesters need to get their case heard.

Hong Kong protests

There have been huge protests in Hong Kong against extradition.

A new law that is going to pass would allow extradition to China of Hong Kong criminals and even foreign nationals travelling through there.

This is yet more in the fight for Hong Kong to retain its independence from China.

Their protests have born fruit in the past, let’s hope they do again.

This law would be a terrible thing for Hong Kong.

Chris Froome crash

Chris Froome is in intensive care after a crash into a wall.

The Tour de France champion has suffered a fractured right femur, a broken hip, a fractured elbow and fractured ribs.

Despite losing consciousness after the crash, there is no sign of concussion.

Hopefully he will recover well to delight us on the tracks once more but for now he is in bad shape.

The women’s World Cup

We are in the middle of the women’s World Cup and I am watching none of it.

I am a very bad feminist.

I watch all the male internationals, though I don’t watch club football.

But the women are showcased on the terrestrial channels and I don’t watch.

So I missed the USA trouncing Thailand last night.

The men’s matches sometimes muster only one goal, while the US women get 13 in the net and I am not there to witness it.

Maybe I should reassess my priorities.

Gene Wilder has died

Gene Wilder star of Willie Wonka’s Chocolate Factory has died.

He had a sparkling career, including a star turn in The Producers.

It feels like he’s been in so many more films than he actually has.

I was sad to hear of the passing of this great actor, he will be sorely missed.