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Emily Prescott

Londoner’s Diary: Pandemic will prompt MeToo moment for disabled people, says comic Rosie Jones

Rosie Jones

(Picture: Comedian Rosie Jones )

Welcome back to the Londoner’s Diary: First up comic Rosie Jones tells us she believes disabled people’s experience of the pandemic will bring about a movement as powerful as Black Lives Matter or MeToo. Later today, Fionn Whitehead tells us how he relates to Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray when it comes to hedonism and Greg Jenner says his friends don’t let him forget that he’s a historian making jokes rather than an actual funny comedian. In our SW1A we hear from Baroness Jenkin who wants to change the “indefensible” primogeniture laws which dictate only men can become hereditary peers and Baroness Jones says treating misogyny as a hate crime would clear her inbox.

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