Consultation is still open for submissions www.gov.uk/government/c...

“Are you firmly in favour of rejoining the European Union?" - Robert Peston “Firmly very much in favour. Brexit has been a disaster under any criteria, under any measure" - Zack Polanski

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

It is so embarrassing that it has taken nearly a decade for a British minister to say this, a statement of the absolute bloody obvious

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse

Bakaj: Intelligence was gathered that captured activity being conducted by someone close to the president. Gabbard was given a heads-up. She went to Susie Wiles and discussed it. When she returned to the DNI’s office, she directed that the intelligence not be distributed any further…

British values

pizzaghetti, the national dish of quebec

Terrifying that such powerful people have mad and dangerous religious extremist views.

👀 Apparently, Ross Douthat invited Seth Harp to debate him on Douthat's "Interesting Times" NYT podcast. Harp says that the episode was recorded, Douthat got crushed, and RD/NYT decided not to publish it. What? x.com/sethharpesq/...

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.

I'm at the Willard Hotel where I've been denied entry and kicked out of the Reclaiming Science event with NIH director Bhattacharya & other top agency leaders. @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social and I registered for the event months ago yet were told capacity was full, even as they let in dozens of others.

I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place

If Labour won’t nationalise water, their “big overhaul” is a con. Sewage in our rivers. Bills going up. Profits protected. Public services should be in public hands.

Palantir was a warning sign. Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment. All in the name of "investment." What about national security?

I have noticed a disturbing number of calls for violence against ICE agents. One word: DON'T! Around the world, dictators WANT violence because it provides cover for them to launch massive militarized retaliation. Dictators even stage false-flag operations to provide themselves with an excuse.

Tonight's turret meeting will be pretty awkward

N.A.T.I.O.N.A.L.I.S.E. ! ! ! www.theguardian.com/business/202...

a decade is a long time in politics

Nadhim Zahawi MP: In Farage’s Britain, it would be legal to discriminate against me on the grounds of race conservativehome.com/2015/03/23/n...

I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland. Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.

Bastards.

Merry Christmas to all. defector.com/what-did-we-...

I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?

A crypto investor just donated £9 million to the Reform Party. Right now, billionaires can pour unlimited money into our elections, effectively buying our democracy. Think that's wrong? Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

This is an important article by @katherinejwu.com on the destruction of infectious disease research - and the man behind it. As someone in the ID field reliant on US federal funding for our research, know that once the next pandemic happens, we won't be around. www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...

I put the sex in dyslexia.

White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross

it's 2025 and the gangly guy who appeared on a few seasons of The Office is now our only mirror to society

It’s that time…Big Garden Birdwatch is BACK! 😍🙌 The birds are ready. We’re ready. Are you? Sign up is open now…go go go! www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen... #BigGardenBirdwatch

I hope I never see a comedy where the actors look at the camera ever again.

MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours° Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"

🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history 75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men Is this what democracy looks like? New on Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...

Hey @theguardian.com , I know it's not as important as cricket results, but might you want to mention that Russia just tried to take down Zelenskyy's planes with drones in Ireland ? Just a thought

And HEEEERE it is!! The REAL solutions to fix immigration for all - for a system we can be proud of! bsky.app/profile/anot...

⏰ It's time for change on immigration policy - We all agree on that much! Labour so far have got it all wrong, chasing hostile headlines that will only make our system crueller, society more divided & immigrants easier to exploit. BUT THERE IS ANOTHER WAY!! My 9-point plan for a system that works👇

I love the BBC. "Energy grid investment of £28bn to push up household bills" [photo of wind farm] [third paragraph] ᵐᵒˢᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᵐᵒⁿᵉʸ ʷⁱˡˡ ᵍᵒ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈˢ ᵐᵃⁱⁿᵗᵃⁱⁿⁱⁿᵍ ᵍᵃˢ ⁿᵉᵗʷᵒʳᵏˢ

Find things like this hugely annoying as someone who works in public affairs. There is no suggestion these MPs did anything wrong - indeed, meeting with businesses who want to invest in the UK is the sort of thing MPs *should* be doing, especially if they have plans to create new jobs in their seats

Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇

Abysmal, mindless, utterly zombified. You can't even call it policymaking because that implies a degree of thought which simply isn't present. Pretty soon they might actually hit Cameron's 'tens of thousands' target and then they'll shit themselves with horror at the consequences.

Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving. A "step in the right direction" according to the PM. Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Striking 13 iandunt.substack.com?r=ns0gt&utm_...

This was a botched Budget by a Chancellor who’s diagnosed the disease but won’t administer the cure. Despite promises to cut the cost of living and grow the economy, the Government still refuses to fix our trade relationship with Europe and repair the £90bn Brexit black hole.

Seems to be going well…

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

There was a guy... An underwater guy who controlled the sea... Got killed by 10 millions pounds of sludge from New York and New Jersey

Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait. My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.

This focuses on politics. But we should also care about *outcomes*. In the UK, migrants (both from EU and elsewhere) are more likely to have a job than the UK born. In Denmark, there's a gap of 15-20%. Similarly for education outcomes. Why would we want to copy that?

It's always the ones you most expect... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...