Again, Ed Davey is Keir Starmer's conscience.

Duke of Wellington was born in ireland too, and Daniel O'Connell famously said about hi. "being born in a stable does not make you a horse" - alluding to fact he was very much British and in no way saw himself as Irish.

If you were personally not racist but you ran a party that contained this level of racism, you'd resign on the basis you had somehow ended up organising racists into a serious campaigning force, which had never been your intention. On the other hand, if you *are* a racist...

David Attenborough [whispering]: “Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”

Britishness is absolutely not dependent on where someone was born.By way of illustration, a man born in Dublin in 1887, attended TCD, and known as “Fruity Metcalfe” by his “chums” including “Dickie Mountbatten” is clearly British 😂😂😂 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_.... Joanna Lumley was born in India.

Oh wow! How cool are these!

My eating habits over the last few days have been like constantly putting your phone onto charge even though it's still at 98% battery life.

As a person who dislikes Big Brother there’s some great tips here.

Christmas can be a difficult time for so many 🥲 @privacymatters.bsky.social

Encryption isn't hostile. It's a bedrock of our cybersecurity 🔐 The UK's national security laws join a long line of attempts to frame encrypted messaging as something to be broken into pieces. Without it, we're more open to threats from hackers and criminals. www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...

This has popped up on my feed again so your occasional reminder that, if your business cannot turn a profit when acting within the law, you don’t have a legitimate business

A Reform Christmas nativity crib....

Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.

🔴Nigel Farage’s Russian Influence Advent Calendar Byline Times has compiled a festive offering of the prize moments when the Reform leader has gifted the political agenda to Vladimir Putin and Russia bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...

New Gist: Waving the Ban Hammer Patrick O'Donovan has proposed a National ID system, a Meta-endorsed regulation model and a mass surveillance machine, all in one. It's government by Dunning-Kruger. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...

So today I found out that my TED talk ‘This is What a Digital Coup Looks Like’ was TED’s most watched talk of the year. It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...

So Spotify calculated my listening age, and suddenly I am not worried about how these platforms are using our data to create profiles about us 😂😂😂. Because i listen to everything from The Jam to CMAT. I must have confused their algorithm so much!

A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has passed 100,000 signatures | East Anglia Bylines

The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.

Can we get this flipping petition to 100,000?? We really need to know how Russia has fucked up our country and who enabled it ( farage? Just asking the question)

Kinnock voice - "I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. You start with far-fetched resolutions....and you end up in the grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a *Labour* government, rejecting visas for homeless 8 yr olds trying to joing their parents"

I wonder how many of the anti-Carney Canadians are based in the US and ruzzia.

X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based. Here’s an “influencer from Texas”

We need to drop this idea that exposing Farage as a nasty bloke is cutting much ice. We know this. His followers know it. Much better to relentlessly attack the deep and lasting harm he has done to the nation by securing hard Brexit. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Isn’t she adorable! In her little karma coat - rescue, don’t buy pets. There is a special kind of love that comes with a rescue pet. ❤️❤️❤️

I've signed... have you?

The Times has just produced the evidence, 10 years too late, that 150 000 Russian Twitter accounts were actively spreading Russian propaganda to support Putin's Brexit during the Brexit referendum. Vote Leave and the Leave campaign heavily tied to Russian money. Russian influence all over Brexit.

Catherine Connolly is absolutely everywhere (now greeting both rugby teams before kick off) and I am absolutely LOVING her.♥️

So our new little girl is now integrated into our family and it’s very sweet to see ❤️

Can you see the problem 🤷🏻‍♂️ Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻‍♂️ 31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts 102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons 38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries On average people spend £400pa on hair GPs receive £169pa per patient

Government’s last chance to keep control of digital Digital sovereignty isn’t optional anymore. We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data By Philip O'Brien @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Kemi Badenoch has never seen this level of irresponsibility in a government in the run up to a budget 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Kemi Badenoch on the BBC claiming she has never seen this level of chaos in government 🤦‍♀️😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Meant to attach this / hence the reference to the shires

So the chap off top gear died, I am sure he was very nice & everything. But “he loved cars so much he called his 2 girls Mercedes & Mini”… I just know I wouldn’t have been called Mercedes… & I love Minis. 🤦‍♀️

Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this. At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years

LOVING Catherine Connolly ❤️❤️❤️ our new president in Ireland. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Four @ledbydonkeys.org activists arrested over the projection of a nine-minute documentary detailing Trump's links with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein onto Windsor Castle during Trump's state visit have not been charged

The Tories can shout at me all they like, but the truth is their Brexit deal it is hurting our country and Labour won’t do anything about it. Today I urged the Prime Minister to actually fix it.

The new edition of @bylinetimes.bsky.social goes to the printers tomorrow. And we go where others fear to tread… Subscribe by tonight and you’ll get it delivered to your door subscribe.bylinetimes.com/editions/

Well worth reading on the UK #OnlineSafetyAct and 4Chan

That New York Times story lots of people are sharing today about Farage's ties to US anti-abortion groups was first reported by @mc00.bsky.social on Byline Times a year ago bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...

I ❤️ Viz

Can't resist. How do you approach an angry Reform UK leader in Wales? Caerphilly! bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...” apnews.com/article/pope...

NEW: We need to talk about Russia. So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage. My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

Lots of flag-botherers over on Facebook now suddenly demanding the council step in to take these down www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Asking people to pay for goods would kill the shoplifting industry ...

Big piece in POLITICO asking about the independence of Ireland's process of appointing people to its Data Protection Commission. There is deep unease in Brussels about Ireland appointing a former Meta lobbyist as Meta's watchdog. Now questions about who was involved. www.politico.eu/article/big-...

"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch. Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?