A fine thread opposing ID cards. I too am against this sort of thing.

Liberal Democrats cannot support mandatory digital IDs. People shouldn't be criminalised just because they don't want to hand over their private data.

The annoying thing here is that the Lib Dems talk policy quite a lot and get ignored by the media, which is what Davey's stunts were a response to in the first place. I don't think he's addicted to stunts. I'm sure he'd love it if his policies got covered www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

It's Reform's stated ambition to copy the Lib Dems' election strategies, both locally and nationally. But if you look at the candidate training listed for the upcoming Lib Dem conference, you realise *just how seriously and in detail* the Lib Dems take all of this. Doesn't happen overnight.

The worst of all possible proposals.

Alrewas & Fradley- Lichfield District Council Con HOLD 🔵 CON- 690- 42%- -1.2% ➡️ RFM- 439- 27%- New 🔴 LAB- 314- 19%- -18% 🔶 LD- 185- 11%- -7.8% Thank you to Morag Maclean for flying the LD flag

I need a keyboard shortcut that types “I am sorry for the length of time it has taken me to reply”

COYS

Two weeks!

Relevant to those of us in Staffs:

Colin Greatorex wins Lichfield City South at the county council for the Conservatives Martyn Baylay (Reform) - 1002 Jamie Christie (Liberal Democrats) - 587 Colin Greatorex (Conservatives) - 1109 Jessica Kelly (Green) 255 Jacob Marshall (Labour) 862

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

Rogues’ gallery lichfieldlive.co.uk/2025/03/14/l...

Keen to explain to my students the difference between bending and torsion, I picked up the first cylindrical object I could see and snapped my pen in two.

Calling Zelensky a “Dictator” must be where the line is drawn. It is my sincere hope that the whole political spectrum in the United Kingdom will speak with one voice in opposition to Trump’s lies.

Signed

Really looking forward to the events from the Lichfield Discovered group lichfieldlive.co.uk/2025/01/28/g...

A terrible sign of how the rule of law is buckling in the US. Countries that have to pre-emptively pardon people against incoming authoritarians are pretty fragile democracies. edition.cnn.com/2025/01/20/p...

Superb exhibition at Manchester Science & Industry Museum - 100 consoles of computer games through the ages in one room for everyone to play. No more than a quarter used at any one time. £8 entry, well worth it.

My family are originally from Altnaharra, down to -18.9C last night www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

“This is how you end up with an unexamined life - the exact thing the younger version of you promised herself would never happen… It's because of the clutter.”

Boxing Day walk.

The Museum of Cannock Chase is on the site of the Valley Colliery and mine training centre. It’s the last pit head on the Cannock Chase coalfield and you can still find remains like this in the woods. Tonight, the council are voting to permanently closing the museum. There’s no plan for the site.

Finished “Karla’s Choice” and really think there would be mileage in a “young Smiley” TV series

In order to fill a Sunday afternoon without going on screens, we have let the children independently make a cake in the kitchen and it might be the most stressed I have ever been.

Lichfield’s Beacon Park named as one of the top parks in the country

Universities in crisis again. I don’t understand the point about not competing with nearby universities by teaching the same courses - how many students actually choose between the same course at two nearby unis? Most choice is done by entry tariff I guess. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Can’t get into my office as the lino outside is being relaid, so today I am just haunting random places around campus.