Jenrick now proposing sacking judges he doesn't like. I can just about remember when Conservatives cared about things like the rule of law.

This whole obsession with "too many people going to uni" is such a classic example of the parochialism of UK policymaking. No one bothers to ask why the % here is lower than in most other developed countries or whether that might be relevant.

Interesting to see the leader of East Hants DC is trying to curry favour for the bizarre reorganisation plans put forward jointly by his council and Hampshire CC. An authority that includes Southampton and Andover is not local in any sense of the word. Arrogant and ridiculous! #lgr

Didn't take long. Age verification puts users of lawful services at risk.

I mean, quite literally fascism on display here

On reports the Home Secretary plans to grant police more powers to prevent ‘repeated protests’, Greenpeace UK: “Protest works because it is repetitive. If police had told the Suffragettes or civil rights activists ‘you’ve made your point,’ they would never have won the victories we all enjoy today"

"I see gangs of masked thugs roaming the streets rounding up anyone the wrong colour, and I think: *this* is what Britain needs."

What an admirably clear statement from the Jewish Leadership Council, especially when all of those involved must surely have been dealing with so many other urgent challenges in safety, security and grief + shock today before having this further divisive and distracting intervention to address too.

He went in the garden while Alex was mowing and now he has green paws 💚

On reports the Tories will back leaving the ECHR, Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey: “Kemi Badenoch has chosen to back Nigel Farage and join Vladimir Putin by leaving the European Convention on Human Rights – a proud British creation championed by Churchill that protects everyone's rights and freedoms."

The rule of law also places “significant constraints” on the government or is supposed to…

“…detailed legal review led by shadow attorney general Lord Wolfson of Tredegar concluded that the ECHR placed "significant constraints" on the government.” >>> Well, duh, what do they think a human rights instrument is meant to do? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cant even have men Archbishops any more Because of Woking

coming over here and not even doing crimes like proper English people www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I am old enough to remember when everyone online thought copyright was terrible and the future was setting all the content free just to spite the RIAA and MPAA.

The University uses puppet to configure our servers. We are not allowed to turn it off. Sadly, I think this is the puppet they are using:

Today I am selflessly giving unsolicited feedback to people 👀 Here are some things that maybe you also need to hear: - That information could probably have just been a document instead of another multi-page Sharepoint site - Your six page Microsoft Form is painful for everybody

So... you can pay your taxes and abide by the laws like all British nationals but unless you're doing something EXTRA (undefined) that those British nationals prob aren't doing and aren't expected to do, you can't stay? Nice loophole in human rights law she's found there. What a fascist asshole.

Today is the European Day of Languages. And this year, we mark 25 years of celebrating multilingualism in our Union. 🥳 Languages open doors. They help us connect, explore cultures, make lifelong friends, and journey further. We remain stronger, united in our diversity. europa.eu/!6FkntW

The fact that they have to make their "really useful" digital ID mandatory should tell you everything you need to know about it. Shove it up your arse, Mr Starmer.

Remember folks, compulsory ID cards mean that you’ve *committed a crime* by leaving your house without one, and it will be at the whim of a future government what the penalty for that is.

I think one of Starmer's problems on patriotism is that he's not very joyful. Patriotric pride for him translates into rule-bound authoritarianism, rather than celebration and street parties. We'll all get a govt-issued clipboard and a tally machine.

I‘m instinctively suspicious of ID cards, especially if backed-up by a giant government database. But, if it‘s called ‘Brit Card‘ & it‘s justified on anti-immigration grounds then I go from suspicious to implacably against.

Labour: vote for us or you'll get RefUK! RefUK are ahead in the polls! WE MIGHT END UP WITH A REFUK GOVERNMENT NEXT TIME!! BEWARE!!! Also Labour: let's make a handy database of brown, black and queer people for when RefUK get in and want to persecute them!

We, the Liberal Democrats only official women's group, wholeheartedly stand by the amazing Woman that Cllr Chris Northwood is. She is an inspiration to many within the party with her dedication to the party and her constituents. She is a very deserving winner.

Why does nobody ever mention the dongs on these lion statues? Like, these are probably the largest phallus sculptures in the city, but silence. Smh.

Quite. Data centres have few jobs inside them while a _general_ rule of thumb would be that nowadays most data centres are near the users of the software, rather than the developers of the software Sure, there can be benefits to users from that proximity/software but direct jobs/money is elsewhere

And the gas is gone!

"Limit children's doomscrolling to two hours," say Lib Dems, while their grandparents spend six hours a day on social media spreading racist bile and AI slop. But they're untouchable, because they're ~pensioners~.

i have canceled my HULU and DISNEY subscription and hope you consider this too. NOT TO WORRY there is plenty to watch on TINGLE TV

Glad to see Lib Dem conference has drop-kicked the TERF motion right into the bin.

My spicy networking opinion is that ipv6 would have been a lot more successful if they'd just made the addresses longer and left everything else about ipv4 alone. Also NAT is a firewall. And I will not be taking questions at this time.

Liz Jarvis MC is currently rocking lib dem disco @lizjarvis.bsky.social

"fascism is a temper tantrum disguised as an ideology" = well, that's the internet won for the day; logging off, ttyt

think if you're broadly a centrist and were suuuuuper concerned about attacks on free speech from the left and so you decided to give the right a hearing then you need to realise you were taken for QUITE the ride (and don't really have anyone to blame but yourself)

Mini-scoop: After resisting pressure to strip Elon Musk of his fellowship for months, the Royal Society is meeting on 1 October to discuss his removal – following his decision to address Tommy Robinson's far-right rally on Saturday. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-r...

"the hard data suggests that the largest of the UK’s very real problems are no more being caused by mass immigration than they are by a group of charity fundraisers rowing past Great Yarmouth" on.ft.com/3IsyVVu @timharford.ft.com with his facts and reasonableness

At least they made him fly to Stansted.

Oh wait, has Keith preemptively tanked his approval rating on purpose to stop the Donald realising how much everyone in the UK hates him?

Lib Dem leader Davey: “The Government needs to block any future contracts with Tesla, and block Musk from being granted a license to supply energy to British homes “Ministers should make clear that if you are egging on violence on the streets of the UK, you are not someone we can do business with.”

Kruger is an authoritarian christofascist, so will fit in well with Reform's "freedom for straight white men and everyone else better do what we say" vibe.

Musk is everything the far right has claimed about Soros: a malevolent billionaire seeking to destroy self-determination around the world in favour of his own enrichment and deranged personal beliefs.

100,000 people attended Trans Pride in London. It didn't almost immediately descend into chaos with attendees launching projectiles at police in order to get to those counterprotesting to try and beat the seven shades out of them. Yet, this lot are treated as the "legitimate concerns" brigade.

That feeling of desperately wanting your elected government to loudly call out racism & far right violent extremists... And nothing. Labour so afraid to lose power, it has forgotten both how to use it & that with power comes responsibility. As America gets ever darker, too little light here.

Want to be clear that the predictable violence against the police wasn't the only problem with yesterday's march It's that 100,000 angry racists gathered in London for the biggest racist march in 50 years, and anyone not white had to steer clear The govt can't see that because they are inadequate.

Just a reminder that Starmer's accommodation of the radical right has not paid any electoral dividends to date. It's difficult to imagine circumstances in which it would...

The leadership of a large majority of the country against these ppl is lying on the floor waiting for someone to pick it up.