I don't really have that much of an objection to ID cards tbh. We already have enough different ways to identify us already in this country... government gateways, NI numbers, NHS numbers, etc etc... wouldn't be terrible tying everything together.

Everything Farage does - claiming migrants eat pets, bigging up dangerous AntiVaxxers, the data-grabbing DOGE - is a tribute act to Trump, just as the US proves it doesn't work. It's like a bad Elvis impersonator busking on a Clacton seafront

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

Hello companies - if YOU ring ME, you should NOT be asking me for personal details to "go through security". This is an awful practice just training people to give away their details to anyone who asks and needs to stop.

Honest reporting at last

This is tomorrow morning! Hope to see you all there, bright eyed and bushy tailed :) 7:30am in the CGI Nottingham offices

So we're putting in a mass digital id database immediately before a potential Reform government that will use it to deport and brutalise millions of people? Your local supermarket refusing to let you buy food without your id card in 2030 cos right to work checks morphed into right to eat checks.

Remember - we are back this week on Wednesday! Please come along and join us for breakfast, and hear Oli tell us all about gRPC And The Holy Grail

welcome to The Resistance, *checks notes* *sighs* *weeps gently* ...michael eisner

This may seem cute but if you do this too much the cyclists may become reliant on cars feeding them, disrupting the delicate roadway ecosystem

A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.

"Doesn't sound like he needs any more practise."

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How do we fix this mess?

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Today I went to a bit of The Netherlands which is inside a bit of Belgium which is inside The Netherlands. Fun all round!

My mum and niece are off to see @taskmaster.tv tomorrow and my niece is very very excited!

“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind

NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before. Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.

New iPhone "air" is still thicker than my phone then. It's a chunky boy!

Could we please stop pretending that the flags being hung from streetlamps or painted on roundabouts are innocent expressions of patriotic pride? This is the far right marking out its territory. It uses these flags to intimidate its traditional victims and opponents. 🧵1/3

British NIMBYism is truly a sight to behold. “We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.

this is called "doing a streeting" which is to position yourself firmly on the wrong side of an issue for no reason and to no one's benefit

They’re selling our country to US corporate tech bosses without our consent or even letting us see the deal - it’s FUCKED UP.

"Workers can be sure to feel at home with us." @zackpolanski.bsky.social on the Green Party's commitment to workers ahead of speaking on a panel event @tuc.org.uk conference today.

Sad news Red Dwarf fans, and if you read a bit further, comedy fans in general. UKTV no longer commissioning any scripted comedy.

This is a huge story. Don't let him get away with it. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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The most important news from today's reshuffle:

Farage knew for a week that his Notts Council leader banned engagement with local journalists. When grilled by a US congressman, he deflected and dismissed, only later giving in. Reform is a threat to our free press, a cornerstone of our democracy.

Graham Linehan once took issue with a sketch I did and tweeted about me referring to me not by name but only as to who my boyfriend was and called me an NPC ( non player character.) It was misogynistic and his “standing up for women” schtick is baloney.

Nottingham: tap water capital of the UK.

It's astonishing how in 2007, 24% of British adults smoked. Today it's 12% Just an astonishing public health success

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Nigel Farage and Reform are, quite simply, British MAGA.

When I was announced as the lead in a Doctor Who spinoff in 2023 Graham Linehan tweeted about me for TWO DAYS, tagging the BBC and others to say that I am pro-child abuse and they shouldn't work with me.

hey remember that time starmer personally intervened to have a man prosecuted for making a joke on twitter about an airport

Oh look, Labour has spent months targeting the wrong voters.

Oh. yeah. We should definitely vote in this demigod to run the country. 😂

Is it "the planet"? Cruises are fucking terrible for the enivornment and you should not go on them. metro.co.uk/2025/09/02/w...

You don’t say.

Cory Doctorow explains how (I'm paraphrasing) "The internet became 5 giant websites filled with pictures of the other 4" How Enshittification Conquered the 21st Century, and How We Can Overthrow It www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ai-...

This is making some good points.

Jo Cox was murdered by a man with a house full of neo-Nazi agitprop and this was then retconned into a vague narrative about social media abuse

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No10 spokesman not prepared to criticise anything about Farage speech today. Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.

Just spitballing here, but maybe postpone the idea of giving humans rights to AI until we’ve managed to give human rights to humans.

It might not look like it, but translation is often a safety-critical industry. Problem is, you can't tell where the danger is unless you're an expert, and AI is stripping expertise out at a rate of knots.

"Are asylum seekers the biggest political issue in Britain?" Asks radio 4. "We interview man who is determined to make it the biggest issue in Britain. And make it a headline every morning until it definitely is"

How can it make sense to raise taxes or cut spending, both of which remove money from circulation, when you want to 'grow the economy'? And I ask that question of anyone who adheres to the mainstream 'orthodoxy' of how fiat money works.