A string of random words is easier to crack than completely random characters. #bbcPM

One of the good things about our UK democracy is anyone can stand in elections. The downside is anyone can stand in elections. #UKelections

Drone delivery will be great for all those neatly maintained flower beds. 😉 #bbcPM #bbcWATO

But... Darlington isn't even remotely remote. #bbcWATO

Nationally I vote Labour, but my council is Liberal Democrat run and they've been doing a great job for many years. I have no reason to think they won't continue to do so. #UKelections

Fascinating shift in the energy markets. America is producing so much natural gas that they encounter negative gas pricing. Meanwhile Europe needs more gas.

Canada chooses Europe.

The new jobs won't outpace the displacement. The impact isn't that hard to understand. You don't need as many graduate workers when AI powered workflow can reduce the need to hire more human FTEs. #r4today

It's hardly surprising that people still vote along the left/right split, it's rare for a hard left socialist to flip to hard right conservatism. If multi-party politics becomes the new normal, not a bad thing necessarily, it means more coalition governments. And no real need for PR.

Bit of an overreaction. On most people's computers their browser cache will be double or more that. This small model makes it possible to have things like summarization and translation done locally, which creates a better experience without the lag of sending/receiving data to a data center. 1/2

Evan just did Korg's line from Thor Love & Thunder, in reverse. 😄 "Jane Foster...Jane Fonda" @evanhd.bsky.social #bbcPM

We have a culture in the UK of adults not talking about what they earn. It's almost a taboo. And it's reinforced by businesses with policies of employees not discussing pay with each other. Other countries are not like this. @felicityhannah.bsky.social #bbcMoneyBox

Excellent, and about time. More scientists and engineers in government. We should have done this decades ago. #UKpolitics

The media are bored with Keir Starmer because Starmer government has been getting on with delivering. And that's just boring for the media class. In the age of clicks, the media need constant turmoil and crisis.

Change the T&Cs on the airline ticket so that if a flight has to be diverted due to drunks, then the guilty people have to pay the fuel costs. Remind passengers of this as part of the safety procedure. #bbcWATO

Some UK farms use it mainly for two reasons, to kill weeds, and to speed up drying some crops. So, it would seem, it's purely a cost challenge; labor and time.

Core to the "America First". Project 2025 isn't going to spell it out, they're not going to say it out loud, but America First does at it's core mean 'screw everyone else'.

I wonder if it's now time that we have TV debates for the party leaders for local government elections. #r4today

What are Lewisham or Croydon councils going to do for Palestine? Collect their bins? Repair their potholes? #r4today

Councils don't get to decide UK foreign policy and yet some Green candidates have been making it about foreign policy (Croydon candidate). #r4today

Polanski’s cuddly Green Party latest. Choose hope, not hate. Vote Labour on Thursday 7 May.

UK PM getting on with the job. Won't hear about much this in the media because it's not sensational.

Sopes and @maitlis.bsky.social are getting it wrong. He could have answered, but it makes for better TV to not answer it (floods the zone). It's not that he fears Trump. Trump's already said he won't try for a third term, and that he only keeps it ambiguous because he likes toying with the media.

Is it conscious? Even a child would instinctively not get this wrong. #bbcPM

While we're not issuing 30 year gilts, the 10 year yield is still pretty high at over 5%. #bbcPM

If this is a Green Party leaflet, then the barchart (with the Labour bar slightly higher) is probably deliberate. Makes people who aren't reading the figures think they Greens could lose and so might encourage a greater turnout.

Psychotic.

"I can't get housekeeping here" Because you keep deporting the very people who're willing to do that work.

France says it will retaliate against US if the US threatens French industries. Of the Europeans, French and the Spanish are definitely leading on the tough stance and talk. The Germans need to hold their ground, and not go weak at the knees.

Indeed. Headlines may read "funding safety for community XYZ" but it all ultimately protects everyone community.

When the Trump administration is gone and it's safe to travel to America again, there are two museums I want to visit in the US, this one and George Lucas's museum in LA.

Fascinating, birth twins who have genetically different fathers. An incredibly rare thing.

Except, Reform UK voters might argue they are tired of playing by the rules and their lives aren't improving. That's what all the main parties need to understand. #r4today

So, Kemi Badenoch is okay with normalization of Tommy Robinson's hate marches. #r4today

You would think the party of NIMBYs would know about NIMBYism. Zia Yusef forgets one thing, the non Reform UK councils could just deny planning permission.

Exactly what a senior would say. 😄

US-Israel war on Iran has cost $25bn, so far. The Israelis started this, tricking the Americans into believing it would be quick. Now the Americans have to spend billion$ more to fix it. And, it's American tax payers who are having to bear the cost, in more ways than one. #USpolitics

Meta's FY26Q1 revenue, $56 BEEEEELION. This is just a cost of doing business to Meta. They need to be hit harder.

Finally finished season one of Pluribus. Fantastic show. I love slow burn dramas. What an ending. "What's in the box?" "Atom bomb"

China didn't pay the tariffs, American businesses did. Well, their customers did, so really the consumers paid the tariffs. But, businesses are the ones claiming the refund which is funded by consumers paying taxes. So, businesses will pass the refund on to consumers won't they...? Won't they...?

Hmm. Has the stink of protectionism.

I wonder if the US may have to go through a Hungarian moment. In Hungary, Orban was finally ousted by a centrist (center right).

Will the US call Iran bluff? If the Americans go for it and the Iranians strike back, it's going to be all out war.

Imagine if you saw this image without any context. 😄

Interesting read. Personally I'm still very positive about tech sector. CEOs will, of course, always bend the knee to whoever is in power, but on balance, products and services will only benefit the world. 1/2

Interesting article, especially given now tools generate porn have been democratized. ”𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛’𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑥𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒, 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒” - Clare McGlynn, author 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝑾𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑩𝒂𝒄𝒌

The Green Party's antisemitism and sectarianism problem.

Dodgy people in small boats.

Protest marches should not be banned, but Zack Polanski is wrong if he thinks there isn't some element of extremism abusing the otherwise peaceful marches. #bbcBH