George Potter 🔶
@georgepotter.bsky.social
Liberal Democrat politician. Local councillor in Guildford. Working in software engineering. My views are my own and aren't on behalf on anyone else.
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George Potter 🔶
@georgepotter.bsky.social
· Aug 27
Eli Port, 29, has been ostracised for being against all the “isms” equally, and not just whichever ones happen to serve them personally in that moment.
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Gonna need to pin this to my profile.
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"She said the officer had abused her multiple times as a child and shared her with other “important men” at a hotel in Park Lane in central London. LBC understands the other men included an MP and a judge."
December 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"She said the officer had abused her multiple times as a child and shared her with other “important men” at a hotel in Park Lane in central London. LBC understands the other men included an MP and a judge."
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Think it's quite clear now that the reason for the police turning a blind eye to grooming gangs wasn't "political correctness" after all...
Met ‘brushed under the carpet’ claims officer ran grooming gang that sexually abused girls in care
www.lbc.co.uk/article/met-...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/met-...
LBC investigation finds Metropolitan Police 'brushed under the carpet' claims that officer ran a grooming gang | LBC
Gang said to have included judge and MP
www.lbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Think it's quite clear now that the reason for the police turning a blind eye to grooming gangs wasn't "political correctness" after all...
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NEW: I wrote about *very destructive* hail.
"Roofs, even sturdy metal ones, were left pockmarked and perforated after 3-inch balls of ice fell from the sky. 'It was nuts,' he recalls. There were baseball-sized holes in the lawn, even. 'I’d never seen that before.'"
www.wired.com/story/it-was...
"Roofs, even sturdy metal ones, were left pockmarked and perforated after 3-inch balls of ice fell from the sky. 'It was nuts,' he recalls. There were baseball-sized holes in the lawn, even. 'I’d never seen that before.'"
www.wired.com/story/it-was...
‘It Was Nuts’: The Extreme Tests that Show Why Hail Is a Multibillion-Dollar Problem
The costs of a hail damage have ballooned over the past two decades, prompting researchers to resort to extreme measures to understand how these storms destroy buildings.
www.wired.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
NEW: I wrote about *very destructive* hail.
"Roofs, even sturdy metal ones, were left pockmarked and perforated after 3-inch balls of ice fell from the sky. 'It was nuts,' he recalls. There were baseball-sized holes in the lawn, even. 'I’d never seen that before.'"
www.wired.com/story/it-was...
"Roofs, even sturdy metal ones, were left pockmarked and perforated after 3-inch balls of ice fell from the sky. 'It was nuts,' he recalls. There were baseball-sized holes in the lawn, even. 'I’d never seen that before.'"
www.wired.com/story/it-was...
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also just in general maybe dunking on people for being virgins is something most of us should have left behind in high school.
Like... why is it a good thing to have had sex? why is it a bad thing to not have had sex? and do these norms have any negative effects we should be concerned about? (yes)
Like... why is it a good thing to have had sex? why is it a bad thing to not have had sex? and do these norms have any negative effects we should be concerned about? (yes)
December 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
also just in general maybe dunking on people for being virgins is something most of us should have left behind in high school.
Like... why is it a good thing to have had sex? why is it a bad thing to not have had sex? and do these norms have any negative effects we should be concerned about? (yes)
Like... why is it a good thing to have had sex? why is it a bad thing to not have had sex? and do these norms have any negative effects we should be concerned about? (yes)
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just as an FYI u are not going to beat a bigot loser or fascist troll by trying to dunk on them for being a virgin, for example.
If you're acknowledging their existence at all you've basically already lost because the whole game for them is to get noticed and hold your attention.
The whole game.
If you're acknowledging their existence at all you've basically already lost because the whole game for them is to get noticed and hold your attention.
The whole game.
December 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
just as an FYI u are not going to beat a bigot loser or fascist troll by trying to dunk on them for being a virgin, for example.
If you're acknowledging their existence at all you've basically already lost because the whole game for them is to get noticed and hold your attention.
The whole game.
If you're acknowledging their existence at all you've basically already lost because the whole game for them is to get noticed and hold your attention.
The whole game.
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for too long, the left wing in this nation has put forward only candidates who represent the "young and cool" or "curmudgeonly" identity groups
finally, lame middle-aged left-wing parents have a candidate we can see ourselves in
finally, lame middle-aged left-wing parents have a candidate we can see ourselves in
I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
December 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
for too long, the left wing in this nation has put forward only candidates who represent the "young and cool" or "curmudgeonly" identity groups
finally, lame middle-aged left-wing parents have a candidate we can see ourselves in
finally, lame middle-aged left-wing parents have a candidate we can see ourselves in
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So annoying that companies that promote GenAI and LLMs called it AI and didn’t differentiate it from the advanced machine learning algorithms and tools that enable so many great things that are also AI but actually solving a problem, and good.
December 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
So annoying that companies that promote GenAI and LLMs called it AI and didn’t differentiate it from the advanced machine learning algorithms and tools that enable so many great things that are also AI but actually solving a problem, and good.
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a few years ago british politicians and columnists started abusing the term 'safeguarding' whenever they wanted to push bigoted or draconian policies.
now it basically has no meaning.
now it basically has no meaning.
Sensible safeguarding
December 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
a few years ago british politicians and columnists started abusing the term 'safeguarding' whenever they wanted to push bigoted or draconian policies.
now it basically has no meaning.
now it basically has no meaning.
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2. This doesn't mean the IA process doesn't work! Quite the opposite. It has forced the government to be transparent about the fact that its anti-immigration agenda means higher taxes/worse public services *according to its own analysis*.
That's why they tried to avoid publishing this.
That's why they tried to avoid publishing this.
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
2. This doesn't mean the IA process doesn't work! Quite the opposite. It has forced the government to be transparent about the fact that its anti-immigration agenda means higher taxes/worse public services *according to its own analysis*.
That's why they tried to avoid publishing this.
That's why they tried to avoid publishing this.
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A couple of explanatory points.
1. This does not mean the policy is illegal! The Equality Act does not stop govt doing things that hurt people with protected characteristics. It just requires them to justify that by reference to other policy objectives -here reducing net migration.
1. This does not mean the policy is illegal! The Equality Act does not stop govt doing things that hurt people with protected characteristics. It just requires them to justify that by reference to other policy objectives -here reducing net migration.
December 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A couple of explanatory points.
1. This does not mean the policy is illegal! The Equality Act does not stop govt doing things that hurt people with protected characteristics. It just requires them to justify that by reference to other policy objectives -here reducing net migration.
1. This does not mean the policy is illegal! The Equality Act does not stop govt doing things that hurt people with protected characteristics. It just requires them to justify that by reference to other policy objectives -here reducing net migration.
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Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
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The Spectator’s cocaine cannot possibly be so good as to outweigh how evil they are, even under an entirely debauched bacchanalia calculus, for so many London elites to attend that garden party. That’s simply impossible.
December 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The Spectator’s cocaine cannot possibly be so good as to outweigh how evil they are, even under an entirely debauched bacchanalia calculus, for so many London elites to attend that garden party. That’s simply impossible.
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The Spectator has done everything in its power to harm Jews, Muslims, Black and brown people and defend its fascists friends from criticism—it’s a perpetual hate machine. Therefore, naturally, every year the London elite attend its summer garden party to be photographed and do cocaine
December 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The Spectator has done everything in its power to harm Jews, Muslims, Black and brown people and defend its fascists friends from criticism—it’s a perpetual hate machine. Therefore, naturally, every year the London elite attend its summer garden party to be photographed and do cocaine
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The Spectator has never been profitable, it cannot stop losing money. If a system is what it does, the Spectator cannot be understood to function as a profit-generating company; its function is to spread gutter fascist propaganda amongst its lay readership and politicians, money is no object
December 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The Spectator has never been profitable, it cannot stop losing money. If a system is what it does, the Spectator cannot be understood to function as a profit-generating company; its function is to spread gutter fascist propaganda amongst its lay readership and politicians, money is no object
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Happily for me I already had no intention of visiting the US at least until Trump is gone (thankfully no longer married to a USian so not obliged to). Unhappily, as shit like this *never* gets reversed, only ratcheted up, I suspect this means I will never be able to travel there again.
U.S. plans to ask visitors to disclose 5 years of social media history www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
U.S. plans to ask visitors to disclose 5 years of social media history
The proposal would affect travelers from countries on the visa waiver program, including Australia, Britain, France, Germany, Israel, Japan and South Korea.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Happily for me I already had no intention of visiting the US at least until Trump is gone (thankfully no longer married to a USian so not obliged to). Unhappily, as shit like this *never* gets reversed, only ratcheted up, I suspect this means I will never be able to travel there again.
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Never forget, car dependency isn’t freedom.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
December 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Never forget, car dependency isn’t freedom.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
Some might ask “what’s more free than cars?”
Choices.
Choices are more free than car dependency.
It’s not a hard concept.
I’m not pitting cars against any other single mode of transport.
I’m rejecting design that creates dependency on just one mode.
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Appreciate that for some this may be arguing apples and oranges, but, while the coverage of the COVID fraud is absolutely understandable, it is rather mind-blowing that this government is prepared to sacrifice a similar amount, as well as destroying numerous lives, to further attack migrants.
December 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Appreciate that for some this may be arguing apples and oranges, but, while the coverage of the COVID fraud is absolutely understandable, it is rather mind-blowing that this government is prepared to sacrifice a similar amount, as well as destroying numerous lives, to further attack migrants.
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it even comes with its own oath
December 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
it even comes with its own oath
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both the best Discworld book and the one most appropriate to public office
December 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
both the best Discworld book and the one most appropriate to public office
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Remember when Helen Joyce was called out as "not an expert" by Australian courts - Now Maya Forstater has been told the same in the Peggie judgment! 👏👏👏
The judgement states outright that the evidence submitted by her & Sex Matters was “not skilled evidence.”
This is the Tribunal’s exact wording!
The judgement states outright that the evidence submitted by her & Sex Matters was “not skilled evidence.”
This is the Tribunal’s exact wording!
December 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Remember when Helen Joyce was called out as "not an expert" by Australian courts - Now Maya Forstater has been told the same in the Peggie judgment! 👏👏👏
The judgement states outright that the evidence submitted by her & Sex Matters was “not skilled evidence.”
This is the Tribunal’s exact wording!
The judgement states outright that the evidence submitted by her & Sex Matters was “not skilled evidence.”
This is the Tribunal’s exact wording!
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The Tribunal’s findings on Sex Matters and Forstater are crystal clear:
• Not skilled evidence
• Not expert
• Not impartial
• Not reliable
• Polemic rather than evidence
• Material that could not support findings of fact
So why are UK news media & politicians listening to them!!??
• Not skilled evidence
• Not expert
• Not impartial
• Not reliable
• Polemic rather than evidence
• Material that could not support findings of fact
So why are UK news media & politicians listening to them!!??
December 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The Tribunal’s findings on Sex Matters and Forstater are crystal clear:
• Not skilled evidence
• Not expert
• Not impartial
• Not reliable
• Polemic rather than evidence
• Material that could not support findings of fact
So why are UK news media & politicians listening to them!!??
• Not skilled evidence
• Not expert
• Not impartial
• Not reliable
• Polemic rather than evidence
• Material that could not support findings of fact
So why are UK news media & politicians listening to them!!??
Some people say it makes no difference who you vote for. But things like this show that that simply isn't true.
Who you vote for makes a huge difference to the lives of thousands of people you'll never meet, and that applies at every level of government.
Who you vote for makes a huge difference to the lives of thousands of people you'll never meet, and that applies at every level of government.
🏘 Lib Dem Windsor & Maidenhead has invested £1.8m in its first home for young people, dramatically cutting reliance on costly external placements:
Creating a haven home for children
Lib Dem Windsor & Maidenhead has invested £1.8m in its first home for young people, dramatically cutting reliance on costly external placements.
www.local.gov.uk
December 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Some people say it makes no difference who you vote for. But things like this show that that simply isn't true.
Who you vote for makes a huge difference to the lives of thousands of people you'll never meet, and that applies at every level of government.
Who you vote for makes a huge difference to the lives of thousands of people you'll never meet, and that applies at every level of government.
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🏘 Lib Dem Windsor & Maidenhead has invested £1.8m in its first home for young people, dramatically cutting reliance on costly external placements:
Creating a haven home for children
Lib Dem Windsor & Maidenhead has invested £1.8m in its first home for young people, dramatically cutting reliance on costly external placements.
www.local.gov.uk
December 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
🏘 Lib Dem Windsor & Maidenhead has invested £1.8m in its first home for young people, dramatically cutting reliance on costly external placements:
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Never forget the Hozier is a real one
December 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Never forget the Hozier is a real one
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Discworld QOTD, from Soul Music
"‘mumblemumblemumble,’ said the Dean defiantly, a rebel without a pause."
"‘mumblemumblemumble,’ said the Dean defiantly, a rebel without a pause."
Discworld QOTD, from Pyramids
"He envied his fellow students who believed in gods that were intangible and lived a long way away on top of some mountain. A fellow could really believe in gods like that. But it was extremely hard to believe in a god when you saw him at breakfast every day."
"He envied his fellow students who believed in gods that were intangible and lived a long way away on top of some mountain. A fellow could really believe in gods like that. But it was extremely hard to believe in a god when you saw him at breakfast every day."
Discworld QOTD, from A Hat Full of Sky
“I am no’ deid! I’m trying to have a moment o’ existential dreed here, right? Crivens, it’s a puir lookout if a man cannae feel the chilly winds o’ Fate lashing aroound his nethers wi’out folks telling him he’s deid, eh?”
“I am no’ deid! I’m trying to have a moment o’ existential dreed here, right? Crivens, it’s a puir lookout if a man cannae feel the chilly winds o’ Fate lashing aroound his nethers wi’out folks telling him he’s deid, eh?”
December 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Soul Music
"‘mumblemumblemumble,’ said the Dean defiantly, a rebel without a pause."
"‘mumblemumblemumble,’ said the Dean defiantly, a rebel without a pause."