Phil Kohler 🔶
@leamingtonphil.bsky.social
Proud to be Lib Dem councillor for Leamington Lillington. Still furious about the stupidity called Brexit.
I don’t know the skillset of the CoS or their deputy, for example, but “Strategy, operations and Communications (5 people)” is tiddly.
December 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I don’t know the skillset of the CoS or their deputy, for example, but “Strategy, operations and Communications (5 people)” is tiddly.
It just leaps out at you - this single sentence encapsulates everything that went wrong, and implicates the leadership as being disinterested in the risks they were taking.
December 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It just leaps out at you - this single sentence encapsulates everything that went wrong, and implicates the leadership as being disinterested in the risks they were taking.
And the bad?
There is no mention of the word “policy” in the report. It seems the OBR had opted out of some of the Government’s IT environment, but there is no mention of what controls it had put around its own infrastructure.
There is no mention of the word “policy” in the report. It seems the OBR had opted out of some of the Government’s IT environment, but there is no mention of what controls it had put around its own infrastructure.
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
And the bad?
There is no mention of the word “policy” in the report. It seems the OBR had opted out of some of the Government’s IT environment, but there is no mention of what controls it had put around its own infrastructure.
There is no mention of the word “policy” in the report. It seems the OBR had opted out of some of the Government’s IT environment, but there is no mention of what controls it had put around its own infrastructure.
Two other thoughts - one good, one bad.
First the good. Paragraph 2.12 shows that they have thought to look back at a previous event - and it looks like they may have been lucky. This “vulnerability” could have been known about and exploited for years, but it seems probable that it is more recent.
First the good. Paragraph 2.12 shows that they have thought to look back at a previous event - and it looks like they may have been lucky. This “vulnerability” could have been known about and exploited for years, but it seems probable that it is more recent.
December 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Two other thoughts - one good, one bad.
First the good. Paragraph 2.12 shows that they have thought to look back at a previous event - and it looks like they may have been lucky. This “vulnerability” could have been known about and exploited for years, but it seems probable that it is more recent.
First the good. Paragraph 2.12 shows that they have thought to look back at a previous event - and it looks like they may have been lucky. This “vulnerability” could have been known about and exploited for years, but it seems probable that it is more recent.
Well this is fascinating in a car-crash, keep-you-awake-at-night and give-you-nightmares-for-weeks-afterwards kind of way.
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Well this is fascinating in a car-crash, keep-you-awake-at-night and give-you-nightmares-for-weeks-afterwards kind of way.
The opening paragraph is even sweeter.
November 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The opening paragraph is even sweeter.
Hmm. I think a legitimate question for Farage would be is Gill in line for a prisoner swap deal?
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Hmm. I think a legitimate question for Farage would be is Gill in line for a prisoner swap deal?
I was going to suggest that this sums them up quite well, but I think it may be overly generous.
(Plus I’ve always liked it as a cartoon for some reason.)
(Plus I’ve always liked it as a cartoon for some reason.)
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I was going to suggest that this sums them up quite well, but I think it may be overly generous.
(Plus I’ve always liked it as a cartoon for some reason.)
(Plus I’ve always liked it as a cartoon for some reason.)
Meanwhile, the only Tory MP in Warwickshire is working overtime to justify Tory policy.
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Meanwhile, the only Tory MP in Warwickshire is working overtime to justify Tory policy.
I see Philp’s Private Members bill is still due to be debated on Friday - on Hallowe’en appropriately enough. It will be interesting to see if they drop it, present a revised version or ?
October 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I see Philp’s Private Members bill is still due to be debated on Friday - on Hallowe’en appropriately enough. It will be interesting to see if they drop it, present a revised version or ?
Are the Tories going to support it? This was in our local paper from a supposedly moderate Tory MP a couple of weeks ago:
October 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Are the Tories going to support it? This was in our local paper from a supposedly moderate Tory MP a couple of weeks ago:
Here is a supposedly moderate Tory MP convincing himself that the party’s nutty policy to leave the ECHR is in fact a jolly good thing.
October 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Here is a supposedly moderate Tory MP convincing himself that the party’s nutty policy to leave the ECHR is in fact a jolly good thing.
Aunty Beeb doing AI
October 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Aunty Beeb doing AI
How the hell have we ended up in a place where this can be a headline?
September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
How the hell have we ended up in a place where this can be a headline?
Line of the night from Daisy Cooper MP:
“If George Washington couldn’t tell a lie and Nixon couldn’t tell the truth, Trump can’t tell the difference.”
#LibDemCpnference
“If George Washington couldn’t tell a lie and Nixon couldn’t tell the truth, Trump can’t tell the difference.”
#LibDemCpnference
September 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Line of the night from Daisy Cooper MP:
“If George Washington couldn’t tell a lie and Nixon couldn’t tell the truth, Trump can’t tell the difference.”
#LibDemCpnference
“If George Washington couldn’t tell a lie and Nixon couldn’t tell the truth, Trump can’t tell the difference.”
#LibDemCpnference
Increasingly feel that this is less a wry observation about our legal system, but rather an astute insight into the dark hearts of a worrying number.
August 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Increasingly feel that this is less a wry observation about our legal system, but rather an astute insight into the dark hearts of a worrying number.
Filling out a pre-arrival form for a holiday apartment in France and these are the possible answers for the ‘reason for your stay’ question:
August 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Filling out a pre-arrival form for a holiday apartment in France and these are the possible answers for the ‘reason for your stay’ question:
Received wisdom: “Summer is a quiet time to be District Councillor”
Warwick District Labour Group:
Warwick District Labour Group:
July 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Received wisdom: “Summer is a quiet time to be District Councillor”
Warwick District Labour Group:
Warwick District Labour Group:
Fab fly past for Armed Forces Day in Leamington today!
June 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Fab fly past for Armed Forces Day in Leamington today!
This Stratford Herald front page will forever be my favourite.
June 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
This Stratford Herald front page will forever be my favourite.
They swept the north of the county. Leam elected 3 Lib Dems and 2 Greens.
June 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
They swept the north of the county. Leam elected 3 Lib Dems and 2 Greens.
The key to the BBC‘s Premier League table gives a nice hint to the craziness of the season.
May 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The key to the BBC‘s Premier League table gives a nice hint to the craziness of the season.
Oh look - Jimmy Dimly is on Channel 4 News. Anyone would think he is expecting another Tory leadership contest in the next few months…
March 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Oh look - Jimmy Dimly is on Channel 4 News. Anyone would think he is expecting another Tory leadership contest in the next few months…
After yesterday’s ambush, this is very heartening to see.
March 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
After yesterday’s ambush, this is very heartening to see.