Like it.

One of many aspects in all this that worries me is giving powers to ministers based on the assumption that they will use them wisely. Quite apart from the policy itself, before laying legislation Govt must ask itself "what would Farage do with this power?"

Fantastic thread. I'm really looking forward to reading your chapter in @ecclsoc.bsky.social's conference proceedings when it comes out in the New Year.

WWJD. Who Would Jesus Deport?

Like the report on the sinking of the Titanic in a local newspaper (I forget which, but let's say from Doncaster for sake of illustration): "Doncaster man lost at sea."

+ the usual absurdity of the likes of Lord Moore complaining that the BBC doesn't give coverage to his point of view WHILE GIVING HIS POINT OF VIEW ON THE TODAY PROGRAMME. Pressure on BBC is relentless, calculated & deeply Trumpian.

Are you are aware of the Decode ME study in the UK. 16000 DNA samples from ME sufferers compared with control group showed 8 markers of genetic abnormality associated with imune system response. Proof of a genetic element to ME. Break through. More here:

institute-genetics-cancer.ed.ac.uk/decodeme

The main story, though, was Trump's response and what looked like a complete lack of empathy.

Fair. Or at least tell us that the filters existed at all. Part of the surprise has been that we are only finding this out now.

V interesting description & comments. To be fair to Bsky, this was meant to be a place which avoided the problems of X so I can understand why they wd want to set the default settings this way & leave it to users to adjust.

Exciting new chapter in your life. Very best wishes.

Quite right too. Thanks very much.

Love the reredos. Do you know its date by any chance?

By "assassinated" I think you mean "eaten".

This is such a good thread. I would add something about regulation of the media (in all its forms), who strike me as a major obstacle to achieving any serious constitutional reform and are a force for all things bad. No idea how to do this, though, unfortunately.

Great thread. Didn't know about the two keys point in the Coverdale frontispiece. Really interesting.

I used to have reservations about PR because it would give seats to extremists currently kept out by FPTP. Things have changed so much that PR now looks like the best bet to limit the number of seats extremists get. Electoral reform difficult right now without manifesto commitment though.

There's a great chapter on this by Robert Walker where he makes a good case for the window being painted by Viscount Scudamore. Very rare eg of an amateur glass painter. Available here: www.ecclsoc.org.uk/news/stained...

Gulp. I hope they don't send it via Yodel.