Stuart Leeks
@stuartleeks.com
Web and cloud geek. Father to three, husband to one. Software Engineer for Microsoft Corp, in UK. Opinions mine
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*signs up to become a police officer*
“I’m going to protect people and keep them safe!”
BOSS: I need you to arrest those protestors who want us to stop selling death bombs that are used to kill babies.
“I’m going to protect people and keep them safe!”
BOSS: I need you to arrest those protestors who want us to stop selling death bombs that are used to kill babies.
August 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
*signs up to become a police officer*
“I’m going to protect people and keep them safe!”
BOSS: I need you to arrest those protestors who want us to stop selling death bombs that are used to kill babies.
“I’m going to protect people and keep them safe!”
BOSS: I need you to arrest those protestors who want us to stop selling death bombs that are used to kill babies.
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Brexit dividend: our swimming waters are MUCH more polluted than any EU country's because we no longer have to follow EU environmental law since Brexit so water companies can get away with just about anything.
(Just one of many pesky EU rules Brexiters hated.)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
(Just one of many pesky EU rules Brexiters hated.)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
August 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Brexit dividend: our swimming waters are MUCH more polluted than any EU country's because we no longer have to follow EU environmental law since Brexit so water companies can get away with just about anything.
(Just one of many pesky EU rules Brexiters hated.)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
(Just one of many pesky EU rules Brexiters hated.)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Another day, another attack on immigrants. Not by the mobs swilling outside of asylum hotels, but by the Prime Minister.
Britain. Lovely place.
x.com/keir_starmer...
Britain. Lovely place.
x.com/keir_starmer...
August 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Another day, another attack on immigrants. Not by the mobs swilling outside of asylum hotels, but by the Prime Minister.
Britain. Lovely place.
x.com/keir_starmer...
Britain. Lovely place.
x.com/keir_starmer...
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It's here! It's finally here! It's Daniel Hannan Day!
The future he promised everyone a mere 2 days before the Brexit referendum is so exciting, I think my heart may burst with joy when I step outside and experience it for myself.
(Read it. You deserve a laugh.)
www.reaction.life/p/britain-lo...
The future he promised everyone a mere 2 days before the Brexit referendum is so exciting, I think my heart may burst with joy when I step outside and experience it for myself.
(Read it. You deserve a laugh.)
www.reaction.life/p/britain-lo...
June 24, 2025 at 6:15 AM
It's here! It's finally here! It's Daniel Hannan Day!
The future he promised everyone a mere 2 days before the Brexit referendum is so exciting, I think my heart may burst with joy when I step outside and experience it for myself.
(Read it. You deserve a laugh.)
www.reaction.life/p/britain-lo...
The future he promised everyone a mere 2 days before the Brexit referendum is so exciting, I think my heart may burst with joy when I step outside and experience it for myself.
(Read it. You deserve a laugh.)
www.reaction.life/p/britain-lo...
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Younger Britons mostly back left-wing parties, while older Britons largely vote for parties on the right
18-24 year olds
Labour: 33%
Green: 26%
Lib Dem: 16%
Reform: 11%
Conservative: 7%
70+ year olds
Reform: 35%
Conservative: 33%
Lib Dem: 14%
Labour: 11%
Green: 4%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
18-24 year olds
Labour: 33%
Green: 26%
Lib Dem: 16%
Reform: 11%
Conservative: 7%
70+ year olds
Reform: 35%
Conservative: 33%
Lib Dem: 14%
Labour: 11%
Green: 4%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
June 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Younger Britons mostly back left-wing parties, while older Britons largely vote for parties on the right
18-24 year olds
Labour: 33%
Green: 26%
Lib Dem: 16%
Reform: 11%
Conservative: 7%
70+ year olds
Reform: 35%
Conservative: 33%
Lib Dem: 14%
Labour: 11%
Green: 4%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
18-24 year olds
Labour: 33%
Green: 26%
Lib Dem: 16%
Reform: 11%
Conservative: 7%
70+ year olds
Reform: 35%
Conservative: 33%
Lib Dem: 14%
Labour: 11%
Green: 4%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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TODAY: Mysterious Brewing turns 2 — and we’re throwing their bday bash at ours! 🙌
We’re pouring 13 kegs + 3 casks of their finest, with live music in the marquees from 3–9pm, a Mexican street food pop-up in the beer garden, & all the good vibes you’d expect at The Nag’s. 🪅
We’re pouring 13 kegs + 3 casks of their finest, with live music in the marquees from 3–9pm, a Mexican street food pop-up in the beer garden, & all the good vibes you’d expect at The Nag’s. 🪅
May 3, 2025 at 6:11 AM
TODAY: Mysterious Brewing turns 2 — and we’re throwing their bday bash at ours! 🙌
We’re pouring 13 kegs + 3 casks of their finest, with live music in the marquees from 3–9pm, a Mexican street food pop-up in the beer garden, & all the good vibes you’d expect at The Nag’s. 🪅
We’re pouring 13 kegs + 3 casks of their finest, with live music in the marquees from 3–9pm, a Mexican street food pop-up in the beer garden, & all the good vibes you’d expect at The Nag’s. 🪅
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Yet more evidence that party funding rules desperately need reform.
British politics is painfully open to capture by wealthy vested interests.
And to the oil magnates, tech-bros and right-wing ideologues emboldened by Trump, the sums needed to capture UK parties are not even loose change.
British politics is painfully open to capture by wealthy vested interests.
And to the oil magnates, tech-bros and right-wing ideologues emboldened by Trump, the sums needed to capture UK parties are not even loose change.
Kemi Badenoch ditched the Tories’ commitment to reaching Net Zero by 2050 after accepting donations from funders of the Global Warming Policy Foundation and Net Zero Watch, both of which have campaigned for the target to be scrapped.
@adambienkov.bsky.social
@adambienkov.bsky.social
Kemi Badenoch Ditches Net Zero Target After Taking Donations From Funders of Tufton Street Climate Denial Group
The Conservative leader and her Shadow Net Zero Secretary took funding from key backers of lobby groups campaigning to curb action against climate change
bylinetimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Yet more evidence that party funding rules desperately need reform.
British politics is painfully open to capture by wealthy vested interests.
And to the oil magnates, tech-bros and right-wing ideologues emboldened by Trump, the sums needed to capture UK parties are not even loose change.
British politics is painfully open to capture by wealthy vested interests.
And to the oil magnates, tech-bros and right-wing ideologues emboldened by Trump, the sums needed to capture UK parties are not even loose change.
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“Scandalous” doesn’t even come close. Bring them into public ownership *now* @weownit.org.uk
Thames Water data reveals raw sewage discharges in rivers rose 50% in 2024
Thames Water data reveals raw sewage discharges in rivers rose 50% in 2024
Exclusive: Almost 300,000 hours of raw effluent poured into waterways, figures show, up from 196,000 in 2023
A record 50% more raw sewage was discharged into rivers in England by Thames Water last year compared with the previous 12 months, data seen by…
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM
“Scandalous” doesn’t even come close. Bring them into public ownership *now* @weownit.org.uk
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Thames Water's £3 billion loan will include £898 million in consultancy fees and interest payments.
And they plan on forcing customers to pay for it.
We can't keep rewarding them for failure. Public ownership of our water is the only option.
And they plan on forcing customers to pay for it.
We can't keep rewarding them for failure. Public ownership of our water is the only option.
March 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Thames Water's £3 billion loan will include £898 million in consultancy fees and interest payments.
And they plan on forcing customers to pay for it.
We can't keep rewarding them for failure. Public ownership of our water is the only option.
And they plan on forcing customers to pay for it.
We can't keep rewarding them for failure. Public ownership of our water is the only option.
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It's encouraging that a growing number of MPs are waking up to reality. Not only would cutting welfare support for our most vulnerable people be cruel and indefensible, there is a clear alternative: a wealth tax. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Starmer urged to introduce wealth tax instead of cutting disability benefits – UK politics live
Diane Abbott says a wealth tax of 2% on people with assets over £10m would raise £24bn a year
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's encouraging that a growing number of MPs are waking up to reality. Not only would cutting welfare support for our most vulnerable people be cruel and indefensible, there is a clear alternative: a wealth tax. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Stand with science. Always.
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE:
1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
10. Smallpox
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER:
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1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
10. Smallpox
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER:
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February 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Stand with science. Always.
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If Keir Starmer is worried about Reform 👇 he should introduce these policies to be truly patriotic:
Bring water, energy, Royal Mail, rail rolling stock into public ownership 💧💡📮🚄
Stop privatising the NHS 🏥
Fund public services, reverse austerity
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Bring water, energy, Royal Mail, rail rolling stock into public ownership 💧💡📮🚄
Stop privatising the NHS 🏥
Fund public services, reverse austerity
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Voting intention: Lab 24%, Ref 25%, Con 21% (2-3 Feb 2025) | YouGov
Latest YouGov Westminster voting intention figures
yougov.co.uk
February 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
If Keir Starmer is worried about Reform 👇 he should introduce these policies to be truly patriotic:
Bring water, energy, Royal Mail, rail rolling stock into public ownership 💧💡📮🚄
Stop privatising the NHS 🏥
Fund public services, reverse austerity
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Bring water, energy, Royal Mail, rail rolling stock into public ownership 💧💡📮🚄
Stop privatising the NHS 🏥
Fund public services, reverse austerity
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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Absolutely disgraceful
In the decade after privatisation Thames Water SOLD OR CLOSED at least 45 sewage treatment works
Today *at least half* of its sewage plants lack the pipes and tanks to process enough waste water
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.ft.com/content/21ec...
In the decade after privatisation Thames Water SOLD OR CLOSED at least 45 sewage treatment works
Today *at least half* of its sewage plants lack the pipes and tanks to process enough waste water
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.ft.com/content/21ec...
February 13, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Absolutely disgraceful
In the decade after privatisation Thames Water SOLD OR CLOSED at least 45 sewage treatment works
Today *at least half* of its sewage plants lack the pipes and tanks to process enough waste water
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.ft.com/content/21ec...
In the decade after privatisation Thames Water SOLD OR CLOSED at least 45 sewage treatment works
Today *at least half* of its sewage plants lack the pipes and tanks to process enough waste water
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.ft.com/content/21ec...
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Even the most stupid person should now know that Farage is not in anyway behind working people- and he actually never has been.
He is a multimillionaire, with his multimillionaire friends at reform don’t even give a toss about working people. Wake the hell up.
He is a multimillionaire, with his multimillionaire friends at reform don’t even give a toss about working people. Wake the hell up.
February 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Even the most stupid person should now know that Farage is not in anyway behind working people- and he actually never has been.
He is a multimillionaire, with his multimillionaire friends at reform don’t even give a toss about working people. Wake the hell up.
He is a multimillionaire, with his multimillionaire friends at reform don’t even give a toss about working people. Wake the hell up.
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A bit of good news: NHS England hospital waiting list falls for 4th month in row. The lowest figures since April 2023. Considering the “quademic” and winter months, this is an achievement for both the NHS and Labour government.
So it’ll obviously be all over the news, right?
So it’ll obviously be all over the news, right?
February 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
A bit of good news: NHS England hospital waiting list falls for 4th month in row. The lowest figures since April 2023. Considering the “quademic” and winter months, this is an achievement for both the NHS and Labour government.
So it’ll obviously be all over the news, right?
So it’ll obviously be all over the news, right?
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The media seem so determined to ignore the Ed Davey > Nigel Farage view of the public
(As if all politics is in the 24% vs the 14% within the right)
(As if all politics is in the 24% vs the 14% within the right)
Who do Britons think would make the best prime minister?
Keir Starmer vs Kemi Badenoch: Starmer +11
Keir Starmer vs Nigel Farage: Starmer +10
Keir Starmer vs Ed Davey: Starmer +8
Kemi Badenoch vs Nigel Farage: Tie
Kemi Badenoch vs Ed Davey: Davey +9
Nigel Farage vs Ed Davey: Davey +5
Keir Starmer vs Kemi Badenoch: Starmer +11
Keir Starmer vs Nigel Farage: Starmer +10
Keir Starmer vs Ed Davey: Starmer +8
Kemi Badenoch vs Nigel Farage: Tie
Kemi Badenoch vs Ed Davey: Davey +9
Nigel Farage vs Ed Davey: Davey +5
February 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The media seem so determined to ignore the Ed Davey > Nigel Farage view of the public
(As if all politics is in the 24% vs the 14% within the right)
(As if all politics is in the 24% vs the 14% within the right)
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I've had more than long enough to read this and say this is absolutely unacceptable - and stand firmly against the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
Where's Keir Starmer & David Lammy?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Where's Keir Starmer & David Lammy?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump says US is 'committed to buying and owning Gaza'
There has been global condemnation of his plan to take over the strip and move its Palestinians out.
www.bbc.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I've had more than long enough to read this and say this is absolutely unacceptable - and stand firmly against the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
Where's Keir Starmer & David Lammy?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Where's Keir Starmer & David Lammy?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Imagine you were the richest man in the world. You could have anything you wanted, go anywhere you wished, do whatever took you fancy. How would you spend your weekend? Depriving the poorest people in the world of food and healthcare and boasting about it?
February 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Imagine you were the richest man in the world. You could have anything you wanted, go anywhere you wished, do whatever took you fancy. How would you spend your weekend? Depriving the poorest people in the world of food and healthcare and boasting about it?
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Wanted: those prepared to ignore the evidence of their own eyes.
February 1, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Wanted: those prepared to ignore the evidence of their own eyes.
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Meanwhile in the UK, in the latest @yougov.co.uk poll only 11% regard Brexit as a success, while even a third of Leave voters and 62% of the overall population regard Brexit as a failure:
January 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Meanwhile in the UK, in the latest @yougov.co.uk poll only 11% regard Brexit as a success, while even a third of Leave voters and 62% of the overall population regard Brexit as a failure:
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Goodwin spreading misinformation over on the other place again.
Same old debunked rubbish.
Foreign born & British nationals are presented here as two different groups.
Obviously they are not. I am a foreign born British national. So is Boris Johnson.
But it makes a nice dog whistle.
Same old debunked rubbish.
Foreign born & British nationals are presented here as two different groups.
Obviously they are not. I am a foreign born British national. So is Boris Johnson.
But it makes a nice dog whistle.
January 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Goodwin spreading misinformation over on the other place again.
Same old debunked rubbish.
Foreign born & British nationals are presented here as two different groups.
Obviously they are not. I am a foreign born British national. So is Boris Johnson.
But it makes a nice dog whistle.
Same old debunked rubbish.
Foreign born & British nationals are presented here as two different groups.
Obviously they are not. I am a foreign born British national. So is Boris Johnson.
But it makes a nice dog whistle.
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It started with conspiracy and propaganda then evolved into dehumanisation - spreading distrust, fear and disgust about the target. The powerless were given a group to blame, the illusion of power. The techniques used now are the same. It’ll only happen again if people let it.
Sadly, they are…
Sadly, they are…
January 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It started with conspiracy and propaganda then evolved into dehumanisation - spreading distrust, fear and disgust about the target. The powerless were given a group to blame, the illusion of power. The techniques used now are the same. It’ll only happen again if people let it.
Sadly, they are…
Sadly, they are…
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At least this time round we have memes
January 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
At least this time round we have memes
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