Tom
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This is why there's a whole chapter in my book about the damage the grid has done to policy making.
January 16, 2026 at 10:04 PM
This is why there's a whole chapter in my book about the damage the grid has done to policy making.
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By the way the Met Office has updated their app and rendered it useless and I am seething
January 14, 2026 at 11:30 PM
By the way the Met Office has updated their app and rendered it useless and I am seething
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Perhaps worth remembering that polls about US intervention in Venezuela conducted before today are no longer informative. Expect public opinion to polarise very quickly (dampening any effect on Americans’ views of Trump):
We were lucky enough to have our YouGov/The Economist poll in field when the US bombed Iranian nuclear facilities. You can see the partisan realignment in real time
January 3, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Perhaps worth remembering that polls about US intervention in Venezuela conducted before today are no longer informative. Expect public opinion to polarise very quickly (dampening any effect on Americans’ views of Trump):
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There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women
People are asking Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to alter images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, and even killed.
futurism.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
Rushing to finish making a cup of tea I started twenty minutes previously and forgot about.
What would you be doing in your #TheTraitors clip when they show you in your hotel room? I'd be trying to make Super Noodles in the kettle.
January 2, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Rushing to finish making a cup of tea I started twenty minutes previously and forgot about.
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If the British government, and indeed other governments, can’t muster a fast and strong response to Twitter adding a facility enabling users to create and share AI child sexual abuse material then not sure what Musk could ever do that would actually provoke a response.
January 2, 2026 at 1:27 PM
If the British government, and indeed other governments, can’t muster a fast and strong response to Twitter adding a facility enabling users to create and share AI child sexual abuse material then not sure what Musk could ever do that would actually provoke a response.
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"What was your favourite game of 2025?"
Keir Starmer - *sincere answer about spending his limited time with his kids playing Mario Kart, delivered as if he just googled it*
Ed Davey - "I still love a bit of Wii Sports"
Kemi Badenoch - "My best friend was killed by a Sega Mega Drive"
Keir Starmer - *sincere answer about spending his limited time with his kids playing Mario Kart, delivered as if he just googled it*
Ed Davey - "I still love a bit of Wii Sports"
Kemi Badenoch - "My best friend was killed by a Sega Mega Drive"
December 31, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"What was your favourite game of 2025?"
Keir Starmer - *sincere answer about spending his limited time with his kids playing Mario Kart, delivered as if he just googled it*
Ed Davey - "I still love a bit of Wii Sports"
Kemi Badenoch - "My best friend was killed by a Sega Mega Drive"
Keir Starmer - *sincere answer about spending his limited time with his kids playing Mario Kart, delivered as if he just googled it*
Ed Davey - "I still love a bit of Wii Sports"
Kemi Badenoch - "My best friend was killed by a Sega Mega Drive"
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My aunt had a phone number very similar to Cambridge station, and when people called to ask about train times she would answer them from the copy of the timetable she kept by the phone.
December 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
My aunt had a phone number very similar to Cambridge station, and when people called to ask about train times she would answer them from the copy of the timetable she kept by the phone.
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The Good Life - Silly But It's Fun (26th December 1977). "The ooh-ah bird is so called because it lays square eggs".
December 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Good Life - Silly But It's Fun (26th December 1977). "The ooh-ah bird is so called because it lays square eggs".
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This is such a lovely Christmas listen:
Big Band Holidays by Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis on Apple Music
Album · 2015 · 12 Songs
music.apple.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This is such a lovely Christmas listen:
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Your usual reminder that the UCKG is an extraordinarily shady outfit. It is not clear what the money they collect is for or where it goes. They are collecting all over London today. Avoid.
December 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Your usual reminder that the UCKG is an extraordinarily shady outfit. It is not clear what the money they collect is for or where it goes. They are collecting all over London today. Avoid.
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As Hannukkah begins, I wish Jewish communities across Glastonbury and Somerton and the rest of the UK a joyous and peaceful festival of lights.
Chanukah Sameach!
#GlastonburyandSomerton
Chanukah Sameach!
#GlastonburyandSomerton
December 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
As Hannukkah begins, I wish Jewish communities across Glastonbury and Somerton and the rest of the UK a joyous and peaceful festival of lights.
Chanukah Sameach!
#GlastonburyandSomerton
Chanukah Sameach!
#GlastonburyandSomerton
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Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
open.spotify.com/album/3mCPac...
This album is so incredible, the music so well-constructed and beautifully played, that I am starting off my show, Classical Connections, with a movement. Always great to play more Chineke! on the show, and I am hoping listeners will forgive a bit of jazz. ☺️
This album is so incredible, the music so well-constructed and beautifully played, that I am starting off my show, Classical Connections, with a movement. Always great to play more Chineke! on the show, and I am hoping listeners will forgive a bit of jazz. ☺️
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
open.spotify.com/album/3mCPac...
This album is so incredible, the music so well-constructed and beautifully played, that I am starting off my show, Classical Connections, with a movement. Always great to play more Chineke! on the show, and I am hoping listeners will forgive a bit of jazz. ☺️
This album is so incredible, the music so well-constructed and beautifully played, that I am starting off my show, Classical Connections, with a movement. Always great to play more Chineke! on the show, and I am hoping listeners will forgive a bit of jazz. ☺️
Either the Vaughan Williams biopic I have in my head, or a series of films like the new Beatles quartet, but it's about the Big Three leaders during the Versailles Peace Conference.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Either the Vaughan Williams biopic I have in my head, or a series of films like the new Beatles quartet, but it's about the Big Three leaders during the Versailles Peace Conference.
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This was madness when the SNP tried to do it in Scotland. It would be double madness for Labour to try it in England and Wales.
Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This was madness when the SNP tried to do it in Scotland. It would be double madness for Labour to try it in England and Wales.
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The South West must be heard in this Budget.
That's why we South West @libdems.org.uk MPs went to the Treasury yesterday to outline what we want to see in this Budget to support our region.
The Government cannot ignore the serious issues we’re raising - it’s time they listen and deliver.
That's why we South West @libdems.org.uk MPs went to the Treasury yesterday to outline what we want to see in this Budget to support our region.
The Government cannot ignore the serious issues we’re raising - it’s time they listen and deliver.
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The South West must be heard in this Budget.
That's why we South West @libdems.org.uk MPs went to the Treasury yesterday to outline what we want to see in this Budget to support our region.
The Government cannot ignore the serious issues we’re raising - it’s time they listen and deliver.
That's why we South West @libdems.org.uk MPs went to the Treasury yesterday to outline what we want to see in this Budget to support our region.
The Government cannot ignore the serious issues we’re raising - it’s time they listen and deliver.
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SAVE THE DATE, MES AMIS! You’re invited to join us on Saturday 6th December at 19:00 GMT for a night of festive fun, puns and quizzing.
To take part, have your pens and paper at the ready and simply click this link at the date and time listed: linktr.ee/labourshercule
To take part, have your pens and paper at the ready and simply click this link at the date and time listed: linktr.ee/labourshercule
November 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SAVE THE DATE, MES AMIS! You’re invited to join us on Saturday 6th December at 19:00 GMT for a night of festive fun, puns and quizzing.
To take part, have your pens and paper at the ready and simply click this link at the date and time listed: linktr.ee/labourshercule
To take part, have your pens and paper at the ready and simply click this link at the date and time listed: linktr.ee/labourshercule
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Another day of listening to people who are disappointed with Labour- on the cost of living and pandering to Reform.
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Another day of listening to people who are disappointed with Labour- on the cost of living and pandering to Reform.
When you're about to find a body brutally murdered in an ostensibly peaceful English village.
November 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
When you're about to find a body brutally murdered in an ostensibly peaceful English village.
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🔀 With politics fragmenting, leading academics are warning First Past the Post risks plunging the UK into chaos at the next general election
🤝 The Government and all parties have an opportunity to get a grip on this risk to our national stability
👉 We need a National Commission on Electoral Reform
🤝 The Government and all parties have an opportunity to get a grip on this risk to our national stability
👉 We need a National Commission on Electoral Reform
Ed Davey wants to 'work with government' on electoral reform - BBC News
The Liberal Democrat leader backs replacing first-past-the-post with proportional representation.
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🔀 With politics fragmenting, leading academics are warning First Past the Post risks plunging the UK into chaos at the next general election
🤝 The Government and all parties have an opportunity to get a grip on this risk to our national stability
👉 We need a National Commission on Electoral Reform
🤝 The Government and all parties have an opportunity to get a grip on this risk to our national stability
👉 We need a National Commission on Electoral Reform
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"It's disgraceful that Nigel Farage is egging Donald Trump on as he attacks our institutions, our media, and the pockets of millions.”
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"It's disgraceful that Nigel Farage is egging Donald Trump on as he attacks our institutions, our media, and the pockets of millions.”
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
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The only way to raise serious revenue is to raise a tax which everybody pays. Raising a tax which someone else pays rarely raises the revenue needed and creates endless pressure from special interest groups. Compare and contrast Mr Osborne's 2 1/2% VAT increase with his pasty tax. #omnishambles
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The only way to raise serious revenue is to raise a tax which everybody pays. Raising a tax which someone else pays rarely raises the revenue needed and creates endless pressure from special interest groups. Compare and contrast Mr Osborne's 2 1/2% VAT increase with his pasty tax. #omnishambles