Will Reid-Tong (née Thong)
@willthong.com
💻 Release Engineer at a cybersecurity firm
🌹 Ex-Labour fundraiser, 2021-2023
🎓 Ex-Magdalene College, Cambridge fundraiser
🧑🍳 Even more formerly a MasterChef 2017 contestant
All opinions personal; RT ≠ endorsement
🌹 Ex-Labour fundraiser, 2021-2023
🎓 Ex-Magdalene College, Cambridge fundraiser
🧑🍳 Even more formerly a MasterChef 2017 contestant
All opinions personal; RT ≠ endorsement
Who else are you claiming deals with lawsuits between or against companies?
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Who else are you claiming deals with lawsuits between or against companies?
Thanks for the link - I enjoyed the article. Don't agree though - I think the thing the author misses is that juries' lack of legal expertise makes their verdicts inevitably more error prone. Also, this is a rough thing to say is "good" given how few sexual violence cases make it to the police
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Thanks for the link - I enjoyed the article. Don't agree though - I think the thing the author misses is that juries' lack of legal expertise makes their verdicts inevitably more error prone. Also, this is a rough thing to say is "good" given how few sexual violence cases make it to the police
Proof of the former and latter claims
November 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Proof of the former and latter claims
In English law you're permitted to do anything which isn't an offence (either against the state or another person or entity). So the burden is on you to cite which bit of the law makes a random Palestine protestor "professing support for PA" when (eg) all their sign said was "stop the genocide"
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
In English law you're permitted to do anything which isn't an offence (either against the state or another person or entity). So the burden is on you to cite which bit of the law makes a random Palestine protestor "professing support for PA" when (eg) all their sign said was "stop the genocide"
*no actually @direthoughts.com only wants to smear people who want to talk about immigration and (this is the crucial part) used to chant "Hitler was right" 🤮. Impressive scoop!
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
*no actually @direthoughts.com only wants to smear people who want to talk about immigration and (this is the crucial part) used to chant "Hitler was right" 🤮. Impressive scoop!
Ditto inheritance tax! Basically nobody pays it! But everyone's stressed about it for some reason!
November 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Ditto inheritance tax! Basically nobody pays it! But everyone's stressed about it for some reason!
Despite the author having centre right priors, this is correct. Big, insurgent government changes will net you similarly bad headlines as minor fudges - but at least they allow you to draw clear political dividing lines, plus let you fund positive change which you can take to the ballot box
November 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Despite the author having centre right priors, this is correct. Big, insurgent government changes will net you similarly bad headlines as minor fudges - but at least they allow you to draw clear political dividing lines, plus let you fund positive change which you can take to the ballot box
Utterly comical. "why did you apologise to Wes?" "uhhhhhh i was very sorry the press asked him questions which in no way were fed to them by my team"
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Utterly comical. "why did you apologise to Wes?" "uhhhhhh i was very sorry the press asked him questions which in no way were fed to them by my team"
Especially this! Cf failing to stand up in defence of ILR or turning off Contact Creator in "unwinnable" seats; when you are a party of the centre left, punching the left then expecting the left to help you doorknock is a strat that only gets you so far!
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Especially this! Cf failing to stand up in defence of ILR or turning off Contact Creator in "unwinnable" seats; when you are a party of the centre left, punching the left then expecting the left to help you doorknock is a strat that only gets you so far!
This from John Healey is just profoundly silly. Of course the language we communicate in isn't the same as the language we use to describe our politics. "progressive consensus" is a perfectly good label to describe "whinging about brown folk in adverts is racist, and weird to boot".
October 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This from John Healey is just profoundly silly. Of course the language we communicate in isn't the same as the language we use to describe our politics. "progressive consensus" is a perfectly good label to describe "whinging about brown folk in adverts is racist, and weird to boot".
Goddamnit they've got gorgeous weather, heavenly food and muscular soc dems who actually believe in their policies - where is our goddamn Pedro Sanchez (also apparently a break dancer? v cool, no offence intended to our own fluteplaying PM)
October 18, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Goddamnit they've got gorgeous weather, heavenly food and muscular soc dems who actually believe in their policies - where is our goddamn Pedro Sanchez (also apparently a break dancer? v cool, no offence intended to our own fluteplaying PM)
A rare case where quoting the entire passage in context makes this worse. Hardly a republican position to say this nonce should've been stripped of his titles years ago!
October 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A rare case where quoting the entire passage in context makes this worse. Hardly a republican position to say this nonce should've been stripped of his titles years ago!
Absolute banger - hard to better describe the vibe
October 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Absolute banger - hard to better describe the vibe
Fellow cybersec folk, is it just me or is it VERY BAD for the BBC to be publicly disclosing that they have no automated protections against MFA bombing and their SOC team needs to manually deprivilege you in the event that it happens?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
September 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Fellow cybersec folk, is it just me or is it VERY BAD for the BBC to be publicly disclosing that they have no automated protections against MFA bombing and their SOC team needs to manually deprivilege you in the event that it happens?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Such an easy mistakes to make that Wikipedia's got you
September 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Such an easy mistakes to make that Wikipedia's got you
Thanks for speaking up on this Charlotte! Hugely disappointed that the Government response to deporting permanent residents like my dad (who's worked here for 30+ years) amounts to "sure Nigel has a point, but the problem isn't as bad as he says".
September 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Thanks for speaking up on this Charlotte! Hugely disappointed that the Government response to deporting permanent residents like my dad (who's worked here for 30+ years) amounts to "sure Nigel has a point, but the problem isn't as bad as he says".
Relevant guidelines on the CPS website. For these guys to be liable for a s1 offence under the Malicious Communications Act 1988 the picture had to be "indecent or grossly offensive". Can't see it clearing that bar. This is massively repressive - we shouldn't let Trump's thin skin impinge on our
September 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Relevant guidelines on the CPS website. For these guys to be liable for a s1 offence under the Malicious Communications Act 1988 the picture had to be "indecent or grossly offensive". Can't see it clearing that bar. This is massively repressive - we shouldn't let Trump's thin skin impinge on our
Not graphical data but still data (same article)
September 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Not graphical data but still data (same article)
I think you'd then want to delve into wider social issue polling; young American men do seem to have become less socially progressive over time, eg www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
September 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I think you'd then want to delve into wider social issue polling; young American men do seem to have become less socially progressive over time, eg www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
25 != 29, but young American men are much further to the right than in the UK, even ignoring how much further to the right Republicans are as opposed to the combined Tory/Reform position.
September 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
25 != 29, but young American men are much further to the right than in the UK, even ignoring how much further to the right Republicans are as opposed to the combined Tory/Reform position.
Mandelson is like the last Epstein denialist on the goddamn planet and that was something No 10 didn't think to chat through in the interview?!
September 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Mandelson is like the last Epstein denialist on the goddamn planet and that was something No 10 didn't think to chat through in the interview?!
I know this is absolutely not the point, but does anyone have any clue why the Shadow Chancellor and Shadow Home Secretary have decided to place pins halfway down their lapels? Pretty sure the classic location is much higher...
September 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I know this is absolutely not the point, but does anyone have any clue why the Shadow Chancellor and Shadow Home Secretary have decided to place pins halfway down their lapels? Pretty sure the classic location is much higher...
Seems pretty obvious to me that the answer to this question is, per the subheadline, one?
August 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Seems pretty obvious to me that the answer to this question is, per the subheadline, one?
As ever, the quality of Reddit commentary (provided you're in the right sort of subreddit) never ceases to amaze me
July 31, 2025 at 9:22 AM
As ever, the quality of Reddit commentary (provided you're in the right sort of subreddit) never ceases to amaze me