Will Reid-Tong (née Thong)

I think it really should be emphasised that what happened here is a tall woman approached a 14 year old to ask if she needed help, and the mother, not the girl, freaked out and is now calling for a ban on trans people being allowed to work with kids.

Seems pretty obvious to me that the answer to this question is, per the subheadline, one?

47% of people think immigration is primarily illegal. There were 4% irregular arrivals in March

New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation

Tbf I read "parents" in the policy as "birth parents" and had assumed care leavers would always be able to access such a scheme for the same reason that (eg) unis track care leaver proportions despite how fancy a foster mum one might have.

Congratulations on the new role Laura!

As ever, the quality of Reddit commentary (provided you're in the right sort of subreddit) never ceases to amaze me

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www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdvic... the outcome of a decade of scaremongering about trans people is a man being forced to use the ladies toilets, great work everyone 🫠

In the cybersecurity sector we're super open about the fact that it's state actors everyone needs to be most worried about! Suspect it's just overlooked as a threat vector by most people hence why that message hasn't gotten through to the public 🤷‍♂️

Inexplicably there is a middle of the Venn diagram between those saying "more people should know about index funds" 2 weeks ago and those saying "we shouldn't be inviting inter alia financial advice YouTubers to Downing Street" today

Yeah and presumably putting a little weight on the domestic Israeli politics scales is no bad thing

Interesting, okay thanks! I'd been thinking about it as pretty binary but I suppose diplomacy is all about fine-grained distinctions

Right but if you've concluded I will never recognise P (as we appear to have, as France has), why wait? Domestically just looks a bit weak; & Israeli politics guarantees you won't throw away any leverage in future negotiations.

...then why not just recognise (genuine q)

of "Is It Statesmanlike?" (ironically in the process massively overweighting how much influence the UK has over Israel) @patrickmaguire.bsky.social 2/2

CF the exact same incompatible positions re demanding a ceasefire in late 2023 as documented in Get In. Despite Shad Cab pointing out the electoral consequences & his brain trust (Hermer, Levy, Powell, Ashton, Sands) telling him Israel was doing war crimes, he stuck to his own definition 1/2

I agree trying is good. I just think Government should be providing the verification solutions. It's more efficient, safeguards our privacy and solves problems across other parts of the state.

The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...

Anyways, AIDS is going to be gone soon, this is a generic with FDA full approval.

The UK: we must reinvigorate our uncompetitive and slow growth economy!

Also the UK: time to censor the easiest general reference of archive of human knowledge, which is also free.

Microsoft exec admits it 'cannot guarantee' data sovereignty : Under oath in French Senate, exec says it would be compelled – however unlikely – to pass local customer info to US admin

Microsoft exec admits it 'cannot guarantee' data sovereignty • The Register buff.ly/fohlJrC

Reform want to turn us into America.

Legalising guns and charging for the NHS.

No thanks.

This is genuinely very funny

Ah I see your point. Maybe part of the issue is that Labour Together has slurped up many of those who might have written this sort of thing (often as advisors) but they're seen as too close to the Starmer/Reeves project to do any pitch rolling out riding.

Right but I think James' point still stands: ask 2019 era Torsten to write something on breaking the pledges to raise personal taxes and there's a good chance he/RF would have done it!

Labour's stance on Gaza is not only a moral failure but a political failure: it is out of step with mainstream opinion, it creates serious vulnerabilties on the party's left flank, and it undermines the government's ability to build public consent for (necessary) military spending

The repetition off the word "sovereign" in DfT's plan convinces me they have no idea what that word means.

Hot damn there's money in this for anyone willing to negotiate with a transphobe! The best Star Wars property is a relatively low budget, creative-led opus foregrounding a bit character in an intensely political allegory. Imagine that but with wands!

Biggest price/quality ratio improvement possible in coffee IMV, more so even than instant to pre ground!

Right so on this and as a massive smart home nerd: does this include associated motion sensors? Cos there is nothing like walking into a bathroom at 4am and it just gently comes on to the dimmest possible light which doesn't wake you up

Those two things are two sides of the same coin! Remember you, Sam Freedman and others warning about it before the election.

Morgan: "but it's an article of faith for hero voters" 🤦‍♀️ Downing Street needs to learn about issue salience in the next 2 years or we (Labour) are toast