Lance King

The report really couldn't be clearer about culpability. The prison crisis is the fault of the previous government. This made no difference to the Daily Mail, of course, which this morning insisted that "Labour's prison release scheme could see criminals let out early for YEARS". Or the Daily Express, which said that "Labour's early prison release plan" was "smoke and mirrors". Or Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat, who disingenuously asked: "In what world is releasing 20,000 criminals onto our streets a good idea?" Well, very much the world you made when you persistently fucked up in government, Thomas.

This is good from Ian Dunt on the prisons crisis
open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

As a #SaintsFC supporter, it really does feel like we’re not getting the VAR decisions going our way:

❌ Archer’s goal disallowed vs Brighton for offside against Arma

❌ No pen vs Liverpool after Armstrong clattered

❌ Manning goal vs Wolves

❌ No pen vs Leicester after Tall Paul clearly pulled back

Nobody got rich on their own.
Elizabeth Warren's observation also underpins the argument as to why it is right for the rich to say their fair share of tax.

Thanks Russ for the memories, Wembley in May was just the greatest but I’m afraid it really is time to go @southamptonfc.bsky.social

😂😂😂 brilliant - get yourself back over on X my friend where you can engage with similar minded folks in your designated echo chamber #blocked

The mental gymnastics of right wing brexiters wanting to re-run an election is simply stunning

are we allowed to ask to rejoin the championship in the January transfer window? #saintsfc

Be aware

What I genuinely don’t understand in the Farmer Tax issue is that a shop worker will be making a bigger tax contribution than an asset millionaire who declares below threshold earnings. So they effectively pay no income tax, corporation tax and don’t think they should pay inheritance tax either.

In a parallel universe. 🥹

#SaintsFC

Is this (finally) the end for X? Delicate Musk-Trump relationship and growing rivals spell trouble for platform The former Twitter could fade away, or help shape a dark future hosting voices of a new authoritarian world

“Is this (finally) the end for X?”

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I intend to use this new, less-sullied place to:

1) Make gently humourous observations about everyday life;
2) Post charming pictures;
3) Crush my enemies utterly beneath my heel.

With the ‘health secretary’. 🤦🏻‍♂️

We have used Twitter – now X – for many years. It has been a resource for story-gathering, network-building, and a megaphone for getting public-interest stories to a wider audience. And it has been a well of ideas and discourse. Unfortunately that well is now poisoned. All of us have seen X become more toxic and broken since Elon Musk took over in 2022. Feeds have become less useful. Engagement has plummeted, except for those who will pay. Replies gain traction not through merit, but through the corrupted blue-tick system. We have seen hate speech and abuse deliberately dialled up and amplified, boosted not just by the algorithm, but by the owner himself. And England’s racist summer riots were one of many factors suggesting to us that X is not a neutral platform, but a space that now seems to glorify misinformation at a great cost to our public sphere. Millions of people are ditching X, and we are doing so, too. We have taken the view that it is no longer a useful tool for objective reporting, but a weapon being wielded by a narrowing ideological set. A tipping point is coming. Perhaps we are already in it. After much consideration, we have taken the decision to move over to other platforms, in particular Bluesky. For some of us that means instantly deleting our X accounts, for others it is a more gradual process. But we are all putting the majority of our efforts into building more constructive online spaces elsewhere for political dialogue and reporting. Bluesky is becoming a new hub for political discussion, and we encourage other UK journalists to join and become active. We are already seeing far higher engagement on our posts there than we’ve seen recently on X. And importantly, the mechanisms to limit abuse actually work. We enjoyed Twitter while it lasted. It played an important role in shaping many of our careers. And it was, for a long time, the place to be for UK politics. We believe that time is now over. Twitter is dead. Long live Twitter

NEW: "Moving Off X: An Open Letter from UK Journalists"

UK political journalists: "Twitter was, for a long time, the place to be for UK politics. We believe that time is now over...

"We have taken the decision to move over to other platforms, in particular Bluesky" docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Great to have you join us champ #Xodus

The exodus has begun, welcome on-board @schmoo1408.bsky.social