Ed Hornby

UK politics as The Monkey’s Paw: in this essay I will etc

Reform’s shambolic Kent experiment The catastrophic mess at Kent County Council shows what happens when a populist party, with no idea how government works, gets into power

The catastrophic mess at Kent County Council shows what happens when a populist party, with no idea how government works, gets into power

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Judge rules George R.R. Martin and other authors can sue OpenAI for copyright infringement

• Said ChatGPT generated 'Game of Thrones' content similar enough to infringe copyright

• OpenAI’s motion to dismiss was denied

Caroline standing in the wind in front of a range of cars with car dealership style flags in front of Parliament. Holding a sign saying I support a large vehicle levy that will raise £2billion.

Black BMW in front of parliament with sign on windscreen. BMW X5 30d Weight 2,249kg Emissions 193g CO2/km Cost new £73,500 LVL liability £6,490

Biscuits for the occasion with icing showing outline of an SUV and text It’s time for Tax fairness on UK roads And I support a large vehicle levy that will raise £2billion

Great to visit the car dealership stunt at Parliament today by @transenvuk.bsky.social and @olord.bsky.social showing clearly just how huge and heavy cars have become making the case for fair tax by vehicle weight.

Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.

Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.

You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!

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That's top tier!

Politico: "MPs should consider deleting X, according to a committee led by Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle...

"On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.”

Absolutely. Please get on with it.

Adverts should be representative of traditional British families

Adverts should be representative of traditional British families.

WSUS attacks hit 'multiple' orgs as Google and other infosec sleuths ring Redmond’s alarm bell If at first you don’t succeed, patch and patch again More threat intel teams are sounding the alarm about a critical Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-59287 and now under active exploitation, just days after Microsoft pushed an emergency patch and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency added the bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.…

WSUS attacks hit 'multiple' orgs as Google and other infosec sleuths ring Redmond’s alarm bell

Cartoon: simple black and white line drawing. A couple in a living room. The man is sitting in an armchair reading a newspaper, head turned slightly towards his wife who is standing at the window, tugging at the curtain and saying "I see the Renegade Master's back once again with the ill behaviour".

My most popular cartoon by a long chalk is also oddly niche, in that it mostly appeals to a generation who remember the song it refers to and enjoy the nostalgia for their youth. I can draw one for you if you like.

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Adverts should be representative of traditional British families

Was her gap year spent driving the vans for Theresa May ?

“‘Go home’ is a chant used by people who are bigoted or racist – so we have to be very careful when using phrases like ‘go home’, when talking in particular about legal migration." I really hope the unnamed Tory scrolls back a couple of years to find the Theresa May vans using those words

Reuters reporting on what we already know - that Reform is accepting crypto donations.

As a former anti-corruption specialist, let me be clear. Crypto should be nowhere near UK politics.

The risks around anonymity, tracing ownership & manipulation of instruments are all good reason to act.

It’s very important that men aren’t accused of domestic assault cause it will destroy their careers.

Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC

Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.

Remember how BBC sold bake-off to channel 4 ? Strictly is expensive and the ratings are dropping

EMILY DICKINSON, JEDI KNIGHT

Not so clumsy, nor so random -
As a blaster - in its rage

More elegant - the weapon
More civilized - the age

Just remember that any laws they don't like can be interfered with www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022...

The great British energy rip-off is now killing our green energy hopes – and the chance of cheaper electricity As the Guardian reported last night: Ministers are considering dropping one of their central green pledges in an effort to keep energy bills down, sources have told the Guardian. Government insiders say Keir Starmer is prepared to miss his own target of removing almost all fossil fuels from the UK’s electricity supply...

The great British energy rip-off is now killing our green energy hopes – and the chance of cheaper electricity www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

Physical separation between cyclists, pedestrians and motorists key to safer streets, research shows The study also found that bad behaviour is the biggest contributing factor towards streets hostile to walking and wheeling

Protected cycle lanes =/= Painted lines

That's because it was a complete pile of bollocks, and everyone with half a brain knew it was.

Sunday Times interview Tory "rising star" Katie Lam

She is clear she wants lots of legal migrants to be told to "go home" so as "to leave a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people"

(The interviewer suggests she is scrapping ILR or stripping people of it)

Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

One significant thing to note here is that Nathan Gill wasn't FOUND guilty, he PLEADED guilty to the eight charges of bribery. Presumably because the case against him was so overwhelming.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Weird how he keeps getting exposed for hanging out with wrong uns.

Nigel Farage’s partner embroiled in Brussels fraud investigation Laure Ferrari’s Eurosceptic group was at the centre of fraud scandal that led to ongoing criminal case

Farage partner involved in fraud investigation
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Why the hell did he not play like this at the euros last year... He needs to bottle this form for the world cup 🤞