Liberal Jimocrat

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

Don't assume it has to be someone with a particular look.

But yes, anyone talking about committing serious crimes is always bad news. Not necessarily an agent provocateur, but super dangerous to *you* regardless and in need of immediate exile from any group you're involved with.

Running bit where the Emperor is actually fine, but is faking his condition for tax evasion purposes, and each of the primarchs thinks they're the only one who knows.

I dislike this. I think Jar-Jar should have retired in luxury after a lengthy career in the Senate as one of the “Naboo Mafia,” be granted a dukedom by the emperor for his services to the Empire, and spent his elder years dabbling as a part-time centrist pundit in the New Republic.

AfD security head threatened Syrian children with gun Philipp Roensch has been fired by the radical right-wing party’s parliamentary group — but he is still listed as a member of its co-leader’s local committee

The German far right AfD party has fired its head of parliamentary security, due to a conviction for racially abusing Syrian children & threatening them with a gun (Times)
www.thetimes.com/world/europe...

There's something very "Ford Prefect" about a process that arrives at "Harper Collins" as a sensible name for a pornbot

Jenrick complains that there are immigration judges (presumably he means the part-time ones) who spend the rest of their time representing immigrants.

Wait until someone tells him about Recorders (part-time Crown Court judges) who spend the rest of their time defending the accused.

I rag on DOJ lawyers. And they deserve it.

But one frequent & reliable red flag is when career DOJ lawyers won’t cooperate.

OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.

If you didn't realize this earlier, this latest action by the Administration amply demonstrates it does not have the back of federal workers.

www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...

Dispatch from Manchester: cargo cults and effigies of Margaret Thatcher

www.newstatesman.com/uncategorize...

during the pandemic Inn at Little Washington filled the tables with mannequins. definitely mannequins, not 'the eternally preserved bodies of their victims'

I wrote a piece for @wyrdscience.bsky.social's last issue about some of the ways the Discworld sits a little awkwardly with the lefty politics of a lot of its fans, but this is spot on. If you want a clear, unambiguous political message from the Discworld books it's this:

Diversity *wins*.

By integrating sharia law into our legal system? Not bothering with democracy?

If the USA collapses, Britain becomes the last member of the P5 with continuity of government since 1945 and there’s something both perverse and hilarious about Starmerland being the last man standing.

LMAO way to go Chicago restaurants….they got ICE Barbie out there on FOX “News" crying that her gestapo agents can’t find places to have lunch or use the bathroom 👏👏👏👏👏👏

"did you get that shot of Robert Jenrick I asked for?"

"sure did boss - conniving, sinister and Machiavellian just like you said"

"cool"

This is a complete joke. Neurodivergence is still massively under diagnosed in the UK. Pretty much every expert in the field recognises this.

They’re about to do to ADHD meds what Cass did to trans kids. Be very afraid.

UK has an *independent judge-led* process for judges to be disciplined or dismissed for misconduct. (For England & Wales see👇.)

Jenrick’s threat to politicise that threatens the independence of the judiciary he says - rightly - is world-renowned.

www.judiciary.uk/related-offi...

David is slightly unfair. There is a clear difference here.

Conservatives and Reform plan to forcibly expel large numbers of people who are legal, permanent residents of migrant origin. The BNP proposal is voluntary.

Amazed this is still going ahead - basic and obvious problem is that essentially everything local government does now is for the poor. You can’t move it around without really hurting poor people somewhere!

I know plenty of politicians 'working classify' their backgrounds, but this from Jenrick is taking the piss.

His father's linked in is here: uk.linkedin.com/in/bill-jenr...

He was a managing accountant who ended up as the Managing Director of Cannon Industries

Robert Jenrick wowing Tory Party conference there with his legendary yet completely baffling wig ventriloquist act.

People want the world to have a natural moral order of justice but it doesn’t, unless you make it. Israel’s military campaigns, as Dan correctly points out, have been highly successful in achieving their goals, and Israel’s main regional enemies are in a much worse position than before. But …

Tory party conference got you down?

Far-right rhetoric left you feeling scared for the future?

Then why not take a minute to enjoy eighteen (18) pictures of Ed Davey on a pumpkin farm with young carers 🎃🚜

www.gettyimages.co.uk/editorial-im...

May start using this still of Ed Davy when I'm next coaching passing skills. Excellent base pass; drive up through the hips, bent knee, arms following through towards the target...

Hey guys, I've found "Britian"

Fitting that the first Yougov Con/LibDem tie should appear during a conference where the Conservatives seem to have again forgotten the LibDems exist.

9) People are, all things considered, pretty good.

I see twenty thousand people a day, and maybe two of them are assholes. Even on a stressful day, even in an unfamiliar environment, even hungry and tired and on a timer.

That's a *much* better ratio than folks realize.

Bingo! I have finally found a way to get TfL to properly investigate a common mistake when I report graffiti to them. They often send a 'we took a look and couldn't see any graffiti' response even when the graffiti is very much still there. Their customer service team always blank me when I ask...

Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.