A pretty grim account of what Pincher is alleged to have done the other night. I think this is a key point. For far too many people male-male sexual harassment and abuse just isn’t that big an issue. The issue will continue to get worse with this attitude.
Rory has no experience or expertise in health or AI. Nor is he a cabinet minister or member of a political party. He brings nothing to this.
He is a Guardian reader’s Boris Johnson, a man with the confidence only Eton can give you without the talent to do anything but bluff.
💬 “If Keir Starmer said, you know, we’re setting up a cross-party commission on the NHS or on AI, and we want people from different parties ... I’d love to do that”
@jamesrbuk
meets
@RoryStewartUK
, for
@theipaper
➡️ Read the full interview:
I see the BBC News app haven’t sorted their priories out. Mum got a notification about the President of Harvard resigning. Why? Why is that remotely interesting to the vast majority of British people?
They have only been in power for a few days, but Labour have already confirmed that they will:
❌ Concrete over the Green Belt
❌ Force government housing targets on communities
❌ Ignore local voices in the planning process
Labour thinks that Whitehall knows better than you.
I simply don’t understand why British new builds don’t have external shutters on the Windows. Every building in my part of France does, they make the summer bearable.
The signs in the windows of these East End new build flats read "DON"T BUY THESE FLATS. TOO HOT". I wrote about why UK homes are overheating for the Guardian:
Moving away from the moral dimension of this, imagine what effect this has on the wider economy. £700 a month sucked out of shops, bars, restaurants, concert venues, and all types of other businesses.
No wonder high streets are emptying.
Me: Hi can I see this flat advertised at £1300/ month?
Landlord: Ah we've taken deposit from someone else now but your salary shows you could afford a higher rent. We would let this out to you at £2000/month?
Me: Ok - I’m not renting for more than what’s advertised
Response:
The 20,000% spike at £100,000 is absolutely not a joke - someone earning £99,999.99 with two children under three in London will lose an immediate £20k if they earn a penny more.
Hunt’s flight was from Heathrow, so at least 30 minutes from Downing Street. Manchester airport is another 20 from the conference venue. He will spend a very substantial amount of time at the airport. After all of that the plane is probably slower than HS2.
I don't often say this but well done Jeremy Hunt.
We can already get from London to Manchester in 30 minutes even without HS2.
A modern society needs more flights not fewer.
If the Met formed a small squad of a few officers specifically to follow up cases of phone theft that have GPS tracking info, they could reduce the problem by half within months.
What the tech firms did was put a GPS chip in the phone which allowed it to be tracked around London for over a week.
The police literally choose to do nothing with this information. They won't even attempt to solve thefts where a computer can literally tell them where the
When the City of London police launched a sting operation to catch bike thieves, by putting GPS trackers on bait bicycles, thefts fell by 90%.
The Met could do the same with mobile phones. They already produce the bloody GPS data! They choose not to.
What the tech firms did was put a GPS chip in the phone which allowed it to be tracked around London for over a week.
The police literally choose to do nothing with this information. They won't even attempt to solve thefts where a computer can literally tell them where the
🚨 BREAKING: Green Party votes in favour of HS2.
The party previously opposed HS2, but members overturned this and the party is now committed to backing all phases of the infrastructure project.
The vote was 52% for, 48% against.
I just don’t get the GP booking process in the UK. When I want an pointement with my GP in Switzerland, I just go on an app, look at the available times and book.
If the WASPI women do win compensation from the government, do the women that did the right thing, researched their retirement properly, and worked several years longer than their WASPI colleagues, get fuck all?
The whole strip of land between Oxford and Cambridge should be one mega city, driving growth for the whole of the uk. These should be two of the fastest growing cities in the world. No other places in Europe have anything like as much talent. They are strangled by Regulation.
Britain is a middle income country with London attached. A very sad realisation due to the shear amount of low hanging fruit that could generate growth and boost incomes.
Excellent graph from the FT that highlights that for nearly half of British households the "nightmare of being overtaken by Eastern Europe" has already happened.
One of the great points Christopher Hitchens made is that alcohol is just about the only drug that can make people more pleasant to be around. All other drugs always make people worse.
Would love to know how many of the ‘wtf how did waspi women not know their pension age changed’ 1. Know exactly what their own current pension forecast is 2. Understand just how many people don’t really follow the news 3.Know when social media was invented
I wish people would be more serious. Obama was (rightly) accused of interfering in UK politics during the Brexit referendum. How much of a diplomatic incident did people want Keir to make?
Labour MP Diane Abbott has said the UK and US are responsible for any breakout of conflict in Ukraine.
The video below was featured in a live stream titled: 'No War in Ukraine: Stop NATO Expansion'. Former Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn MP was also present.
@HackneyAbbott
Even amongst a collection of some of the finest minds in Europe, you will find regressive homophobes. They need to be treated with the contempt they deserve.
🧵 Today, we've learnt more about Rishi Sunak personally and a fair bit more about what Sunakism might be. His
#cpc23
conference speech was striking for its ideological dexterity - with policy that pleases and prods different wings of the Conservative Party.
Just to be clear, FIFA will not allow England to wear a fake rainbow on their sleeves, but will allow the host nation to actively discriminate against Jewish fans, banning worship in public.
@kimleadbeater
's Graduate Driving License bill will have its second reading on May 17th.
I fully support this bill and
@owe65332
with her petition to push for Graduate Driving Licenses.
You can find the petition below:
I saw the brilliant Keeley Hawes in 'The Human Body' at the weekend, the Lucy Kirkwood play about the birth of the NHS.
When her character is told that Nye Bevan's new health service is “bound to fail” she replied: “The idea will not have failed. We will have failed the idea.”
@ItsMatt_Again
This has always been the problem with the greens and always will be. They are not a serious party, certainly not when the environment is such a serious issue. Their roots in CND and the far left mean they will never back nuclear or indeed any other technological solution.
More blah, blah, blah.
I warned, but prepare to see the UK become an even bigger magnet for illegal arrivals & numbers soar as our borders disintegrate.
We need to leave the ECHR, scrap the HRA & quickly remove people when they arrive illegally.
Nothing else matters.
This is precisely the opposite of true. The proliferation of Henry sums up all of our economic problems. It was once a great bit of kit, but is now way behind other hoovers. It’s still ubiquitous across the land not because it’s good but because it’s twee.
Well folks, you know what time it is! WORST BUILDING OF THE YEAR 2023 TIME! Your choices are as follows:
(Thomson Centre Renovations in Chicago, Wrapper Building in Los Angeles, The renovations of this church in Massachusetts, and this house in GA)
NEW: Conservatives are safeguarding scientific research from the denial of biology and the steady creep of political correctness.
@michelledonelan
announces plans to depoliticise science at
#CPC23
SNP Deputy Leader Keith Brown suggested he was tricked into appearing on the BBC's Good Morning Scotland show under false pretences.
Keith Brown claimed he was asked on to discuss Gaza, but was questioned on Michael Matheson instead.
BREAKING: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has hinted he will ignore recommendations for public sector pay rises, saying workers "need to recognise the economic context we are in"
Has there been any polling done on the phrase “green new deal” in the uk. To me it still means nothing to British people who have no idea what the original new deal was. An imported Americanism that doesn’t really work as a slogan.
The sad thing about Britain today is that if this lab makes a major discovery that can be brought to market there is no lab space for them to expand into.
King Charles is at a laboratory in Cambridge - which they hope will become the leading global centre for disruptive innovation in net zero aviation and energy
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The most frustrating of gotchas. Politics is about getting things done. What’s the alternative to working with some of the opposition on good terms? Some sort of Dennis Skinner type, despising the other side as evil, achieving precisely nothing over your decades in Parliament.
Amazing how religion allows people to get away with such hateful bigotry. If she targeted any other minority group, one that didn’t allow her to use her religion as a shield, she would be hounded out of polite society.
🚨 Homosexuality 🚨
If you do not believe in God then this Xpost is not for you. And if you cannot separate your emotion from an opinion on homosexuality then this is also not for you.
I'm Muslim and Islam does not condone the (act of) homosexuality. It is seen as unnatural and
How does the Sun get security footage from inside a secretary of state’s office? I feel that’s the bigger story here, someone with a lot of access really wants to bring down Hancock.
TIME TO REMOVE SOCIAL MEDIA ANONYMITY
We cannot allow the use of social media to so effectively promote disinformation & rally violence that’s now ripping communities apart across the country.
Tough challenges require brave solutions:
Anyone using social media should be
GE candidate for Uxbridge & S Ruislip Sarah Green showing what
#HS2
plans to cut down this week. 'Just brambles & weeds', they say, ignoring young oak trees, fruit trees & lots of lovely greenery that supports birds, insects & small mammals.
@HillingdonGreen
It's time to
@stophs2
🗣️ Commons speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle told
@MattChorley
that “no misinformation, threats or intimidation” should be allowed on social media.
We asked X for a reply, and we received an automated response that simply said: “Busy now, please check back later.”
Another classic from the Civil Service job board. Would you like to lead trade negotiations between Switzerland and the UK? Do you have an expert knowledge of global trade and diplomacy? Would you like to be paid many times less than those skills are worth?
London is leading the world in its 24-hour policy with other global cities looking to us for inspiration.
London's Night Czar spoke earlier about her role, championing the nighttime economy and representing 1.3m workers.
No conversation of interwar London apartment blocks is complete without my favourite (and the favourite of Soviet spies), the Isokon building, built 1933.
Really great article.
One of my local favourite buildings: Regency Lodge, built in 1938 right before the War put the kibosh on London's flat building boom.
These people are awful, just going after events they don’t like. Nothing at Glastonbury despite the corporate nature of it and 100s of helicopters, but attacks on pride, snooker and all sorts of random mainstream events.
What an absolutely disgraceful situation. Everyone involved ought to be ashamed of themselves. A complete failure to stand up to zealots who are threatening an autistic child because of a scuff on a book.
Here are the Chief Inspector's remarks. They are atrocious.
Nothing on the death threats. Scolding for the boys.
Lots of praise for the mosque and the imam and their "tolerance".
What a miserable failure. The government should step in here. 5/5
Research Q: What is the biggest issue facing UK science?
Tory Hypothesis: Wokeness
Evidence: Brain drain caused by taking so long to rejoin Horizon Europe, lack of lab space, cost of visas for researchers, any coherence in either industrial or foreign policy.
Result: Negative
@TheDailyShow
What on earth are you talking about? What backlash has there been? Unlike the US the UK is not obsessed with race. This video is a totally perverted view of Britain.
I am 30 years of age and I cannot remember, in my adult life, a single time when headlines about the economy said something along the lines of "actually things are broadly fine right now!"
Someone I know is Italian, when she spent a year in a US school they wouldn’t let her choose white as her ethnicity in a survey, they made her choose Hispanic.
@Liv_Lever
Not sure this is an argument that will survive. If staffers can’t afford a drink at a regular bar then maybe it’s the salaries that are too low. The argument should be about how to make staffer working conditions better.
Just Stop Oil protestors have smashed the glass on the Rokeby Venus in the National Gallery.
"Women did not get the vote by voting," they say.
A century ago, the painting was slashed by a suffragette.