@mickynads.bsky.social
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The government’s ongoing refusal to engage with reality in the criminal justice system, while trotting out the same tabloid-pleasing headlines as its predecessors, is having catastrophic effects, day after day.
The guilty acquitted, the innocent convicted, victims and defendants failed.
The guilty acquitted, the innocent convicted, victims and defendants failed.
Keir Starmer pledging 13,000 more police officers but not mentioning courts or legal aid means the backlog is only likely to get worse.
December 6, 2024 at 9:31 AM
The government’s ongoing refusal to engage with reality in the criminal justice system, while trotting out the same tabloid-pleasing headlines as its predecessors, is having catastrophic effects, day after day.
The guilty acquitted, the innocent convicted, victims and defendants failed.
The guilty acquitted, the innocent convicted, victims and defendants failed.
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With Farage back on Question Time last night...
...here is your reminder that Farage was on BBCQT a record-breaking 35 times before he became an MP.
And, further, that the panellist selection on BBCQT has been heavily slanted to right-wing think tanks and commentators over the years.
...here is your reminder that Farage was on BBCQT a record-breaking 35 times before he became an MP.
And, further, that the panellist selection on BBCQT has been heavily slanted to right-wing think tanks and commentators over the years.
An open letter to the BBC
Dr Russell Jackson, senior lecturer in communication and public relations at Sheffield Hallam University, writes to the BBC about Question Time
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 6, 2024 at 9:38 AM
With Farage back on Question Time last night...
...here is your reminder that Farage was on BBCQT a record-breaking 35 times before he became an MP.
And, further, that the panellist selection on BBCQT has been heavily slanted to right-wing think tanks and commentators over the years.
...here is your reminder that Farage was on BBCQT a record-breaking 35 times before he became an MP.
And, further, that the panellist selection on BBCQT has been heavily slanted to right-wing think tanks and commentators over the years.
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“Many patients forced into private sector after politicians profoundly failed them by decimating the NHS”
There - fixed the title for you, The Telegraph 👍
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/privat...
There - fixed the title for you, The Telegraph 👍
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/privat...
Private hospital admissions surge as patients dodge NHS waiting list
Health service backlog means patients increasingly see medical insurance as a ‘necessity’
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 4, 2024 at 7:45 AM
“Many patients forced into private sector after politicians profoundly failed them by decimating the NHS”
There - fixed the title for you, The Telegraph 👍
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/privat...
There - fixed the title for you, The Telegraph 👍
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/privat...
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The Brexit Curse
British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’.
Border checks, lower standards on pesticides, veterinary drugs, animal welfare make UK exports harder.
Brexit costing UK economy about £100bn a year.
Rejoin EU.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’.
Border checks, lower standards on pesticides, veterinary drugs, animal welfare make UK exports harder.
Brexit costing UK economy about £100bn a year.
Rejoin EU.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’
Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy report finds trade flows have shown no signs of returning to previous levels
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 8:00 AM
The Brexit Curse
British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’.
Border checks, lower standards on pesticides, veterinary drugs, animal welfare make UK exports harder.
Brexit costing UK economy about £100bn a year.
Rejoin EU.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’.
Border checks, lower standards on pesticides, veterinary drugs, animal welfare make UK exports harder.
Brexit costing UK economy about £100bn a year.
Rejoin EU.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Kemi Badenoch tells Keir Starmer that "we had a Budget in March this year and tractors were not blockading the streets of Whitehall afterwards."
Anyway, here's the 'go slow' protest by farmers that blockaded the streets around Parliament following the Conservative Government's last Budget in March
Anyway, here's the 'go slow' protest by farmers that blockaded the streets around Parliament following the Conservative Government's last Budget in March
November 27, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Kemi Badenoch tells Keir Starmer that "we had a Budget in March this year and tractors were not blockading the streets of Whitehall afterwards."
Anyway, here's the 'go slow' protest by farmers that blockaded the streets around Parliament following the Conservative Government's last Budget in March
Anyway, here's the 'go slow' protest by farmers that blockaded the streets around Parliament following the Conservative Government's last Budget in March
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The Lady Chief Justice is right.
The previous government devastated criminal justice, running up record delays and backlogs.
The new government’s ongoing refusal to fund the courts only increases the problem, and will lead to enormous financial and social long-term costs.
The previous government devastated criminal justice, running up record delays and backlogs.
The new government’s ongoing refusal to fund the courts only increases the problem, and will lead to enormous financial and social long-term costs.
“Carr, in post since October last year, said the ministry of justice was “one of the most underfunded departments across government” and that “we have courtrooms and some entire courts being stopped running for significant periods”.
www.ft.com/content/edb7...
www.ft.com/content/edb7...
England’s top judge hits out at government’s refusal to boost court funding
Sue Carr says preventing full operating capacity at crown courts has had a ‘drastic effect’ in worsening backlogs
www.ft.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:02 AM
The Lady Chief Justice is right.
The previous government devastated criminal justice, running up record delays and backlogs.
The new government’s ongoing refusal to fund the courts only increases the problem, and will lead to enormous financial and social long-term costs.
The previous government devastated criminal justice, running up record delays and backlogs.
The new government’s ongoing refusal to fund the courts only increases the problem, and will lead to enormous financial and social long-term costs.
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🔴Assisted Dying: ‘My Friend’s Dignified Death Convinced Me We Need to Let the Light In’
My Dutch friend chose to die a peaceful, painless death at the time of his choosing. Everyone else should be free to make that same choice, writes @tom--scott.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/27/a...
My Dutch friend chose to die a peaceful, painless death at the time of his choosing. Everyone else should be free to make that same choice, writes @tom--scott.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/27/a...
Assisted Dying: 'My Friend's Dignified Death Convinced Me We Need to Let the Light In'
My Dutch friend chose to die a peaceful, painless death at the time of his choosing. Everyone else should be free to make that same choice
bylinetimes.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:11 AM
🔴Assisted Dying: ‘My Friend’s Dignified Death Convinced Me We Need to Let the Light In’
My Dutch friend chose to die a peaceful, painless death at the time of his choosing. Everyone else should be free to make that same choice, writes @tom--scott.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/27/a...
My Dutch friend chose to die a peaceful, painless death at the time of his choosing. Everyone else should be free to make that same choice, writes @tom--scott.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/27/a...
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With a fully remote team of just 20 employees, Bluesky has surpassed 20 million users in its first year since opening to the public and is stealing thunder from rivals hundreds of times its size.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
November 20, 2024 at 4:16 PM
With a fully remote team of just 20 employees, Bluesky has surpassed 20 million users in its first year since opening to the public and is stealing thunder from rivals hundreds of times its size.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
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Well they should pull their finger out and change this. Obviously. Unless they think that making people wade through pornography, racism and lies to obtain government communications on X is sensible or proper.
November 20, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Well they should pull their finger out and change this. Obviously. Unless they think that making people wade through pornography, racism and lies to obtain government communications on X is sensible or proper.
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November 20, 2024 at 6:02 PM
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All of a sudden, my 'For You' feed in the other place has cleaned up.
Before I joined here I saw nothing but tweets from 'him' and MAGA and voluminous right-wing bile. Mostly though it was just him; tweet after tweet after tweet in my feed. Now, nothing.
Too late Space Karen, too late...
Before I joined here I saw nothing but tweets from 'him' and MAGA and voluminous right-wing bile. Mostly though it was just him; tweet after tweet after tweet in my feed. Now, nothing.
Too late Space Karen, too late...
November 20, 2024 at 11:13 AM
All of a sudden, my 'For You' feed in the other place has cleaned up.
Before I joined here I saw nothing but tweets from 'him' and MAGA and voluminous right-wing bile. Mostly though it was just him; tweet after tweet after tweet in my feed. Now, nothing.
Too late Space Karen, too late...
Before I joined here I saw nothing but tweets from 'him' and MAGA and voluminous right-wing bile. Mostly though it was just him; tweet after tweet after tweet in my feed. Now, nothing.
Too late Space Karen, too late...
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And THAT is exactly how people with a huge sense of entitlement regularly behave when they get caught out.
#JeremyClarkson
#JeremyClarkson
November 19, 2024 at 4:51 PM
And THAT is exactly how people with a huge sense of entitlement regularly behave when they get caught out.
#JeremyClarkson
#JeremyClarkson
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Health minister Stephen Kinnock says he will back assisted dying bill
Health minister Stephen Kinnock says he will back assisted dying bill
Minister says law change is ‘right thing to do’ while Keir Starmer gives strongest hint yet that he will vote for bill
The health minister Stephen Kinnock has said he will vote in favour of the assisted dying bill next week, arguing that it is the…
dlvr.it
November 19, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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Now that I've fled Leon's site for bluer skies, I'm sure I'll be called an #Ex-X, but personally, I'll always consider myself a #TwitterQuitter.
November 18, 2024 at 11:19 PM
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"It's 'free speech' when they 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 what's being said."
After backlash over a police investigation into a journalist's tweet, The News Agents discuss the right’s so-called "free speech absolutism" which, as it turns out, comes with conditions.
After backlash over a police investigation into a journalist's tweet, The News Agents discuss the right’s so-called "free speech absolutism" which, as it turns out, comes with conditions.
November 18, 2024 at 7:44 PM
"It's 'free speech' when they 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 what's being said."
After backlash over a police investigation into a journalist's tweet, The News Agents discuss the right’s so-called "free speech absolutism" which, as it turns out, comes with conditions.
After backlash over a police investigation into a journalist's tweet, The News Agents discuss the right’s so-called "free speech absolutism" which, as it turns out, comes with conditions.
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Kemi Badenoch and four leading Shadow Cabinet members have all received donations from funders of a Tufton Street climate science denial group
Badenoch now says she is a "Net Zero sceptic" and backs calls to scrap "radical" climate change measures
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/05/k...
Badenoch now says she is a "Net Zero sceptic" and backs calls to scrap "radical" climate change measures
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/05/k...
Kemi Badenoch and Shadow Net Zero Secretary Funded by Backers of Tufton Street Climate Science Denial Group
The Conservative party leader and several leading members of her new Shadow Cabinet have ties to the opaquely-funded group campaigning against plans to reach Net Zero
bylinetimes.com
November 5, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Kemi Badenoch and four leading Shadow Cabinet members have all received donations from funders of a Tufton Street climate science denial group
Badenoch now says she is a "Net Zero sceptic" and backs calls to scrap "radical" climate change measures
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/05/k...
Badenoch now says she is a "Net Zero sceptic" and backs calls to scrap "radical" climate change measures
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/05/k...
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🔴Public Demands Starmer Resurrects Leveson Press Corruption Inquiry Amid Collapse in Trust in UK Media
The mother of late TV presenter Caroline Flack calls for Starmer to “find the courage” to take on newspaper owners and restart the inquiry
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/12/p...
The mother of late TV presenter Caroline Flack calls for Starmer to “find the courage” to take on newspaper owners and restart the inquiry
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/12/p...
Public Demands Starmer Resurrects Leveson Press Corruption Inquiry Amid Collapse in Trust in UK Media
The mother of late TV presenter Caroline Flack calls for Starmer to "find the courage" to restart it as exclusive new YouGov polling finds public wants reform
bylinetimes.com
November 18, 2024 at 11:35 AM
🔴Public Demands Starmer Resurrects Leveson Press Corruption Inquiry Amid Collapse in Trust in UK Media
The mother of late TV presenter Caroline Flack calls for Starmer to “find the courage” to take on newspaper owners and restart the inquiry
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/12/p...
The mother of late TV presenter Caroline Flack calls for Starmer to “find the courage” to take on newspaper owners and restart the inquiry
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/12/p...
So what do we call it? A sky? A blue? A bluey?
'I was so annoyed I just had to Blue about it'?
'I Blued about that earlier'
Not that I actually care, I'm just sooo happy to be away from that fucking Bond villain made flesh.
'I was so annoyed I just had to Blue about it'?
'I Blued about that earlier'
Not that I actually care, I'm just sooo happy to be away from that fucking Bond villain made flesh.
November 17, 2024 at 9:05 PM
So what do we call it? A sky? A blue? A bluey?
'I was so annoyed I just had to Blue about it'?
'I Blued about that earlier'
Not that I actually care, I'm just sooo happy to be away from that fucking Bond villain made flesh.
'I was so annoyed I just had to Blue about it'?
'I Blued about that earlier'
Not that I actually care, I'm just sooo happy to be away from that fucking Bond villain made flesh.
My first day on Twitter I started following @bengoldacre.bsky.social because of his mention of it in his book Bad Science. Now, a significant number of years later and having catapulted myself off that hell site to Blue Sky the first account I am following is the same.
Let's start again ❤️
Let's start again ❤️
November 17, 2024 at 7:20 PM
My first day on Twitter I started following @bengoldacre.bsky.social because of his mention of it in his book Bad Science. Now, a significant number of years later and having catapulted myself off that hell site to Blue Sky the first account I am following is the same.
Let's start again ❤️
Let's start again ❤️