Edward mac Cargill
@qrowfrickner.bsky.social
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Liberal Socialist and Prog Rock fan
Liberal Socialist and Prog Rock fan
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Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt
December 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt
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Senior doorkeeper Paul Kehoe helps keep the magic of Parliament running behind the scenes 🎅✨
Paul has worked in the House of Commons since he was 19 years old, for more than 46 years
It was an absolute joy to interview him about his lifetime of service
Paul has worked in the House of Commons since he was 19 years old, for more than 46 years
It was an absolute joy to interview him about his lifetime of service
'Parliament Is A Family': Senior Doorkeeper Paul Kehoe On Nearly 50 Years In Westminster
For decades, Paul Kehoe has served successive parliaments with discretion, dedication and good humour. From being kissed by Mo Mowlam to fishing a ...
www.politicshome.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Senior doorkeeper Paul Kehoe helps keep the magic of Parliament running behind the scenes 🎅✨
Paul has worked in the House of Commons since he was 19 years old, for more than 46 years
It was an absolute joy to interview him about his lifetime of service
Paul has worked in the House of Commons since he was 19 years old, for more than 46 years
It was an absolute joy to interview him about his lifetime of service
Seeing the replies on this and noticing an awful lot of (hopefully accidental) misinformation, so I thought I might give my tuppence on it. Feel free to correct me if you notice anything wrong 1/?
Children should be able to thrive no matter where they’re born.
Scrapping the Two Child Cap lifts 450,000 children out of poverty - and over 1,200 in Kensington & Bayswater.
This is the difference that only a Labour government can make.
Scrapping the Two Child Cap lifts 450,000 children out of poverty - and over 1,200 in Kensington & Bayswater.
This is the difference that only a Labour government can make.
December 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Seeing the replies on this and noticing an awful lot of (hopefully accidental) misinformation, so I thought I might give my tuppence on it. Feel free to correct me if you notice anything wrong 1/?
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In cases like this I always want to give the journalists / editors the benefit of the doubt, but honestly this is pretty brazen. I really worry that major news organisations in the UK are honing content to social media mores in incredibly damaging ways now, and don't even realise how damaging it is.
Incredible. This morning on the BBC site story was titled "Puppy farm ban promised in plans to improve animal welfare" with puppy pic up top. Later changed to "Hen cages and pig crates face ban" and gives top focus to policy's opponents. The puppy/RSPCA angle is 20 paragraphs in, as "meanwhile". ~AA
December 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
In cases like this I always want to give the journalists / editors the benefit of the doubt, but honestly this is pretty brazen. I really worry that major news organisations in the UK are honing content to social media mores in incredibly damaging ways now, and don't even realise how damaging it is.
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ahahahahaha yes Labour Together you should definitely set fire to Labour's workers' rights agenda just as the country's biggest trade union votes for a leader who thinks you're shit. that's definitely a good idea.
(I don't think for one moment that the govt will actually do this)
(I don't think for one moment that the govt will actually do this)
I have my criticisms of *aspects* of the employment rights package, but this is an insane proposal, both in policy and party management terms
December 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
ahahahahaha yes Labour Together you should definitely set fire to Labour's workers' rights agenda just as the country's biggest trade union votes for a leader who thinks you're shit. that's definitely a good idea.
(I don't think for one moment that the govt will actually do this)
(I don't think for one moment that the govt will actually do this)
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Our new golden age of free speech, where opposition to immigration enforcement can trigger a federal investigation
December 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Our new golden age of free speech, where opposition to immigration enforcement can trigger a federal investigation
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The Telegraph: now advocates for mutiny.
The enemy within.
The enemy within.
December 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The Telegraph: now advocates for mutiny.
The enemy within.
The enemy within.
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For balance, I am duty-bound to include this actual certified banger of a joke from Mark Drayford from that same conference.
December 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
For balance, I am duty-bound to include this actual certified banger of a joke from Mark Drayford from that same conference.
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🎄And as an Xmas special: What is voting intention by school nativity role we played? Labour’s best result is with those who played Wise Men, Tory’s Joseph, Greens narrators & maybe mirroring their rise from underdogs to today Reform’s best score is among those who played sheep/donkeys
December 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🎄And as an Xmas special: What is voting intention by school nativity role we played? Labour’s best result is with those who played Wise Men, Tory’s Joseph, Greens narrators & maybe mirroring their rise from underdogs to today Reform’s best score is among those who played sheep/donkeys
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Way to kill your entire fucking brand, wow
Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesn’t understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
December 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Way to kill your entire fucking brand, wow
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UPDATE: Employment Rights Bill passed!
Labour delivering:
✅ Better Pay
✅ Better Conditions
✅ Better Jobs
Labour in action
Labour delivering:
✅ Better Pay
✅ Better Conditions
✅ Better Jobs
Labour in action
December 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
UPDATE: Employment Rights Bill passed!
Labour delivering:
✅ Better Pay
✅ Better Conditions
✅ Better Jobs
Labour in action
Labour delivering:
✅ Better Pay
✅ Better Conditions
✅ Better Jobs
Labour in action
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The enemy within
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The enemy within
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Intriguing note on an essay I'm marking.
December 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Intriguing note on an essay I'm marking.
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—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
December 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
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WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
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epic will pay for every game that gets claimed this way so yes, you are still giving money to rowling (and by extension an international campaign against trans people) by claiming this
there are other, better franchises - let this one go
there are other, better franchises - let this one go
Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.
Hogwarts Legacy is now at the right price: $0
Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.
www.polygon.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
epic will pay for every game that gets claimed this way so yes, you are still giving money to rowling (and by extension an international campaign against trans people) by claiming this
there are other, better franchises - let this one go
there are other, better franchises - let this one go
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For complete clarity, people like Connor Tomlinson are not “controversialists” or “the UK’s answer to X or Y”. They’re very basic, ordinary, grubby racists.
December 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
For complete clarity, people like Connor Tomlinson are not “controversialists” or “the UK’s answer to X or Y”. They’re very basic, ordinary, grubby racists.
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Given Christmas songs start playing in most big shops some time around early September* then the plot by the Woke Liberati to cancel the festive season isn’t going very well.
*I exaggerate but only a bit.
*I exaggerate but only a bit.
The UK far right is increasingly infiltrating the Anglican church so this is bang on trend.
December 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Given Christmas songs start playing in most big shops some time around early September* then the plot by the Woke Liberati to cancel the festive season isn’t going very well.
*I exaggerate but only a bit.
*I exaggerate but only a bit.
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This year - one of both mat leave and reporting travels around the country - I've found an alternative story to the "Broken Britain" narrative.
My column for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social Christmas issue:
My column for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social Christmas issue:
I was wrong about Broken Britain
The country can feel divided and lost, but there’s always another side to the story
www.newstatesman.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This year - one of both mat leave and reporting travels around the country - I've found an alternative story to the "Broken Britain" narrative.
My column for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social Christmas issue:
My column for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social Christmas issue:
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The Reddit rumours are about to start again, aren’t they?
December 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The Reddit rumours are about to start again, aren’t they?
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losing my mind watching people genuinely complain that there wasn’t enough ‘variety’ in their awards show because Expedition 33 - a game that is exceptional in almost every way - won several awards for being exceptional in almost every way
December 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
losing my mind watching people genuinely complain that there wasn’t enough ‘variety’ in their awards show because Expedition 33 - a game that is exceptional in almost every way - won several awards for being exceptional in almost every way
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The Government agredd a compromise to get the bill through. The Lords have ignored that - unconstitutionally.
The govt should do the same. Return to the full version of the bill, pass it with the Parliament Act then reform the Lords to stop this happening again.
The govt should do the same. Return to the full version of the bill, pass it with the Parliament Act then reform the Lords to stop this happening again.
The Lords blocked the Employment Right's Bill again last night.
Thanfully on just one point about unfair dismissal...but it's still delaying the WHOLE bill further!
244 to 220.
So who is among the 244?
202 Tories
26 crossbenchers
9 non-affiliated
3 DUP
3 UUP
1 bishop
Look at the names...
1/3
Thanfully on just one point about unfair dismissal...but it's still delaying the WHOLE bill further!
244 to 220.
So who is among the 244?
202 Tories
26 crossbenchers
9 non-affiliated
3 DUP
3 UUP
1 bishop
Look at the names...
1/3
December 12, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The Government agredd a compromise to get the bill through. The Lords have ignored that - unconstitutionally.
The govt should do the same. Return to the full version of the bill, pass it with the Parliament Act then reform the Lords to stop this happening again.
The govt should do the same. Return to the full version of the bill, pass it with the Parliament Act then reform the Lords to stop this happening again.
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A good question. I favour its complete reform, but at least to make it function as part of a democracy we need:
1. Term limits (I suggest 5 years, renewable once)
2. Members appointed by independent body, not PM
3. Cap on total number of members
4. Stop giving them silly titles, it’s embarrassing
1. Term limits (I suggest 5 years, renewable once)
2. Members appointed by independent body, not PM
3. Cap on total number of members
4. Stop giving them silly titles, it’s embarrassing
Why is the House of Lords?
December 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM
A good question. I favour its complete reform, but at least to make it function as part of a democracy we need:
1. Term limits (I suggest 5 years, renewable once)
2. Members appointed by independent body, not PM
3. Cap on total number of members
4. Stop giving them silly titles, it’s embarrassing
1. Term limits (I suggest 5 years, renewable once)
2. Members appointed by independent body, not PM
3. Cap on total number of members
4. Stop giving them silly titles, it’s embarrassing