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Work in TV. Photographer, tragically unbeyachted, probably drunk.
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As set out in this thread, the causes of the court backlog are chronic lack of funding and absurd inefficiency.

The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries.

Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
December 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I have reached the pinnacle of my DS9 rewatch.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Minor point. But this is the OBR saying that the briefing about income tax being dropped because of improved forecasts is bollocks.
November 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
If the budget wasn’t so depressing I’d find the OBR leak hilarious
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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what the fuck
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Indeed. Railway nationalisation doesn't have to be like this: not every nationalised railway is 'Germany in 2025' or 'the United Kingdom in 1994', but it's wild seeing the government actively go 'British Rail in 1989, here we come baby!'
"You know how British Rail was starved of investment because governments kept prices artificially low? And how privatisation has seen ridership increase with increased ticket prices underpinning much needed investment?

Well, we've nationalised it again, so we can go back to freezing ticket prices!"
November 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Ah, 2025. When you need to do a firmware update on your Christmas lights when you plug them in.
November 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Of course it’s the over 65s who overwhelmingly support this while simultaneously not being affected by it and being the people who should actually be more rigorously (re-)tested.
69% of Britons would support the introduction of graduated driving licences, whereby new drivers would be restricted from driving in certain conditions, as a new campaign is launched by MPs and bereaved families in favour of them

Support: 69%
Oppose: 21%

yougov.co.uk/topics/trave...
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Inconvenient facts for malign (often foreign) influencers who try to portray my home city as a lethal no go zone.

After more than half a century living here, I’ve never felt safer

And kudos to Fraser Nelson for his work on this
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I literally swore at the radio when this came on the news on my drive home.
…I give up. I absolutely give up.
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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The fools! They'd be so much happier now if they had just talked endlessly about battery trains and hydrogen.
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Successfully avoided the spoilers and finally watched the final tonight. Gutted for Cat. Well done Alan. Nick - we go way back and I’ll always have so much respect for you.
November 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Every leak and rumour about the budget gets more and more depressing.
November 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Don’t give a fuck about St Paul’s but having to keep 13 sightlines has meant London’s skyline truly is one of the most interesting in the world
November 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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FIFA awarding a "peace prize" to Trump would be so absolutely on-brand, a truly genius innovation.
November 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This is why we can’t have nice things
November 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I am in transit nerd heaven
London's Ringways are a whole network of unbuilt urban motorways threaded through the capital. There's never been a complete map of them,not even one made by their designers, until now. Today we're publishing the Ringways Map from @roads.org.uk to let you see in the city that London nearly became.
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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gm
October 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Picard: there ARE FOUR GUYS! FOUR
November 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM