Tom
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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. 🧵👇
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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. 🧵👇
open.spotify.com/album/3mCPac...
This album is so incredible, the music so well-constructed and beautifully played, that I am starting off my show, Classical Connections, with a movement. Always great to play more Chineke! on the show, and I am hoping listeners will forgive a bit of jazz. ☺️
This album is so incredible, the music so well-constructed and beautifully played, that I am starting off my show, Classical Connections, with a movement. Always great to play more Chineke! on the show, and I am hoping listeners will forgive a bit of jazz. ☺️
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November 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
open.spotify.com/album/3mCPac...
This album is so incredible, the music so well-constructed and beautifully played, that I am starting off my show, Classical Connections, with a movement. Always great to play more Chineke! on the show, and I am hoping listeners will forgive a bit of jazz. ☺️
This album is so incredible, the music so well-constructed and beautifully played, that I am starting off my show, Classical Connections, with a movement. Always great to play more Chineke! on the show, and I am hoping listeners will forgive a bit of jazz. ☺️
Either the Vaughan Williams biopic I have in my head, or a series of films like the new Beatles quartet, but it's about the Big Three leaders during the Versailles Peace Conference.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Either the Vaughan Williams biopic I have in my head, or a series of films like the new Beatles quartet, but it's about the Big Three leaders during the Versailles Peace Conference.
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This was madness when the SNP tried to do it in Scotland. It would be double madness for Labour to try it in England and Wales.
Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This was madness when the SNP tried to do it in Scotland. It would be double madness for Labour to try it in England and Wales.
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The South West must be heard in this Budget.
That's why we South West @libdems.org.uk MPs went to the Treasury yesterday to outline what we want to see in this Budget to support our region.
The Government cannot ignore the serious issues we’re raising - it’s time they listen and deliver.
That's why we South West @libdems.org.uk MPs went to the Treasury yesterday to outline what we want to see in this Budget to support our region.
The Government cannot ignore the serious issues we’re raising - it’s time they listen and deliver.
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The South West must be heard in this Budget.
That's why we South West @libdems.org.uk MPs went to the Treasury yesterday to outline what we want to see in this Budget to support our region.
The Government cannot ignore the serious issues we’re raising - it’s time they listen and deliver.
That's why we South West @libdems.org.uk MPs went to the Treasury yesterday to outline what we want to see in this Budget to support our region.
The Government cannot ignore the serious issues we’re raising - it’s time they listen and deliver.
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SAVE THE DATE, MES AMIS! You’re invited to join us on Saturday 6th December at 19:00 GMT for a night of festive fun, puns and quizzing.
To take part, have your pens and paper at the ready and simply click this link at the date and time listed: linktr.ee/labourshercule
To take part, have your pens and paper at the ready and simply click this link at the date and time listed: linktr.ee/labourshercule
November 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SAVE THE DATE, MES AMIS! You’re invited to join us on Saturday 6th December at 19:00 GMT for a night of festive fun, puns and quizzing.
To take part, have your pens and paper at the ready and simply click this link at the date and time listed: linktr.ee/labourshercule
To take part, have your pens and paper at the ready and simply click this link at the date and time listed: linktr.ee/labourshercule
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Another day of listening to people who are disappointed with Labour- on the cost of living and pandering to Reform.
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Another day of listening to people who are disappointed with Labour- on the cost of living and pandering to Reform.
When you're about to find a body brutally murdered in an ostensibly peaceful English village.
November 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
When you're about to find a body brutally murdered in an ostensibly peaceful English village.
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🔀 With politics fragmenting, leading academics are warning First Past the Post risks plunging the UK into chaos at the next general election
🤝 The Government and all parties have an opportunity to get a grip on this risk to our national stability
👉 We need a National Commission on Electoral Reform
🤝 The Government and all parties have an opportunity to get a grip on this risk to our national stability
👉 We need a National Commission on Electoral Reform
Ed Davey wants to 'work with government' on electoral reform - BBC News
The Liberal Democrat leader backs replacing first-past-the-post with proportional representation.
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🔀 With politics fragmenting, leading academics are warning First Past the Post risks plunging the UK into chaos at the next general election
🤝 The Government and all parties have an opportunity to get a grip on this risk to our national stability
👉 We need a National Commission on Electoral Reform
🤝 The Government and all parties have an opportunity to get a grip on this risk to our national stability
👉 We need a National Commission on Electoral Reform
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"It's disgraceful that Nigel Farage is egging Donald Trump on as he attacks our institutions, our media, and the pockets of millions.”
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"It's disgraceful that Nigel Farage is egging Donald Trump on as he attacks our institutions, our media, and the pockets of millions.”
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk
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The only way to raise serious revenue is to raise a tax which everybody pays. Raising a tax which someone else pays rarely raises the revenue needed and creates endless pressure from special interest groups. Compare and contrast Mr Osborne's 2 1/2% VAT increase with his pasty tax. #omnishambles
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The only way to raise serious revenue is to raise a tax which everybody pays. Raising a tax which someone else pays rarely raises the revenue needed and creates endless pressure from special interest groups. Compare and contrast Mr Osborne's 2 1/2% VAT increase with his pasty tax. #omnishambles
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Nothing disappoints harder than a stone circle. The way people bang on about them you'd think they would be at least an interesting experience, preferably an emotional one. They're neither.
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Nothing disappoints harder than a stone circle. The way people bang on about them you'd think they would be at least an interesting experience, preferably an emotional one. They're neither.
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Sir Clixby Breame, as played by Richard Briers in an episode of Inspector Morse, must rank high.
Readers reply: Who is the most evil villain in fiction?
Readers reply: Who is the most evil villain in fiction?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Sir Clixby Breame, as played by Richard Briers in an episode of Inspector Morse, must rank high.
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They should have advertised who everyone was playing for, throughout. Popped it under their names everytime they were in the diary room.
The opportunity for tens and tens and tens of millions of pounds of free advertising for charities, totally wasted #CelebrityTraitors
The opportunity for tens and tens and tens of millions of pounds of free advertising for charities, totally wasted #CelebrityTraitors
I mean the BBC should do a nominal donation to all the charities tbf #CelebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
They should have advertised who everyone was playing for, throughout. Popped it under their names everytime they were in the diary room.
The opportunity for tens and tens and tens of millions of pounds of free advertising for charities, totally wasted #CelebrityTraitors
The opportunity for tens and tens and tens of millions of pounds of free advertising for charities, totally wasted #CelebrityTraitors
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Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
It's an insane "scandal". Even noted communist Agatha Christie used this version of aunt!
I think it only counts as a scandal if you're a left-wing Muslim. Trump and his accolytes can say whatever they like.
i cannot believe that “mamdani calls a close adult relative an ‘aunt’ even if they are not literally their parent’s sister” is what counts as a “scandal” these days
October 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
It's an insane "scandal". Even noted communist Agatha Christie used this version of aunt!
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I think this is absolutely right. Also, so many of these guys do actually understand that 'a mixed-race family in an advert' is there to sell people things. They absolutely cannot stand that some minorities are successful. It is resentment all the way down.
Think one of the key things why adverts are such a thing with them is that people in ads are usually enjoying themselves and having a nice life; seeing non-white people be happy is something that drives your typical racist absolutely mad
Something I can't get over with the Sarah Pochin comments is that it's not just racist, it's also pathetic? Like oh wittle Sarah doesn't like the wittle adverts is it? Get a grip, you're a grown woman and member of parliament, stop being a snowflake and find a real problem to deal with
October 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I think this is absolutely right. Also, so many of these guys do actually understand that 'a mixed-race family in an advert' is there to sell people things. They absolutely cannot stand that some minorities are successful. It is resentment all the way down.
Keir Starmer gets an hour on BBC Radio 3 - Slippedisc share.google/7WjWZWKGu6go...
I'm mostly surprised he is discussing controversial subjects like what his favourite music is.
I'm mostly surprised he is discussing controversial subjects like what his favourite music is.
Keir Starmer gets an hour on BBC Radio 3 - Slippedisc
Lord Berkeley’s next guest on Private Passions will...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Keir Starmer gets an hour on BBC Radio 3 - Slippedisc share.google/7WjWZWKGu6go...
I'm mostly surprised he is discussing controversial subjects like what his favourite music is.
I'm mostly surprised he is discussing controversial subjects like what his favourite music is.
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Boris Johnson today labelled former Education Secretary Gavin Williamson’s efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic ‘heroic.’ There are many words I could use to describe it, but that certainly is not one of them.
October 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Boris Johnson today labelled former Education Secretary Gavin Williamson’s efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic ‘heroic.’ There are many words I could use to describe it, but that certainly is not one of them.
Just seen pictures of the new Dumbledore on SomersetLive and expecting a comment from @stephenkb.bsky.social in 3, 2, 1...
October 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Just seen pictures of the new Dumbledore on SomersetLive and expecting a comment from @stephenkb.bsky.social in 3, 2, 1...
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This is absolutely wild, @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social filmed Robinson with a Hitler appreciation society in Germany for Panorama, a film that was never shown. He has openly expressed antisemitic views.
This Israeli government decision to host Tommy Robinson will widen the growing gulf between the Netanyahu government and the British public, including the broad majority of Jews in Britain (3/4 of whom dsapproved of Netanyahu, before this new link to this anti-Muslim racist UK far right convict).
October 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This is absolutely wild, @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social filmed Robinson with a Hitler appreciation society in Germany for Panorama, a film that was never shown. He has openly expressed antisemitic views.
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"I don't want a small minority with right wing extremist intentions to hijack our flag. That's not who we are a a British people."
@munirawilson.bsky.social on reclaiming the flag for those who want to reunite and rebuild, not divide and destroy. #BBCQT
@munirawilson.bsky.social on reclaiming the flag for those who want to reunite and rebuild, not divide and destroy. #BBCQT
September 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"I don't want a small minority with right wing extremist intentions to hijack our flag. That's not who we are a a British people."
@munirawilson.bsky.social on reclaiming the flag for those who want to reunite and rebuild, not divide and destroy. #BBCQT
@munirawilson.bsky.social on reclaiming the flag for those who want to reunite and rebuild, not divide and destroy. #BBCQT
It would be really good to see MRP versions of the preferred PM polling that we've seen showing Davey ahead against Farage - it would give LDs a sense of where there is potential electoral upside in a fight against Farage.
There are a several ways in which this was the right speech for Ed Davey to give in September 2025, after this political summer.
But there is one major challenge: this central pivot - 'So it comes down to us. Or Nigel Farage' - is something the party will like to hear. But this is not likely at all
But there is one major challenge: this central pivot - 'So it comes down to us. Or Nigel Farage' - is something the party will like to hear. But this is not likely at all
September 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
It would be really good to see MRP versions of the preferred PM polling that we've seen showing Davey ahead against Farage - it would give LDs a sense of where there is potential electoral upside in a fight against Farage.