Will Reid-Tong (née Thong)
@willthong.com
💻 Release Engineer at a cybersecurity firm
🌹 Ex-Labour fundraiser, 2021-2023
🎓 Ex-Magdalene College, Cambridge fundraiser
🧑🍳 Even more formerly a MasterChef 2017 contestant
All opinions personal; RT ≠ endorsement
🌹 Ex-Labour fundraiser, 2021-2023
🎓 Ex-Magdalene College, Cambridge fundraiser
🧑🍳 Even more formerly a MasterChef 2017 contestant
All opinions personal; RT ≠ endorsement
Especially this! Cf failing to stand up in defence of ILR or turning off Contact Creator in "unwinnable" seats; when you are a party of the centre left, punching the left then expecting the left to help you doorknock is a strat that only gets you so far!
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Especially this! Cf failing to stand up in defence of ILR or turning off Contact Creator in "unwinnable" seats; when you are a party of the centre left, punching the left then expecting the left to help you doorknock is a strat that only gets you so far!
This from John Healey is just profoundly silly. Of course the language we communicate in isn't the same as the language we use to describe our politics. "progressive consensus" is a perfectly good label to describe "whinging about brown folk in adverts is racist, and weird to boot".
October 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This from John Healey is just profoundly silly. Of course the language we communicate in isn't the same as the language we use to describe our politics. "progressive consensus" is a perfectly good label to describe "whinging about brown folk in adverts is racist, and weird to boot".
Goddamnit they've got gorgeous weather, heavenly food and muscular soc dems who actually believe in their policies - where is our goddamn Pedro Sanchez (also apparently a break dancer? v cool, no offence intended to our own fluteplaying PM)
October 18, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Goddamnit they've got gorgeous weather, heavenly food and muscular soc dems who actually believe in their policies - where is our goddamn Pedro Sanchez (also apparently a break dancer? v cool, no offence intended to our own fluteplaying PM)
A rare case where quoting the entire passage in context makes this worse. Hardly a republican position to say this nonce should've been stripped of his titles years ago!
October 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A rare case where quoting the entire passage in context makes this worse. Hardly a republican position to say this nonce should've been stripped of his titles years ago!
Absolute banger - hard to better describe the vibe
October 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Absolute banger - hard to better describe the vibe
Fellow cybersec folk, is it just me or is it VERY BAD for the BBC to be publicly disclosing that they have no automated protections against MFA bombing and their SOC team needs to manually deprivilege you in the event that it happens?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
September 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Fellow cybersec folk, is it just me or is it VERY BAD for the BBC to be publicly disclosing that they have no automated protections against MFA bombing and their SOC team needs to manually deprivilege you in the event that it happens?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Such an easy mistakes to make that Wikipedia's got you
September 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Such an easy mistakes to make that Wikipedia's got you
Thanks for speaking up on this Charlotte! Hugely disappointed that the Government response to deporting permanent residents like my dad (who's worked here for 30+ years) amounts to "sure Nigel has a point, but the problem isn't as bad as he says".
September 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Thanks for speaking up on this Charlotte! Hugely disappointed that the Government response to deporting permanent residents like my dad (who's worked here for 30+ years) amounts to "sure Nigel has a point, but the problem isn't as bad as he says".
Relevant guidelines on the CPS website. For these guys to be liable for a s1 offence under the Malicious Communications Act 1988 the picture had to be "indecent or grossly offensive". Can't see it clearing that bar. This is massively repressive - we shouldn't let Trump's thin skin impinge on our
September 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Relevant guidelines on the CPS website. For these guys to be liable for a s1 offence under the Malicious Communications Act 1988 the picture had to be "indecent or grossly offensive". Can't see it clearing that bar. This is massively repressive - we shouldn't let Trump's thin skin impinge on our
Not graphical data but still data (same article)
September 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Not graphical data but still data (same article)
I think you'd then want to delve into wider social issue polling; young American men do seem to have become less socially progressive over time, eg www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
September 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I think you'd then want to delve into wider social issue polling; young American men do seem to have become less socially progressive over time, eg www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
25 != 29, but young American men are much further to the right than in the UK, even ignoring how much further to the right Republicans are as opposed to the combined Tory/Reform position.
September 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
25 != 29, but young American men are much further to the right than in the UK, even ignoring how much further to the right Republicans are as opposed to the combined Tory/Reform position.
Mandelson is like the last Epstein denialist on the goddamn planet and that was something No 10 didn't think to chat through in the interview?!
September 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Mandelson is like the last Epstein denialist on the goddamn planet and that was something No 10 didn't think to chat through in the interview?!
I know this is absolutely not the point, but does anyone have any clue why the Shadow Chancellor and Shadow Home Secretary have decided to place pins halfway down their lapels? Pretty sure the classic location is much higher...
September 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I know this is absolutely not the point, but does anyone have any clue why the Shadow Chancellor and Shadow Home Secretary have decided to place pins halfway down their lapels? Pretty sure the classic location is much higher...
Seems pretty obvious to me that the answer to this question is, per the subheadline, one?
August 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Seems pretty obvious to me that the answer to this question is, per the subheadline, one?
As ever, the quality of Reddit commentary (provided you're in the right sort of subreddit) never ceases to amaze me
July 31, 2025 at 9:22 AM
As ever, the quality of Reddit commentary (provided you're in the right sort of subreddit) never ceases to amaze me
Tbh this was the first I'd heard about the assault by beating offence. We'll see if they're convicted for it, but, if so, I'm actually less concerned about them being proscribed than I was before knowing this.
July 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Tbh this was the first I'd heard about the assault by beating offence. We'll see if they're convicted for it, but, if so, I'm actually less concerned about them being proscribed than I was before knowing this.
I agree with the point in general, but it looks like the Cambridge donation literally goes mostly into resources aimed at just that. (Secondarily, yeah I'd rather the £13m went to non-selective
July 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I agree with the point in general, but it looks like the Cambridge donation literally goes mostly into resources aimed at just that. (Secondarily, yeah I'd rather the £13m went to non-selective
I agree it hits both. But it hits the rich harder right? If we assume the thresholds get frozen vs inflation which would've otherwise caused thresholds to rise by £2,000, I think a £14k earner pays 2% extra but a high earner pays 3% extra...
June 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I agree it hits both. But it hits the rich harder right? If we assume the thresholds get frozen vs inflation which would've otherwise caused thresholds to rise by £2,000, I think a £14k earner pays 2% extra but a high earner pays 3% extra...
Pretty sure the Keir Starmer of 2015 would be FURIOUS with the Keir Starmer of 2025, because both these guys are 100% right - it's utterly wacky to imply Palestine Action are more like Al-Qaeda than the suffragettes.
June 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Pretty sure the Keir Starmer of 2015 would be FURIOUS with the Keir Starmer of 2025, because both these guys are 100% right - it's utterly wacky to imply Palestine Action are more like Al-Qaeda than the suffragettes.
Not to mention selection bias + comically small sample size
June 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Not to mention selection bias + comically small sample size
Which bit of this costing do you disagree with? It will obviously cost the Government something but LT have *explicitly* said it would be free at the point of use.
June 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Which bit of this costing do you disagree with? It will obviously cost the Government something but LT have *explicitly* said it would be free at the point of use.
Right but the article you initially linked said it would be "free" - so the cost is to be borne by Govt. And it's literally in the second para of the report. Dispute the costings by all means, but the proposal is simply not to charge people 🤦♀️
www.labourtogether.uk/all-reports/...
www.labourtogether.uk/all-reports/...
June 6, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Right but the article you initially linked said it would be "free" - so the cost is to be borne by Govt. And it's literally in the second para of the report. Dispute the costings by all means, but the proposal is simply not to charge people 🤦♀️
www.labourtogether.uk/all-reports/...
www.labourtogether.uk/all-reports/...
Hell of a way to talk about a growth-driving sector which exports a world-beating product! This position on degrees is about as unpatriotic as on Range Rovers. If someone said "I wouldn't be gutted if JLR Solihull shut down" I think they should lose the whip.
labourlist.org/2025/04/hind...
labourlist.org/2025/04/hind...
June 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Hell of a way to talk about a growth-driving sector which exports a world-beating product! This position on degrees is about as unpatriotic as on Range Rovers. If someone said "I wouldn't be gutted if JLR Solihull shut down" I think they should lose the whip.
labourlist.org/2025/04/hind...
labourlist.org/2025/04/hind...
Boycotted Eurovision last night. Shame - it's precisely my kind of camp, musical jam. Last year, 🇮🇱 paid for social media ads to encourage Europeans to vote for it. Making it look like Europe approves of its actions is an explicit government aim. www-ynet-co-il.translate.goog/news/article...
May 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Boycotted Eurovision last night. Shame - it's precisely my kind of camp, musical jam. Last year, 🇮🇱 paid for social media ads to encourage Europeans to vote for it. Making it look like Europe approves of its actions is an explicit government aim. www-ynet-co-il.translate.goog/news/article...