ThinkGov
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IT specialist, uk government insider, golfer (player and level 3 rules official) and recently retired NHS Community First Responder.
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Democratic-led jurisdictions should join the party by naming municipal dumps, sewage plants, toxic-waste cleanup sites etc after him too.
Over to you, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social.
Over to you, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social.
Wasting no time, the Trump administration begins adding his name to the Kennedy Center building, ignoring the understanding that it would require an act of Congress. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Kennedy Center Adds Trump’s Name to Facade
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Democratic-led jurisdictions should join the party by naming municipal dumps, sewage plants, toxic-waste cleanup sites etc after him too.
Over to you, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social.
Over to you, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social.
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That’s not quite right I’m afraid. Boys already get lessons on consent,respect etc in PHSE. What’s proposed is targeted interventions for boys where there are specific teacher/parent concerns - sort of like a Prevent scheme for misogyny to tackle attitudes potentially leading to sexual violence
December 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
That’s not quite right I’m afraid. Boys already get lessons on consent,respect etc in PHSE. What’s proposed is targeted interventions for boys where there are specific teacher/parent concerns - sort of like a Prevent scheme for misogyny to tackle attitudes potentially leading to sexual violence
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The first step of course is to watch this wonderful video by @ramsesthepigeon.bsky.social
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Where Is The Comma In "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" Supposed To Go?
YouTube video by RamsesThePigeon
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December 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The first step of course is to watch this wonderful video by @ramsesthepigeon.bsky.social
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Smash her with provable facts.
Preferably from Starmer in Parliament.
You can’t be surprised by dishonest claims from Badenoch, can you?
Preferably from Starmer in Parliament.
You can’t be surprised by dishonest claims from Badenoch, can you?
Appalling comments by the leader of the opposition.
The scapegoating of immigrants has to stop. Now.
The scapegoating of immigrants has to stop. Now.
December 19, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Smash her with provable facts.
Preferably from Starmer in Parliament.
You can’t be surprised by dishonest claims from Badenoch, can you?
Preferably from Starmer in Parliament.
You can’t be surprised by dishonest claims from Badenoch, can you?
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Those who compare AI with the Industrial Revolution only know about the Industrial Revolution from AI.
Oh no the Governor of the Bank of England compared AI to the Industrial Revolution
December 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Those who compare AI with the Industrial Revolution only know about the Industrial Revolution from AI.
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(They are doing fuck all by chanting. A well organised letter writing campaign aimed at elected representatives could likely have had more impact than most any of these marches, but sticking rigorously to the Need To Have This Chant as your battle line is pure self importance)
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
(They are doing fuck all by chanting. A well organised letter writing campaign aimed at elected representatives could likely have had more impact than most any of these marches, but sticking rigorously to the Need To Have This Chant as your battle line is pure self importance)
I agree about the danger of chants, I don’t see them as dangerous.
I don’t think antisemitism is the motivation, more likely moral repugnance about what Israel is doing.
I don’t wish harm to Jews but avoid doing anything that is good for Israel.
I don’t think antisemitism is the motivation, more likely moral repugnance about what Israel is doing.
I don’t wish harm to Jews but avoid doing anything that is good for Israel.
Where I perhaps differ from a lot of people is that I wouldn’t ban the chants, and I don’t think the vast majority of the people objecting are motivated by antisemitism, but rather by their own glowing sense of self importance. They are Doing Something by chanting, and that is enough for them.
December 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I agree about the danger of chants, I don’t see them as dangerous.
I don’t think antisemitism is the motivation, more likely moral repugnance about what Israel is doing.
I don’t wish harm to Jews but avoid doing anything that is good for Israel.
I don’t think antisemitism is the motivation, more likely moral repugnance about what Israel is doing.
I don’t wish harm to Jews but avoid doing anything that is good for Israel.
Weird thinking. The UK doesn’t have a working class in the way it used to.
Successful Labour governments have had a much wider focus than is being argued for here.
Successful Labour governments have had a much wider focus than is being argued for here.
OK, I really want to know what exactly is being argued here despite suspecting that I will despise it immensely.
December 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Weird thinking. The UK doesn’t have a working class in the way it used to.
Successful Labour governments have had a much wider focus than is being argued for here.
Successful Labour governments have had a much wider focus than is being argued for here.
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Again and again, the optimal position when legally threatened by Trump is to be resolute in defence and prepare for court.
You will likely not then have to go to court, as he will fold or settle.
But if you seek to settle from the off, he has got you and he will crush you.
You will likely not then have to go to court, as he will fold or settle.
But if you seek to settle from the off, he has got you and he will crush you.
Everyone should stand up to this bully.
December 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Again and again, the optimal position when legally threatened by Trump is to be resolute in defence and prepare for court.
You will likely not then have to go to court, as he will fold or settle.
But if you seek to settle from the off, he has got you and he will crush you.
You will likely not then have to go to court, as he will fold or settle.
But if you seek to settle from the off, he has got you and he will crush you.
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The Pulitzer Board is actually fighting back against one of Trump’s vexatious lawsuits, saying, ‘If you were harmed, prove it — with medical and financial records.’
Not rolling over like some of the capitulating companies we’ve seen.
newrepublic.com/post/204475/...
Not rolling over like some of the capitulating companies we’ve seen.
newrepublic.com/post/204475/...
Pulitzer Board Demands Trump’s Tax and Psych Records in Lawsuit Twist
Donald Trump isn’t going to be happy about this one.
newrepublic.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The Pulitzer Board is actually fighting back against one of Trump’s vexatious lawsuits, saying, ‘If you were harmed, prove it — with medical and financial records.’
Not rolling over like some of the capitulating companies we’ve seen.
newrepublic.com/post/204475/...
Not rolling over like some of the capitulating companies we’ve seen.
newrepublic.com/post/204475/...
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BBC better use this tactic. Everyone he sues going forward should
December 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
BBC better use this tactic. Everyone he sues going forward should
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“Can I sue?”
- yes
“Should I sue?”
- no
That is pretty much most sensible litigation advice.
- yes
“Should I sue?”
- no
That is pretty much most sensible litigation advice.
December 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
“Can I sue?”
- yes
“Should I sue?”
- no
That is pretty much most sensible litigation advice.
- yes
“Should I sue?”
- no
That is pretty much most sensible litigation advice.
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At the start of the week you are given N email tokens. By default each email you send costs one token with each recipient costing one additional token apiece.
If you run out of token you can only reply.
If you run out of token you can only reply.
A rule in mail that would move recipients to BCC above a certain number. Or at least warns e-mail authors, so they can make the conscious choice, just like with forgotten attachments. That is a feature I miss in all e-mail platforms…
December 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM
At the start of the week you are given N email tokens. By default each email you send costs one token with each recipient costing one additional token apiece.
If you run out of token you can only reply.
If you run out of token you can only reply.
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Getting into the festive spirit of joy and cheer by diving into How They Broke Britain by the ever adroit @mrjamesob.bsky.social
Superb stocking filler for the Tory and Reform voters in your family 🎄🎅
Superb stocking filler for the Tory and Reform voters in your family 🎄🎅
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Getting into the festive spirit of joy and cheer by diving into How They Broke Britain by the ever adroit @mrjamesob.bsky.social
Superb stocking filler for the Tory and Reform voters in your family 🎄🎅
Superb stocking filler for the Tory and Reform voters in your family 🎄🎅
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£240,000 per job to temporarily safeguard 500 jobs at a firm run by the UK's 7th richest person, an ardent Brexiter worth £17 billion.
Is it really worth it when firms that don't get a penny in government support collapse with greater job losses every few weeks?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Is it really worth it when firms that don't get a penny in government support collapse with greater job losses every few weeks?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
December 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM
£240,000 per job to temporarily safeguard 500 jobs at a firm run by the UK's 7th richest person, an ardent Brexiter worth £17 billion.
Is it really worth it when firms that don't get a penny in government support collapse with greater job losses every few weeks?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Is it really worth it when firms that don't get a penny in government support collapse with greater job losses every few weeks?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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I thought this was a really good OpEd. Sort of an open letter to people around the world shocked and dismayed by US foreign policy under Trump, written by a wise, knowledgeable and insightful American. www.politico.eu/article/us-p...
For most of the world, the US is now a malign actor
While many may be tempted to cut the U.S. off as an ally and partner, I hope our friends don’t give up on us so easily.
www.politico.eu
December 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I thought this was a really good OpEd. Sort of an open letter to people around the world shocked and dismayed by US foreign policy under Trump, written by a wise, knowledgeable and insightful American. www.politico.eu/article/us-p...
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FWIW I think this is a great achievement; and the Government are doing things that are good.
But it will be all for nothing, because of a foolhardy strategy that just isn't working (and won't ever work) at the Home Office.
I'm praying, praying that someone in Government gets this before too late.
But it will be all for nothing, because of a foolhardy strategy that just isn't working (and won't ever work) at the Home Office.
I'm praying, praying that someone in Government gets this before too late.
December 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
FWIW I think this is a great achievement; and the Government are doing things that are good.
But it will be all for nothing, because of a foolhardy strategy that just isn't working (and won't ever work) at the Home Office.
I'm praying, praying that someone in Government gets this before too late.
But it will be all for nothing, because of a foolhardy strategy that just isn't working (and won't ever work) at the Home Office.
I'm praying, praying that someone in Government gets this before too late.
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Totally agree, just because Zionist Israel has behaved appalling, does NOT make every Jew on earth a target, that is patently irrational and stupid. You have my deepest sympathy and glad your sister was not involved. This was murder of the innocent's nothing less.
December 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Totally agree, just because Zionist Israel has behaved appalling, does NOT make every Jew on earth a target, that is patently irrational and stupid. You have my deepest sympathy and glad your sister was not involved. This was murder of the innocent's nothing less.
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No less authority. None.
Sophy Ridge, Sky: ‘Donald #Trump's $10bn claim against the BBC refers to Liz Truss 👀
"No less an authority than the United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister, #LizTruss, discussed this bias, the need to hold the #BBC accountable, and the BBC’s pattern of actual malice"’
Sophy Ridge, Sky: ‘Donald #Trump's $10bn claim against the BBC refers to Liz Truss 👀
"No less an authority than the United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister, #LizTruss, discussed this bias, the need to hold the #BBC accountable, and the BBC’s pattern of actual malice"’
December 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Would it be sensible for the BBC to sue Prescott?
And then go back to Trump’s lawyers arguing that as their case is based on what Prescott reported they need to wait.
And then go back to Trump’s lawyers arguing that as their case is based on what Prescott reported they need to wait.
Now, why didn’t Trump’s lawyers just include the sentence in the quote, like Michael Prescott did?
It’s because Prescott omitted a chunk of quote too. Trump’s lawyers have managed to cut it out of their filing, too, but they’ve done it more cleverly than him. Here’s the missing bit:
It’s because Prescott omitted a chunk of quote too. Trump’s lawyers have managed to cut it out of their filing, too, but they’ve done it more cleverly than him. Here’s the missing bit:
December 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Would it be sensible for the BBC to sue Prescott?
And then go back to Trump’s lawyers arguing that as their case is based on what Prescott reported they need to wait.
And then go back to Trump’s lawyers arguing that as their case is based on what Prescott reported they need to wait.
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MI6 Chief gives speech. Speech may contain words that are interesting. But because MI6 Chief is a woman @telegraph.co.uk prints an article about her appearance, with no mention of the speech’s content.
December 16, 2025 at 7:48 AM
MI6 Chief gives speech. Speech may contain words that are interesting. But because MI6 Chief is a woman @telegraph.co.uk prints an article about her appearance, with no mention of the speech’s content.
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As my dear departed Dad was fond of saying, if brains were dynamite, Laura wouldn't have enough to blow her hat off.
December 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
As my dear departed Dad was fond of saying, if brains were dynamite, Laura wouldn't have enough to blow her hat off.
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one of the most unpleasant people in human history
December 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
one of the most unpleasant people in human history
I hear Netanyahu criticising the Australian govt. for making life dangerous for Jews.
Doesn’t he appreciate that he is responsible for radicalising people all over the world against Jews.
I’m even more horrified when he is supported by Jewish organisations supporting IDF murder of Palestinians.
Doesn’t he appreciate that he is responsible for radicalising people all over the world against Jews.
I’m even more horrified when he is supported by Jewish organisations supporting IDF murder of Palestinians.
December 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I hear Netanyahu criticising the Australian govt. for making life dangerous for Jews.
Doesn’t he appreciate that he is responsible for radicalising people all over the world against Jews.
I’m even more horrified when he is supported by Jewish organisations supporting IDF murder of Palestinians.
Doesn’t he appreciate that he is responsible for radicalising people all over the world against Jews.
I’m even more horrified when he is supported by Jewish organisations supporting IDF murder of Palestinians.