David Myles
@david-alex.bsky.social
Europhile, Labour party activist, recent retiree, beard wearer. Reader , listener and occasional speaker.
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October 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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UK ministers pledge to overhaul terror laws amid Southport murders outcry
UK ministers pledge to overhaul terror laws amid Southport murders outcry
Keir Starmer says social media platforms must also act to remove extreme content that is inspiring violence
Terrorism laws will be overhauled and technology companies be pressured to remove a “tidal wave” of online violent content that is inspiring acts…
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
UK ministers pledge to overhaul terror laws amid Southport murders outcry
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Former vaccines tsar describes ‘open warfare’ within UK government during Covid pandemic
Former vaccines tsar describes ‘open warfare’ within UK government during Covid pandemic
Dame Kate Bingham, who led the vaccine taskforce in 2020, said the clinically vulnerable were deprioritised and goals were not followed
There was “open warfare” between UK government departments during the pandemic, the former vaccines tsar has said,…
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January 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Former vaccines tsar describes ‘open warfare’ within UK government during Covid pandemic
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This is a message to everyone defending Elon Musk over his sieg heil at the Trump Inauguration.
TLDR: His Nazi Salute isn't what make him a Nazi, his support for Nazis is. The salute is just a garnish.
TLDR: His Nazi Salute isn't what make him a Nazi, his support for Nazis is. The salute is just a garnish.
Innocent mistake or blatant dog-whistle? : Elon Musk
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January 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This is a message to everyone defending Elon Musk over his sieg heil at the Trump Inauguration.
TLDR: His Nazi Salute isn't what make him a Nazi, his support for Nazis is. The salute is just a garnish.
TLDR: His Nazi Salute isn't what make him a Nazi, his support for Nazis is. The salute is just a garnish.
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like many people, I am baffled that former Spectator employee and close Michael Gove ally Kemi Badenoch won the leader of the year award from the Spectator magazine, whose editor is Michael Gove.
December 4, 2024 at 6:57 PM
like many people, I am baffled that former Spectator employee and close Michael Gove ally Kemi Badenoch won the leader of the year award from the Spectator magazine, whose editor is Michael Gove.
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I mean this obviously can't stand. You can't have a foreign extremist, who used social media to encourage & facilitate far-right violence, plough huge donations to his favoured British political party.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/is-elo...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/is-elo...
Is Elon Musk Planning To Make A 'F*** You Starmer' $100 Million Donation To Reform UK?
The tech billionaire has been at war with the PM for months.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
December 1, 2024 at 2:32 PM
I mean this obviously can't stand. You can't have a foreign extremist, who used social media to encourage & facilitate far-right violence, plough huge donations to his favoured British political party.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/is-elo...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/is-elo...
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Why an evidenced based approach both works and annoys the reactionaries.
I decided to write about 20mph for my Guardian column.
It shows that evidence based policy making does work, but if you get the messaging wrong, you leave the field open for another culture war battle.
It shows that evidence based policy making does work, but if you get the messaging wrong, you leave the field open for another culture war battle.
Wales’s 20mph speed limit saves lives and money. So why has it become a culture-war battlefield? | Will Hayward
November 18, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Why an evidenced based approach both works and annoys the reactionaries.