Edwin Hayward
@edwinhayward.com
Author and commentator. Book: 'Slaying Brexit Unicorns'. Busy AI coding.
Topics: AI & fun geeky stuff, Brexit & UK politics. Expect facts & stats, sarcasm and gallows humour.
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Me: https://www.edwinhayward.com/
Topics: AI & fun geeky stuff, Brexit & UK politics. Expect facts & stats, sarcasm and gallows humour.
Handy tools: https://www.superuseful.com/
Me: https://www.edwinhayward.com/
Sorry, no edit button, but the England/Wales statistic of 88 people shot and killed by police was over 35 years not 25.
January 10, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Sorry, no edit button, but the England/Wales statistic of 88 people shot and killed by police was over 35 years not 25.
Are you saying I'm even older than I feel? Sigh!
January 10, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Are you saying I'm even older than I feel? Sigh!
Not really.
It's just that the average journalist seems incapable of distinguishing between a statement made by an AI (worthless from a news value perspective) and a statement made by a company representative (also worth verifying, but by definition representative of the firm's position).
It's just that the average journalist seems incapable of distinguishing between a statement made by an AI (worthless from a news value perspective) and a statement made by a company representative (also worth verifying, but by definition representative of the firm's position).
January 10, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Not really.
It's just that the average journalist seems incapable of distinguishing between a statement made by an AI (worthless from a news value perspective) and a statement made by a company representative (also worth verifying, but by definition representative of the firm's position).
It's just that the average journalist seems incapable of distinguishing between a statement made by an AI (worthless from a news value perspective) and a statement made by a company representative (also worth verifying, but by definition representative of the firm's position).
In the last 25 years, police in England and Wales have fatally shot 88 people. That's for a population of 59,000,000 people.
www.inquest.org.uk/fatal-police...
In 2015 alone, over 1,000 people were killed by law enforcement in the USA (population 343,000,000).
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016...
www.inquest.org.uk/fatal-police...
In 2015 alone, over 1,000 people were killed by law enforcement in the USA (population 343,000,000).
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016...
January 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
In the last 25 years, police in England and Wales have fatally shot 88 people. That's for a population of 59,000,000 people.
www.inquest.org.uk/fatal-police...
In 2015 alone, over 1,000 people were killed by law enforcement in the USA (population 343,000,000).
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016...
www.inquest.org.uk/fatal-police...
In 2015 alone, over 1,000 people were killed by law enforcement in the USA (population 343,000,000).
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016...
That's about 0.1% of the vitriol in US
media outlets.
media outlets.
January 9, 2026 at 6:36 AM
That's about 0.1% of the vitriol in US
media outlets.
media outlets.
That's not a slippery slope. It's a vertical cliff with civil unrest or worse at the bottom.
January 8, 2026 at 10:50 PM
That's not a slippery slope. It's a vertical cliff with civil unrest or worse at the bottom.
If they were innocent, they'd stand still to give the police a clearer shot.
January 8, 2026 at 2:10 PM
If they were innocent, they'd stand still to give the police a clearer shot.
That's been the case ever since Trump got back in.
January 8, 2026 at 2:08 PM
That's been the case ever since Trump got back in.
Only if other countries stop cowering. Together they are MUCH stronger than the USA, even though the USA is stronger than any one of them alone.
Unity in the face of bullying would force even Trump to think twice. But Starmer would have to hang up his cheerleading pompoms first.
Unity in the face of bullying would force even Trump to think twice. But Starmer would have to hang up his cheerleading pompoms first.
January 8, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Only if other countries stop cowering. Together they are MUCH stronger than the USA, even though the USA is stronger than any one of them alone.
Unity in the face of bullying would force even Trump to think twice. But Starmer would have to hang up his cheerleading pompoms first.
Unity in the face of bullying would force even Trump to think twice. But Starmer would have to hang up his cheerleading pompoms first.