Rob Dalby
@robdalby.bsky.social
Cars, Planes, History, Kayak, Sea, Mountains, Vinyl, Photography. According to my daughters “won’t shut up about his Saab”. Does Operations stuff in publishing.
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Do you know how hard you have to fuck up to make Jeremy Corbyn look like the moderate voice of reason?
Zarah Sultana’s Your Party membership launch may have been ‘serious criminal act’
Zarah Sultana’s Your Party membership launch may have been ‘serious criminal act’
Information watchdog says party’s data controller should refer unauthorised launch to police
Zarah Sultana’s unauthorised launch of a Your Party membership portal may have been a “serious criminal act” and should be referred to the police, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has advised.
Jeremy Corbyn’s Peace and Justice Project (PJP), which referred Your Party to the information watchdog last September over a potential data breach, has been advised by the ICO that it should consider “taking further action” regarding the matter, after deciding it was not a matter for them. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Do you know how hard you have to fuck up to make Jeremy Corbyn look like the moderate voice of reason?
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I think the OSA is probably a good example of where the Very Online - of whatever political persuasion - are massively out of step with a substantial amount of public opinion.
Extraordinary moment on Sky News as Peter Kyle hits out at criticism of the Online Safety Act:
“If people like Jimmy Savile were alive today he’d be perpetrating his crimes online, and Nigel Farage is saying that he’s on their side"
Told that Zia Yusuf will be responding shortly on the programme
“If people like Jimmy Savile were alive today he’d be perpetrating his crimes online, and Nigel Farage is saying that he’s on their side"
Told that Zia Yusuf will be responding shortly on the programme
July 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I think the OSA is probably a good example of where the Very Online - of whatever political persuasion - are massively out of step with a substantial amount of public opinion.
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It continues to be fascinating to see how many people (not Julianna, to be clear!) really do believe that their Bluesky feed represents anything other than 'who they have chosen to follow on Bluesky'. No, the Online Safety Act is not unpopular in the UK. Have you met the median British person?
I do not actually get the sense there’s massive resistance to it in the way that one thread is making out. It’s just an irritating nuisance people will largely get used to,
July 29, 2025 at 8:07 AM
It continues to be fascinating to see how many people (not Julianna, to be clear!) really do believe that their Bluesky feed represents anything other than 'who they have chosen to follow on Bluesky'. No, the Online Safety Act is not unpopular in the UK. Have you met the median British person?
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Another shit take on Jekyll and Hyde has just made me think again about the shitshow on the near horizon when Fleming's Bond goes out of copyright.
a man in a blue shirt is making a funny face while looking at something .
ALT: a man in a blue shirt is making a funny face while looking at something .
media.tenor.com
July 22, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Another shit take on Jekyll and Hyde has just made me think again about the shitshow on the near horizon when Fleming's Bond goes out of copyright.
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I once tweeted that Cilla Black had a voice like two skinheads kicking a banjo up the A19.
A few days later I was followed by Dionne Warwick.
A few days later I was followed by Dionne Warwick.
July 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I once tweeted that Cilla Black had a voice like two skinheads kicking a banjo up the A19.
A few days later I was followed by Dionne Warwick.
A few days later I was followed by Dionne Warwick.
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Knocking down Makka Pakka's piles of stones in the Night Garden. 'Have you any idea the damage these do to the ecosystem?' I scream.
July 18, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Knocking down Makka Pakka's piles of stones in the Night Garden. 'Have you any idea the damage these do to the ecosystem?' I scream.
This is clearly the cat’s worst nightmare made real
A tortoise shows it can go way faster with a ride and it even learns how to turn like a pro. 😅
July 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is clearly the cat’s worst nightmare made real
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I think an underrated problem in most countries is that lockdowns drove around a quarter of the country crazy, this quarter is pretty well-distributed across the population, and it makes going 'look, these guys are NUTS' much harder a political attack than it used to be.
Reform has, for various reasons, a core base of cranks. So far, they have managed to keep them and more ordinary voters within the tent. Breaking them requires forcing a split between these groups.
July 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I think an underrated problem in most countries is that lockdowns drove around a quarter of the country crazy, this quarter is pretty well-distributed across the population, and it makes going 'look, these guys are NUTS' much harder a political attack than it used to be.
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The most harmful member of the original Star Trek cast was Deforestation Kelly.
July 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The most harmful member of the original Star Trek cast was Deforestation Kelly.
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Bringing a musical instrument to a Test match should be a criminal offence punishable by not less than one hundred years in prison. #EngVsIndia #thecricket
June 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Bringing a musical instrument to a Test match should be a criminal offence punishable by not less than one hundred years in prison. #EngVsIndia #thecricket
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It's like Dunkirk for people with fake lawns.
June 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
It's like Dunkirk for people with fake lawns.
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Jacob Rees-Mogg, a man whose political success in part came from pretending to be as posh as David Cameron, a man whose political success in part lay in pretending to only be as posh as Jacob Rees-Mogg.
The funny thing about Rees Mogg and his TV show is that he actually isn't upper class. He just acts like it.
June 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Jacob Rees-Mogg, a man whose political success in part came from pretending to be as posh as David Cameron, a man whose political success in part lay in pretending to only be as posh as Jacob Rees-Mogg.
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Immediately thought 'What have I seen him in?' and remembered the answer was everything.
rest in peace, Harris Yulin. one of those legendary character actors.
June 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Immediately thought 'What have I seen him in?' and remembered the answer was everything.
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IMO it is very undignified to be the other side of 50 and caring about what's in the charts. It's like sleeping with the light on or watching doctor who
June 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
IMO it is very undignified to be the other side of 50 and caring about what's in the charts. It's like sleeping with the light on or watching doctor who
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Where's the wedding, a Jacobean witch trial?
The best dresses for summer wedding guests, according to an insane article in the Guardian. This one is primary school art smock meets Alien 3.
June 7, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Where's the wedding, a Jacobean witch trial?
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this is just like the parable of the scorpion and the scorpion
June 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
this is just like the parable of the scorpion and the scorpion
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Those who can, shitpost.
Those who can't, do emergency podcasts.
Those who can't, do emergency podcasts.
June 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Those who can, shitpost.
Those who can't, do emergency podcasts.
Those who can't, do emergency podcasts.
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Today is a day for confirming one iron rule of politics. Horrible people are also horrible to each other.
June 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Today is a day for confirming one iron rule of politics. Horrible people are also horrible to each other.
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His name is Zia, and he’s quitting Nigel’s band.
June 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
His name is Zia, and he’s quitting Nigel’s band.
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Wife: oh hey you are back early from your fishing trip how did it go?
Me: octopus have gone woke
Wife: what?
Me (reappearing from boat house with shotgun)
Octopus have gone woke.
Me: octopus have gone woke
Wife: what?
Me (reappearing from boat house with shotgun)
Octopus have gone woke.
June 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Wife: oh hey you are back early from your fishing trip how did it go?
Me: octopus have gone woke
Wife: what?
Me (reappearing from boat house with shotgun)
Octopus have gone woke.
Me: octopus have gone woke
Wife: what?
Me (reappearing from boat house with shotgun)
Octopus have gone woke.
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"Good old American know-how, as provided by good old Americans like Dr Wernher von Braun."
- Tom Lehrer
- Tom Lehrer
May 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"Good old American know-how, as provided by good old Americans like Dr Wernher von Braun."
- Tom Lehrer
- Tom Lehrer
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That sound you can hear is Werner von Braun singing the Star Spangled Banner.
May 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
That sound you can hear is Werner von Braun singing the Star Spangled Banner.
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New Pet Shop Boys tour photos just dropped.
May 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
New Pet Shop Boys tour photos just dropped.