Its quite hard to know what, exactly, will actually lose someone their licence if 59 points, driving while disqualified and no insurance doesn't. Its not juat dangerous - its clear contempt for the law. We should treat car crime like any other crime

Jon Owen@anotherjon.bsky.social · 2d ago

"I'm getting fed up with getting pulled by you guys, so this one will result in a complaint," says the driver with 59 points on his licence. 59 points, and still driving, and he didn't go to prison. The system is broken. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Times, one of the leading voices when it comes to 'protecting women and girls' calling a man who assaulted his young pregnant girlfriend, said he would rape the kids if he was a teacher and called for child sex abuse porn to be legal, 'brilliant'

Any discussion on the impact of the victims? How it destroys their lives? And how that will impact the NHS in the long run? E.g. see the impact on this lady. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Halifax couple admit abusing health worker in park race attack

Victim Apple Moorhouse says she never returned to work after the incident in Halifax last summer.

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Samsung just announced an all time quarterly profit (quarterly!) of $62 *billion* and here they are gating access to emergency services. This is properly dystopian.

Enthralling finish but Dulwich win by 4 runs as Beddington just come up short.

Benjamin Welby@bm.wel.by · 5d ago

It is a total dustbowl at Beddington as the U19s play Dulwich. Finely poised at 147-8 with 5 overs to play chasing 180 to win.

It is a total dustbowl at Beddington as the U19s play Dulwich. Finely poised at 147-8 with 5 overs to play chasing 180 to win.

I've been doing some research into locations in Prague using Google Maps, and either the guy who was tasked to take the photos got the camera position wrong, or there's a small hairy ghost haunting large swathes of the city.

And another cracking match in the Hundred. Didn't give the Southern Brave a prayer at the half way mark but absolutely superb in the field.

I think we might be about to get some rain in South London.

I have blogged! The State of the Present: Andy Burnham’s new government or - Why the abolition of DSIT is baffling and bad - Why I'm worried about what it means for civil service reform - Some opportunities for the new government around data, digital, open government medium.com/state-of-the...

The State of the Present: Andy Burnham’s new government

In common with lots of other policy people in recent weeks, I’ve been reading Head North, the (very readable) book by new Prime Minister…

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Thorough write-up of the Times/Chris Philp migrants stat fabrication story by @garethtbij.bsky.social of @tbij.bsky.social www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...

False migrant care worker data came from Conservative Party

The Times is forced to issue correction after claiming 12 workers from Cameroon brought 180 family members to UK

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I’ve found out that if you google Zebedee the AI overview will pull through a description of the biblical Zebedee and an image of Zebedee from The Magic Roundabout.

For unknown reasons the Number 10 media team still doesn't have anything official on Bluesky so I spent 15 mins vibe-coding up this which automatically shares @andyburnham.bsky.social 's Instagram and TikTok posts. @unofficialandy.bsky.social #AndyBurnham Please share away!

If there was any logic to the structure of government there would be a business architecture for it...

Benjamin Welby@bm.wel.by · 2w ago

ICYMI a long read on how digital is missing from Burnham's vision for how to govern. I would be very comfortable if his first flip flop came by revisiting the decision to send digital to the margins. It's a bad call and it seems to be the consensus view among people who know about this stuff.

New from The Width of a Post: Alexander and the next chapter of Bradford City history #bcafc #bantams

Alexander has already earned his place in Bradford City folklore, but history suggests a tricky path ahead.

Alexander has already earned his place in Bradford City folklore, but history suggests a tricky path ahead.

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Watching the Commonwealth Games highlights. Well done everyone involved in coining Tall Blacks as the nickname for the NZ basketball team.

If opposing remigration makes you a traitor, I’m going to trait on.

Snigdha@snig.bsky.social · last wk.

Tweet from Elon Musk: “Anyone who opposites remigration is a traitor” posted yesterday.

Thou shalt not let the richest man on Earth tell his 250 million followers to murder journalists. Thou shalt lock him up for inciting violence.

The BBC have lucked out with broadcasting the Trent Rockets and London Spirit Hundred match this afternoon which was an absolutely brilliant game of cricket.

"Would you like to pose for a photo showing that you're opposed to building a [checks note] children's home in order to save a [checks notes again out of sheer disbelief] carpark?" www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/2629818...

Hundreds slam proposals to turn car park into children's home in Bromley

Plans to build a children’s home on a car park in Bromley have been slammed by nearby residents who call the current parking situation “a…

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bloomberg has a fun article today arguing that the Cybertruck is the biggest flop in automotive history. it includes this glorious graph.

The anti-net zero corrupt crusade would love nothing more than a power outage. It's their dream. Because then all our fears could be unleashed. Meanwhile, the forests and grasslands would still burn all around us.

Simon Willison is an (inter)national treasure. If you want the definitive take on the OpenAI/HuggingFace hack, it's here on his excellent blog: simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/22/...

The editor in chief of The Economist referring here to the AfD’s leader as a “perfectly thoughtful person“ instead of what she truly is - a driver and enabler of German fascism - is a huge part of the problem.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2w ago

At one point she notes that AfD, the German political party that Musk supports, has "real neo-Nazis." Musk literally just shrugs.

BREAKING: Faith leaders write letter to the new Prime Minister on refugees An interfaith coalition brought together by our friends @hiasjcore.bsky.social has written to Andy Burnham, asking the new government to change its approach to refugee and asylum policy.

Senior faith leaders urge Andy Burnham to take a new approach on refugee and asylum policy – Joint Public Issues Team

Almost 40 senior faith leaders from across the UK’s Christian, Jewish, and Muslim communities have united to sign an open letter urging the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham to rethink the Government’s ...

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ICYMI a long read on how digital is missing from Burnham's vision for how to govern. I would be very comfortable if his first flip flop came by revisiting the decision to send digital to the margins. It's a bad call and it seems to be the consensus view among people who know about this stuff.

Benjamin Welby@bm.wel.by · 2w ago

By popular* demand I have added my many words to all the other bits and pieces reflecting on the end of DSIT. *@semanthicc.bsky.social and one other said they were waiting to hear my take.

Progress in cancer treatment is incredible. Here's a new pancreatic cancer treatment that is *tripling* survival rates after a year compared to chemotherapy.

John Mullahy@johnmullahy.bsky.social · 2w ago

Wow

I do think there is something untapped and interesting in how this government originally wanted to reimagine DWP as "the HR department of the growth mission"

Could DWP be the key to unlocking the growth mission? - bmwelby's blog

One of the first headlines I saw after Friday’s reshuffle came with a familiar and unsurprising tone. Starmer signals plan to slash benefits with tough new welfare chief. It’s probably pretty accurate...

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George Eaton@georgeeaton.bsky.social · 2w ago

Appointment of Dan Tomlinson as Growth Minister, spanning the Treasury and Cabinet Office, is very good news. Someone who truly gets the importance of growth for living standards and is prepared to fight to deliver it.

FT analysis suggests the US has collected $13bn from sales of Venezuelan oil but no one knows where it has gone, even as Venezuela seeks to recover from recent earthquakes… www.ft.com/content/0e56...

The US has collected about $13bn of Venezuela’s oil money. Where is it?

Washington has given diverging accounts of where the earthquake-shattered country’s funds are going

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Now, through a simple conversation via voice or a mix of citizens can check which public services they're eligible for, access personal records such as insurance, and request official certificates govinsider.asia/intl-en/arti...