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@thetechlobbyist

Public Policy @Vodafone covering all things Data, Big Tech and AI. Posts on tech policy and public affairs. UCL/UEA alumn

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kill it with fire

02.03.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And this doesn't account for the fact that even at the most basic rate of interest, he would still acrue more every day than he was burning. Capital, man...

05.02.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Starve a nipper for a quid off your bitter!

04.02.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

there are some clear counterfactuals in history. Would a Kamala Presidency have solved the US's entrenched societal and economic problems? No. But life in the US and elsewhere would be immeasurably better right now had she won the election.

28.01.2026 12:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If a policy platform of "abolish the domestic terror agency" doesn't unite the Democrat party, you've got to wonder what they are for really.

27.01.2026 11:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is one hell of a quote. European leaders really are running out of patience.

20.01.2026 12:51 πŸ‘ 1576 πŸ” 375 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 8

By any standard definition of the word, ICE is clearly a terrorist organisation

20.01.2026 11:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A good varient on the "land doesn't vote" meme here. Land doesn't commit crimes Kemi...

12.01.2026 10:17 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just unplug it. Burn the mainframe to the ground. Drench it in acid and salt the earth at the X offices so nothing will ever grow again.

08.01.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This platform functionality (if you can call it that) also fully negates any intermediary liability defence the platform might have held for illegal content uploaded by users. The platform itself is both producing and disseminating this content.

05.01.2026 10:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Agree with every single word of this. It didn't have to be this way.

21.10.2025 08:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Government mandated 7.30am T20is as part of the national productivity drive

20.10.2025 08:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

An absolute classic of the genre this

20.10.2025 08:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh my god. This is hilarious and terrifying in equal measure. What happens when people stop caring about the "party of government..." guess we are about to find out (I doubt it's good...)

07.10.2025 08:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This guy's association with James Cordon was always a massive red flag. Obsequious invertibrate

01.10.2025 08:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Test cricket

23.09.2025 10:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Immigration policy is a paracite that hosts in the brains of British governments, and hollows them from the inside out.

17.09.2025 09:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
β€˜One in, one out’ deal will go ahead, says Liz Kendall after last-minute injunction Minister insists court ruling that blocked deportation of Eritrean man β€˜will not undermine basis’ of deal with France * UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer’s returns deal with France will go ahead, a cabinet minister has insisted, despite a high court ruling that temporarily blocked the deportation of an Eritrean man. Liz Kendall, the technology secretary, said the last-minute injunction stopping the 25-year-old from being flown to Paris would not scupper the β€œone in, one out” scheme for ever. Continue reading...

β€˜One in, one out’ deal will go ahead, says Liz Kendall after last-minute injunction

17.09.2025 09:47 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3

This is just *chef's kiss* The coffee, the fag, the bobs, the flag, the blithe racism. No notes.

16.09.2025 10:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

[me, a journalist who spends all day every day on a social media app where the discovery algorithm is personally controlled by its owner, captain birdseye] you know, a lot of people are talking about fish fingers, we should probably cover that

16.09.2025 07:25 πŸ‘ 2949 πŸ” 778 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3

I am having a stroke

16.09.2025 07:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This takes saying the quiet bit loud to a whole new level

12.09.2025 08:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Historical materialists of the world unite and takeover

11.09.2025 08:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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That’s me in the hard hat, in front of the bucket of a terrifyingly enormous digger.
What you can’t really tell from the picture is that my head was spinning.
I’d just had one of those moments that change your life forever.
It would set me off on a journey around the world…!🧡

13.11.2024 08:42 πŸ‘ 357 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 41

Nothing but respect for my England cap wearing Prime Minister

03.09.2025 11:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The load-bearing myth at the heart of UK politics is that the politicians and media are tolerant and decent and working people are knuckle-dragging bigots, but it's actually completely the other way around.

03.09.2025 10:34 πŸ‘ 5414 πŸ” 1489 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 39

Two words: Lemon curd

Game changer, man

03.09.2025 10:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Now showing: it’s Keir Starmer’s march of the β€˜grownups’ – the disaster movie we’re all being forced to watch | Marina Hyde The PM has brought in Darren Jones, whose superpower is β€˜relentless delivery’. If that won’t save the world, what will? asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Blimey. Hyde is usually pretty whithering in her put downs. Here she is just searingly angry, and with good cause imho

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

03.09.2025 09:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All of this. X is a burning bumpster fire of illegal hate speech. The lack of action from UK and EU policy makers is incredible at this point, moreso their continued presence on the platform.

03.09.2025 09:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have been thinking (and saying) this for some time since quitting X. If an organisation is still posting there, what does it say about their values and judgement? There is no longer a way to use X in a "neutral" fashion. Just being there is an overtly politcal act

20.08.2025 14:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0