Simon Baggs
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Simon Baggs
@SBaggsy
Busy with life attending to work and children, trying to fit my wife, astrophotography, cycling and some WH40k in on the side....
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@SBaggsy @francesweetman Have you only just started thinking about this?
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@mascord @francesweetman This is exactly what we have done with three boys. But the reality is that most adults are not on twitter and are technologically illiterate. They are also not interested in understanding the detail, so the idea you are going to educate them into sorting it out is for the birds.
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@SBaggsy @francesweetman My teenage daughter has a Nokia phone, you can still buy them new. Her SIM card does not allow internet connection. What is stopping other parents doing this?
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@KathrynPorter26 @KemiBadenoch @LauraTrottMP Yes we have to be careful, but kids need to be off social media.
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It's not good news
It's a backdoor way to introduce censorship and remove digital privacy
How will I prove I'm not a child when using sm? I will need to prove my identity. Then the government will have access to anything I say on any platform
How will I prove I'm not a child taking naked selfies? Is the government going to search through all the photos on my phone to make sure?
I draw the line at this level of surveillance. I will literally not stay in the UK. I'm eligible for citizenship in another European country but I'm more likely to try my luck with a US visa
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It is fantastic news that the Government has finally woken up to the dangers of social media for young people. This is an important step in helping parents protect childhood for children.
Huge credit goes to @LauraTrottMP and my Shadow Cabinet for relentlessly fighting for this. Conservatives welcome this latest Labour U-turn, and will continue to work for the best implementation of the policy.
BBC Politics@BBCPolitics
Keir Starmer set to ban under-16s from social media platforms including TikTok and Snapchat bbc.in/4emv3B9
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@AllisonPearson This is like arguing that smoking doesn't harm you. You only have to look at children using social media and it is obvious. It is bad enough with adults.
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Poppy, you don’t know what you’re talking about.
The youth mental health epidemic maps on perfectly to the rise of tech and social media. Screen-based childhoods are a disaster. People in 50 years will look back and think, What the hell were they doing?
Smartphones are as dangerous as drugs for a child.
Poppy Coburn@kafkaswife
I suppose it’s too much to ask the Conservative Party to actually bother to look at the academic consensus on teenage social media use and mental health outcomes, which has found NO EVIDENCE the two are connected. Why bother with a silly little thing like the truth when such a golden opportunity to censor speech has presented itself?
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Britain is in an Energy Emergency.
But the Government is FAILING TO ACT. They have no plan, no idea what to do, and they’re leaving us exposed.
So today we’re launching The LFG Emergency Energy Bill to SAVE OUR INDUSTRIES and GET BILLS DOWN
Here’s how it would get bills down IMMEDIATELY:
1️⃣ SCRAP all levies on energy bills. These stealth taxes on the British people are unnecessarily hiking up their bills by hundreds of pounds.
2️⃣ REOPEN THE NORTH SEA, and directly deploy the tax revenue generated to GET BILLS DOWN.
3️⃣ Stop new CfD contracts and launch an investigation into the system that signed them off. Last year, billpayers paid £1.5 billion for big renewable corporations to THROW ENERGY AWAY. By 2030, it’ll be £8 billion. The existing settlement is a national scandal.
4️⃣ Scrap Clean Power 2030 targets. These needless constraints have pushed civil servants to procure wind at any cost – and at huge expense to the British people.
5️⃣ DITCH the duties of energy regulators, NESO and Ofgem, towards Net Zero goals, so their only focus is to MINIMISE ENERGY COSTS, subject to security of supply.
6️⃣ Hold auctions for connecting to the grid, and directly deploy the revenue generated to GET BILLS DOWN
Our Emergency Energy Bill has cross-party support. It is ready to PASS IMMEDIATELY. It does what governments for the past 20 years didn’t – it takes RADICAL ACTION to SAVE OUR INDUSTRIES and GET BILLS DOWN.
There’s no excuse. Last week, the US suspended access to some of the world’s leading frontier AI models. Britain is vulnerable - and our energy prices are strangling our national security. We cannot afford to be at the mercy of other countries or events beyond our control any longer.
The Government needs to GET BILLS DOWN NOW or explain why they’re still letting this emergency destroy our future.
Force Westminster to ACT. Send our Bill to your local MP and sign our letter to the Prime Minister and Ed Miliband. GET BILLS DOWN, NOW!
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@ZubyMusic @Miss_Snuffy This sounds like a clever point but actually it isn't.
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@Miss_Snuffy If 90% of parents support it then why does the government need to step in? Honest question.
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@elonmusk @Togetherdec The idea that the amount of brain rot and nonsense on here is good for kids is mind boggling. Of course it is bad for business though isn't it....
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This censorship law is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The real goal is to enable the UK government to track everyone.
Ranty Man@RanTeeThree
It’s important to know that the social media ban for under 16s is not a ban for under 16s. It is a ban on *selected* social media for EVERYONE. Until you identify yourself.
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@LauraTrottMP @MumsnetTowers @RaiseTheAge16 @HP4SaferScreens @safe_screens @Netmums Shock news. People who are addicted to scrolling on phones want children to scroll on phones... The only question for me is the implementation.
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Over the moon that the Gvt has finally listened & u-turned.
This victory belongs to the brave bereaved parents fighting to protect other people's children, the health professionals who spoke out, & the parents who made their voices heard. Together, we did not give up.
Today is a huge step forward for protecting childhood & backing parents, so they do not have to fight big tech & screens alone.
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CBS: The Iranians are saying they're gonna have access to a $300 billion reconstruction fund. True or false?
JD VANCE: That's the sort of things they could have access to so long as they honor their end of the obligation
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@HPG_Farmer @KathrynPorter26 @Conservatives @KemiBadenoch Totally agree. It's just not possible. Parents and schools are fighting ever advancing AI algorithms. Most parents are just not tech savvy. There is simply no way to win. Better to remove it completely. My nature says to hate this, but this is not a normal liberal situation.
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@KathrynPorter26 @Conservatives @KemiBadenoch Ok, how
I’m not saying a ban is right or wrong, I just don’t see how we make kids safe
Meta etc could but won’t
Schools have neither the time nor skills
Parents have demonstrated they don’t have the skills
Children are dying because of social media
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Today’s U-turn is fantastic news for young people, and the parents trying to keep them safe.
Kemi Badenoch@KemiBadenoch
It is fantastic news that the Government has finally woken up to the dangers of social media for young people. This is an important step in helping parents protect childhood for children. Huge credit goes to @LauraTrottMP and my Shadow Cabinet for relentlessly fighting for this. Conservatives welcome this latest Labour U-turn, and will continue to work for the best implementation of the policy.
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Sorry, bright 13/14/15 year old. You can’t watch that interview with Jared Isaacman, or that explainer of orbital mechanics from Scott Manley.
But don’t worry, we haven’t banned YouTube Kids!
Here’s Baby Shark instead.
Fred de Fossard@defossardf
Imagine banning a history-obsessed teenage boy from watching Mark Felton Productions on YouTube. Or watching Clarkson's old war documentaries. Horrendous.
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The United Kingdom is beginning to resemble the regime in Iran in terms of sheer censorship and willingness to invade everyone's privacy.
I'm not kidding.
This is what real creeping authoritarianism looks like.
GB Politics@GBPolitcs
🚨NEW: The confirmed list of social media apps/sites under-16s in the UK will be banned from using: - TikTok - YouTube - Snapchat - Instagram - X (formerly twitter) - Reddit - Facebook - Twitch - Kick - Threads
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@LoftusSteve What I find amazing is that SpaceX has done everything that it has done with say $10b - $15b. It just got a $75b cash injection. Imagine what it will do...
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These people, and he confirms in replies, really do think Musk has a Scrooge McDuck vault full of cash.
The biggest problem with X is is that it has exposed how much of the world are absolute morons.
Nathan J Robinson@NathanJRobinson
There is no way to morally justify having a trillion dollars
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@lara_spirit @afneil Labour should stand aside for the Tories, who should stand aside for Restore who should stand aside for Reform. This is totally unfair.
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EXCLUSIVE: Andy Burnham has *12-point* lead in new Makerfield poll
Labour: 49
Reform: 37
Greens: 5
Restore: 5
Conservative: 3
Lib Dem: 1
Other: 1
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@Alexarmstrong I am not a fan of Owen and also GB News is just a Reform mouthpiece at this moment.
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Fact check:
1. Owen you’re already a loser
2. We are an Ofcom regulated and defined news channel
3. We are pro-free speech, unlike yourself who has blocked half of Twitter, including me
4. I have the highest rated news show on Saturday evening 🏆 (it starts in 30 mins, everyone is welcome)
Happy Birthday to Britains Number 1 news channel, they’re so rattled because we’re winning.
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@RokoMijic There will be a core of people that will be sympathetic to Restore. However, with one rightwing (Tories under Badenoch) and one pretend rightwing (Reform), they will simply never have broad enough appeal to win a GE.
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"Reform know that if Restore get a large percentage of votes in Makerfield after only existing for a few months, it will show people that Restore are a legitimate option for next election"
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H A Y L E Y@Gruodis80
Reform know that if Restore get a large percentage of votes in Makerfield after only existing for a few months, it will show people that Restore are a legitimate option for next election. That’s why they use fake polls and Burnham fear porn to manipulate voters. They’re afraid.
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@francesweetman @McFaul £4.5b on cycling routes.... that the Russian's won't need.
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There is no way a single person can spend a billion dollars, let alone a trillion.
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