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@QuibbleUK Sounds right up @rorysutherland ‘s street.

Hello, we are Jonathan and Abigail - unashamed pedants who want to bring this affliction to bear on all things public policy and practice. We believe that details matter, especially in public administration. This is why today we are founding quibble: a campaign to fix the small stuff. Think, for example, about the cookie banner that we click on every webpage. Each instance is not a big deal, so we just put up with it. But its cumulative impact adds up - on average we press it 5 times per day. The European Commission estimates that it costs EU citizens 343 million hours per year. And who is there to represent the impacts of seemingly minor issues like this in a systematic way? We want quibble to be the answer. In the case of the cookie banner, lots of advocacy has rightly focused on privacy, but has this meant that user experience has taken a backseat? We believe there are ways to improve user experience without compromising on privacy. We will share more about this soon. Consider another example. Did you know that in some government-run car parks you can be fined for a minor keying error, such as accidentally typing a zero instead of an “o”? Again, we will come to the detail of this quibble in the coming weeks, but for now just consider again the question: who? Who is there currently to systematically represent the interests of the parker who is given an unfair ticket? An inherent feature of consumer interests is that those who have them rarely have enough other things in common to make collective organisation and representation feasible. This is the gap that quibble seeks to fill. Now of course excellent consumer interest groups exist. But understandably quibbles might not be at the top of their lists. Our hope is that quibble will be complementary; picking up the bottom-of-the-list issues faced by various groups - the stuff they are almost too embarrassed to raise because they are too small. We are not embarrassed about detail. If you’ve ever had a splinter, you know small things can have a big impact. This is what quibble is committed to tackling, and our wider hope is that by doing so we will also incentivise policy makers to be even more careful about detail. Check out our website here, including our first four campaigns: quibble.org.uk

@MartinSLewis Btw…airports should also cover you if you miss a flight due to long delays clearing through security/passport control.

If flights are cancelled you'd usually be entitled to choose between a refund or alternative flight, but what about the hotel cost? Full info in the Martin Lewis Money Show Travel Special: How to protect yourself & save, watch it on: itv.com/watch/the-mart…

@leicspolice @LordCharles111 The person who wrote this is also responsible for resolving complex crime. FFS.

@BBCNews People’s habits have changed…the BBC should end.

Football Focus to end after 52 years bbc.in/4sMR1m7

@SCunninghamlufc @GrahamSmyth Knocking on the bathroom door.

@GrahamSmyth Christie had a what on the edge of the box?

He didn't say the line, but Daniel Farke is confident of survival. #lufc yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football…

@SpannersReady Cough cough bollocks cough

@BBCNews Some of these factors are much more important than others.

'Multiple factors' caused 2025 Spain and Portugal blackout, says report bbc.in/4d5pDfb

@SpannersReady Welcome to Formula 1E

Lets be clear that super clipping isn't management of any kind. They simply run out of electrical power. They aren't running slow to charge. It's not a feature, It's a mistake. An entirely predictable and much predicted core issue with the regulations' major premise

@narindertweets 1 in 18 of the UK population is either Indian or Pakistani. In a cast of 12 it shouldn’t be surprising not to see one.

Not one Indian or Pakistani cast *sighs This kind of comedy has never worked in the UK regardless. Good luck though.

@disclosetv Too early?

JUST IN - Singer Chris Rea has died at the age of 74 — Sky

@MissJackx Had to do the same with my laptop from time to time!

You have been messaging too many French people when: I have to put my phone in the fridge as it’s too hot in Malaysia and was typing that to someone. My phone auto corrected it to fromage 😅🧀

@LBC @BenKentish Perhaps compare and contrast with a teacher from Batley.

‘I think it’s hilarious.’ ‘You think it’s funny?’ As Joey Barton avoids jail for his posts targeting Eni Aluko, @BenKentish debates with caller Seamus.

@stats_feed And the probability it lands on its edge?

🪙 The odds for a coin flip are not 50-50, but closer to 51-49. A coin will most likely land on the same side as it began.

@EU_Commission Fuck EU

Today, we fined X for non-compliance with transparency obligations under the DSA. We're holding X accountable for: 🔹Deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark’ 🔹Lack of transparency of its advertising repository 🔹Failure to provide access to public data for researchers ↓

@ClarksonsFarm1 Get a grip

@WeAreWST @RiyadhSeason No way that table is flat!

POV: You’re on the Golden Ball for a 167… with $1,000,000 on the line! 🟡 @RiyadhSeason

@zatzi De minimis rules have been increasingly exploited in recent years creating an uneven playing field. Something had to done. Interesting that she copied Trump’s solution though.

Putting up costs for European customers, what a bizarre thing to celebrate.

@anon_opin Even more so, those that continuously feather the brake pedal without actually slowing at all.

When driving, if you find that you are regularly braking for less than a second, then you drive like a fucking wanker.

@VerhofstadtQ Used to love bonfire night. Now I think Guy Fawkes had a point.

@LUFCDATA Looking forward to you posting the Wimbledon goal next week. What an amazing week that was!

30 years ago today. Happy Yeboah day to all those who celebrate. 🙌