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Riz Ahmed on how his experience with Star Wars inspires his new show ‘BAIT’: “The week that it got announced I was in Star Wars, I got banned from Tesco for suspected shoplifting just because the way I was dressed … I want to write about this.”

Nick Offerman shuts down hate over his The Last of Us episode. "When homophobic hate comes my way and says, ‘Why did you have to make it a gay story?’ We say, ‘Because you ask questions like that. It’s not a gay story it’s a love story, you asshole”

Blunt shows how sharp he is again with his razor wit. How did this guy not go into comedy writing or stand up. #lovehim

Evening all. As we sail ever closer to the abyss of losing jury trials for thousands of citizens - I’d like us to examine something difficult. Sexual assault. 🪡 🧵

Greater Manchester Police say they have no evidence of family voting after an extensive investigation, including speaking to Democracy Volunteers and seizing CCTV: We’ve concluded our investigation into alleged ‘family voting’ at last month’s Gorton and Denton by-election, finding no evidence of any intent to influence or refrain any person from voting. Our investigation into alleged influencing of voters at a polling booth (under Section 62C Representation of the People Act 1983 (Ballot Secrecy Act 2023)) began after a criminal report from the Reform UK party following a public statement made by independent electoral observers at Democracy Volunteers. We have spoken to the four Democracy Volunteers observers present at polling stations on the day of the by-election (26 February) who have shared with us their eyewitness account. This includes some instances of more than one voter going into a booth at the same time, and instances of people looking over the shoulder of voters. The information they have provided to us estimates this may have happened on 32 occasions across 15 polling stations. The observers do not allege any verbal instruction or physical conduct that indicated one person was directing or coercing another regarding how to vote. This is a crucial part of the legislation to prove such an offence was committed. Our investigation team, led by an experienced senior investigating officer, spoke to all four volunteers from Democracy Volunteers as part of our enquiries – obtaining a copy of their observations. We also spoke to the Presiding Officers at 15 stations as well as the Acting Returning Officer, none of whom received any reports other than from Democracy Volunteers. We have received no further criminal reports. For us to investigate allegations, we require an understanding of who the potential suspects may be, and evidence that may corroborate eyewitness accounts. For an investigation to meet the criminal threshold for prosecution, we require admissible evidence of intent or action aimed at influencing the vote. We have asked Democracy Volunteers for descriptions of those alleged to be involved, and timings on when these are believed to have occurred. These details were not documented by observers or the complainant, and we have not been provided with any identities or descriptions to pursue. The absence of this information means there is no remaining reasonable line of enquiry. This also includes limitations with CCTV as an absence of descriptions, and votes not being time-stamped, meaning we are not able to identify individuals from footage. We have approached all 45 polling stations in the Gorton and Denton constituency to ask for CCTV from the day. Forty-one of those polling stations told us they did not have CCTV activated in the building as it would have compromised the secrecy of the vote during polling day, in line with advice given. We have seized and viewed CCTV from three of the remaining four polling stations. These are three polling station that Democracy Volunteers visited. We have spoken to the Presiding Officer from each one. However, these stations do not show any evidence of anyone directing or coercing another regarding how to vote – the crucial part of the legislation to prove such an offence was committed. There is no evidence to suggest any intent to influence or refrain a person from voting as stated in the Ballot Secrecy Act 2023. We have been liaising with the Electoral Commission, who we have shared our findings with. We have also shared our findings with the Returning Officer. We have updated the complainant about the work of our investigation and the conclusion we have reached.

It was a privilege to represent the North Eastern Circuit yesterday and make the argument that if only we are given the tools needed we can turn this around without the need to restrict the right to trial by jury.

Sometimes I honestly cannot believe the government is seriously proposing people could be convicted and sent to prison for TWO YEARS (two years?!?) by the Magistrates’ Court with the automatic right of appeal safeguard removed. You read direct research like this 👇🏼 and shudder.

The far-right’s reaction to criticism of Nick Timothy's comments shows that they are experts at playing victim to evade scrutiny and manufacture outrage. If you argue that one group of people should be excluded from the right to free speech, freedom of assembly and freedom of belief: don’t start whining when people hold you to account for your bigotry and hypocrisy.

On the 30th anniversary of the Dunblane Massacre, in the UK Parliament, this happened. Scotland ... remember this on May 7th when you vote ...

Nick Clegg has launched a stinging rebuke of the "deeply unfair" student loans system, and if he's angry now, wait 'til he finds out about the bozos who introduced it

Goooooo Jack Draper. British tennis superstar playing at Indian Wells (defending his title, no less) beat 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic 4-6 6-4 7-6 (7-5) What a win.

Victims shouldn’t have to speak to gather our empathy & should not have to speak to stop being used as tools by policy makers. Charlotte speaks powerfully for herself & perhaps for more victims. The issues the govt have identified are real. The fix proposed is an affront to all

The erosion of these rights, that for most of us seem so ingrained as to be impossible to remove, is a travesty of the highest order. Only an authoritarian executive with a tin ear and heart of stone would dare. It’s not just a step too far, it’s a leap that will do untold harm

Joanna is politer than I am going to be. For the Justice Secretary - a former barrister - to suggest that being wrongly accused of a crime and imprisoned for three years is just like “scraping your knee”, should be a resignation matter. @DavidLammy owes the public an apology.

🐢💨 #GortonDentonByElection

Matt Goodwin once emailed me to accuse him of being racist when I called him a “racist whisperer” and I had to explain to him that horse whisperers aren’t horses.

Commiserations to @bbcquestiontime on their defeat in Gorton and Denton

Labour source: “There are far more seats like Runcorn than Gorton. “2019 showed what happened when Labour wrapped itself in the Palestinian flag and the country rightly thought we were insane.”

Sectarianism is when Muslims don’t vote for my candidate. Community cohesion is when they do.

Aging like milk that had already started to spoil.