Ah's frae Cumbria marra eh

@business @Pellz_ @opinion I'm just confused? How is a guy of European heritage playing a Greek more unreal than an African playing a Greek?

People upset about Lupita Nyong’o being in “The Odyssey” seem strangely unbothered by Matt Damon not exactly matching the time period either, writes @Pellz_ (via @opinion) bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

@Amimej2026xae @Tim30do @Keir_Starmer You might want to examine the meaning of the word "free" some more.

@Tim30do @Keir_Starmer It's very strange how those who constantly tell the government to look after our own take issue with our own being able to have things like free bus rides... 😳

Every family should enjoy the summer without having to think about the pressures of the cost of living. That’s what our Great British Summer Savings package is all about.

@RachelReevesMP So those of us who live i areas with no bus services are funding people in cities... again. Thanks.

Good news for families - every child aged 5-15 in England will travel free on buses this summer, with unlimited journeys, no registration required, and no cost to families. Our economic plan is the right one. Tackling the cost of living and building a stronger Britain.

@robertscott661 @clim8resistance Ah Mike Neville nostalgia vibes there...

@clim8resistance Was told on look north over 25 yrs ago that we'd have to change our gardens to suit a more Mediterranean climate as our flowers wouldn't handle it. Still waiting.....

The print version of this says that Britain is "going to have to get used to being a hot country". Challenge accepted and welcomed. But it's nearly June and I've had the heating on in the last week. These people are insane.

@RachelReevesMP UK bond yields at an all-time high! Take that, Truss! Yay!

Growth higher than forecast, borrowing down, and now inflation falling further than expected. This Labour government has the right economic plan.

@PaterPracticus @rpimagazine Well, pretty much anything's cheaper than a pint of beer these days!

@daresoftware @rpimagazine For less than a pint of beer it is still pretty cheap for ‘overkill’.

Good morning, everyone! Is it summer? Is it winter? The weather will never let us know Been working on any Raspberry Pi or Pico projects? Show us a pic! It may end up in the magazine #MakerMonday

@AaronBastani Alternatively we could just stop handing out other peoples' money to all-comers?

The figure you need to be thinking about is the deficit, which is circa £100 billion a year. But it’s also true that you can worry about bond markets less when you don’t rely on them financing day-to-day spending. Which is partly why we need a wealth tax on the ultra rich.

@ShabanaMahmood Strange how you only just realised. Almost suspiciously strange...

Criminal gangs have exploited our high streets to launder their dirty money and undercut honest businesses. We're hitting back with a nationwide crackdown to shut these fronts down, seize dirty cash, drive organised crime off our high streets and put bosses behind bars.

@PaterPracticus @rpimagazine Pico seems overkill for something a $0.10 micro could do?

@rpimagazine Progress made on my Pico powered level crossing, with one of the motorised gates installed - and a glimpse of how it will all work together with my existing lights. Follow-up video to Part 1 (youtu.be/9yudxhjFEF8?si…) also nearly finished. #MakerMonday

@jeremycorbyn Do you ever look at numbers and think about them before posting? You _really_ think there are 4.5 million kids in this country living in actual poverty? I grew up very poor, and I see very little evidence of kids living like we did in the late 1960s.

4.5 million children in this country are living in poverty.

@SpeechUnion Surely this is statistically because the population of Cumbria is overwhelmingly white and working class, hence more likely to engage in thought crime?

Chance of being arrested for exercising your right to free speech has become a ‘postcode lottery’. It has emerged that Cumbria Police detain 30 times more people than colleagues in Staffordshire under “dangerously broad powers”. Significant disparities have been identified between forces across the country over alleged “malicious communications”. Big Brother Watch (BBW) found that some constabularies make up to eight times more arrests than neighbouring forces and detain people at around twice the national average. The group obtained custody data for alleged offences recorded under Section 127 of the Communications Act, Section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act, and Section 179 of the Online Safety Act. Cumbria Police recorded the highest arrest rate once the data was adjusted for population size. Figures show there were 7.7 detentions per 10,000 people — or roughly one in every 1,300 residents — across 2024–25. Alarmingly, the force made arrests for these offences at 2.5 times the national average. It also detained eight people for every one person held by neighbouring Northumbria Police. The Metropolitan Police made the highest number of arrests — 3,119 — during the same two-year period. Legal and Policy Officer at BBW has said: “Freedom of speech is a universal right in a democracy, but our research shows that it is a postcode lottery in Britain. “Where you live can dramatically affect your chances of being arrested for a speech offence, with some police forces making eight times as many arrests as their neighbours under dangerously broad powers. ”A democracy only works if everyone, from the government to the public, clearly understands what the law does and doesn’t allow. But the differences in these figures suggest that in Britain, your right to free speech often depends on where you live rather than on the law itself.” While police forces such as Cumbria insist they recognise the importance of freedom of expression and do not police lawful speech, it is increasingly obvious that free speech is becoming a postcode lottery across the country. Read more below 👇

@John_Foran @Glinner Yes they are free to speak; I'm just saying it's generally unwise because they reveal how little they know.

@daresoftware @Glinner Just because you don’t agree doesn’t mean they don’t understand. You are not some all-knowing truthsayer and people can speak freely here in America.

No generation has done as much harm to the reputation of musicians as this one. I listen to music now with a much more jaundiced ear, knowing so many of these people are fucking morons.

@ripx4nutmeg What would you expect from a journalist who can't use an apostrophe?

Every left wing British journalist today, summed up in two tweets

@BeauNash1674 @DailyMail What an utterly outrageous suggestion!

@DailyMail Maybe they should consider a white British president...? 🤔

Oxford Union plunged into fresh chaos as new president is kicked out over election fraud trib.al/mFqSun5

@JoelWBerry @drtimpearce "Mathematically impossible" == "I don't believe it".

@drtimpearce I'm sorry, 14 billion years is not nearly enough time to get a fully functioning cell. 50 billion years isn't enough. It's mathematically impossible with the time given.

It’s an automated factory. It’s a supercomputer. We can’t make one, with all our knowledge and technology. People pretending to be serious scientists say this was created by lightning striking a mud puddle. That’s what they still teach in school.

@SholaMos1 @metpoliceuk I think the number of likes your reply received says everything we need to know about your medieval views.

@metpoliceuk Dear @metpoliceuk are you saying using excessive force to kick a criminal in the head after tasering & incapacitating him is your training policy to 'detain'? Courage in apprehending a violent man who stabbed 2 Jews isn't in question. Excessive force AFTER apprehending him is.

Contemptible abuse of police power. Why kick him in the head several times when he’s already tasered & in your control? Should he not be alive to be brought to justice in a court of law for stabbing 2 Jews??!! Disgusting.

@FUDdaily You're wrong on this call Pete. Forced obsolescence is a bad thing. This is one of the few good moves the EU has ever made.

What problem do we have that this solves?

@peterrhague @alexanderrX_ But surely it helps right? Most people cannot imagine defending someone they know committed an evil crime, possibly letting them walk free? So lawyers must not be most people in that sense?

@alexanderrX_ I feel I should defend the profession here and point out that many lawyers are not dead eyed sociopaths baffled by the notion of morality.

It’s not that Starmer is immoral. I think he is actually amoral. To him there is no right or wrong. There is just “process” and “not process”. He literally can’t understand why people are angry at him. He diligently followed Process so should be getting good outcomes.

@atrayonhere @ross_baglin Came to say the same, though I'd of been less eloquent m'lud.

@ross_baglin One should of course proofread ones tweets when pedanting.

I just had a 10 tweet exchange with Oliver Kamm who writes for the Times and tells me that “should of” is grammatically good English. At some those with their fingers near the levers of cultural power will have to be cleared out if we are ever to recover basic standards.