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Guy Herbert
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First described (2004) #databasestate. ex-GenSec @NO2ID. MD @MarjacqScripts. @FIPR_infopol board. Cassandra. Memorious. Irony in the soul. Purity-test failure.
London W1 mostly Katılım Eylül 2011
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Guy Herbert retweetledi
@aziz0nomics Stop it with your pragmatism and rationality! It's the national priority to emote vacuously.
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@Barristerblog Why would it? Ministers sign off on these things but they don't originate them.
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Presumably his miserable courts & tribunals Bill goes with him.
David Lammy@DavidLammy
It has been the greatest privilege of my life, coming from humble beginnings in Tottenham, to serve in government as @Keir_Starmer’s Foreign Secretary, Justice Secretary and Britain’s first Black Deputy Prime Minister. I am immensely proud of what we achieved, in Opposition and in Government. As Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister, I helped rebuild Britain’s relationships with our European allies after the catastrophic Brexit years, stood steadfastly with Ukraine in its darkest hours, championed a new partnership of equals with the Global South and was proud to play a leading role in Britain’s recognition of the State of Palestine. I worked to secure the Special Relationship with the United States in a new era and deepened our partnerships with the Gulf and India to deliver trade, growth and security for the British people. As Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor, I put record investment in our courts to begin stabilising the backlog for victims left waiting too long for justice, put in changes to take our prisons back from the brink to prevent a collapse in prison capacity ever again, put massive investment in the probation service and victims and helped deliver the Hillsborough Law. I also put in place a new approach to improving the diversity of our judiciary and made the Ministry of Justice a Whitehall leader in harnessing the potential of artificial intelligence. I would have been proud to continue serving in Cabinet. But a new Prime Minister is entitled to build his own team, and I wish @AndyBurnham and the new Cabinet every success. I will continue to serve the great people of Tottenham, support this Labour government from the backbenches and do everything I can to help defeat Reform again at the next general election.
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@TheHistoryOfTh2 Though that map might just be a measure of where people flee from in retirement or otherwise when rich enough. Places that get very cold seem quite prominent
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A map that purports to show birthrates by State.
Since we need more children to support the huge wave of old people that's coming, it would be great if more states were like the middle of the country in this respect.
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@v_j_freeman New powers are pretty much always used in ways that parliament never imagined. And yet the drafting gets broader.
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Numbers in temporary accommodation also ballooned as those who were already on waiting list suddenly found themselves with lots of new company. Plus Burnham’s going to devolve new powers to councils which may be used in ways which are entirely at odds with his national mission.
Joshi Herrmann@joshi
I’m staggered that Burnham has promised to end rough sleeping across the country. It was his biggest promise when he became mayor of Greater Manchester and he didn’t come close. Here are the numbers, as revealed by @ManchesterMill last month.
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Guy Herbert retweetledi
One only has to take a quick look at this diagram to see that Andy Burnham will not be "scrapping" the #DigitalID scheme.
The new PM may postpone the implementation of the two red boxes below (the 'ID credential' & UUID) but he's already said he'll carry on with all the rest...
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Guy Herbert retweetledi
That's about 65,000 pounds per rough sleeper per year.
Which is, you know, a lot?
John Simpson@JohnSimpsonNews
One of the most shocking features of modern, advanced economies is the number of people sleeping rough in cities. Andy Burnham’s new government has announced it’ll spend an additional £340 m to tackle the problem.
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Guy Herbert retweetledi
Don't want to sneer at the ambition here, but there's an irony in the fact that his fist big policy splash involves him essentially arguing for a blanket, top-down imposed approach to override devolved/local authority.
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 WATCH: Andy Burnham spoke at dawn earlier today on his pledge to end homelessness in Britain "We ran a scheme every night. 600 beds. But we were the only place doing it. It taught me the only way is to do this together"
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Guy Herbert retweetledi
Burnham scraps new digital ID scheme buff.ly/1btBVCS
I think this headline should probably read "Burnham abandons vague and incoherent notion of what an ID scheme might look like if it was designed by people who had once been to Estonia on a stag weekend".
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@DAaronovitch Didn't the Blair administration try to do that too?
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Guy Herbert retweetledi
GLENDOWER:
I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
HOTSPUR:
Why, so can I, or so can any man;
But will they come when you do call for them?
Lewis Goodall@lewis_goodall
Andy Burnham says his first instruction going into No 10 will be to end rough sleeping. Intriguingly, this is exactly the same first order Jeremy Corbyn told me he would have given had he become prime minister.
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@HistoryBoomer @JerryBarnett Think RFK in charge of public health.
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@JerryBarnett He is in charge of the Israeli Police, the Israeli Prison Service, and the Border Police
That’s not a niche idiot.
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If you wonder why US opinion of Israel has gone down, this guy and his pals are a big part of the answer.
It's not my job to see solutions, but if it were, I'd be lost. It feels grim. I hope all the peace-loving people in Israel and the Palestinian territories find a way.
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🇮🇱 Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir: "If we had said 3 years ago that we would control 70% of Gaza, no one would have believed it. So I say today: there will be a Jewish settlement in all of Gaza. Gaza is ours." Source: @TabzLIVE on TG / Writer: Oliver
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Growth in every postcode, hope in every heart, vomit in every throat
GB News@GBNEWS
‘Let us make this the moment when Britain starts to believe again!’ Prime Minister Andy Burnham calls for the return of hope in Britain, adding ‘I will give this my all!’
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@ZubyMusic When I have been right about things it has usually been very dispiriting.
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Patrick Vallance resigns: “After nearly a decade in government, I am stepping down as a minister for personal reasons... I wish Andy Burnham and the new team in No 10 well and I will continue to advise and help them in a non-ministerial capacity.”
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@DarrenJohnson66 Or a headset, to allow for interpretative dance.
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If you're not going to use a lectern why not use a lapel-mounted radio mic?
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 PICTURED: Andy Burnham's replacement for the No 10 lectern
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Andrew Pierce on GB News just wondered if ‘Lou Reed’ might be in the new cabinet.
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Guy Herbert retweetledi
There’s a tacit conspiracy to never discuss this.
The Tories don’t want to admit they presided over redistribution from high earners to low earners.
And Labour doesn’t want to credit the Tories with it.
Right? Wrong? You decide. But it happened.
Paul Johnson@PJTheEconomist
Neither big party wants to acknowledge this. Between 2010 and 2024 share of tax paid by high earners rose sharply. Big cuts in higher and additional rate thresholds, and in pension tax relief, hit them hard. Trade offs as ever. But please let’s not pretend this didn’t happen.
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@AllyFogg Prisons may not be good for much, but they have an amazing ability to resist all attempts to impose reason on them.
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I don’t think anything sums up the bitter gulf between the rhetoric and the delivery of the Starmer government than this appointment and its utterly dismal failure to achieve anything.
BBC News (UK)@BBCNews
Prisons minister Lord Timpson quits government bbc.in/4fKcR6t
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