Tom Wilson

@JamesCleverly tell us about your Government importing tens of thousands of men from Afghanistan and keeping it secret from the public, James?

Labour will try and take credit for this reduction in net migration. But it is mainly due to the visa changes that I introduced as Home Secretary in Dec 2023 and which Labour opposed at the time.

@KVanValkenburg @ShaneRyanHere ....if true

The Character of Gary has overshadowed (particularly for our generation) what a truly interesting life he’s led. The story of him sleeping on the Chariots of Fire beach for Open qualifying is funny until you step back and realize it’s also one of the most amazing golf stories ever.

One more QT, because it's easy to laugh at Gary Player as a hugely funny character, and that part is true, but there's something else in him that KVV is really good at capturing, a sense (for all his flaws) of the world and his place in it, and a great ability to tell his story

Bitcoin is valuable because its best competitor is a million years old and doesn't work on the internet

Under Starmer and Miliband, stopping North Sea Oil has come to mean more to the UK government than stopping Putin. Truly awful.

@henrywinter #worthywinter

Southampton kicked out of Championship play-off final for spying. Correct decision, especially as it transpires they spied on three clubs in total. This is about more than a bloke standing behind a tree with an iPhone. It’s about how seriously the game should take cheating. EFL independent disciplinary commission have struck a blow for fair play, for integrity, for the need for respect between clubs, for coaches to have an expectation of privacy in training. 25% of goals scored in the Championship this season were from set-pieces. Clubs practised them. Understandably, coaches don’t want their plans revealed. EFL sending a strong message with this punishment.  Spygate 2 different from Spygate 1. Rules tightened and punishments introduced since Leeds United’s offence. Appeals, of course. It’s tough for Southampton fans to be denied the trip to Wembley and the chance of a return to the Premier League. It’s particularly tough that many have forked out for tickets, travel and accommodation. Their frustration and anger should be directed at their club. Southampton should recompense fans. It’s not the fans’ fault.  The stupidity in all this is that Southampton would probably have beaten Boro anyway. Better team, stronger bench. But this is so damning… “Southampton admitted breaches of Regulations requiring Clubs to act with the utmost good faith and prohibiting the observation of another Club’s training session within 72 hours of a scheduled match,” says EFL. “The admitted breaches concern fixtures against Oxford United in December 2025, Ipswich Town in April 2026 and Middlesbrough in May 2026.” So the punishment is proportionate. It should act as a deterrent. Honesty matters.

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@DPJHodges didn't you also assure us they wouldn't be fielding a candidate?

On the great Restore debate. I'm told the pollsters will begin prompting for them in Makerfield. This may well artificially inflate their perceived support in the constituency, and boost their profile. But I suspect it will not be reflected in actual votes on polling day.

Despite the very best efforts of the Prime Minister, the police and Led By Donkeys.

Celtic 🤷‍♂️Clip from The Damned United - Brian Clough's first day as Leeds Manager youtu.be/dYBj_qAJtRA?si… via @YouTube

You’ve spent your entire mayoralty dividing us by ethnicity, sexuality, religion, creed and colour. I can think of few more hateful and divisive individuals in British public life than you

@JamesCleverly this didn't go how you hoped, did it?

One of the first decisions made by Essex Reform was to remove the Ukrainian flag from County Council HQ. Let that sink in. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Superb from @michaelgove. The silence in the room is telling. When eloquently delivered facts hit an audience, with many perhaps quietly grasping for the first time that the pro-EU lobby in Britain have been peddling nonsense for a decade.

@RobertJenrick just hire @LiamHalligan

I am looking to hire a chief economic advisor. As Reform prepare for government we are looking to expand our growing team of policy advisors. I’m after an exceptionally talented individual with a strong grounding in macro economics. If you’re passionate about getting growth again in the economy, and have ideas to shake up our stale economic debate, this role is for you. We have a once in a generation opportunity to build a new economic model that transforms this country for the better. If you have the energy and determination to do that with us, this role is for you. The job will involve: -policy development -modelling -in-depth research No experience in Westminster is required. Business experience is preferable. The pay is highly competitive, but variable depending on the candidate. Please email your CV and a cover letter to jenrickr@parliament.uk Applications close on the 29th May but will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

@NUCLRGOLF baby

🚨📍🤦🏼‍♂️ #ABSURD — Scottie Scheffler says Friday's pin locations at the PGA Championship were "kind of absurd."

@Keir_Starmer Fuck you

I’ll always champion peaceful protest. But the Unite the Kingdom march organisers are peddling hatred and division. We’ve already blocked visas for far-right agitators who want to come here to spew their extremist views. They don't speak for the decent, fair, respectful Britain I know.

@TronCarterNLU he might be inevitable

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That's just what happens when you let Greta Thunberg, CPRE and the Community Planning Alliance run the country.

New York Times apparently unaware of the time honored tradition of Palestinians making literally everything up always

Two men live in Zone 2 London. Both are around 30. Both sleep in a one-bed flat. But only one believes he has a future in the city. James was born in London. He went to university, got a degree, found a decent job and now works at a marketing firm near Old Street. He earns just under £60,000 a year. On paper, he is doing well. But every month James opens his payslip and watches a third of it vanish before he ever sees it. Income tax.National Insurance.Student loan.Then comes the rent. Nearly £2,000 a month for a small one-bed flat with mould around the windows and a landlord who only renews the tenancy six months at a time. Every evening James scrolls Rightmove looking at tiny flats he cannot afford in the city he grew up in. Even the cheapest one-beds near him now cost around £400,000. The deposit alone feels impossible despite earning more than most people in Britain. His parents bought their first home younger than he is now. James still does not know if he will ever own one. So he keeps renting.Keeps waiting. He watches friends delay children. People earning what used to be considered “good money” still checking every direct debit before payday. Now meet Shaheed. He arrived in Britain recently and was granted refugee status. He does not work. He lives in a one-bed flat in East London. His housing costs and council tax are largely covered through the welfare system. He qualifies for free prescriptions, dental treatment and eye tests. He does not spend his evenings worrying whether the next rent rise will wipe out what little he has left at the end of the month. And this is the part driving so much public anger. James works full time, pays a fortune in tax and still cannot see a long-term future in the city he was born in. Shaheed does not work, yet has more housing security than the man whose taxes help fund the system. That is how a city loses its young people, because they stop believing hard work leads anywhere. London has to become a city where the people who work, contribute and build lives here can realistically afford homes, raise families and feel secure again.

A guy spent 11 years trying to crack his own Bitcoin wallet password. He tried 7 TRILLION combinations. Claude solved it by finding a file he forgot he had. > Around 2014 he bought Bitcoin at $250 per coin while in college. > Worried about security, he changed his wallet password while intoxicated to: lol420fuckthePOLICE!*:) > He forgot it. The Bitcoin sat locked while the price went from $250 to over $80,000. > For years he tried to crack it. He spent $250 on professional recovery services. He ran btcrecover on his CPU for 34 BILLION attempts. Nothing. > He rented an RTX 4090 GPU on Vast ai for $15 and ran Hashcat at 148 MILLION attempts per second. 3.4 TRILLION more passwords. Brute force, pattern, gap phase. Still nothing. > The total attempts crossed 7 TRILLION combinations across years of trying. > Then he tried something different. He uploaded the entire contents of his old college hard drive into Claude. > Claude found a wallet backup file from December 2019 that he had completely forgotten existed. > It also caught a bug in btcrecover. The tool had been concatenating the password incorrectly the entire time. > Bitcoin private keys never change. Only the encryption around them does. The 2019 backup used an older password he still had written down in a college notebook. > Claude ran the correct decryption, verified the addresses and swept the wallet. > 5 Bitcoin. $398,000. Unlocked. > His post ended with: "NAMING MY KID AFTER YOU @AnthropicAI" The wallet was never unbreakable. The information needed to open it had been sitting on the same hard drive for 11 years. No human was ever going to find it. Claude did in one session.