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Life is like an algorithm. The way we react to life’s events is what is reflected back to us through our relationships.
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William Young 🏴🇬🇧
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William Young 🏴🇬🇧
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Director @BloombergNEF, Adjunct Fellow, @ConGeostrategy | A personal account, views expressed are my own | Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
United Kingdom Katılım Şubat 2011
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Good uniform design matters, and when we win, we must do away with the full hi-viz embarrassment jackets.
We turned the most aesthetically beautiful police uniform in the world into bin men.
Ben Landau-Taylor@benlandautaylor
One lesson from this photo going viral is that good uniform design matters. This shot is rad as hell. If the same guy were doing the same thing while wearing bulky tacticool gear and a facemask no one would give a shit.
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This was one of the greatest speeches I’ve heard from today’s politicians. It was, as has been said, titanic. Please do listen to it.
It is difficult to understand how anyone could have still felt, after hearing it, that removing a fundamental protection we all have against our often highly politicised State is the right thing to do.
This will be a source of shame and embarrassment for the 304 MPs who chose to do so. But there are many more stages to go before it becomes law, and it is still possible therefore that some of the 304 will see sense and force the govt to yield.
Joanna Hardy-Susskind@Joanna__Hardy
This from @Geoffrey_Cox was titanic - a truly beautiful speech. He outshone those sat opposite. They could only watch. And nervously laugh. This should be seen by every new MP to understand what they do, & every new barrister to understand what we do.
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Agreed. But nor should you deserve a vote because you’ve been a second/third-rate cabinet minister but greased up enough to a prime minister for him/her to send you to an unelected parliamentary chamber to do their bidding and live out your twilight years in comfort and status, lording it over the rest of us who had no say in your choice. No more democratic than hereditary.
Torsten Bell@TorstenBell
Hereditary peers out of the Lords at long long last - delivering the rather simple principle that you don’t deserve a vote in Parliament by virtue of which family your were born into gov.uk/government/new…
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That a UK Govt is trying to abolish an 800-year tradition that connects society to the legal system and provides the right to be judged by one's peers - under an intl lawyer in No. 10, no less - is such a serious attack on British identity as to be beyond comprehension.
BBC News (UK)@BBCNews
Thousands of lawyers oppose jury restriction plan bbc.in/4lk0nDG
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This from @Geoffrey_Cox was titanic - a truly beautiful speech.
He outshone those sat opposite. They could only watch. And nervously laugh.
This should be seen by every new MP to understand what they do, & every new barrister to understand what we do.
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The prioritisation of national and allied security is a foundational function of the British state. We are not observers. It's not jingoistic to assert our strengths, nor parochial to be clear-eyed about our interests, nor preposterous to believe we have agency to advance them.
Chatham House@ChathamHouse
Any reversal by the UK on its 2025 agreement with Mauritius would be read as a conscious decision to prioritize Western security interests over international law and sovereignty. chathamhouse.org/2026/02/us-mil…
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Great news that companies want to build so many large UK data centres. The government must put in the new power stations and reservoirs they need. Saying No as they use too much power and water will make us poorer and shut out the main force for growth in the world economy.
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BREAKING: UK Gov Legal Dept has written to us on behalf of HMCTS/MOJ asking us to pause deletion of our archive and engage in dialogue about a new licence. We are grateful for the opportunity to resolve it and have replied to confirm retention. More soon #OpenJustice #Courtsdesk
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Have written my column on one of the most interesting political essays I've ever read, because it argues that essentially everything modern British politicians think about political and economic strategy is completely wrong. (1/?)
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@ChathamHouse The use of 'obliged here' is straightforwardly factually incorrect, as advisory judgements do not impose obligations. Best delete.
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Affluenza: Britain gives itself the obligations of a rich country with the means of an increasingly poor one
David Lawrence@dc_lawrence
Today I found out that Ofgem is spending £287 million – paid for by household electricity bills – to dismantle 10 pylons in Snowdonia & bury the cables. That's more than twice the annual budget of *all* national parks in Britain (which have budgets of £135m pa). Rather than burying pylons, we could spend that money far more effectively to protect nature, while reducing energy bills. Alternatively, about 3000 people live in the area. With the same budget, you could give every single one of them £100k, or pay for 3 years' worth of free school meals for every primary school kid in Wales. Source: ofgem.gov.uk/sites/default/…
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Punchy statement from the Electoral Commission.
“As a matter of principle, we do not think that capacity constraints are a legitimate reason for delaying long planned elections. Extending existing mandates risks affecting the legitimacy of local decision making and damaging public confidence.”
electoralcommission.org.uk/media-centre/e…
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A few days ago, David Lammy wrote a letter to the Justice Committee answering some questions about his proposals to restrict jury trial.
This is a welcome step.
It’s a telling letter.
But not for the reasons you might think.
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@TowerofAdam1 @Unknown403exe Only really one solution to this exceptionally complex interwoven set of responsibilities - simplify simplify simplify.
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I found out recently that the quango system was started up by the Tories in 1990s. Which is surprising. Blair just continued the tradition.
If we are in a quangocracy, then maybe he should be looking to the quangos to move the levers of government. He should pack them with his people, and start using it to pressurise the system.
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Great culture can save lives. Literally.
Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes about Tom Stoppard
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No 👇
Justice is a core government function. I expect other non-essential functions (for example, the recent increase in welfare spending) to be cut instead.
Benjamin Butterworth@benjaminbutter
@JuliaHB1 So if the chancellor announced an extra 1% on income tax to fund all that justice and prisons tomorrow, would you say yes? Because, if not, this is just the delusion the Britain exists in of wanting services without paying what it realistically costs
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Privileged to launch my new @ConGeostrategy report on *UK space strategy* (link below 👇) at a special session of the world leading #MilSatCom conference in Westminster today, in conversation with Nik Smith from @LockheedMartin
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