@_JohnLeonard

Research Director at Computing Also at [email protected]

computing.co.uk
Joined June 2012
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Can you see the agenda yet Britain? Or do you just want to be taken for idiots?
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nazir afzal@nazirafzal2 Jun 2023
This is a genuine video from the Tory Party, though appears now deleted
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A thread on the Telegraph's epic war on working-from-home: just a *selection* of the anti-WFH articles in "Britain's Best Quality Newspaper" since January of this year Let's start with dogs, working from home is sending dog ownership to unsustainable levels
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This development in the #BorisJohnson, #BBC Chairman story will no doubt get buried quickly under the #NadhimZahawi sacking but #RishiSunak's #Tory party is drowning in sleaze again today. Please retweet to keep this story prominent. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64440335

Richard Sharp: Johnson was told to stop asking for loan advice - report

The then-PM was told to "no longer" seek advice from Richard Sharp before he became BBC chairman, the Sunday Times reports.

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Government minister sacked for being found out.
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This is bombshell reporting into what must now be a raging national scandal. For govt buddies to take many millions from the public purse for unusable equipment during a pandemic when people are dying - and then lie about it… …is sick and unforgivable. theguardian.com/uk-news/2022…

Michelle Mone’s PPE denials v what we know

Tory peer and husband have repeatedly distanced themselves from company given £200m in government Covid contracts

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Possibly the single most dangerous and alarming thing a police spokesman has said in the UK for decades. It's disgraceful and beneath contempt, and reflects the growing politicisation of policing under this government. You work in a democracy, not in a tin-pot dictatorship.
Rachael Venables@rachaelvenables10 Nov 2022
In the very same week that three journalists were arrested by Hertfordshire police for doing their jobs, the force's PCC tells @LBC the media needs to reconsider how we cover the protests: "your editorial policy needs to reflect whether you are part of the problem."
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Tortoise@tortoise21 Oct 2022
As the Conservative party begins the process of electing another leader – and therefore, a de facto election of the Prime Minister – here’s a summation of our application for judicial review on the way it elects its leader. 🧵⬇️
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🔴EXCLUSIVE🔴 ‘How Will We Know Putin hasn’t Picked the Most Disruptive Candidate?’ Security experts and democracy campaigners raise fears over wild west Conservative leadership election if it goes to members, reports @josiahmortimer bylinetimes.com/2022/10/21/h…

‘How Will We Know Putin hasn’t Picked the Most Disruptive Candidate?’

Security experts and democracy campaigners raise fears over wild west Conservative leadership election if it goes to members, reports Josiah Mortimer

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“The PM is not under a desk” says Penny Mordaunt from Dispatch Box. Oddly unreassuring
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Liz Truss is a manifestation of billionaire cash as mediated through dark money think tanks. My latest contribution to @DoubleDownNews
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Retweet if I’d be a better PM than Truss.
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James Murray@James_BG1 Oct 2022
Truss, Kwarteng, and Clarke doubling down on their ‘small state’ ideology and rolling the pitch for spending cuts is totally detached from reality on at least three fronts:
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This is very astute. Shame it's behind a paywall (but as real rebels know there's always a way around those) ft.com/content/bb6cc1ac-e543…

Liz Truss: the normie playing the rebel

So much trouble in the modern west is caused by the contrarianism of banal people

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Full Fact
@FullFact29 Sep 2022
£2500 is *not* the maximum any family will pay on their energy bills this year. We wrote to the PM about getting this wrong yesterday. This morning, she’s repeated the false claim again in local BBC interviews. The public deserves better. fullfact.org/economy/Truss-e…

Liz Truss wrong to claim ‘no household’ will pay more than £2,500 on energy bills – Full Fact

During an interview on CNN the Prime Minister claimed ‘nobody’ would have to pay more than £2,500 in energy bills. Per the government’s own figures, this isn’t true.

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To this day Halfords always ask for an email address 'to send the receipt to' when you pay.
ICO - Information Commission's Office
@ICOnews6 Sep 2022
NEW: We've fined Halfords Ltd £30,000 for sending unwanted marketing emails to people without their consent. This is against the law. More about the case here: ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/med…
Halfords Ltd fined for sending unsolicited marketing emails without consent. £30,000 fine issued for breaching the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations. 498,179 unsolicited marketing emails sent to people without their consent. Legitimate interests incorrectly relied upon as a lawful basis for sending the emails.

ALT Halfords Ltd fined for sending unsolicited marketing emails without consent. £30,000 fine issued for breaching the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations. 498,179 unsolicited marketing emails sent to people without their consent. Legitimate interests incorrectly relied upon as a lawful basis for sending the emails.

NEW: We've fined Halfords Ltd £30,000 for sending unwanted marketing emails to people without their consent. This is against the law. More about the case here: ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/med…
Halfords Ltd fined for sending unsolicited marketing emails without consent. £30,000 fine issued for breaching the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations. 498,179 unsolicited marketing emails sent to people without their consent. Legitimate interests incorrectly relied upon as a lawful basis for sending the emails.

ALT Halfords Ltd fined for sending unsolicited marketing emails without consent. £30,000 fine issued for breaching the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations. 498,179 unsolicited marketing emails sent to people without their consent. Legitimate interests incorrectly relied upon as a lawful basis for sending the emails.

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He was ahead of his time.
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