Senior software engineer | MtG nerd | He/him | Linguistic Science at @UniOfYork + @univ_lille | Computer Science at @OpenUniversity + @LondonU
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Alex R retweeted
Where this goes is to a place we must not allow. An assault on the rights of one is an assault upon us all. They will not stop with just the denial of trans rights, which is why we must stand up for those rights. Trans rights are human rights. Defend them as you would your own.
Alex R retweeted
The whole 'Hello, I will do a crime, how much will you pay me?' lack of subterfuge from the world's least masterly master criminal was enjoyable enough.
Watching him throw the whole corrupt system under the bus with a witless grin slapped across his dial is like free ice cream.
🚨MPs are avoiding declaring corporate hospitality by allowing companies to put a falsely low value on tickets they’ve accepted to live sports and cultural events, scandal-hit MP Scott Benton told undercover reporters thetimes.co.uk/article/696e9…
Alex R retweeted
Idiotic line by Labour.
Sunak and his party have devastated the criminal justice system through gleeful defunding of its constituent parts, causing record backlogs and delays of years.
But he is not responsible for sentences imposed in a relatively small number of cases.
Labour is the party of law and order.
ALT Graphic with picture of Rishi Sunak with text reading: Do you think adults convicted of sexually assaulting children should go to prison? Rishi Sunak doesn't. Under the Tories, 4,500 adults convicted of sexually assaulting children under 16 served no prison time. Labour will lock up dangerous child abusers. Text underneath this reads: Based on Ministry of Justice data. Produced by the Labour Party.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Tweet implies that the PM, Rishi Sunak, doesn't support prison sentences for sexual assaults against children.
The current sentencing guidelines for this crime has a maximum sentence of 14 years imprisonment.
sentencingcouncil.org.uk/offences/crown…
There is no conservative party policy that plans to remove this.
conservatives.com/our-plan
Alex R retweeted
Oof!
— “Is there any compensation [for Dover travel disruption]?”
— “The only compensation you have, is the emotional compensation of having a blue British passport.” 🔥
#Brexit
teapaw.org/SquibbmeisterUK/status…
Alex R retweeted
I'm howling laughing 😂
@LeeAndersonMP_ quickly changed his bio from NOT including Conservative to now, since my tweet earlier, adding a Tory reference
Then he tells me to "act your age" 😂
Lee luv, get a grip 😂
RT gang 🙏🏼 It's too funny not to
#ToriesDeletingTory
Alex R retweeted
"Your boycott won't matter"
Oh what was that you were saying? That's a HUGE drop in profit. Happy Trans Day of Fuck Around and Find Out.🏳️⚧️
JK Rowling production company reports 74 per cent drop in profit independent.co.uk/arts-enter…
Alex R retweeted
The funny thing is that the *reason* people care about blue check marks is *because* famous people like LeBron have them.
Removing them from existing verified accounts just turns them into “this MF paid for Twitter” fodder and nothing else. – at Los Angeles, CA
Alex R retweeted
Imagine how much it would cost to hire LeBron James to write content for your website. Imagine miraculously getting him to do it for free. Imagine then driving him away from your website so you can fail to collect $96 from him annually
Alex R retweeted
Weird, I figured the “Lock Her Up” party would be more excited about a politician being held accountable.
Alex R retweeted
Tory MP Nadine Dorries has been hit with Ofcom complaints over her TalkTV show.
She hasn't spoken in the Commons for 8 months but still gets £87k salary + exps.
She voted for cuts in public services and real wage cuts for workers.
mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/nadi…
Alex R retweeted
April Fools Day has arrived 24 hours early 🤡
Here's some off-the-scale irony from @KemiBadenoch trolling us all with her "we're joining a trading bloc, there's strength in numbers" doublespeak.
Wait till she hears about the EU, only 20 miles away...
Alex R retweeted
Now more than ever we must protect our trans friends, colleagues, and family.
The curtailing of trans rights is an assault upon us all.
Voice to your leaders and lawmakers and demand support for trans rights, and voice to trans people in you life that you love and support them.
Alex R retweeted
Here’s what @ofcom boss Melanie Dawes told me about Tory MPs presenting GBNews: “if it’s a news programme, a politician cannot present.”
So handy Esther McV & Phil Davies have confirmed what they’re doing: “Presenting a news programme.” ( @PrivateEyeNews )
Over to you @Ofcom
Alex R retweeted
“I thought Ofcom might make clear it would not tolerate Tory MPs interviewing Tory MPs about Tory policies on a news show on a news channel.
Instead, I found myself in the rather odd position of having to explain the Ofcom rules to the Ofcom boss.”
opendemocracy.net/en/gb-news…
