Back as @richtwarms over in the new old place.

Said before, but this time I'm done with this. We can't let a spoiled, insecure, prejudiced billionaire play with people's lives like the world is his toy. Enough of the privileged. Their greed, entitlement, attempts to control. Goodbye old Twitter, that brought people together.

Jack Hart, of Hull, who had already been fined six times for driving offences, killed Steven Duffield and Mason Deakin after illegally entering a bus lane and driving at 57mph in 30mph zone. He later blamed them. Where were the Hull rioters then? https://t.co/OpBs1ptOCK

I suspect there's a correlation between people who believe dark mode *everything* saves the eyes and (significantly) saves their batteries, and a tendency towards conspiracy theories and general poor quality thinking. There's no evidence it does much for your eyes.

Yvette Cooper, Home Sec, writes in @thetimes that "those who whip up hatred on social media will face the same reckoning as rioters" Why not the proprietors and journalists of these papers 👇who for years have been doing precisely that, day in, day out, to a much wider reach ?

Time we decided if UK values & information are run by global big tech, social media platforms, billionaires, media barons & outside influence? Or if we're regulating for fair competition & trusted content, to safeguard democracy. Turning point. @UKLabour @libdems @libdemdaisy

This should be our Dunblane moment. Only with social media not guns. @elonmusk is a feckless billionaire whose algorithms pose an imminent threat to life. He won’t act. So it’s critical that we now do. https://t.co/o0fPgFTMzp

One of the most repulsive, inaccurate and frankly embarrassing headlines in the history of the Daily Telegraph. It has appalled many of its own journalists. It is beneath contempt.

It's about time social media giants were treated as publishers with responsibility for what is published rather than as just 'social media platforms'. This site has hosted a number of fake news stories which as we have seen over recent days has had devastating consequences.

1/2 Incredibly powerful moment in Southport this evening as Muslim, Jewish and Christian faith leaders came together to mourn the loss of innocent children and stand together against those seeking to divide the community following an attack on the mosque. #bbc

Synagogues already have to have security during services, I guess many mosques will need to as well, if they don't already. Deeply sad that people can't pray in peace in this country.

The full - unexpurgated - and BRILLIANT broadcast by DARREN from READING this afternoon on Shelagh Fogarty's show on LBC. The man is a legend after just a couple of hours.

2023: English Schools champion 2024: Olympic semi-final Phoebe Gill already looking at home on the big stage with 1:58.83 in her heat 🤩 #WhereItStarts | #Paris2024 | #Athletics

"We're local lads, we've lived in Southport our whole lives," Joesph Wood, 37, from Craig Prince brickwork said. “I have friends who go to the mosque, and I just can't believe it really. It's a sad day in Southport."

It's not illiberal to protect people from harmful content online (misinformation, hatred, violence), and the dangers to public safety it poses. Freedom comes from being healthy, educated & protected. @UKLabour @YvetteCooperMP @libdems @libdemdaisy @edwardjdavey @Anna_Soubry

Lies spread on here by accounts that in many cases are clearly fake and/or foreign-based have now triggered a race riot in Southport. This is psychological warfare aimed at dividing and destabilising our society. For our own sake, something must be done about this poisonous site.

Home Secretary @YvetteCooperMP's full statement on the violence and disorder in Southport.

We didn't let any old person set up up broadcast or cable radio & TV. So why do we still not regulate Internet media platforms & content? Enough of allowing false information to circulate, and putting lives at risk. @DCMS @lisanandy @ofcom @edwardjdavey @libdems @libdemdaisy

Hope and expect to see @LeeAndersonMP_, @TiceRichard, @IsabelOakeshott, @MartinDaubney and @Nigel_Farage condemn the ugly scenes of police coming under attack in Southport.

...Arguably, it's been nearly 20 years! Nearly 17 since financial crisis caused lots of business budgets to be slashed. Many of them never really recovered. Probably why we have poor productivity and growth. So invest, don't cut. @uklabour @RachelReevesMP @libdems @libdemdaisy

Risk of @uklabour overplaying "There's no money left" is that public have been told, at work & with public services, to make sacrifices, be grateful for what they have, for over a decade. Financial crisis, Brexit uncertainty, Covid. Tax those w extreme wealth/privilege. @libdems