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Hundreds of millions of page views going begging ...
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@afneil
How have our politicians become so isolated in their groupthink bubbles when platforms like this make it so easy for them to see what we think?
It's like a gigantic, public focus group. It is skewed by a number of factors. But surely skilled statisticians using data from other
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@Culture_Crit
Pollock (as played by Ed Harris) was asked that by a journalist. He said something like "Why does it have to mean anything? Do you look at a flower bed and ask what it means?"
The completely changed how I engage with modern art.
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@afneil
I don't understand where this new wave of Anti-Semitism, infecting so many apparently normal people, is coming from.
Any ideas?
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@GBNEWS
0.3% Likes.
Get the message: NOBODY CARES
They've stopped taking state money and left the country like you wanted them to. Move on!
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@jonsopel
It's a 1 minute clip about the car industry. I'll assume you were gaslit along with the rest of us ... your colleagues have made you look bad. Have a word ...
We are witnessing the invention of the "bloodbath" hoax in real-time
Unfortunately for them, we have 𝕏
Media narrative: Full context:
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@DAaronovitch
@Norfolkforever
@oflynnsocial
@cholatera
You are, as a bare minimum, being disingenuous.
No one is saying our population is flawless.
No one is saying everyone hailing from elsewhere is a threat.
The point being made is that those from elsewhere differ in significant ways.
The social mores in other countries differ
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@kelvmackenzie
The part which doesn't pass the sniff test is anyone with oversight who really thought 700+ people suddenly decided to commit fraud.
In system design we include limits and sanity checks.
For instance, limit painkillers to two packs of different kinds per customer.
A sanity
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@LouiseDistras
@andrewdoyle_com
@GBNEWS
@StandingforXX
I'd like to know if filming females in a state of undress is Standard Operating Procedure.
You already have too many sick misogynists in various forces... Which is to say more than Zero.
If this is the policy, you just rang the dinner bell for these predators...
@WeAreFairCop
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@juneslater17
They have a special arrangement with
@OFCOM
called
#BBC
First where you have to let them mark their own homework before you can use OFCOM.
I've used the BBC's system many times. They are obtuse, condescending and dismissive.
It was also never clear to me that I could move
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@MartinDaubney
Labour gains 107 votes ...
Labour: 13,844 (+107)
Tories: 7,408 (-24,869)
Reform: 3,919 (+3,919)
Lib Dems: 1,422 (-2,656)
Green: 1,020 (-801)
Labour threw the kitchen sink at canvassing to very little effect.
Almost the entire result is due to the Tory collapse.
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@PaulEmbery
Pointing out the Cenotaph is a non-denominational commemoration of people who made the ultimate sacrifice.
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@Ross_Patterson_
"I don't know much about the book, but people in gender studies who are well educated..."
At this point I stopped listening.
Blind loyalty is not loyalty at all.
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@SVPhillimore
We rescued a cat a couple of years ago. She bonded immediately with my wife. But she'd hide under her bed every time she heard my deeper voice.
It took many months of walking slowly and talking quietly for her to realise I meant her no harm.
These days, she flips onto her back
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@metpoliceuk
@EveningStandard
@standardnews
I'm getting a 1970s miners' strike Special Patrol Group vibe...
Batons, horses, snatch squads, pepper spray the whole enchilada...
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@andrewdoyle_com
We're seeing what happens when a groupthink bubble bursts.
It's fascinating and horrifying at the same time.
You can almost smell the cognitive dissonance from people who passionately believed they were right.
Their confidence in their own judgment is collapsing.
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@Nillo82948721
The WeThink/Omnisis polling you are quoting has two two parts. You've used 4a. Question 4b asks if people would join the Euro to get back in. The results are reversed.
4b/ And if Britain had to adopt the euro as a condition of re-joining the EU, how would people vote if there was a referendum tomorrow?
❎ Stay Out: 42% (NC)
☑️ Re-Join: 37% (-2)
😐 Wouldn’t vote: 8% (NC)
🤷♂️ Don’t know: 13% (+2)
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@DreyfusJames
@rickygervais
@DaveChappelle
Here in the UK a split has happened.
People are fearlessly choosing a side. The side I call Open or Free Comedy has
@rickygervais
,
@andrewdoyle_com
,
@UnleashedComedy
,
@Glinner
,
@LeoKearse
,
@nickdixoncomic
,
@TheSimonEvans
,
@LewisSchaffer
,
@CressidaWetton
and others. They
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@billybragg
@MForstater
Remember this Billy?
"And if I were saying "the most offensive, stupid, misogynistic & homophobic shit on Twitter" then I would doubtless lose my livelihood like Glinner has done. But I'm still working, which suggests that your accusations are unfounded."
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@MarinaPurkiss
"Rules 5.11 and 5.12 require that an appropriately wide range of significant views must be included and given due weight in such programmes, or in clearly linked and timely programmes."
Newsnight alone seems to regularly violate these.
Within the last few days 3 panelists
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@YouGov
It sounds fantastic. But I live in a small Somerset village of 4,500.
A bus stop is useless without buses, timetable attached.
Shop gone .
GP gone.
Pharmacy probably not viable.
Bank dream on.
The broadband rollout has only just reached the village boundary.
I'm 59. I'll
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@flintworks
@PeterTatchell
Comedy Unleashed billed him as "A cancelled comedian".
The venue could, therefore, have reasonably inferred there might be SOME controversy.
The gig was sold out, so the audience was aware they might be offended, but didn't care
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@davesumnersmith
@JamesCleverly
All the Oxbridge PPEs and Latin experts aren't serving us well. Let's give the bloke a chance ... for the last few weeks of this 💩show!
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@afneil
All the WFH civil servants in London are probably making a bigger contribution to emissions reduction than the new ULEZ!
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@OldRoberts953
I don't know London well. If that's the cenotaph,
@MahyarTousi
has live footage. Nothing untoward. I also note the majority feel no need to hide their faces... that's a refreshing change.
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@mediareformUK
@MichaelLCrick
@TransMediaWatch
@Marcela_Pizarro
@cfmmuk
133.5K Views ... 11 Likes. Finger on the pulse there ...
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@PaulCoxComedy
Her remarks reveal she's (unsurprisingly) never watched a single second.
She's been told it's Far-Right.
In her head that means the Conservatives. That alone is bizarre ... considering how far left they've moved now. I'm not sure she watches any political coverage or analysis
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Now everyone has noticed how bad
@OFCOM
is, here is my Top Ten:
1: The BBC are uniquely allowed to manage their own complaints under a system called BBC First. A system where incredibly, out of more than 450,000 complaints, only 18 were upheld in 2021.
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@terrychristian
It's fortunate for you that breathing doesn't require any conscious thought ...
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@ClennellMick
@Stanhope2011VJ
@bbclaurak
The fact working age means 12-104 now distorts the statistics ... 🖖😎
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@MichaelLCrick
As the BBC gets to mark its own homework before it goes anywhere near OFCOM, which contains 16 people who used to work there, I imagine they're quite relaxed about the rampant bias.
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@peterboghossian
I greatly admire you. You remind me of the story about someone walking along a beach, throwing storm stranded starfish back into the water. When told there were many thousands, and that their actions "won't make any difference", they simply picked up another, threw it back into
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@afneil
It's almost as if shutting down all that cheap nuclear energy was a terrible idea ...
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@MrHarryCole
The old if it's 3 or 4 figures, switch to a percentage ploy. It'll work on a few people who don't have the bandwidth to pay attention. The rest of us know 💩 when we hear it.
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@AmandaJCarrod
I know I'll take a kicking for saying this... but right back in the early days I tried
@GBNEWS
The first thing I noticed was that they were meticulous about having guests in pairs with opposing views.
The next was that the presenter seldom interrupted either party while they
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@Seagulldancer
@afneil
Just watched a recording of Portillo. An excellent blend of analysis, art and humour. It breaks my heart that so many people have bought into the Fox comparison without ever watching and judging for themselves. 😭
Andrew Doyle is one of our greatest thinkers. His book "Free
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@Kevin_Maguire
I hope you're right but suspect there's a basic mathematical error here. The distribution of older, non-compliant vehicles is unlikely to be homogenous. They are, in fact, likely to be clustered in areas your party relies upon for votes.
Reload and point at your remaining foot.
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@ScottAdamsSays
This makes my head hurt. Not a lawyer but, objectively, AOC appears correct.
The embargo seems to violate: Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol II. Collective punishment is a war crime prohibited by treaty in both international and non-international
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@justchrisdavies
Labour: 13,844 (+107)
Tories: 7,408 (-24,869)
Reform: 3,919 (+3,919)
Lib Dems: 1,422 (-2,656)
Green: 1,020 (-801)
Percentages can give a false impression, can't they?
Labour threw the kitchen sink at canvassing to very little effect.
Almost the entire result is due to the
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@afneil
I'm waiting for them to sentence a murderer but find all the prisons are full of comedians ...
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@jonsopel
@doesitreally23
Where science is concerned "baseless" isn't a valid term.
Causal correlation can be irritatingly hard to establish. But if a correlation is seen, the work must be done.
The tobacco companies relied on sowing doubt for decades. We have to be open to at least the possibility
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@ScottAdamsSays
I spent 20 plus years suffering symptoms of lactose intolerance because a crap doctor didn't do her job when I said I felt wheezy.
No more wheezing, sinuses clear, sleep improved.
Cut back other carbs and lost 85lbs.
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@L__G__B
I'm puzzled how people are injured in any way by words used while "they" aren't in the room...
If they are present, you say:
"Would YOU like a drink, xxx?" or
"Drink, xxx?"
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@paceman76
@GoodwinMJ
Did you actually read what Matt said?
a) He's just defended the right of others to free speech and protest.
b) Used his freedom to speak. To which, perversely, you seem to take exception.
Perhaps you're tired.
Go and have a lie down.
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@ramonagusta
@UKLabour
This argument didn't work for Boris... Funny that. It's almost like the standards committee was biased...
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@MythinformedMKE
I did think it seemed odd to believe candidates can spend billions, then lose because someone knew a smarter way to spend 100k on 77k votes...
Konstantin and Francis looked a bit... bemused!
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@BBeutah
@BillAckman
@MIT
I'm constantly fascinated by how some people presume guilt the moment any accusation is made... from any source. Often because they feel some enmity towards the accused, or their allies.
That's not how it works.
Likewise "Under investigation for ..." does not justify inferring
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@andersleijersta
I can't believe how many times each day you say some variation of the same thing.
Strike 6.
#VoteReformUk
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@andrewdoyle_com
@MetroUK
@LouiseDistras
I notice "quizzed" is the best they could do, given she was released without further action as no offences had been committed.
The way she was filmed while dressing is also against guidelines:
@chas_newport
@LouiseDistras
@andrewdoyle_com
@GBNEWS
@StandingforXX
@WeAreFairCop
Using a body cam in these circumstances was wholly inappropriate as there was no obvious genuine policing purpose for doing so (What did they hope to capture? Posters of
@Glinner
on the wall?). The extract below is from .
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@GerryHassan
This is a classic ad hominem attack. If it's the message you care about, attack that.
Why don't you quote a few of the things she said, then present evidence to counter them? That happens all day everyday on
#GBNews
You can post links and everything! 😮
Cue: you dismissing
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@Ed_Miliband
It's 2.5 times the size of the UK, with 165 people per square mile, compared with our 725. And they are replacing bombed infrastructure. Not really apples to apples.
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@RealityEnthusi2
Do they Photoshop that facial expression into every picture? Or is it a serious Botox accident?
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@HumanBollard
@Andrew_Adonis
The fact they have cheap electricity and steel from coal probably helps, too. And no green levies. And no respect for Intellectual property! 😁👍
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@oldishbird1
I stand with anyone who practices their beliefs and culture without forcing them onto others.
Share, by all means.
I'd love to go to Diwali, Hanukkah, Eid and Christmas with my neighbours.
It won't do my waistline any good, but I'm cool with it!
But if activists in those
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@joshxhowie
I've just reported a post which I won't repeat publicly. I'm with you, bro. Doing my tiny bit.
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@KerrieG57507105
@andygeorgeni
@FizzyDollop
@Vanessa17253550
@NormanBrennan
@WeAreFairCop
@PoliceChiefs
To SOME officers the Thin Blue Line is not them protecting us, it is them protecting each other.
The code of silence which protected Wayne Couzens, whose colleagues nicknamed him "The Rapist", but either said nothing, or were ignored...
Being a whistle blower does not go well.
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@YameshLaw
@PeterTatchell
Isn't "abusive" subjective?
This is the problem with Section 5 of the Public Order Act too.
Threatening is a pretty concrete definition. Abusive and insulting are in the eye of the beholder.
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@LoftusSteve
I believe I'm correct in saying the figures used to justify the ULEZ expansion were based on one road over a very limited time window.
I'm amazed any of this is legal. It wouldn't be difficult to set some flexible rules which ensure the quality and quantity of samples in case
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@nickdixoncomic
Bugger. Now I need to un-read "The Psychopath Test". Are lobotomies still available on the NHS? Because they're totally safe, right?
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@ScottCJonesy
Does anyone know if cops are given an initial psychometric test? With follow ups after every incident, like victimising a young girl with autism or pepper spraying bystanders...
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@andersleijersta
Reform UK doesn't have to win.
They need to be the Official Opposition.
The only fly in the ointment is the tried and tested "Vote Reform, get [blah]" for the marginals, and "Reform is a wasted vote" everywhere else. It works. Or has worked.
This pair of tactics is the reason
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@WhiteSpearit
@Culture_Crit
I disagree. The pursuit of beauty is an end in itself. Beauty doesn't require meaning.
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@GBNEWS
The Tories have already ensured Labour will form the next Government.
By being so divided.
By backstabbing a winning leader.
By being so confused, weak and inefectual.
But most of all, by betraying their voters.
Voters who are now choosing the New Opposition:
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@RobNoLastName
I think you underestimate how long a government can blame the previous incumbent ... at least a decade.
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@rakibehsan
Superb work! Reading their nonsense so we don't have to! Keep up the good work. 🖖😎
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@FUDdaily
I heard two excellent quotations last night.
Magna Carta: No free man shall be seized, imprisoned, dispossessed, outlawed, exiled or ruined in any way, nor in any way proceeded against, except by the lawful judgement of his peers and the law of the land.
This sounds all fine
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@BigBrotherWatch
He can waste his time and our money all he wants.
Following what Trudeau did to supporters of the truck convoy in Canada, no one in their right mind will buy a single penny.
@RishiSunak
Read the room.
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@toadmeister
That explains why Carl Henegan got beaten up at the COVID "enquiry". We can't have it leaking out that Boris, the pantomime villain is, to even the tiniest degree, a good guy...
All the people saying "He this, he that..." conveniently forget it's about Cabinet collective
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@FifeRight14
@Wo_Mim
I've been trying to figure out why and how logic, rationality and critical thinking have been so comprehensively bypassed.
You've opened my eyes to a new possibility here. Denial for the protection of one's ego.
That's why the first word appropriated was "identity".
If this
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@Channel4News
Islam is a religion with members across a wide spectrum of humanity. Islamaphobia and Racism are
#dogwhistles
intended to stifle debate.
Some people are guilty of anti-Islam bigotry: prejudice against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group.
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@HerdImmunity12
Blissfully unaware that the Windsor Framework means Northern Ireland will be under the revised 2035 deadline the rest of the EU is using.
Buy your 🚗 there. Drive it home.
A nice fun long weekend.
Follow
@SBarrettBar
for details.
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@johncusack
I'm old enough to remember they blew up a car park with one of their own missiles.
Get your memory checked, John.
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@kelvmackenzie
I think Labour will win no matter what Reform does.
The question then becomes: Do we want an opposition with fresh ideas, or the usual ad hominem garbage?
Neither current party has this idea ...
"All frontline NHS and social care staff to pay zero basic rate tax for 3 years.
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@Oakymoron
I've never heard her say anything which makes me think "Wow! What a great idea!" or "Oooh that will win over some undecided voters!"
Threat? Nah
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@johnredwood
@TomSyvret
This boils down to the subtle, but critical, difference between responsibility and accountability.
If a government devolves power to a quango which does a bad job, the quango is responsible for the error, the government is accountable.
Quangos are a valuable way to avoid
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@Independent_ie
Is he bollocks.
He's a convenient target for politicians who wish to avoid accountability for the consequences of their own poor decisions.
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@midland_rouleur
@mrmarkdolan
I was 22 stone. They just gave me blood pressure pills, a statin and Metformin for the T2D.
I decided to change. Having had success in Atkins I tried something similar. High protein, low carb.
I've lost 85lbs and put the T2D in remission.
The diet had nowhere near the
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