Guy Herbert
@guy_herbert
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First described #databasestate @NO2ID (2004). MD @MarjacqScripts. FIPR board. Cassandra. Memorious. Irony in the soul. Serial purity-test failure.
London W1 mostly
Joined September 2011
If you are media and want background or an interview on the long history of UK #IDCard schemes, and the spectacularly unclear and likely dangerous current policy, you'd better DM.
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This idiot is a cancer on our body politic. Making Israel/Palestine a central issue of British politics is repugnant (and I would argue that as well if, almost unthinkably, a British party made pro-Zionism the centrepiece of its manifesto). Why can't people just be broadly pro-
So "Your Party" is "absolutely" opposed to the vast majority of British Jews. Oh, and mind the wicked British imperialist roots of Zionism. Islington's racist dinosaur speaks in Putney.
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This is delusional in precisely the same way that “the NHS is the envy of the world” is delusional.
Across the world, the BBC is recognised as the best source of impartial news reporting. It's not perfect, because nothing made by people ever is. However, in these days of deliberate lies, manipulation & populism, it's a beacon of truth. Britain should be proud of it. And we are
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Today, I made the mistake of flying from Dublin to Paris via London's Heathrow Airport. This was a remarkably stupid move on my part, given that London, and by extension Heathrow, is located in the failing formerly-developed country known as "the UK". I almost paid dearly for
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How broad are the shoulders of someone who earns £53,000 a year? As I discuss in today's Money Distilled, it depends - which is why any income tax hike should be simple and broad-based rather than adding further complications.
bloomberg.com
A bigger wage packet does not necessarily translate into a higher standard of living.
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At this point it’s 100% clear that effective policy can lower rental rates. No need to debate “the approach” anymore. Just wether your city and its leaders are willing to do it.
Here's something fascinating happening in the apartment market right now. The cheapest, oldest apartments (Class C) are getting crushed right now. But ONLY in cities that just delivered tons of new apartments. Let me show you the numbers: Denver: Class C rents down 13.9%
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Some key questions on #DigitalID here, including for teens — to read alongside excellent article by @rosearnold of Reclaim Rights for Children in @SpcialNdsJungle
https://t.co/o1iMVgEaqr on use of national ID mandated for children in Children’s Wellbeing and #SchoolsBill
specialneedsjungle.com
Campaign group, Reclaim Rights for Children discuss concerns over privacy for children & families in the Children’s Wellbeing & Schools Bill.
Just to let you all know that NO2ID HQ has highlighted some of the meaningful questions that the upcoming Government consultation on Digital ID/ ID cards should address if it is to be worthwhile. https://t.co/xJOKpOkaEX
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I'm old enough to remember when the very idea of *a leader* was anathema to Greens. Now they seem to be developing a (very peculiar) personality cult.
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If anyone on here has a connection to a venue in Austin, Texas that would be good for a live politics/comedy/culture thing, capacity roughly ~200-300ish, please shoot me a note. (Alas, not for a BARPod show, but for something that will be fun if we can pull it off.)
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I'd very much like someone from REACH media to explain the disconnect between this headline and the actual content of the report
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I can't help recalling that the principal contribution of Marmots to public health has been to give humanity Yersinia pestis.
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Nuclear annihilation of all terrestrial life might be a bit extreme, but is yet worth considering.
National Lottery ties up with Tom Daley for ‘Scratchcard-igan’ Christmas campaign
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If that figure’s right, it’s £13bn/year. About 1% of what HMRC collects annually. Nothing. We could tax it all, and it wouldn’t begin to fill the gap. The real choice: 1 raise tax (but don’t pretend it will only affect other people). 2 cut spending (ditto). That’s it.
UK billionaire wealth is growing by £35 million every DAY. While 7 million households can’t afford the basics — like food and energy. I’m calling on the Government to tax wealth at the Budget to tackle the cost-of-living crisis. Sign my open letter: 🔗 https://t.co/o8wnPMKh1N
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“Universal Boomer Income”
Just found out that my mother (the tax partner in a firm of London accountants) has just received the first instalment of her winter fuel allowance. Universal Boomer Income.
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This is so bad. An epitome of what Britain has steadily become over half my lifetime: government of officialdom, by officialdom, for officialdom.
I assume to some extent it's because the media outlets that would know are worried about playing into certain tropes. But it's hard to overstate how cut out Reeves -and her SpAds - seem to be from the overall budget preparation process.
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I assume to some extent it's because the media outlets that would know are worried about playing into certain tropes. But it's hard to overstate how cut out Reeves -and her SpAds - seem to be from the overall budget preparation process.
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One part of the budget story that seems to have been largely overlooked in coverage thus far is that we quite literally have a lame-duck Chancellor. I've heard from quite a few Treasury people now that Rachel Reeves is the least involved a Chancellor has ever been in a budget.
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🇪🇸 Otro pico loco en el uso de Proton VPN desde España, ya que los proveedores de internet españoles (Movistar, Vodafone, DIGI, MásMóvil, etc) han bloqueado Cloudflare una vez más. Si esto continúa, podrían lograr lo imposible: que a los españoles les deje de gustar el fútbol.
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"I got my stillsuit from Temu."
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I am the body of an individual, how do I apply for IT waiver please?
IT department and, court have noted that RSS is body of individuals, and exempted it from income tax: Mohan Bhagwat
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law
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