The Welsh first minister will criticise Keir Starmer’s welfare reforms in a major speech on Tuesday, saying she will pursue a leftwing “red Welsh way” and put a clear dividing line between Welsh Labour and the national party.
Eluned Morgan will distance herself from Starmer’s government in a speech on Tuesday billed by allies as a reset moment for Welsh Labour to counter the threats from Reform UK and Plaid Cymru.
The US government was paying for the TeleMessage version of Signal since 2023, in a Federal contract. Specifically to meet Government rules on retaining an archive of all messages.
So it predates Trump and his mob?
Looks like. Though who/what it was for is not clear.
Seems very probable that it was as a result of trying to add the Federal archiving requirement to Signal use.
Note for @kinabalu and friends - this is exactly the kind of backdoor the U.K. government is demanding that Signal install. And exactly why Signal said they would rather quit the U.K., than install such a backdoor.
I wouldn't exactly be shocked to find that during Biden administration a load of officials were doing the same thing with Signal / Telemessage groups. Maybe not sharing the top secret military mission ETA, but being far too relaxed general cyber security and sending things around in groups that should not be (especially when this service has a backdoor).
I am sure its the same in the UK.
I’m fairly certain that it was because of the insistence of politicians that they can use a WhatsApp like social media app.
So they got told - “Use this government provided version of Signal - tell your non-governmental mates to use Signal”
Why do politicians universally demand such? It’s not just because they are tech luddites who can’t use NSAChat (invented name).
It’s because to a politician friendship circles are life and death. They need to chat 24/7 to journalists, party contacts, corporate contacts, charity heads, Quango bosses etc etc. They need this the way a shark needs to swim, to breathe.
To get elected, to stay on the right side of the media, to build up the “push” to the next job - they have to have this.
Time for abolition and either ads or subscription model for future funding.
Ireland abolished its licence and now gives RTE a block grant. France abolished in favour of a fraction of VAT. Austria abolished in favour of a general tax. Always keep tight hold of nurse, perhaps?
Around £102m in new funding will be committed to expanding and modernising GP surgeries, the government says. More than 1,000 surgeries will benefit from the cash boost to upgrade and create additional space for doctors to see more patients.
More than 1,000 surgeries will benefit from the cash boost to upgrade and create additional space for doctors to see more patients.
£100k per surgery, that will get you half a GP. Or are they talking about upgrading the building, again £100k won't get you much these days.
And the million of extra appointments from closing down non-dom status?
Yeah, right.
Was talking to a friend over the weekend down to Devon from St. John's Wood. High-end interior decorator. She is very worried for her business because of the number of people leaving the UK. She and her husband would be off to Dubai too, if it weren't for their children's education. If they discover education of a high enough standard, I suspect they will be gone.
And their lost annual tax alone would have upgraded several surgeries each year.
Oh fuck, no! Not the "high-end interior decorators". The country's fucked. Can you please somehow beg her to stay? Who is going to arrange decorative twigs in large, beige coloured vases?
Around £102m in new funding will be committed to expanding and modernising GP surgeries, the government says. More than 1,000 surgeries will benefit from the cash boost to upgrade and create additional space for doctors to see more patients.
More than 1,000 surgeries will benefit from the cash boost to upgrade and create additional space for doctors to see more patients.
£100k per surgery, that will get you half a GP. Or are they talking about upgrading the building, again £100k won't get you much these days.
And the million of extra appointments from closing down non-dom status?
Yeah, right.
Was talking to a friend over the weekend down to Devon from St. John's Wood. High-end interior decorator. She is very worried for her business because of the number of people leaving the UK. She and her husband would be off to Dubai too, if it weren't for their children's education. If they discover education of a high enough standard, I suspect they will be gone.
And their lost annual tax alone would have upgraded several surgeries each year.
Oh fuck, no! Not the "high-end interior decorators". The country's fucked. Can you please somehow beg her to stay? Who is going to arrange decorative twigs in large, beige coloured vases?
Except you'll squeal like a stuck pig when you are asked to make up the lost tax take.
Not really. It’s not the place of county councils to get involved in foreign affairs whether it be Scotland/EU or London/Venezuela
This is Tuesday AM, and about to be dethreaded.
This is just another simplistic kneejerk to excite the unthinking base, as per Trump.
Some time soon they will notice (if they have not already) that they have banned County Flags (someone mentioned the Red Rose of Lancs) that have existed for getting on for 1000 years, the Royal Standard when KCIII is visiting, and a whole host of other things.
Rapid Reverse Ferret or "But we really meant something something something" incoming. Reform: The Klutz Collective.
I'm sure there's a suitable Morecambe and Wise sketch somewhere.
I do wonder, however, how supine the media are going to be. This Guido post of Laura Kuenssberg has her failing to skewer Zia, when the opportunity was obvious. His defence of the Lincolnshire faceplant was a collection of speculation.
The US government was paying for the TeleMessage version of Signal since 2023, in a Federal contract. Specifically to meet Government rules on retaining an archive of all messages.
So it predates Trump and his mob?
Looks like. Though who/what it was for is not clear.
Seems very probable that it was as a result of trying to add the Federal archiving requirement to Signal use.
Note for @kinabalu and friends - this is exactly the kind of backdoor the U.K. government is demanding that Signal install. And exactly why Signal said they would rather quit the U.K., than install such a backdoor.
Around £102m in new funding will be committed to expanding and modernising GP surgeries, the government says. More than 1,000 surgeries will benefit from the cash boost to upgrade and create additional space for doctors to see more patients.
More than 1,000 surgeries will benefit from the cash boost to upgrade and create additional space for doctors to see more patients.
£100k per surgery, that will get you half a GP. Or are they talking about upgrading the building, again £100k won't get you much these days.
And the million of extra appointments from closing down non-dom status?
Yeah, right.
Was talking to a friend over the weekend down to Devon from St. John's Wood. High-end interior decorator. She is very worried for her business because of the number of people leaving the UK. She and her husband would be off to Dubai too, if it weren't for their children's education. If they discover education of a high enough standard, I suspect they will be gone.
And their lost annual tax alone would have upgraded several surgeries each year.
Oh fuck, no! Not the "high-end interior decorators". The country's fucked. Can you please somehow beg her to stay? Who is going to arrange decorative twigs in large, beige coloured vases?
In the end the Yookay will just be you, your souped up motor tricycles, three old DVDs of Are You Being Served and 48 trillion Turkish vape shops selling Caribbean halal chicken nuggets to Nigerian Deliveroo drivers on crack
still sounds more fun than a bunch of bitter old spectator hacks moaning about foreigners
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So they got told - “Use this government provided version of Signal - tell your non-governmental mates to use Signal”
Why do politicians universally demand such? It’s not just because they are tech luddites who can’t use NSAChat (invented name).
It’s because to a politician friendship circles are life and death. They need to chat 24/7 to journalists, party contacts, corporate contacts, charity heads, Quango bosses etc etc. They need this the way a shark needs to swim, to breathe.
To get elected, to stay on the right side of the media, to build up the “push” to the next job - they have to have this.
Telling them to stop is telling them to die.
Or more likely, fuck off out the country.
This is just another simplistic kneejerk to excite the unthinking base, as per Trump.
Some time soon they will notice (if they have not already) that they have banned County Flags (someone mentioned the Red Rose of Lancs) that have existed for getting on for 1000 years, the Royal Standard when KCIII is visiting, and a whole host of other things.
Rapid Reverse Ferret or "But we really meant something something something" incoming. Reform: The Klutz Collective.
I'm sure there's a suitable Morecambe and Wise sketch somewhere.
(Update: I see they have already done it:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyn9pg994jo )
I do wonder, however, how supine the media are going to be. This Guido post of Laura Kuenssberg has her failing to skewer Zia, when the opportunity was obvious. His defence of the Lincolnshire faceplant was a collection of speculation.
https://order-order.com/2025/05/04/yusuf-reform-is-fundamentally-opposed-to-dei-roles/