Michael Fernandes

IT professional with interests in IT security, #OpenSource, #ODOO, #truenas. I build #custompc to your requirements and budget.

[Matthew Sweet @DrMatthewSweet]

Amazing it takes the Polish foreign minister on @BBCr4today to point out the gravity of a Russian sponsored firebomb attack on the PM’s home.

[Michael Fernandes @Mike_Fernandes_]

The #ai companies know this point in time was coming, so why close #ethics teams?

@skynews, when nobody on the planet has a governance framework, why expect the PM to voice his opinion without public input (yet to happen)? We're a democracy after all...

[Sky News @SkyNews]

AI's most powerful bosses deliver message to world leaders - and it's not very reassuring | @rowlsmanthorpe https://t.co/FcLd19pD1w

[Michael Fernandes @Mike_Fernandes_]

The human impact of #tourism.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

World-famous Robin Hood oak tree has died after 1,200 years https://t.co/tIKd7MzYdw

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

OK, this is significant. It appears the alleged Belfast attacker was actually fast-tracked through the asylum process by Suella Braverman and Robert Jenrick.

I've just found the following letter from Jenrick to the UK statistical authority on 17 April, 2023

It says:

"We are taking urgent action to accelerate decision-making and speed up processing times. We are simplifying and modernising our system, including introducing shorter, more focused interviews; making guidance more accessible; dealing with cases more swiftly where they can be certified as manifestly unfounded; recruiting extra decision makers; and allocating dedicated resources for specific nationalities".

https://t.co/l04sTQMdHF

[Alan Lester @aljhlester]

Henry Nowak’s murder is being politicised despite the family’s wishes because billionaire-funded propaganda is promoting the perverse idea of white victimhood to support far right populists. This anomalous incident is too good an opportunity for men like Farage & Vance to waste.

[Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean]

Really good news. Over the last 15 years the world gained more mangroves than it has lost, thanks to stronger legal protections following the 2004 tsunami which proved their importance in protecting coasts. Also vital for fish and in absorbing carbon.

https://t.co/dugfykSvyw

[David Henig 🇺🇦 @DavidHenigUK]

Sorry but the world doesn't stop to allow a PM to focus just on the domestics. The fundamentals are all inter-connected. https://t.co/lhXJSGFWJc

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

*Shocking, Reform UK's Robert Kenyon again refuses to apologise for insulting Carol Vorderman, and doubles down* #BBCQT

Sarah Wakefield, "I spoke to Carol Vorderman this morning, she's really distressed that you, Robert Kenyon, have failed to apologise for any of these comments"

Fiona Bruce, "What, about her specifically?"

Sarah Wakefield, "About her specifically. She is watching at home tonight. And I wonder if you can look down that camera and say to Carol, you know what Im sorry"

Robert Kenyon, "You know what.. I never said anything to Carol. I commented on a comment"

"Don't get me wrong it was a disgusting comment that someone else had written, but I commented on a comment"

Fiona Bruce, "With approval?"

Robert Kenyon, 'Pardon?"

Fiona Bruce, "With approval?"

Robert Kenyon, "It was a crass joke, its not something I'd say now"

Sarah Wakefield, "Every woman in this room and at home has been subjected to shaming, in person or online"

Robert Kenyon, "That's disgusting, it's horrible"

Sarah Wakefield, "He's just proven my point. Can you believe this?"

"We have all been subjected to it, and the fact that a man like you cannot apologise, I think is disgraceful"

Robert Kenyon, "I've addressed the issue"

Sarah Wakefield, "On tope of that, Reform UK's policies on women are shocking"

"Reform on day one want to repeal the Equality Act"

Robert Kenyon, "No, no, that's absolute nonsense"

Sarah Wakefield, "That's Reform UK's party policy"

"I can't believe as a mum of a young daughter, I'm having to sit here in 2026, and make the case for me and my daughter to have the right to equal pay"

Robert Kenyon, "No no"

Sarah Wakefield, "This is what the Reform party stand for"

"They are a party that has a problem with women"

"And they need to sort it out"

Robert Kenyon, "No no"

*audience erupts in applause*

[RS Archer @archer_rs]

Farage's Reform UK Ltd is now the best funded political party in the UK. Not from grass routes support or local branches but almost entirely by a couple of tax dodging, uncountable, unknown, shady crypto speculators.

[David Yelland @davidyelland]

Elon Musk has clearly been a threat to democracy in the UK for some time, his algorithm is like a virus at the heart of our body politik, so the PM’s criticism of him is well merited.

[Reece Dinsdale @reece_dinsdale]

Like him or loathe him but, on this particular matter, Keir Starmer is 100% correct.
Farage’s response yesterday shows us ‘exactly who he is’… a rage-bating racist with no respect nor conscience.
His followers refuse to see it… which tells you all you need to know about them.

[Good Law Project @GoodLawProject]

New figures show Reform raked in £9m in 3 months, with Farage still in the hotseat for his £5m "gift" from billionaire Chris Harborne.

£4m came from billionaire Ben Delo, who was convicted for facilitating money laundering in the US, but pardoned by Trump.

https://t.co/6tXHKCqMjm

[Damian Low @DamianLow3]

Nigel Farage demands accountability from everyone except Nigel Farage.

That tells you more about his politics than any speech, campaign slogan or BBC lawsuit ever could.

For years, Farage has built his political brand around the idea that Britain is being misled. By politicians. By the media. By the civil service. By the establishment. The message is always the same. Other people are not telling you the truth.

1. Yet when you look at some of the most controversial moments of his own political career, accountability seems to disappear. After Southport, Farage amplified speculation and suspicion before the facts were fully established. At a moment when tensions were already dangerously high, he chose to raise questions that fuelled distrust rather than calm it.

2. Following the murder of Henry Nowak, we saw a similar instinct. Again, the focus quickly shifted towards institutional failure, hidden truths and public anger.

3. The point is not that politicians shouldn't ask difficult questions. They should. The point is that there is a difference between seeking facts and feeding suspicion.

4. Farage, like Trump, has latched onto something unpleasant that has entered modern politics. Distrust spreads faster than trust. Anger spreads faster than caution. People are far more likely to share a suspicion than a correction.

5. That is why today's threat to sue the BBC is so revealing. Because the same politician who has spent years benefiting from outrage, distortion and selective framing suddenly demands the highest standards of accuracy when he believes he is the victim.

6. The hypocrisy is obvious. When others are misrepresented, nuance often seems optional. When Farage believes he has been misrepresented, it becomes a matter for lawyers.

7. This is also why comparisons with Trump are increasingly hard to ignore. They share the same lack of accountability. If something helps the narrative, amplify it. If something damages the narrative, attack the source. If criticism follows, claim victimhood. And never, ever accept responsibility.

8. That last point matters most. Because accountability is not demanding answers from other people. It is being willing to accept scrutiny yourself. Accountability is not demanding answers from other people. It is being willing to accept responsibility when your own words have consequences.

That is the standard Farage applies relentlessly to everyone around him. Just never to himself. Because the central promise of Farage's politics is that Britain has been failed by everyone else.

The central flaw in it is that he never seems willing to consider his own role in making things worse.

[The Receipts UK ♿ @david_hollas]

Nigel Farage claims the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary Race Action Plan, and the College of Policing anti-racism commitment, instruct police to treat ethnic minorities preferentially over white people. Let's look at what the documents actually say.
The Hampshire Race Action Plan 2024 to 2026 states: "We will put victims first ensuring that our services and response are accessible to all." It commits to policing "with empathy and due regard for the impact on individuals and communities." It says nothing about treating white victims less favourably. Nothing. It does not exist in the text.
What it does say is that ethnic minority communities are disproportionately underreporting crime and receiving worse outcomes as victims. Addressing that gap is not preferential treatment. It is equal treatment.
On the College of Policing document, Farage cites the line stating anti-racism "does not mean treating everyone the same or being colour blind." He presents this as instructing police to treat white people differently. Here is the full sentence in context: "Producing equality of policing outcomes for people from different ethnic groups by responding to individuals and communities according to their specific needs, circumstances and experiences, with the aim of reducing harm."
That is the equity versus equality distinction. If one employee needs a different chair due to a medical condition, providing it is not preferential treatment. It is equal treatment applied to unequal circumstances.
Notably, the government's own Policing Minister Sarah Jones said the language in the document "gives the wrong impression" and backed a review. That is a legitimate criticism of the wording. It is not evidence that police were instructed to let white people die.
Farage knows what these documents say. He is misrepresenting them to a national audience while 11 police officers recover from injuries sustained during disorder he helped to incite.
Henry Nowak's father asked that his son's death not be used to create further division, hatred or tension.

[Michael Fernandes @Mike_Fernandes_]

@DavidDavisMP It's an economic shame those words weren't heeded. The tone of your tweet exposes a clear conflict of interest. Sometimes, it's best not to say anything. Of course, if you've been hacked, then that explains a lot...

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

NET MIGRATION HAS FALLEN BY 82% SINCE ITS PEAK YET NEARLY HALF OF BRITONS INCORRECTLY BELIEVE ITS ACTUALLY INCREASED

Its a shocking indictment of the abject failure of UK news shows to get the actual facts about net migration across to the public and call out the bull**** by the likes of Nigel Farage.

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

Nigel Farage registered ‘absent’ from the last 77 votes in Parliament

Official Parliamentary figures reveal that Reform leader Nigel Farage hasn't bothered to vote for anything in the last 11 weeks...

https://t.co/fsxzTKkL4Z

[Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar]

Nigel Farage hasn't voted in Parliament for the last 11 weeks and has now missed 77 votes in a row, according to official records. The last time he turned up was to vote against adraft regulations for the Employment Rights Act, and that says it all.

[Annabelle Sanderson 💜🤍💚 @WiltsAnnabelle]

When I worked for Nigel I cannot remember him being in the slightest bit interested in this subject or meeting any survivors.

Neither can Jane Collins, the lady who did the work. In fact, he all but abandoned her .

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: A judge referred Nigel Farage to the Attorney General for potential prosecution after he branded the Manchester Airport assault trial "two tier justice"

"The observation made by Farage was potentially a contempt of court as it implied the guilt of the defendants"