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[Ed @EdGilded]

Very good. All parties should adopt it. Outrageous it's not the common sense norm, it's infant mutilation.

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: The Green Party has launched a consultation to make banning circumcision a party policy

[@Spectator]

[Ed @EdGilded]

This government will implement a surveillance state to try (and definitely fail) to prevent a crime, but when a far worse crime has been committed on mass and very publicly they have to be dragged kicking and screaming to even do the bare minimum in investigating it. Funny that.

[Home Office @ukhomeoffice]

Today we have demanded tech companies activate built-in safeguards on smartphones and tablets to detect and block nude images for children.

Some claim this to be an invasion of privacy - but it isn't.

[Labour Digital Rights Network @LabDRN]

While protecting young people from exploitation is a noble and vital goal, the PM is deliberately ignoring the terrifying reality of how his proposed policy would actually be enforced.

Companies like Apple and Google will effectively be forced to introduce state-mandated surveillance software (spyware) on every single phone, tablet and laptop in the UK.

Furthermore, because each device must know if the user is a child to block the content, this policy guarantees the roll-out of mandatory digital ID checks for the entire population, effectively killing internet privacy and online anonymity for us all.

We also must question the sudden sense of urgency and tough talk today.

Just last month, Jess Phillips resigned from the government over this exact issue, calling out Starmer for pursuing only "incremental change," and worrying more about upsetting tech bosses than protecting children.

Why the sudden pivot? It is hard to see this ultimatum as an act of genuine conviction. Instead, much like his rushed, unworkable social media ban, it looks like another desperate cynical attempt to shore up Starmer's political legacy before the looming by-election and leadership contest.

[Ed @EdGilded]

.@Keir_Starmer Please go full Mao on Natural England. Two years minimum in the rice fields for all of them.

[Sam Dumitriu @Sam_Dumitriu]

NEW: Natural England are set to delay Hinkley Point C by insisting on even more measures to protect fish.

A two-year delay to Hinkley Point C Unit 1 would mean about 24TWh less clean firm power on the grid, between 2-4bn cubic metres more gas burnt, and between 4-8m tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere.

Even though EDF have spent £700m on fish protection, including a £50m acoustic fish deterrent that is 93% effective, regulator Natural England wants them to do even more.

This is likely to involve creating a salt marsh on nearby farmland. This could take years.

https://t.co/w2qfze7Vxy

[Ed @EdGilded]

That "technology" does not exist, and Starmer was right to give her the cold shoulder, but he also never should have appointed her in the first place. As awful as the next elections will be, at least she'll lose her seat. And there are a few more we shan't miss and all.

[Ed @EdGilded]

Phillips is a moron and should never have been anywhere near the front bench. Utterly failed her brief and seemed as though she was doing everything in her power to undermine the grooming gangs' inquiry. Not like a Birmingham MP could have conflicting loyalties there or anything.

[Beth Rigby @BethRigby]

EXCLUSIVE: Jess Phillips, safeguarding minister, resigns from govt. “The desire not to have an argument means we rarely make an argument..."

[Orm @orm0nde]

Average British Commando on “The Malvinas” in 1982:

[Ed @EdGilded]

Plaster politics. Trying to alleviate symptoms with nothing to be done about the underlying causes.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

End the toxic cocktail of low wages and high bills.

Time to end Rip Off Britain.

https://t.co/0qbagSvIYp

[Steven Swinford @Steven_Swinford]

EXCLUSIVE

Sir Keir Starmer has been forced to drop legislation which would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a further deterioration of relations with Donald Trump

The Times has been told that a bill underpinning the controversial deal will not be included in the King's Speech next month after the US president branded it an "act of great stupidity" and withdrew his support

The government stands by the deal and will attempt to persuade Trump to change his mind but has acknowledged that it cannot proceed without his backing

Ministers are "deeply frustrated" with Trump, who initially supported the deal after extensive discussions between intelligence agencies but changed his mind during a dispute with Nato over plans to seize Greenland

The government believes that it puts the future of Diego Garcia, the UK-US base in the islands which has been used during the Iran war, at risk

It is concerned that Mauritius will mount a legal challenge granting it access to the waters around Diego Garcia, making it harder for the base to host nuclear submarines and patrol surrounding waters

The deal was highly contentious. It would have seen Britain hand over the islands to Mauritius before immediately entering into a 99-year lease for Diego Garcia.

The government claimed it would cost £3.5billion, although the Tories disputed this and said it would cost £35billion his over its lifetime.

https://t.co/bUrK3Jj10R

[Ed @EdGilded]

MPs need to have thick skin. They shouldn't be allowed to turn off replies on social media, and if there's anyone you should be allowed to insult without filter, it's those that govern you. If you're not strong enough to handle nasty words, you can't be trusted to run a country.

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

A new protection unit is being set up to deal with the rising level of threats and abuse MPs are facing.

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater says 'we are in a worse place' now than when her sister Jo Cox was killed while serving as an MP in her constituency 10 years ago.

[Ed @EdGilded]

GREEK. St George was GREEK. His name is GEORGE. The Turks were still in Siberia in the third century and wouldn't be in Anatolia for another 800 YEARS. Such basic history. Drives me insane, and I have to hear it every single year.

[The Independent @Independent]

Author and DJ Zakia Sewell is using British folk culture to challenge far-right nationalism.

Sewell has journeyed around the British Isles exploring Britain’s folk resurgence for her debut book, Finding Albion: Myth, Folklore and the Quest for a Hidden Britain.

Finding Albion builds on Sewell’s hit audio series for BBC Radio 4, which saw her seek out a different, more inclusive idea of “Britishness” beyond the usual national myths and symbols.

Click on the link in bio to read 🔗

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

Winston Churchill helped defeat fascism in Europe. He deserves better than being replaced by a badger 🦡

[Ed @EdGilded]

This one video stirs more anger in me than anything else. Any party that promises to slice him in half with Goldfinger's laser beam will have my vote in perpetuity.

[Ed @EdGilded]

Your wife (32) recently had braces fitted to fix a troublesome crossbite. She sends a picture from the Primark changing room.
"This dress for your sister's birthday?"
"Looks nice."
A knock at the door.
"Police. Are you the nonce who lives here?"
"Sorry?"
"You will be, sunshine."

[Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_Nation]

The UK is considering expanding the ban on 'incest simulation' in p*rn to include ageplay

Key proposed bans if passed:

>P*rnographic images/videos depicting sexual relationships between “step-relatives”

>Content where “adults pretend to be children”, including use of children's bedrooms, school uniforms, braces, pigtails, treated equivalently to indecent images of real children

>Non-consensual intimate images: ban on screenshotting without consent

The bill remains under scrutiny in the Lords and requires agreement from both Houses to become law.

[Ed @EdGilded]

Getting hauled out of my house in cuffs for downloading a copy of Roman Charity on my phone, my desperate pleas to my neighbours that I'm not a wrong'un — just a fan of 17th-century Flemish Baroque — cut off as the coppers slam the door of the paddy wagon.

[Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_Nation]

UK government announces ban on 'incest simulation' in p*rn
Offenders could face several years in prison

An amendment tabled in Parliament makes it illegal to possess or publish such material.

Offenders face up to 2 years in prison for possession and up to 5 years for distribution.

[Claire Fox @Fox_Claire]

A bit of a lone voice against cross-party fervour of Lords baying to ban social media for the under 16s. It really won't keep kids safe and could create a range of unintended consequences. But also it makes ADULT age-gating ID checks compulsory, for all user to user services. Such was the 'ban it' mood that, when I spoke, there were lots of groaning around me. Let me know what you think.

[Ed @EdGilded]

Without NATO Russia would have certainly attacked the Baltic states by now. It's almost like those states in Eastern Europe were desperate to join for a reason. It is a bulwark against imperialism.

[Ed @EdGilded]

I despise crank anti-NATOism. It's profoundly unserious. It's right alongside anti-nuclear energy as evidence of being utterly devoid of understanding about the present and future needs of the state.

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

NATO isn’t about “peace” or “security”. It’s an imperialist war machine. Just look at Afghanistan and Libya.

Arms dealers profit while our NHS collapses, public services crumble and millions of children grow up in poverty.

We must withdraw from NATO immediately.

People don’t need forever wars. They need material improvements to their lives.

Wages, not weapons. Welfare, not warfare.

[Chris Rose @ArchRose90]

“Hi, we heard that you signed a petition against digital ID.”