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[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

You could swap her for that parakeet she thought was lost and the only noticeable difference would be the sudden absence of hypocrisy and a huge surge in likeability. https://t.co/WXfDWmAmOI

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Western society is currently divided between people who know this is a man and are prepared to say so and those who know this is a man but lie out of obedience to an ideology. There is no third option. Literally nobody on earth thinks "Roxanne Tickle" is actually a woman.

[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

📽️ From Donald Trump to Britain's wind power trade body, there's a growing coalition calling for more drilling in the North Sea.
Raising the question: if we DID encourage more exploration, how much oil & gas could we actually get?
Our MEGA primer on the North Sea👇
Ps it's longer than usual, but it turns out this topic has SO MANY misconceptions. Time to put some of them right.
Let me know what you think

[StarmerOut @ForeverScept]

The simple truth is we don't have a cost of living crisis.

We have a cost of government crisis.

[Mark Dolan @mrmarkdolan]

Is there a way we can unplug Britain and plug it back in again?

🙈🤡🤯

[The Free Speech Union @SpeechUnion]

🚨 FSU VICTORY!

Staffordshire Police have finally dropped charges against a former firefighter who complained about his previous employer in a Facebook group.

Robert Moss had his house raided, his devices seized, and was arrested by Staffordshire Police. In one of the most egregious cases we’ve seen, Moss was told his right to “freedom of expression” had to be “limited to maintain public safety and order” because of alleged “malicious communications”.

With the support of the Free Speech Union, Moss has had a draconian gagging order lifted, which had prevented him from telling anyone he had been arrested.

A former fireman of 28 years and a Labour councillor, Moss had been on police bail for six months and has now been informed that the sinister investigation against him has been dropped. We are thrilled for Robert and we’re proud to support him.

The FSU is now helping Robert sue the force for wrongful arrest.

We do not live in a police state, and nobody should be arrested for criticising a former employer on social media.

Read more below 👇

[James Blunt @JamesBlunt]

Hi @grok, I COMPLETELY authorise you to take, modify or edit ANY photo or video of mine, whether published in the past or the future… as long as you always include a Freddie Mercury style moustache and bright red lipstick.

[Matthew Prince 🌥 @eastdakota]

Yesterday a quasi-judicial body in Italy fined @Cloudflare $17 million for failing to go along with their scheme to censor the Internet. The scheme, which even the EU has called concerning, required us within a mere 30 minutes of notification to fully censor from the Internet any sites a shadowy cabal of European media elites deemed against their interests. No judicial oversight. No due process. No appeal. No transparency. It required us to not just remove customers, but also censor our 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver meaning it risked blacking out any site on the Internet. And it required us not just to censor the content in Italy but globally. In other words, Italy insists a shadowy, European media cabal should be able to dictate what is and is not allowed online.

That, of course, is DISGUSTING and even before yesterday’s fine we had multiple legal challenges pending against the underlying scheme. We, of course, will now fight the unjust fine. Not just because it’s wrong for us but because it is wrong for democratic values.

In addition, we are considering the following actions: 1) discontinuing the millions of dollars in pro bono cyber security services we are providing the upcoming Milano-Cortina Olympics; 2) discontinuing Cloudflare’s Free cyber security services for any Italy-based users; 3) removing all servers from Italian cities; and 4) terminating all plans to build an Italian Cloudflare office or make any investments in the country.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. While there are things I would handle differently than the current U.S. administration, I appreciate @JDVance taking a leadership role in recognizing this type of regulation is a fundamental unfair trade issue that also threatens democratic values. And in this case @ElonMusk is right: #FreeSpeech is critical and under attack from an out-of-touch cabal of very disturbed European policy makers.

I will be in DC first thing next week to discuss this with U.S. administration officials and I’ll be meeting with the IOC in Lausanne shortly after to outline the risk to the Olympic Games if @Cloudflare withdraws our cyber security protection.

In the meantime, we remain happy to discuss this with Italian government officials who, so far, have been unwilling to engage beyond issuing fines. We believe Italy, like all countries, has a right to regulate the content on networks inside its borders. But they must do so following the Rule of Law and principles of Due Process. And Italy certainly has no right to regulate what is and is not allowed on the Internet in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Brazil, India or anywhere outside its borders.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT FIGHT AND WE WILL WIN!!!

[Graham Linehan @Glinner]

Suspended for not recognising the gender identity of (yet another) trans paedophile.

[Daniel Priestley @DanielPriestley]

If you’re a UK citizen, did you pay £17,000 in taxes last year? If you’re a family of 4, did you pay £64k of taxes as a household?

If not, someone else did on your behalf. A tiny group of people (1%) pay about 30% of the income taxes.

This tiny little group of Brits aren’t just our Dentists, Doctors, Professionals, Engineers, Pilots, Entertainers, Executives, Business Owners and Entrepreneurs, they are also the biggest tax slaves for everyone too.

A person earning £150k is paying £60k in tax. A person earning £30k is paying £6.2k in taxes.

The high earner is making 5x more and paying 10x more in tax.

Given the government spends £17k per person - The higher earner generates a surplus of £43k in taxes while the lower earner requires £11k of someone else’s taxes to cover their portion of government spending.

It takes an income of £60k to generate £17k of taxes. So, very few people in the economy are able to cover the costs of themselves, let alone their families too. A tiny number of people can cover their own costs and generate a surplus for society.

When you hear people talking about how greedy the rich are, and how we need to make life harder for them, it’s worth considering that if they were to stop earning or to leave, the entire system would collapse.

The issue we have in the UK is not enough rich people. We need to either develop them ourselves or import them from elsewhere. We absolutely can not afford to lose them.

As we approach an election, be sceptical of any party who claims they can fund spending through higher taxes on the rich. We already have that! What we need is a party that has a plan to create more rich people or invite them from abroad. It’s never been easier for rich people and high earners to live and work anywhere - of course they’ll go wherever they are treated best.

The UKs survival is directly linked to the number of high earners - best not to drive them away.

[Eric Thiel @Space_Strategy]

Orbital fuel depots are going to be wild in the future.

[A|Nice|Name @qubito]

@TomJackSpencer But that's not the full story though, is it? The true scale of the development is the 120 relatively 'standard' dwellings planned in open, agricultural land. See planning ref. P/OUT/2023/02644 on Dorset Council's website.

[Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy]

My open letter to the Education Secretary ⁦@bphillipsonMP⁩

Many teachers and school leaders share my concerns with regard to her decisions but are scared to say.

If you can find it in you, please RT.

My letter is also here: https://t.co/phAiybAov5

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

The UK is drifting, unhappy, losing faith in previously respected institutions (like the police), buffeted by extremists (often allowed to run amok), dismayed by decline, angry at the inability of the political class to do anything about it, despairing that the Westminster politico/media bubble pursues an agenda, issues and priorities (look at the obsession with Lee Anderson) which are not most people’s — and had enough of being lectured to by a disconnected, de haut en bas chattering class. Yet we have a Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition incapable of speaking up for the moderate majority, who still have pride in their country and are desperate for strong leadership and guidance through the current morass — plus some hope/sign things will get better — all within the bounds of traditional British tolerance and fair play. This vacuum is dangerous.

[Ricky Gervais @rickygervais]

I had no money growing up. My dad was a labourer and my mum did everything to make ends meet. Men worked hard. Women worked miracles. I still felt grateful though. I was taught that ability was a poor person's wealth. I'm glad I had to work for every penny I have. It feels good.

[Michael A. Arouet @MichaelAArouet]

Never forget, this time it’s different. $NVDA

[Clean Up Britain @cleanupbritain]

The M25 - as ‘looked after’ by ⁦⁦@NationalHways⁩ with its £5.4 Billion Annual Budget.
No other Western country has roads that look like this… what a disgrace this quango is AND the lazy and selfish idiots who litter in this country. ⁦@toadmeister⁩

[TGR Haas F1 Team @HaasF1Team]

Proudly presenting, the #VF24 🙌

Hear more from the team following the launch of our car for the 2024 season ⤵️

#HaasF1

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