Looking forward to two backbench Tory MPs singlehandedly overturning almost the entire profession of economics.

👀 TikTok finally admitting they’re owned by Chinese government.

Nightmare. This is one fewer e-gate than most British airports usually have open.

Croatia wins. Memorable song + memorable gimmick with dancing cats/cow graphics. #eurovision

Can’t work out if the British entry is going to result in a week of discourse led by Daily Mail columnists, or if we’re past that now. #eurovision

Belgrade? Below grade, more like. #eurovision

What I want is to press red and get a live technical commentary from broadcast engineers. #eurovision

Writing about him like he’s a CPU

ICYMI in the election storm, here's some ideas on how we can make local government work better. (And it's FREE TO READ!)
🔼 Bigger, more regional local authorities
🏙️ More devolution
🍰 PR for local councils
🤡 More Mayors!

takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/nobody-cares…

Delighted to see ODI raise the importance of releasing critical national datasets like the Postcode Address File as open data, to create growth, better services and save money.

(cc: Rachel Reeves)

odi.org/en/insights/di…

Compromise: We ban solar farms but first build six new nuclear power plants.

Unbelievably this is real - here's the full thing. (Though I guess it could conceivably be meant... satirically?)

ICYMI in the election storm, here's some ideas on how we can make local government work better. (And it's FREE TO READ!)
🔼 Bigger, more regional local authorities
🏙️ More devolution
🍰 PR for local councils
🤡 More Mayors!

takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/nobody-cares…

The Elizabeth line train stopped this morning between Bond Street and Tottenham Court Road stations at just the right spot for me to photograph one of the cross-passages that link the two tunnels in case of passenger evacuation.

When stories like this pop up, I’m often reminded of this tweet

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I’m sure everyone who is (correctly) horrified by this will be consistent next time there is a proposal to weaken end-to-end encryption.

I’m sure everyone who is (correctly) horrified by this will be consistent next time there is a proposal to weaken end-to-end encryption.