Just bear in mind that the new Truss peer Matthew Elliott founded the Conservative Friends of Russia group. He now gets to write our laws for life.

"...the review noted journalists’ insufficient grasp of subject complexity and their focus on relaying political arguments over explanation of the underlying topics..." Taken from the OECD's recently published Public Communication Scan of the UK. oecd.org/publications/p…

Brings a tear to the eye, this does.

How are we still, in the year of our lord two thousand and twenty four, making websites where all the page after the first paragraph is blank without working JavaScript. ai.gov.uk/about/ AI too cool to do the bare minimum, insert your own analogy. gov.uk/service-manual…

🚨How British companies are bolstering Vladimir Putin’s war machine🚨 A depressing thread. But an important one. With some pretty shocking charts. Let’s begin with the “official” picture. It suggests UK trade with Russia has collapsed since Feb 2022. Down by 74%…

Running on we're done here time this morning

Just told we're done here that I think this has been the best Monki Gras I've attended. Fantastic speakers and content, along with the amazing community and the whole curated experience. Thanks to all involved in putting together such a great conference!

Hey Cloudflare, gooutdoorsoutlet.shop looks a bit scammy and you're fronting them. Do you have a team that looks at this sort of problem?

100 minutes to get through passport control at Coquelles #BrexitBonus

For anyone who has been interested in my lawsuit against the Sun, the news is that  I’ve had to settle my claim out of court before it gets to trial. A 🧵…

Photos of the Week in The Atlantic dlvr.it/T62t4l

I wrote a thing for James, decanting 11 years of ‘why digital government is hard’ from my brain

Brexit was like watching your local library being burned diwn by people who can't read . RT if you agree Grunt if you disagree

So Keir Starmer wrote an op-ed for Attitude Magazine - but in light of events since it landed in our inbox I felt it couldn’t run without context or qualification. It’s not all bad, but he has to know that leaving our trans family behind is not an option. attitude.co.uk/news/keir-star…

Nightmare fuel

I hope I’m wrong but this week feels like a dark inflection point for America. The tech bros have got their man on the presidential ticket. My piece for The Observer on the tech billionaires backing Trump. Welcome to the broligarchy. theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

At the height of One Million Checkboxes's popularity I thought I'd been hacked. A few hours later I was tearing up, extraordinarily proud of some brilliant teens. A thread about my favorite story from running OMCB....

Things that should be on the front page of a newspaper vs the thing that is ….

The IDF bombed a clearly marked vehicle and killed four engineers going to repair water infrastructure in southern Gaza after they had coordinated the trip with Israeli authorities, Oxfam says oxfam.org/en/press-relea…