Saying the quiet part out loud.

NEW: last week we got the latest UK census data, on ethnicity, religion & identity. It was met with toxic responses from the usual suspects seeking to weaponise the stats. Almost every word of what they claimed was false. My column: enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/5957f3b… And a thread 🧵

I’m still on the #m25, clockwise, around J24. Hardly moved in 4 hours. Police officer moving traffic, trying to create space for emergency vehicles. Tells me there are multiple jackknifes, car fires and accidents up ahead. “Carnage”.

Today's Twitter Poll: Do you support the coming strike actions? Industrial action's due incl by train & bus drivers, Royal Mail workers, nurses, highways workers & baggage handlers. While a blunt Q as each is a different issue, which is CLOSEST to your general sentiment.

STRIKES! RMT The RCN Fire Brigades Union youtube.com/watch?v=Gljtvw…

Re Microsoft issues - variable at my place today. Some people with nothing, some people having issues with Teams but not Outlook and vice versa - some, like me, absolutely ok. Could be one of those up-and-down days. #microsoft #outlook #teams

I've always suspected that an advanced alien civilisation with the technology to travel at close to light speed across interstellar distances would arrive in Earth orbit unobserved and proceed to dispatch a fleet of small, easily detectable balloons into our atmosphere.

FREE PHOTO ID FOR STUDENTS! This year photo ID presents a new barrier for young people and students to get their voices heard. So we've teamed up with CitizenCard to offer FREE voter ID that can be used in next month's Local Elections. Find out more 👇 nus.org.uk/photo-id

Junior doctor starting salary in: 🇦🇺 Australia: £60,000 🇨🇦 Canada: £46,000 🇫🇷 France: £43,700 🇺🇸 USA: £41,900 🇬🇧 UK: £29,384 RT if you agree they deserve so much better

Here's why "golliwogs" aren't just quaint nostalgia. Ash Sarkar

Happy Earth Day, here’s one of the most beautiful quotes to ever exist in astronomy 🌎

Stephen Flynn - If the Prime Minister was to go to the boot of his Land Rover & pull out some placards which said save our non-doms... would he expect to be arrested by the police? #PMQs

Hi EDF 🇬🇧! Your new smartphone app doesn't seem to have the “Smart” area where I could track day to day spend/usage…. Will this functionality be returning in a future release? It was one of the main reasons I stayed with you.

For any fellow sufferers who’ve been stuck northbound on the M11 for the last few hours. Updates here. Not great news…. Looks like we might be here for another 90 mins or so yet. englandhighwayincidents.org/incidents.html…

The Tory party have received unfair criticism this last few weeks. In the interests of balance,I’ve posted some charts below which show performance in various key areas such as life expectancy, the NHS, trade, immigration and the economy 🧵 #GeneralElection2024