Another election, another half hour hunt for my wedding certificate because my acceptable ID isn't in the same name as my voter registration, thanks everyone

A week today my book comes out in paperback! The beautiful cover has a poignant backstory

The most memorable single moment of the original phone hacking scandal for me was Rebekah Brooks's husband binning a computer in an underground carpark

Years on, Nick Davies & alan rusbridger reveal many, many more stashed computers & hard-drives

prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/ph…

Useful set of benchmark CON losses for coming elections, where there's always a danger of comparing apples & pears. (Though hopeless to try and use them until very late on Friday, maybe even into Saturday -- counting so slow these days)

Council control in (most) major English cities since 1950.

I'd like to expand it to all ex-County Boroughs, but only have the ward-level data, which isn't easy to fully extrapolate composition and control from.

Interesting points

Is this a useful or a counterproductive way to depict wealth if you want to do something about inequality?

The new report here grapples with such Qs — crucial stuff for campaigners

I mean 68 of corse …

People died for your right to vote

Others are “dying” to stop you using it

Remember your photo ID!

For the full story—including some truly astonishing details —read the new investigation Nick Davies for Prospect. Truly forensic reporting

prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/ph…

BBC has now got a story about Murdoch & phone-hacking scandal

It identifies 'A key question': 'why the company deleted more than 30m emails in 2010 and 2011, when it knew it faced a police investigation over phone hacking.'

Nick Davies goes a long way to answering that Q here

History Vs Kemi-story

prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/books/…

Rupert Murdoch's UK company is accused of using criminal methods to spy on politicians - including those who were investigating them for using criminal methods.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/ph…

Brings to mind Trump organising federal executions to fit in with the 2020 election timetable

Detailed briefing on slowing/diluting Lab workers’ rights package

Some of it preserves the core, while adding layers of consultation (from which core may still survive, tho big hit to “100 days” energy)

But this looks like serious slippage on scope of Fair Pay Agreements

This is a voluntary relocation. Someone who's been assessed here, found not to have a valid case & paid £2000 to go to Rwanda (for now - no obligation to stay). Nothing to do with the 'Rwanda scheme' of forcibly sending people to Rwanda *instead of* assessing their case here.