My young daughter is currently being scammed for payments via her O2 account. We can see the money racking up on the O2 website. There is no one to speak to at O2 at this time. What should we do?

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Did the Nazis Get Away? open.substack.com/pub/sfhwebb/p/…

Another example of liberal overreach. they could have had a soft Brexit; they could have joined a cross European coalition for ECHR reform. they got a hard Brexit and now we seem to be on track for full ECHR withdrawal

Sympathies with all at Policy Exchange today.

In 'Up the Junction' Chris Difford of Squeeze famously wrote about a young couple with a baby forced to live in a smelly basement. He is now condemning new generations to that fate by opposing housebuilding on a train station car park.

This argues the UK's Health and Safety rules require too many lifeguards at swimming pools. Germany and France have fewer lifeguards per pool and more drownings (we don't have any!). Still, there's a convincing case that we've got the balance wrong. sfhwebb.substack.com/p/too-many-lif…

France isn't always more libertarian. Parkrun is effectively banned there by the requirement to have a Doctor's Certificate before taking part.

Newspapers used to be sent free through the post. Rowland Hill being away from home ill "carried with me.. old newspapers, I indicated my state of health by selecting names ..the more Liberal members to indicate that I was better, while Tories to show that I was falling back"

The ‘National Diversity Awards’ were held last night. ‘Positive Role Model’ was given to Katie Neeves, a man who crowdfunds for children to get puberty blockers and tells them they “don’t need parents’ permission”. Amazon.co.uk HSBC UK OVO BT - Why are you sponsoring?

The regular weekly concatenation of birthdays, anniversaries, commemorations, facts and recommendations, with words from Emma Duncan James Marriott Stephen Webb Agnes C. Poirier Dan Bloom Martin Alfonsin Larsen Peter Frankopan Fiona Sturges. theideaslab.substack.com/p/sunday-round…

so there's a 'genocide' going on, but Hamas says stopping it 'isn't in the Palestinian people's interest' 🤔

For the first time Keir Statmer accepts article 3 ECHR is a problem, not just article 8. But the worst caselaw here is from Strasbourg eg Chahal (1996) and Saadi (2008). Will Starmer demand changes to ECHR itself or change HRA to ignore Strasbourg caselaw in these areas?

top read for a train journey Capel Lofft. Certainly puts into perspective modern handwringing about politicians' behaviour too

Regular weekly concatenation of birthdays, anniversaries, commemorations, facts and recommendations, with words by Capel Lofft Marcus Walker Simon Cooke Mark Urban George F. Will Adam Boulton Chris Reiter 📯 Will Wilkes Stephen Webb. theideaslab.substack.com/p/sunday-round…

I have uncovered over 30 immigration judges with links to open borders charities. It is now beyond any doubt that a deep rot has infected parts of our judiciary.