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Dave@davemck.bsky.social |
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Glaswegian nerdy type, former rocket surgeon, now doing controls & model based design. Massive fan of MATLAB, Simulink & test driven development (TDD).
#MATLAB #Simulink #TDD
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Jamie McKelvie
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For those who don't know: this is James Timpson of Timpson key cutters/shoe repairs/dry cleaners. His company employs ex-convicts and even runs work training programmes in prisons. Genuinely inspired choice.
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Jonny Nexus
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There was a certain amount of hilarity in certain circles when Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams was appointed Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead. www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
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Dave
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Two things: 1) do the 1922 have to be completely separate from cabinet posts? I think you've implied that. 2) how funny would it be for Labour to "accidentally" have 122 cabinet posts just for the lols.
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Dave
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"you try not to electrocute yourselves on all these live circuits" 😂 These Finns are something else. Totally metal.
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Dave
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I briefly crapped it thinking it was Holly valance instead of sir Patrick vallance. It's weird how you get used to corruption and nepotism. Thank goodness, it's like a breath of fresh air.
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John Bull
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Vallance as Science Minister as well as Timpson as Prisons & Probation Minister. Creating a government that wants to govern, rather than one that wants to rule.
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Dave
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Guys, I keep waking up and realising that Grant Schapps isn't in government any more. I could get used to this.
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Mark Chadbourn
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Liz Truss’ record breaking: - Shortest reigning PM - First PM in 100 years to lose their seat - Tory MP with largest ever swing to Labour
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Mathieu
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Yes, I think it's been shown for a while now that transportation is a ridiculously small part of food production emissions. All the more so by boats.
ourworldindata.org/food-choice-...
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Katharine Hayhoe
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Every summer, I reset my calendar to better manage an ever-increasing number of requests. Last year, eg, I set weekly maxes for online meetings for both pre-planned and last-minute requests, and 'zoom windows' to defragment my days and allow for concentrated work time. What's your best tip?
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Dave
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Ed "I was right" Milliband ftw
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Dave
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Surprise chaos minister deploy!!!
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Dave
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Arguably, we're in this mess because David Cameron, high on the success of half-arsing the AV referendum, decides to crush the leadership challenge from backbenchers and ukip externally, so holds the EU referendum and loses. But I'm sure they've learned lessons from all this 😬
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Aviel Roshwald
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UK’s five-minute transition period goes by without Tory effort to reverse election results.
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Dave
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It's you, sorry. You've lost the game.
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Mags L Halliday
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Larry the cat now holds the record for Prime Ministers a single Chief Mouser to the Treasury has tolerated. 6 PMs: Larry (2011-present) 5 PMs: Peter III (1947-1964) and Peter (1929-1946) 4 PMs: Wilberforce (1973-1987) 3 PMs: Humphrey (1989-1997) and Peta (1964-1976)
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Judith Butlerian Jihad
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Nature does not abhor a vacuum. 99.9999999999999999999958% of the Universe is empty. The rest is old boots and stars and tea stains and you. But atoms are also 99.9999999996% empty. Everything is mostly nothing really. Looking at it that way, it’s easy to justify eating an entire tub of ice cream.
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Dave
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He's got history of throwing people under the bus to get more votes. Scots, trans, etc. I'm not happy at being used as vote fodder, and have long memories for this sort of thing.
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John Bull
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This will be doubly awkward as the number of NOMINATIONS required for a candidate to make the Tory Leadership ballot ISN'T a percentage. It's a fixed number. 100 MPs. I'm sure it sounded reasonable at the time. Good luck getting 100 Tory MPs to agree on something when there are only 121 of them.
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Dave
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That's genuinely hilarious. I'm sure they'll fix it this time around so it's much lower, say 30, and then not change it because why would they, and this lower number absolutely won't bite them in the ass later on.
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Dave
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🎵 it's like rain on my resigning day, and who would have thought it figures🎵
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Dreadnought Holiday
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10/10 no notes
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Dave
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Still a lot of issues that aren't totally clear, but there's some bangers in there I missed.
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Byron C Clark
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Kelly-Jay Keen aka Posie Parker received 196 votes in the electorate she stood for, meanwhile, this woman won the seat with over 24,000 votes
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Dave
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Exactly what I first thought.
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Dave
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Thanks for the source! Still a lot more money poured into the US elections compared to what we have here.
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Dave
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Ed Davey!
He seemed so happy bounding into his constituency for the results. Seems like a really nice guy.
(Credit to @neilslorance.bsky.social )
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Dave
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Hang on, with dowden 's elevation to the lord's, will we get a very early by-election?
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Dave
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Glass cliff, no man wants to lead the Tories in opposition (or in May's case Brexit).
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Dave
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I give it a month before something massive comes out of the woodwork. They can't last that long without infighting or overt racism.
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Dave
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It's really interesting how these small decisions have ripples. Sometimes not for the better either.
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Dave
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I can't believe he's only 35.
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Dave
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We could only hope.
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Dave
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Resting (not back) bench face.
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Dave
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You can always put a FOI-OO-AAR request in.
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Dave
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I think he's being used as a stuffer candidate. They don't want any of the loose cannons in the lord's, so Greyling, as incompetent as he is, is now just a vote. A corner office candidate. Still angry, he's got no place in government with that limited skillset.
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Dave
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This is called "timing".
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John Bull
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Renaissance art.
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Dave
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She's still in disbelief. At least she's taking it better than George Galloway who did the most George Galloway thing ever last night. He lasted for 1⅓ Liz Trusses.
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John Bull
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WIth fifteen seats to declare, con now confirm that the Tories have managed to NARROWLY avoid a LMAO and cling on for a LOL.
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Dave
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Over to Laura K about why this 200 majority is bad for Labour, and what Jeremy Corbyn thinks. 🤦🏼♂️
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Dave
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It's better than that, he's in and has to be a back bencher for 5 years. That's a lot of time to hopefully think about what he's done. Stops him flying off to California or wherever immediately.
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Dan O’Sullivan
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There is a 7 foot tall guy behind Rishi Sunak who likely ran for office just to be able to hold a printed out L behind him during his concession speech.
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New-Cleckit Dominie
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Why the mathematician in your life, happy as they are that the most odious UK government in living memory is gone, is wincing a lot when they encounter Discourse today. [xkcd.com/904/]
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John Bull
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Worth remembering, for the next five years, that the Tory party rules ASSUME they'll have a large number of sitting MPs. e.g. to automatically start a leadership context only 15% of tory MPs have to put in letters. 15% of 130ish seats is... not a lot.
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Brian M. Milton
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From the Guardian. Really helps to show how FPTP is a hideous system where going from 32 to 33 percent is going from historic loss to historic win.
#ukpol #ge2024
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Dave
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Exit polls seem to be pessimistic compared to all the previous polls. 410 for labour vs 130 for the Tories.
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Dave
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That's $40/voter in the States compared to £0.75/voter in the UK. That's a big difference.
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Dave
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I think we're all collectively holding our breath until the takes shape, who is in the cabinet, what the first 100 days feels like. But yeah, there's going to be a lot of letters.
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John Walton
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As a former civil servant who used to deal with these letters, absolutely. By and large, a letter from Dame Prudence Wheelbarrow MP about insert topic here gets a response drafted by the civil servant responsible, but a letter from Jane Citizen gets a form letter.
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