#ukpol

What this server has with the tag: posts by people here, and posts from elsewhere that reached it. There's more of it on mas.to, social.openrightsgroup.org, toot.wales, mastodon.social, mastodon.ie.

swisslet@swisslet@mas.to

Just when you think Badenoch can’t stoop any lower…. Here she is with this wrong-headed nonsense. I used to get this a bit when I was able to run marathons with and I also got it from the DWP when I tried to claim the lowest level of PIP (which is supposed to assess you on your worst day. Instead, I got mocked for claiming when I admitted that I took exercise. Imagine!).

Tell me that you don’t understand disability without telling me… etc.

Why can’t you run the 100m in less than 10 seconds? Why can’t you write a bestseller? Why aren’t you over 2m tall? Why haven’t you lived beyond 100? Why aren’t you a billionaire? Sounds like laziness to me.

Ugh.

A snippet from the Guardian politics blog for today. It’s a picture of a smiling Kemi Badenoch with the headline, “double amputees run marathons,” says Badenoch as she proposes £36bn cuts to disability and other benefits - UK politics live.
Open Rights Group@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org

In reply to a post

There are better ways to deal with online harms in the UK.

This includes tackling the business models that prioritise harmful content to generate sustained engagement and therefore ad revenue.

The privacy risks of age verification run by unregulated providers is too great.

Sign our petition if you agree ⤵️

action.openrightsgroup.org/say

Open Rights GroupSay No to ID for online accessProtect people. Regulate powerful platforms. Keep the internet open. The Government is planning to introduce tough new laws that require all adults to show ID to access to go online. They say this is to keep under 16s off social media. However evidence from Australia shows age gates don't keep chil…
Open Rights Group@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org

You get an ID check. And you get an ID check. And you...

Ofcom has announced a list of age verification methods to be used to enforce the UK's under-16s social media ban.

The only way to prove you're not under 16 is to prove you're older.

That's millions of adults having to hand over sensitive data.

techradar.com/computing/social

TechRadarOfcom reveals age-check methods for UK social media ban — facial scans and photo ID spark privacy pushback as 40% of teens plan workaroundsUnder-16s won't be allowed on social media platforms from some point next year, and here's how Ofcom says it could happen.
Alexis Bushnell@alexisbushnell@toot.wales

We do not live in a fucking democracy: leicester.news/bbc-edits-out-p

Do feel free to complain to the BBC about this: bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints
And maybe mention how many times Reform and far right folks are featured in their shit but apparently being Queer on the BBC isn't allowed...

Leicester GazetteBBC edits out pride pins on University Challenge in ‘Orwellian’ moveTwo University of Leicester students speak out over ‘absurd’ and ‘Orwellian’ decision by the BBC and ITV Studios to edit out pride pins worn on University Challenge
DrALJONES@DrALJONES@mastodon.social

Report: Palantir Targets UK MPs With ‘Intimidating’ Letters

"British MPs who criticised Palantir in parliament received 'intimidating' letters from the US spytech firm".

Eg, Palantir warned Clive Lewis that it "was surveilling his activities relating to Palantir last month", a letter that Lewis described as “very Big Brother” & an “implicit threat”. 

novaramedia.com/2026/10/22/pal

.

Novara MediaPalantir Targets MPs With ‘Intimidating’ LettersExclusive: The US spytech firm sent letters to British MPs who made critical comments or asked difficult questions in parliament. Harriet Williamson reports.