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The problem is the right wing have won that space to argue about these costs so anyone bringing it up will face emotional pushback from anyone left of centre. "You're punishing vulnerable kids!" Whereas really it should be a case of "are we doing things inefficiently here?"

I think it's one of those touchy areas that can carry many traps for the unwary politician. I know in our area there is a crazy amount spent on social care, coming to a bill of hundreds per household, on looking after under 100 vulnerable kids.

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A fundamental problem of politics is that any good idea by THEM is badly thought through. Yet undoing it when it's popular makes it an all round GOOD idea even if, in reality, time reveals it to now be a bad idea.

I'd like to preserve this thread of why politics is so incredibly frustrating to be involved in.

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It's like a friend saying "see you at 8pm!" and omitting the day. The natural assumption is it's this evening. And these people gave me poor marks in English. Gah!

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School/college comms: "Don't forget to arrive for the parent's meeting at 5:15pm!" Wait? It's today? Feck... it's not in my calendar. Let me start organising, communicating with wife... Ten minutes later spot entry for Thursday at 5:15pm... Search old emails...it is, in fact, on Thursday. FFS.

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I like spiders. They lack malice. I've never felt threatened by a gang of spiders when I'm just trying to eat a delicious sandwich.

You know what... there's a lot of snobbishness around Jamie Oliver isn't there? The guy's always tried to find ways of creating accessible and decent food rather than pandering to the wasteful and excessive tastes of the wealthy. Fuck that. Oliver gets slated by the middle classes because he tries.

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I do think I have a Libretto but it's non functioning and may be a little damaged. Probably good for spares if you're trying to get a working one together though.

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I'm having a big clearout and found this old Samsung NC10 which not only powers up but even retains charge! I'm not sure what to do with it. Sell it to a mad enthusiast or give it to a tech museum? It's kind of cool in a way.

I think the version of AI that is getting all the money pumped into it is partly led by a bunch of over-capitalised US psychos. And they risk the real progress and advances it can all bring. We fend off a lot of bots at Design Week who just want to read every word and look at every image.

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All the neighbours: "have the lights got dimmer?"

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Mini AI data centre coning to Casa Parker?

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David Coveney @davidcoveney.com · 26/09/2026

At their new studio opening recently I attended and chatted with their lighting designer. She showed me some concept work and it was basically this. But back then I thought it'd be interior only. It's definitely cool what they're doing. If you like having a high profile in town....

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He annoyed me before even that. When you've been brought up by a volatile narcissist and then see lots of people enabling that behaviour... He was like Rocket Jesus to so many people and I simply couldn't understand it. Eventually people got there, but way too slowly.

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katie @supermathskid.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I wrote "ouch" on a piece of paper and sent it through the photocopier. What happened next chilled me to the bone

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David Coveney @davidcoveney.com · 26/09/2026

It's free if you stick £2k a month in. It's an odd system but my Empire magazine is appreciated.

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David Coveney @davidcoveney.com · 25/09/2026

It's strangely charming. I think.

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David Coveney @davidcoveney.com · 25/09/2026

That's a great cover. And I do judge books by their cover.

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I mean, I get why he does the work he does. His political career was wiped out and options are surprisingly few for high profile MPs. And honestly, I also doubt AI will wipe us out because it has no inherent intelligence. However, it could certainly assist others in their work to do so...

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He was picked up in his car, at a petrol station.

Worst train toilet ever. Tiny hole to use, but at least there's a solid handle to keep you steady. No hand rinse either. Avanti needs to get their act together.

Terrible toilet on Avanti train. Honestly should just be turned into a bike storage or something.

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It's quite how modern policing works. A big confrontation needs huge manpower.

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Rebranding exercise came in under budget.

My secret talent is being able to easily catch even flying crane flies in order to evict them. I wish I'd have acquired this in my twenties. I'd have been sooo hot.

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I'm in London tomorrow and my afternoon meeting has bailed on me at short notice. So if someone has a bit of space I can borrow or would like to have me on hand for some digital publishing or design PR advice then give me a shout! I have 4hrs!

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As a born Scouser I know this exact style of arguing and it's incredibly effective. It's important that you don't care what the other person thinks of you. Ultimately it's about stopping people joining them rather than trying to convince your opponent.

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The energy consumption of some websites is way too high. Both front end and back-end.

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I mean is he? Really? We can all criticise from afar but the way people talk it would appear we've never had a good PM, ever. Like "good PM" is an immutable oxymoron.

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What I don't think a lot of people realise is that this can happen even if you don't take fentanyl. It gets cut with other drugs to make them more addictive, but your average drug dealer isn't the careful type and can mess up mixes. You only need a clump of fentanyl and you can die.

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As a Widnesian now I very much enjoy seeing Spike Island references. Even lived next to it for a while. I feel the town missed an opportunity there to develop as a great location for these kind of events. I also see the problem of lots of pissed up people near fast flowing rivers...

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Regardless. Your position is immature and seems to need the perfection of not having had to deal with compromise. A nice way to pretend to have a high-ground whilst failing to move things on. I guess the Greens don't compromise so never get to improve anything.

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So you're in NZ?! Why in hell's name are you blabbing on about the LibDems and coalitions. Spend less time online.

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So you didn't support Labour before?

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Were you always Green or did you support Labour before?

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Gilded cages. I think a proportion of billionaires are just weird people who have no other interests in life except being rich.

Doesn't strike me as an irrational fear...a lot of us normies are honestly getting a bit fed up with billionaires like him.

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My thesis is that the minute we shifted to mobile first design we basically ruined it. It's like the difference between vinyl covers and cd or playlist art. We tried to have more differentiation for @designweek.co.uk and it cost us a fortune in time.

I'm pretty certain Tesco can end the conflict in Yemen.

Right, so the total profits of supermarkets would solve world hunger? Are we talking UK or worldwide? What sort of money are we looking at here?

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David Coveney @davidcoveney.com · 20/09/2026

Could they? How would that work?

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My office is next to a small hotel used to house asylum seekers. Very few issues. Only barney I saw was an auditor type being dragged out by the police and given a stern talking to. I'm not saying it's all sunshine and chocolates...in any group you'll get people with issues.

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David Coveney @davidcoveney.com · 20/09/2026

Reverse Uno it. "Yeah, you look about six foot."

David Coveney @davidcoveney.com · 20/09/2026

Imagine that turns out to be true...but just the suggestion of it could be enough to help get some people to shut up.... I've always said you have to play people a little. I would convince racists that Brexit was bad by saying the wealthy who called for it just wanted cheaper immigrants.

David Coveney @davidcoveney.com · 19/09/2026

Poor people take risks that mathematically make little sense but maybe bring hope. It's like scratchcards and lotteries.

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David Coveney @davidcoveney.com · 19/09/2026

Google thinks I'm all sorts of things. I honestly feel sorry for Gemini if it does have any sentience because it's going "oh my god, what's he up to now? This morning it was questions about pigeon intelligence, then it's how to find out the tensile strength of a bolt? Now he's a billionaire. OK..."