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onion person @junlper.beer · 10/04/2026
easily one of the funniest guys america has had in decades
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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 08/04/2026
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The case for keeping museums free – even if you never visit
Free entry isn't just about footfall; it’s about shaping a society where culture is open, accessible and part of everyday life.
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Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
BREAKING: Two men have been arrested in relation to the attack on ambulances run by the Jewish community in Golders Green this week. The men are 47 and 45 and were arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life.
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 10/03/2026
Our coastline is slipping away — we need to act fast
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Our coastline is slipping away — we need to act fast
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Emily Bell @emilybell.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Former UK PM Gordon Brown is providing - voluntarily and not for the first time - information to the police about abuses of power relating to the Epstein files. As PM Brown was briefed against by people such as Alistair Campbell and Peter Mandelson as being ‘psychologically flawed’ ….1/
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 07/02/2026
I am so very here for the commitment to keeping the Hotmail address. Especially since it’s a Hotmail address that is basically impossible to give accurately down a phone line.
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 02/02/2026
Birmingham city council has spent more than £2.5 million employing about 20 people to manually correct accounting errors made by its botched IT system, a freedom of information request has revealed www.thetimes.com/uk/politic...
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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 01/02/2026
Not quite one year ago as.ft.com/r/52c094cb-4...
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Simon @liberalsimon.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 06/08/2025
France’s biggest wildfire in nearly 50 years has scorched an area larger than Paris in the southern department of Aude, leaving a woman dead and forcing thousands of residents to flee
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France wildfires: Woman dies and thousands flee ‘hellish’ destruction
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Simon @liberalsimon.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
@francesryan.bsky.social @cjayanetti.bsky.social Someone must know who “Max” is?! Swear he’s part of the Westminster bubble. He certainly has lots of fans in SW1!
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Simon @liberalsimon.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Max Tempers is a now “journalist” 🤔
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Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Below is the "privacy policy" on the odious Motability Checker site promoted by Max Tempers. The developer has willfully failed to understand what personal data means in UK law. "PII" isn't even UK terminology. Context www.disabilitynewsservice.com/motability-f... #dataprotection #disabilityrights
Privacy Policy

This website does not collect, store, or process any personal data. It simply checks anonymous vehicle information using publicly available open data sources. No user information is recorded, and no data transmitted to or from this site is personally identifiable.

We do not use cookies or any tracking tools. This means your visit to the site remains entirely private and anonymous. We are committed to protecting your privacy in full compliance with UK data protection laws.

Is a Number Plate (VRM) Personal or Personally Identifiable Information?
● On its own, a vehicle registration mark (VRM) (i.e. number plate) is not classed as personal data under UK GDPR - if you cannot link it to an identifiable individual without additional data.
● However, in certain contexts, a VRM can be personally identifiable information (PII) if:
  ● You can reasonably identify the owner/keeper using that VRM.
  ● You combine it with other data (e.g. name, address, face in a photo, social media profile, etc.).

What about querying a number plate via public APIs?
The DVLA's public vehicle data service only returns non-personal vehicle data, such as:

● Tax status
● MOT status
● Make and model
● Colour
● Engine size
● Year of manufacture

It does not return owner or keeper information.

✅ Querying a number plate through the DVLA public API is not considered accessing personal or personally identifiable data - as long as you are not combining it with other identifiable details about the person who owns the vehicle.
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Simon @liberalsimon.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
@francesryan.bsky.social have you seen this?
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Harry Wallop @harrywallop.co.uk · 11/07/2025
On the London Overground. I’ve just asked a young guy playing loud music out of his phone to turn his music down. He asked stroppily why he should. I said because it was uncivilised. He then turned it off and said “yeah, that’s fair” I HAVE NEVER FELT SO ALIVE
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Starting July 25, Bluesky will require users in the UK to scan their face, upload an ID or verify their identity with a bankcard. I realize that platforms feel they have no choice but to comply with the government surveillance schemes, but shocking nonetheless.
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Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK
Bluesky users in the UK can verify their age using their face, ID, or payment card.
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Simon @liberalsimon.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
@cjayanetti.bsky.social Surely "Max" is overdue an exposé? I mean he's single-handedly taking down the Motability scheme.
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Simon @liberalsimon.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
I stand by the opinion that "Max" is a think tanker. And a good one at that - can see the Motability scheme being closed down under the next Conservative government.
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 24/05/2025
Marks & Spencer is fighting back from a crippling cyber hack with an expansion plan that will see it buy 12 former Homebase stores to create some of its biggest food shops yet
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M&S defies cyberattackers with swoop on Homebase stores
Retailer will create hundreds of jobs with some of its biggest food shops yet – and it’s even offering a bakery service to rival Gail’s
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Simon @liberalsimon.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
The Central line is cosplaying as the DLR
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Disability News Service @johnpring.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
‘Sinister’ government analysis of assisted dying bill adds weight to fears of financial incentives for deaths #AssistedDying #AssistedSuicide www.disabilitynewsservice.com/sinister-gov...
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‘Sinister’ government analysis of assisted dying bill adds weight to fears of financial incentives for deaths
A “sinister” government analysis of the impact of a bill to legalise assisted suicide suggests it could eventually save public bodies more than £100 million a year in health and social care costs, …
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Simon @liberalsimon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
M&S will ‘need to go on a charm offensive’ to win customers back www.cityam.com/ms-will-need...
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M&S will 'need to go on a charm offensive' to win customers back
M&S told markets it had suffered a "cyber incident" at the end of April, quickly followed by Harrods and the Co-op.
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Simon @liberalsimon.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Starmer warned benefit cuts could be ‘as toxic’ as axing winter fuel allowance as 800,000 miss out www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Carney after winning the Canadian federal election: “America wants our land, our resources, our water, our country - never. But these are not idle threats. President Trump is trying to break us so that America can own us. That will never ever happen.”
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Simon @liberalsimon.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Supermarkets turn down graduates as vacancies drop www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Graduates turned down by supermarkets as vacancies hit four-year low
Young people say it is harder than ever to get a job after uni with some being turned down by supermarkets.
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Simon @liberalsimon.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Moment police kill man by throwing him around 'like a rag doll' mol.im/a/14647659
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Moment police kill man by throwing him around 'like a rag doll'
This is the horrifying moment officers threw a vulnerable man around 'like a rag doll' while restraining him on a hospital floor.
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Simon @liberalsimon.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
M&S takes systems offline as 'cyber incident' lingers www.theregister.com/2025/04/24/m...
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M&S takes systems offline as 'cyber incident' lingers
: Customers told to expect further delays as contactless payments still down
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Simon @liberalsimon.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Britain's oldest Indian restaurant may have to shut in central London lease row www.standard.co.uk/going-out/re...
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Veeraswamy owner: To close this institution would be a great tragedy
If the Crown Estate get their way, London will lose one of its most precious places, says Ranjit Mathrani
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Simon @liberalsimon.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Why the Scots have fallen out of love with the British Army www.thetimes.com/article/fc39...
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Why the Scots have fallen out of love with the British Army
Recruitment of soldiers north of the border has plummeted 41 per cent in a decade. Is this a sign of waning national identity, or something more profound?
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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
As an aside to the whole “pointing at Liz Truss getting something hilariously laughably wrong *again*” thing (which I - of course - encourage), has anyone teased out the point that his economics are the antithesis of the ones she was espousing (to her inevitable detriment) all those 33 months ago
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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Simon @liberalsimon.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Labour MP Dan Norris is arrested on suspicion of rape and child sex offences after police raid www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
dailymail.co.uk
Labour MP Dan Norris is arrested for 'rape and child sex offences'
Dan Norris, who ousted Jacob Rees-Mogg as MP for North East Somerset at last year's election, was taken into custody after police raided his constituency home.
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Simon @liberalsimon.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Man given indefinite hospital order after killing 87-year-old with walking stick and gouging his eyes at London station news.sky.com/story/man-gi...
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Man given indefinite hospital order after killing 87-year-old with walking stick and gouging his eyes at London station
Sekai Miles, 23, has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order with restrictions after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter over the killing of 87-year-old Bernard Fowler.
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Simon @liberalsimon.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
My 2nd experience sitting in a carriage with someone smoking crack www.reddit.com/r/london/com...
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From the london community on Reddit: My 2nd experience sitting in a carriage with someone smoking Crack
Explore this post and more from the london community
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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 03/04/2025
Well, JPMorgan’s chief economist Bruce Kasman certainly sounds cheery.
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Simon @liberalsimon.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Imagine broadcasting to the world that you holiday in Benidorm, and that you can't afford €1. www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/artic...
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Brit tourist lashes out at fee for a sachet of HP sauce in Benidorm
The tourist had been visiting the holiday hotspot with her family before stopping for a peaceful breakfast at the The 4 Kings bar on Avenida Mediterraneo.
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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
AI image of Peter Mandelson leaving the White House last night
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The UK exports £360bn of goods to the EU, on which we now struggle with big non tariff barriers, compared to £60bn to the US. Imagine looking at this sh1tshow and thinking it vindicates Brexit in any way.
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Simon @liberalsimon.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
DWP condemned by statistics watchdog for "entirely misleading" WCA figures www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/dwp-con...
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DWP condemned by statistics watchdog for "entirely misleading" WCA figures
Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...
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Simon @liberalsimon.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
London City Airport gears up for larger aircraft – we see the first E195-E2 land www.headforpoints.com/2025/03/30/l...
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London City Airport gears up for larger aircraft - meet the first E195-E2
London City Airport welcomed the first Embraer E195-E2 aircraft on Thursday, which is now the largest aircraft flying from the airport. We were there to meet it.
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 24/03/2025
🔺 NEW: Trump team accidentally texts war plans to journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, of The Atlantic, was inadvertently added to a Signal group chat used by JD Vance and Pete Hegseth to plan airstrikes on the Houthis
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Trump team accidentally texts war plans to journalist
Jeffrey Goldberg, of The Atlantic, was inadvertently added to a Signal group chat used by JD Vance and Pete Hegseth to plan airstrikes on the Houthis
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
The US is heading for a huge financial crisis. Tax cuts plus lower compliance seems likely to push their debt to unsustainable levels *even if* they make the spending cuts they talk about.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 21/03/2025
Heathrow airport closed after fire breaks out www.ft.com/content/80789996-af7e-4c…
ft.com
Heathrow airport closed after fire breaks out
Blaze at nearby electrical substation causes power outage at UK’s main transit hub
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Simon @liberalsimon.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
If you only read one thing about the proposed benefit reforms, make sure it's this. #DisabilityBenefits x.com/PollardTom/s...
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Tom Pollard on X: "This is a really good thread. The idea that giving ill and disabled people less financial support (and subjecting them to more conditionality) will move many more into work just doesn't stand up to scrutiny - it would clearly have a hugely negative impact on most in this group" / X
This is a really good thread. The idea that giving ill and disabled people less financial support (and subjecting them to more conditionality) will move many more into work just doesn't stand up to scrutiny - it would clearly have a hugely negative impact on most in this group
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Ironically you see this with both the last government’s school reforms (where they paid more upfront in order to drive change), and Universal Credit (where they consciously tried reform without money and it’s ended up more expensive).
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Simon @liberalsimon.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Many MPs think it immoral to slash disability benefits – and they’re right www.theguardian.com/society/comm...
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Many MPs think it immoral to slash disability benefits – and they’re right | Sonia Sodha
Making it harder to claim Pip isn’t about ethics, as Keir Starmer says, but economics
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Rick B @rickburgess.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
No to divide rule, they need to dump the whole policy paper. Keep up the pressure, one for all and all for one. No one gets left behind here.
theguardian.com
Downing Street considers U-turn on cuts to benefits for disabled people
Controversial plans to cut personal independence payment (Pip) may be shelved after a tense cabinet meeting and backlash from Labour MPs
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Simon @liberalsimon.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
"Officials have adopted our talking points. Heard they whistle the Motability tune in the Treasury." This "Max" chap must be a lobbyist, no? @cjayanetti.bsky.social
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