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Toby Risk

@tobyrisk.bsky.social
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 8h
I very much regret voting for @zackpolanski.bsky.social last year for leader of @greenparty.org.uk. He has showed zero leadership at all on the ‘zionism’ motion. Who would have guessed the #greenparty has now passed a motion which is anti-progressive, anti-equality and antisemitic. #leaderless
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 14h
The reckless speed, driven by get rich quick money and the egos of these characters, is creating so many global negative effects, that will outweigh the benefits for decades. We need a slower, collaborative advance but the #US doesn't do teamwork. They've created yet another artificial arms race.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 21h
I joined @greenparty.org.uk to help push environmental policy and green economics up the political agenda. As the #greens turn increasingly to performative policies, its no wonder that other parties are finding political space to back away from the #climate agenda and green policies
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Fine, but that does not address the point that the @greenparty.org.uk has lost it's collective mind. The policy 'Zionism is Racism' is not only useless self-defeating performatism, but it is as crude and cyncial as an Israeli gov spokesperson conflating criticism of the IDF with anti-semitism.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Stop thinking of #AI as #ArtificialIntelligence, or even Super Intelligence. It’s true nature is Replacement Intelligence. Delegating critical thinking, analysis and problem solving responsibilities, is what will leave us vulnerable if ‘RI’ becomes an adversary.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New #AI models need to go through the same regulatory certification as a new #boeing, #openAI, #anthropic, #grok
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When #diesel goes to £2.50 a litre but crude stays around $100-$120 per barrel, before the farmers and truckers start blocking the M25, they need to read this substack.com/@samkovacs/n...
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Sam Kovacs (@samkovacs)
If Trump bans US diesel/gasoline exports: 1. Gulf coast diesel prices go down, and inventories start filling as millions of barrels look for a domestic home. But California which imports a lot of its...
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
No I dont agree to share my data with whoever #Zesty are and so will be automatically removed from the waiting list and future treatment. #NHS #RoyalSurreyHospital @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@greenparty.org.uk I haven't read the conference motion yet but if its as laid out in the Guardian, passing this would be a political disaster for the #greens. Gathering my thoughts for a substack at the weekend. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Greens urge Zack Polanski to take stance on proposed policy declaring ‘Zionism is racism’
The Green leader has not spoken publicly about the motion, which is likely to be debated at the party’s conference in October
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
That would be an extraordinary transfer of wealth from the poorest to the wealthy. Inheritance tax is a bad tax but replace that and stamp duty an good portion of council tax with a #landValueTax.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
#Trump's having a terrible week. #Infantino is getting more headlines and is more disliked than him. #FIFASellOff
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
but this has to be an honest debate. If @uklabour and @conservatives both approach it from the point of view of not wishing to compromise their voter bases then its a waste of time.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
#r4Today Ask Lee Anderson how many of their MPs and spokespeople stood on a #Conservative manifesto.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
absolutely bang on. Its ALL about the problem solving.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
@thenewsagents.co.uk really John Sopel, ‘just off the coast’ have you looked at the map. When UK originally colonised the Falklands, Argentina did not exist as a state and were uninhabited. its not like we invaded and kicked out the residents
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I just priced up some tulipwood hardwood boards for furniture for the kids. OMG the price. I need PAR as don’t have a planer/thicknesser. If I had the tools to make my own veneers, I’d do that but no can do. Need to think on this. #woodworking #hardwood
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Finished my first project for a while. A simple wine rack and side table made from pine boards from the local #DIY store. Happy with the item but I need a different filler for the next project as this ‘stainable’ filler has a poor colour match. #woodworking #winerack
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
My bet is for #countBinface to beat #Farage 52-48.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Sorry to see the US bow out last night. It’s a shame their performances up to now were soured by the unconventional intervention from the white house and #FIFA’s sycophantic submission
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
if the #US soccer team manager has any integrity he will refuse to include #Balogun in the squad for their next match #FIFA
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I would usually have empathy for the underdogs but the #Paraguay team were a shame on their nation. Well done #France and #Mbappe for not rising to the bait. That ref needs to be sent home asap.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I cannot wait for #Starmer and #Reeves to go, 1st they were just incompetent, now they are also jealous, bitter and malignant and the country will suffer for it. Every promise about protecting capital budgets from Reeves has now been proved a complete lie.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
King Charles 3rd is well on his way to beat his mother's record of 14 prime ministers in 70 years. In under 4 years he's about to clock up his 4th. Go KC3!
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
#Makerfield have just proved that #reform are nothing more than a protest vote.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
@uklabour.bsky.social you now have a very narrow window to get momentum and political capital back into this parliament. Don’t blow it. #andyBurnham #makerfield
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Smooth, very smooth. I can’t see it myself but I guess it will never get tested
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Would anyone be surprised if the plague of half mast UK/England flags were the result of a #Russian destabilisation campaign?
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
#blueSky is catching X up in its angry vacuousness. I’ve now left the #ukPolitics group as it’s 90% ill-informed anger baiting. This is either from bots or those just seeking validation of their own rage. Spouting vitriol with no purpose advances exactly zero conversations.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
All he does is ‘tolerate it’ and say it’s unacceptable’. #PMQs
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
It is unacceptable to just keep saying it is unacceptable about the incitement propagated by far right activists and social media platforms. #KeirStarmer does nothing, he is a definition of analysis paralysis. #belfastRiots, #X
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Lets reverse the disincentive for companies to employ people by increasing Corporation Tax, but offer a tax free allowance for each employee hired for the 12 months. Maybe a starting level of 1k per employee. #tax
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Yesterday on #r4Today Amol kept referring to the robot magician as ‘He’ can the #bbc make an editorial decision that robots and computers are always referred to as ‘it’. Humanising a machine when AGI is on the horizon is a slippery slope to applying human values and rights to a machine.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
In #HOC yesterday, the Minister said we couldn’t legislate to block violence being shown to teenagers because it was “too hard for the algorithms” I’m sorry is this minister working for the #UkGov or a #techLobbyist? #ukPolitics #r4Today
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
When are we going to just ban X? if this was a newspaper it would have been shut down years ago.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Welcome news.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Of course the boss of #Palantir would say that he’s hardly a disinterested party. Why do #bbcNews headline this as a comment
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
#socialMedia no tech company will ever change itself to reduce the harms it inflicts unless, it is in its financial interests to do so or if its mandated by regulation.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Still not sure he’s #PM material but @wesstreeting.bsky.social clarity on #r4Today is rare and welcome event for a politician these days.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
When companies like YouTube and TikTok use phrases like ‘Industry Leading’ it means they are just talking to themselves and not listening to their customers or in this case regulators.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Really poor journalism throughout #bbcNews yesterday. They jumped on a very weak and misinformed report on the new government sanctions, and just doubled down on their various channels throughout the day. #r4Today, #WATO, #bbcPM. BBC news should be better.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
So much coverage of the #costOfLiving crisis, but food, fuel and other essentials are not historically high compared to income. This is a deliberate distraction from the real issue which is the cost of housing. When will MPs actually tackle the real problem and enact land reform. #landValueTax
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
It's still undeliverable, it's just an announcement born of lunacy. It sounds like either a 'dead cat' or someone's being mischievous.
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Space @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
A small reminder of how huge Jupiter is.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Newsflash: Media continues rewriting same article every two minutes as nothing happens.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
She wasn’t ‘cleared’ she settled what she owed. The phrase ‘cleared’ suggests innocence. I accept it cld have been a genuine mistake, but a mistake it was.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
#theKingsSpeech was very light, anyone would think the government’s thinking job done.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Has he actually even started governing yet?
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Jess clearly lays out the indecision and timidity of the Prime Minister. We’ve known for a long time that he will not stand-up for anything until it’s too late.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
@uklabour.bsky.social MPs thought process today. Between Streeting, Rayner, Powell, Mahmood, Burnham, Starmer. Burnham is the only one who might be able to win the leadership and possibly a #GE. But he’s not an #MP. I think they better think it out again.
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Toby Risk @tobyrisk.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
#r4Today for Baroness Margaret Hodge to say @greenparty.org.uk is ‘anti-semitic’ is the most disgusting ill judged slur. Having sympathy for Palestinians and critical of #Israel’s government is common among many parties a majority of the #UK. That was a vile comment
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