And this is why there was no point in resigning in advance. It gets you nothing.

If he was about to be convicted of an offence under the Terrorism Act, I doubt that they would keep him travel.

Anyway, he’s obviously not a terrorist. Do you ever see him holding a sign?

If politicians are of any use at all, it is to know this kind of thing. And a politician who does not know has no business voting on anything where it is relevant (which is basically everything).

He killed somebody but he “has no memory of what happened”.

Except love their daughter unconditionally.

If a human copies someone else’s art, that is copyright infringement. You say that AI works exactly the same way. Somehow you think that people should not be angry when AI is used to copy their work. If I ask you what is 2+2, will you tell me 5?

Please don’t stop signing petitions though. It takes little effort and forces them to justify their unpopular policies in Parliament (admittedly usually to a very empty chamber).

This is the man we just gave all the NHS data to.

It isn’t only a question of political astuteness though. It’s obvious that it won’t work. Only an idiot would think that someone who is prepared to risk their life crossing the channel in a small boat is going to be put off by a digital ID.

I don’t think I want to even consider that he might be dismantling our freedom to appease the far right in the hope that they won’t notice that it hasn’t done anything. I don’t think you call that a lack of political astuteness. That would be rank stupidity.

Hanlon’s Razor, sure, but I don’t buy it. He isn’t stupid.

Just like the Online Safety Act, it isn’t going to do much for its stated purpose, but it’s going to be very effective for helping the government find and stop people organising protests.

So Larry Ellison instead of Peter Thiel. Another foreign billionaire who totally has our interests at heart.

The government is not inactive. It’s working hard on banning protest organisations, expanding the surveillance state and selling your medical data.

The article is illustrated with a photo of a protest of the kind that will not be allowed*.

• the kind that are allowed are the kind where far-right thugs assault policemen.

Yvette Cooper and Jonathan Reynolds previously ruled this out, and it’s obvious that it will do nothing to prevent immigrants from working illegally. Not to mention that the fact that we don’t allow successful asylum claimants to work is repugnant.

So the question is: who leant on him? Who is it that really wants this? Is Palantir going to get the contract, by any chance?

Perhaps he will send Rachel “First Green Chancellor” Reeves in his stead.

It isn’t the case that they have to engage in diplomacy to bring him back. They are paying El Salvador to take these prisoners. El Salvador has no reason not to hand him over.

Removing British Summer Time would leave GMT unchanged, so the clocks would be the same in Winter as they are now.

Control of militias matters, absolutely. Now tell me why those militias wouldn’t immediately depose their billionaire and take what wealth he has for themselves.

The tariffs are hurting America because American manufacturing - like all manufacturing around the world - depends on global supply chains. Do you think those container ships are still going to be doing business as usual after the collapse?

They may think that they’re being smart but, if society collapses, their money will be worth nothing. If anything, they have more to lose than anyone.

Having checked, it seems that the Fairtrade standards now allow producers that are not cooperatives.