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Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"@RobynVinter @sarahirwilson2 The PMs a big fan of your idea"
X Link 2020-03-03T12:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@RobynVinter Theyve not got much in the way of data privacy law beyond not selling data for marketing without consent in California. So the risk the data will end up in Police hands and be used to prosecute in abortion ban States is real"
X Link 2022-06-24T20:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@RobynVinter I suppose a pattern of data could emerge that was consistent with possibly having had an abortion or miscarriage particularly if combined with other data. If Tesco Clubcard can predict pregnancy from shopping habit changes it isnt implausible"
X Link 2022-06-24T20:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@RobynVinter Also Y1&2 in particular can be very physically socially and mentally demanding for July/August birthday kids who are c15% younger than the September born kids in their year"
X Link 2024-01-03T17:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@PolProfSteve Its the media operation of the folks who think Boris should not have been pushed to resign so mid 2022"
X Link 2024-04-08T09:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@PolProfSteve Their number [--] who played in the first game actually is a Hoxha. Maybe they need to bring him on"
X Link 2024-06-19T14:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"I like the drawings. But watching the video of her at work it was pretty clear she is just compulsively repeating a physical action shes been given the stuff to do but without any more thought or input than that. This pic is of a Damien Hirst-style spin painting my son did when he was about [--] at Camp Bestival. He chose the colours and I passed him the pots of paints while someone else operated the turntable. I like it enough to have framed and hung it in my kitchen and itll remind me of that time. Itd not be a work of Art in the same terms as Hirsts ones (even if you think those are lazy"
X Link 2025-12-10T10:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"IIRC in the book Casino Royale the actual game being played was Canasta. Because many fewer modern filmgoers have any idea of the rules of Canasta compared to British novel readers in the 1950s they already had to dumb it down to a more commonly recognisable game and more obvious winning cards"
X Link 2026-01-25T21:19Z [----] followers, 10.3K engagements

"@jhallwood Tongan kings also used to be sent to the same Methodist boarding school as Peter Hitchens"
X Link 2026-01-26T09:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"One of the things that was weirdest about going to NFL games as a regular attender of English soccer was that apart from cheering scores crowds mainly just booed to put opponents off from hearing play calls rather than sing/chant etc. Having had meetings with the EPL I know they see crowd atmosphere as a significant feature of the game and one that is a big part of its value to viewers when selling the TV rights"
X Link 2026-01-27T11:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@Irishchef57 @dilanesper Yes its soooo much more boring than a sport where many dont bother tearing themselves away from the concourses until the third quarter (and which I also like enough to spend thousands on to fly over to the US to watch)"
X Link 2026-01-27T13:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@CyranodEcosse @ThickleyP @London__Smoke I like how anti-20mph folks are also the same ones who wang on about kids no longer playing outside or being allowed to walk to the shops"
X Link 2026-01-27T17:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"I favour deporting illegal immigrants. After speedy but fair due process. And not tolerating the harassment (or worse) of legal immigrants or natives who look or sound like they might be immigrants as a price worth paying"
X Link 2026-01-27T18:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"The socks only need to go higher than the boot and be sufficiently elasticated not to slip down. On the gloves it very much depends on when and where son is going. If its likely to not be much below 0C even high up hell probably be fine. But even going in April to places where its 18C at resort level it can be below zero at the top of higher lifts. When we went at the beginning of the month it was the coldest my hands have ever been as the warmest it got at resort level was -7C. I have v good goatskin gloves but wished I had a pair I could wear glove liners under. The main problem with"
X Link 2026-01-28T09:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Yes- son and I skied a lot less this trip and stopped for hot drinks more because of it Not an option if on a school trip doing lessons I lent sons gf my old and v tatty gloves with thick liners and she kept toasty and enjoyed her first trip. Im going to have to invest in an extra pair for colder trips after years of always going at half term/Easter. It was going up on the lifts that did it for me this year- much better when being able to plan routes which werent broken up by long lifts and to warm up by skiing. Again not a choice you get in lessons."
X Link 2026-01-28T09:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@kevverage @v_j_freeman Its certainly a good book and worth reading and learning from. I wonder if theres been anything similar done about tourism to Portugal Spain and Greece which all were developed and expanded hugely during a time when those countries were dictatorships"
X Link 2026-01-28T09:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Yes the cycling infrastructure there particularly in central Amsterdam is largely at the expense of pedestrians more than motorists (iirc the Netherlands actually has quite high car ownership rates). A lot of v short urban journeys of less than a mile which would be done on foot in the UK are biked there. https://botzarelli.wordpress.com/2019/08/13/cycling-the-netherlands-randstad/ https://botzarelli.wordpress.com/2019/08/13/cycling-the-netherlands-randstad/"
X Link 2026-01-28T10:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"This is why Celsius is a more useful temperature measure than Fahrenheit. 32% warm (as some are saying 32F means) doesnt give you any feel for whether water might freeze at that temperature. Back online after internet blackout. I grew up in Connecticut and have truly never seen an ice like this ever. The temperature is [--] degrees but the ice on our trees tops is not melting at all. Never seen anything like this. Anybody else Back online after internet blackout. I grew up in Connecticut and have truly never seen an ice like this ever. The temperature is [--] degrees but the ice on our trees tops"
X Link 2026-01-28T10:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@history99917180 I blame The Apprentice which did it because only hearing one side of a call was bad telly (they use headsets for calls between contestants where they have both ends of the audio available)"
X Link 2026-01-28T13:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"A policy which could prove surprisingly popular. China would probably turn it into a new Hong Kong and massively boost the entire South Coast. Thered be suspension bridges to Portsmouth and Southampton built within [--] years. Unfortunately wed block them actually connecting to roads on the mainland for about [--] years of environmental reports. Kemi Badenoch on Starmers China trip: Hes probably going to give away the Isle of Wight. Kemi Badenoch on Starmers China trip: Hes probably going to give away the Isle of Wight"
X Link 2026-01-28T14:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@MisanthropeGirl I dont think the new Chinese overlords will be very interested in local opinion. Most wouldnt acquire sufficient social capital points to authorise them to use the bridges anyway"
X Link 2026-01-28T14:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@reformexposed And David Lammy"
X Link 2026-01-29T17:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@Fat_Jacques @Mad_Pieman If its replaced by a tax on all graduates it should be at a rate substantially lower than 9%. Itd be annoying for those whod paid off their loans or were too old to have had any (like me) but Im not sure Id be against it for that reason"
X Link 2026-01-30T08:19Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@TimmyODanaos From the scores it looks like Linklaters Clifford Chance and Freshfields are at least keeping that tradition alive. Slaughter & May (yes I insist on the ampersand) letting the side down by not being horrible"
X Link 2026-01-30T09:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"The easier approach would be to allow and indeed require cigarettes to be on open display. Having to hide them away makes selling counterfeits and bootlegs much easier. They could also consider lowering excise duty. Even law-abiding folks like me are going to prefer buying smuggled Polish fags in traditional packaging for [--] over spending [--] on legal ones in drab olive packs. Or making sure to do cheap trips abroad to stock up"
X Link 2026-01-30T09:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@markswife Thankfully from when my son was too old for it (I also narrowly avoided Baby Shark)"
X Link 2026-01-30T09:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@jameswmullen @emmablack77 I once prosecuted a lorry driver who tried the personal use defence for importing [--] million fags. He took the case to the Court of Appeal"
X Link 2026-01-30T10:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Most amazing thing I saw like this was a client up for attempted murder who somehow managed to assault two large prison officers while rolling a fag with one of his hands If he hadnt been also politely greeting us as his legal team at the same time Id not have believed it Bringing fags to the consultation rooms for meeting clients ahead of a court appearance and knowing which brands to buy was an important part of training when I was a criminal pupil barrister B&H went down v well as generously high status. Regal was the safe option. Marlboro Lights would be accepted with a ooh lahdida you"
X Link 2026-01-30T10:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"In the US prices and restrictions on tobacco correlate closely with whether youre in a tobacco growing state. NY very much isnt The restrictions on marijuana go the other way. Its absolutely everywhere in NYC and legal. Its still banned in most southern states at least outside of big cities (eg its legal in Atlanta but not elsewhere in Georgia). Tobacco growing states are also much less likely to have banned menthol. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017192014782009523 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017192014782009523"
X Link 2026-01-30T11:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"My impression is its gone down a lot due to tobacco restrictions. Back in the day you could buy and smoke pre-rolled joints in brown cafes. You can still do so but they have to be pure marijuana ones without tobacco because indoor tobacco smoking is prohibited. And few tourists want to blow their head off with a pure marijuana joint https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017192720318517695 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017192720318517695"
X Link 2026-01-30T11:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@Fat_Jacques @jameswmullen Possibly. Though I quite like these fags I bought in Geneva airport earlier in the month. I smoke about a pack a day of ordinary fags but less than half that for these (menthol plus the option of a random flavour from watermelon blackberry or citrus fruits)"
X Link 2026-01-30T11:24Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@SustainableTall Is there a tax/zoning/regulatory reason Or maybe strong consumer preference for detached houses"
X Link 2026-01-30T11:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@realhansard Im not sure thats actually true until the household income gets towards about 100k even if you dont net off direct benefits from public spending on health education etc"
X Link 2026-01-30T12:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@v_j_freeman Even then I hated the lack of privacy in the otherwise lovely large early Victorian townhouse I used to live in"
X Link 2026-01-30T14:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"I think thats more a Spurs issue. As Head Coach at Brentford his role in recruitment was less as there is a very developed recruitment team and strategy which he had to fit around (eg we were able to wait out the return to fitness of FBs and have him work with what was available rather than insist on new ones- that also relies on players being willing to play unfamiliar roles when needed which perhaps players who are more stars can be more resistant to). https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017254225227469310 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017254225227469310"
X Link 2026-01-30T15:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"I think it very much depends on what problems we think there are what would solve them what the broader consequences of the remedies would be. Is the problem that graduates have had their repayment terms unilaterally amended after theyd committed to their courses If so the simplest solution would be to reverse those changes to return them to their original terms. That would be likely to involve a greater contribution from general taxation to cover the reasons for those changes- mainly as far as I can tell that higher paid graduates were repaying ahead of projections and reducing the expected"
X Link 2026-01-30T17:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@emmablack77 @wesbrownwriter I think really the only ones who have a valid complaint are high earning graduates who have seen their interest rate increased to prevent them being able through having got a highly paid job repaying their loan quicker than the Treasury expected and needed them to"
X Link 2026-01-30T18:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@Nyct0phil3_x Our neighbours boy had these regularly. It turned out that due to his parents strong belief in vegetarianism and unprocessed foods he simply was fed far too much fibre and was naturally shitting way more than normal"
X Link 2026-01-30T22:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@DCNI86t @emmablack77 @wesbrownwriter Yes. It would be interesting to get a bank to work out what the interest rate for an unsecured 50k loan with no credit check unlimited payment holidays when earning below 25k and write off after [--] years regardless of balance would be as a commercial loan"
X Link 2026-01-30T22:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Maybe its similar to the mines. The large number closed by Labour might have been relatively uncontroversial as known to be old exhausting their reserves and marginal. Shutting a load of more modern ones with plenty of coal left hit harder. So nobody batted much of an eye when obviously crappy pubs shut a decade ago but now its hitting a smaller number of ones that seemed to be thriving or are the last ones on a street or village that used to have several. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017517129906413865 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017517129906413865"
X Link 2026-01-31T08:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Ive not got an MBA but I have had two jobs where I was brought in to replace senior managers at large multinationals whod been in the role for 10-15 years. Neither company was as dynamic as Amazon in developing and changing over that period but even in more staid industries they had changed enough in their strategies attitudes and direction that some people who fitted them perfectly when they started had become serious blockers to future success with what the company had evolved into. It was obvious on the first day at each that the huge institutional knowledge each had made it very hard for"
X Link 2026-01-31T09:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"No it wouldnt help many and itd be bad for a load of reasons to have folks in their 50s take on the debts themselves. Perhaps the current system barring a few tweaks is actually very good at enabling people to choose to go to uni if they think it will be something good for them. And thats not been at the expense of the alternatives to uni having grown hugely over the last [--] years so its much more of a genuine choice than it probably ever had been"
X Link 2026-01-31T10:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@walloper2025 @v_j_freeman The funny thing about a lot of the debate about aesthetics of housing is it seems to ignore what the people who actually are looking to buy a home really want (eg a toilet unsullied by a strangers bum) and how little they prioritise it looking like a Georgian terrace in Bath"
X Link 2026-01-31T10:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Not as lucrative for the uni though. Leeds Beckett used to have the biggest language school in the country and a community programme allowing locals to learn any one of about a dozen languages from beginner up to undergrad proficiency level as evening classes. Sadly the whole language school shut a few years back. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017548930402152930 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017548930402152930"
X Link 2026-01-31T10:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Ditto but weirder. We got on fine with the neighbours either side. We also had friends with a son a few weeks older than ours who lived further down the same street. They wrote to our neighbours saying that as older parents they probably wouldnt have more kids so itd be great if they could if ever the houses came up for sale move next door to us so the boys could grow up like brothers. One sold to them. We moved away a couple of years later as you can probably guess how intolerable that was for our privacy even with a family who wed considered good friends. The boys carried on being great"
X Link 2026-01-31T10:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Just a tad A shame as it was a lovely house wed spent a lot on modernising (such beautiful double glazed wooden sash windows). On the aesthetics point I had to pretty much beg the buyer to increase their offer to a nominal [---] more than we paid in [----] when we sold in [----]. Obviously the crash in the middle didnt help but the reality is that the market for such houses in Leeds for owner occupiers is and was almost entirely made up of people like us whod moved up from London. The house was like the sort of one wed nearly bought a flat in in Richmond (Surrey) except that flat was one of three"
X Link 2026-01-31T11:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@Varcs Shush you. Ive actually had it confirmed by others who were at the party"
X Link 2026-01-31T11:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@orthogonal_j @walloper2025 @v_j_freeman An original Georgian terrace in Bath would indeed be lovely. One in a new estate off the ring road on the edge of Wakefield rather less so"
X Link 2026-01-31T11:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@walloper2025 @v_j_freeman I used to enjoy chucking slugs over the wall"
X Link 2026-01-31T11:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"A long way from anywhere The darkest green bit is I think Sud Tirol and incredibly well connected to Austria Germany and the rest of central Europe by road and rail. Though thats as a result of a lot of investment and focus over about [--] years as it used to be Southern levels of rural and poor. Reviving official use and teaching of German there rather than insisting on Italian only also helped. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017559695645380632 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017559695645380632"
X Link 2026-01-31T11:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Possibly. Locally the council spent a lot of money opposing a planning application to build housing on the site of a private school that had moved out of town. The initial plan had been for neo-Georgian. In the end the council won and got it changed to neo-Victorian as more in keeping. It always struck me as an utterly bizarre waste of everyones time and money. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017560524863504701 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017560524863504701"
X Link 2026-01-31T11:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"The area also had a thriving community of the sort that would unite both Telegraph and Guardian into gushing about. Street parties. Community Christmas dinner for half a dozen families at a time. An annual Art Day where people turned their houses into galleries to display and sell the works of local artists. Almost all entirely abhorrent to the average Leeds housebuyer. https://botzarelli.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/cardigan-triangle-art-day-2011/ https://botzarelli.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/cardigan-triangle-art-day-2011/"
X Link 2026-01-31T11:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Though when it has been looked at IIRC on average the preferences of non-voters very closely match those of the people who did vote. Thats been modified a little during the Brexit referendum and peak Corbyn by offerings which were outside the Overton Window also probably with the Gaza Independents in [----] which did get some habitual non-voters out. But not by nearly as much as political commentary would suggest. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017564718324486430 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017564718324486430"
X Link 2026-01-31T11:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@SimonMagus @v_j_freeman @walloper2025 Very much. Well Old Headingley anyway before much of it became filled with student HMOs and Muslim families. Funnily Headingley through to possibly as late as the 80s was a sufficiently strong Tory ward that selections for council candidates were heavily contested"
X Link 2026-01-31T11:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"The big houses were v cheap for converting to HMOs particularly for the many years before there was much regulation of HMOs. At the same time that drove prices up to make them less attractive for local buyers who could get semis/detacheds in nice suburbs with gardens and garages and more favoured schools. Also in part avoiding foreigns. Plus the burglaries and car thefts that a growing student population brought. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017570883955544528 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017570883955544528"
X Link 2026-01-31T12:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Its flipping the other way now as so many student flats are being built in the city centre. Thats driven rents for Headingley LS6 student house shares down while increasing the expectations of student tenants on the quality and amenities of accommodation even above those required by HMO regulations. Unless we do something like shut down 50-60% of unis I think in a generation much of LS6 will revert to being mainly owner-occupied family homes. The gentle density new developments on former industrial land on Kirkstall Road on the edge of the city centre will probably be popular with young"
X Link 2026-01-31T12:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Funnily given Simons views on trams I think it would be v easy to make a strong case for trams going along Kirkstall Road about as far as Kirkstall Bridge and then up to Headingley to join a line going down Otley Road into a city centre loop. Then a rail or tram line out to the big new developments in outer East Leeds. All places where road capacity for more buses and cars would be difficult and where there is clear current and future demand for travelling those routes regularly. But that is absolutely the very last thing all the tram fans are trying for beyond as a vague aspiration for 30+"
X Link 2026-01-31T12:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Nobody ever said Mario stopped being a working class plumber just because Princess Peach was his love interest so this is spot on. The misogyny is screaming already. If she was a man no one would be looking into her partner the way people are. The misogyny is screaming already. If she was a man no one would be looking into her partner the way people are"
X Link 2026-01-31T12:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@emmablack77 @seledka_vodka Thats fine theyre just abbreviations of have. Ill also give a pass to coulda woulda shoulda. If youre Celine Dion or doing karaoke"
X Link 2026-01-31T13:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@tc1415 Weird. Is there a Utah Guild of Sommeliers that has got this rule made"
X Link 2026-01-31T13:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@lukerobertblack @JamesFl It may make the argument for PR without the historical reality that no government that won under FPTP would dismantle the system that took them into power. Knowing that many seats were won on only c20% and were vulnerable to tiny swings in any direction would destroy that"
X Link 2026-01-31T14:24Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"My guess too. The public narrative is that theyre all economic migrants but maybe here theyre not actually that keen on their new home and hope to be safe to return home one day. I have a cousin whose parents were legal economic migrants to Austria. They learned German and worked. He lived there until they decided to return home when he was [--]. He found it incredibly hard adjusting to life in Calcutta as someone whod spent his whole life in Vienna. His parents had integrated way more than these ones but never saw it as home or where they wanted themselves or their son to be (indeed they hid"
X Link 2026-01-31T14:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"This is now not just a joke about a silly old goat. Its Twitter and much of modern politics. https://youtu.be/J8ue_eZURlwsi=LStMxK5uJ63CUYpN https://youtu.be/J8ue_eZURlwsi=LStMxK5uJ63CUYpN"
X Link 2026-01-31T17:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@BOTE1414 @markswife @McrGreenParty @ZackPolanski To be fair you probably do need to be a gas engineer to remove a gas central heating system when replacing it with a heat pump if you want to do it safely"
X Link 2026-01-31T18:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@emmablack77 @TheGhostSleepi1 Yes- the basement in my old house before we converted it had an ancient built in range cooker and had clearly been designed for use as servants quarters"
X Link 2026-01-31T18:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@InTheLionsDen_ When I wear a suit I wear a [--] piece. I dont put my overcoat over my shoulders because I am not Herr Flick. I dont wear a flat cap because Im not a Peaky Blinder and its the wrong hat for a business suit. Then again I used to get told off for looking intimidating in a suit"
X Link 2026-01-31T23:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"They made a Hollywood biopic about John Bishop Naah Im not falling for that. At least Melanias the actual First Lady"
X Link 2026-01-31T23:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@sunbeam007 Yes. I think by the run up to the next election both L and C will be around or above Ref and distribution of votes/efficiency would probably make it possible for either to win a majority. More interesting years ahead"
X Link 2026-02-01T12:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Agree that a C/Ref coalition or pre-election deal would be the death warrant for the Tories. The chances of it pretty much evaporated with Jenrick and Braverman going so a post election one would also involve Kemi standing down or being deposed. I think Ref will substantially underperform their current position and not be near being the largest party. The scrutiny on their people and policies will be far heavier as time goes on. Almost all the seats they came second in in [----] and which theyd need to target were won by Labour. Something like 80+ That would if its a relatively orthodox"
X Link 2026-02-01T13:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@MrMutantes I thought her use of united and city together was quite neat. I suspect only the most rabid City fan would have baulked had Labour selected Sir Alex Ferguson and hed called himself a proud mancunian"
X Link 2026-02-01T13:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"I dont think any American of vaguely sound mind would bat an eyelid if Arnold Schwarzenegger said he was a proud Californian either today or when he first started to run for Governor"
X Link 2026-02-01T13:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Also she was prosecuted and acquitted of wrongdoing with regard to the flat back in [----]. Council housing is allocated on the basis of qualifying need at the time you get it and weve never required people to relinquish it when they become better off. Leaving aside politicians we might not like more generally it would be very bad if we incentivised council tenants to never even attempt to improve their lot by being able to make them homeless if they ever succeeded in doing so. https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/08/justice-for-apsana-begum https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/08/justice-for-apsana-begum"
X Link 2026-02-01T16:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"If youre worried about migrants dont worry they are not housed in national parks. Theres no threat at all. Also zero chance of being shot if you stray off a path onto someones land. Once I had a bad time climbing up Scafell Pike so I came back down rather than do the [--] miles to our next hotel. On the way down we met a large group of Pakistani origin muslims (men women and children) whod come on a day trip from Birmingham. They very kindly and immediately offered to take us to our hotel once everyone was back down"
X Link 2026-02-02T09:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Leeds manages having the [--] minute city amenities in many of its suburban areas without restrictions on travel or the need for a tram/underground. After 20+ years here I struggle to see what journeys people actually make or should be encouraged to make would be improved by a metro system. There are a few congested routes that would be improved by one but theyve not even got near any of the plans since the cancellation of the supertram back in [----]. Instead we seem to want to connect to Bradford for some reason. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018257249618055554"
X Link 2026-02-02T09:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"I was horrified to find uncatered halls at Manchester are 10k a year. Manchester is pretty good at providing info about actual total living costs and budgeting. Realistically even with the full maintenance award students will need to do quite a lot of paid work and/or have parental cash support to have a modest student lifestyle (ie getting to socialise a bit and not just live on gruel and lectures). https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018353232855077068 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018353232855077068"
X Link 2026-02-02T15:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@KevHughesie @RJW163 Its a screenshot from this video. Which will have been one of the official TV angles available to VAR. Law [---] https://t.co/OHXCz06Xmn Law [---] https://t.co/OHXCz06Xmn"
X Link 2026-02-02T16:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"VAR is often not v speedy. It may also have taken some deliberation over whether it was in the same phase of play as thats also been debated on here and apparently is the furthest and longest away in time call of that. Obviously Twitter would have completely erupted had we scored from the long throw https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018367105435836523 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018367105435836523"
X Link 2026-02-02T16:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@SimonMagus 271k followers Can they all be Russian bots and sad men tweeting from Indonesia"
X Link 2026-02-02T18:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@BlondiieMama @2022BenjiC He was good enough when we were newly promoted and is better than that now as his Afcon levels showed. A sensible acquisition"
X Link 2026-02-02T20:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@Fat_Jacques @worstall Plus the cost of shutting courses and universities. Itd also make it v likely that fees would have to go up substantially as they already dont cover costs of many courses even at good unis which get cross subsidy from cheaper to offer courses which may have to be axed"
X Link 2026-02-02T20:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@markswife Oh come on itll be even more fun than when Andrea Jenkyns stuck her fingers up at people. The gaiety of the nation seems to be demanding it"
X Link 2026-02-02T21:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@Fat_Jacques @SamuelVimes10 It is. My varifocals from there were [---] cheaper than at my usual opticians. Still over 1000"
X Link 2026-02-03T06:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@BradfemlyWalsh Regardless of national age of consent if its grown men that age range is paedo time"
X Link 2026-02-03T20:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Not really assuming you planned on eating in future weeks. Store cupboard stuff for that list (things for one country may be used for other cuisines) French: garlic salt pepper maybe a jar of dried tarragon bay leaves mixed herbs a small bottle of cheap brandy white wine vinegar Italian: olive oil dried oregano a wedge of parmesan olives pasta maybe a bottle of balsamic vinegar canned tomatoes Mexican: canned beans cumin chillies dried/powdered paprika rice Thai: coconut milk star anise dried cilantro red/green jar pastes ginger noodles peanut butter Indian: turmeric fenugreek garam masala"
X Link 2026-02-03T20:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@Fat_Jacques @AndyatAuto Apparently the next new EVs from VW are going back to physical button/knob controls for HVAC"
X Link 2026-02-03T21:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@rtparker67 @Johnsnipz @CelticFC Highly rated enough by the club to get a [--] year deal last summer. Looked completely at home in his cup appearances v Bournemouth and Villa. We expect him to get game time with you"
X Link 2026-02-03T22:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@ClarkeMicah 🤣 Its quite possible that teacher was there in your day as hed been there from the 60s"
X Link 2026-02-05T11:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"I think its too easy to miss the importance of political trade craft (or to over-emphasise it). Aligning to the pace of the news cycle is also not ideal if theres a criticism of lack of vision and overall direction. Which I think there is with Starmer. Once the Mandelson dust settles what exactly does this government think it is for and what is it working towards. The last time that was asked and answered by the main parties was Boris v Corbyn. I have not the foggiest what Starmer or Carns have as their aspirations for the country or how theyd effect the journey towards them."
X Link 2026-02-05T12:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@kariliv @tinscognito__ I was surprised how relatively bland Cajun food was when I went to New Orleans. I was expecting a taste explosion which didnt really materialise"
X Link 2026-02-06T09:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"I liked and benefited from the pre-98 system. But I think most/many underestimate the route from here back to something like that. It would take a long time to implement. If it also came with alleviating the debt burden on all those who had taken out student finance and not paid it off over the last quarter century it would involve a big transfer from general taxation (much of which would hit the highest earners in that beneficiary group) while also reducing the opportunities for coming generations. So it would also need us to bear the substantial costs of closing down and/or merging many"
X Link 2026-02-06T12:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@emmablack77 @bindelj Also if you live alone doing that and reading the paper or whatever is much more companionable than sitting at home"
X Link 2026-02-06T14:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@BradfemlyWalsh It depends how low you are. He ought to be able to produce a 0.8-1.3mg dose at least once a day according to Google"
X Link 2026-02-06T18:19Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Im not ambitious enough to make a career out of maps and crayons but why not just Liverpool-Mcr-Leeds Even that is barely achievable before the 2060s let alone two long sea tunnels under the Irish sea which would barely be used other than for getting to Old Firm and Liverpool matches. Now THIS is Great British Railways & proper Unionism. I LOVE the ambition by @CW_Architect a raised high-speed railway The Loop would connect Newcastle Leeds Manchester Liverpool in 🏴 with Edinburgh & Glasgow in 🏴 Bangor in 🏴 Dublin in Belfast in Northern Ireland https://t.co/6PGcVcDGw3 Now THIS is Great"
X Link 2026-02-07T10:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Of course. But I think the criticism of obvious pie in the sky is fair particularly where it is mainly because folks have lost hope of doing more modest things. Its the grown up equivalent of kids saying they only want to be Premier League footballers or Tiktok influencers so dont need to bother with their GCSEs. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020106617321066867 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020106617321066867"
X Link 2026-02-07T12:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"There is here also the long-standing position of the teaching unions that TAs/HLTAs must not be used to get teachers on the cheap. A perfectly acceptable and rational traditional position for a union interested in the material well-being of its members but structurally harmful and requiring political leadership to overcome in the broader public interest. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020123551706059232 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020123551706059232"
X Link 2026-02-07T13:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@guywalters Yes. Though maybe the contraction/expansion from the changes in temperature and pressure going up and coming down could have that effect. Where is metallurgy Twitter when you need it"
X Link 2026-02-07T16:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@btharris93 In a more subtle form its taken Brentford from L1 to five seasons in the PL a genuine top [--] challenge and a new stadium for buttons"
X Link 2026-02-07T20:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"If thats not a penalty I have no idea how the one given to Newcastle was one. This is a clear penalty kick and consideration then with regard to the denial of a goal scoring opportunity This is a clear penalty kick and consideration then with regard to the denial of a goal scoring opportunity"
X Link 2026-02-07T20:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@mark_macrombie @btharris93 Having individuals who are able to consistently outperform Xg is great. But it is misunderstood by many as being a match by match measure rather than a long term one"
X Link 2026-02-07T23:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@TheImmortalKop Loved him for what he did for us but cant help but wonder what Andrews might have been getting with Mbeumo and Wissa available through since preseason. But thatd be mad talk of a title challenge. Maybe next season"
X Link 2026-02-08T00:12Z [----] followers, 16.4K engagements

"@CarlChambe84398 Though having a market solution that let people from compatible cultures come for nothing then spend [--] on an Easyjet flight home if it didnt turn out right for them also worked and took no government or civil service admin"
X Link 2026-02-08T12:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Not so much in countries where you dont need to be that rich to do the sports. A weeks lift pass in the biggest European ski areas typically costs less than a day pass in the major US ones. A Bulgarian [--] year old won gold in Snowboard parallel giant slalom. Bulgaria is still pretty poor but was grindingly poor 25-30 years ago when he was a kid just starting out. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020518777155141652 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020518777155141652"
X Link 2026-02-08T15:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"IIRC one of the big selling points of the print service used by the Tories at least for those of us who attempted to be diligent and legally compliant Election Agents and Association officers (ie I hope pretty much all of us) is that the system includes up to date compliance checking for all materials. So while a local print firm might offer a cheaper deal or be one you wanted to support that choice would be at the cost of a lot more work and personal responsibility for getting it done. I suspect Reforms local organisation is somewhat less experienced and the central party philosophically"
X Link 2026-02-08T15:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"If youve not skied and are watching the biathlon relay youll probably not realise quite how hard going uphill at their pace is. Imagine if you were a bunch of lads in San Francisco out for a few light beers and the sort of slope youd take an 800m uber ride for. But as part of a 24km journey where youve got to control your heartrate and breathing to do target shooting every 6km. #WinterOlympics https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020528162631746012 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020528162631746012"
X Link 2026-02-08T16:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Outtara is not yet better than Mbeumo but I think in a season or two he will be. We couldnt have made him our biggest ever signing without expecting him to be capable immediately of performing at our level but we always buy with a view to where a player can get to. Both he and Thiago should hopefully be even better next season. Im also v excited by the next tranche coming through- Donovan Nunes Furo. Bookmark those for 27/28 when people go how did Brentford pick these ballers up https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020534028202278932 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020534028202278932"
X Link 2026-02-08T16:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@Fat_Jacques @mr_james_c Her maths is a bit out though. Shell pay [---] of that [----] on her student loan. And more than double that in tax even as a basic rate taxpayer. The Laffer curve doesnt really apply to the loan. The system doesnt particularly rely on whether she pays an extra [---] or not"
X Link 2026-02-08T17:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@Jan_Leeming Also in more child-friendly continental cultures they dont mind the children not being quiet"
X Link 2026-02-08T18:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@emmablack77 @LucyTrims I think the boys got overheard by a teacher as they were still laughing about it as they got back to school"
X Link 2026-02-08T22:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@walloper2025 @London_W4 @MysteriosoX IIRC theres a Partridge episode where hes in Dixons and presses all the CD eject buttons remarking nice action to the best"
X Link 2026-02-09T00:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@LionsGuyFletch Im watching the Super Bowl and enough of a fan to fly over to the US for a game a season. Id not describe myself as avid. The only people I know here Id describe as avid NFL fans are like me also season ticket holders at Premier League football clubs"
X Link 2026-02-09T00:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@RonnLennon The Big is money from stadium size commercial etc not success. They (and the other 5) would be almost certainly top [--] by money even if relegated to the Championship"
X Link 2026-02-09T01:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@DominicKing_DM 5th spot decider last game of the season v Brentford at Anfield too"
X Link 2026-02-09T01:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@polypocketknife Worse much worse- lots of high power folks in the US these days right up to the President seem fine with calling people retards or at least implying it. Itd be an immediate resignation if a senior British business leader or politician said spaz"
X Link 2026-02-09T02:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Sports fans by this definition are like opera fans. The reality is most of us are fans of our teams. I dont spend 8+ hours driving to see the best football game every other week or spend thousands to fly to see the NFL game of the season. I go to see MY team and Ill take a lucky win or a valiant defeat over the best. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020696973108470009 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020696973108470009"
X Link 2026-02-09T03:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Its pretty popular in America too. It wouldnt be a huge surprise if as many Americans watched the World Cup final this year as watched the Superbowl yesterday"
X Link 2026-02-09T09:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Oh no schools which select by academic ability demonstrated by grinding out test scores get filled with kids famous globally for being pushed hard by their families to grind out test scores Grammar schools in the UK appear to be deliberately excluding White pupils This one has been completely captured by Indians to the extent that they are even opening a school in India [---] Indians and [--] British kids The things that go on in our country are absolutely outrageous https://t.co/IXLvyCEKxH Grammar schools in the UK appear to be deliberately excluding White pupils This one has been completely"
X Link 2026-02-09T09:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@nwnatur I think the words you are looking for are white/brown"
X Link 2026-02-09T11:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"It is of course a made up number. Nobody watched in Europe. Almost nobody in Africa and Asia even had a TV to watch it even if they had any idea what the Super Bowl was let alone be tuning in at 1am for the singing in the middle"
X Link 2026-02-10T09:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@peterrhague Ironically most of the ones coming out and not understanding seem to be the ones with the best paying jobs"
X Link 2026-02-10T09:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@Gloshuaslgu @an0n_Nic The government means the taxpayer"
X Link 2026-02-10T12:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@lukas_ohl @babbageismus Its needed grind for decades. Otherwise the entry levels from state primary schools in Kent Bucks etc rather than independent prep schools would be way higher"
X Link 2026-02-10T15:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@DuncanStott I commute from Leeds to Sheffield by car. At rush hour the journey door to door takes 50-55 minutes. In an average car the round trip would take about [---] gallons of petrol. Which is much cheaper than the train even without the journeys at either end to and from the stations"
X Link 2026-02-10T15:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"@secretclubprov Its also not sustainable for society because none of them will be net contributors of tax either"
X Link 2026-02-10T16:22Z [----] followers, 39.4K engagements

"I dont think America is remotely ready for pubs serving cheap booze and food no tips music or TV and children being welcome. I would LOVE a Wetherspoons in America I would LOVE a Wetherspoons in America"
X Link 2026-02-10T16:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@ScepticalSista @lukas_ohl Read this I beg you. They then do a ton of all that other good stuff. But only for the top [---] scoring boys taking the test. https://issuu.com/qebarnet1573/docs/qes_admissions_guide_2026_entryff&hideShareButton=true&backgroundColorFullscreen=%23fff5f5 https://issuu.com/qebarnet1573/docs/qes_admissions_guide_2026_entryff&hideShareButton=true&backgroundColorFullscreen=%23fff5f5"
X Link 2026-02-10T17:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Ive said that throughout. Admissions are 100% academic the schools do other stuff after. That school does a ton of that stuff. If parents dont want them to do it with brown boys thats on them. Its got nothing to do with socialisation concerns. Its a superb school recognised as such. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021289003748593826 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021289003748593826"
X Link 2026-02-10T18:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@MisanthropeGirl @BenRamanauskas Theyll also get to enjoy trying to get to their colleagues in Darlington and discovering its harder from Brum than London"
X Link 2026-02-11T12:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"I think Nicks problem is he really wants to carry on with his white collar job and have a home wife kids etc like folks of his age got to do without thinking about it a generation ago. That can be helped by policies. But not in time for him. He could just go and do fun stuff but doesnt want to"
X Link 2026-02-11T20:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@michael_merrick @SimonMagus @John_Stepek Sadly its about the same in my suburban Leeds local. Unless I get served by one of the longer term bar staff who give me a regulars discount"
X Link 2026-02-12T08:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@emmablack77 @SCynic1 I suspect those folks going round and making lists dont have a DPO and privacy compliance policy. Theres a massive difference between being trained at work on what your employers expectations and processes are and applying that to outside work situations"
X Link 2026-02-12T10:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@emmablack77 @SCynic1 Im just going to laugh darkly at the idea that its not incredibly difficult in practice for political parties to train and police their elected members and volunteers on data privacy"
X Link 2026-02-12T10:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Ive had to choose write or review those as well as the policies and procedures to implement privacy laws in UK EU and the world for companies with the resources and leverage over employees to enforce. Ive also done the same for a big political party at a local level as a volunteer. Which is why I laugh darkly about it. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021895014649901554 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021895014649901554"
X Link 2026-02-12T10:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@emmablack77 @SCynic1 Face to face training is v expensive"
X Link 2026-02-12T11:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@emmablack77 @SCynic1 Both first aid and fire safety awareness are a lot more narrowly defined and capable of being trained by volunteers than GDPR"
X Link 2026-02-12T11:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@surplustakes @WarGit @John_Stepek @ianpacemain All the folks moaning about the unemployability and lack of business skills of graduates probably want Ruskin shut down despite it actually providing popular courses in business and management while valuing Classicists more"
X Link 2026-02-12T16:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@israel_ajoje Stoke City provides free coach travel to all away games"
X Link 2026-02-13T09:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Media narratives are fun. Way back in July I was invited on to Talksport to discuss Brentfords preseason friendly at Gil Vicente and our prospects for the season under Keith Andrews. Theyd had folks like Rory Jennings banging on about us being doomed and how us getting found out for being tinpot was overdue. I said as fans we trusted in the club its processes and judgement. The performance even in that game weeks into KAs time as head coach showed that continuity. Ive not been invited back https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022247233584779489 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022247233584779489"
X Link 2026-02-13T09:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@Funky_Boite @liamb0117 The one that made me laugh the most was years back when the opposition had Steve Mildenhall in goal. Some complete genius started a chant of youre just an airbase in Suffolk"
X Link 2026-02-13T10:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@BR3N7FORD No in reality we gave them the idea in the first place but their fans forgot that bit. Arteta earlier in the week acknowledged it. A lot of their set piece folks are ex-Brentford"
X Link 2026-02-13T10:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Im not sure its accurate to say he ran for leader as a Corbynite. He was when I saw him during the contest quite careful to say Labour should neither trash the achievements of the Blair/Brown governments nor those of Corbyn. In fact Im struck on rereading my thoughts from that time a month after the [----] GE and two months prior to Covid lockdown how consistent he stayed with much of what he said then and how my impressions of the risks he faced from his personality and lack of policy substance have come to pass since he became PM. Long-Bailey was very much the Corbynite alternative."
X Link 2026-02-13T12:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Grr Im annoyed all over again by having lost at home to Forest. Last ten games Brentford an ourselves are the two most in form sides. Thats probably going to go down as a really good point https://t.co/dU6i1Xhcnz Last ten games Brentford an ourselves are the two most in form sides. Thats probably going to go down as a really good point https://t.co/dU6i1Xhcnz"
X Link 2026-02-13T13:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Though what he actually said I think was 50% having some experience of higher education. Which is not the same thing as 50% doing full time degrees. Im not entirely convinced that theres been a big and unjustified increase in graduate only jobs. Police officer is the main one. Regarding nursing etc its really only a rebranding of the higher level qualifications that were always needed and a shift away from them being entirely funded by tax. The loss of graduate premium is far more due to the minimum wage having grown by way more than general wage inflation over the same period. IIRC the"
X Link 2026-02-13T13:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@XO_DYLXN @ChrisMDSmith79 @georgia_wwfc Even that makes no sense when you see how little shirt sales make"
X Link 2026-02-13T18:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@emmablack77 @CarlChambe84398 I think in playing Shag Marry Kill a lot would go for shag and absolutely not marry him. Thats still a big win when a lot of politicians elicit the kill response"
X Link 2026-02-14T11:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Its an incredibly crowded field these days but the actual most irritating thing about American food Twitter is how they call pretty much all types of pasta noodles. made buttered noodles. was $3000 for the ingredients and i had to hire a crime scene clean up crew to take care of the dirty kitchen afterward. all in $4800 https://t.co/lufsvhm1Gl made buttered noodles. was $3000 for the ingredients and i had to hire a crime scene clean up crew to take care of the dirty kitchen afterward. all in $4800 https://t.co/lufsvhm1Gl"
X Link 2026-02-06T21:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@kifatlarge They dont eat tortoises though. I think"
X Link 2026-02-07T09:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@liamb0117 [--] is the best and most fun. But more for those of us who enjoyed lower league football and are not ashamed of those days"
X Link 2026-02-13T09:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"My son and I tried to import it into the Euro final in [----]. The big club/international game fans around us had never heard it but we got our block doing it because it they immediately got it was fun. It is best when it can be followed up by scoring and being able to sing its all your fault"
X Link 2026-02-13T10:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@emmablack77 @walegates IIRC in Kent the majority getting into the grammars have come from private schools"
X Link 2026-02-13T12:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The school in Barnet everyone was losing it over for being filled with Indians gets about a quarter of each year into Oxbridge. Thats Eton level success. And Oxbridge is quite well-known for its interview process looking a long way past the bare grades. As they also get 85% of all their A Levels at A or A* the rest are also very likely to get into top universities. It is possible their rugby teams not what it once was. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022373588175589799 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022373588175589799"
X Link 2026-02-13T18:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Yes- I think what it is most likely to do is lead to good firms getting juniors still to do work AI could do because otherwise theyll not have their next generation. Itll take out some jobs but probably drive up prices among the better firms. Much as juniors at the Big Law firms have long done automatable stuff but still been paid six figure starting salaries for it because theyre learning. It may kill off the billable hour"
X Link 2026-02-13T18:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@Zaphod2042 I had a BMW M440i [--] door coupe. V fast nice engine noise adults could fit the back seat boot big and with seats folded could bring an [--] foot Xmas tree home. Theres a cabrio and smaller engines if you want"
X Link 2026-02-13T21:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@emmablack77 @andrew_lilico @SteveBakerFRSA There are a lot of very odd and misguided people with big youtube viewing figures. There are even more sensible people who have no more of an audience for their views than their friends and family. Many of whom dont even spend much time listening to them"
X Link 2026-02-14T20:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@fredsoda Also I suspect the Ivy League Asians arent mucking around majoring in History"
X Link 2026-02-14T22:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Lovely reminiscences from an underrated key player in the team and a key part of the clubs culture and history. I imagine the journey is one which his [--] year old self could barely have imagined. If KOC were ever to leave the club itd be like the ravens leaving the Tower 👑🐝 Kevin OConnor made his Brentford debut on this day in [----] Kevin played [---] games for us and has since become a key member of our first-team coaching staff In a letter to his 17-year-old self Kevin reflects on the moments and people that have shaped his life in football 👑🐝 Kevin OConnor made his Brentford debut on this"
X Link 2026-02-15T11:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@tomhfh @LaurenMaeve Relative poverty is even sillier because x10 everyones income increases it and x0.5 reduces it"
X Link 2026-02-15T12:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"I think almost all of the public sector productivity issues are manifestations of making them do more work to achieve the same outcomes. So streamlining the processes and considerations immigration officials have to do would help a lot. But the logistical side would need many more people to carry it out at least in the short to medium term to clear the backlog. I dont think anyones at all bothered about taking that stuff seriously as a practical issue. Which is why some just moan about why we dont simply sink the boats and machine gun the survivors"
X Link 2026-02-15T14:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Yes across everything weve just piled on more policies for public sector workers to implement. Individually most have some merit and many would poll strongly but the impact on the core work and trade offs are largely ignored. But I think the only leader whos attempted to raise the concept of trade offs is Kemi and unfortunately its just a bit too dull and pragmatic a line to compete with the general desire for simple solutions and common sense. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023051369628807376 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023051369628807376"
X Link 2026-02-15T15:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Im repeatedly surprised that Wegg-Prosser is a real familys name and not just something silly invented by PG Wodehouse"
X Link 2026-02-06T15:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@CFCDray @Amandjnx Nice for the fans and the players. Less nice for a club which not long after went down to L1 where its spent most seasons since 2013"
X Link 2026-02-14T17:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"The weird thing is since Otley Road got narrowed so cars are stuck behind buses and the bike lanes put in it has become less congested. The thing Leeds lacks is cross town and radial bus routes (eg I often go from Far Headingley to Horsforth but car/taxi is the only way). But even those are much lower volume than would merit BRT or trams. There would be merit in extending rail out to the new developments earmarked for East Leeds Orbital. Faster transit from Otley via Bramhope too (eg the original Headingley tram route extended out and to take in the airport). But those are decades away from"
X Link 2026-02-14T21:19Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"If English football wanted to level things financially between clubs benefit fans and remove the divide between the Big [--] and the Other [--] there is one simple solution. Share gate receipts for league matches as happened in the EFL until the early 80s"
X Link 2026-02-14T21:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@NABurkinshaw I dont know whether there are vacancies or what the current conditions are like but son and I had a nice ski weekend in Glenshee when he was [--]. https://botzarelli.wordpress.com/2014/03/20/ski-glenshee-a-weekend-adventure/ https://botzarelli.wordpress.com/2014/03/20/ski-glenshee-a-weekend-adventure/"
X Link 2026-02-15T12:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@Heccles94 The super fun bit here is that our modern day ethno-nationalists want to go more generations back than those laws in their test for Britishness"
X Link 2026-02-15T12:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

"Yes- I did a fag packet calc of the actual choice I made as a [--] year old civil service lawyer in [--] between fully funding a years postgrad at Oxford and buying a [--] bed flat with parking in Camden. Either would today require a salary well over 150k from graduation to have saved for plus help from mum and dad. My old job now pays about 47k (and much less the previous [--] years)"
X Link 2026-02-15T13:32Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@jonharland_ I think hell have a not for sale sign on him so itd take a very high first offer to even open a discussion. I think thatd have to be way above what Mbeumo went for. Particularly if hes made it to Brazils world cup team and performed well"
X Link 2026-02-15T13:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@CarlChambe84398 Schengen not such an issue as you can still have border controls for security and public health. It might actually end the small boat crossings by enabling us to put illegals back on the plane ferry etc they came in on. If we could be bothered in practice"
X Link 2026-02-15T14:32Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@OrganisedPauper It probably predates this but I think it was done a lot in the protests about Sarah Everards murder to focus on her as a person rather than on her murderer"
X Link 2026-02-15T14:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@LukeSmith050825 @ColeFusionHQ Id hazard a guess also that while parents of high attendance high engagement kids would love to take cheaper term time holidays the vast majority dont because they see a less fancy holiday as part of supporting their kids and they understand the value of attendance at school"
X Link 2026-02-15T17:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@OrganisedPauper @bugsandfishes Paternal- [--] who survived to adulthood (and all lived into at least their 80s) several more who didnt. Maternal [--] and one who died as an infant. I have a LOT of cousins"
X Link 2026-02-15T18:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@CarlChambe84398 @emmablack77 Also if the queue for EU is much shorter and has an immigration officer in the booth just join it with your UK passport. Theyll check it and let you through because they have authority to and its quicker and less hassle for them than pointing you to queue again"
X Link 2026-02-15T19:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@SimonMagus @StevenEdginton The pic is at least one in the eye for our pubs are dying because of brown people being offended by alcohol"
X Link 2026-02-15T21:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"Playing to the important pudgy cab drivers wanting to find a Thai bride demographic. Restore Britain will ease fees and rules around spouse visas. If a British man or woman wants to raise a family in Britain with their foreign spouse we will support that. We will make it easier quicker cheaper. Foreign wives and husbands will not be treated like fraudsters Restore Britain will ease fees and rules around spouse visas. If a British man or woman wants to raise a family in Britain with their foreign spouse we will support that. We will make it easier quicker cheaper. Foreign wives and husbands"
X Link 2026-02-16T09:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@RoundhouseSmc @Heccles94 Fine with that. Can still be British though"
X Link 2026-02-16T11:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@WolfOfClapham Very simple to do by just mandating the use of the existing range of Sharia compliant financial products. Not sure thats quite what theyre aiming at though"
X Link 2026-02-16T11:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@RoundhouseSmc @Heccles94 How about this Grandparents ethnically Indian all British citizens from birth. Parents British citizens from birth and lived their whole lives in Britain. Would that child be more or less British than your cousin who has one ethnic British grandparent to their zero"
X Link 2026-02-16T12:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@RoundhouseSmc @Heccles94 I dont know the grounds on which your cousin got her passport. Shes not in the UK so it doesnt really matter very much. From those I know whove gone through the naturalisation process passports are simply not handed out like confetti"
X Link 2026-02-16T12:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"True. Though I wonder which ones were now not so keen on so need to downgrade a bit by leaving. But then again I have spent a good chunk of time this morning replying to contract mark ups saying stuff is not applicable or relevant with agree so this is not onerous for you and we will keep it in. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023387572228030565 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023387572228030565"
X Link 2026-02-16T13:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@chrisjlatimer 100% though some also hate other categories of immigrant depending on context (eg last week moving on to Indians for doing too well in 11+ exams and taking up grammar school places)"
X Link 2026-02-16T14:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@FTBLsection Reminds me of when Eriksen joined Brentford. It took a couple of games for team mates to learn that they just needed to learn to get in the right place as hell have already seen where they ought to be running to"
X Link 2026-02-16T15:54Z [----] followers, 14.6K engagements

"I had always assumed the HRA would be repealed as part of it but tbh havent kept up with all the detail. I think itd be far easier and more effective to just repeal the HRA and remove all the causes of action plus ability to strike down infringing rules. The enforcement mechanism in Strasbourg is sufficiently slow expensive and unwieldy that other than under a Starmer with an international law fetish its only exceptionally of use. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023428200802517171 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023428200802517171"
X Link 2026-02-16T16:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@Obs_Martina @JohnPretty2o2o @michael_merrick Yes basically they were getting marginal around the time of WW1 and entirely impractical for most family owners. The Depression probably did for quite a lot more and by the end of WW2 there were shortages both of owners and the people whod previously have been their staff"
X Link 2026-02-16T16:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"Which the ones still in family ownership have been able to do. But when the presumptive heirs who might have built new family wealth and come with fresh ideas got killed in the wars and the domestic staff returned from military service/factories feeling less inclined to be servants it was only going one way. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023435115745927631 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023435115745927631"
X Link 2026-02-16T16:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@BoyGeorgist You mean we arent on the verge of Long-Bailey PM Phew"
X Link 2019-06-12T18:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"What if Williamson just said sod it schools can reopen when they individually feel like it is safe so to give them that full autonomy heres legislation to turn them all into Free Schools The schools tragedy is another example of the uselessness of centralised power - witness the desperate spectacle of Gavin Williamson. What happens next should be the responsibility of people much closer to the ground with the power & initiative to act as they see fit The schools tragedy is another example of the uselessness of centralised power - witness the desperate spectacle of Gavin Williamson. What"
X Link 2020-06-10T07:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@stephenkinsella Didnt some expert commentators actually say the A50 process had been designed not to be used either"
X Link 2021-07-03T10:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@rob_marchant @SpaJw I just want to see his face at the count after 3"
X Link 2021-09-07T08:19Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@BenWill1973 @rob_marchant @SpaJw Maybe but the diversion of resource from Labour (his and Party loyalist) to fight Islington N will cost dozens of marginals and an increased Tory national majority. Is that cause for a happy face"
X Link 2021-09-07T10:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@BenWill1973 @rob_marchant @SpaJw @UKLabour No win or lose as an indy hed contribute hugely to Boris winning"
X Link 2021-09-07T10:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@BenWill1973 @rob_marchant @SpaJw @UKLabour Dennis Skinner managed to lose to a Tory by over [----] after nearly [--] years so who knows"
X Link 2021-09-07T10:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"To be fair it is better paid than the junior criminal Bar. Casciani Jnr has just complained that the Bar Recruitment Process is really difficult. I explained its so the profession gets the brightest and best. She explained it was for a job pulling pints in her college. Casciani Jnr has just complained that the Bar Recruitment Process is really difficult. I explained its so the profession gets the brightest and best. She explained it was for a job pulling pints in her college"
X Link 2022-09-27T09:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@cjayanetti @francismarshal8 @Calderpeople Would it surprise you if it wasnt the local association and activists but the same folks who were doing such a stellar job in Chesham"
X Link 2022-09-30T08:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@niall_gooch Not just middle class homes. Even US trailer park homes are bigger than our average"
X Link 2023-05-12T12:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@LauraWeldonPCK Replacing the 162bn VAT raises (less amounts from excise goods where presumably youd just raise duty to cover) may be something of a struggle. Would the transparency of a basic rate of tax of 40% be worth it"
X Link 2024-02-20T13:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@PolProfSteve My recollection is as a student finding out I was unlikely to be as good at expressing what my tutors approach to an essay title was as they were and getting it subtly (or worse) wrong would be more irritating to them than just having a go at arguing what I thought"
X Link 2024-05-08T09:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@PolProfSteve Doesnt look sufficiently latina"
X Link 2024-10-23T09:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@btharris93 Even more fun to imagine the Con/Ref/SNP coalition government"
X Link 2024-12-16T19:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

"@bfcgpg @LuisAdrianoUK @BrentfordFC All TAPs gained under Rosenior and Butcher should be multiplied by 10"
X Link 2025-02-12T17:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"@Jackal854 Most people dont realise how complicated interstate trade is in the US (and dare I say it how a lot of the EU stuff they hate is about dealing with those sorts of issues). Eg Ive had contract validity and tax issues with LO based execs being in FL when electronically signing"
X Link 2025-02-14T09:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

"The model is still needed to bring in the next generation. We made 10m losses last two seasons after selling Raya and Toney but would be buying fewer/for less without sales at that level each season. But we need the players to have had time to deliver for us before selling (eg Mbeumo bought [----] Wissa in 2021) and are patient in developing them (eg Damsgaard is great now but written off by many after being bought in [----] and taking time to overcome health issues)"
X Link 2025-02-27T11:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements

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