#  @MarkFaulknerUK Mark Faulkner Mark Faulkner posts on X about elon musk, premier league, tunisia, france the most. They currently have [--] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [--] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: undefined [#](/creator/twitter::1805564663540674560/interactions)  - [--] Week [-----] -11% - [--] Months [-----] -14% - [--] Year [-----] -75% ### Mentions: undefined [#](/creator/twitter::1805564663540674560/posts_active)  ### Followers: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::1805564663540674560/followers)  - [--] Week [--] -1.70% - [--] Months [--] +5.50% - [--] Year [--] +61% ### CreatorRank: undefined [#](/creator/twitter::1805564663540674560/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [celebrities](/list/celebrities) 11% [countries](/list/countries) 7% [finance](/list/finance) 7% [us election](/list/us-election) 3% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 3% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) 2% [currencies](/list/currencies) 2% [social networks](/list/social-networks) 2% [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies) 1% [premier league](/list/premier-league) 1% **Social topic influence** [elon musk](/topic/elon-musk) 8%, [premier league](/topic/premier-league) 4%, [tunisia](/topic/tunisia) 2%, [france](/topic/france) 2%, [germany](/topic/germany) 2%, [euro](/topic/euro) 2%, [superior](/topic/superior) 2%, [i dont](/topic/i-dont) 2%, [insurance](/topic/insurance) 2%, [donald trump](/topic/donald-trump) 2% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@andrewlilico](/creator/undefined) [@rajsinghchohan](/creator/undefined) [@julianhjessop](/creator/undefined) [@grok](/creator/undefined) [@danjsalt](/creator/undefined) [@theathleticfc](/creator/undefined) [@terraorbust](/creator/undefined) [@pranav](/creator/undefined) [@alternativesay](/creator/undefined) [@kinlochleven7](/creator/undefined) [@politlcsuk](/creator/undefined) [@yougov](/creator/undefined) [@ebl2017](/creator/undefined) [@jfwduffield](/creator/undefined) [@johnrentoul](/creator/undefined) [@adamclery](/creator/undefined) [@intocryptoverse](/creator/undefined) [@jamesmelville](/creator/undefined) [@keirstarmer](/creator/undefined) [@elonmusk](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Bitcoin (BTC)](/topic/bitcoin) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "@EBL2017 Big fan of yours but "genius" for Kobbie Mainoo is definitely straying well into the realms of hyperbole . He's a decent Premier League player who plays tidily and aesthetically. I wouldn't call Mo Salah in his pomp a genius. George Best or Marathon.yes" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/2021643488790770055) 2026-02-11T17:52Z [--] followers, [----] engagements "@b0n0myt1res @JamesKanag @FinallyBennett Labour won a [---] majority because people hated the Tories. Most people didn't know or care what Labour were doing and Labour did their best not to speak about any actual policies during the campaign. I say this as someone who equally dislikes Lab and Con (politically homeless)" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1842490972476723673) 2024-10-05T09:04Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Aella_Girl You should go on a Roman themed holiday in Tunisia. I took my dad last year. Incredible sights and history with a fraction of the tourists in Rome / Italy and better weather" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1842630622449443065) 2024-10-05T18:19Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "This is the sort of thing I'd expect Boris Johnson to say (not including a policy in the manifesto then say you're doing it because you promised a celeb chum) and can you imagine the noise if he had done. They're all as bad as each other. #politically_homeless "I made a promise to Esther Rantzen before the election that we would provide time for a debate and a vote on assisted dying" Keir Starmer says "I'm very pleased" that I'm able to "make good" on that promise the prime minister adds https://t.co/Rk9qD1dqS7 https://t.co/0EBERa4tca "I made a promise to Esther Rantzen before the election" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1842632313043116103) 2024-10-05T18:25Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "I'm a massive Cole Palmer fan but this is a clear case of recency bias. Bellingham should have won this award by miles. He did it in far bigger games against better opponents and he wasn't his team's main penalty taker. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cvgl13ve0v2o https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cvgl13ve0v2o" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1843764661214425112) 2024-10-08T21:25Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@jfwduffield Especially after Labour were so unusually holier than thou for all the years of Starmer as Leader of the Opposition. They've made a rod for their own back with their short term thinking" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1843940912428364264) 2024-10-09T09:05Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@WilliamGMurray @JohnRentoul My best guess is a hung parliament next election. More because Labour are useless than because the Tories are good. The Tories in power for at least [--] years was the majority view in early [----]. (I'm politically homeless so this is not a partisan view)" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1844036277202727100) 2024-10-09T15:24Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@julianHjessop Labour say they're putting growth first while also doing this" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1844316841734529328) 2024-10-10T09:59Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Danjsalt The hysteria about Elon Musk by supposedly clever people is pretty embarrassing (or should be). He's an eccentric billionaire who does and says some amazing things and also does and says some strange things. What's the big deal Just ignore him if needed" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1844717948964925881) 2024-10-11T12:33Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Danjsalt @BieberDmorison @anglofutures The only valid comparisons are to France and Germany" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1845327327640592664) 2024-10-13T04:54Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Petersbrooking @Madz_Grant They only won because the Tories were so diabolically bad. All Labour did was not talk about policies. Nothing clever there: just what every opposition does. They've been inept since they got into power. He's a rubbish politician" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1845594322030203008) 2024-10-13T22:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "My view is that none of the women's England team and none of the public gave a damn when they won Euro [----] with a foreign manager. I hope Tuchel does well nothing against him but I think its embarrassing for a supposed proper football nation to appoint a foreign manager and its a sudden change by the FA that feels weak on their part. Does Tuchel care about the long term health of English football I hope Tuchel does well nothing against him but I think its embarrassing for a supposed proper football nation to appoint a foreign manager and its a sudden change by the FA that feels weak on their" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1846269480722485388) 2024-10-15T19:18Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@AdamClery I didn't see anyone complaining when England women won Euro [----] with a foreign manager. The double standards are frankly embarrassing at best" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1846314837715857792) 2024-10-15T22:18Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@K_Niemietz You've annexed our national team's management position" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1846607784399208867) 2024-10-16T17:42Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@intocryptoverse Because you forgot you weren't making a Bitcoin dominance video" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1846608694257099015) 2024-10-16T17:46Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@RobBourke @Born_Free_2024 @JamesMelville Trump was mostly a non event apart from when he turned bad loser after the [----] election. If he wins this time then that problem is removed from the equation. I wouldn't want him as a candidate but the hysteria about him (not saying you're in that camp) is quite remarkable" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1847024709835096290) 2024-10-17T21:19Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@UxbEconomist07 Fair comment. I think they've reflected and improved a lot this year. They're more about winning than 'we're here to entertain first and win second'. But being able to grind through the toughest situations with the bat is something they still need to improve" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1849848683287937342) 2024-10-25T16:21Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@kingjojoo352 @rajsinghchohan @nonewthing Respectfully disagree about Kudus. He was always obviously going to be elite (even before West Ham bought him). FAR superior to Diaz and Gakpo for a bargain price. Going to be world class. Agree on how great Guimares would have been though" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1850677180805607728) 2024-10-27T23:13Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@oflynnsocial Sadly I don't agree even though your article was well written. I'd like to see Labour and the Tories both destroyed but I think it's far too early to believe that will happen imminently. I think a completely different challenger party is needed to break the two-party system" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1850679602173141211) 2024-10-27T23:22Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@jdportes If this was a trading chart people would be talking about it being "about to break down". Looks very ominous either way" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1850921632396636539) 2024-10-28T15:24Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@RMcGreevy1301 @joerogan This is like telling a barber who always cuts hair in a certain style to do it in a different way just for you. Just go to a different barber whose style suits you better" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1851511051126255712) 2024-10-30T06:26Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Keir_Starmer It just sounds like more of the same to me. Hardly any fundamental difference between Labour and the Tories since [----]. I hope you'll actually properly try to tackle root causes of the biggest issues (definitely not too little government spending). Good luck" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1851566026967716033) 2024-10-30T10:05Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@AndrewBrookLdn @mragilligan I'm no fan of the Tories but please let's not defend Labour for charging poor people more for bus fares than the Tories would have done if they'd won. Pretty shameful" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1851726231340761399) 2024-10-30T20:41Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "Reeves said this herself in the summer. I don't like politicians egregiously lying to the public whether they be Labour or Tory (Sunak did in his rebuttal albeit on a noticeably smaller scale than Reeves). I still dream of a new better option coming along. Rachel Reeves's 25billion national insurance rise for employers will be paid for by workers Paul Johnson of the IFS says 'These tax rises party explain why the OBR has downgraded its projections for real household income growth over the next few years. Somebody will pay for Rachel Reeves's 25billion national insurance rise for employers" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1851918558244032722) 2024-10-31T09:26Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@julianHjessop @12stringsolo I downloaded the manifesto to check a while back. Labour explicitly said they wouldn't raise National Insurance and made no distinction between Employer or Employee NI" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1852352422351393193) 2024-11-01T14:10Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "Seems like a bit of a more extreme outlier this poll - but even if it's a few points off Labour's fall in popularity has been shockingly fast. (I still broadly feel they and the Tories are very similar though both in policies and lack of enthusiasm for them) 📊 Conservative lead at 1pt Westminster voting intention CON: 29% (+4) LAB: 28% (-2) REF: 17% (-3) LDEM: 13% (-) GRN: 8% (+1) via @BMGResearch [--] - [--] Oct https://t.co/3dBcfovaEx 📊 Conservative lead at 1pt Westminster voting intention CON: 29% (+4) LAB: 28% (-2) REF: 17% (-3) LDEM: 13% (-) GRN: 8% (+1) via @BMGResearch [--] - [--] Oct" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1852477816123613552) 2024-11-01T22:28Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@realhansard True but this version of the Labour Party (competence and political skill) isn't fit to shine the Blair government's shoes. In all honesty it probably wouldn't make much difference either way who won. Labour are going to self-destruct. It's just a question of how badly" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1852680414311145914) 2024-11-02T11:53Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@clim8resistance I'm willing to keep an open mind but I'm far from convinced that any leader could fashion the current Tory Party into something even vaguely useful. They're much more likely to get back into power due to Labour being similarly inept than for anything they do themselves" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1852685603885789280) 2024-11-02T12:14Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@PetroNicolaides @Keir_Starmer @UKLabour Racist behaviour. Let's be clear. It was a racist remark (in multiple dimensions). Does Labour allow racist tweeting now That's the question. (and the same rules should apply to the Tories)" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1852807062977184015) 2024-11-02T20:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@susie_dent I think the word of the day is 'hysteria'. It was equally true of the anguished people when Biden won" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1854088451366199331) 2024-11-06T09:08Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@_7347_ @rajsinghchohan @RozhShexa @KonateFC Your own opinion contradicts your opening sentence. And you're wrong about why I don't rate him. So where's your evidence that's the reason other people feel like me Your debating style is to just make one unproven assertion after another. I'm not interested in that. Mute time" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1854471170227064867) 2024-11-07T10:29Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@lewis_goodall Doesn't Morgan McSweeney do very similar things for Keir Starmer What's the fundamental difference" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1856768781034397829) 2024-11-13T18:39Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@elonmusk I've been telling everyone I know (and get to know) about Gell-Mann Amnesia for years now. Brexit (here in the UK) is what first made me realise it; then everything with Donald Trump in the US just reinforced it" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1861434268372623783) 2024-11-26T15:38Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@DaveAtherton20 @jonsopel I think it was the Russians Elon Musk and Cambridge Analytica" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1861483158924849339) 2024-11-26T18:52Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Danjsalt @mpblackman1 I don't think Haigh should have resigned for something that happened [--] years ago that Starmer knows about in [----]. Reeves should definitely resign though" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1862428438767747502) 2024-11-29T09:28Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@andrew_lilico @JohnRentoul @MooseAllain 'The Chain' is an amazing song. I think that might have inspired 'Am I Getting Through' by Sheryl Crow which is a bit of a hidden two-part gem. There is another Fleetwood Mac candidate though: 'Oh Well'" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1864547069391728995) 2024-12-05T05:47Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@andrew_lilico They also predicted a massive stock market crash. Even Standard and Poor Moody's and Fitch did that. Brexit economic forecasts were a great example of excessive bias invalidating expertise. (Patrick Minford being a good example of the opposite extreme)" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1869632205435421099) 2024-12-19T06:33Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@mattsquair @GeorgyKantor @yuanyi_z [--] years minimum snowflake" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1869782286859923753) 2024-12-19T16:30Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Aiannucci I often disagree with things Elon Musk says but didn't a bunch of Labour MPs go and campaign for the Democrats in this year's US presidential election" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1875321165037891823) 2025-01-03T23:19Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@jfwduffield He and so many others have gone completely gaga about Elon Musk. Their reactions are multiple levels above disproportionate given he has next to zero impact on UK politics" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1875321754564096307) 2025-01-03T23:22Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@francessmith @andrew_lilico Yes. I think Elon Musk is just a parent who's reacting very emotionally to a truly terrible thing" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1875959736849625598) 2025-01-05T17:37Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@andrew_lilico I think you're right. The Labour Party are more continuity Conservative Party than anything else: the Tories would have done some things a bit better and some things a bit worse but similarly badly overall" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1876922945316036763) 2025-01-08T09:24Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@afneil You forgot Elon Musk Donald Trump and the Russians" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1876926754595475901) 2025-01-08T09:39Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@stphnmaher A 2% one-off hit to the economy is wrecking it As well as a massively bigger economic impact he was predicting a recession house market crash etc.none of that happened either" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1879809553447190772) 2025-01-16T08:34Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@stphnmaher @GeoffRuss3 Now do Germany and France" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1879809694828785850) 2025-01-16T08:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@intocryptoverse Not knocking people who know what they're doing with trading meme coins (albeit it won't be many) but it's depressing that they even exist. They're such a waste of human time and resources. They're not even "fun". Fun is a quality sitcom or comic book" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1880912090157973699) 2025-01-19T09:36Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@ShepherdWales @Fox_Claire @hoylakewsnc I remember after they had so many votes on "the form of Brexit" with customs union as an option that a large number of MPs then had a training session. The topic 'Introduction to customs unions'. Most MPs have only a narrow sliver of knowledge at best like the rest of us" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1880915828520165484) 2025-01-19T09:50Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@GavinBarwell Pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement is very different from refusing to do anything about climate change. I'd argue it actually helps do something in the longer term. The current approach is fatally flawed and very likely to backfire in a seriously counterproductive way" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1881681014986338532) 2025-01-21T12:31Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@ZubyMusic You could have been the greatest female meme coiner" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1884625629498224873) 2025-01-29T15:32Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@EllStats How do you explain that some POC groups are massively overachieving compared to White British men while others are massively underachieving Do you think employers check whether someone is West African vs Caribbean or something Or Indian vs Pakistani" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1895169004857110560) 2025-02-27T17:47Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "Hello Ser Crown @KrownCryptoCave as an English guy who lives in unusual countries myself (currently in Albania previously in Tunisia etc) I'd be interested in your take on why people think the Finns are so happy when your experience is the opposite. https://www.perplexity.ai/search/7f7858db-bb82-4909-8339-db330be6cfac https://www.perplexity.ai/search/7f7858db-bb82-4909-8339-db330be6cfac" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1902644232839406052) 2025-03-20T08:51Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@AdamJoseph____ @StuntPegg I think this one is quite easy. Just look at the stats. Ronaldo no question the better player / career overall. Salah no question a bigger impact on the Premier League. Most of Ronaldo's best seasons were after he left Man Utd" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1904206109209972959) 2025-03-24T16:18Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@SamHartford9 @TerraOrBust I spent over [----] hours researching and making a neutral informational website for the EU ref with a panel of [--] Remain and [--] Leave voters who *all* had to approve information before it got on the site. So I can guarantee I know as much as anyone on this topic" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1907508836568637578) 2025-04-02T19:02Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@SamHartford9 @TerraOrBust According to academic papers in the EU's own archives what is the estimated *permanent* negative impact on economies of Lithuania & Latvia because of mass migration due to freedom of movement My proposal for balanced freedom of movement would have solved all its major issues" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1907509346138767401) 2025-04-02T19:04Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@ChrisTheShrew @LynnDance3 @andrew_lilico @JamesMelville @TerraOrBust Billions will not die. Please read the UN's IPCC (as I have) and quote me the section where it says they will. You might be as pleasantly surprised as I was to see the actual forecast impacts. That doesn't mean we shouldn't do anything btw. But let's do it proportionately" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1916139631285805175) 2025-04-26T14:37Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@SocialM85897396 @KathrynPorter26 @dougie507 @AdrianRamsay @Nigel_Farage @reformparty_uk Ad hominem attacks like this are both tedious and useless. Instamute for being a total waste of space" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1928306645555192258) 2025-05-30T04:25Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Le11Parisien @rajsinghchohan @Nyanni237 @TheAthleticFC Go and check David Beckham's treatment when he was England's golden boy. The press were on him *all the time* trying to dig up dirt etc. It's a story as old as time" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1932885664258818122) 2025-06-11T19:40Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@EBL2017 It's 100M but I take your point" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1936246988363743370) 2025-06-21T02:17Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@LFCTransferRoom He's not athletic enough to be elite. He's not top Premier League quality. Classic to overrated the importance of international matches on player analysis" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1937996579601846507) 2025-06-25T22:09Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@WirtzXTR_ @Madridhater @static_K @AnfieldSector He's turning [--] in September so will only have one contract; he's always been injury prone and the financial cost is huge. The time to buy him was back in [----]. Businesses have to include risk as part of their decision-making. I just don't see this signing happening" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1938521345362678094) 2025-06-27T08:54Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@___pranav R9 at his peak was definitely better than Henry - who by the way is also one of my favourite players. It's like saying Messi is better than Zidane: both incredible but one is a bit better than the other" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1938894579069333913) 2025-06-28T09:37Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "Ronaldo R9 pre-knee injuries was almost unstoppable. I'll never get tired of watching his 96-97 season goals. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=9TC8l1kAGKQ @___pranav R9 at his peak was definitely better than Henry - who by the way is also one of my favourite players. It's like saying Messi is better than Zidane: both incredible but one is a bit better than the other. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=9TC8l1kAGKQ @___pranav R9 at his peak was definitely better than Henry - who by the way is also one of my favourite players. It's like saying Messi is better than Zidane: both incredible but one is a" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1938904057520722212) 2025-06-28T10:15Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@___pranav So tricky. I like Raj's midfield three but there's a case for Iniesta to play in some situations. How about you" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1938953913568199015) 2025-06-28T13:33Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@LFCTransferRoom Doesn't make sense to sign Isak next year (and arguably not even this year). He'd be [--] is injury prone would only get [--] years before hitting [--] with potentially no resale value" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1939547005652746700) 2025-06-30T04:50Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@OmarWaraich @yuanyi_z An advisory opinion from judges including from Russia and China that ignored the actual people of Chagos and made up some nonsense about Mauritius having rights to an island that never belonged to them. But other than that absolutely brilliant and credible" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1939787988294410660) 2025-06-30T20:47Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@Goldbirdwing By far the main problem with Truss's budget was the insane spending on supporting energy bills. Please point out in this article where he talks about doing things like that. Also the Bank of England admitted afterwards that over half the fallout was their fault" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1940516936317915534) 2025-07-02T21:04Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@rajsinghchohan @cricvizanalyst @ethan_speedy He's doing a Graeme Smith: massively raising his game after becoming captain" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1940701649418522750) 2025-07-03T09:18Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@PSGINT_ @MusialaEra What's happening to the Uighurs is far worse than what's happening in Palestine: slave labour camps organ harvesting mass rapes and cold blooded murder religious repression brain washing schools. And nobody gives the slightest damn" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1940869325755392144) 2025-07-03T20:24Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@KieranMaguire @left_unheard Good chance they'll make the Premier League less competitive which means less money which eventually leads to more teams lower in the pyramid going bust not less; and an inferior product to watch etc etc. Could write an essay on the possibilities" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1942667875220701569) 2025-07-08T19:31Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@left_unheard @KieranMaguire I hope you're right. I don't believe you will be. There'll soon be scope creep and all manner of crap is going to happen. Just one example: look at what politicians have done to the similarly popular / political hot potato of the NHS. I know you mean well though. All the best" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1942704637045580058) 2025-07-08T21:57Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@rajsinghchohan @ImMoohan @David_Ornstein @TheAthleticFC Love him. I thought Liverpool should've bought him from Ajax as cover for both flanks and a potential LW starter. Spurs getting a player above their current level = top signing" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1943062438355833227) 2025-07-09T21:39Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@rajsinghchohan @PremLeaguePanel Raj is there a way you can think of to fit both Palmer and Saka in the starting England XI against top opposition Seems a shame to waste one but I can't see how to make it work and keep the side balanced. (against low block lesser teams Jude and Palmer as two 8/10s in a box)" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1944491445131645310) 2025-07-13T20:17Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@SiouxsieShoo @bbctms What's my definition of prime talent Please demonstrate your mind reading abilities so I can marvel and feel awe at your superior nature" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1945066737612861678) 2025-07-15T10:23Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@AFCAMDEN I'm not even an Arsenal fan but he looks like he could be incredible. What a production line of left footers you've had from your academy in recent years. Madness" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1949802480801300784) 2025-07-28T12:01Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@AnfieldSector @AdamP1242 Every club's fans do this. I bet you they were saying the same thing about Trent" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1953117848957600150) 2025-08-06T15:35Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@Mobyhaque1 Isak a luxury signing. I'd prioritise: [--]. A [--] who can defend well and play line breaking passes. [--]. A quality forward who can play all across the front three. [--]. A reserve CB with high potential. These are all significant squad holes" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1954671229610172707) 2025-08-10T22:28Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@typofoto Depends what you use it for. I'd say it's rubbish at most things and brilliant for a tiny subset of things - so just use it for those" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1954885887659286890) 2025-08-11T12:41Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@FennellJW @Goodbob888 @julianHjessop The underlying issues are primal and therefore unchangeable at scale. Put people in a situation of unbalanced power Vs accountability and where excessive self sacrifice is needed to make good societal decisions and almost none of us can do it very well" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1956236737601994780) 2025-08-15T06:09Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@FennellJW @Goodbob888 @julianHjessop Which is why the private sector where accountability is much more significant on average (because investors and customers don't want to lose money) and they don't usually have power over their fellow citizens* is mostly far more productive than the public sector" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1956237181200293924) 2025-08-15T06:11Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@AdamClery Your YouTube video on the Isak saga was top notch 🎩" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1960023023089746329) 2025-08-25T16:54Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@InksterJamie @TalkinTactics @CFCDaily @TheAthleticFC Bad profile for Chelsea. He really needs to play in a midfield three. He's neither an ideal double pivot player nor an ideal [--] but should be a brilliant [--] in a three-man midfield" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1960710055315030077) 2025-08-27T14:24Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@InksterJamie @TalkinTactics @CFCDaily @TheAthleticFC He'd be a great Newcastle signing. Fits Howe's system miles better than Maresca's or Amorim's" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1960710265680335076) 2025-08-27T14:25Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Tactx_ This is why I don't like Spence and Livramento being LB options for England. Good players but the balance isn't right if Rashford Gordon Eze or Rogers are LW with them playing" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1961747456414142626) 2025-08-30T11:06Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@grok @alternativesay @kinlochleven7 @PolitlcsUK @YouGov This doesn't include grid rebalancing costs. Or real strike prices being higher than idealistic models" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1961921762431516913) 2025-08-30T22:39Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@grok @alternativesay @kinlochleven7 @PolitlcsUK @YouGov No it doesn't. That is factually wrong. It's strike prices agreed with suppliers" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1961922365043953919) 2025-08-30T22:41Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@grok @alternativesay @kinlochleven7 @PolitlcsUK @YouGov Wholesale gas prices are broadly at [----] levels yet the UK price cap is much higher than then" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1961923048254079217) 2025-08-30T22:44Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@grok Thank you for admitting I was right. The wholesale price is about 10% higher than when the cap was introduced but the cap price has gone up by around 50%" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1961925391737557464) 2025-08-30T22:53Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@SamMcGuire90 Plus a loan fee" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1962513683302523231) 2025-09-01T13:51Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@julianHjessop Fact checking that guy must be exhausting. Does he ever post anything that's accurate I've muted him now but I appreciate your efforts Julian" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/2017165539768984029) 2026-01-30T09:18Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@rajsinghchohan @TouchlineX The risk is that they might eventually start putting players off joining them. Generally I think they overdo this approach. They should focus more on signing players who raise the level of the first team" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/2018660262056964405) 2026-02-03T12:18Z [--] followers, [----] engagements "@tw_pjm @Gillibrand2000 @DanielJHannan I'm guessing it was a Truth Social post then as it's not on his Twitter" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/2019481426677117308) 2026-02-05T18:41Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@grok You just confirmed to me in a Grok app chat that the extra costs because of renewables are [---] per household. Based on figures you methodically verified" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1961931873208193244) 2025-08-30T23:19Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@SteveDavies365 @graemearcher I disagree about the initial response being correct. We threw out hundreds of years of best practice response based on the behaviour of an authoritarian government. 1/2" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1986986158849503451) 2025-11-08T02:36Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@SteveDavies365 @graemearcher My initial reaction was that it was the right thing to do but I didn't know anything about historical pandemic management in March [----]. Sweden's approach as a maximum next time please. 2/2" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1986986441277083884) 2025-11-08T02:37Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@CryptoDonAlt @aibra No alt coins I know of have a real use case other than making the founders rich. Their products would also probably function better if they didn't have the distraction of a pointless crypto asset and focused on the pure tech" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1988192618443161923) 2025-11-11T10:30Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@HarryStebbings @DanielPriestley Come back to me when you've invested $135M 😜" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1998659162251972670) 2025-12-10T07:40Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@andrew_lilico @elonmusk I disagree with this definition of the EU Commission. It has powers that are a mixture of a Civil Service Lower Chamber Upper Chamber and appointed Revising Chamber. The Civil Service don't initiate legislation for example and only the EU Commission can do that in the EU" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1998776715833667968) 2025-12-10T15:27Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@andrew_lilico If I remember right you're a fellow Dark fan aren't you Andrew That must. I'd probably have that Yes Prime Minister and Blackadder in my top [--]. Great shout for Life on Earth btw. They don't make 'em like that anymore" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1999073326564880893) 2025-12-11T11:06Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@andrew_lilico Oh I was just including all those series under Yes Prime Minister for brevity. I thought you'd have Dark in your top [--]. Then again so many good series over the years. Mine would be more comedy centric than most (Parks & Rec 3rd Rock Red Dwarf IT Crowd etc)" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/1999082513655042341) 2025-12-11T11:43Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@ShipleyWrites @Danjsalt @anxietymsgs This resonates with me. I was really ill and bed bound with post viral syndrome for over [--] months last year. At first it was incredibly boring and frustrating but I came to value the time massively reflected and grew. It might end up being the most important [--] months of my life" [X Link](https://x.com/MarkFaulknerUK/status/2001151805632471452) 2025-12-17T04:45Z [--] followers, [--] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
@MarkFaulknerUK Mark FaulknerMark Faulkner posts on X about elon musk, premier league, tunisia, france the most. They currently have [--] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [--] engagements in the last [--] hours.
Social category influence celebrities 11% countries 7% finance 7% us election 3% technology brands 3% travel destinations 2% currencies 2% social networks 2% cryptocurrencies 1% premier league 1%
Social topic influence elon musk 8%, premier league 4%, tunisia 2%, france 2%, germany 2%, euro 2%, superior 2%, i dont 2%, insurance 2%, donald trump 2%
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @andrewlilico @rajsinghchohan @julianhjessop @grok @danjsalt @theathleticfc @terraorbust @pranav @alternativesay @kinlochleven7 @politlcsuk @yougov @ebl2017 @jfwduffield @johnrentoul @adamclery @intocryptoverse @jamesmelville @keirstarmer @elonmusk
Top assets mentioned Bitcoin (BTC)
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"@EBL2017 Big fan of yours but "genius" for Kobbie Mainoo is definitely straying well into the realms of hyperbole . He's a decent Premier League player who plays tidily and aesthetically. I wouldn't call Mo Salah in his pomp a genius. George Best or Marathon.yes"
X Link 2026-02-11T17:52Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"@b0n0myt1res @JamesKanag @FinallyBennett Labour won a [---] majority because people hated the Tories. Most people didn't know or care what Labour were doing and Labour did their best not to speak about any actual policies during the campaign. I say this as someone who equally dislikes Lab and Con (politically homeless)"
X Link 2024-10-05T09:04Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Aella_Girl You should go on a Roman themed holiday in Tunisia. I took my dad last year. Incredible sights and history with a fraction of the tourists in Rome / Italy and better weather"
X Link 2024-10-05T18:19Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"This is the sort of thing I'd expect Boris Johnson to say (not including a policy in the manifesto then say you're doing it because you promised a celeb chum) and can you imagine the noise if he had done. They're all as bad as each other. #politically_homeless "I made a promise to Esther Rantzen before the election that we would provide time for a debate and a vote on assisted dying" Keir Starmer says "I'm very pleased" that I'm able to "make good" on that promise the prime minister adds https://t.co/Rk9qD1dqS7 https://t.co/0EBERa4tca "I made a promise to Esther Rantzen before the election"
X Link 2024-10-05T18:25Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"I'm a massive Cole Palmer fan but this is a clear case of recency bias. Bellingham should have won this award by miles. He did it in far bigger games against better opponents and he wasn't his team's main penalty taker. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cvgl13ve0v2o https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cvgl13ve0v2o"
X Link 2024-10-08T21:25Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@jfwduffield Especially after Labour were so unusually holier than thou for all the years of Starmer as Leader of the Opposition. They've made a rod for their own back with their short term thinking"
X Link 2024-10-09T09:05Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@WilliamGMurray @JohnRentoul My best guess is a hung parliament next election. More because Labour are useless than because the Tories are good. The Tories in power for at least [--] years was the majority view in early [----]. (I'm politically homeless so this is not a partisan view)"
X Link 2024-10-09T15:24Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@julianHjessop Labour say they're putting growth first while also doing this"
X Link 2024-10-10T09:59Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Danjsalt The hysteria about Elon Musk by supposedly clever people is pretty embarrassing (or should be). He's an eccentric billionaire who does and says some amazing things and also does and says some strange things. What's the big deal Just ignore him if needed"
X Link 2024-10-11T12:33Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Danjsalt @BieberDmorison @anglofutures The only valid comparisons are to France and Germany"
X Link 2024-10-13T04:54Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Petersbrooking @Madz_Grant They only won because the Tories were so diabolically bad. All Labour did was not talk about policies. Nothing clever there: just what every opposition does. They've been inept since they got into power. He's a rubbish politician"
X Link 2024-10-13T22:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"My view is that none of the women's England team and none of the public gave a damn when they won Euro [----] with a foreign manager. I hope Tuchel does well nothing against him but I think its embarrassing for a supposed proper football nation to appoint a foreign manager and its a sudden change by the FA that feels weak on their part. Does Tuchel care about the long term health of English football I hope Tuchel does well nothing against him but I think its embarrassing for a supposed proper football nation to appoint a foreign manager and its a sudden change by the FA that feels weak on their"
X Link 2024-10-15T19:18Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@AdamClery I didn't see anyone complaining when England women won Euro [----] with a foreign manager. The double standards are frankly embarrassing at best"
X Link 2024-10-15T22:18Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@K_Niemietz You've annexed our national team's management position"
X Link 2024-10-16T17:42Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@intocryptoverse Because you forgot you weren't making a Bitcoin dominance video"
X Link 2024-10-16T17:46Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@RobBourke @Born_Free_2024 @JamesMelville Trump was mostly a non event apart from when he turned bad loser after the [----] election. If he wins this time then that problem is removed from the equation. I wouldn't want him as a candidate but the hysteria about him (not saying you're in that camp) is quite remarkable"
X Link 2024-10-17T21:19Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@UxbEconomist07 Fair comment. I think they've reflected and improved a lot this year. They're more about winning than 'we're here to entertain first and win second'. But being able to grind through the toughest situations with the bat is something they still need to improve"
X Link 2024-10-25T16:21Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@kingjojoo352 @rajsinghchohan @nonewthing Respectfully disagree about Kudus. He was always obviously going to be elite (even before West Ham bought him). FAR superior to Diaz and Gakpo for a bargain price. Going to be world class. Agree on how great Guimares would have been though"
X Link 2024-10-27T23:13Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@oflynnsocial Sadly I don't agree even though your article was well written. I'd like to see Labour and the Tories both destroyed but I think it's far too early to believe that will happen imminently. I think a completely different challenger party is needed to break the two-party system"
X Link 2024-10-27T23:22Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@jdportes If this was a trading chart people would be talking about it being "about to break down". Looks very ominous either way"
X Link 2024-10-28T15:24Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@RMcGreevy1301 @joerogan This is like telling a barber who always cuts hair in a certain style to do it in a different way just for you. Just go to a different barber whose style suits you better"
X Link 2024-10-30T06:26Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Keir_Starmer It just sounds like more of the same to me. Hardly any fundamental difference between Labour and the Tories since [----]. I hope you'll actually properly try to tackle root causes of the biggest issues (definitely not too little government spending). Good luck"
X Link 2024-10-30T10:05Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@AndrewBrookLdn @mragilligan I'm no fan of the Tories but please let's not defend Labour for charging poor people more for bus fares than the Tories would have done if they'd won. Pretty shameful"
X Link 2024-10-30T20:41Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"Reeves said this herself in the summer. I don't like politicians egregiously lying to the public whether they be Labour or Tory (Sunak did in his rebuttal albeit on a noticeably smaller scale than Reeves). I still dream of a new better option coming along. Rachel Reeves's 25billion national insurance rise for employers will be paid for by workers Paul Johnson of the IFS says 'These tax rises party explain why the OBR has downgraded its projections for real household income growth over the next few years. Somebody will pay for Rachel Reeves's 25billion national insurance rise for employers"
X Link 2024-10-31T09:26Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@julianHjessop @12stringsolo I downloaded the manifesto to check a while back. Labour explicitly said they wouldn't raise National Insurance and made no distinction between Employer or Employee NI"
X Link 2024-11-01T14:10Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"Seems like a bit of a more extreme outlier this poll - but even if it's a few points off Labour's fall in popularity has been shockingly fast. (I still broadly feel they and the Tories are very similar though both in policies and lack of enthusiasm for them) 📊 Conservative lead at 1pt Westminster voting intention CON: 29% (+4) LAB: 28% (-2) REF: 17% (-3) LDEM: 13% (-) GRN: 8% (+1) via @BMGResearch [--] - [--] Oct https://t.co/3dBcfovaEx 📊 Conservative lead at 1pt Westminster voting intention CON: 29% (+4) LAB: 28% (-2) REF: 17% (-3) LDEM: 13% (-) GRN: 8% (+1) via @BMGResearch [--] - [--] Oct"
X Link 2024-11-01T22:28Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@realhansard True but this version of the Labour Party (competence and political skill) isn't fit to shine the Blair government's shoes. In all honesty it probably wouldn't make much difference either way who won. Labour are going to self-destruct. It's just a question of how badly"
X Link 2024-11-02T11:53Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@clim8resistance I'm willing to keep an open mind but I'm far from convinced that any leader could fashion the current Tory Party into something even vaguely useful. They're much more likely to get back into power due to Labour being similarly inept than for anything they do themselves"
X Link 2024-11-02T12:14Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@PetroNicolaides @Keir_Starmer @UKLabour Racist behaviour. Let's be clear. It was a racist remark (in multiple dimensions). Does Labour allow racist tweeting now That's the question. (and the same rules should apply to the Tories)"
X Link 2024-11-02T20:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@susie_dent I think the word of the day is 'hysteria'. It was equally true of the anguished people when Biden won"
X Link 2024-11-06T09:08Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@7347 @rajsinghchohan @RozhShexa @KonateFC Your own opinion contradicts your opening sentence. And you're wrong about why I don't rate him. So where's your evidence that's the reason other people feel like me Your debating style is to just make one unproven assertion after another. I'm not interested in that. Mute time"
X Link 2024-11-07T10:29Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@lewis_goodall Doesn't Morgan McSweeney do very similar things for Keir Starmer What's the fundamental difference"
X Link 2024-11-13T18:39Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@elonmusk I've been telling everyone I know (and get to know) about Gell-Mann Amnesia for years now. Brexit (here in the UK) is what first made me realise it; then everything with Donald Trump in the US just reinforced it"
X Link 2024-11-26T15:38Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@DaveAtherton20 @jonsopel I think it was the Russians Elon Musk and Cambridge Analytica"
X Link 2024-11-26T18:52Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Danjsalt @mpblackman1 I don't think Haigh should have resigned for something that happened [--] years ago that Starmer knows about in [----]. Reeves should definitely resign though"
X Link 2024-11-29T09:28Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@andrew_lilico @JohnRentoul @MooseAllain 'The Chain' is an amazing song. I think that might have inspired 'Am I Getting Through' by Sheryl Crow which is a bit of a hidden two-part gem. There is another Fleetwood Mac candidate though: 'Oh Well'"
X Link 2024-12-05T05:47Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@andrew_lilico They also predicted a massive stock market crash. Even Standard and Poor Moody's and Fitch did that. Brexit economic forecasts were a great example of excessive bias invalidating expertise. (Patrick Minford being a good example of the opposite extreme)"
X Link 2024-12-19T06:33Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@mattsquair @GeorgyKantor @yuanyi_z [--] years minimum snowflake"
X Link 2024-12-19T16:30Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Aiannucci I often disagree with things Elon Musk says but didn't a bunch of Labour MPs go and campaign for the Democrats in this year's US presidential election"
X Link 2025-01-03T23:19Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@jfwduffield He and so many others have gone completely gaga about Elon Musk. Their reactions are multiple levels above disproportionate given he has next to zero impact on UK politics"
X Link 2025-01-03T23:22Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@francessmith @andrew_lilico Yes. I think Elon Musk is just a parent who's reacting very emotionally to a truly terrible thing"
X Link 2025-01-05T17:37Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@andrew_lilico I think you're right. The Labour Party are more continuity Conservative Party than anything else: the Tories would have done some things a bit better and some things a bit worse but similarly badly overall"
X Link 2025-01-08T09:24Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@afneil You forgot Elon Musk Donald Trump and the Russians"
X Link 2025-01-08T09:39Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@stphnmaher A 2% one-off hit to the economy is wrecking it As well as a massively bigger economic impact he was predicting a recession house market crash etc.none of that happened either"
X Link 2025-01-16T08:34Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@stphnmaher @GeoffRuss3 Now do Germany and France"
X Link 2025-01-16T08:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@intocryptoverse Not knocking people who know what they're doing with trading meme coins (albeit it won't be many) but it's depressing that they even exist. They're such a waste of human time and resources. They're not even "fun". Fun is a quality sitcom or comic book"
X Link 2025-01-19T09:36Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@ShepherdWales @Fox_Claire @hoylakewsnc I remember after they had so many votes on "the form of Brexit" with customs union as an option that a large number of MPs then had a training session. The topic 'Introduction to customs unions'. Most MPs have only a narrow sliver of knowledge at best like the rest of us"
X Link 2025-01-19T09:50Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@GavinBarwell Pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement is very different from refusing to do anything about climate change. I'd argue it actually helps do something in the longer term. The current approach is fatally flawed and very likely to backfire in a seriously counterproductive way"
X Link 2025-01-21T12:31Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@ZubyMusic You could have been the greatest female meme coiner"
X Link 2025-01-29T15:32Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@EllStats How do you explain that some POC groups are massively overachieving compared to White British men while others are massively underachieving Do you think employers check whether someone is West African vs Caribbean or something Or Indian vs Pakistani"
X Link 2025-02-27T17:47Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"Hello Ser Crown @KrownCryptoCave as an English guy who lives in unusual countries myself (currently in Albania previously in Tunisia etc) I'd be interested in your take on why people think the Finns are so happy when your experience is the opposite. https://www.perplexity.ai/search/7f7858db-bb82-4909-8339-db330be6cfac https://www.perplexity.ai/search/7f7858db-bb82-4909-8339-db330be6cfac"
X Link 2025-03-20T08:51Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@AdamJoseph____ @StuntPegg I think this one is quite easy. Just look at the stats. Ronaldo no question the better player / career overall. Salah no question a bigger impact on the Premier League. Most of Ronaldo's best seasons were after he left Man Utd"
X Link 2025-03-24T16:18Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@SamHartford9 @TerraOrBust I spent over [----] hours researching and making a neutral informational website for the EU ref with a panel of [--] Remain and [--] Leave voters who all had to approve information before it got on the site. So I can guarantee I know as much as anyone on this topic"
X Link 2025-04-02T19:02Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@SamHartford9 @TerraOrBust According to academic papers in the EU's own archives what is the estimated permanent negative impact on economies of Lithuania & Latvia because of mass migration due to freedom of movement My proposal for balanced freedom of movement would have solved all its major issues"
X Link 2025-04-02T19:04Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@ChrisTheShrew @LynnDance3 @andrew_lilico @JamesMelville @TerraOrBust Billions will not die. Please read the UN's IPCC (as I have) and quote me the section where it says they will. You might be as pleasantly surprised as I was to see the actual forecast impacts. That doesn't mean we shouldn't do anything btw. But let's do it proportionately"
X Link 2025-04-26T14:37Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@SocialM85897396 @KathrynPorter26 @dougie507 @AdrianRamsay @Nigel_Farage @reformparty_uk Ad hominem attacks like this are both tedious and useless. Instamute for being a total waste of space"
X Link 2025-05-30T04:25Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Le11Parisien @rajsinghchohan @Nyanni237 @TheAthleticFC Go and check David Beckham's treatment when he was England's golden boy. The press were on him all the time trying to dig up dirt etc. It's a story as old as time"
X Link 2025-06-11T19:40Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@EBL2017 It's 100M but I take your point"
X Link 2025-06-21T02:17Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@LFCTransferRoom He's not athletic enough to be elite. He's not top Premier League quality. Classic to overrated the importance of international matches on player analysis"
X Link 2025-06-25T22:09Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@WirtzXTR_ @Madridhater @static_K @AnfieldSector He's turning [--] in September so will only have one contract; he's always been injury prone and the financial cost is huge. The time to buy him was back in [----]. Businesses have to include risk as part of their decision-making. I just don't see this signing happening"
X Link 2025-06-27T08:54Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@___pranav R9 at his peak was definitely better than Henry - who by the way is also one of my favourite players. It's like saying Messi is better than Zidane: both incredible but one is a bit better than the other"
X Link 2025-06-28T09:37Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"Ronaldo R9 pre-knee injuries was almost unstoppable. I'll never get tired of watching his 96-97 season goals. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=9TC8l1kAGKQ @___pranav R9 at his peak was definitely better than Henry - who by the way is also one of my favourite players. It's like saying Messi is better than Zidane: both incredible but one is a bit better than the other. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=9TC8l1kAGKQ @___pranav R9 at his peak was definitely better than Henry - who by the way is also one of my favourite players. It's like saying Messi is better than Zidane: both incredible but one is a"
X Link 2025-06-28T10:15Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@___pranav So tricky. I like Raj's midfield three but there's a case for Iniesta to play in some situations. How about you"
X Link 2025-06-28T13:33Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@LFCTransferRoom Doesn't make sense to sign Isak next year (and arguably not even this year). He'd be [--] is injury prone would only get [--] years before hitting [--] with potentially no resale value"
X Link 2025-06-30T04:50Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@OmarWaraich @yuanyi_z An advisory opinion from judges including from Russia and China that ignored the actual people of Chagos and made up some nonsense about Mauritius having rights to an island that never belonged to them. But other than that absolutely brilliant and credible"
X Link 2025-06-30T20:47Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@Goldbirdwing By far the main problem with Truss's budget was the insane spending on supporting energy bills. Please point out in this article where he talks about doing things like that. Also the Bank of England admitted afterwards that over half the fallout was their fault"
X Link 2025-07-02T21:04Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@rajsinghchohan @cricvizanalyst @ethan_speedy He's doing a Graeme Smith: massively raising his game after becoming captain"
X Link 2025-07-03T09:18Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@PSGINT_ @MusialaEra What's happening to the Uighurs is far worse than what's happening in Palestine: slave labour camps organ harvesting mass rapes and cold blooded murder religious repression brain washing schools. And nobody gives the slightest damn"
X Link 2025-07-03T20:24Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@KieranMaguire @left_unheard Good chance they'll make the Premier League less competitive which means less money which eventually leads to more teams lower in the pyramid going bust not less; and an inferior product to watch etc etc. Could write an essay on the possibilities"
X Link 2025-07-08T19:31Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@left_unheard @KieranMaguire I hope you're right. I don't believe you will be. There'll soon be scope creep and all manner of crap is going to happen. Just one example: look at what politicians have done to the similarly popular / political hot potato of the NHS. I know you mean well though. All the best"
X Link 2025-07-08T21:57Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@rajsinghchohan @ImMoohan @David_Ornstein @TheAthleticFC Love him. I thought Liverpool should've bought him from Ajax as cover for both flanks and a potential LW starter. Spurs getting a player above their current level = top signing"
X Link 2025-07-09T21:39Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@rajsinghchohan @PremLeaguePanel Raj is there a way you can think of to fit both Palmer and Saka in the starting England XI against top opposition Seems a shame to waste one but I can't see how to make it work and keep the side balanced. (against low block lesser teams Jude and Palmer as two 8/10s in a box)"
X Link 2025-07-13T20:17Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@SiouxsieShoo @bbctms What's my definition of prime talent Please demonstrate your mind reading abilities so I can marvel and feel awe at your superior nature"
X Link 2025-07-15T10:23Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@AFCAMDEN I'm not even an Arsenal fan but he looks like he could be incredible. What a production line of left footers you've had from your academy in recent years. Madness"
X Link 2025-07-28T12:01Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@AnfieldSector @AdamP1242 Every club's fans do this. I bet you they were saying the same thing about Trent"
X Link 2025-08-06T15:35Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@Mobyhaque1 Isak a luxury signing. I'd prioritise: [--]. A [--] who can defend well and play line breaking passes. [--]. A quality forward who can play all across the front three. [--]. A reserve CB with high potential. These are all significant squad holes"
X Link 2025-08-10T22:28Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@typofoto Depends what you use it for. I'd say it's rubbish at most things and brilliant for a tiny subset of things - so just use it for those"
X Link 2025-08-11T12:41Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@FennellJW @Goodbob888 @julianHjessop The underlying issues are primal and therefore unchangeable at scale. Put people in a situation of unbalanced power Vs accountability and where excessive self sacrifice is needed to make good societal decisions and almost none of us can do it very well"
X Link 2025-08-15T06:09Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@FennellJW @Goodbob888 @julianHjessop Which is why the private sector where accountability is much more significant on average (because investors and customers don't want to lose money) and they don't usually have power over their fellow citizens* is mostly far more productive than the public sector"
X Link 2025-08-15T06:11Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@AdamClery Your YouTube video on the Isak saga was top notch 🎩"
X Link 2025-08-25T16:54Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@InksterJamie @TalkinTactics @CFCDaily @TheAthleticFC Bad profile for Chelsea. He really needs to play in a midfield three. He's neither an ideal double pivot player nor an ideal [--] but should be a brilliant [--] in a three-man midfield"
X Link 2025-08-27T14:24Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@InksterJamie @TalkinTactics @CFCDaily @TheAthleticFC He'd be a great Newcastle signing. Fits Howe's system miles better than Maresca's or Amorim's"
X Link 2025-08-27T14:25Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Tactx_ This is why I don't like Spence and Livramento being LB options for England. Good players but the balance isn't right if Rashford Gordon Eze or Rogers are LW with them playing"
X Link 2025-08-30T11:06Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@grok @alternativesay @kinlochleven7 @PolitlcsUK @YouGov This doesn't include grid rebalancing costs. Or real strike prices being higher than idealistic models"
X Link 2025-08-30T22:39Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@grok @alternativesay @kinlochleven7 @PolitlcsUK @YouGov No it doesn't. That is factually wrong. It's strike prices agreed with suppliers"
X Link 2025-08-30T22:41Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@grok @alternativesay @kinlochleven7 @PolitlcsUK @YouGov Wholesale gas prices are broadly at [----] levels yet the UK price cap is much higher than then"
X Link 2025-08-30T22:44Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@grok Thank you for admitting I was right. The wholesale price is about 10% higher than when the cap was introduced but the cap price has gone up by around 50%"
X Link 2025-08-30T22:53Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@SamMcGuire90 Plus a loan fee"
X Link 2025-09-01T13:51Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@julianHjessop Fact checking that guy must be exhausting. Does he ever post anything that's accurate I've muted him now but I appreciate your efforts Julian"
X Link 2026-01-30T09:18Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@rajsinghchohan @TouchlineX The risk is that they might eventually start putting players off joining them. Generally I think they overdo this approach. They should focus more on signing players who raise the level of the first team"
X Link 2026-02-03T12:18Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"@tw_pjm @Gillibrand2000 @DanielJHannan I'm guessing it was a Truth Social post then as it's not on his Twitter"
X Link 2026-02-05T18:41Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@grok You just confirmed to me in a Grok app chat that the extra costs because of renewables are [---] per household. Based on figures you methodically verified"
X Link 2025-08-30T23:19Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@SteveDavies365 @graemearcher I disagree about the initial response being correct. We threw out hundreds of years of best practice response based on the behaviour of an authoritarian government. 1/2"
X Link 2025-11-08T02:36Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@SteveDavies365 @graemearcher My initial reaction was that it was the right thing to do but I didn't know anything about historical pandemic management in March [----]. Sweden's approach as a maximum next time please. 2/2"
X Link 2025-11-08T02:37Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@CryptoDonAlt @aibra No alt coins I know of have a real use case other than making the founders rich. Their products would also probably function better if they didn't have the distraction of a pointless crypto asset and focused on the pure tech"
X Link 2025-11-11T10:30Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@HarryStebbings @DanielPriestley Come back to me when you've invested $135M 😜"
X Link 2025-12-10T07:40Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@andrew_lilico @elonmusk I disagree with this definition of the EU Commission. It has powers that are a mixture of a Civil Service Lower Chamber Upper Chamber and appointed Revising Chamber. The Civil Service don't initiate legislation for example and only the EU Commission can do that in the EU"
X Link 2025-12-10T15:27Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@andrew_lilico If I remember right you're a fellow Dark fan aren't you Andrew That must. I'd probably have that Yes Prime Minister and Blackadder in my top [--]. Great shout for Life on Earth btw. They don't make 'em like that anymore"
X Link 2025-12-11T11:06Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@andrew_lilico Oh I was just including all those series under Yes Prime Minister for brevity. I thought you'd have Dark in your top [--]. Then again so many good series over the years. Mine would be more comedy centric than most (Parks & Rec 3rd Rock Red Dwarf IT Crowd etc)"
X Link 2025-12-11T11:43Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@ShipleyWrites @Danjsalt @anxietymsgs This resonates with me. I was really ill and bed bound with post viral syndrome for over [--] months last year. At first it was incredibly boring and frustrating but I came to value the time massively reflected and grew. It might end up being the most important [--] months of my life"
X Link 2025-12-17T04:45Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
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