# ![@ewangibbs Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::49155439.png) @ewangibbs Ewan Gibbs

Ewan Gibbs posts on X about in the, closed, ineos, history the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[countries](/list/countries)  16.42% [finance](/list/finance)  11.19% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  5.97% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  5.97% [stocks](/list/stocks)  2.24% [premier league](/list/premier-league)  #1826 [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  0.75% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  0.75% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  0.75%

**Social topic influence**
[in the](/topic/in-the) 7.46%, [closed](/topic/closed) #2033, [ineos](/topic/ineos) #86, [history](/topic/history) 4.48%, [oil](/topic/oil) 4.48%, [at least](/topic/at-least) 4.48%, [the british](/topic/the-british) 3.73%, [politics](/topic/politics) 3.73%, [the world](/topic/the-world) 2.99%, [investment](/topic/investment) 2.99%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
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**Top assets mentioned**
[Exxon Mobil (XOM)](/topic/exxon-mobil)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"@DiscoDT Before the grey ones overran our shores"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2022996327928598845)  2026-02-15T11:28Z 13.6K followers, [---] engagements


"400 well-paid unionised manufacturing jobs are being lost in West Fife because Exxon Mobil closed their petrochemicals plant at Mossmorran early. The UK and Scottish government have failed to respond and skilled workers are being scattered to the wind. https://www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/news/2026/february/unite-condemns-exxonmobil-and-governments-over-mossmorran-closure https://www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/news/2026/february/unite-condemns-exxonmobil-and-governments-over-mossmorran-closure"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2018698887796564172)  2026-02-03T14:51Z 13.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Scotland's unjust transition is taking the form of a steady set of layoffs and closures in oil and gas and disappointments in renewables too. The pace of closure in oil and gas is being dictated by multinationals like Exxon and Petroineos not by government"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2018702911862087799)  2026-02-03T15:07Z 13.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Last year Scotland's only oil refinery closed at Grangemouth leading to over [---] job losses and threatening thousands more. I worked with Riyoko Shibe interviewing refinery workers as they faced redundancy. On Tuesday we're presenting research at MMU in Manchester. Come along"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2019479972658688438)  2026-02-05T18:35Z 13.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Weve now reached the point where British politicians are claiming working-class credentials based on what their grandfather did got a living. See Dan Thomas the London financial services employee turned Reforms Welsh leader who is the grandson of a miner"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2019502014720282734)  2026-02-05T20:02Z 13.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Jenrick was a senior member of a government that sat on its hands as steelworks refineries and factories closed down. Anderson was Deputy Chair of the governing Tory Party at the time. I dont believe that they would do anything to stop the manufacturing jobs crisis. Great to visit @JCBmachines on their 80th anniversary with @LeeAndersonMP_ One of our greatest businesses creating jobs across the country. Britain needs to reindustrialise and bring back well paid jobs https://t.co/L2YBmB8rWM Great to visit @JCBmachines on their 80th anniversary with @LeeAndersonMP_ One of our greatest businesses"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2020047488648917445)  2026-02-07T08:10Z 13.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@bazzdgrogan I think the relatively brief militarised society experience is under appreciated either by being reduced to the World Wars or conversely dubiously expanded into a more lasting national tradition. David Edgertons revisionist history has helped to pinpoint it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2020151736581710275)  2026-02-07T15:04Z 13.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@alistairkgrant Enjoyed this Thought the relatively strong Labour vote was an interesting part of the story as well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2020443326554456333)  2026-02-08T10:23Z 13.6K followers, [---] engagements


"It appears that Morgan McSweeney considers having advised Keir Starmer to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador to be a resignation matter. It was Starmer who took the advice and made the appointment not McSweeney. As Prime Minister he is responsible"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2020510015249850847)  2026-02-08T14:48Z 13.6K followers, [----] engagements


"McSwenney has now gone after we were told over several years about him being the power behind Starmer as leader of the opposition and then as Prime Minister but most of us haven't so much as heard his voice and would probably struggle to picture. A damaging place for democracy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2020522481195299031)  2026-02-08T15:37Z 13.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Heard hes giving up being Prime Minister for Lent. 🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer will address the nation tomorrow 🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer will address the nation tomorrow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2020627782359806395)  2026-02-08T22:36Z 13.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@roketronnie The SNP cancelled plans for that as part of the Commmonwealth Games developments. Coming up for [--] years later and were no further forward"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2020741175368442085)  2026-02-09T06:06Z 13.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Last year Scotland's only oil refinery closed at Grangemouth leading to over [---] job losses and threatening thousands more. I worked with Riyoko Shibe interviewing Grangemouth workers as they faced redundancy. Tomorrow we're presenting research at MMU in Manchester. Come along"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2020913027789336887)  2026-02-09T17:29Z 13.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@BobanRedondo @Dr_Gavin_Brewis Watched this a good [--] years ago"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2021319467125330081)  2026-02-10T20:24Z 13.6K followers, [--] engagements


"I just thought everyone knew that a successful coup needs allies in the tank regiments and to have plans for seizing radio broadcasting and playing military music over the airwaves. Anas Sarwar says his call for Keir Starmer to quit was "not part of any wider attempt or any wider organisation". https://t.co/dvV5OwuYAh Anas Sarwar says his call for Keir Starmer to quit was "not part of any wider attempt or any wider organisation". https://t.co/dvV5OwuYAh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2021610447758065904)  2026-02-11T15:41Z 13.6K followers, [----] engagements


"During the [----] Grangemouth crisis Ratcliffe reportedly luxuriated on his large luxury yacht. Hardly the mark of a patriot concerned by the welfare of British workers https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/grangemouth-crisis-billionaire-ineos-boss-2474762.amp https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/grangemouth-crisis-billionaire-ineos-boss-2474762.amp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2021884922261127263)  2026-02-12T09:51Z 13.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@David_Jamieson7 @bat020 Did a short thread on Ratcliffe here. Hes best known publicly as the unpopular owner of Manchester United but he made his money in chemicals and refining inviting by using ruthless anti-union employment practices. Ratcliffe is a billionaire resident in Monaco for tax purposes. His company - INEOS - recently closed Scotlands only oil refinery at Grangemouth in partnership with the Chinese state-owned PetroChina. Yet he says the UK has been colonised by immigrants. https://t.co/FBdk87lxX3 Ratcliffe is a billionaire resident in Monaco for tax purposes. His company -"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2021890766730113272)  2026-02-12T10:14Z 13.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@David_Jamieson7 @bat020 I also co-wrote this journal article about the closure of Grangemouth oil refinery which sheds a bit more light on the Scottish story David referred to. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anti.70025 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anti.70025"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2021892621141213693)  2026-02-12T10:22Z 13.6K followers, [---] engagements


"I back North Ayrshire separatists. Vote Tory ➡ Get SNP That's the message in North Ayrshire as the irrelevant Tories back the separatists. Are we really surprised though The political establishment whatever colour they may be will always look after themselves. https://t.co/649Nsujysj Vote Tory ➡ Get SNP That's the message in North Ayrshire as the irrelevant Tories back the separatists. Are we really surprised though The political establishment whatever colour they may be will always look after themselves. https://t.co/649Nsujysj"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2022072035346960748)  2026-02-12T22:15Z 13.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Standing with Jim Ratcliffe the most notorious enemy of workers in public life. No doubt well be told this is what the working class thinks. 💯 https://t.co/WnrDqlcfXr 💯 https://t.co/WnrDqlcfXr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2022243359121916305)  2026-02-13T09:36Z 13.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@DuncMcKay Infrastructure is everything but is everything infrastructure"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2022282236695892114)  2026-02-13T12:10Z 13.6K followers, [---] engagements


"My new book An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class is now listed in Verso's trade catalogue for [----]. You can find it here: https://versobooks.com/en-gb/pages/trade-catalogues-and-fliers https://versobooks.com/en-gb/pages/trade-catalogues-and-fliers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2021629782388281685)  2026-02-11T16:57Z 13.6K followers, 12.5K engagements


"Jim Ratcliffe is best known as the unpopular Manchester United owner and today he has been in the news for saying that 'the UK has been colonised by immigrants'. This thread explores Ratcliffe's as an energy billionaire who made his money closing workplaces and opposing unions🧵 Ratcliffe is a billionaire resident in Monaco for tax purposes. His company - INEOS - recently closed Scotlands only oil refinery at Grangemouth in partnership with the Chinese state-owned PetroChina. Yet he says the UK has been colonised by immigrants. https://t.co/FBdk87lxX3 Ratcliffe is a billionaire resident in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2021932409365966991)  2026-02-12T13:00Z 13.6K followers, 20.8K engagements


"The Epstein files unveiled the realities class power and limits on democracy. This is by far the most perceptive discussion on the implications which Ive heard. @piercepenniless interviews investigative journalists @EJShone93 and Peter Geoghegan. https://spotify.app.link/product=open&%24full_url=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.spotify.com%2Fepisode%2F399wEuC2p8d1DB3Fyb7Xml%3Fsi%3DeSE_2P6kSju1sZobYs-7yw&%24fallback_url=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.spotify.com%2Fepisode%2F399wEuC2p8d1DB3Fyb7Xml%3Fsi%3DeSE_2P6kSju1sZobYs-7yw%26nd%3D1&feature=organic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2022390380743004270)  2026-02-13T19:20Z 13.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Now that British politics has Restore and Reform surely were just waiting on Revolution"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2023096067970273480)  2026-02-15T18:04Z 13.6K followers, [----] engagements


"In the interview Ratcliffe relies on wildly inaccurate statistics. He claims Britains population grew from [--] to [--] million in the first half of the 2020s. The real figure is much less dramatic from around [--] to [--] million"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2021882602874188243)  2026-02-12T09:42Z 13.6K followers, [----] engagements


"In [----] INEOS instigated a major industrial dispute at Grangemouth. Leading trade unionists lost their jobs and the workforce were compelled to accept worse pay pension terms and union rights after INEOS threatened to shut their plants"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2021883638468817332)  2026-02-12T09:46Z 13.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Journalists shouldn't just be asking Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves what they make of Jim Ratcliffe's odious 'colonised by immigrants' comments. They should be asking whether or not they think he's a suitable person to own and control key parts of our energy system and industry"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2021949682478452741)  2026-02-12T14:09Z 13.6K followers, 14.7K engagements


"The story here is actually one of massive disappointment dubiously dressed up as success. Navantias Methil yard used to be Scottish owned BiFab and it was supposed to be a linchpin in Scottish wind turbine manufacturing. A few jobs building navy ships is scant consolation. "A busy order book & a growing workforce. That's what confidence in the future looks like." Secretary of State for Scotland @D_G_Alexander speaks from @Navantia_UK's yard in Fife on the site's bright future following the company announcing a further [--] million investment. https://t.co/FYN1n7v7Wv "A busy order book & a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2022386576731582614)  2026-02-13T19:05Z 13.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@residentadviser Scotland has a separate established church and a very distinctive Christian tradition so it would be important to start by recognising that where Im coming from. Regular attendance is now below [-----] having been above [--] million in living memory"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2022580358781505605)  2026-02-14T07:55Z 13.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Ratcliffe is a billionaire resident in Monaco for tax purposes. His company - INEOS - recently closed Scotlands only oil refinery at Grangemouth in partnership with the Chinese state-owned PetroChina. Yet he says the UK has been colonised by immigrants. https://news.sky.com/story/the-uk-has-been-colonised-by-immigrants-says-ineos-boss-and-man-utd-co-owner-sir-jim-ratcliffe-13506333 https://news.sky.com/story/the-uk-has-been-colonised-by-immigrants-says-ineos-boss-and-man-utd-co-owner-sir-jim-ratcliffe-13506333"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2021882069886914603)  2026-02-12T09:40Z 13.6K followers, 35.9K engagements


"Theres an argument generally made on the right that Britain remains somehow Christian even as observance has fallen away. That seems incredibly insulting to remaining Christians and to choices made by non- believers too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2022578128988836165)  2026-02-14T07:46Z 13.6K followers, [----] engagements


"I think the state is bad. I think the individual is good says Rupert Lowe. The accompanying images and messages emphasise the armed forces and border control - ie the state Join the party. https://t.co/ThjMPgca5I https://t.co/XkCHSL21wl Join the party. https://t.co/ThjMPgca5I https://t.co/XkCHSL21wl"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2022976442682716606)  2026-02-15T10:09Z 13.6K followers, 31.8K engagements


"Matt Busbys family were miners from Bellshill in the Lanarkshire coalfields and he also worked in local pits. They were Catholics who had Lithuanian as well as Irish heritage which wasnt unusual in the area. Sir Matt Busby was born to an Irish immigrant family in Scotland. He gave everything to Manchester United. He survived the Munich Air Disaster. He lost players he loved as sons. He rebuilt the club from the ashes. An immigrant son who defined the greatest club in the world. https://t.co/UoCek4ITDF Sir Matt Busby was born to an Irish immigrant family in Scotland. He gave everything to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2023163959071699133)  2026-02-15T22:34Z 13.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@gem_ste Think about the transformations in football in that time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/1992671204478681305)  2025-11-23T19:06Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Skilled Scottish workers deserve so much better than two failing squabbling governments rushing to cackhandedly respond to the announced closure of the Mossmorran ethylene plant. We shouldn't be once again scrabbling as more manufacturing jobs are lost. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/snp-labour-governments-bitter-row-36293226 https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/snp-labour-governments-bitter-row-36293226"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/1992673915299156363)  2025-11-23T19:17Z 13.3K followers, [----] engagements


"In their bickering the Scottish and UK government only demonstrate the reality that they've devolved the real power over our energy transition to multinationals like Exxon. The role of government is merely to respond after the fact to try and do a bit of damage limitation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/1992674191946953026)  2025-11-23T19:18Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Week two of the Christmas cake. We fed it brandy. Very pleasing boozy fumes coming off it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/1992693700116533327)  2025-11-23T20:36Z 13.3K followers, [----] engagements


"The widespread replacement of slum privately rented housing with council homes from the 1920s to the 1970s is one of the greatest achievements of the British working class. It made peoples lives healthier more economically secure and much more dignified. You dont uplift the working class by making them dependant on council housing. You do it by making housing affordable and providing them with opportunities. You dont uplift the working class by making them dependant on council housing. You do it by making housing affordable and providing them with opportunities"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/1992985472167968780)  2025-11-24T15:55Z 13.3K followers, 79K engagements


"Why is the government announcing major sweeping policy changes by leaking them to the press Why is it gifting Magna Carta rights of a freeborn Englishman type politics to Farage Why does it think now is the time to try and get rid of jury trials you no manifesto pledge 🚨 NEW: The Government is set to scrap trial by jury for most cases Only murder rape manslaughter and a few public interest cases will go to a jury while all other cases will be decided by a single judge @thetimes 🚨 NEW: The Government is set to scrap trial by jury for most cases Only murder rape manslaughter and a few public"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/1993455802947191138)  2025-11-25T23:04Z 13.3K followers, [----] engagements


"New net migration statistics appear to demonstrate a high level of emigration from Britain. It's odd how little the long history of people leaving Britain for better opportunities elsewhere appears in popular versions of history but it's been a lasting trend for centuries"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/1994034652227535216)  2025-11-27T13:24Z 13.3K followers, 14.5K engagements


"Scotland definitely has a much more powerful sense of emigration as an ongoing experience into the mid 20th century including 'ten pound passage' to Australia as well as Canada South Africa New Zealand and the US but it doesn't feature as much in British framings"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/1994034938836812119)  2025-11-27T13:25Z 13.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@EMArdrossan Aye Little Moscow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/1994326238341534075)  2025-11-28T08:43Z 13.3K followers, [--] engagements


"With Hibs not playing until tomorrow the Your Party conference can serve as this afternoons entertainment 🍿"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/1994731330555519125)  2025-11-29T11:33Z 13.3K followers, [----] engagements


"My highly petty response to the SWP being barred is remembering a middle-aged SWP full timer coming to School Students Against War conference in January [----] to insist that a former member who had just started at uni couldnt come in to help run the event at our invitation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/1994749655997907250)  2025-11-29T12:45Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Political leaders should be put under direct pressure by organised tenants and workers. Aitken handled it dreadfully. Its not good for Glasgow that our city leaders are so much happier meeting business owners behind closed doors than they are meeting unions and social movements. 'We're here because you didn't reply to our messages' Members of the Living Rent tenants union disrupt Glasgow City Councils State of the City Economy conference and call on council leader Susan Aitken to meet with them 👇 : https://t.co/ZEhb1uXp2L 'We're here because you didn't reply to our messages' Members of the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/1994759425958318088)  2025-11-29T13:24Z 13.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Loving the idea of Sultana bursting on to the scene in a WWE style late entry. My write up of the events of day [--] of Your Party conference so far. Zarah Sultana is about to speak having just made a particularly spectacular entrance after boycotting yesterdays proceedings. Members will vote on whether to accept the constitution this afternoon My write up of the events of day [--] of Your Party conference so far. Zarah Sultana is about to speak having just made a particularly spectacular entrance after boycotting yesterdays proceedings. Members will vote on whether to accept the constitution this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/1995140752717046021)  2025-11-30T14:39Z 13.3K followers, [----] engagements


"After all Leon Trotsky did claim that the revolution will inevitably awaken in the British working class the deepest passions which have been diverted along artificial channels with the aid of football. Low Your Party voter turnout blamed on people watching Match of the Day by YP source Low Your Party voter turnout blamed on people watching Match of the Day by YP source"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/1995145678289506771)  2025-11-30T14:59Z 13.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Theres a labour movement precedent for this in GMB whose initials dont any more mean General Municipal or Boilermakers. You know the way BP isn't short for British Petroleum any longer & LM stopped being short for Living Marxismmaybe we can get away with just calling it YP. And if anybody asks what it stands for we say NOTHING AT ALL & then hastily explain we only mean the abbreviation You know the way BP isn't short for British Petroleum any longer & LM stopped being short for Living Marxismmaybe we can get away with just calling it YP. And if anybody asks what it stands for we say NOTHING"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/1995789054839791763)  2025-12-02T09:36Z 13.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Izzy retiring to her yurt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/1996279846134292588)  2025-12-03T18:06Z 13.4K followers, [---] engagements


"Theres an established nominally radical mantra of declaring that historians or social scientists arent and wont study particular topics especially ones related to working-class politics and history which often in fact have extensive literatures. Im not sure who it helps"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/1996505035312906569)  2025-12-04T09:01Z 13.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@bellacaledonia Agree also though that the harkening of oil-based perspectives on to renewables has been a big problem for Scotland particularly through the SNP. Salmond Flynn and Swinney in particular have done a lot of it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/1998034955394547905)  2025-12-08T14:20Z 13.4K followers, [---] engagements


"Extend it to everyone everywhere. World's first ban on social media for under-16s comes into effect in Australia - follow live https://t.co/kMydjfRT0A World's first ban on social media for under-16s comes into effect in Australia - follow live https://t.co/kMydjfRT0A"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/1998708283646095361)  2025-12-10T10:56Z 13.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Has this always been the sort of thing the Nobel Peace Prize got involved in Nobel Peace Prize Committee Chair urges Venezuela's Maduro to step down: Mr. Maduro accept the election results and step down. https://t.co/bSSsoywMai Nobel Peace Prize Committee Chair urges Venezuela's Maduro to step down: Mr. Maduro accept the election results and step down. https://t.co/bSSsoywMai"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/1999164383654482066)  2025-12-11T17:08Z 13.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Labour membership was never quite so high but that discounts the millions of affiliated trade unionists. In the era of the two party system proper parties were much more present in peoples lives and institutions even if it was just cheap drink at the local social club"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/1999771143612547520)  2025-12-13T09:19Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"The extent to which Brexit was fuelled by bigotry directed at Eastern European immigrants especially those from Poland has been somewhat memory holed and forgotten in recent years. The great Polish exodus: The arrival of 100000s of Poles changed the face of Britain but now they're returning home in droves for a better life in their low-tax booming homeland. Could there be a more damning indictment of our decline https://t.co/Y3PQPV3Ljg The great Polish exodus: The arrival of 100000s of Poles changed the face of Britain but now they're returning home in droves for a better life in their"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/1999821397409866185)  2025-12-13T12:39Z 13.5K followers, 484.4K engagements


"@ochkenny It began with Polish workers but Bulgarians and Romanians were definitely especially stigmatised after their countries joined the EU"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/1999843363143442936)  2025-12-13T14:06Z 13.5K followers, 16.5K engagements


"And yes I probably did feel a bit seen by 'someone will always pop up online with the same line: Aye right but Scotland doesnt own any of it. Its all foreign companies anyway.' That is indeed me. But only because I think we could and should do so much better"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2000909286642475501)  2025-12-16T12:42Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Grangemouth is central to the ethylene pipeline system a network connecting the Forth to the North Sea and to England. @EdConwaySky has done a good overview of why these connections remain crucial to British industry and partially explain today's bailout. https://news.sky.com/story/christmas-cheer-for-britains-biggest-chemical-plant-but-there-are-two-distinct-problems-13484563 https://news.sky.com/story/christmas-cheer-for-britains-biggest-chemical-plant-but-there-are-two-distinct-problems-13484563"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2001264751272169681)  2025-12-17T12:14Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@EdConwaySky But we should be asking about what we are getting in return for a huge public investment which is going to an employer - INEOS - who have already (as co-parent of Petroineos) shut the refinery and were seemingly likely to close down the ethylene plant too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2001264990573985964)  2025-12-17T12:15Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@EdConwaySky There has been vague references to conditionalities that come with the major public funding INEOS accepted to keep the ethylene plant running but as far as I'm aware these haven't been set out. Are investment jobs and years of production now guaranteed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2001265201153216864)  2025-12-17T12:16Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@EdConwaySky The UK government has spent [----] firefighting making emergency takeovers in steel and now bailout investments in chemicals. This isn't industrial policy it's cleaning up after the market has failed workers communities and national energy and economic security"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2001265435132723528)  2025-12-17T12:17Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@EdConwaySky Arguably investments into the hundreds of millions of pounds should come with equity stakes. That would at least give us some say in the future of Grangemouth instead of reacting to the latest decision made by Jim Ratcliffe's INEOS or Petrochina"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2001265687000474097)  2025-12-17T12:18Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Ill be on News at [--] pm on the BBC Scotland channel discussing the UK government bailout of the INEOS Grangemouth ethylene plant which has saved thousands of jobs at the cost of 120m of public money"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2001341380283752507)  2025-12-17T17:19Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"What shines through this excruciating episode is RH Guy and his followers disdain for the skills and commitment historians develop over years of hard work. Their perspective amounts to insisting thats just your opinion man at scholarship they are highly prejudiced against"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2001931430323261685)  2025-12-19T08:23Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"RH Guy and hangers on insist that the value of expertise in source criticism and engaging and understanding historiography is gatekeeping by a priestly caste. I prefer Marc Blochs view of the his tone of a trained skilled craft worker who continues learning in their work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2001932192449278419)  2025-12-19T08:26Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"The skills of historians are of course justify varied by expertise and period. Oral history tends to be the preserve relatively recent history for obvious reasons. Archival research is somewhat more universal. Language - as above - and calligraphy are often important too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2001934728220532997)  2025-12-19T08:36Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@DerekHanse61673 PhD training is often a part of the craft apprenticeship of historians but its definitely not the only route to making important contributions. Id see the distinction I was drawing as primarily one of intellectual ethos"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2001943346605158571)  2025-12-19T09:11Z 13.5K followers, [--] engagements


"Was enjoying watching the flare of the Moroccan side in the opening AfCON game until I realised Scotland were facing them at the World Cup"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2002844378864460281)  2025-12-21T20:51Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"The government over Britains last basic steelworks at Scunthorpe in April to save it from closure. Being able to make steel from scratch is widely seen as an essential marker for economic security but the government is now considering closing the plant https://www.thetimes.com/business/companies-markets/article/british-steel-merger-threatens-to-shut-nations-final-blast-furnaces-pr3qbh9nt https://www.thetimes.com/business/companies-markets/article/british-steel-merger-threatens-to-shut-nations-final-blast-furnaces-pr3qbh9nt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2002850314572157113)  2025-12-21T21:15Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"More job losses at Scunthorpe and the nationally visible abandonment of promises to steelworkers just months after the works were taken over will only add to popular disillusionment with government as Labour faces a strong challenge from Reform in manufacturing regions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2002852414815420586)  2025-12-21T21:23Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@_nic_beuret_s recent book Or Something Worse makes some sharp comments on the situation in the British steel industry and the false promises of the green transition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2003054325048983603)  2025-12-22T10:45Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Really feel for the tutor here. First having their name dragged through the mud then sacked very publicly just before Christmas. Workers rights and trade unions organisation is central to maintaining academic standards in turbulent times. The University of Oklahoma confirms that Mel Curth the teaching assistant who gave a student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching. https://t.co/DAF8vFYFLk The University of Oklahoma confirms that Mel Curth the teaching assistant who gave a student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching."  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2003387699772932249)  2025-12-23T08:50Z 13.5K followers, 30.6K engagements


"Just for the record I muted this conversation as Im not spending my Christmas Eve engaging with a fascist binfire"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2003626648835633240)  2025-12-24T00:39Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Hibernian [--] - Heart of Midlothian 2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2004923954398699721)  2025-12-27T14:34Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@guiydemontfort Did your team win the Edinburgh derby"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2004960029305438727)  2025-12-27T16:58Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Lost - my grey jacket Hibs scarf and green hat as seen in this picture. Im pretty sure somebody accidentally picked up my jacket in Bongo Club last night. If anyone has it or my scarf Id really appreciate any help returning them. The scarf is more than [--] years old 😞"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2005228440371507337)  2025-12-28T10:44Z 13.5K followers, 21.9K engagements


"This year Ive written about Britains industrial crisis and the Labour governments failure to deliver promises of a green manufacturing future. I wrote for @LRB on the consequences of the end of a century of oil refining on the Forth at Grangemouth. https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n16/ewan-gibbs/goodbye-to-grangemouth https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n16/ewan-gibbs/goodbye-to-grangemouth"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2006312074402808265)  2025-12-31T10:30Z 13.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@WolfmanRamirez I didnt know about that particular crackpot conspiracy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2007231286742790169)  2026-01-02T23:23Z 13.6K followers, [--] engagements


"The US has begun an unprovoked war on Venezuela motivated by conquest and oil as President Trump has himself made clear on several occasions. The Americans also now claim to have abducted a foreign leader in his own country. This imperialist aggression must be condemned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2007393827716509800)  2026-01-03T10:09Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Will America now be thrown out of the World Cup after starting the year by invading another sovereign nation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2007394799712981467)  2026-01-03T10:13Z 13.5K followers, 1.1M engagements


"Last night I finished Oil by Upton Sinclair. It culminates a century ago. Having brutally won a class war at home US oil tycoons shift their sights from California and Texas to Venezuela and the Middle East backed by military power. Merely of literary and historical interest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2007427611501220108)  2026-01-03T12:23Z 13.6K followers, [----] engagements


"In the recent past discussing America as an imperial power was considered gauche and subject to snide by liberals at least as much as conservatives. Thats surely over as Trump boldly declares were going to be taking a tremendous amount of wealth from the ground in Venezuela"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2007541248433721530)  2026-01-03T19:55Z 13.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@gabrielwinant Are these people just genuinely unaware of a couple of centuries of US history and Latin America"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2007611846573088803)  2026-01-04T00:35Z 13.6K followers, [---] engagements


"The irony to this positioning is that its effectively a hyper macho celebration of American violence which nonetheless reinforces a retreat. The US abandoning its status as the global hyper power and returning back to being a hemispheric great power. https://t.co/VoELTNtIF2 https://t.co/VoELTNtIF2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2007907093928693890)  2026-01-04T20:08Z 13.6K followers, [----] engagements


"There are two obvious economic challenges to the assumptions behind Americas hemisphere turn. 🧵 [--] Global trade remains powerful and China is increasingly the dominant exporter but its also a key importer of Latin American goods. [--] Doubling down on oil wont stop renewables"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2008095395172262364)  2026-01-05T08:37Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"The idea of a new world of geopolitical blocs hasnt translated at the level of trade flows. Despite Trumps tariffs the US is operating at record deficits with China. The Latin American turn towards trade with China only looks set to continue too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2008095832252231927)  2026-01-05T08:38Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Been reading an Iranian revolutionary memoir and one of the most striking features is how important literary fiction is to descriptions of political currents and debate. Novels and poems feature at least as much as political theory or works of history"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2008300481752256608)  2026-01-05T22:12Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"If theres a French afterlife De Gaulle is up there muttering that he told Europeans never to trust the Americans or the Russians"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2008575930193899932)  2026-01-06T16:26Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Last year I published a journal article with @EckhouseGabe on how imperial oil imaginaries have shaped US and British approaches to domestic and global production and international relations. It seems relevant again in light of recent events Read🔽 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016718525001897 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016718525001897"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2008900771291471988)  2026-01-07T13:57Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"My collection of right-wing electricians union leader life histories brings all the brothers to the yard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2009204713968030208)  2026-01-08T10:05Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Argentina muted offering the Falkland Islanders far more than this by Argentina in the 1990s but it got nowhere. Reckon the Yanks would have to try a lot harder. 🚨BREAKING: U.S. CONSIDERING PAYING GREENLANDERS $100000 EACH 🚨BREAKING: U.S. CONSIDERING PAYING GREENLANDERS $100000 EACH"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2009367588321542337)  2026-01-08T20:52Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"I also thought the horrifying thing about the strip mall Greenland imperial fantasy is how much lots of the UK already looks like this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2009577803617079572)  2026-01-09T10:47Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"The other observation is how much less convincing any of this feels compared to the genuine mass enthusiasm for American consumer culture in Eastern Europe after the Cold War"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2009578072673251497)  2026-01-09T10:48Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"After being beaten by Hibs in the derby Hearts have been conveniently rostered in consecutive fixtures against three of the four lowest ranked teams in the league. Youd be a fool to think this was a coincidence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2009930904446050672)  2026-01-10T10:10Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"I expect well look back on ScotWind as one of the decisive missed opportunities and policy failures of the early 21st century. Perplexingly it was Nationalists well versed in the critique of British approaches to North Sea oil who nevertheless adopted the same stance on wind. The SNP say: Its Scotlands Energy. So why did they sell off our offshore wind capabilities so cheaply and to overseas interests The SNP say: Its Scotlands Energy. So why did they sell off our offshore wind capabilities so cheaply and to overseas interests"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2009954154220007490)  2026-01-10T11:43Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@UnionTyke Just reporting the plain facts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2010288831686140139)  2026-01-11T09:53Z 13.5K followers, [--] engagements


"An atlas I was looking at rather ominously fell open at public and secret maps of the Gulf War 😧"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2010824359787585956)  2026-01-12T21:21Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Its quite the turn that just following Trump is flexing about bombing Iran after just announcing a pivot towards hemisphere politics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2011083066878353550)  2026-01-13T14:29Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"US geopolitical and military efforts strongly pivoted towards the Middle East in the late 1970s after the Iranian revolution and then military deployments in Lebanon. Its been less than half a century and eras when other areas dominating American worldview are in living memory"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2011083134591180845)  2026-01-13T14:29Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"The Scottish budget announced 9m to support hundreds of workers losing their jobs at the Mossmorran petrochemicals plant in Fife. Whatever benefits it may bring this is not a just transition. We are only responding to the dictates of big business.🧵 https://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/25762460.scottish-government-allocates-support-following-mossmorran-closure/ref=rss# https://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/25762460.scottish-government-allocates-support-following-mossmorran-closure/ref=rss#"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2011127848430403715)  2026-01-13T17:26Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Closure at Mossmorran follows the Grangemouth refinery closure and thousands of job losses offshore in demonstrating that Scotlands transition is being dictated in boardrooms in London and the US as well as by the foreign governments who own large parts of our energy sector"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2011128407539794191)  2026-01-13T17:29Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Responses from Shona Robison the Finance Secretary to questions from the Greens seem to indicate that it's not entirely clear what this 9m will be used for but it seems most likely to be directed towards helping redundant workers find new jobs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2011128845852868876)  2026-01-13T17:30Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"If the centre-left mainstream of Scottish politics (more or less SNP; Labour and Greens) are very concerned by the rise of Reform today's budget and the response to it doesn't show it. The rise of the far right has been fuelled by business as usual but we're getting more of it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2011177745569435649)  2026-01-13T20:45Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@BornonLoveStre1 I dont think smashing and burning or inefficient expensive outsourcing are the way to achieve that but generally what these sorts of announcements mean"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2011478295712276765)  2026-01-14T16:39Z 13.5K followers, [--] engagements


"@BornonLoveStre1 I do worry that we have lost site of those civic obligations. Although I would highlight that GU retains a much higher proportion of state school educated Scottish students and widening access students than Edinburgh or St Andrews not that its especially hard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2011781533200240878)  2026-01-15T12:44Z 13.5K followers, [--] engagements


"Our Friends in the North is the definitive dramatisation of the transformation of twentieth century England. #OnThisDay 1996: Drama Our Friends in the North began starring Christopher Eccleston Daniel Craig Mark Strong and Gina McKee as four Geordie friends. The series depicted a changing Britain from the 1960s to the 1990s. Read about the series here: https://t.co/gs9So9fIsQ https://t.co/xC7pZZ1AeS #OnThisDay 1996: Drama Our Friends in the North began starring Christopher Eccleston Daniel Craig Mark Strong and Gina McKee as four Geordie friends. The series depicted a changing Britain from"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2011809364122783840)  2026-01-15T14:35Z 13.5K followers, 61.9K engagements


"@davidgADPR The line on the costs of gas were particularly egregious. I think there are fair questions to be asked on wind strike prices but failing to account for the costs of investment in a sector now struck by failures to invest in storage infrastructure seems especially poor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2011813059954626786)  2026-01-15T14:49Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Will he also be a gentleman though 🚨 NEW: The UK is sending a single military officer to Greenland at the request of Denmark to participate in a multi-nation exercise 🚨 NEW: The UK is sending a single military officer to Greenland at the request of Denmark to participate in a multi-nation exercise"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2011903060524806235)  2026-01-15T20:47Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Student protests against tuition fees in 2010-11 were denounced as dangerous extremists by lots of the people now complaining about student loan costs along with their political forebears. It's fine for folk to change their mind but it would be good to see some contrition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2011911981565915548)  2026-01-15T21:22Z 13.5K followers, 16.1K engagements


"Nobody warned us that the slide into fascism was going to be so chronically embarrassing. The White House shared a photo of Donald Trump with Mara Corina Machado after she presented him with the Nobel Peace Prize. https://t.co/UiLOz9A25L The White House shared a photo of Donald Trump with Mara Corina Machado after she presented him with the Nobel Peace Prize. https://t.co/UiLOz9A25L"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2012122031115087925)  2026-01-16T11:17Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"It was in fact also an outrage when a figure as warlike as Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. Pictured: Someone who actually won a Nobel Peace Prize https://t.co/JC2GD5DSt7 Pictured: Someone who actually won a Nobel Peace Prize https://t.co/JC2GD5DSt7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2012122461232615606)  2026-01-16T11:19Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Under Obama the United States pioneered drone warfare remained engaged in Afghanistan bombed Libya and gloried in assassinating its enemies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2012123858153975852)  2026-01-16T11:24Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Since were sharing [----] pictures and its Scottish Cup weekend"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2012304789384667246)  2026-01-16T23:23Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@Dr_Gavin_Brewis Looking forward to 2026-27"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2012547759224619490)  2026-01-17T15:29Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Ach well. As they say in a big country dreams stay with you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2012553424580005925)  2026-01-17T15:51Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Obviously deny any and all rumours that I smugly laughed and said ach well thats no so bad. At least Hearts are out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2012670184742432997)  2026-01-17T23:35Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Even in a city as expensive as Edinburgh has become owning a 1m home places someone in a very privileged minority. If we want to widen the tax base as property prices increase quicker then wages then the mansion tax is a good idea which in fact benefits the middle classes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2012913796340122107)  2026-01-18T15:43Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Im being rebuked in the replies for heresy against Britains true national religion: the insistence that homeowners who benefit from decades of damaging house price inflation are somehow being fairly and justly reward for their prudence and hard work There are more than [------] households in Edinburgh. If only [----] of them are going to pay the new mansion tax then it amounts to a charge on around [--] per cent of households. That sounds much more like a wealthy elite than the capitals aspirational middle classes. There are more than [------] households in Edinburgh. If only [----] of them are going to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2013168426877858149)  2026-01-19T08:35Z 13.5K followers, 41.5K engagements


"These arguments tend to revolve around objections to how much wages are already tax but this serves as a sleight of hand to then oppose any attempt to broaden the tax base to say property or inheritance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2013169627723907077)  2026-01-19T08:40Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Starmer 'has repeatedly stated that the UKs security and intelligence capabilities were dependent on its friendship with America so an economic war would carry excessive risks.' We're too dependent to even try and be independent. https://www.itv.com/news/2026-01-19/why-starmer-wont-retaliate-against-trump https://www.itv.com/news/2026-01-19/why-starmer-wont-retaliate-against-trump"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2013220008344662020)  2026-01-19T12:00Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Interesting distinction between different sections of the far right in Europe in relation to Trump. The German and French far right seem much more nationalist than either the Italians or Reform in the UK. What a time to be alive. I just saw an AfD politician (and member of the Bundestag) call for German nuclear weapons in response to Trump's threat to annex Greenland. He ends his video with: "Long live Europe" https://t.co/rWK73vlRBW What a time to be alive. I just saw an AfD politician (and member of the Bundestag) call for German nuclear weapons in response to Trump's threat to annex"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2013640322283126895)  2026-01-20T15:50Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"At the moment the British response to Trump is clearly tempered by an understanding of quite how incorporated the UK is in a US-led order and how difficult disentangling from that will be. Starmer clearly is not the sort of leader to try it either. But who in Labour is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2013640962086404540)  2026-01-20T15:53Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Generally theyll be wealthier at least in terms of the property they own. A silly question to ask really. @ewangibbs Tell me. Is a family who owns a [--] bed house in London richer or poorer than one that owns a [--] bed house in Wales @ewangibbs Tell me. Is a family who owns a [--] bed house in London richer or poorer than one that owns a [--] bed house in Wales"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2013703255277084730)  2026-01-20T20:00Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@tim_brannigan I certainly don't think they're doing so with any ability"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2013914920924946445)  2026-01-21T10:01Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@n_hold Raymond"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2013994577183576129)  2026-01-21T15:18Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"In no way inclined to stick up for Neville Chamberlain but he's been negatively invoked in recent days. Chamberlain was at least rearming and preparing British public opinion and his own party for war (the latter not necessarily very successfully) when he pursued appeasement"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2013997537972064722)  2026-01-21T15:30Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Whilst European leaders talk up independence from the United States a recent study demonstrates that in fact Europe has becoming highly dependent on American gas imports as it pivots away from Russia. A chance for energy independence turned down. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/21/trump-us-stranglehold-eu-uk-energy-supply-lng https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/21/trump-us-stranglehold-eu-uk-energy-supply-lng"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2014267176010572141)  2026-01-22T09:21Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Either they themselves or their colleagues were also calling for Starmer to go the other day 🤷♂ EXC: Scottish Labour MPs fear Andy Burnham standing in a looming Westminster by-election would damage their Holyrood election campaign. They believe a mayoral contest would suck resources away from Scotland and create a "psychodrama". https://t.co/Xl3tSdSIK6 EXC: Scottish Labour MPs fear Andy Burnham standing in a looming Westminster by-election would damage their Holyrood election campaign. They believe a mayoral contest would suck resources away from Scotland and create a "psychodrama"."  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2014350109849338213)  2026-01-22T14:51Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"The big story here is Reform not just winning more than a quarter of votes and coming second but also outpolling the Labour and Tory vote combined. Glenrothes West and Kinglassie (Fife) By-Election Result 1st Prefs: 🎗 SNP: 44.3% (-5.3) ➡ RFM: 27.5% (New) 🌹 LAB: 15.7% (-16.8) 🌳 CON: 6.9% (-4.7) 🔶 LDM: 4.7% (+0.9) 🧑🧑🧒🧒 SFP: 0.9% (New) No Ind (-2.6) as previous. SNP HOLD. Changes w/ [----]. Glenrothes West and Kinglassie (Fife) By-Election Result 1st Prefs: 🎗 SNP: 44.3% (-5.3) ➡ RFM: 27.5% (New) 🌹 LAB: 15.7% (-16.8) 🌳 CON: 6.9% (-4.7) 🔶 LDM: 4.7% (+0.9) 🧑🧑🧒🧒 SFP: 0.9% (New) No Ind"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2014603926490788142)  2026-01-23T07:39Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Theres a cottage industry of folk doing serious intellectual histories of the far right and its obviously important. But I worry how much it can obscure how much utterances of gay race communism explain emergent trends"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2014633753214095512)  2026-01-23T09:38Z 13.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Absolutely incredible seeing people I can remember from involvement in Young Labour a decade ago acting as National Executive Committee apparatchiks for Starmer and McSweeney and contributing to the rise of Reform. NEW: Andy Burnham blocked for standing in the Denton by-election. 8-1 against. Lucy Powell only vote in favour. NEW: Andy Burnham blocked for standing in the Denton by-election. 8-1 against. Lucy Powell only vote in favour"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2015407590230945938)  2026-01-25T12:53Z 13.5K followers, 49K engagements


"Im guessing the decline of print press and rise of [--] hour news and Twitter have a lot to answer for here. Might not be the full story though"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/2015701617446625599)  2026-01-26T08:21Z 13.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@guardian what do you think @SeumasMilne"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ewangibbs/status/570705500179820544)  2015-02-25T22:02Z 13.2K followers, [--] engagements

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