# ![@DBanksy Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::43183310.png) @DBanksy David Banks

David Banks posts on X about in the, keir starmer, twitter, bbc 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**
[technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  [social networks](/list/social-networks)  [countries](/list/countries)  [finance](/list/finance)  [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  [stocks](/list/stocks)  [premier league](/list/premier-league)  [us election](/list/us-election) 

**Social topic influence**
[in the](/topic/in-the), [keir starmer](/topic/keir-starmer), [twitter](/topic/twitter), [bbc](/topic/bbc), [if you](/topic/if-you), [this is](/topic/this-is), [has been](/topic/has-been), [defence](/topic/defence), [hamas](/topic/hamas), [murder](/topic/murder)

**Top assets mentioned**
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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"BBC #WinterOlympics commentary continues to deliver when a skier fails a grab Ed: Alarm bells are ringing. Tim: Those arent alarm bells Ed theyre the sirens of the grab police"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/2023128624287949062)  2026-02-15T20:13Z 22.3K followers, 32.1K engagements


"@cnbcdavy @scottcmcleod @VenomsHusband @johnchr08790931 @Telegraph No the court hasnt decided on the merits of the NDA yet. This is just an interim injunction maintaining anonymity until the hearing to decide whether the NDA is actually binding on the Telegraph"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1055230400568664064)  2018-10-24T22:51Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@moniker42 Because it seems a small thing to lose a job over"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1057721908303675393)  2018-10-31T19:52Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@flashboy @moniker42 I suppose it is and I guess its because Im an old hack who worked with people who were borderline psychotic and who remained in post to claim their pension. Giving even the slightest offence becomes very public today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1057724541588385793)  2018-10-31T20:02Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@TomChivers Hmmm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1060526280444182529)  2018-11-08T13:35Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@gabyhinsliff Shes got a point"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1063020531388219392)  2018-11-15T10:46Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@AlexanderCEvans Yes youre right and it does say that in the thread but only when the case is on court not before"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1067782553405456386)  2018-11-28T14:09Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@TomChivers Is this some sort of Tweeters not-so-anonymous confessional Im in. Hi Im David Im occasionally a bit snippier than I need to be and I missed two apostrophes this week"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1069896955847995392)  2018-12-04T10:11Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@TomChivers Im feeling very cleansed Tom. Whos next"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1069897391535505408)  2018-12-04T10:13Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Christmas Day phone call to my dad who reveals for the first time that I had a great great uncle who fought in the Crimean war. Not your usual Xmas Day conversation but dads reading habits are wide-ranging and hes been in Crimea recently"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1077728423223717889)  2018-12-26T00:50Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Oh yes. 🏴 #WALENG #6nations2019 Grand Slam is ON"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1099376630659723266)  2019-02-23T18:33Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@MirrorAsp You reckon Well do them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1099377767089651718)  2019-02-23T18:37Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@TomChivers The required response times are adjusted to account for rural and urban areas. I think the point us they are not meeting their even longer response targets in the countryside"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1103237262777683970)  2019-03-06T10:13Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@MatthewYoung7 @_GarethKeenan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1105954901107134467)  2019-03-13T22:12Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@MatthewYoung7 @_GarethKeenan I didnt even get Gareth Keenan Im slow tonight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1105955547956895744)  2019-03-13T22:15Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@TomChivers I was thinking the same thing. His does something you were implacably opposed to become ok if it gives you a shot at the top job unless you are nothing but a ruthless hypocritical careerist"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1111193305335902209)  2019-03-28T09:08Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@TomChivers He meets a sticky end if I remember rightly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1114653448153239554)  2019-04-06T22:17Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@tracey_thorn @TomChivers @chrisdeerin Niche musical direction - Everything But Ye Maiden - Tracye Thorns Medieval Madrigals - you can have that for free"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1115548272423317504)  2019-04-09T09:33Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@ifanmj I am a little ambivalent about Cofiwch Dryweryn appearing everywhere though I understand the motives. At Llyn Celyn it served as a memorial and had great symbolism. Painting it elsewhere and it becomes a political slogan and I think loses some of its power"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1120778196541169664)  2019-04-23T19:55Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@DPBusinessWales @ifanmj Ok I know but the point is it was the only one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1120820315800723456)  2019-04-23T22:42Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Cymru am byth* How speaking Welsh became cool - great piece and worth it for the @hanshs4c vid halfway down - youll get it even if you dont speak Welsh https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jun/13/welsh-speaking-bilingual-tv-thrillers-cool https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jun/13/welsh-speaking-bilingual-tv-thrillers-cool"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1139239069471387650)  2019-06-13T18:32Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@flashboy The Daily Hampshire Gazette dont lie . https://www.gazettenet.com/ARHS-prison-labor-story-captures-the-attention-of-national-media-26624064 https://www.gazettenet.com/ARHS-prison-labor-story-captures-the-attention-of-national-media-26624064"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1145777107081007106)  2019-07-01T19:32Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@mePadraigReidy @jamesrbuk @TomChivers @adebradley I think we have a right to know. Is all this journalism just a faff while he lives off a marmalade trust"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1146022957317337088)  2019-07-02T11:48Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@TomChivers Nope. The Queen reigns but does not rule. The idea that she would suddenly abandon that constitutional principle because a lot of people on Twitter would like her to is ridiculous. We had a revolution to stop monarchs doing that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1166728197616078848)  2019-08-28T15:04Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Funny to think that only a week ago some people here would have had us believe we were in a the grip of a coup somewhere between the Munich Putsch and Kristallnacht"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1170427889650688000)  2019-09-07T20:05Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@DPBusinessWales Yes but faith in politicians and institutions has waxed and waned over the years for all sorts of reasons. It does not mean that because were cheesed off with them now were wandering into the clutches of fascists"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1170432319401988096)  2019-09-07T20:23Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Imagine refusing to donate to this universally beloved charity because it spends a bit of your donation helping kids like this in other countries. Great job @rnli and @MineheadRNLI A family day at the beach turned into every parent's nightmare when the tether to a children's inflatable being held by one of their fathers on the beach slipped & two 5-year-olds were swept out to sea at a frighteningly fast pace. @MineheadRNLI volunteers raced to the rescue: https://t.co/vcRap7N9YT A family day at the beach turned into every parent's nightmare when the tether to a children's inflatable being held"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1182349916078825472)  2019-10-10T17:39Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@callummay @DawnHFoster And How"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1183729715728793602)  2019-10-14T13:02Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@tompeck @ByRobDavies Its most of the people Im following Tom. Its horrific. Im getting 18k running commentaries on something Im watching anyway"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1185512435203166208)  2019-10-19T11:06Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@TomChivers @jamesrbuk @RachaelKrishna @mePadraigReidy Starting fatally in Wrexham Miners Institute with its disastrously low beer prices and ending up seeing stars in the Seven Stars or @SaithSeren as it is known today. I had a stronger constitution then"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1190261779865178112)  2019-11-01T13:38Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@DPBusinessWales @Springboks @AllBlacks @WelshRugbyUnion A wry smile that at least we both went out to the champions. And some relief that they cant lord it over us too much for the next four years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1190601822362374145)  2019-11-02T12:09Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@TomChivers Oh Tom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1194206152772521985)  2019-11-12T10:51Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@TomChivers Its probably apocryphal but the editor of the Daily Post was mortified when a typo in an obit described a battle-scarred war veteran as battle-scared. After the family complained it was hastily corrected which read Of course we meant he was bottle-scarred"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1194206928399994881)  2019-11-12T10:54Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"I think on balance hed rather be getting shouted at in Fishlake"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1195088384550678528)  2019-11-14T21:17Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Placard wars hit rural Thirsk & Malton. Cant see @UKLabours David Yellen really denting Kevin Hollinrakes 20k majority but maybe theyre rattled"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1203967882637586437)  2019-12-09T09:21Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Before you join in the latest conspiracy theory about Laura K and postal ballots have a read of this. Or make a fool of yourself your choice some of you are frankly beyond help"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1204809052901040135)  2019-12-11T17:03Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"More excited about this than a grown man should be. Especially liked the (sonic boom) subtitle. Turn and burn Maverick is supersonic. Good morning aviators. Watch the NEW trailer for #TopGun: Maverick starring @TomCruise - In theatres June [--] [----]. https://t.co/pIVM99lcSC Good morning aviators. Watch the NEW trailer for #TopGun: Maverick starring @TomCruise - In theatres June [--] [----]. https://t.co/pIVM99lcSC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1218952980902416389)  2020-01-19T17:46Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@TomChivers I *loved* them especially Nogbad the Bad who was a victim of nominative determinism"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1235479777106112512)  2020-03-05T08:18Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@TomDavidson09 Im old enough to remember them sleeping rough through the Thatcher and Major governments. Then under Blair they slowly surely left the streets. It was a lot of hard work an investment but Labour got it done"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1237468176876810246)  2020-03-10T19:59Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@business_owen @TomDavidson09 Understood but I think that was not necessarily rough sleepers who are a subsection of homeless. I think Labour got to grips with that early on and dealt with other homelessness later"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1237470800762019846)  2020-03-10T20:10Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@TomChivers @unherd Ditto Airfix"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1239845997213372416)  2020-03-17T09:28Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@TomChivers @unherd Ah so it was. Lovely piece"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1239847387029536770)  2020-03-17T09:33Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@patanna @Ian_Politic People are allowed to go out for exercise. Most people look well distanced. Those who are close together may be from the same household you have no proof theyre not. This curtain-twitching snitching on people doing nothing wrong is frankly weird"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1246468753182855171)  2020-04-04T16:04Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Pre-publication legal guidance to help you avoid the many pitfalls out there - advisory services I offer details here - https://davidbanksmedialaw.com/services/advisory-services/ https://davidbanksmedialaw.com/services/advisory-services/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1253345990192566272)  2020-04-23T15:32Z 23.7K followers, [--] engagements


"@Midlifechrist I think they should get help but that shouldnt mean every reception and Y1 kid going to school"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1259750470802964481)  2020-05-11T07:41Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@Hilary_W And enough for lunch tomorrow. Highly relatable content"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1270099262903406593)  2020-06-08T21:03Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"If you are reporting the #Readingstabbing and want to avoid contempt of court you might want to give this guide a quick look. By far the most-used post on my site and probably for good reason. Lets be careful out there. http://davidbanksmedialaw.com/2011/11/22/contempt-of-court-and-how-to-avoid-it/ http://davidbanksmedialaw.com/2011/11/22/contempt-of-court-and-how-to-avoid-it/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1274802968735481858)  2020-06-21T20:34Z 22.6K followers, [---] engagements


"@TomChivers Was that Tony Livesey"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1286625394762842112)  2020-07-24T11:32Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"A few people have been tweeting about missing their newsroom during the pandemic and their pictures show gleaming ranks of Macs which caused me to reminisce about my first newsroom. This was at the Wrexham Leader North Wales"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1317031556423294977)  2020-10-16T09:16Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Ha ha who do they think gets the stories for their newspapers tv and radio programmes the news fairy The bad news is that journalists are nearly the least trusted profession in the UK. The good news is that we are more trusted than politicians and advertising executives https://t.co/l3CtMP10Hg https://t.co/q3EaKvXB95 The bad news is that journalists are nearly the least trusted profession in the UK. The good news is that we are more trusted than politicians and advertising executives https://t.co/l3CtMP10Hg https://t.co/q3EaKvXB95"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1331969205114183680)  2020-11-26T14:32Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"The Channel Tunnel took six years from start of tunnelling to opening. 🔴 An undersea tunnel between Great Britain and Northern Ireland could get the green light as early next month and help unblock trade which has been hit by Brexit tensions This article is free to read until 10.30pm 🔓 https://t.co/wR0NSCt1jv 🔴 An undersea tunnel between Great Britain and Northern Ireland could get the green light as early next month and help unblock trade which has been hit by Brexit tensions This article is free to read until 10.30pm 🔓 https://t.co/wR0NSCt1jv"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1360886765016526849)  2021-02-14T09:41Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@TomChivers Probably wrong that the line in that that sticks with me is: I wrote a [-----] word condemnation of one of those people on a blog. [-----] words. Thats not a blog post its a novella"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1360911919432011778)  2021-02-14T11:21Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@GeorginaLawton By book images do you mean photos you took that are in your book or other books"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1363160869706866689)  2021-02-20T16:17Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@GeorginaLawton If theyve used so much no-one needs to buy your book then that is too much"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1363166145755418624)  2021-02-20T16:38Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@GeorginaLawton Good luck with the book"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1363172769907814402)  2021-02-20T17:04Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@aljwhite They hung a monkey thinking it was one of Napoleons spies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1371795698807627782)  2021-03-16T12:09Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@TomChivers If you come up to Whitby you can sit in the hotel bar overlooking the Abbey where he wrote it. Give me a shout and I might even buy you a pint there when were allowed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1375440869462044673)  2021-03-26T13:33Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@ljconnor2 @yorknouse We did think I'm heading back soon for a session with the new editors"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/139367260723740673)  2011-11-23T15:38Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@HannahAlOthman @ElectoralCommUK I think what youve reported goes beyond professional conduct but if thats the case then as your story says the law needs reviewing. This will not be the only instance of this happening. I get so many queries about the pernicious use of Facebook groups"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1393845947860459521)  2021-05-16T08:29Z 23.8K followers, [--] engagements


"@HannahAlOthman @ElectoralCommUK Weve seen them derailing trialsIve had many calls about them targeting NHS workers - staff on a childrens ward ffs social workers and teachers. They are utterly poisonous and Facebook remain completely unaccountable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1393846495481315328)  2021-05-16T08:31Z 23.8K followers, [--] engagements


"Work in progress #guitartwitter - couple of spaces left - what am I missing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1395147108911665153)  2021-05-19T22:39Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@TomChivers @Luisa_Zu Theyre just alt-terms of endearment. When @ChrisDragon2016 who Ive known no endured for [--] years calls me a knob I know its just his way of telling me he loves me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1408048278848086026)  2021-06-24T13:04Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@PickardJE It was ridiculously easy to dial a wrong number on a rotary dial phone. Saying your number alerted the caller to having done that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1411304136079990787)  2021-07-03T12:41Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@SjBarrister Thats a bizarre take. It wasnt Labour that started this it was an international coalition operating under a UN mandate. The sudden withdrawal of troops and support has left the country open to the Taliban. You cant honestly suggest this is anything other than a disaster"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1427023639015211009)  2021-08-15T21:45Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@business_owen @SjBarrister I disagree. The troop numbers there were much lower and mainly in support and training roles. Withdrawal should have been staged over a much longer period"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1427030111061221376)  2021-08-15T22:11Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"People think this Non-EU salt & pepper is an advertising gimmick to attract sales from Brexiteers. They have seriously lost their minds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1455262866949423114)  2021-11-01T19:57Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Headline intro the next [--] pars"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1458814378745212932)  2021-11-11T15:10Z 22.6K followers, [---] engagements


"@TomChivers @twlldun @yngvlgrn I went to a reading by Iain Banks in Chester years ago and he was as warm and original and funny as youd expect. I miss him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1465687360700624898)  2021-11-30T14:21Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@TomChivers @twlldun @yngvlgrn I might go back through his black books. Ive only actually read The Wasp Factory once. Canal Dreams was a bit odd mind you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1465689563200823309)  2021-11-30T14:29Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@rachelkennedy84 @MartinBelam Scots flights can be hair-raising"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1470427720156913670)  2021-12-13T16:17Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@TomChivers Tolkien had a similar debate about dwarf. English plural is dwarfs but in LOTR he used dwarves"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1486363748390649862)  2022-01-26T15:41Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@Munross @GreatBeingCyrus @ernest_malley The reason you recall it getting saturation coverage was because digital tv news channels were still in their infancy then. Freeview - which most people use to access news channels - launched a year after 9/11"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1496900818867396625)  2022-02-24T17:32Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@business_owen @Munross @GreatBeingCyrus @ernest_malley I dont think you can compare the two events really"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1496909062935617540)  2022-02-24T18:05Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Pity poor Daniel not British nothing to do with politics and definitely not stilltweetingabout #beergate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1524147571807113219)  2022-05-10T22:01Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@dubasfisher Always leave your jacket on your chair. Wheres Banksy Oh he was here a moment ago he cant have gone his jackets there. Meanwhile in a pub five minutes distant"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1525156929550659585)  2022-05-13T16:52Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"If I were to produce some short video lessons - 30mins-1hour legal basics/refreshers. Watchable at your leisure for fairly low payment what topics would you most like Vote or reply for anything not mentioned. See replies for more choices Libel Privacy Contempt Copyright Libel Privacy Contempt Copyright"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1529837590609805313)  2022-05-26T14:51Z 23.4K followers, [--] engagements


"An unpopular opinion and RIP my mentions but Boris might have just played a blinder here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1584540679698468866)  2022-10-24T13:41Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"A few people asking me whether Clarkson has committed a hate crime in what he wrote about Meghan. If I thread about why he hasnt RIP my mentions from those wholl think Im defending him. What to do Thread away Banksy Keep your head down Thread away Banksy Keep your head down"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1604793995338604545)  2022-12-19T11:01Z 22.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@jasperhamill To paraphrase Professor Hugo Dyson - not another fucking glade"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1617863712756596738)  2023-01-24T12:35Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@AvtrSpirit @jasperhamill I think theres an Orcish one thats worth a go as well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1618013776598687745)  2023-01-24T22:32Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"It is peak British gardening that the woman tackling the protesters gives them a light misting rather than the full water cannon Woman hoses down Just Stop Oil 'morons' who threw orange paint on sustainable garden at Chelsea Flower Show https://t.co/w2E63PjSWc https://t.co/UPOR56vuhd Woman hoses down Just Stop Oil 'morons' who threw orange paint on sustainable garden at Chelsea Flower Show https://t.co/w2E63PjSWc https://t.co/UPOR56vuhd"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1661701820501184512)  2023-05-25T11:52Z 22.6K followers, [----] engagements


"I was writing about this issue [--] years ago. What is never really addressed is why Welsh homeowners sell up. Its always dealt with by increasing council tax to discourage buyers. But in many areas the Welsh sell because there isnt a viable economy to keep them there. No jobs. Wales had the highest proportion of people using a second address as a holiday home relative to the local population 🏴 In Gwynedd for every [----] local residents [----] people from other local authorities used a holiday home in the area (9270 people in total). https://t.co/8sGFNqOBPk Wales had the highest proportion of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1671080487207555072)  2023-06-20T09:00Z 22.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@LeaskyHT Ive read that it originated in the USA where schools started buying cat litter for classrooms. The reason being that when they have shooter lockdowns the kids need something to pee into - grim. But right-wing gun nuts portrayed it as kids identifying as cats"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1672922490874609665)  2023-06-25T10:59Z 22.6K followers, [---] engagements


"1000 RTs [----] likes but if the mob piling onto the BBC in the replies had watched News at [--] or Newsnight theyd have seen Huw and Kirsty hadnt got the memo and were still talking about asylum seekers. Either that or this isnt actually correct"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1674539154162548737)  2023-06-29T22:05Z 24.1K followers, [----] engagements


"This is appalling. I would not be surprised if some students take legal action against universities if they allow vital marking to be done in such a slipshod manner"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1674559366215659522)  2023-06-29T23:25Z 24.3K followers, [----] engagements


"And for those of you who have just been retweeting can I introduce you to a nasty little thing called the repetition rule - anyone who repeats a libel is liable for it. Its a doozy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1677781332854702080)  2023-07-09T08:50Z 24.1K followers, 53.2K engagements


"@Tontkowalski It needs to be a small identifiable group. So if there are [--] residents in Acacia Avenue they can sue if there are [---] they cant. BBC presenters is too big a group to sue in this case"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1678167628769099780)  2023-07-10T07:32Z 24.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@jonsopel @CharliePhill22 @TheSun No identification in The Suns coverage might be difficult to sue"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1678460376890105856)  2023-07-10T18:31Z 24.1K followers, 64.2K engagements


"@peterjukes @JakubKrupa @jonsopel @CharliePhill22 @TheSun And a corporate claimant has to sue for financial damage or the likelihood of it - not just serious harm. Individuals sue for serious harm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1678491086405136395)  2023-07-10T19:50Z 24.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@bethanyusher @peterjukes @jonsopel @CharliePhill22 @TheSun Too many. Only a handful of officers at Banbury hundreds at the BBC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1678493000702230528)  2023-07-11T10:37Z 24.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@AB_Gibson22 @jonsopel @CharliePhill22 @TheSun It depends on the size of the group. Top BBC presenters is in my view too big a group to sue. Group libel is for small numbers of people - [--] [--] or so"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1678693705220345857)  2023-07-11T09:13Z 24.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@AB_Gibson22 @jonsopel @CharliePhill22 @TheSun Yes but its not The Suns actual article that narrowed the pool. To sue the claimants need to show that the words The Sun published IDd them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1678702621417250818)  2023-07-11T09:47Z 23.8K followers, [--] engagements


"@CigfranGoch Im well aware of the details of Banbury CID thanks very much - there were actually [--] successful claimants because one of the officers was a woman and one died - so those two were unable to sue"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1678713743146975234)  2023-07-11T10:36Z 24.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Im writing for The Indy and was literally typing there will be another twist to this when"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1678785200740761600)  2023-07-11T17:46Z 24.2K followers, 16.5K engagements


"@fitgeek_uk My paper I dont work for a paper any more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1679209497112240128)  2023-07-12T19:28Z 24.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@StephenNolan Went there when we did the West Coast great town even had a whale in the surf with the kids. Mrs B thought it was a shark and it was like a scene out of Jaws as she tried to get them out of the water"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1679227833317576710)  2023-07-12T20:34Z 23.8K followers, [---] engagements


"@AamerAnwar @Vaughan_Wms @CPSUK He set up his own business after working as a toolmaker - what possible objection could anyone have to that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1685556064790450177)  2023-07-30T18:52Z 24.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Les Lacettes the Pyrenees worth the climb"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1687479734718865408)  2023-08-04T20:52Z 24.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Another view up there 2000ft higher than anywhere in the U.K. Fortunately the Land Rover sherpaed us up to a few hundred feet of it no crampons required"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1687555387141095424)  2023-08-04T20:52Z 24.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@DBentleyMiller @elonmusk Went dark when you stopped at traffic lights. I think batteries might just have a future"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1690825763103076352)  2023-08-13T20:40Z 24.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@EsheruKweku @tether_maria It wasnt a ruling it was the unanimous verdict of a jury who heard all of the evidence unlike many people commenting here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1695479396981690418)  2023-08-26T16:52Z 24.1K followers, [--] engagements


"The RSPB has apologised for this but left it up and its currently on 6.5million views. Classic #sorrynotsorry"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1697339943901643055)  2023-08-31T20:05Z 24.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@GlennyRodge Its bad manners too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1698056772827677156)  2023-09-02T19:34Z 24.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@producersalty We didnt get such a lovely sunset behind it when we were there. We did get a whale that came right in by the pier though. Mrs B thought it was a shark and it was like a scene from Jaws shouting to the kids to get out of the water"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1698964088125063274)  2023-09-05T07:39Z 24.3K followers, [--] engagements


"@disappoptimism @Phill56200171 Airfix late to the game: Did you know that Orcs fought in WW2 Here they are loving rendered in 1/72 scale"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1700140284435218514)  2023-09-08T13:33Z 24.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@Plaid_Cymru Three years later the RAF was all that stood between us and the jackboot. You think Wales would have fared well under Nazi rule Celebrating this is not the win you think it is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1700266401242730961)  2023-09-08T21:54Z 24.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Just six years old. This is a heartbreaking account to follow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1700572545122975934)  2023-09-09T18:11Z 24.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Didnt need to be a lip reading expert to work out what Dan Biggar thought about Wales trying to run that out of defence rather than booting it into touch #WALvFIJ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1700961126547075283)  2023-09-10T19:55Z 24.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@serichards Our kids school lets you buy where you want. It also runs a second-hand shop for good quality uniform kids have just outgrown. State comp not an academy. Heads unofficial motto: no child left behind"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1702317933928788268)  2023-09-14T13:46Z 24.2K followers, [---] engagements


"A difficult read but for journalism students an example of how to do public interest journalism. Attention to sources details corroboration and opportunity to reply https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russell-brand-rape-sexual-assault-abuse-allegations-investigation-v5hxdlmb6 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russell-brand-rape-sexual-assault-abuse-allegations-investigation-v5hxdlmb6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1703113870494118269)  2023-09-16T18:29Z 22.3K followers, 109K engagements


"Remember media law geeks that The Sunday Times and #Dispatches are relying on the public interest in their investigation into Russell Brand. [--] years ago the ST published the story that led to the courts establishing the Reynolds Defence for public interest journalism"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1703168353328668744)  2023-09-16T22:05Z 24.3K followers, 68.7K engagements


"@aj2squared @mrjamesob Lots of things about crimes are in the public domain but once someone is arrested the law says you shouldnt remind people of them. We might not agree with it but its the law"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1704826689014943827)  2023-09-21T11:55Z 24.1K followers, [----] engagements


"An example of how awful regional newspaper websites have become. The story Im trying to read is that narrow strip of text at the bottom. This is typical of most regional papers now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1705175526455873891)  2023-09-22T11:01Z 22.3K followers, 62.6K engagements


"A smiling Prime Minister greets Tory voters on the way to the polls Weve tanked the economy wrecked schools partied our way through the pandemic and buggered up Brexit but still they vote for us theyre amazing. Come by Shep get em in those booths"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1705280480541573577)  2023-09-22T17:58Z 24K followers, [----] engagements


"Home Secretaries have got form for speaking injudiciously when proceedings are active. Post 9/11 the then Home Sec attended the scene of a police raid after several arrests were made and declared to camera Weve smashed a terrorist ring"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1705979619172618312)  2023-09-24T16:16Z 23.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Now David Blunkett for it was he faced no contempt proceedings so I very much doubt Suella Braverman will either despite the fervent wishes of some on Twitter. It does however speak to this Governments respect for the rule of law and what it says is pretty grim"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1705979621747912871)  2023-09-24T16:16Z 24.1K followers, [--] engagements


"What the hell was a @gmpolice officer doing getting involved The heckler wasnt struggling he went quietly. If anything the police officer should have been telling security to get their hands off him because he wasnt resisting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1709254476454838574)  2023-10-03T17:09Z 24.1K followers, 11.6K engagements


"The right thing would be to replay the fixture but no-one will grow a pair and order that. So if youre Liverpools lawyers you tuck this away nice and safe until the end of the season and if theres one or two points between the title or qualification you push the button BREAKING: The VAR audio from Luis Diaz's wrongly disallowed goal for Liverpool at Tottenham has been released by the PGMOL 🚨 BREAKING: The VAR audio from Luis Diaz's wrongly disallowed goal for Liverpool at Tottenham has been released by the PGMOL 🚨"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1709274106762264737)  2023-10-03T18:27Z 22.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@business_owen No. Obviously not. But this is far more than just a mistake. Everyone keeps excusing this as just a mistake. Its not. Its knowingly disallowing a valid goal. Thats not a mistake. And PGMOL have set up a system that allowed this to happen. Thats not a mistake"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1709283327612465183)  2023-10-03T19:04Z 22.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Its pretty obvious that some sub-Cummings snake oil merchant has convinced the Tories that the only way to avoid electoral disaster is to spread whatever lie is gaining traction in the YouTube swamp that day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1709500795111256112)  2023-10-04T09:28Z 24.1K followers, [----] engagements


"One for mlearned friends - a gathering of lawyers wigs - or shaggy ink caps as theyre more commonly known"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1711653724064539077)  2023-10-10T08:03Z 24.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@fugitiveink @craftybookworm Happened to Mrs B. Stoic on the phone to a midwife who said no rush because she didnt sound in pain. [--] minutes later baby arrived on our dining room floor delivered by a surprised paramedic who responded to our [---] when we realised it was going to be a rush after all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1712106822184694149)  2023-10-11T14:04Z 24.2K followers, [--] engagements


"This is a good lesson for all young journalists. Often your best move in a newsroom is to ride along on the coattails of an experienced photographer. They know the patch have bags of contacts and theyll get you through doors. And any story with pics gets a better show"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1712918819788747050)  2023-10-13T19:50Z 24.3K followers, 10.7K engagements


"If youre lucky theyre as nice a guy as Hugh Russell. Some are morewell lets be generous and just sayidiosyncratic. Look on the bright side youll have some tales to tell"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1712924217157546117)  2023-10-13T20:12Z 24.1K followers, [---] engagements


"We now have what appear to be pictures of the hospital car park and apparent site of the explosion. I hope the BBC and others reporting are getting some independent analysis of these images to determine what might have caused this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1714533609376235997)  2023-10-18T06:47Z 24.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@carlwaring Im well aware of how the BBC work thanks and attributing last nights events to an Israeli air strike when the only source was Hamas is a failure in their part in my opinion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1714559604275777543)  2023-10-18T08:30Z 24.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@AdamWagner1 @TomTugendhat There is a line that BBC news presenters have repeated several times since yesterday it doesnt really matter *who* bombed the hospital. I disagree it very much does matter. The news report blaming Israel contributed to the eruption of protest and violence across the region"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1714932298976538870)  2023-10-19T09:11Z 24.3K followers, 15.7K engagements


"@UKverifried @AdamWagner1 @TomTugendhat Thats not the point. The reaction to blaming Israel has been far-reaching for the region and for any hopes of negotiating a ceasefire or allowing humanitarian intervention"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1714942121373814995)  2023-10-19T09:50Z 24.2K followers, [---] engagements


"M&S is a PLC now but it was founded by a Jew. Lets not pretend this is about Israel here this protest is aimed at Jews it brings shame on all those involved and should have been stopped. Berlin [----]. The brownshirts held their rally then marched to a Jewish owned shop to make the staff & their customers feel unsafe. Glasgow [----]. The anti semites held their rally then marched to a Jewish owned shop to make the staff & their customers feel unsafe. #ScotlandsShame https://t.co/7Cs5Ew8s1Y Berlin [----]. The brownshirts held their rally then marched to a Jewish owned shop to make the staff & their"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1718988293595922711)  2023-10-30T13:48Z 22.3K followers, 113.9K engagements


"We all share Feargals hopes. Peace in Northern Ireland took more than hope. It took the work of two Prime Ministers Blair and Major the support of President Clinton and the commitment of politicians on both sides of the sectarian divide. It was hard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1720763915699662868)  2023-11-04T11:24Z 24.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@forwardnotback @MrHarryCole *sigh* bated breath not baited. Its a contraction of abated meaning paused held. Standards at The Sun are slipping"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1722193736682312056)  2023-11-08T10:05Z 24.3K followers, [--] engagements


"@CymraegCorrect Lots of Welsh-speakers get Pwllheli wrong because they miss the h or the ll gets more of a ch sound"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1726373436036087859)  2023-11-19T22:54Z 24.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@CymraegCorrect It wasnt a question it was a statement of my experience having grown up in that part of the world and heard it mangled by all and sundry including Welsh speakers for years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1726378226098770214)  2023-11-19T23:13Z 24.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Huw Edwards set to leave BBC News after internal inquiry insiders say"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1728139923302252968)  2023-11-24T19:53Z 24.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@blisswords @ionewells @edvaizey I dont think so. The cheeks of a hammer are used sometimes to strike in nails. Especially if you dont want to damage the face of the hammer head that is used for patterning metal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1728163961772658756)  2023-11-24T21:29Z 24.2K followers, [--] engagements


"There was nothing illiterate about the responses. We know exactly what he meant and it was a pathetic response by a weak leader. Your patronising tone is noted too as is your refusal to countenance anyone replying to you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1728742390889161048)  2023-11-26T11:47Z 24.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@Johnnywas25 @KBurill99168 @KiszelyPhilip Nice try. If Varadkar made a habit of quoting the Bible it might even have been credible. It was an incredibly crass thing to say about a child abducted during a massacre of Jews"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1728744410098040960)  2023-11-26T11:56Z 24.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@EvansTheCrime @SkinnyFats97 Has Glenn been in the dock and found himself in one of your reports"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1728867137077527027)  2023-11-26T20:03Z 24.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Heres my [----] on @Spotify top genre - Rock - no great surprise there. Get yours now. #SpotifyWrapped"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1729938788464415132)  2023-11-29T19:02Z 24.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Bohemian Rhapsody by Tears for Fears. 100% would buy that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1730154368287093029)  2023-11-30T09:18Z 24.2K followers, [----] engagements


"As cold as it looks here in the Howardian Hills"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1730205440397488588)  2023-11-30T12:41Z 24.2K followers, [---] engagements


"One hoar frost and someones got raking to do"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1731292810828009607)  2023-12-03T12:42Z 24.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@jon_trickett a transformational Prime Minister she helped mould the political views of an entire generation and most of them vote Labour to this day myself included*"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1731462718253638110)  2023-12-03T23:57Z 23.9K followers, [--] engagements


"Why would the @IDF do anything other than hunt down and eradicate every last trace of Hamas If this happened to the UK we would do exactly the same"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1732150274188251524)  2023-12-05T21:29Z 24.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Christ at least when Thatcher was brought down it was by political giants - Geoffrey Howe despite his dead sheep moniker was a pillar of the Tory Government. Imagine regarding the departure of a nonentity like Jenrick as some sort of mortal blow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1732472160306782330)  2023-12-06T18:48Z 24.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Charlottes mind her heart has been consumed by little else *since the bombing started*. What happened before Is there a little corner of her heart her mind available for the victims of the October [--] atrocity and the hostages still held by Hamas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1733573071401832855)  2023-12-09T19:43Z 24.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@AdamWagner1 Is it not just the teensiest bit risible that this self-proclaimed star chamber is made up of the dodos of the ERG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1733838477899219060)  2023-12-10T13:18Z 24.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@red_puma Sold to a good home. Might be selling my PRS Zach Myers next thinning the herd. Coming to the conclusion that the only guitar I really like playing for both comfort and sound is my Strat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1735013883453059504)  2023-12-13T19:08Z 24.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@nigelpauley So I believe speak soon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1735782337328108024)  2023-12-15T22:02Z 24.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@Jliffe @deputybradlaw I share your concerns about joint enterprise especially in your sons case. However this description in the of the murder of Jack Woodley isnt accurate. He was set upon and kicked beaten and stamped upon by those youths before he was fatally stabbed and the piece should say so"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1736720255391502654)  2023-12-18T12:09Z 24.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@BrianHTweed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1736899596406677952)  2023-12-19T00:01Z 24.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Not sure how meaningful an experience this is when theres [----] people gathered there with you. There are hundreds of stone circles and standing stones scattered across the UK. Get an OS map and find one locally"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1738526741843337475)  2023-12-23T11:47Z 24.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@BriW74 @guywalters Like a Don McCullin pic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1739396184513405201)  2023-12-25T21:22Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Without downloading any new pics what's your energy going into [----] Without downloading any new pics what's your energy going into [----] https://t.co/Ta3ntIEUi8 Without downloading any new pics what's your energy going into [----] https://t.co/Ta3ntIEUi8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1740080704401088604)  2023-12-27T18:42Z 24.1K followers, 15.8K engagements


"@vivien2112 @RushFanCast Such a clever witty imaginative lyricist. And an amazing musician"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1741943471785611289)  2024-01-01T22:04Z 24.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@GarethLCollins @WrexhamLowdown @yozzer10 Do you remember the West Ham fans invading the pitch and then running down to our end Thought it might kick off but they gave us a round of applause and we joined them in a chorus of sack the board. Amazing day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1743035081264947508)  2024-01-04T22:22Z 23.9K followers, [--] engagements


"Strange how @fujitsu_uks social media is keeping very very quiet these days. Cant think why. #MrBatesVsThePostOffice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1743041667320385578)  2024-01-04T22:48Z 24.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@GarethLCollins @WrexhamLowdown @yozzer10 I was there too. Won [--] from the bookies in the stand predicting the score. One of our coaches got a bottle through its window on the way home. Another great win"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1743052321272250469)  2024-01-04T23:30Z 24.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@MickPuck Always loved these lines especially such a great great song Unicorns and cannonballs palaces and piers Trumpets towers and tenements wide oceans full of tears Flag rags ferry boats scimitars and scarves Every precious dream and vision underneath the stars"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1743964664763994245)  2024-01-07T11:55Z 24K followers, [--] engagements


"@sunroof65 @guyadams You understand that the Mail has more than one writer working for it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1744311352619860080)  2024-01-08T10:53Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@Nigel_Farage @Keir_Starmer Because he had no power to do so. The Post Office was the investigating agency and the prosecuting agency. A frankly absurd position and one which a) you should have informed yourself about before this tweet and b) you might campaign to reform Make yourself useful"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1744333059082609127)  2024-01-08T12:19Z 24.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@tomebright @christopherhope Please do enlighten us as to what questions a former DPP has to answer about prosecutions he had zero responsibility for or power over. Just give us one of these many questions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1744500903636332967)  2024-01-08T23:26Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"@lottalottebotte @BarristerSecret @StevePeers @toryboypierce @Keir_Starmer And that is a matter of for the Post Office to answer. Not the then DPP who had no legal oversight whatsoever of their investigations or prosecutions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1744729117550141743)  2024-01-09T14:33Z 24.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Unsurprisingly Lord Macdonald is right. I would be very surprised if the public inquiry does not recommend that the Post Office be stripped of its powers to prosecute. And not a moment too soon. It's just clearly the worst mass miscarriage of justice in modern British history. Lord Macdonald KC tells #TimesRadio that "big organisations" like Post Office should "never again be allowed to conduct prosecutions on their own behalf." @KateEMcCann @StigAbell https://t.co/vOXmSNdAae It's just clearly the worst mass miscarriage of justice in modern British history. Lord Macdonald KC tells #TimesRadio"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1744798342817689895)  2024-01-09T19:08Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"@GrahamTheMusicM I think the Post Office in its practice of investigating and prosecuting is very different from many other private prosecutions. It should be stopped from doing so and the prosecuting function taken over by the CPS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1744886103880933557)  2024-01-10T00:57Z 24.1K followers, [--] engagements


"There is I think a problem here in that the exonerated SPMs will not get their day in court where they are formally cleared with all the publicity that entails. Horizon scandal: PM announces mass exonerations for sub-postmasters https://t.co/9cm2TQZyEf Horizon scandal: PM announces mass exonerations for sub-postmasters https://t.co/9cm2TQZyEf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1745062703943520499)  2024-01-10T12:39Z 24.2K followers, [----] engagements


"So having had their reputations ruined by the Post Office arrangements should be made that if they individually wish for it proper publicity should be arranged further each and every one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1745062706900602927)  2024-01-10T12:39Z 24.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@tonydowney67 @TomLatchem @TomWitherow If they all get the 600k compensation they fully deserve that puts the bill at 2.6billion. All because PO management and Fujitsu would not admit their system was a shambles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1745382959211807030)  2024-01-11T09:51Z 24.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@disappoptimism Yes. Indeed. When you say wave - is it a good wave like one that a surfer might ride Or is it like a giant tsunami destroying everything it sweeps over Keep it simple for the hard of understanding"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1745452585237225538)  2024-01-11T14:28Z 24.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@helenlewis You could fill several ITV drama series with the heartbreaking stories @kirkkorner has uncovered"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1745561561471840539)  2024-01-11T21:41Z 24.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Well its all kicking off between The Met and the IOPC just now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1745843274269528492)  2024-01-12T16:20Z [--] followers, 14K engagements


"@kriekstina Its not a very exclusive club tbh he lets anyone in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1746293433264664876)  2024-01-13T22:09Z 24.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@MagsTaylorish @mauricesmithtvi Some local newspapers banned their reporters from using Facebook when it started. Can you imagine Thats how far-sighted their management was. Honestly their response to the internet was worse than Luddite. They signed their own death warrants many of them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1746574853019210131)  2024-01-14T16:47Z 24.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@KarenSquires18 @GMB The prosecutions didnt go anywhere near the CPS or Keir Starmers desk. They were private prosecutions taken by the Post Office without any involvement of the CPS. This has been stated now many many times. Try to keep up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1746834592718360676)  2024-01-15T09:59Z 24.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@BriW74 @JaneCaseyAuthor Always preferred Harold to Buster Keaton and Chaplin tbh. Though Laurel and Hardy were unsurpassed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1747218877065380160)  2024-01-16T11:26Z 24.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@Samfr In years gone by you could expect people to buy a house have a family and steadily become more conservative as they aged. The inability of people to get on the housing ladder at an early age is becoming an issue for the Tories"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1747931277469094376)  2024-01-18T10:37Z 24.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@Ofstednews If Ofsted is so concerned about stress and mental health why was it inspecting schools days before the Christmas break when its obvious staff would be extremely busy Inspections took place after Ruth Perrys inquest but before mental health training for lead inspectors"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1748455672604217435)  2024-01-19T21:21Z 24.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Just done my bit on Radio [--] to try to explain the latest twist in Prince Harrys ongoing battle with the tabloids. I confess Im beginning to lose track myself"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1748487136251146499)  2024-01-19T23:26Z 24.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Went to see #TheHoldovers today and its a beautifully-shot atmospheric sad sweet funny movie. Great performances by a wonderful cast and Paul Giamatti deserves every award coming his way"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1748792796230631817)  2024-01-20T19:41Z 24.1K followers, [----] engagements


"With regard to the #nottingham case of the killing of three people. The judge when sentencing can still impose a life sentence and set a minimum term or an indeterminate one for public protection. But unlike murder the life sentence is not mandatory"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1749901891620786686)  2024-01-23T21:08Z 24.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Though the sentencing judge has full discretion over sentencing they work to guidelines and I think given the seriousness of the offence the number of victims and the impact of the crimes it will be a very long sentence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1749901898696511942)  2024-01-23T21:08Z 24.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@DuncanHenry78 @HannahQuirk1 If the bereaved families want to describe him as a monster that is entirely up to them and the media will obviously report that. Its a perfectly human reaction to a monstrous crime. The murder/manslaughter law is long overdue for reform to make the offences clearer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1750681590110286176)  2024-01-26T00:46Z 24.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@HannahQuirk1 @DuncanHenry78 If he had not been mentally ill given the planning and cruelty involved in his crimes I would expect him to serve a whole life sentence or something so long he would be decrepit on release"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1750830096275874003)  2024-01-26T10:36Z 24.3K followers, [--] engagements


"@HannahQuirk1 @DuncanHenry78 Manslaughter and the order made by the judge raises the possibility however remote that he may be released earlier than he would if he had been convicted of murder and given a jail sentence. Its likely he will remain in hospital for life but not a certainty"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1750830537298608353)  2024-01-26T10:38Z 24.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@HannahQuirk1 @DuncanHenry78 Which journalists do you have any particular coverage in mind Ive seen the judges sentencing remarks reported pretty widely which sets the courts decision in context and explains what will happen to the defendant"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1750844731884454017)  2024-01-26T11:34Z 24.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@HannahQuirk1 @DuncanHenry78 I dont see that as a lack of care tbh. Its the human reaction to this awful case and that will always be the thing the media focus on because that is what their audience is interested in. The technical stuff though important simply isnt the main issue here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1750846987707019270)  2024-01-26T11:43Z 24.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@HannahQuirk1 @DuncanHenry78 I dont think its as simple as saying the verdict is wrong. It might be the right verdict but the families are very upset that he was at liberty to commit the attack and the process after that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1750852971418566880)  2024-01-26T12:07Z 24.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@HannahQuirk1 @DuncanHenry78 Ive covered a lot of murder/manslaughter trials and families are rarely satisfied with anything other than an extremely long jail sentence. But aside from that there are people/orgs who have a lot of questions to answer about this case"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1750853512156639515)  2024-01-26T12:09Z 24.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@COLRICHARDKEMP He doesnt know how a Land Rover heater operates either - intermittently at best"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1751027424953782459)  2024-01-26T23:40Z 24.1K followers, [---] engagements


"They didnt throw soup at the Mona Lisa they threw soup at a reinforced screen. Performative bobbins thats just going to need mopping up by gallery staff. All a bit pathetic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1751656739542327755)  2024-01-28T17:21Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"@Docilton @hzeffman Including the part about the immediate unconditional release of all hostages You did read that bit didnt you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1751680697884946606)  2024-01-28T18:56Z 24.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@Cu_chullain86 @Docilton @hzeffman Given your enthusiasm for the report can I take it that you agree with the ICJs call for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1751696124627349612)  2024-01-28T19:57Z 24.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@TFMick1892 @trickster1966 @NUFC @EmiratesFACup Dont you worry Mick. Well happily switch to English to tell ignorant no-marks like you where to go. Were accommodating like that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1751773127531438407)  2024-01-29T01:03Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"@TFMick1892 @trickster1966 @NUFC @EmiratesFACup I think your experience of North Wales is pretty limited and coloured by your attitude to the people and the language. No-one talks Welsh selectively its a myth perpetuated by the profoundly ignorant. If youre an arse you should expect to be treated as one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1751890166287827345)  2024-01-29T08:48Z 24.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@TFMick1892 @PandoraSylvana @trickster1966 @NUFC @EmiratesFACup This is pure arrogance. Why do you imagine that people who are first-language Welsh would speak English by preference and then only switch to Welsh when you pitch up You appear to think its a code only ever deployed to offend touchy Englishmen like you. This is idiocy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1751942513781338155)  2024-01-29T12:16Z 24K followers, [--] engagements


"@MikePullen1969 @AdolphusSpriggs Theyd make a fortune if they raffled the bricks tbh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1752356306235613396)  2024-01-30T15:41Z 24.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@OliviaMyles63 @andylines I just think youre making stuff up for attention tbh. And muting doesnt work if youre already in a conversation. As for the public thatll be the same public whove made MailOnline one of the biggest news websites in the world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1753519417223196970)  2024-02-02T20:43Z 24.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@sarahknapton Give it three or four seasons and well be playing each other in the Premier League"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1753519685633519899)  2024-02-02T20:44Z 24.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@Trish270M @JudiciaryUK [--] year minimum. If after [--] years shes viewed as still dangerous she stays inside"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1753732352461713752)  2024-02-03T10:49Z 24K followers, [---] engagements


"@Trish270M @JudiciaryUK So if she doesnt change she doesnt get released. Im not sure what your point is given that is the case"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DBanksy/status/1753733979461632100)  2024-02-03T10:55Z 24K followers, [--] engagements

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