Andrew Milbourn

WISDOM - that’s is all, oh and a bit of fun stuff and quite a lot of WHU

[Irons Watch ⚒️ @IronsWatch]

After years of highs and lows as a West Ham fan, most recently being the pain of relegation I’ve decided to start this Twitter to voice my opinion and bring all West Ham fans the latest news.

If you’re a fellow Hammer, I’d really appreciate a follow and a retweet as we build this up ⚒️ #COYI

[Skint Eastwood @Skint_Eastwood1]

🚨 Miliband Crumbles When Asked the One Question That Matters: How Much Would UK Net Zero Cool the Planet?

Lee Anderson asked Energy Secretary Ed Miliband a simple, direct question in Parliament:

“If Britain went Net Zero tomorrow, by how much would global temperatures fall?”

As the man in charge of our energy policy and one of the most vocal champions of Net Zero, Miliband should have had the answer at his fingertips.

Instead, he stood up and delivered pure waffle, dodging the question entirely with vague rhetoric about “British leadership” and how the 2008 Climate Change Act supposedly inspired the world.

No numbers. No data. Just ideology.

The truth is uncomfortable: it would make virtually no difference.
The UK accounts for less than 1% of global CO₂ emissions.

Even if we shut down every emitting industry, household, and vehicle overnight, the impact on the planet’s temperature would be negligible, too small to measure meaningfully.

Meanwhile, the world’s biggest emitters aren’t playing along: China (1st), United States (2nd), and India (3rd). Together they dwarf our output.

While we’re crippling our own energy costs, driving up bills, closing industries, and exporting jobs and businesses overseas, they continue expanding fossil fuel use to lift their populations out of poverty.

This isn’t “saving the planet.” It’s self-harm dressed up as virtue.

We’re sacrificing competitiveness, energy security, and working people’s livelihoods on an evidence-free fantasy.

[Andrew Milbourn @AndrewROI]

@RobDebenham @WestHam Yep, I wouldn’t blame Bowen for going I’m afraid we could be down for awhile. Shocking management of the club. I think this is my fifth relegation in my lifetime.

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

A farmer dies in April 2026.

His son inherits the farm. The farm has been in the family since 1847.

The farm consists of: 300 acres of grazing pasture, a farmhouse built in 1892, a barn, a milking parlour, two tractors of varying ages, a Land Rover that runs about 70% of the time, and a herd of 180 Hereford-cross cattle.

On paper, the farm is worth approximately £3.2 million. This is because land near him has been bought recently by a London hedge fund looking for carbon credits, which has dragged the comparable value of every field within forty miles upward to a number nobody local can justify.

In cash, the farm produces a profit of about £28,000 a year in a good year. In a bad year it loses money. The son also works as a fencing contractor three days a week to keep the operation viable.

The inheritance tax bill on a £3.2 million estate, even at the reduced 20% rate, comes to approximately £140,000 after the increased threshold is applied. The son does not have £140,000. The son has never had £140,000. The son has £4,200 in his current account and an overdraft.

The son sells 60 acres to a developer to pay the tax. The developer puts solar panels on the 60 acres. The remaining herd cannot be sustained on the reduced land. The herd is sold. The barn becomes a holiday let.

A different family eats Brazilian beef this Christmas without knowing why the price went up.

The Treasury collects £140,000.

The land never produces British food again.

[Andrew Milbourn @AndrewROI]

@RobDebenham Squeeky bum time x 10

[Andrew Milbourn @AndrewROI]

@RobDebenham Housewife of the year - right there

[Jack Himself ⚒️ @jackgambardella]

If spurs lose to Chelsea and draw with Everton, we only need to beat Leeds 14-0 to stay up.

It’s not over yet

[Blossom 🌸 @Suzzy0310]

It was a suicide note.
Turns out his wife died unexpectedly when he was 29.
He planned to end his life the same night.
But earlier that day, a coworker invited him to lunch.
Nothing deep.
Just:
"Come eat with us."
He said that tiny interruption delayed his plan long enough for him to reconsider.
Then he looked around the room and said:
"The scary part is none of you will ever know how many people are alive because you were accidentally kind to them."
Half the room was crying before he finished.

[Andrew Milbourn @AndrewROI]

@RobDebenham Nice Pins

[Andrew Milbourn @AndrewROI]

@RobDebenham Oddball!!

[Nickie Brown @Nickie_Brown]

Let’s have a think about what’s happening in Makerfield.

This by election is costing taxpayers £226,208. And it’s happening because a Labour MP chose to step aside to make room for Andy Burnham’s leadership ambitions. He admitted that himself.

But here’s some more interesting figures.

If Burnham wins, he’ll have to resign as Greater Manchester Mayor too. That triggers another election costing taxpayers around £4.7 million.

So in total, nearly £5 million of public money could be spent not on improving services, fixing roads, supporting communities or helping struggling families, but on political career ambitions.

People are struggling with bills, crime, NHS waiting lists and communities being ignored. Yet Westminster politics still seems focused on who climbs the ladder next.

That’s what frustrates people. Not democracy. Political games made to look like democracy.

[Jack Heffer ⚒️ @Jack_Heffer02]

Lost our home.
Lost our badge.
Lost our identity.

And for what?

For the soul to be sucked from this football club and relegation.

We were promised a world class football stadium and a world class football team.

We got neither.

Sold a dream. Delivered a nightmare.

[Dave † 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇸🇮🇪🎸🎶 @daveguitarjones]

It took me all day, but I finally finished.

A pallet I made from an old coffee table.

[Dave † 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇸🇮🇪🎸🎶 @daveguitarjones]

Give a cannibal a dead scientist and he'll eat faraday.……

[Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah]

When Britain was genuinely modern, rather than pretending to be.

[Stephen Watkins #COYI #WHUFC #WestHamAreMassive @SeahagW999]

I would like to put this post out and hope @WestHam fans repost for a man that has worked his socks off Paul Colborne Bubbles @HammersUnited2 for the cause of trying to get our club back from terrible ownership David Sullivan and thankfully gone Karren Brady. Paul....

[Andrew Milbourn @AndrewROI]

@RobDebenham Classy

[Andrew Milbourn @AndrewROI]

@RobDebenham Classy booze

[🏛 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 🏛 @nonregemesse]

Having a double barrelled surname used to mean your parents both came from good families but now if just means your mother is difficult