Alex Smith

“After-comers cannot guess the beauty been.”

[Robert Saunders @redhistorian]

1. If Johnson was so manifestly unsuited to office - if his "deep character flaws" were formed so early - how did he rise to power?

What does that say about our democracy, or the qualities we reward in potential leaders?

And what was the role of the commentariat?

[Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy]

“We are now the ONLY country in western Europe with double-digit inflation… Prices for food and non-alcoholic drinks were 19.1% higher in March than a year earlier.” https://t.co/IYYOCJzfon

[BBC Yorkshire @BBCLookNorth]

Doubts over village plans as landowner withdraws https://t.co/UGxXz3aoy2

[Alex Smith @Colpeper]

Jeremy Hunt has left the UK to rot in poverty. So we must take matters into our own hands https://t.co/x0vlbSQqQL

[Alex Smith @Colpeper]

Sunak used incorrect asylum backlog figures, statistics watchdog says | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian https://t.co/NEzkBfw67M

[Alex Smith @Colpeper]

@thestrayferret If there’s any misleading going on, surely it’s by Cllr Myers.
The standard method *is* a measure of housing need.

HBC’s target is so much higher because they’ve chosen to use housebuilding as a means to generate economic growth

[Alex Smith @Colpeper]

@BBCPolitics “Aspects of lettuce”.

[Alex Smith @Colpeper]

@BrianMinards @thestrayferret As part of a relatively inexpensive propaganda campaign against cycling infrastructure it’s been a resounding success.

[Alex Smith @Colpeper]

@BrianMinards @thestrayferret The opposite. The clue is “in addition”.
But I do think this scheme has been appallingly mismanaged. (If you accept it was a genuine attempt to encourage “modal shift”.)

[Alex Smith @Colpeper]

@RockyInHG @thestrayferret This fixation on the visitor economy has contributed to Harrogate having one of the lowest workplace wages in the country.*

A new vision is certainly needed.

(*Source - HBC)

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

What a web they weave…

Brilliant journalism from @Gabriel_Pogrund & @HarryYorke1

[Alex Smith @Colpeper]

@thestrayferret Cllr Duncan is *very* excitable about the A59.
He even claims it's 'listed by the Government in the top 10 routes for strategic importance nationally'.
Which it isn't, and never has been.

[The Stray Ferret @thestrayferret]

Starbeck Library wants to hear from anyone who could offer as little as three hours a month to keep its doors open for local people.

https://t.co/W2kDQiiBOl

[Matthew Sweet @DrMatthewSweet]

Needs more oomph. What about Comp Kids are Coming to Drink Your Sherry?

[Alex Smith @Colpeper]

@thestrayferret So by ‘non-political fact checking’ he means the opposite?
You’d think he and his staff would have better things to do. Obviously not.

[Alex Smith @Colpeper]

@morgim @thestrayferret NYCC are really excitable about roads, perhaps it's infectious.

And it's only the beginning: top of the infrastructure list for the 'new settlement' is *another* £21m on this same junction...

[Alex Smith @Colpeper]

@thestrayferret Originally costed at just over £5m, not £7.7m

https://t.co/n87eKsVyVE