Dan-El

Tweets science, history, philosophy, fitness, LFC, comics, sci-fi, movies, literature. Bumders Liga Winner 2013/14. Litten Tree Wrestling Champion. Work in LG.

[Dan-El @DanielWKhan]

'Kill that fucking pig' yells my grandad as the 'prediction pig' goes for italy...haha

[Dan-El @DanielWKhan]

I must admit the return of Sunfyre to Aegons side during that scene was unexpected brilliance. I know we should really like him but it was a good moment for me. Now I hope poor little Sunfyre recovers :-/

[Andrew Hesselden @andrewhesselden]

A referendum held ten years ago cannot command eternal obedience from people who never voted in it.

Democracy is not one generation reaching from the past to bind every generation that follows.

The country is allowed to think again.

That is what democracy means.

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

I said I would give people a bit more breathing space.

Today I’m taking immediate action - cutting taxes on energy bills to put more money in your pocket.

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

2 - There are just two occasions of a team scoring first in the semi-final but not reaching the final of the FIFA World Cup in the 21st century – both of them are England (vs Croatia in 2018 and Argentina in 2026).

Familiar.

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

636 - England are the first team to keep Erling Haaland from scoring in a competitive international match since Austria on 13th October 2024 (636 days ago).

Shackled.

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

Hard to fight an anti-establishment campaign if your main opponent is a bin.

[Jay @JibbaJabb]

Andrew Marr: " The Commons rules are very clear and they forbid face coverings "

Count Binface: " Well the Commons rules are very clear about what you can do with donations , but that seems to have got all murky so why can't I see how the line can get tested ? "

#lbc #farage #clacton @CountBinface

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 WATCH: Andy Burnham says No 10 North will "oversee the biggest council house building programme since the post-war period"

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Zack Polanski, "When I studied history at school. Tudors, Romans, a bit of WWII. I don't remember talking about empire or colonisation"

Historian William Dalrymple, "It is possible to do at A'Levels modules on the British empire, but very few people do them"

"Which means most British people are entirely ignorant for what is for better or worse the most important thing Britain ever did"

"Britain drew it's empire, completely changed the face of the world over the course of 300-400 years"

"Not only did they change it within a local European context, but they completely upended flows of global trade and eco-systems which had existed for millinia"

"For most of history, India and China dominated the world economy, and Europe was an add-on"

"They were producing about 70% of the world's GDP, that's still the case in the 18th century"

"When we're looking at the world today, China already the world's number two economy, and India about to be number three overtaking Japan and Germany"

"What we're seeing is a reversal of the trading system to a pr colonial period - it's taken 80 years since the British left India"

"We're seeing the world recover form this brief blip where Europe smashed its way around the globe moving populations and natural resources around, looting some places, bringing wealth to Europe"

"If you look at the big National Trust country houses, if it's a big palladian house, the sort you'd see in a Jane Austin Sunday night drama"

"If it's on the east coast of the country, quite probably it was built by the East India company money, in other words the looting of India"

"If it's on the west coast, near Liverpool or Bristol, it's more likely to be slave money, from the Caribbean"

"These two sources of wealth brought capital into Britain, and cotton into Britain, which was then milled in the industrial revolution, which gave the seed capital for Britain to accelerate massively through the industrial revolution"

"Which catapulted England from an upper middle position in Europe"

"It transforms Britain and the world"

"But what gives us great prosperity often detracted from the prosperity of the looted countries, or countries that have been plundered for enslaved people"

"And it remains a strange quirk of our history system that we learn more about the wives of Henry VIII, than we do about the entirely looting of India, or the Caribbean slave trade"

"Two crucial moments in Britain's and the world's history"

"The reason we don't learn it, is because when the British empire ended, it became something people stopped talking about"

"By the time you get to Monty Python in the 1970s or late 60s, the Empire is a joke"

[Jack D 🏳️‍🌈🏉 @JackDunc1]

June, historically, is the least hot of the 3 summer months in the UK, yet the record has been broken on 3 consecutive days, just like it was in May. it's now nearly a full 2 degrees clear of the old record, also like May.

These aren't fine margins, this is a huge change in UK climate.

Today is also the 5th hottest day in recorded UK history, 4 of the other 5 have come since 2019.

[Climate Dad @ClimateDad77]

This is what fossil-fueled capitalism is doing to our world as we approach 1.5C above pre-industrial temperatures.

Scientists predict 3C & very possibly 4C this century.

We rapidly end this suicidal system or we lose absolutely everything.

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

Exactly 10 years since the Brexit vote, the verdict is in.

[Paul Castle @Goto_paulcastle]

THE WORLD IS TAKING NOTICE
When leaders in Kyiv, Ottawa and across NATO thank Keir Starmer for his service, perhaps the question is no longer what Britain thought of him.
Perhaps the question is what the world saw in him.
Principle. Duty. Steadiness.
He rebuilt Labour, restored Britain's standing and strengthened our alliances in a dangerous world.
The loudest voices wrote the headlines.
History may write a different verdict.
#Labour #KeirStarmer #UKPolitics

[Matthew Todd 🌏🔥 @MrMatthewTodd]

They were talking on the news about how we’re going to have to adapt for a radically hotter country.
They said it like it’s normal, like we are meant to just accept that all our lives have been degraded forever just so that the fossil fuel industry can earn more billions. There really should’ve been a revolution by now.

[Lewis @_LewisLFC]

He told everyone what would happen, the experts backed him, and yet half the British public decided to trust the Great British chancer. Cameron and the experts were correct.

Now the man that sold the snake oil is selling you the cure, and you’re buying. Invest in education.

[David @Zero_4]

🚨 10 years ago today, the UK voted to become the first country in the history of mankind to impose economic sanctions on itself

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Keir, thank you for all our cooperation, your support, and the joint decisions that have helped make our Europe and our protection of life stronger.

The United Kingdom has been, is, and will remain among the world’s leaders. Here in Ukraine, we deeply value Britain, and every meeting and every conversation we have had has always been filled with real substance.

Thank you for always being in touch, always engaged, and always striving to do what is needed and what will truly help.

I wish the United Kingdom and all British people every success as well as realisation of your national goals. We have confidence in Britain.

Keir, you are always a welcome guest in Ukraine.

@Keir_Starmer

[Toby Tarrant @tobytarrant]

The UK is like a football club sacking managers constantly because it's easier than admitting that you're just shit

Brexit and 14 years of the Tories completely screwed us and nobody from Burnham to Farage can fix it until we accept that we sold Xabi Alonso for Alberto Aquilani