David Thompson

Old Man from the North - and now a widower. Science, art, photography, cycling. 2 daughters & 2 sons. Still Pro EU.

[nazir afzal @nazirafzal]

Defunding creative arts courses isn’t just short-sighted, it’s economically reckless

UK’s creative industries are a national powerhouse

£100billion+ engine of growth

They create exports, intellectual property, tourism, inward investment & high-skilled jobs across the UK

[Barb in Alberta☕🍁🇺🇦Resist Spread truth Rest up @barbetta1]

@politicalham @ABDanielleSmith @MarkJCarney Markham, after I watched your podcast, a fake AI podcast popped up, misrepresenting itself as journalist Rachel Maddow, talking about Trump, Carney and Greenland. Wondering if any of your viewers know how to report it?

[Daniel Hewitt @DanielHewittITV]

🔺Investigation: Families of severely learning disabled people in care have told @itvnews they’re being restricted or banned from visiting them after complaining about negligent care

We spoke to 50 families about the increasing use of contact restrictions https://t.co/xpDIrnc1CG

[ITV News @itvnews]

The families blocked from seeing their disabled loved ones after raising concerns about their care https://t.co/3jPSk4R86O

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

If you have a strong stomach for nonsense, here's Stamp's full document, whining that I've been mean about him:

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

The "magically eliminate your mortgage" scam got to the High Court, and went about as well as you'd expect:

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

So we are all perfectly entitled to describe Stamp as a scammer; for that is what he is.

Here's my response to him:

[David Thompson @DaveSThompson]

@DanNeidle "It is, however, surprising that Mr Mandelson cannot recall that he came close to spending £2m on an apartment in Rio."
Well, I mean really, what's £2m between friends? A trifle, dear boy.

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

Two weeks ago, Peter Mandelson told us he had no recollection of planning to buy a £2m apartment in Rio via a Panama holding company and a Brazilian company.

Yesterday we found notarised incorporation documents for the Brazilian company, with Mr Mandelson's signature.

[The News Agents @TheNewsAgents]

“This is not normal. This is the overturning of truth”.

“US elections are so rigorously overseen, and yet somehow shunted away by the big bully sitting at the top of the tree”

@maitlis | @lewis_goodall

[JOHN NICOLSON 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @MrJohnNicolson]

“New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has received a baby box from the Scottish government after modelling part of his election campaign on Edinburgh’s example of providing each expectant mother with a set of essentials.” https://t.co/SvvtVAeq9o

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Carole Cadwalladr, "My ongoing frustration with Nigel Farage he is seen as this English figure, wears tweed, goes to the pub, we see him through this lens"

"He has received almost no journalistic scrutiny throughout his entire career till very recently"

"He's not that cuddle cosy golf club English pub figure"

"He is in a relationship with the US far right and with the European pro-Kremlin far right"

"What happened in Brexit, we saw that money that force that influence, those networks coming together"

"It was the first real political campaign in the UK run through these online platforms"

"They ran a mock, blasted through electoral law, data law, and we're living with the consequences of that"

"Our constitution changes, the shape of Europe changed, our national security changed"

"And here is Nigel Farage in this pole position now, to potentially take power and we're not understanding the consequences of that"

"If you look at what Trump is doing in the US, the way he had a plan of what to do in office"

"Farage is now working with the same people"

"There is going to be an all out assault in the same way on the rule of law and our institutions"

Zack Polanski, "It's already happening"

Carole Cadwalladr, "The stakes of that are unfelt by most people, it's an abstract"

"We have to see what is happening in America and learn those lessons"

[Patrick_Woodside.🏳️‍🌈 @pjwoodside]

Latest Poll: SNP just 1 seat from an outright majority

Pro-independce majority of 21

Worst ever Labour & Con results

SNP: 64
Ref: 16
Lab: 18
Grn: 11
Con: 10
LD: 10
Alba: 0
#BothVotesSNP #indyref2 #VoteSNP #ScottishIndependence

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

457 British troops lost their lives in Afghanistan.

Trump avoided military service 5 times.

How dare he question their sacrifice. Farage and all the others still fawning over Trump should be ashamed.

[Byline Times @BylineTimes]

🔴 Nigel Farage Paid by Trump Crypto Adviser Who Worked With Russia Operative Paul Manafort

The Reform UK leader received payment from David Bailey, who collaborated with the convicted fraudster behind the Trump-Russia influence scandal

🔗 https://t.co/LBR4ctLhpt

[Guy Verhofstadt @guyverhofstadt]

…and I would ask my former colleague Tony Blair not to sit in a board appointed by an America President who is threatening his own European Allies including the UK !

[Adam Bienkov @AdamBienkov]

Trump's actions in Venezuela show why it was wrong to dismiss his threats to Greenland. If he's willing to do this, he will be willing to do anything

[Liz Webster @LizWebsterSBF]

🚨 This 👇 confirms it.

The US is using the collapsed tech/AI deal to force Britain to accept chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated beef.

Food standards are the leverage point and the red line.

You can’t align with US tech power and stay aligned with Europe.

https://t.co/xLosQXj0zq

[Mawer @wooly61]

@alanferrier Tesco already uses Thai chicken in its ready meals.
Why ?

[Joke Tamson's Wean @Whyno_Scotland]

@alanferrier @Tab22Tab That's the thing.
This chicken will be hidden in ready meals, take-away shops and restaurants.

Then when UK producers can't compete with US producers they'll be 'forced' to also chlorinate their chicken.

Then there will be no choice for the vast majority of the population