Ed Parsons

Dad, Digital Geographer and Aviation Photographer.

[Ed Parsons @edparsons]

Coronation Red Arrows https://t.co/8V65tAOjSC

[Matthew Syed @matthewsyed]

Tories gave us 14 years of bigger government: more debt, taxes, spending, welfare, regulation and QE. Burnham thinks the cure is yet more government. It is like trying to cure socialism with a higher dose of the same disease. It can’t work 👇

https://t.co/oJ83Q1ALli

[Ed Parsons @edparsons]

@QuarryAli @RobertJenrick Shock ! Government procurement is crap - HS2 ?? Not an excuse for underinvestment in defence, culturally this government prefers welfare to defence they should be honest about it and except they will never be in Government again.

[Ed Parsons @edparsons]

@QuarryAli @francesbarber13 Oh yes it is.. and I told you it would - every time we vote for a bunch of socialists!

[Ed Parsons @edparsons]

@QuarryAli @RobertJenrick People get very hungry during wars ? Come on this is literally indefensible!

[Ed Parsons @edparsons]

Typical Labour… never safe on Defence spending, the PM has no credibility now!

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: A Treasury source attacks John Healey for resigning as Defence Secretary

"Let's be clear on what John is asking for: cuts to schools and hospitals"

h/t @e_casalicchio

[Ed Parsons @edparsons]

@QuarryAli @Alexarmstrong When does hindsight become experience?

[Tim Shipman @ShippersUnbound]

One aside on the Blair conversation

I’m absolutely gobsmacked at the level of hostility to “tech bros” and the belief that we can just insulate ourselves from AI and technology

Like listening to weavers on the spinning Jenny or Hanson cab drivers on the advent of the motor car

[Ed Parsons @edparsons]

Except it’s upside down if you are landing on 27L ?

[HeathrowNews @HeathrowNews]

Ahead of Heathrow’s first flight 80 years ago this Sunday, we asked critically acclaimed David Larbi to pen a special new poem to mark our legacy.

In his ode to Heathrow, "Gateway to the World" captures the excitement and wonder of air travel - positioning Heathrow as more than an airport; a gateway that brings the world within reach, connecting millions of passengers safely and smoothly. 🌍

And this is no normal poem – a piece has been etched in GIANT LETTERS into a local field, visible only to those in flight above! ✈️

Larbi said “I’m greatly honoured to be the airport’s first Poet-in-Residence, with an ode that captures Heathrow’s 80 year legacy, the excitement and wonder of air travel and all those who work daily to make Heathrow the incredible place it is”.

Since that first flight 80 years ago more than 2.9 billion total passengers have travelled through Heathrow on over 22 million flights. ✈️

Read David's full poem 👉🏼https://t.co/pRQuJWxKuA

[Ed Parsons @edparsons]

@deepseadawn Love your T-Shirt Dawn - Blistering Barnacles !

[Ed Parsons @edparsons]

@QuarryAli @DanielJHannan Would be useful to understand why ? Institutional capture seems too easy..

[Ed Parsons @edparsons]

@QuarryAli @Jenny_1884 Both Socialists so…

[Ed Parsons @edparsons]

@QuarryAli Out of 500,000 ?

[Ed Parsons @edparsons]

@QuarryAli @RobertJenrick Think employers NIC might be a bigger factor?

[Ed Parsons @edparsons]

After all this time.. Address Geography is still a comedy show in this country, how can such a fundamental dataset remain closed ?

[Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva]

Update for PSGA members: I will not be delivering the keynote at next week's GeoPlace conference as originally planned. Apologies to anyone who already has tickets

[Ed Parsons @edparsons]

@QuarryAli @RobertJenrick But that’s a councillor in charge of bins.. although that might be the right level?

[Ed Parsons @edparsons]

@QuarryAli @RobertJenrick Who would have him ?

[Ed Parsons @edparsons]

@Hush_Kit One door !

[Ed Parsons @edparsons]

Staffordians are great — their Reform UK vote is a cry of despair - More wonderful journalism from @matthewsyed

https://t.co/2YK8uqPqrD

[Ed Parsons @edparsons]

@QuarryAli @Alexarmstrong I think Labour might have had something to do with it ?

[Ed Parsons @edparsons]

@MrJamesMay Chip tax… a thing for as long as I can remember !