Harry Christian

Recidivist Scottish Libertarian Party candidate but mainly tweeting about chess, darts, cycling and Greenock Morton.

[bernoulli_defect @BernoulliDefect]

The Britain the ‘97 Conservative manifesto describes is shockingly functional. World leading in fiscal prudence and economic success:

More exports per capita than America, more pension savings than the entire EU, an entire section called “the best place in the world to live”

[Paul Meyer-Dunker @Meyer_Dunker]

Chess returns to German mainstream TV!

The biggest german public broadcasters will broadcast the German national blitz championships 2027.

We worked hard for this, today is a great day for German Chess!

https://t.co/N1oxnOXkHC

[Daniel Priestley @DanielPriestley]

In 2001, the Swiss implemented fiscal rules to avoid big government expansion. They want smaller government and wealthier individuals. They are pro business, pro growth and pro investment. They seek to attract wealthy individuals and highly skilled people.

Taxes as a percentage of GDP sits at 27%. Vs France/Germany and UKs 35%+. No CGT, Lower dividend and Corp taxes, no IHT.

If the anti-wealth brigade were correct about how the economy works, Switzerland would be descending into a hellscape by now. According to @garyseconomics we should be seeing people starving and freezing in Switzerland.

Instead it’s high tax France, Germany and UK with civil unrest and widening poverty. It’s almost as if wealth is actually a good thing.

[Tim CB @balmer_tim]

My vote on Brexit was affected by disinformation. I voted Remain because I was told if Leave won there would be terrible consequences.
The BoE Governor told me he would raise interest rates - he lowered them.
The Chancellor said he'd have an emergency budget - he didn't.
The Treasury said unemployment would go up - it went down.
Goldman Sachs and others said they would pull out of Britain - they spent billions on new HQs
The Chief Executive of the NHS Alliance said there would be an epidemic of super-gonorrhoea.
As for foreign interference - The EU, the US and Irish Presidents etc etc all weighed in on the side of Remain.

[Have Morton Won a Game? @Morton_NC]

Yes

[Sal the Agorist @SallyMayweather]

Every power you give to the government today, will be used against you tomorrow.

[Michael Tarling @tarling_michael]

We are so thankful, moved and proud of Fin’s fellow cyclists today for making a stand at the Tour of Lombardy. Things need to change and no other family should ever receive the phone call we received on 14th Aug. We sincerely hope the UCI are listening and changes will be made.

[Christopher Snowdon @cjsnowdon]

Further confirmation from the ONS today that the amount of tobacco sold legally is falling much faster than the number of smokers.

[Women's Chess Coverage @OnTheQueenside]

The 4NCL refused to let the UK's only elite women's chess team compete in the top flight as an all-women's team (!), so they enlisted World No. 11 Anish Giri to be the token man on the team! 🤪

[Harry Christian @HarryHatless]

Burnham blaming today's problems on Thatcher - who came to power 47 years ago. If Thatcher had done the same thing in 1979, she would have been blaming Ramsay MacDonald.

[Matthew Syed @matthewsyed]

We haven't had neoliberalism for decades. Instead we have a system where central banks suppress risk, governments rescue failure and taxpayers absorb losses.

Gains are privatised; risks are socailised.

This isn't capitalism; it's the opposite.

https://t.co/zxQV6JvPde

[afc1666 @afc1666]

@SPFLWatch He got subbed on

[David Turver @7Kiwi]

Grangemouth and Lindsey refineries closed on Miliband's watch because of Miliband's policies and now he's calling for maximum refinery production. 🤡🌎

[Harry Christian @HarryHatless]

@JournoStephen Any city that identifies as a man.

[Harry Christian @HarryHatless]

@Nickkg1979 @SkySportsDarts How to say, "I know f-all about darts," in one post.
Littler played last year, got beat by Beau Greaves in the semi-final last year, and did not get ridiculed last year.

[Harry Christian @HarryHatless]

@Gowzorrr @SkySportsDarts He got knocked out by Beau Greaves last year.

[Harry Christian @HarryHatless]

@leighkeystone I live in the Scottish Highlands so a booze run to England isn't practical. Instead, I get around the minimum pricing laws by buying from Amazon.

[Harry Christian @HarryHatless]

These have been some good results for the Tories in yesterday's elections, but what on earth happened to their vote-share here?

[electionmapsuk @electionmapsuk]

Wick & East Caithness (Highland) Council By-Election Result [1st Prefs]:

🔶 LDM: 50.4% (+20.6)
🙋 Ind: 23.6% (New)
🎗️ SNP: 14.0% (-11.3)
➡️ RFM: 9.4% (New)
🌳 CON: 2.6% (-12.5)

No Inds (-12.8, -10.5) as previous.

Liberal Democrat 'Gain' from Independent - Stage 1.
Changes w/ 2022.

[mariana Z @mariana057]

So the kids were playing some kind of cowboy game today and my son kept saying "yippee kai yay".

I finished the sentence…

Needless to say, my kids learned a new word.