Lewis Sydenham

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

Solid debunking from Rowan. If you’re interested in tax, do consider following him!

[Made In England @BuyEnglishMade]

Spend £1 with a local independent and much of it stays in the local economy.

Spend £1 on Shein and the manufacturing, design value and profit flow to China.

11,341 independent UK shops closed in 2024.

We choose what survives.

[Made In England @BuyEnglishMade]

In 1979 BT's CTO said: forget copper, build fibre everywhere.

Within six years Britain had more fibre per capita than any nation on Earth.

First wide-area fibre network? Hastings.

Then Thatcher killed it — "anti-competitive."

Factories sold to Fujitsu & HP. Expertise shipped to Asia.
Korea & Japan carried on. We stayed on copper for 30 years.

Same story. Different technology.

[Made In England @BuyEnglishMade]

Order a proper English pint.

Then check who owns the brewery.

Newcastle Brown Ale — Heineken 🇳🇱
John Smith’s — Heineken 🇳🇱
Beavertown Neck Oil — Heineken 🇳🇱
Boddingtons — AB InBev 🇧🇪/🇧🇷
Camden Pale Ale — AB InBev 🇧🇪/🇧🇷
Greene King IPA — CK Asset 🇭🇰
Fuller’s — Asahi 🇯🇵

Brewed here. Banked abroad.

Timothy Taylor’s. St Austell. Hook Norton. Theakston’s.
Still ours.

Order accordingly.

[Lewis Sydenham @LewisRaySyd]

@joecarlsonshow So we selling Mastercard then to get more goog?

[Made In England @BuyEnglishMade]

English swap of the day.

Starbucks (US) → your local independent.

Costa (Coca-Cola, US) → your local independent.

Pret (German private equity) → your local independent.

Caffè Nero (US-founded, private equity) → your local independent.

Same caffeine. £££ Stays in the community.

[Made In England @BuyEnglishMade]

Britain loves tea more than almost any nation on earth.

PG Tips — Jersey private equity.
Tetley — India.
Clipper — France/Dutch roots.
Pukka — Jersey private equity.

Four huge tea brands on British shelves. Not one British-owned.

Yorkshire Tea and Twinings are still ours. 🧠

We didn’t just drink tea. We sold it to the world.

Then sold the companies too.

[Made In England @BuyEnglishMade]

Shein made £2.05bn in UK sales in 2024.

Its investment pledge was about £211m over five years - across the UK and Europe.

In the same year, 11,341 independent British shops closed.

31 a day.

We can pretend these things are separate.

They aren’t.

[Corrupt EPL @Giniesta10]

Arne Slot referred to #NUFC as a " Smaller " club back in September. He will be lucky to manage a club as big as Newcastle Utd in the foreseeable future. The arrogant Dutchman 🇳🇱 needs this humbling experience

[John & Margaret @ukboomers]

The Surrey housing market has completely collapsed. Look at this. Bought in 1995 for £92,500. Sold for £720k this year. Daylight robbery. This is a £1m house easily. What will we get for our four buy-to-lets? We'll be on the breadline. 🇬🇧

[Lewis Sydenham @LewisRaySyd]

@WestHamPlace Pathetic we’ve turned up today, where have we been all season. Of all the days I wanted us to win, today just wasn’t it.

[Adam Pearson (YT) ⚫️⚪️ @AdamP1242]

Never forget Tottenham Hotspur’s owner attempted to stop the PIF takeover of Newcastle United

Tottenham will lose an estimated £250m in club revenue if they fail to stay up

They now need us to win against West Ham this weekend to avoid relegation 👀 👀 👀

#NUFC

[Andrew Clark @clarkaw]

If Starmer is forced out, he’ll be the fifth PM in a row to last less than a full term. There are some structural issues making the job near impossible. Changing the name above the door won’t fix it.

[The Magpie Group @MagpieGroupNUFC]

Richard Masters has spent the past 5 years ruining the Premier League.

How is he still in a job?

(and yes, that does include Nation States, Venture Capitalists and Tech Bros being allowed to own football clubs).

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

UK tax is going to be the highest since 1945. But public spending won't increase; in fact most of us will experience a decline in public services.

Here's why - in a thread that I'd love to be completely wrong.

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

Amazing the nonsense people post about tax.

Just for engagement?

Or because it’s comforting and means we don’t need to make any difficult decisions?

[Paddy Power @paddypower]

Feel like Sean Connery every time I use the correct pronunciation of Sesko's name.

[Cook @NUFCcook]

Saved from relegation. 4th. 7th. 5th.
2 finals & 1 cup.
2 UCL seasons.
Pref for front foot attacking football.
Attitude & desire never in question.
Proven at developing players.
More than enough credit in bank for me.

ETTO but can’t & won’t stop backing him after 1 bad season.

[Seb Johnson @SebJohnsonUK]

And it paid £363m in UK corporation tax.

Enough to pay the salaries of over 4000 doctors.

The UK needs 10x more Revoluts