Daniel Masterton

Social conservative. Ex Royal Marine. Love reading books. And most importantly married with 2 children.

[Richard North @ollieparrot]

To assert that violence is never justified is wholly specious. The state uses violence all the time, in a myriad of ways. The use of violence in the administration of justice is what the social contract is all about.

The people give up their right to settle disputes and defend themselves with the use of violence in exchange for the state undertaking to protect us and provide mechanisms for dispute resolution. By this means, it assumes the monopoly right to use violence.

When the state fails to honour its side of the bargain, the social contract is voided. The state can no longer legitimately claim its monopoly right and the people are entitled to act in order to remedy the state default. This is where we are at right now.

In the current situation, the people can legitimately claim that the right to use violence has reverted to them. The judicious use of violence in such circumstances is entirely justified.

[Daniel Masterton @MastertonDaniel]

The Scottish Government gives away £400k of taxpayers money to a guy doing a sponsored walk. Unbelievable @JohnSwinney what gives you the right to do this.

[First Minister @ScotGovFM]

First Minister @JohnSwinney has backed Scotland fan Craig Ferguson’s 'Tartan Trek' for Scottish Action on Mental Health with a £400,000 boost from @ScotGov.

Craig is walking across the US to raise funds for the charity ahead of the World Cup.

➡️ https://t.co/10B0jZEEj3

[Richard North @ollieparrot]

Astute observers of the Northern Ireland scene will note that the protesters - schooled by decades of the Troubles, and retaining an institutional memory - are slightly more adept in making their displeasure known to the authorities.

Those observers may have seen a repetition of the old tactic of using young boys to hurl Molotov cocktails (crates of which mysteriously appear at when needed) at police vehicles, knowing that the boys can't be prosecuted, while over-reaction has often been framed as examples of police brutality.

Observers may also have witnessed the flexible use of temporary street blockades, where they spring up suddenly and are used to suck in police resources. Yet they seem often to be only lightly defended - commonly with children - while other public-spirited activities are conducted elsewhere by the grown-ups.

Thus, the observers may have noted that multiple incidents are often arranged, which keep the police unbalanced and overstretched. The avoidance of direct confrontation, and easily targeted concentrations, often seem to be the aim.

One would hope that these and many more Northern Ireland experiences will not be imported to the mainland as the over-stretched and often badly-led police might find it more difficult to deal with these more sophisticated tactics.

But it does seem likely that further outrages by the head-chopper fraternity might focus the attention of those who feel the need the need to express their displeasure more forcibly, and lead to an evolution of tactics used. You just can never tell these days.

https://t.co/S00cENr9eL

[Daniel Masterton @MastertonDaniel]

@mehdirhasan Please don't say you've come back to live here

[Royal Marines @RoyalMarines]

Goodbye 3 Commando Brigade, and we thank you. Welcome, UK Commando Force.

The name change - formally announced by HM The King while presenting the Royal Marines with new Colours - reflects a decade of transformation.

➡️ Read more: https://t.co/K0Xyjioqwx

[Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah]

This is superb. Back in 1984 I was not really sure why I thought so strongly that the 1662 Prayer Book had to be saved. But I did. 42 years later, I begin to understand .

[Daniel Masterton @MastertonDaniel]

Have to say my first ever bottle of Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban was an absolute treat, will be getting another soon enough.

[Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah]

Whyever would you see that .@drmcopeman? Families long predate cars, and our society, designed around cars by the state and the greed lobbies, denies free choice to those who'd prefer to live without them.

[Daniel Masterton @MastertonDaniel]

More than 70 years later, many of the questions Bradbury raised still feel strikingly relevant, wouldn't you agree?

[Daniel Masterton @MastertonDaniel]

What happens when a society stops reading, stops questioning, and stops thinking for itself? 🔥

Fahrenheit 451 imagines a future where books are outlawed, ideas are feared, and “firemen” are tasked with burning knowledge rather than protecting it.

[Daniel Masterton @MastertonDaniel]

What makes the novel endure is not just its vision of censorship, but its warning about distraction, passive entertainment, and what can happen when people slowly stop engaging with the world around them.

[Mhehed Zherting @MhehedZherting]

@neso_energy You're misleading the gullible again. Why?

Peterhead CCGT in Northern Scotland was generating 600MW at 2am yesterday, yet your graphic claims Northern Scotland generated zero gCO2/kWh over the entire day.

[David Turver @7Kiwi]

Ed Miliband’s Clean Power 2030 plan is officially off the rails. Soaring costs, missed wind & solar
targets, and now Drax walking away from BECCS. The promises of cheaper bills? Gone. A thread 🧵(1/12)

[Kathryn Porter @KathrynPorter26]

No, it's nothing to do with marginal pricing. Most renewables get subsidies higher than the wholesaler price of electricity so they get that plus a cash top up that's added to bills

The extra grid and balancing costs are added straight to bills

As is the cost of backup

Marginal pricing is a red herring

[David Hunter @DaveHcontrarian]

Here's my latest interview with Erik Smolinski @_OutlierTrading recorded 6/4/26.Good discussion about the markets but also my track record and my methodology. As always, Erik asks lots of good questions. https://t.co/LtUAvLQ4ZE

[Daniel Masterton @MastertonDaniel]

@ReemAmirIbrahim BST wanker

[Daniel Masterton @MastertonDaniel]

@KathrynPorter26 @martinmccluskey Did any Labour or SNP MP take up your offer in the end

[Frank Wright @frankwrighter]

Surrogacy is the hire of women to produce babies for sale.

If the sale of children is not recognised as a crime then we have legalised the reduction of human life to a consumer product.

[Ben Pile @clim8resistance]

This is how Net Zero goes:

Brown eggs -> white eggs -> rationed eggs -> no eggs -> no Sainsburys.

Virtue signal at your own peril, @sainsburys. It's not just choice that's going to be abolished.

https://t.co/zbFqamOVc2