Mike Winter (also on Blue Sky)

Leeds-based Warwickshire Lad, Husband, Father, Francophile, European, love wild places, EV & renewables fan. Here since 328.13ppm.

[Mary Colwell @curlewcalls]

Please vote for the Curlew to be on a bank note! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 That would be so good! https://t.co/20V53W3tHG

[Mike Winter (also on Blue Sky) @MikeDWinter]

@nicolawriting Done. Gladly :)

[Mike Winter (also on Blue Sky) @MikeDWinter]

@HullTeslaModel3 Ah. That last bit of info good to know as it was a bit short on the facilities previously. Have they got a coffee machine there now too?

[Trevor McArdle @McardleTrevor]

Inflation “unexpectedly” fell by 0.5% to 2.8%

Growth was an “unexpected” 0.7% - the highest in the G7

Net immigration “unexpectedly” fell by 82%

NHS “unexpectedly” met it’s interim 18 week target

Our media have so deceived the public that all positive news is now “unexpected”

[Mike Winter (also on Blue Sky) @MikeDWinter]

@exitthelemming That's because they (we!) have been poorly served by mainstream news for several years and many get their news from social media or other news outlets which never report on anything positive the government has achieved...

[Mike Winter (also on Blue Sky) @MikeDWinter]

One from last week… above Ardnoe Point near Crinan. #fingerpostfriday

[Danny Boy @Care2much18]

Almost 10,000 likes for straight-up lies by Annunziata Rees-Mogg, quote:

"Asylum seekers make up 0.08% of Dorset's population and 44% of alleged sex offences. So unbelievable I had to check. It's true."

It's not true, it's utter garbage.

I'll go through facts and figures. /1

[Mike Winter (also on Blue Sky) @MikeDWinter]

@max_defrost @RoadworkUK One I stay in fairly often in France doesn’t, just has vending machines in the entrance lobby. Comfort Hotel also no means of making drinks.

[Mike Winter (also on Blue Sky) @MikeDWinter]

@max_defrost @RoadworkUK You don't even get the kettle in French Ibis budget...

[Mike Winter (also on Blue Sky) @MikeDWinter]

@ListerLawrence It looks like several items in there would come under the consumer rights rules around fit for purpose and last a reasonable length of time. Is 12 months for a catalytic converter acceptable? You probably wouldn't even realise it had failed until you failed your first MOT..

[Mike Winter (also on Blue Sky) @MikeDWinter]

@RemiCrameri What a great little car, it has served you well Remi. How’s the SoH looking after 222k km?

[Tim Walker @ThatTimWalker]

Good for the Obsever for leading on this.

[Mike Winter (also on Blue Sky) @MikeDWinter]

...because one early morning Beaver spotting trip isn't quite enough, we went again today. Lots of activity in and out of the water, we were really lucky to see them so active.

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

I know there is a lot of news around but can someone at the Beeb explain to me how a man they keep telling us might be the next PM getting an undisclosed donation of FIVE MILLION POUNDS from a Thai based crypto dealer (with a BS explanation about it being for lifelong security) is not even a news story when the man he wants to replace led the news for days over some glasses and Arsenal tickets?

[Mike Winter (also on Blue Sky) @MikeDWinter]

@WriterHannahBT @GeorginaNoakes There were dozens and dozens circling over Loches yesterday evening, Hannah. It was fabulous!

[Mike Winter (also on Blue Sky) @MikeDWinter]

@GeorginaNoakes @WriterHannahBT I’m made up, as they say :)

[Mike Winter (also on Blue Sky) @MikeDWinter]

@peter_moore @10DowningStreet @BritishCouncil Except BJ withdrew Britain from Erasmus+ by choice as part of his Brexit deal. There was no political venom ejecting us, 'we' chose to leave the scheme as part of our elaborate foot shooting exercise.

[Mike Winter (also on Blue Sky) @MikeDWinter]

@JLewisStempel That’s quite a specimen!

@JohnPLeeds you might be interested in this one, JP.