Neil Ross

[Neil Ross @NeilRos65192400]

@I_amMukhtar Yes. If celebrities can afford an injunction, they can afford a libel action. They already have remedies to prevent malicious untruths being published.

[Neil Ross @NeilRos65192400]

@I_amMukhtar I wonder if the only people to have learned anything from the Jimmy Savile scandal are the abusers and offenders. They have learned how to cover their tracks more effectively.

[Neil Ross @NeilRos65192400]

@doreentony @adam_f23 It wasn't remotely relevant to her (otherwise reasonable) questions about Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields.

[Neil Ross @NeilRos65192400]

@NicoleArbour All fair comment. Yet another "everyone has been talking about this for 20 years" situation.

If it takes 20 years of well documented offending and a jail sentence before the industry takes any action, the system is broken.

[Nicole Arbour @NicoleArbour]

This Russell Brand thing is pissing me off…

[Neil Ross @NeilRos65192400]

@gary_robertson Reflect on the words "beyond reasonable doubt". The task of the court is to determine guilt. Not maybe, not probably, but as close to certainty as reasonably possible. The threshold for a guilty verdict is a high one.

This week, by definition, Brand is guilty.

[Neil Ross @NeilRos65192400]

@DPJHodges Because the markets were focused on US mid-terms, AI risk, chip makers, Strait of Hormuz, Israeli elections, Iran, Ukraine. Barely noticed UK budget.

[Neil Ross @NeilRos65192400]

@DPJHodges The changed situation is down to Badenoch and Burnham. They have both picked their parties off the floor.

Meanwhile, Reform are stuck with Farage and going backwards.

[Neil Ross @NeilRos65192400]

@CookedGooseinFL @CNN The dumb part was making reckless promises to Iranian expats in the US. And the even dumber part was a brutal bombing of Iranian civilians.

What Trump is saying now is relative sanity.

[Neil Ross @NeilRos65192400]

@SpencerHakimian Too soon. That really isn't funny.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

El-Sayed puts on a masterclass here on The View on how to apologize for saying something offensive

[Red Media @RedMedia_us]

U.S Senator, Abdul El-Sayed defends trans rights in new interview:

“I believe in rights. And even though somebody might use rights that you don’t understand, you never mean to use yourself, you still got to show up and fight for those rights.”“The minute you ascent to government taking anybody’s rights, whether you use them or you don’t, you are assenting to government taking everybody’s rights.

[Amelia @amelia_tweetz]

The more I learn about Abdul El-Sayed, the more impressed I am. He has a medical degree from Columbia, a doctorate from Oxford, and a Google Scholar h-index of 37. That means dozens of his research papers have been cited extensively by other scientists. Whatever your politics, that’s an impressive academic résumé, especially for someone who also chose a career in public service.

[marvièn @mvn_dn]

ngl this got me choked up

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

“If he wants to pass Trumpcare-for-All, I'm ok with it.. Donald, if you're watching, we'll put your name on it. You get to be the American president who finally guaranteed health care for every single American."

@AbdulElSayed to me today, lol.

Full intv: https://t.co/W8g8V0efSF

[Peter Daou @peterdaou]

I've been in politics for a quarter century. It's hard to express how staggering it is to see a conversation like this on corporate US media. The Morning Joe panel gobsmacked by the directness of @AbdulElSayed's points.

(clip via @DropSiteNews)

[Neil Ross @NeilRos65192400]

@DanNeidle The reason for the absence of defence witnesses becomes clearer. Complicity that would have been apparent in even superficial cross examination.

[Neil Ross @NeilRos65192400]

@DPJHodges Trump: "And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything."

The President of the USA. This is the standard we tolerate in the highest offices of state. This is prevalent.

Doesn't make it right of course. Or legal.

[Neil Ross @NeilRos65192400]

@BethRigby @jamesmatthewsky Six of one, half a dozen of the other.

Al Sayed will hopefully offer an apology and an interview.