Phil Porter

Centrist Dad

[Phil Porter @Philip_Porter]

@je_police I’m going to go to my grave thinking about that.

I can’t believe such an impractical sexual position was ever attempted, let alone immortalised in marble.

[Phil Porter @Philip_Porter]

How can we be still having the “let’s not do anything about climate change that causes anyone the slightest inconvenience” conversation?

[Phil Porter @Philip_Porter]

@olimar99 Not a flawless article, but it demonstrates very well the effects of the housing crisis on many aspects of young people’s lives

[Phil Porter @Philip_Porter]

Something something avocado toast.

https://t.co/PZdeT1fARB

[Phil Porter @Philip_Porter]

This is accurate framing to be fair.

[Ashley Cowburn @ashcowburn]

Keir Starmer tells Labour’s National Policy Forum if the party wins power “the rescue job will be like none other”.

“Think of it like this: if our job in 1997 was to rebuild a crumbling public realm, in 1964 - to modernise an economy left behind by the pace of technological change, or in 1945 - to build a new Britain out of the trauma of a collective sacrifice, then in 2024 - it will have to be all three.”

[Phil Porter @Philip_Porter]

Goodness

[BBC Politics @BBCPolitics]

"It's great to be in a Keir sandwich"

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner thanks by-election voters in Selby and Ainsty for "putting their trust in the Labour Party"

https://t.co/nel0TtCkfd

[Dan @danp2209]

does anyone actually give a shit about Nigel farages bank account

[Phil Porter @Philip_Porter]

@olimar99 Yes. But why do memories from the age of 8 fade? I guess because childhood memories are less useful to an adult.

[Phil Porter @Philip_Porter]

This seems so obvious now I read it, and aligns precisely with my experience, but it had never occurred to me before.

(From https://t.co/7UD4xiCalg)

[Phil Porter @Philip_Porter]

@lewis_baston @ProfTimBale When my wife was pregnant she was treated on Daphne Ward. I assumed this was a person, not discouraged by a phone call to them being answered :

“Hello, Daphne Ward …”

I don’t think I replied “Hi Daphne. I was hoping …”

[Phil Porter @Philip_Porter]

@ShakeyStephens They aren’t partly because lots of people at the top of the party think/hope they are on track for a big majority. If they win big but still don’t get one, that will change a lot of the thinking

[Phil Porter @Philip_Porter]

If Labour win the next election by 10 points and don’t get a majority there will be a greater call for PR from the left. (Not that that would give them a majority ofc)

[John Rentoul @JohnRentoul]

Peter Kellner still cautious on Labour's chances: 50-50 between largest party in hung parl & majority https://t.co/oEYYnbcce3

[Phil Porter @Philip_Porter]

I fear my feed is soon going to be me just crazily shouting that it “ALREADY IS OUR OWN SILICON VALLEY”.

It already has a name. And a Wikipedia page.

https://t.co/GWQffYnghc

[Tim Stanley @timothy_stanley]

Oh for goodness sake, we do not need our own “Silicon Valley” - and the American one destroyed the local ecology. Council housing always welcome, but this has a whiff of HS2 mania about it. A golden research triangle?! Perhaps a Cape Canaveral too? Save the Fens!

[Phil Porter @Philip_Porter]

@DAaronovitch Could it be to ensure the victim remains anonymous? I haven’t the faintest idea …

[Phil Porter @Philip_Porter]

@willfoth Oh, right. Can Cav compete at 39? Can he bear to say goodbye this way? Decisions …

[Phil Porter @Philip_Porter]

@julianhuppert @Luke_Viner @PhilRodgers I do.

[Phil Porter @Philip_Porter]

This isn’t a great start to a story.

Cambridge *is* Britain’s Silicon Valley. I’ve spent the last 30 years designing Si chips here.

Huge tech cluster.

[Phil Porter @Philip_Porter]

@feedthedrummer It is 11% “certain” to vote Tory. So presumably the polling firm estimate their actual vote at in least the 20s and probably the 30s

[Phil Porter @Philip_Porter]

I wonder why @thetimes are so keen to highlight the employer of this particular sex offender?