Louis

Humour. Sport. Politics. Catholicism. Birmingham. But not necessarily in that order.

[Louis @ProBrum]

@DanielJHannan Any politician who opposed lockdown in March 2020 based on the information at the time was an idiot unfit for office.

[Hypatia's Lantern🌹 @HypatiaLantern]

I have said this before, I will say it again. The 1980s era policy to put the entire house on the golden goose that is the City of London has absolutely destroyed the country. Because of the economic consensus forged in the 80s, no Gov has ever truly tried to fix it.

[Louis @ProBrum]

@NRNCatholic Before that, we can look at what the Priest is wearing, particularly the footwear.

[Louis @ProBrum]

@viggoterling @shriverist Why should it? Income tax was originally introduced to fund the Napoleonic wars. Genuine right -wingers would want to see it reduced and perhaps even abolished. But perhaps the corollary is the point.

[Tony Harwood @sciantificnew]

Why are people saying Labour are wrong to promote a 2 year GCSE when Ofsted under the Conservatives started saying it in 2019?

[Tom Forth @thomasforth]

I mean,... it's also just a matter of record which party set the UK economy on a path to making the fiscal transfers so high in the first place. And removed the last local powers that could have been used to take local responsibility for fixing this. https://t.co/GcO26vztkn

[Louis @ProBrum]

You dont raise educational standards by introducing a National Curriculum. The crypto-communist "Tories" just donr get it.

[Jade Adamowicz Marsden @j_l_marsden]

You don’t raise education standards by reducing education. This is absolutely appalling.

[Latin Mass Society @latinmassuk]

The photographer John Aron has been a longstanding partner of the Latin Mass Society, helping us capture the beauty of the TLM at events up and down the country for many years.

Recently he had his photography equipment stolen, losing around £18,000 worth of kit which he relies on for his work. Unfortunately, insurance will not cover the loss.

He has launched a fundraiser, to help him recoup some of the losses and enable him to replace his equipment which he relies on for his work.

John always goes above and beyond, and throughout his whole career has been committed to the work of the Church and the preservation of its ancient liturgy.

If you have the means, please do consider a donation to help him during this difficult time.

A link to his GoFundMe page is below ⬇️

Thank you and God bless!

[Tom Forth @thomasforth]

Buses and traffic have gone the other way. In 2011 a 5pm trip from Kings Heath to Birmingham would be timetabled at just over 20 minutes. Today, it's over 30 minutes. Thankfully there's a train now though, which takes 15-20 minutes.

[Louis @ProBrum]

@Kordell43106375 @viggoterling @ASI You are quite frankly ignorant of history. Birmingham grew because it municipalised the gas supply, causing the price to drop and allowing serious manufacturing. That can't be done nowadays: our centralised government is pursuing net-0 to destroy manufacturing (but not finance)

[Louis @ProBrum]

@Kordell43106375 @viggoterling @ASI Are you serious? Councils have very little power to raise taxes. Council tax rises are capped, business rates go to London and statutory duties take up most of the budget which is mainly paid for by an insufficient central grant.

[Tim Worstall @worstall]

The weird thing about this is that it's true. Central government policy really was that no one should be allowed to do anything new in Birmingham.

[Louis @ProBrum]

@Kordell43106375 @viggoterling @ASI Complete drivel. The vast majority of taxes are centralised. All important decisions are made in London, usually for the benefit of London.

[Tom Forth @thomasforth]

Perhaps I'll do the very specific calculations this evening. But I don't think it's good news for the "cut welfare" crows. You need a growth plan for England outside the South East. And currently I don't think the ASI, IEA, and their crowd have one, or even care about having one.

[PoIiMath @politicalmath]

A statistic that sounds fake but isn't: Not one single white American man born after 1984 has published a work of literary fiction in The New Yorker.

It's not because they stopped writing. It's because The New Yorker has refused to publish them. The publishing industry has blacked out a generation of male writers & then they wonder why boys don't read.

[Louis @ProBrum]

@ShuttlePenelope @alelliott88 Yorkshire is the UKs Texas

[camilo @AscendedYield]

No Democrat ever sided with Milei over Britain btw

[English Catholic @FaithandFooty_]

Wasn't Muslims who made Britons live like godless economic units on an evolutionary chain & who, therefore, could kill their offspring with impunity. At some point, rather than pointing at the 'other', Western Europeans are going to have to look at the choices THEY made

[Louis @ProBrum]

@karamazovian_ He's not Catholic - he's a LARPer