Rick Wright

Sober since 14/2/22

[Harman Singh Kapoor @kingkapoor72]

I bend my knee for Henry Nowak.

[Gwynne Shotwell @Gwynne_Shotwell]

Congrats and a huge thank you to the SpaceX team that always delivers. This was an incredible first flight of a brand new vehicle. Our collective future flying amongst the stars has become so much closer.

[Christopher Talbot @Lord_Talbot64]

Record numbers of UK businesses are already closing due to skyrocketing costs, energy bills, business rates, regulations, NI, and more. Nearly 59,000 folded in just the first 3 weeks of 2026, with insolvencies surging and 330k small firms expecting to shut this year.
Hiking the minimum wage further to £15/hr will only accelerate that. Independents like coffee shops can’t absorb it like chains, they will cut staff, reduce hours, or close entirely. Result? Higher unemployment, not less poverty.
Economics isn’t vibes. Workers need viable jobs, not mandates that destroy the businesses that create them.

[Rick Wright @RickDWright]

@foundmyfitness 😩

[Mike Gardner @mikegardner_wb]

BREAKING NEWS: “Starmer denies knowing he was Prime Minister”

Sir Kier Starmer has revealed that no one told him until last Tuesday he won the 2024 election and had become PM.

He told Beth Rigby “I was totally kept in the dark by my officials. I’m really angry about it.”

[Ben Eisenhart @BEisenhart]

Being in your early 40s is weird, man. People around your age are in every stage of life. You have people who are grandparents. You have people who have newborns. You have people dating 25-year-olds. You have people celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary. Some of them look 60, and some of them look 30. All the bases are covered when you are in your early 40s.

[Monty Python @montypython]

"Who does he think he is?"

#MontyPython

[Carnivore Aurelius ©🥩 ☀️🦙 @AlpacaAurelius]

people assume that every time you eat steak you're killing a cow....

but even if you ate 1lb of steak every single day, you wouldn't even kill one whole cow...

one cow produces over 500 lbs of meat...and it does this from GRASS which is inedible to humans...

cows are basically divine machines that convert inedible food into steak, milk, leather and so much more.

yet people continue to say "cow farts are destroying the planet"

the cow is the most sustainable and vegan thing you can eat

God bless the cow

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

So many phonies, so few who are the real deal

[Kevin O'Sullivan @TVKev]

@bookofsweg Great to know we have a sound and sensible government led by a powerhouse Prime Minister who really knows what he's doing and doesn't in any way resemble a frightened fox caught in the headlights.

[Ollie J @realOliverJohn]

If Keir Starmer is NOT your Prime Minister like and repost this

#Starmer #StarmerOut #StarmerOutNow

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Add Keir Starmer's newfound concern for victims of Peter Mandelson's bestie to his backflip on whether women can have penises and his U-turn on the Rotherham grooming gangs enquiry. Starmer is indifferent to harm done to girls and women unless it threatens his career. #StarmerOut

[Suffragent @Suffragent_]

WOW‼️Turns out Morgan McSweeney's father was paid £6MILLION by Starmer's government to house illegal migrants. No wonder they didn't stop the boats. 🇬🇧

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Heroes

[Rick Wright @RickDWright]

@NewYorkerPL @MMAUNCENSORED1 Good one

[Mark Weaver @mark_weaver]

@Artemisfornow A few months ago Rayner was unfit to be a minister, but all of a sudden she is now fit to be PM, How does that work?

[Sarah White @advancesarah]

Four nations, one Kingdom. That is our diversity.

If you want to fit in, then integrate appropriately. Respect our culture, our religion and our beliefs. Respect our flag. Respect our women and our children.

As we should, and as we would if we went to another country.

[Amelia @AmeliajakSolana]

GM Amelia enjoyers 🌞

Did you know that between 1808 - 1867 The Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron attacked over 1,600 slave ships and freed approximately 150,000 enslaved Africans?

Britain spent roughly 2% of its national income enforcing the abolition of slavery globally 🫢

Fascinating history 🇬🇧

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

The names of the UK personnel who died in Afghanistan:
George, Darren John
Busuttil, Robert
Gregory, John
Kitulagoda, Jonathan
Sherwood, Steven
Cridge, Mark
Craddock, Peter Edward
Philippson, Jim
Bartlett, Paul
Patten, David
Hashmi, Jabron
Thorpe, Peter
Jackson, Damien Raymond
Eida, Alex
Johnson, Ralph
Nicholls, Ross
Cutts, Andrew Barrie
Reeves, Leigh
Tansey, Sean
Budd, Bryan James
Hetherington, Jonathan
Draiva, Anare
Andrews, Gary Wayne
Beattie, Stephen
Bell, Gerard Martin
Davies, Adrian
Dicketts, Oliver Simon
Johnson, Steven
Knight, Benjamin James
Langton, John Joseph
Mitchelmore, Leigh Anthony
Nicholas, Gareth Rodney
Quilliam, Gary Paul
Squires, Allan James
Swarbrick, Steven
Windall, Joseph David
O'Donnell, Craig
McCulloch, Luke
Muirhead, Paul
Wright, Mark William
Wright, Gary
Wigley, Jonathan
Watson, Richard J.
Dwyer, James
Curry, Thomas
Ford, Mathew
Holland, Jonathan
Summers, Scott
Clark, Ross
McLaughlin, Liam
Reddy, Benjamin
Smith, Michael
Gray, Chris
Davison, Simon
Davey, George Russell
Probyn, Daniel
Bonner, Darren
Gilyeat, Mike
Sandford, Paul "Sandy"
Downes, Neil "Tony"
Wright, Thomas
Dolan, Sean
Wilkinson, Dave
Hickey, Daryl
Hawkins, Alex
Atherton, David
Keen, Barry
Jones, Michael
Rawson, Tony
Hicks, David
Foster, Robert Graham
McClure, Aaron James
Thrumble, John
Bridge, Christopher
Ford, Ben
Wright, Damian
Botha, Johan
Brelsford, Craig
Violino, Ivano
Newman, Phillip
Tunnicliffe, Brian
Roberts, Alexis
Alderton, Jake
Mcdermid, John
Sadler, Jack
Johnson, Lee
Gardiner, Darryl
Lawrence, Damian Stephen
Mulvihill, Damian
Marsh, David
Thornton, John
Livingstone, Graham Keter
Thompson, Gary
Pearson, Robert
Babakobau, Ratu
Thompson, James Christopher
Gostick, Dale
Cuthbertson, Nathan
Gamble, Daniel
Murray, Charles David
Bateman, James
Doherty, Jeff
Bryant, Sarah
Larkin, Richard
Reeve, Sean Robert
Stout, Paul
Whittaker, Joe
Williams, Michael
Shirley, Dan
Johnson, James
Barnes, Jason Stuart
Rowe, Kenneth Michael
Mathews, Jonathan William
Cowton, Peter Joe
Bland, Wayne
Dempsey, Barry
Cupples, Justin James
O'Donnell, Gary
Rawstron, Jason Lee
Mason, Nicky
Munday, James
Rai, Yubraj
Dunstan, Neil David
McKibben, Robert Joseph
Dura, Krishnabahadur
Lucas, Alexander
Evans, Tony
Sparks, Georgie
Birch, Marc
Davies, Damian
Fellows, Steven
Manuel, John Henry
Lewis, Aaron
Nash, Stuart
Deering, Robert
Whatley, Benjamin
Elms, Liam
Reed, Chris
Mackin, Travis
Sawyer, Tom Herbert John
Winter, Danny
Robinson, Richard "Robbo"
Nield, Daniel "Danny"
Smith, Darren
Kingscott, Stephen
Gaden, Tom
Gunn, Jamie
Laski, Michael "Mick"
Upton, Paul "Uppers"
Harkett, Christopher
John, Dean
Stiff, Graeme
Fasfous, Tobie
Binnie, Sean
Pun, Kumar
Ross, Ben
Sheldon, Adrian
Evison, Mark Lawrence
Mackie, Jason
Suesue, Petero "Pat"
Rossi, Jordan
Richards, Robert Martin
Hill, Kieron
Bolger, Stephen
Moffett, Nigel
Thatcher, Cyrus
McLaren, Robert
Mervis, Paul
Birchall, Sean
Hammond, Joshua
Thorneloe, Rupert
Dennis, David
Laws, Robert
Elson, Dane
Babington Browne, Ben
Whiteside, Christopher
Brackpool, John
Hume, Daniel
Aldridge, William
Backhouse, James
Horne, Jonathan
Murphy, Joseph
Scott, Lee
Simpson, Daniel
Toge, Aminiasi
Etchells, Joseph
Shepherd, Daniel
King, Christopher
Hopson, Craig
Lawrence, Phillip
Upton, Sean
Lombardi, Anthony
Mulligan, Kevin
Hopkins, Dale Thomas
Adams, Kyle
Williams, Jason George
Hale, Mark
Wild, Daniel
Hatton, Matthew
Valentine, Simon
Hunt, Richard
Fullarton, James
Annis, Simon
Carter, Louis
McAleese, Paul
Young, Johnathon
Bush, Shaun
Houltram, Lee Andrew
Millar, Stuart
Elliott, Kevin
Brandon, Richard James
Elliott, Gavin
Harrison, John
Dunn Bridgeman, Jason
McGrath, Stuart
Hall, Brett
Lockett, Michael
Prosser, James
Wojtak, Marcin
Janes, Jamie
Hill, James
Oakland, James
Mason, Thomas
Schmid, Olaf
Chant, Darren
Telford, Matthew
Major, James
Boote, Steven
Webster Smith, Nicholas
Scott, Phillip
Allen, Phillip
Bassett, Samuel
Fentiman, Andrew
Marlton Thomas, Loren
Loughran Dickson, Robert David
Amer, John Paxton
Drane, Adam Paul

[Dov Forman @DovForman]

This year, Holocaust Memorial Day, on the 27 of January, will pass quietly in hundreds of British schools.

Not because the Holocaust is no longer relevant, and not because it is no longer important, but because too many educators now fear the reaction it might provoke, from parents in their communities and even from colleagues in their own staff rooms. According to new figures released by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, the number of schools marking Holocaust Memorial Day has more than halved since October 7.

That fact alone should trouble us deeply. It is a stain on this country.

Holocaust Memorial Day exists to remember the six million Jewish men, women and children who were systematically murdered for no reason other than that they were born Jewish. It is not a political gesture. It is not a commentary on today’s conflicts. It is an act of human memory, and a moral one at that. When we begin to treat remembrance as something that must be justified, balanced or quietly avoided, we reveal how fragile our commitment to it has become.

My great-grandmother, Lily Ebert, survived Auschwitz. For decades of her life, she devoted herself to speaking to people all over the world about what she had witnessed and endured in what she called “hell on earth.” She answered their questions, listened to their fears, and tried to explain, with remarkable strength and gentleness, how ordinary societies slide into extraordinary evil. When she said “never forget,” she did not mean “unless it becomes uncomfortable.”

The Holocaust did not begin with gas chambers and death camps. It began with words. With lies. With the spread of conspiracy theories. With the slow normalisation of hatred. With the othering of Jewish people. With people deciding that certain lives mattered less than others. And, crucially, with silence, with decent people looking away because it felt easier than speaking up.

This is precisely why Holocaust education matters. It teaches young people where prejudice leads when left unchallenged, how democracies corrode from within, and what happens when lies become louder than truth. My great-grandmother always believed that education was the solution, that knowledge could be a shield against hatred.

But what happens when education itself becomes the problem?

What we are seeing now is that the sharp rise in antisemitism is not happening despite decades of Holocaust education, but in part because so much of it was never truly believed in to begin with. For too many academic institutions and teachers, Holocaust remembrance and education about anti-Jewish racism became a tick-box exercise, something done because it had to be done, not because it was understood, valued or defended. It was procedural, not principled. Now, when that education becomes inconvenient, when it carries social cost, when it risks controversy, when those teachers have an excuse and a reason not to teach it, it is quietly dropped. And that tells us everything.

At a time when antisemitism is at its highest level in decades, and becoming increasingly violent, we should be strengthening Holocaust education, not retreating from it.

Too many teachers are being forced into silence by pressure from their communities and from colleagues. They are being told they must “balance” Holocaust remembrance with unrelated political narratives, as though the murder of six million Jews requires qualification, as though Jewish suffering must now come with footnotes.

Soon, there will be no survivors left. No living witnesses. Only last week, we lost Harry Olmer, a Holocaust survivor who endured multiple Nazi forced-labour and concentration camps. He was a personal hero of mine. I travelled to Poland with him in 2023 and heard his story first-hand. Soon, there will be no one left who can say, simply, “I was there.”

When that moment comes, all that will remain is what we chose to teach.

If we allow Holocaust education to wither now, at precisely the moment antisemitism is rising, distortion is spreading, and Jewish students increasingly report feeling unsafe, then we are not just failing the past. We are betraying the future. Because history does not repeat itself. People do.

And when we abandon the responsibility to teach our children the past with truth and integrity, we abandon the future too. If we teach children that history can be set aside when it becomes uncomfortable, we teach them something far more dangerous than any lesson about the past, we teach them that moral clarity is negotiable.

That is a lesson no school should ever impart.