Mr. Grumpy

Politics. Sport. Wine. None of which I know anything about. Energy markets. Where I know just enough to be wrong.

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@garius And she will call you Al

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@K_Niemietz It clearly hasn’t been rested properly, and wtf is all that burnt pepper doing on the outside?

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@Psythor @JonnElledge I think we can comfortably say that the Corbynites are having a pretty shit Glasto right now

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@garius Just imagine the fights about what music to play next. Once you’ve done the ring cycle and Die Meistersinger you’re scraping the barrel.

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@v_j_freeman Given the excitement on the rest of Twitter I’d be forgiven for assuming this is about Russia…

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@London_Cycling @tedthornhill @MailOnline It’s missing pedestrians: honestly the most likely cause of an accident on my commute is pedestrians crossing without looking, particularly around major train stations

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@daraobriain This is the first time in 20 years that my physics A level has given me a chuckle.

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@RhodaMacdonald @kevverage Generally when we import something we send money *out*, not in. Lamb imports for example. 💰 ➡️🇳🇿 and 🐑 ➡️🇬🇧

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@AndyGilder Isn’t the MP pension scheme obscenely generous or have I made that up?

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@btharris93 @K_Niemietz Communists? This was Marx’s central tenet and every far left thinker since.

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@ne0liberal @LondonNewLibs Hang on a minute. One Brit has had that take. Nearly half of your lot decided electing Donald Trump was a good idea. TWICE!

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@devilsadv0c8 @Mylovanov Sitting in a lovely location known for good beaches and blissfully unaware of where Ukraine even is that makes sense. But maybe a smarter reaction is to refrain from commenting on issues you don't understand.

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@OzKaterji You’re basically left with Rimsky Korzakov and Borodin as those that Russia can be proud of and were proud of Russia. And they’re distinctly average.

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@OzKaterji Shostakovich spent his life playing cat and mouse with the authorities about how much he hated them. Rachmaninov emigrated.
Tchaikovsky did the same (intermingled with some revolutionary activity).
That’s the A tier done. Stravinsky was a Nazi (so I guess he fits in). 1/2

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@Naowhxd Already done my 8x20s this week and I stuck out for over an hour in a hoi 20 pug. Does that mean I get to choose from Sarkareth back, neltharus trinket and a 447 wep?

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@Eduardo61521605 @_HannahRitchie Why so obvious? Unless you have incredible hydro reserves like Brazil, nuclear remains the only reliable source of zero carbon energy at scale. This “obviously” bs is the reason why Germany has been so foolishly shutting nuclear plants in order to burn lignite

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@Beyond_Topline @talktoharris1 PR in 2015 would have seen a UKIP/Tory majority. We’d have been even further to the right.

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@JonnElledge I agree, and don’t think it matters. 10 people is “very few” in a full football stadium but clearly not “very few” in a classroom of 30

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@JonnElledge Is 9% of the population really “very few”?

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@OmnishamblesFPL @Lucy_Worsley This was going to be my exact question.