Russell Saunders

40+, quite tired. Horses, sport and politics. 🏳️‍🌈

[Russell Saunders @SpoonRuss]

We know Trump is partially driven by revenge. What revenge will he seek to punish the American people for these votes?

[Russell Saunders @SpoonRuss]

@BBCNews So incredibly sad

[Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson]

Striking how fast Reform went from free-press defenders to calling for the arrest of journalists who investigate it.

Its move to the populist-authoritarian model is unlikely to do much for its poll rating.

[Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson]

The new crime survey is out - the "Lawless Britain" picture in full

- Violence at lowest since records began in 1981
- Corroborated by hospital figures for knife wounds
- Robbery: record low
- Overall crime 78% below 1995 peak.
- Shoplifting up

More:-
https://t.co/Qgzowy6IDL

[Jake Wallis Simons @JakeWSimons]

The best 1:44 of tv you’ll ever see

[Russell Saunders @SpoonRuss]

@trussliz In fairness to the Bank of England, it’s significantly harder find anyone who does want to read your book.

[Russell Saunders @SpoonRuss]

Sonay Kartal doing incredible things in Wuhan. Kalinina, Bencic, Paolini and Svitolina all beaten on the way to the semis… something very special so far from the Brit

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

Congratulations to Carole Cadwalladr, @carolecadwalla, who together with colleagues first revealed this story.

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Russians have been doing this for years. And including in 2016. We have ignored a gigantic elephant in the room for too long. Tories because they did not want full Johnson charlatanism exposed. Farage lot because they have been in bed with Russia for yonks. Labour because of the fantasy of “making Brexit work.” Burnham has done a huge service in letting the truth in to disinfect

[Peter Jukes @peterjukes]

Oakeshott today: ‘Police investigating the leak into the diplomatic cables I obtained is a threat to press freedom.’

Last year: ‘I’m reporting Cadwalladr and Jukes to two police forces for obtaining the Banks emails I obtained.’

[Max 📟 @MaxNordau]

🚨🚨 Tucker Carlson calls the deal that got Ukraine to give up its nukes "immaterial."

In 1994, Ukraine gave up the world's third-largest nuclear arsenal. In exchange, the US, the UK and Russia signed security assurances promising to respect its borders. Russia broke that promise.

He knows exactly why Ukraine had to disarm. He says so himself: Ukraine "might have already sold those nuclear weapons to bad actors around the world."

So Ukraine was too dangerous to keep its nukes, but not worth keeping a promise to once it gave them up. That's Carlson's position.

Rees-Mogg: "Is America's word worth anything? Or do you just sign these things and walk away?"

Carlson dodges and insists over and over that no treaty obligates the US to fight Russia (which Rees-Mogg never said). Then he smirks and rolls his eyes while Rees-Mogg explains it to him.
Rees-Mogg: "I didn't say it did."

If disarming gets you invaded, nobody is ever giving up nukes again. Carlson knows this. He just doesn't care, because Russia gets Ukraine either way.

This is who Tucker Carlson is.

[Stuzi 🐝🐝 @stuzi_pants]

If you watch one thing today

Powerful statement from Oli Dugmore

#bbcqt

[Russell Saunders @SpoonRuss]

Anybody else just see Feliciano Lopez in a wig? @tennismadmanny

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

Going to say it again. It's significant how senior Reform members are now seeking to move the debate from one focussed on migration to one focussed more specifically on race. And an attempt to justify and rationalise what, by any objective definition, is overt racism.

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

Nick Candy and Holly Valance. Britain’s most expensive house. A £265m sale.

Usual consequence: £32m of stamp duty.

But five small flats were included in the sale. By an extraordinary happy accident, that cut the tax by £18.5m.

The curious sale of Nick Candy’s mansion

A 🧵:

[Liz Webster @LizWebsterSBF]

‼️ Jim Ratcliffe:

🔹 Backed Brexit
🔹 Moved his tax residence to Monaco
🔹 Abandoned plans to build the British 🇬🇧 Grenadier in Wales and moved production to France
🔹 Now lectures Britain from Denmark about why the country is on the slide

And who does he blame? Immigrants and people on benefits.

The billionaires who helped hollow Britain out always point down, never at Brexit, tax flight, chronic underinvestment or their own decisions.

*Toughness* seems to mean somebody poorer paying the price.

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

We’ve seen a lot of madness over the past few years. But I’m still trying to come to terms with the fact there are people inside Reform and the broader Right still debating “OK, how should we align ourselves with these guys in balaclavas threatening the RNLI”.

[Robert Peston @Peston]

This is a warning from the chair and co-founder of the highly respected UK AI Security Institute. I am slightly amazed it hasn’t attracted more attention, including from inside the government

[Russell Saunders @SpoonRuss]

@mattcoyney Definitely a thing in Reading!