Duncan Stone

Author of Different Class: The Untold Story of English Cricket. Shortlisted for @sportsbookaward Cricket Book of the Year 2023.

Class - Culture - Environment

[Duncan Stone @StoneDunk]

On #DifferentClass 🏏

"A modern day John Arlott" @PeterHain
"A book all cricket lovers should read" @mihirbose
"the most invaluable contribution to cricket literature this century” @tribunemagazine
“A worthy successor to Mike Marqusee" @bigissuenorth

https://t.co/axiv02lduj

[Duncan Stone @StoneDunk]

Bizarre football at Anfield.

[CrémantCommunarde #GreenTransitionNow 💚 @0Calamity]

I asked Grok how many nurses could be funded by yet another £10billion being sent to fund the Ukraine war.
This is quite staggering.
#NoWar

[Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley]

0.1% of people on the planet emit more CO2 than the poorest 3.5 billion people combined.

One year’s worth of emissions from the top 1% will result in an estimated 1.3 million excess deaths from extreme heat.

Just a few stats from Oxfam's incredible new report.

[Craig Murray @CraigMurrayOrg]

The budget is Burnham in a nutshell.

Disguised £42 billion a year real terms income tax increase from freezing personal thresholds.

Headline grabbing £2.6 billion giveaway of £100 per household.

£10 billion to Ukraine.

[Duncan Stone @StoneDunk]

@elliot__ross @ewangibbs Hibee Hobsbawn. 😂👌🏻

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

The UK’s cheapest Council Tax is in Wandsorth, London, where a band D property will pay £1,028 a year. The next cheapest is in Westminster at £1,044.

After that it is Shetland Isles at £1,487.

Nottingham is £2,744

Council Tax is a tax for the poorest.

[Ashok Kumar @comrade_kumar_]

Great tips from Brazil on how they turned things around for Lula online and offline:
1. Don’t ever engage, block far-right accounts immediately.
2. Don't debunk, focus on making new content on your platform.
3. Use all the tools at your disposal.
4. Be equally online and offline.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Andy Burnham is asked about Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields.

He says "Use of our resources can support and accelerate a clean energy future"

We are truly down the rabbit hole with this utter nonsense.

Invest in renewables, insulate homes & say no to fossil fuels.

[Duncan Stone @StoneDunk]

@lonsdale_jeremy @PitchPublishing @Middlesex_CCC @BrentfordFC Excellent cover. 👌🏻

[Duncan Stone @StoneDunk]

@hardenuppete Any excuse.

But geeez, what we’d give for a politician like Keating today.

https://t.co/NaG2ewb46T

[Duncan Stone @StoneDunk]

@realRick_AUS I went to my first ever rugby league match with an Aussie who spoke like that. 😂

[Tom London @TomLondon6]

They said THEN, "We will end 40 years of Neoliberalism/Thatcherism"

They say NOW, "We will give you cheaper gherkins"

[Rae :-) @Chuffin_ell]

Why should Carer’s Allowance be reduced at all? £86.45 a week isn’t even a wage, let alone minimum wage. Carers provide thousands of pounds worth of unpaid labour, often around the clock. Why is the government clawing back pennies from people saving it billions?

[Duncan Stone @StoneDunk]

@mpjpct @cbeagle1945 @agnitruth @grok Treat yourself: https://t.co/DiO1nSuguJ

[Duncan Stone @StoneDunk]

Goodness me! Brilliant result for Fleetwood Town. 👏🏻👏🏻

[Duncan Stone @StoneDunk]

Dude is a real life Major Lazer! ❤️

[𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆🫧💚 @beyoncegarden]

OH HE ATE HIM UP SO BAD LMFAOOO😭😭😭

[Duncan Stone @StoneDunk]

@SomersetGrockle Indeed. Fittingly a Bester / Psi Corp episode of B5 tonight on Legend.

[Duncan Stone @StoneDunk]

RIP Walter, aka Alfred Bester in Babylon 5. 👏🏻

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

Walter Koenig, the Russian Crewman Chekov on 'Star Trek,' Dies at 90 https://t.co/wnkfzMgDk3

[Darren Jones MP @darrenpjones]

Royal Mail should be back in public hands.

After years of missed delivery targets, Royal Mail has proven it can’t be run effectively by the private sector.

That’s why I’ve called on the Government to renationalise it.

If we fail to act, we risk losing Royal Mail for good.

[Duncan Stone @StoneDunk]

“We built this bitch [the US]”! 😂👏🏻

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

This man is a legend.

Listen you won't regret it.