Mark Swan

[Mark Swan @SwanbowNo5]

@JesusClapsBack @aswren South African employment law is arguably just as strict as in the UK, it's a contributing reason as to why the informal economy there is absolutely massive. That said if you're outsourcing from the UK to a local SA firm it isn't exactly your problem.

[Mark Swan @SwanbowNo5]

@AshValeCommuter @max__young @GuidoFawkes Government dictated return to the office, and all CS departments have to implement and monitor it. When I worked for the CS my line manager got no end of grief from his bosses about it, even if he didn't really care so long as the work was done on time and of high standard.

[Mark Swan @SwanbowNo5]

@IconRepulsive @HiddenYorkshire Getting access to special egg delivery through a credit card subscription is the most American thing I've ever heard of, I love it!

[Mark Swan @SwanbowNo5]

@SancastleAir @jjfrgyy @caliecalister Burberry didn't like it initially, but when they realised the potential sales they then went on all-in on selling tat with the Burberry Check. It alienated their core customers and damaged the brand and they changed course but it took over a decade to recover.

[Hughes-on-the-Wold @NotThatHughes]

Europeans, after a four day weekend, reading about just how absolutely furious America is with them.

[Mark Swan @SwanbowNo5]

@labourball @SandyofCthulhu I always grind in some pepper and add a healthy splash of worcestershire sauce when heating the beans, it elevates them.

[Mark Swan @SwanbowNo5]

@IHeddaji @sentdefender Coalition bases are being absolutely pounded by Iranian proxies in Iraq. Makes sense to evacuate all non-essential staff in that context, i.e. less chance of casualties.

[Mark Swan @SwanbowNo5]

@onionfuture @PMarlowe1939 Ultimately it is his choice, but the world needs frivolous entertainment and he was an absolute master at the craft. Not everything needs to be serious. Weird Weekends was sublime, whereas everything from 2012 onwards has been very hit-and-miss.

[Mark Swan @SwanbowNo5]

@HockleyBear @kateferguson4 The deficit could be tackled in other ways, i.e. getting a grip on welfare, pension and social care spending. Or cutting needless bureaucracy so infrastructure projects don't cost billions before they even start.

[Mark Swan @SwanbowNo5]

@StephenFleming @SandyofCthulhu How did that work out for McNamara in Vietnam?

Killing your enemies isn't enough, you have to kill their will to fight, it's Clausewitz 101.

[Mark Swan @SwanbowNo5]

@crentist_dds @fluffyfiberrawr @darkestblisss @infinitelactose Delays are a great excuse to drink though.

[Mark Swan @SwanbowNo5]

@BBCNews Bazball just doesn't work for test cricket, England needs new leadership and new strategy to compete again.

[Mark Swan @SwanbowNo5]

@Ingold321 @PositivFuturist Terre'Blanche was irrelevant by the time he died, although he was a significant figure back in the late 1980s & early 1990s amongst the Afrikaner far-right. As much as he advocated for violent resistance all his forays into it were all spectacular failures and he became a joke.

[Mark Swan @SwanbowNo5]

@anactualwalnut I really wanted to take a class at uni but the professor was known as a curmudgeon who failed everyone. Turns out he was great, he just didn't tolerate sloppiness. I got my highest grade in his class, and he gifted me and a few other pupils some books for our efforts.

[Mark Swan @SwanbowNo5]

@3000Ppmaster @mxndni @SolanaJax @Bitcoin Very small population, lots of oil wealth, fiscal policies aimed at keeping the currency price high. Although in the grand scheme of things the "most valuable currency" along these lines means little.

[Mark Swan @SwanbowNo5]

@mxndni @SolanaJax @Bitcoin Kuwaiti Dinar, highest value currency in the world.

[Mark Swan @SwanbowNo5]

@Michaelmcwilli4 @sentdefender If they get accelerated EU membership m they have a mutual defensive clause similar albeit weaker than NATO. This peace treaty will be the end of NATO in my opinion, to be supplanted by a European defensive pact.

[Mark Swan @SwanbowNo5]

@alisterrobson @BurnsideWasTosh I think he is going to offer them the Shetland Islands as well, as a goodwill gesture.

[Mark Swan @SwanbowNo5]

@Gordon2Comstock @ClippedHussar I'm no fan of the Tories, but John Major is literally the only Prime Minister in British history to leave office with both a budget surplus and a strong growing economy. He was no visionary, but he was a perfectly competent administrator.

[Mark Swan @SwanbowNo5]

@Ty_Antonius @DrDiGiorgio 13% of the UK workforce are in the healthcare sector vs 12% in the USA. The UK healthcare sector makes up 11% of GDP, compared to 18.5% of GDP in the USA. Both countries need to wake up and realise this isn't sustainable.