Mark Phillips

Bookseller. Old gaffer.

[Mark Phillips @The16thChopper]

Birmingham 😊

[Tim Burgess @Tim_Burgess]

Win 2 tickets to the gig of your choice - Quote tweet this post with the city/ venue you would like to go see us

Winners picked at random at 8am Weds 29th October

Pre-sale 9am Oct 29th
General sale Friday Oct 31st at 9am

Good luck ✌️

More info https://t.co/MYfuRBASnW

[Mark Phillips @The16thChopper]

Got a bluesky to probably not post on as well ... @mphillips16th.bsky.social

[Richard Murphy @RichardJMurphy]

Fiscal rules:

- No child should live in poverty

- Everyone should have a decent home

- Dying from hypothermia must never happen

Blow balancing the books. These are things that really matter.

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

🧵 This week - under a Labour government - NHS community services for the entire population of Wilshire (half a million people), were handed to a private equity backed company, @HCRGCareGroup, formerly known as VirginCare. 1/n

[Mark Phillips @The16thChopper]

@mitchelltim @iainlee Call me when the Five Thirty reunion happens.

[John Wilson @JohnWilson14]

‘Bowie In Berlin’ @BBCRadio4 14/09/24 8pm

I’ve produced a radio doc about David Bowie‘s time in Berlin / living with Iggy, wearing moustache & check shirts, making Heroes in Hansa, as remembered by those who were with him. Presented by filmmaker Francis Whately (Five Years)…1/2

[Mark Phillips @The16thChopper]

@mitchelltim @iainlee I saw this elsewhere and came to have a look and of course here you are @mitchelltim

[James Brackley @BrackleyJ]

🧵on our work on b’ham city council quoted in the FT today. Key takeaways:

🔺the bankruptcy was triggered on the wrong basis
🔺This had disastrous effects as unnecessary cuts & asset sales were rushed through
🔺Another recovery plan is still possible

https://t.co/9EsFKuB2jx

[Ewan McG ➡️ @ewanmg.bsky.social @ewan_mg]

Excellent work by @BrackleyJ in the FT on his report on Tory-led disaster for Birmingham CC.

It’s not equality rights and IT that bankrupted the council, it was the one-third budget cuts since 2010.

Fuller report 👇🏽
https://t.co/Zdwglgh1fV

[Mark Phillips @The16thChopper]

Oh my

[Mark Phillips @The16thChopper]

Is Boring James Milner at the controls

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

What a player ✨

#Euro2024 #ESPENG

[Mark Phillips @The16thChopper]

@BBCSport All right mate not now

[Mark Phillips @The16thChopper]

@AaronBastani Walker's a weird one for me. Incredibly effective defender/player but often a terrible footballer. Can't run with the ball. Seems to overhit half his passes that are more than 3 yards.

[Bob Fischer @Bob_Fischer]

Just spent 30 mins in my GP's waiting room, overhearing a string of upset, baffled older people protesting that they couldn't download the app, follow the link etc. The speed with with companies and businesses have pursued merciless digital exclusion absolutely boils my piss.

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

For a march . . . are you joking ?

It is literally called a demonstration , you are demonstrating what you want

Tomorrow , 12 noon , Park Lane London - be there !

@JonathanPieNews | #RestoreNatureNow

[Mark Phillips @The16thChopper]

From a distance the Germans look like they're playing in a Spider-Man kit.
#GERHUN
Crazy goal.

[Mark Phillips @The16thChopper]

@simon_price01 Holes? As in War-hole?
#PORCZE

[Mark Phillips @The16thChopper]

Deep Blue Day: Piano Version - Roger Eno
https://t.co/HtLQLouOGC

[Mark Phillips @The16thChopper]

@IMcMillan art botherers 🙄

[Mark Phillips @The16thChopper]

Declan Rice amazed at the sudden appearance of a football #SERENG