Mark Burlison

Petrolhead, cook, photographer, music geek, investor, ex-London-ex-pat, Midlands repatriate & recovering #southeastern commuter (See @Se_Tranes)

[Christopher Snowdon @cjsnowdon]

We will continue to regress as a society until we learn to judge new legislation by its likely consequences rather than by the intentions of its advocates. https://t.co/6KfMKnbpeI

[Mark Burlison @TheBurlison]

@worstall rename X?

[Mark Burlison @TheBurlison]

@freemaowtf 14.00 gmt

[Mark Burlison @TheBurlison]

@rcolvile https://t.co/hTshwlRSrv

[Chris Rose @ArchRose90]

This is a painful, car crash interview.

Peter Kyle: I believe in the plan!

Naga Munchetty: When did you seen the plan?

Kyle: I haven’t.

Naga: Did Mr Healey and Al Carns see the plan?

Kyle: Of course!

Naga: So they’ve both seen the plan and resigned.

[Mark Burlison @TheBurlison]

@meirionj Maybe it'll work based on the phones location

[Mark Burlison @TheBurlison]

@OyVeyPope @CatharineHoey Spot on. In the enterprise IT custom software world, this is a known anti pattern

[Burnside @BurnsideWasTosh]

Starmer deploying the "full force of the law" again.

Shame it's only ever deployed after an outrage, rather than before one is perpetrated.

[Fesshole🧻 @fesshole]

When I was at school, Dad convinced my friend that when you flushed away a huge turd you had to phone Thames Water so they could 'deal with it' to stop the pipes blocking. He gave my friend the landline number of his mate who was in on it. The calls carried on for several years.

[Tom Whipple @whippletom]

I tried the government's new AI "Jobcentre in your pocket" chatbot. Could it write me a CV? It could.

It also suggested that I should consider employment law and whether I've been discriminated against.

Key detail: I'm a parrot.

[Mark Burlison @TheBurlison]

@worstall @GHWTowler https://t.co/4hLLVPizk8

[Mark Burlison @TheBurlison]

@grahampointer72 @mattwridley @DavidLammy @TrevorPTweets I'm assuming Mr Wridley will soon be correcting it to Henry

[Mark Burlison @TheBurlison]

@JohnRushforth1 @Billeriaytown @ZiaYusufUK https://t.co/oJnXyw9jsV

[Mark Burlison @TheBurlison]

@Billeriaytown @JohnRushforth1 @ZiaYusufUK Exactly, one law for all

[Mark Burlison @TheBurlison]

@meirionj There is a strong argument for if you spend it, you tax it first. Local taxes for local services. Of course, less Westminster tax has to come first.

[Mark Burlison @TheBurlison]

@worstall @andrew_lilico This was when I came across him (well, the actual video)

[Mark Burlison @TheBurlison]

@worstall @andrew_lilico Sowell is good, give him a chance

[Mark Burlison @TheBurlison]

@AlistairMorley If you don't ask, you don't get

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[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

UK government national debt 1975-2026: (£billion):

1975
£59 billion

1980
£114 billion

1985
£169 billion

1990
£190 billion

1995
£384 billion

2000
£415 billion

2005
£573 billion

2008
£810 billion

2010
£1,220 billion

2015
£1,570 billion

2019
£1,800 billion

2021
£2,224 billion

2023
£2,619 billion

2026
£2,900 billion

An increase of almost £2.5 trillion in just 20 years. A tale of gross economic incompetence by successive UK governments to a point where interest payments on the national debt are now over £100 billion a year - funded by the taxpayer.

[Mark Burlison @TheBurlison]

@gllnkk @LoftusSteve Yeah. And soldiers carry guns... On the battlefield, but not on the way to Tesco's.