Harvey Whitby

MSc Marketing @ UOB | BA Politics @ UOL
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[Sam Barrick @SJ_Barrick]

Ok, that’s good. Now reinstate Lewis’s 8th world championship.

[Harvey Whitby @WhitbyHarvey]

Is there anything this government won't ban?

[Hilton Holloway @hiltonholloway]

Astonishing Telegraph story.

[Harvey Whitby @WhitbyHarvey]

Nobody voted for him to be in such a role, how is this allowed?

[Richard Parker @RichParkerLab]

I’m pleased to announce that Councillor Steve Simkins will be joining me as Deputy Mayor of the West Midlands. It’s a vital post. One that needs focus and dedication, and I know we’ve made the right choice in Steve.

He is an experienced leader in the region, and has been working with the Combined Authority since its inception.

I look forward to working even closer with him in future, as we deliver for the people of the West Midlands.

[Harvey Whitby @WhitbyHarvey]

Actually insane how for most people 65~ ish of their tax burden goes to services they rarely if ever use.

[Paul Hawkins @Hawkeye_74]

HMRC show you a breakdown of how your taxes have been spent.

It's beyond my comprehension that Welfare is above everything else.

To those who think there should be VAT on school fees, I'd ask for a deduction for the amount of my taxes which go to a provision I don't use.

[Harvey Whitby @WhitbyHarvey]

@RoworthJack Tbf if a random guy came up to me in a full Iraqi kit whilst I was doing a constituency surgery I'd think they'd full lost the plot

[James @jamesbrinn_]

scrap the triple lock, job done x

[Ethan @grimesclarkluvr]

top 10 greatest tweets i ever read and i mean that

[Harvey Whitby @WhitbyHarvey]

@yzyglobe We can hope he brings back colour to his covers

[Bear @BearJFK]

Fuck me. Treasury really wanted to smash defence.

Reminder: HMT had ZERO issue with pension, welfare spending, various other pet projects, NetZero bollocks…

But defence of the realm? In the global context? = problematic

HMT need to explain in detail their reasoning

[Harvey Whitby @WhitbyHarvey]

@TBrit90 Hopefully they’ll appoint someone who can at least remember how many ships we have

[Harvey Whitby @WhitbyHarvey]

@PoliticalPics Wouldn't exactly say great.....
https://t.co/q5sO9U04c9

[Harvey Whitby @WhitbyHarvey]

The fact Starmers still in office is actually somewhat impressive given all of this. Either he's some sort of undercover political wizz or the talent in the rest of the Labour Party is god awful. Think we can guess which one it is

[Kevin Hollinrake MP @kevinhollinrake]

Labour's own people are telling you everything you need to know.

Wes Streeting: Reeves has no plan for growth.

Pat McFadden: all Labour want to do is tax more to pay more benefits.

John Healey: Starmer won't fund our armed forces.

Jess Phillips: PM only acted to protect women and girls when it needed to save his own skin over Mandelson.

A government turning in on itself.

[Ella Dorn 唐棠 @elladorn_]

Isn't it so weird that every British teenager gets examined on their ability to produce a readable piece of literary criticism without ever reading any literary criticism, just going by mnemonics, a bit like medieval people drawing elephants

[Harvey Whitby @WhitbyHarvey]

If it's not physically tied to housing u could just take the 12.5k and invest it, would almost certainly pay off by the time we're 150 years old and eligible for the state pension

[James @matkinsj]

Can we just fucking try some supply side ideas for the love of god you utter cunts?

[Nick, 30 @an0n_Nic]

When I took a student loan (currently at £40k debt after roughly a decade of working) I can’t say I expected it to be spent on welfare, but here we are.

[Harvey Whitby @WhitbyHarvey]

Acting as if we hold any of the cards is hilarious. The gov does any of this and you’d get both protests at home, insane tariffs from the us along side setting us back in the world decades

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

What could the UK do to Elon Musk?

Lots actually.

They could cutoff his website Twitter.

They could put a tax on the 20,000 Tesla cars he sells in the UK. £5,000 each would be £100m a year.

They could ban his AI or block his Data Centres.

There are loads of options.

[Harvey Whitby @WhitbyHarvey]

The gov would soon back down from the pressure if the big tech companies threatened to walk away from the uk

[The_War_Economy @The_War_Economy]

This can and should end with all tech companies just blacklisting the United Kingdom.

Why would anybody even start a tech company in this country?

[Robert Colvile @rcolvile]

Wanting to compensate the WASPIs is disqualifying for sentience, let alone No 10

[Rocky @viperwave]

I like that the tone of UK media is just perpetually that of a teacher threatening to ban recess.

[Harvey Whitby @WhitbyHarvey]

What’s with this sudden ai push from the gov in the space of the last week. Which ai company is pushing this I wonder?

[Sarah Jones MP @LabourSJ]

Really excited to launch Police AI today with £75 million of funding.

We will use new technology to:

🦹catch more criminals
🚔put officers back on the beat
🔨tackle tool theft
🛍️ fight retail crime
👮free up the equivalent of 3000 police officers