Aki Lunn

#AkiLunn West Ham STH and Sutton United Supporter; politics tinged Blue. English Lit, Newcastle. Hedgehog Champion. Eurovision fan. YIMBY.

[Edward N Luttwak @ELuttwak]

The US troops sent to the Gulf were not deployed on its desert islands to secure tanker transits because of "boots on the ground" hysteria that equates small units empowered by air support for a few weeks with many years of futile "nation -building" in Afghanistan & Iraq

[Aki Lunn @AkiLunn]

@cpfcquan @JohnSmi34115189 @WestHamViews_ @SamanthaWalsh1 What does ‘majority’ mean for you?

[Mike Gardner @mikegardner_wb]

America is building rockets that can go to Mars and is taking AI to new levels.

Meanwhile, in Britain, our Government is banning underfloor heating and wants to regulate our use of towel rails.

I despair for our future under these student socialist imbeciles.

[Mark Littlewood @MarkJLittlewood]

At the start of the #worldcup it would have been reasonable to have assumed about 300 goals would be scored across the entire tournament.

As initial data came in (after 9 minutes) I revised this prediction upwards to 1,000 goals.

As further information has become available (64 minutes in) I am having to revise this projection down to just 150 goals.

The only conclusion I can draw from this is that I should be running the Office for Budget Responsibility.

[Aki Lunn @AkiLunn]

Horrible VAR red that 🥴#MEXRSA

[Aki Lunn @AkiLunn]

@alexmassie Everything he’s done since backing out of the leadership run has fit this bit-part reassessment in my eyes

[Alicia Kearns MP @aliciakearns]

Al Carns infers what we’ve all been saying for years…

Labour’s Northern Ireland Legacy Act is immoral.

[Aki Lunn @AkiLunn]

Utterly withering and exposes what we’ve all felt for years - that this premiership does not put the people of Britain first. KS doesn’t come back from this.

[Al Carns @AlistairCarns]

We owe those who serve the UK the kit to do the job and the loyalty to stand by them when it's done. We are failing on both.

I’ve spent my whole time in government making that case. Number 10 will not listen, so I am resigning as Minister for the Armed Forces.

Letter to the PM below.🫡🫡🫡⬇️⬇️

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

This appears to be an admission by the Treasury that the Labour Party has given up on welfare reform and in fact is prioritising welfare over defence. Which has been evident for some time but is now explicit.

[jon @delillostan]

Gay guys talk about Brazil like wistful white boys talk about Japan

[Josh @joshlufc91]

This intro just reminds me of England being absolute shite

[Aki Lunn @AkiLunn]

John Healy(!) as the ‘antiestablishment’ thread to finally snap on Keir ‘Proceduralism’ Starmer. We’re all mad here.

[Eyal Ofer אייל עופר @Eyalo365]

This is how Trump lost the war:

[Daniel Hannan @DanielJHannan]

Good news. My patriotic friend @LordWeirDUP won the Private Members’ Bill ballot, and has just introduced a Bill to prohibit any change in the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands without the consent of both Parliament and the Chagossian people.
We are going to win this thing.
🇮🇴🇬🇧

[Aki Lunn @AkiLunn]

To be clear I’m h/t’ing Dom:

[Dominic Cummings @Dominic2306]

In Jan 2025 Starmer said @elonmusk's loud criticism of the Grooming Gangs coverup was a 'far right conspiracy theory'. Many SW1 NPCs like Lewis Whats Article 50 Goodall said it was his 'finest moment'.
But the 'conspiracy theory' was true and @elonmusk was right.
And he's right about the two-tier policing that Tories and Labour created deliberately. This is in black and white documents and HR departments and legal advice docs across the country.
Both parties were proud of it.
What's happened is the usual NPC vibe shift + Narrative Whiplash always = some glitches in the matrix.
Like -
Closing borders is bad >> Not closing borders is far right
Masks don't work >> Not wearing mask is far right
Vaccines impossible for covid >> opposing vaccines is far right
Grooming Gangs is a far right conspiracy theory >> We're starting an official Inquiry on Grooming Gangs
Putin blew up the pipeline, claims it was someone else are far right conspiracy theory >> Ukraine blew up the pipeline, Slava Ukraine!
etc etc

[Aki Lunn @AkiLunn]

My2p: the law and its upholding (police, +judiciary inc sentencing etc) is quite *obvs* two-tier. (>2, but 2 is simpler + justified)

Diff arg that this tiering is nec/useful/a correction. But flat-out denying it is disingen and wrong, &Xactly the ‘glitch in the matrix’ de DC imo

[Luke Robert Black 🌳 @lukerobertblack]

“Western gay men are some of the most privileged”

Compared with what, Matthew, countries and regimes where my fiancé and I would be beheaded in the street, thrown off a building or stoned to death in the street?

Goodness me I am *SO* privileged aren’t I?

[Aki Lunn @AkiLunn]

A lot of twee-ness in modern Britain, but Gareth Southgate worship has gotta be one of the examples that grates the most for me…

[Christopher Snowdon @cjsnowdon]

That’s a relief.