Andy Hemsted

Spurs, fishing, history, walking, travel. Work:financial education, pensions, S&I, retirement & tax. Local Cllr for 19 years

[Andy Hemsted @AndyHemsted]

@JohnRushforth1 @KayBurley I was angry. And still angry. I said that. You ignored it. And because I know people involved with the process. That’s how I know

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Perhaps the worst moment for South East Water was when it opened a bottled water station in the wrong town."

Oh yes they did. 24,000 properties in TunBridge Wells are without water, what do South East Water do? Set up a bottled water station in Tonbridge 5 miles away.

https://t.co/3FsEoAW8ix.

[Tom Rowsell @Tom_Rowsell]

New research on mortuary chests in Winchester Cathedral, which contain the commingled skeletal remains of early medieval individuals, primarily Anglo-Saxon and early Norman royals and bishops.

These chests, originally ten in number but now six (with replacements), were disrupted during the English Civil War in 1642, when Parliamentarian forces scattered the bones; the remains were later recollected without sorting by individual. The bones have now been analysed and a study of them will be published by Francis Crick institute. The 23 individuals are alleged to include:

• Cynegils (King of Wessex, d. 643)
• Cynewulf (King of Wessex, d. 786).
• Ecgberht (or Egbert, King of Wessex, d. 839).
• Æthelwulf (King of Wessex, d. 858).
• Eadred (King of England, d. 955).
• Edmund (likely Edmund I, King of England, d. 946).
• Edmund Ironside (King of England, d. 1016).
• Cnut (King of England, Denmark, and Norway, d. 1035).
• Harthacnut (or Hardecanute, King of England and Denmark, d. 1042).

[Andy Hemsted @AndyHemsted]

@JohnRushforth1 @KayBurley Yes. It’s wrong. I accept at times of war or the pandemic. But not for the incompetence of officials and elected politicians who are unable to get things sorted in time.

[Andy Hemsted @AndyHemsted]

@JohnRushforth1 @KayBurley I am not happy wasting money. But I am even more unhappy with people being denied their right to choose their elected representatives.

[Andy Hemsted @AndyHemsted]

@JohnRushforth1 @KayBurley You live in Scotland. It took 608 days from a referendum to the opening of the Scottish Parliament. It took just two years to reorganise all of London from the referendum. This is taking a long time to do something a lot easier

[Andy Hemsted @AndyHemsted]

@Madz_Grant @edwest Also enjoyed Human last year on BBC with @Ella_AlShamahi

[Andy Hemsted @AndyHemsted]

@Madz_Grant @edwest Shame we can’t get the great ones by people like @nfergus on a streaming service. Although rewatched @thecoastguy and ones about ancient Britain. They are great

[Gideon Falter @GideonFalter]

BREAKING: Tonight Maccabi Tel Aviv has beaten Hapoel Tel Aviv on penalties in the Israel State Cup. No casualties reported. West Midlands Police still assessing the threat.

[Andy Hemsted @AndyHemsted]

@Bricktop_NAFO Thing is, perhaps this was always the intention? Like when he threatened to leave NATO unless other members increased spending. So they did

[Andy Hemsted @AndyHemsted]

@Artemisfornow He is a zealot. He doesn’t care about this

[Andy Hemsted @AndyHemsted]

@JohnRushforth1 @KayBurley Approx half that number was due to the election being uncontested (only one candidate), and most of the rest was because the authority had been abolished so nothing to get elected to.

[nigel biggar @NigelBiggar]

Britain is surrendering the Chagos Islands to ‘look good’ in the decolonisation debate, swapping a strategic asset for applause that won’t last a week.

Why are we letting a passing intellectual fashion steer decisions with real strategic and human consequences?

I’ve set out the full picture at The Biggar Picture: https://t.co/89bft8EZMG

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

A “butt load” is a real unit of measurement, equivalent to 128 gallons.

[Andy Hemsted @AndyHemsted]

@FraserMyers @Fox_Claire Still hoping for the Peerage I suspect

[Guido Fawkes @GuidoFawkes]

EXC: Reform Blasts Chagos Bedlam in Parliament In Tough Intervention https://t.co/nXXruFAaYy

[Great British PAC 🇬🇧 @GreatBritishPAC]

The House of Lords has serious explaining to do.
You cannot edit Hansard to remove uncomfortable facts. You cannot ask the same question 4 times until you get the answer you want. You cannot block a division, then allow a political speech mid-vote to confuse peers. This is not procedure. It’s democratic erosion. Democracy, and public trust, matter.

[Great British PAC 🇬🇧 @GreatBritishPAC]

Come on, House of Lords. We need you to address this. It is unacceptable. Peers said “Not Content” three times. A division should have been called. Instead, Labour reran the question until they got the answer they wanted, confused the House, and told peers they were voting against their own motion. This is not how a democracy works. #Chagos

[Conservative Post 🇬🇧 @ConsPost]

You need to U Turn on your Chagos surrender @Keir_Starmer. In your manifesto you clearly said you would protect British Overseas Territories and defend the right to self-determination. Why are you doing the complete opposite? Are you working for us or China?

[Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin]

Congratulations, the Multipolar World You Ordered Is Here