Adam Watson Brown

Retired from European Commission 1 March 2023.  Retweeting doesn't mean endorsement...See @ArtDecoist to escape Eurobubble for artier vistas.

[Adam Watson Brown @awb58]

@RichardGCorbett @dontbrexitfixit Excellent! Sorry about all the usual suspects in the comments.

[Harry Scoffin @HarryScoffin]

No one is saying remove service charges, but cutting out freeholder and managing agent grift by putting fees under homeowner control is vital to resolving crisis of flats market. Houses are doing well because people have control over maintenance and not living under freeholders.

[Adam Watson Brown @awb58]

@PogoSkyBlues42 @MartinKnight_ Commonwealth trade was declining in the fifties and early sixties. This was the reason for approaching the EEC.
The ex-colonials found they could buy faster, better and cheaper elsewhere.

[Adam Watson Brown @awb58]

@Perugino14 @RoseElla1234 Hat

[Adam Watson Brown @awb58]

@paullewismoney Speech to text is deeply integrated into Mac OS and iOS and works great with Apple Pages. I was amazed.
M’soft wants to charge you and StT doesn’t quite work without a dedicated app.
Others will know more.

[Adam Watson Brown @awb58]

@tcboyle Dali channelled.
Old phone still connected?
🔔 System Man.

[Adam Watson Brown @awb58]

Lest we forget.

[Soviet Visuals @sovietvisuals]

Leningrad department store. Photo by Shepard Sherbell, USSR, 1991.

[Adam Watson Brown @awb58]

@JohnApplebyLD @Simon_Nixon @StuartBudd1 The Americans…

[Adam Watson Brown @awb58]

@SCShipyards A single power socket standard would fail an EU impact assessment.

[Adam Watson Brown @awb58]

@Simon_Nixon @StuartBudd1 I see… I remain unsympathetic.
Carry on your good work!

[Adam Watson Brown @awb58]

@Alex_Paschim @andrew_lilico The voting them out bit is going even better than planned because PMs are leaving of their own accord without a vote.

[Adam Watson Brown @awb58]

@la_riviere Off the top of my head, I wonder if 405/625 line might play into this.

[Adam Watson Brown @awb58]

@leonburton @DanNeidle @UKLabour @TorstenBell @Dan4Barnet @RachelReevesMP An important clarification, but I wonder if you would be right under battlefield conditions.

[Adam Watson Brown @awb58]

@la_riviere I would not want to distribute debased copies to customers myself. The broadcasters could praps handle the contrast issues during telecine.
You might ask the BKST now IMIS for a definitive answer. A veteran would know.

[Adam Watson Brown @awb58]

@ScottMcCreaWest @RodneyMarshall1 The colour coding will be better on the 4K as the compression system will be more modern.
Blu-ray dates back to 2006.

[Adam Watson Brown @awb58]

@thomasforth À very stimulating read: bravo.
I obvs don’t like the throwaway line about the EU. For me, UK has many tasks at national level to accomplish before it can fully benefit from Single Market, and benefit in a more geographically equitable way.

[Adam Watson Brown @awb58]

@Alex_Paschim @andrew_lilico And how well has Brexit gone for you, Alex?