Brett Callacher

Bluesman, gourmand, cook, sausage obsessive, problem solver, IT developer. #WATON English/European

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Nigel Farage has endless publicity because he tells you the lies the billionaires want you to hear.

But he only has the same number of MP's as the Green's who have no publicity at all.

Imagine if it was reversed.

#bbcqt

[Have I Got News For You @haveigotnews]

A Conservative Party spokesman says Louise Haigh “failed to behave to the standards expected of an MP", as she hadn’t thrown a lockdown party, bullied a civil servant, given a PPE contract to her mate, gone on reality TV instead of doing her job or crashed the economy

[Sayeeda Warsi @SayeedaWarsi]

This 👇🏽

[Aric Toler @AricToler]

Really, really bizarre. Never seen this before.

Twitter un-followed Younis from my account, then I just re-followed him, and then my account un-followed him on its own after 30sec.

I remember seeing how Younis had well over 100k followers just a month or so ago. Now under 10k.

[Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy]

Of course you have - and you know you have:

[Marcus Chown @marcuschown]

So have I got this right? The West is terrified of provoking Putin by putting foreign (NATO) troops in Ukraine but the Putin is not terrified of provoking the West by putting foreign (North Korean) troops in Ukraine? There’s an imbalance here. Putin thinks we are weak.

[Anna Soubry 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇦🇪🇺🖤🤍 @Anna_Soubry]

Today’s growth stats show it is slowing. So which politician now has the courage to say the bleedin obvious ?
#Brexit has been bad for trade, bad for growth, bad for our economy and all would be significantly boosted if we at the very least joined the #EU custom union.

[Alastair McAlpine, MD @AlastairMcA30]

Benefits of a “natural measles infection.”
- 1 in 4 kids who get it will be hospitalized
- 1 in 10 will have a bad ear infection
- 1 in 20 will develop pneumonia
- 1 in 1000 will develop encephalitis (brain swelling)
- 1-3 in 1000 will die

ALL are prevented by vaccination.

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

1. Here are my thoughts on the pros and cons of staying on this platform.
Pro: We were here long before Musk took it over. We built this.
Con: He has used our creation to help elect a far-right autocrat, and build his own grim political career.
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[Richard Bentall #FBPE @richardbentall.bsky.social @RichardBentall]

One of the great ironies of Brexit is that the people who complained about unaccountable Brussels bureaucrats want to sell us to US politicians unaccountable to us who are under the control of even more unaccountable extremist tech billionaires.

[stellacreasy @stellacreasy]

When someone reveals to you who they are believe them the first time.

Now is the time to expedite our future trading arrangements with Europe because it will strengthen both them and us for whats to come.

Whoever and whatever the challenge, don't mourn. Organise.

[Marcus Chown @marcuschown]

“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.”
- Winston Churchill

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

Please read this. It's literally been 8 years in the writing.

The first wave of tech disruption of democracy 2016-2024 is over. What starts now is something much, much worse: the age of information chaos.
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https://t.co/bsnKnag51p

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Musk menace beautiful exposed @ByDonkeys

[Paul Lewis @paullewismoney]

The man who owns this platform - definitely worth 9 minutes of your time.

[Caroline de Gruyter @CarolineGruyter]

And so it starts:

JD Vance says US could drop support for NATO if Europe tries to regulate Elon Musk’s platforms https://t.co/LlkCthcOTv

[Dr. M.F. Khan @Dr_TheHistories]

A cross section of ground from the A303 highway in England that traces the path of the ancient Roman road, the Fosse Way, which has historical significance dating back thousands of years.

This route passes by Stonehenge, the famous prehistoric monument, and has been a hub of human activity since the Iron Age and possibly even earlier.

#drthehistories

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

How Musk broke Twitter and helped elect Trump
(Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam)

[Brexitshambles @brexit_sham]

Oh, the phony party hate British tradition….

‘Lewes Bonfire, describes celebrations held in the town of Lewes in Sussex, England, that constitute the United Kingdom's largest and most famous Bonfire Night festivities, with Lewes being called the bonfire capital of the world.’

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

As @EdwardJDavey points out a Trump victory makes it all the more important we have an open & honest discussion about the negative impact of Brexit on UK trade.

Whilst the Prime Minister refuses to mention it the OBR report his government is relying on says Brexit is on course to cut UK trade by a staggering 15% - it’s a huge reduction in the potential economic performance of the country at a time when every penny counts.

Ignoring it won’t make it go away