Ian Smith

Fascinated by people, processes and technology with a keen interest in sport.

[Ian Smith @beancounter38]

@LShelsCricket
Junior section nets currently on Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Wednesday. With more than 100 days to the start of the season are we better prepared than the ashes squad? #CricketTwitter

[Ian Smith @beancounter38]

@Tush27J The deal she made will cost us a lot more than the plane trip.

[Ian Smith @beancounter38]

@mattgreencomedy I wish I could find bike tyres as resilient as liz's ego

[Ian Smith @beancounter38]

@mattgreencomedy @nerineskinner Brilliant from both of you!

[Ian Smith @beancounter38]

Simply brilliant! Better than any poster, interview etc

[ITVPolitics @ITVNewsPolitics]

Ed Davey bungee jumping while shouting for people to 'do something you've never done before, vote Liberal Democrat'

[Ian Smith @beancounter38]

@Halcruttenden Latest Conservative campaign to silence you?

[Ian Smith @beancounter38]

@callybeaton Best wishes to your dad and the family worrying about him. His turn to play next year.

[Ian Smith @beancounter38]

@Halcruttenden Hard to believe these are one off instances of insider trading. More likely they are part of the parties culture. Voting option two on your rage scale.

[Ian Smith @beancounter38]

Thanks @RoryStewartUK for your passionate conclusion in Cambridge last night. If only @maitlis had allowed you to ask @BorisJohnson "how" back in that leadership debate perhaps our current politics would not be dominated by a load of empty Whats.

[Ian Smith @beancounter38]

@PippaCrerar Next time perhaps a rule that each party can only answer with their own policies. I'm fed up hearing @RishiSunak tell us his version of what labour will do and @Keir_Starmer explaining what the Tories have done wrong without adequately explaining his solution.

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

👊 Knock, knock: David Cameron is at the door

[Ian Smith @beancounter38]

@bbc5live @NickyAACampbell Left me wondering whether the debates have any value. Did we learn anything about either of them? Sunak happier asking questions and repeating PR mantras. Starmer more comfortable explaining the problems than giving any details on proposed solutions.

[Ian Smith @beancounter38]

@KayBurley We lost. The format gave us nothing. JE had a mare. The questions tended not to be answered. Both candidates lost because they reinforced their existing stereo types. Sunak over confident with a poor hand, Starmer too timid, worried about making a faux pas.

[Ian Smith @beancounter38]

@LBC @NatashaC Keep asking those "very silly" questions they are the ones that exhibit the holes in his thinking. Plenty of scope for you here.

[Ian Smith @beancounter38]

@KayBurley @YvetteCooperMP The fundamental cause of this debate is the private funding of a public vote. If the funding was only public and limited then no need to defend the behaviour of the donors.
I've no idea how this could practically work. Politicians could work it out if they focussed on it.

[Ian Smith @beancounter38]

The people of Georgia must be so proud!

[The News Agents @TheNewsAgents]

"Emily, you're a conspiracy theorist... We like the truth."

Why did Marjorie Taylor Greene tell @maitlis to fuck off? 🤬

Coming to @GlobalPlayer

[Ian Smith @beancounter38]

Given the last Trump VP appears to have been a target for a lynching, by a mob allegedly inflamed by their boss, who in their right mind would want to sign up for this job? https://t.co/2pVx15QuRJ

[Ian Smith @beancounter38]

@Halcruttenden I suspect in opposition the conservatives will no longer be held ransom by a relatively small bunch of right wingers and the balance of power will shift back towards the centre. Labour will then face the challenge of managing any group of MP's who exceed their majority.

[Kay Burley @KayBurley]

"I would struggle now to support [The Speaker]"

Govt Minister @mariacaulfield apologises to the public for the chaos in the House of Commons yesterday

#KayBurley FC

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@Halcruttenden Are you really surprised? Did you see the America's choice cartoon mad or sad in @PrivateEyeNews