benfromlondon

Londoner, Spurs fan and tech enthusiast.

[Jolyon Rubinstein @JolyonRubs]

Elon’s daughter everyone

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Prof Stephen Reicher, "I would appeal to you to not call these people protestors. They're not protestors"

"To call them protestors is profoundly misleading. It is to discredit a long tradition of perfectly legitimate and peaceful and important protest that has made our society better in many ways"

"What's going on is specific to these crowds.. Crowd psychology is there when people are cleaning up the streets as well as attacking the streets.. The difference is one group has an ideology of hate and violence, another has a vision of community and solidarity"

"Most people are pro immigration.. The irony is that over recent years attitudes towards immigration has become more positive.. People see immigrants as a boom rather than as a menace to the country.. Britain is one of the more liberal countries"

"If we didn't have migrants then our care service would fall apart, our NHS would fall apart.. It's important not to highlight the negative exceptions, but to show that most people are pro migrants"

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

Free legal advice:

You don’t have to attend a riot to be prosecuted for conspiracy to riot. You don’t have to be present at a terrorist incident to be guilty of encouraging it.

A lot of Twitter warriors will be getting some unpleasant knocks on the door over the coming weeks.

[Michael Glasper @MichaelCGlasper]

The horses at the Olympics not getting a medal is very much this:

[Andy Murray @andy_murray]

Never even liked tennis anyway.

[benfromlondon @benfromlondon]

Talking of ‘in a world’ voiceovers @richardosman and @MarinaHyde on @restisents do you remember the trailer for ‘Comedian’ https://t.co/M9DC7T4VNG

[benfromlondon @benfromlondon]

@Independent How do you know about it if it’s ‘without warning’?

[benfromlondon @benfromlondon]

@SigneSJohansen @henrymance Some good stuff on the radio, I think.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

22 minutes of Rachel Reeves shredding the idea that the Conservative party is remotely fiscally responsible

It's worth watching just to see the reaction from Hunt and others as their record is exposed

[benfromlondon @benfromlondon]

@Jeremy_Hunt After you got totally called out for your reckless unfunded initiatives you reply with ‘we’re angry because we think Labour might do something in the future’ - joke of a party.

[Ben Chu @BenChu_]

Quite a letter from @OBR_UK

- says unaware of 2024-25 spending pressures until this week (i.e not when it made its March forecast)
- points out it would be one of biggest in-year overspends on record
- launches review of "adequacy" of what HMT told it before the March Budget...

[benfromlondon @benfromlondon]

I’m sure all of the media figures that said Reeves was lying about the fiscal black hole will hold their hands up now.

[benfromlondon @benfromlondon]

@dannykellywords @VFTLpodcast @jaydmharris @JackPittBrooke @JamesTMaw Great to have you back. @jaydmharris a superb addition to the pod.

[benfromlondon @benfromlondon]

@standardnews

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

I'm guessing it's Celine Dion.

[benfromlondon @benfromlondon]

@hugorifkind It's a Team GB one.

[benfromlondon @benfromlondon]

@adebradley Absolutely - I agree. I think it could be really popular.

[benfromlondon @benfromlondon]

@adebradley I think it would be great - although different. These 7s players get to play this format at a high level around the world - nothing similar for 5aside.

[benfromlondon @benfromlondon]

@cityalan @jonsopel @TheNewsAgents @KamalaHarris Ha ha! Oh dear. I thought I had it sorted. 😂

[benfromlondon @benfromlondon]

Hey @jonsopel and @TheNewsAgents on pronunciation of @KamalaHarris’ first name name is pronounced “KAH-ma-la,” with an American “ah” sound, not “COM-ma-la” like the British “comma.” - I think anyway!