Ben Craig

Country mouse in the city, hiking nerd, and “sneering ninny”. Ex-Edinburgh Uni bookworm, from hack to flack to hack to flack 🏳️‍🌈⛰🌲

[Ben Craig @BenHCraig]

Just checked out X’s ‘Today’s News’ on the Huntingdon tragedy, and was firehosed with racist, right-wing conspiracy and disinformation. This app is sociopathic garbage; it’s coming off my phone right now.

[Ben Craig @BenHCraig]

The @NHSuk is scruffy and overstretched but last week it gave me and my family:
- Expert neurology consultation
- Fast, efficient A&E treatment
- Same-day nurse advice

Staff were patient, thoughtful and not a penny was handed over (I pay my taxes!)

Thank you #NHS

[Ukraine / Україна @Ukraine]

Believe in Ukraine. Stand with Ukraine. Glory to Ukraine!

[Ben Craig @BenHCraig]

@Telegraph Like the trade deal Trump signed with Canada and Mexico only a few years ago? Great idea, boys 🤦‍♂️

[Ben Ramanauskas @BenRamanauskas]

17 year olds writing their UCAS personal statement

[Ben Craig @BenHCraig]

@NicholasTyrone I raise you “taramasalata shortage”: https://t.co/WP0Wqq17S3

[Guardian news @guardiannews]

Shoppers bemoan UK taramasalata shortage as strike leads to dip in supply https://t.co/nCoiE7UR9a

[Ben Craig @BenHCraig]

Wow. They’re even more stupid and greedy than we thought

[Ben Craig @BenHCraig]

@Telegraph Why the f*ck do we care what foreigner Musk thinks about a rural subsection of UK inheritance tax policy? And on the front page?! Embarrassing. Telegraph has lost it 🤪

[Ben Craig @BenHCraig]

@BBCSteveR @LizaShuvalova Well done, Steve and Liza 👏

[James O'Malley @Psythor]

Balls of steel here. The values and purpose of the BBC in one short clip.

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

Why did Huw Edwards avoid prison?

Is this evidence of “two-tier justice”?

Let’s take a quick look. 🧵

TLDR: This is an entirely expected sentence for offences of this type.

[Ben Craig @BenHCraig]

I went to France and SOMEONE HAS STOLEN ALL MY APPLES

[HM Coastguard @HMCoastguard]

HM Coastguard stands ready round the clock to help anyone in difficulty at sea or on the coast. 

To celebrate Emergency Services Day, we spoke with a longstanding coastguard and a potential new recruit about keeping people safe at the coast

Full article: https://t.co/M5nZZ4ApoO

[Ben Craig @BenHCraig]

@elfred1682 Stop looking at Twitter and get off your phone 🙄

[Ben Craig @BenHCraig]

Yeh well I got locked out of my work emails this morning 😤

[Daily Mail @DailyMail]

Thai man is bitten on the testicles by a python while sitting on the toilet, leaving his bathroom sprayed in blood https://t.co/JebcFYREjX

[Ben Craig @BenHCraig]

Hundreds standing against racism in counter-demo in Southampton. Tiny number of anti-immigration protestors ✊

[Historic Southampton @HistoricalSoton]

Oswald Mosley tried to hold a fascist rally in Southampton in 1937. It was unsuccessful. There were scuffles between locals and his bodyguards. Mosley was hit by a stone; he had to escape by being bundled into a barricaded tram by the police.

“We don’t want Mosley!” was the cry.

[Ben Craig @BenHCraig]

Finally someone said it 🙅‍♂️

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

socks with sneakers and shorts look good, but i hate this trend where people are wearing socks with loafers

[Ben Craig @BenHCraig]

Reported for incitement to violence

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@stclairashley Civil war is inevitable

[Brendan May @bmay]

No idea how yesterday happened. None at all.