James Bridson

[Julia Hartley-Brewer @JuliaHB1]

Andy Burnham: "I won't accept that there's nothing I can do to help."

He's joking, right? About 46% of the price of filling up your tank is TAX. That's absolutely something the PM could do something about. And how about expanding drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea?

[Iain Dale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 ⚒️ @IainDale]

And this is why our welfare budget now costs more than the State receives from income tax. Utter madness. The Conservatives enabled this to happen. Now they must commit to dismantling it.

[Paul Hayward @_PaulHayward]

Kevin Sinfield has just watched his son Jack reach the Grand Final with Wakefield.
Tomorrow Sinfield snr sets off on his 'Grand Finale' of seven ultra-marathons, finishing at Old Trafford, where he'll carry the trophy in for a game his son will be part of.

[Peter Robinson 🦖🔙🔛🔝🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @333peterobinson]

This is my Dad. He's 100 next Saturday.

As a present the government are sending a lady next week to arrange the sale of his bungalow to fund his care.

He farmed for 60 years to feed us

If @andyburnham wants to fund something closer to home perhaps properly fund elderly care?

[Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson]

Britain's first reservoir for 30 years has been delayed another five years.

Now, Heathrow 3rd runway delayed until 2039

Why? The regulatory purgatory that imprisons UK growth - and will imprison Burnham unless he reforms.

My Times column:-
https://t.co/Dg1rQSoFsn

[Penny Mordaunt @PennyMordaunt]

In 1965 a British pseudo documentary was made about an attack on the UK and its aftermath. It was called The Wargame and the BBC banned it for 20 years deeming it to be “too horrifying”.

Starting Monday next week Sky will broadcast Wargame, the new TV version of its thought-prevoking podcast. I took part in it and think people will be similarly shocked as the censors in 1965 were by what they will see. 

I believe in @NATO, our partnership with the US, our nuclear deterrent, and their ability to deter the worst acts of aggression, but it is clear we are facing new levels of hostile activity and threats.

I have long warned about compliancy, gaps in our capabilities and poor resilience (small selection of coverage below). This is not just about what we spend but how we do and our outdated approach to risk. 

I believe not every scenario shown next week will come to pass but the gaps in our capabilities and lack of resilience will be inescapable to anyone watching.  

This will not be news to our enemies. But it may be news to you and probably your MP too.

As the Government prepares its ‘warbook’ to tell households what to do in wake of disaster, the future is not yet written. A month on we will have the budget. Copious asks from industry await action. Our allies want us to match their determination to rebuild. We need to act now. The material price of war is ten-fold the cost of preventing one. The human price, much greater.
Please Britain, wake up. 
@10DowningStreet @hmtreasury @DefenceHQ @wesstreeting @jcartlidgemp
@hayesdeborah @SkyNews @BethRigby

[Giulia Bould @GiuliaBould]

Your daughter has a job now @Jackdoggydogg! 👏🏼

[Rondonaldinho @Rondonaldinho]

🚨 BREAKING: Balogun medical.

Everton have now called in a second doctor for another opinion.

[Paddy Power @paddypower]

Only Everton could sell their striker and agree to sign a replacement, only for that player to fail a medical.

[Knaresborough CC @KnaresboroughCC]

SHBCC v Kboro
Kboro 99/5 (34.6)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 102 balls, 54 minutes, Pathum Pawaluge 30 (51), Maurice Griffin 22 (51), 0 extras
https://t.co/nG9zThDxSs

[James Bridson @briddybird]

@EvertonNewsFeed @ExWHUEmployee I am willing to drive him down south to support the process…

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

RIP Dolly Parton. Can now join Kenny Rogers. This is still one of my favorite live performances ever. Back when singing was singing.

[James Bridson @briddybird]

@afneil But it’s okay the sun ☀️ will shine and we will all be okay…..oh hang on! 🌧️ everywhere

[James Bridson @briddybird]

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[James Bridson @briddybird]

@BumbleCricket Shame @ScarboroCricket don’t have a team now in the Sheffield premier league or any other Saturday league

[Nick Alexander @kinneston]

Another day and another good trainer packs up. Sensible for Noel but sad for the sport, the only way to turn the sport round is radical reform of prize money to create sustainability at all levels. Noel’s last winner would have earned £1917 for the Owner… says it all, completely unsustainable and the horses simply won’t be there in the future if this doesn’t change

[James Bridson @briddybird]

@BumbleCricket Kilnsey crag @BumbleCricket ? You try the trout farm far more relaxing

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

Some corrections:
You inherited 2% inflation. It doubled in 12 months after you became Chancellor. It is still 50% above the rate you inherited and 50% above target. It should fall to target 2% this summer. So two years to get back to where you started! What’s to boast about that?
Interest rates have been falling everywhere. UK cuts, which you don’t control, have been fewer and smaller because of your inflation record. We still have highest interest rate in G7. The Bank has made some cuts for the simple reason the economy is flat on its back. Well done.
Borrowing is slowly falling from a very high base. Almost six years after the pandemic-induced recession, we’re still borrowing around 4% GDP. And borrowing costs are the highest in the G7.
Retail sales are up in recent months. We’ll see how long that’s sustained. But the hospitality and construction industries are in crisis. Plus our massive services sector is stagnant.
UK fastest G7 economy? That’s simply a bare-faced lie. We grew by 0.1% in Q3 2025; and another 0.1% in Q4. End of.

[James Bridson @briddybird]

@Keir_Starmer @Ben_Bradley_32 @BorisJohnson Always a tweet