Bruce Finch

retired Royal Naval Officer. ex Tory Cllr&PC. Unionist. Support a strong economy, sane energy policy, strong defence, freedom. Carpe Diem! Personal views only

[Bruce Finch @BruceAFinch]

#SaluteOurForces - article I wrote about Armed Forces Day in Chichester Post issue 6 https://t.co/j49OeJHx6u via @issuu

[Bruce Finch @BruceAFinch]

@thinkdefence I don’t think anyone in the UK cares what the Southern Irish think politically though it’s a great country socially. They and their media obsess about the UK and are surprised the Irish viewpoint is not considered at all in the UK media or politically.

[Bruce Finch @BruceAFinch]

@NadiaWhittomeMP Nonsense

[Bruce Finch @BruceAFinch]

@andrewrawnsley Your analysis is bang on. His analysis is prescient and forward looking but that means that our student union hack govt of third raters probably will ignore it despite his electoral record in re-election of Labour governments

[Bruce Finch @BruceAFinch]

@ITCommonGround @IrishTimes A talented author but his embarrassment about his birth country and neurosis about Empire has zero traction in the UK. History is history

[Bruce Finch @BruceAFinch]

@TomTugendhat Indeed.

[Bruce Finch @BruceAFinch]

@campbellclaret Hay is a Labour festival so what?

[Bruce Finch @BruceAFinch]

@chrisadonnelly @windsorrocker They did it because they get high quality players and support from Ulster which supported Irish rugby during the long years when it was seen as a largely Protestant garrison game by many in Southern Ireland. The choice argument is republican guff.

[Bruce Finch @BruceAFinch]

@sharrond62 It was John Major who changed Polytechnics to Universities

[Tim Shipman @ShippersUnbound]

Yes, I get it, you all hate Tony Blair etc you’ll find loads to disagree with here I’m sure - but the quality of analysis of our problems and what any potential leader ought to be thinking about if they want to solve them puts this essay light years ahead of what any current contender for national leadership has offered. Anyone who wants to be an effective prime minister (including the current one) should read it

[Bruce Finch @BruceAFinch]

@theipaper Says a dim journalist

[Bruce Finch @BruceAFinch]

@GBNEWS It’s the weather. Happens every year. For the last month we’ve had below seasonal average temperatures

[Sharron Davies HoL MBE @sharrond62]

I’m sick to death of language describing women, girls & mothers being removed, when this doesn’t happen to men’s language. I’m sick to death of women’s sport being wrecked when it doesn’t happen to men’s. I’m sick to death of men validating their delusion in women’s intimate spaces, making women & girls extremely uncomfortable & intimidated. I loath this latest version of misogyny, and I despise the women who give away our hard won rights, safeguards & opportunities. Today was a good day!

[Nigel Huddleston MP @HuddlestonNigel]

It has taken Bridget Philipson eight months to come to the same conclusion as most people come to in seconds.

And she's our education secretary!

https://t.co/CwVIE7cR8i

[Bruce Finch @BruceAFinch]

@Peston Well even for a left wing journalist it might be obvious that she wanted her son to serve the country like she did

[Bruce Finch @BruceAFinch]

@lewis_goodall Tosh

[Bruce Finch @BruceAFinch]

@SaulStaniforth GCSE economics students could explain that. Only those hard of understanding think it’s a credible idea

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Another Starmerite masterstroke.

[Belfast News Letter @News_Letter]

'Saying the name of the country is about respect': Unionist hits back at Sinn Fein minister's call for people to tolerate official use of the term 'the North' https://t.co/6XeVwnVV9A

[Bruce Finch @BruceAFinch]

@irish_news Fantasy

[Bruce Finch @BruceAFinch]

@JonBurrowsMLA Yes it’s a Shinner fantasy which wasn’t true in 2000 or 2016 (add in other years etc)