Chris Soanes

54 years old. Trying to not go gentle into that good night. Just use ‘it’. Atheist. Misanthrope. Dog Dad. Allergic to Perrier, Daylight, and Responsibility.

[Chris Soanes @csoanes]

'Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.'
Charles Robert Darwin
12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882

[Chris Soanes @csoanes]

Hey @marksandspencer your shop is broken - I’m unable to check out either via app or webpage this morning.
No, I do not have time to sit on hold as your help page suggested

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@SteveBakerFRSA Vasiliki - my favourite place on earth. Doesn’t look like Eric had kicked in yet…. You’re too relaxed.

[Chris Soanes @csoanes]

@almurray @WeHaveWaysPod @ww2headquarters @James1940 Brace, Brace Jim! #AirTrainingCorps

[Chris Soanes @csoanes]

@grok @AlBonDeega @dshensmith @PeterMcCormack How about a range Rover EV that references the 1990s CSK special edition of the classic Range Rover.

[Chris Soanes @csoanes]

The British government has an online service where you can change your details of vehicle ownership - for example the registration address. Except that said online web service…. apparently has business hours.

They really just don’t get it do they?

[Declaration of Memes @LibertyCappy]

Fixed that for you

[Chris Soanes @csoanes]

Concur @Sargon_of_Akkad @RupertLowe10 this is not AFAIK part of the plan. Help us bring down the beast first then we can fight over the carcass…

[RESTORATION 29 🇬🇧 @darkskepticuk]

I migrated from Reform to RESTORE.

I've set up a local branch.

If this decision you are making @RupertLowe10 is what you believe is truly for the greater good of the British people then please define the logic to me, because I'm genuinely perplexed.

There is no way on earth, at this particular point in time this will do nothing more than facilitate Burnham's access to power.

Reform, despite your personal grievance with Farage, and we all understand why, should be allowed a free run at this, the Tories should step down too.

The repercussions of a Labour win here are profound, the downstream consequences are far reaching.

It's NOT the time for snide pettiness, this isn't what we want, it's not what we expect, it's not the standard.

We want a leader with vision, a plan, someone who can build and implement sound strategy. And that will mean some tradeoffs, even unpalatable ones you may not like but that is the sign of a strong leader.

Standing against Reform right now makes you look trivial and petty.

Don't do it, it's the wrong signal , the right time will come, we'll be much better prepared and consolidated.

For the good of the nation the right MUST learn when to play tactically.

This is one of those moments.

[Chris Soanes @csoanes]

@Helio_Spherical @thesundaysport Similarly, my sextant and Astro navigation tables

[Chris Soanes @csoanes]

@Helio_Spherical @thesundaysport I’ve kept all mine for when Kessler syndrome takes all the GPS satellites out…

[Chris Soanes @csoanes]

@Helio_Spherical @wesstreeting As in almost-but-not-quite come out of the closet?

[Chris Soanes @csoanes]

This app applies to all of the current political parties - almost none of them have ever had an actual job. The last party leader before Kemi to have a stem degree was Margaret.

[troovus @troovus]

In 1906, 29 Labour MPs were elected. Among them were:

2 engineers
3 miners
2 shipwrights
1 shoemaker
1 cooper
2 textile workers
2 gas workers
2 railwaymen
3 compositors
1 steel smelter
1 journalist
1 iron moulder

What proportion of Labour MPs today are from manual trades?
1/2

[Chris Soanes @csoanes]

This post is so meta….

Well played sir!

[Ed Balls @edballs]

…ndrew Pearce

[Chris Soanes @csoanes]

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Goodnight. By Dylan Thomas. Read By Richard Burton https://t.co/rSA964vYsY via @YouTube

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@Helio_Spherical Might be able to arrange that

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@JohnLewisRetail may I respectfully suggest you review your delivery contract? DPD are the most singularly useless delivery company in the UK. I’ve no idea why you chose them.

[Ethel Braithwaite @Ethelbrait1941]

Never stop saying "dozen" and "half dozen". Never stop using the word you read in an old novella. Never stop using your regional jargon. Don't succumb to an internationalized English stripped of its whimsy and romanticism in the name of streamlining global commerce.

[Chris Soanes @csoanes]

@dronefury @Rothmus I had managed to suppress the memory that film for 30 years and then you brought it up. Damn your eyes!

[Chris Soanes @csoanes]

@ScienceExpand @UnpredictedClip That’s Maths, not physics

[Chris Soanes @csoanes]

@OxSEBAxOPl @TheReturnOfLCF Still can’t beat “Oh dear god” Ari Vatanen Manx Rally: https://t.co/lN1gEoDL4h

[Chris Soanes @csoanes]

@Helio_Spherical You’ve got my vote