David Bell

Property maintainer (Self Employed), food hero (FareShare) and motorcycle rider (Harley-Davidson). Occasional husband and father.

[David Bell @davidallenbell]

So 46,000 small boat crossings per year are a tiny proportion of UK nett migration of 374,000. Two thirds of applicants are granted asylum. A country with compassion and chronic labour shortages should be welcoming people with amazing skills, resourcefulness and determination.

[David Bell @davidallenbell]

To live comfortably in the UK with some financial freedom and luxuries, you now need to earn £33,600 as an individual, £49,670 as a couple and £67,554 per year for a family with two young children. National minimum wage is £19,500 !

[David Bell @davidallenbell]

@JacquesSalade England did well in Euro 2021 football ?

[David Bell @davidallenbell]

Happy with David Tennant’s return tonight as Dr Who. Let’s hope Boris doesn’t achieve a similar regeneration!

[David Bell @davidallenbell]

Recovering from Brexit. Recovering from the coronavirus pandemic. Dealing with the energy crisis. Dealing with war in Eastern Europe. Dealing with the cost of living crisis. These are the priorities. The conservatives fiddle whilst Rome burns. #generalelectionow

[David Bell @davidallenbell]

Miffed that we’ll just miss this gig on our travels. But if you are in #Waterford on Saturday, make sure you go. @gracepetrie is a fabulous artist.

[David Bell @davidallenbell]

Please can @bbclaurak ask the PM if any pandemic response decisions have been taken during or immediately after the drinking of alcohol at Downing Street.

[David Bell @davidallenbell]

So looking forward to getting the theatre open again on Friday. Come see our first show for 18 months. Ticket discount and no booking fee online.

[Upstairs at the Western @UpstairsWestern]

It’s our show launch week! Please show us some love by coming to our first one.♥️
It’s a cracker to start our season.
I,AmDram - ‘one queer Londoner’s hilarious and touching tribute to family, hometown and amateur dramatics.’
Just 28 covid safe seats! https://t.co/P9rF8uxiep

[David Bell @davidallenbell]

Really excited about the Upstairs At The Western theatre reopening in September. And we've got a new web site too (https://t.co/o5KONWmO1K)

[David Bell @davidallenbell]

This is the Council of the International Handball Federation, which sets the rules for the sport and dictates that women must wear bikini bottoms. Still a way to go on the gender balance front !

[David Bell @davidallenbell]

Jon - Hancock says that testing capacity had to be built up first. That's true for community testing, but hospitals were testing inpatients from the start of the pandemic and could have tested patients before discharge to care homes.

[Jonathan Ashworth @JonAshworth]

Tonight Matt Hancock failed to answer why patients were discharged from the NHS without a test - despite SAGE raising concerns in January #QuestionsToAnswer

[David Bell @davidallenbell]

Top of the wrong league again. Highest 7-day C-19 positive test rate in the UK. Please can @ivanbrowneLCC and @CityMayorLeic tell us why ? We won't be allowed out of lockdown at this rate. Whatever we are doing isn't working as effectively as elsewhere. What more can we do ?

[David Bell @davidallenbell]

Hi @getgroundeduk How do we call to ask questions about the menu ? The Queens Road number isn't working.

[David Bell @davidallenbell]

The is only one person in the whole world who can get me watching Eastenders (not my cup of tea) and that's @jessgreenpoet who wrote tonight's episode (BBC1 at 8.35pm).

[David Bell @davidallenbell]

Hi @TimHarford C-19 vaccinating older groups first will thankfully reduce the rate of hospital admissions and deaths. But the .gov heat maps suggest that new cases are mainly in the working age population. So will the number of new cases stay sky high in the coming months ?

[David Bell @davidallenbell]

Sunset Boulevard in Concert is one of the best things to come from @CurveLeicester. An innovative and risky production, authentically focused on the story and the acting. Absolutely loved it.

[David Bell @davidallenbell]

Please can @lkendallysi and @JonAshworth ask the SoS how long after getting her priority C-19 vaccine will I be able to visit my Mum in her care home, give her a hug and take her out for lunch ?

[David Bell @davidallenbell]

Is @PHE_uk going to publish last week's COVID-19 epidemiology surveillance summary ? Why the long delay @MattHancock ?

[David Bell @davidallenbell]

Hi @JonAshworth - Why hasn't Public Health England published their weekly Covid-19 Surveillance Report? It was due last Thursday (13th).

[David Bell @davidallenbell]

I agree with @vicrayner that it doesn’t feel like care homes were a top priority from the outset. The government goal was “protect the NHS” not “protect the care sector”. With strategy, you get what you aim for !