David Alterman

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

[Moog @a_toots]

Standing on the shoulders of giants.

[Andy Wheatley @Andy_Wheatley]

Absolutely brilliant letter by former Tory MP Nick Boles on his old party’s attacks on Angela Rayner.

[Mark Steel @mrmarksteel]

Tomorrow Rishi Sunak will visit a plumbing company called Down the Sewer, then make a speech at an aquarium but fall in a tank and be attacked by an octopus, then he'll be photographed at a hardware store with Grant Shapps in front of a sign that says 'Knobs'.

[Alastair Thomson @FinanceDirCFO]

Smartest comment I've seen on this subject yet...

[Alastair Thomson @FinanceDirCFO]

Thought for the day...

[David Alterman @davidalterman]

this is the most natural photo I have seen

[Peter Bradshaw @PeterBradshaw1]

Best one so far

[David Alterman @davidalterman]

There is a state system available if you can't afford it

[The Spectator @spectator]

'Private school fees are already unaffordable – and that’s before you factor in VAT at 20 per cent.'

✍️ Flora Watkins https://t.co/DszSd778J3

[David Alterman @davidalterman]

Just so I am clear - we should criticise Starmer for continuing to highlight the paucity of ideas and desperate flailing of the Tory party, not the Tories for the paucity of ideas and desperate flailing? that makes sense

[The Spectator @spectator]

'Starmer offered a stump speech that we’ve heard before: this was the ‘last, desperate act of a party that has failed’ and that there should be an election on 2 May.'

✍️ Isabel Hardman https://t.co/vZG9qRtau5

[Anna Soubry 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇦🇪🇺🖤🤍 @Anna_Soubry]

#MobRule @BrookesTimes

[David Alterman @davidalterman]

unfortunately Rosie has been out parodied by government ministers this time. It's a tough job

[Rosie Holt @RosieisaHolt]

MP refused to say Lee Anderson was racist but DOES say he was “wrong.”

[Jon Sopel @jonsopel]

This is an astonishing clip. Kudos to Nick Ferrari, but how utterly humiliating to be a minister of the crowd and feel the need to parrot such nonsense.
It’s like a parody.
To coin a phrase, it’s wrong

[Keiran Pedley @keiranpedley]

So what results do you get if you ask Sir Humphrey's polling questions? @IpsosUK decided to try it. We showed 1,000 Brits his pro national service poll and 1,000 his anti national service poll. Results:

Sample A: 45% in favour of national service, 38% say no.
Sample B: 48% oppose national service, 34% say no.

What does it all mean? Well, obviously we wouldn't ever do this poll for real, wording is too leading & there are rules about transparency of q wording / ordering.

But it does show the importance of question wording, watching the detail and looking at more than just one poll when you want to understand what the public really think on an issue. Especially in election year.

More here: https://t.co/R1d6dr6dgQ

[David Alterman @davidalterman]

this is literally her job - not a duty officer put up to cope with whatever journalists throw at her.

[Matthew Stadlen @MatthewStadlen]

This is literally the Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Just imagine if it had been Diane Abbott. Right wingers would be talking about it for years.

[Rory Bremner 💙🇺🇦 @rorybremner]

FFS. There are now at least SIX Tory Parties. ERG, NRG, Common Sense Group(!), New Conservatives, Conservative Growth Group, One Nation Group, & the People’s Front of Judea. And policy is being made up simply to keep them happy. Wouldn’t it be better to send THEM to Rwanda?

[David Alterman @davidalterman]

he's here all week

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

Keir Starmer tells Rishi Sunak at #PMQs: “Never mind the British Museum, it’s the prime minister that has obviously lost his marbles”.

[David Alterman @davidalterman]

and don't forget the option for Employee Ownership which can offer a middle ground between selling business (and soul) to a corporate, or battling on on your own.

[Research-live.com @researchlive]

Research agencies should plan carefully before looking for a buyer for the business and take a long-term approach to growth and expansion, the Market Research Society’s agency owners and leaders conference has heard:

https://t.co/inGrdem1QZ #mrx

[Paul Bronks @SlenderSherbet]

"I don't know where to fucking start"

[David Alterman @davidalterman]

you couldn't make this up - no conflict of interest here

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

A new Health Secretary.

Married to the managing director of British Sugar.

Just what the NHS & the health of the nation needs.