David Yeates

Architect. Walk it, climb it, ride it, surf it!

[David Yeates @davidbyeates]

@2147mill We really should have got one when Liz the wet lettuce truss had to go.

[David Yeates @davidbyeates]

@PirateArchitect Clear is the way to go, makes it so much easier keeping an eye on the level.

[David Yeates @davidbyeates]

@PirateArchitect I guess that's the first hurdle, finding a cheap source!

[David Yeates @davidbyeates]

@PirateArchitect Ah yes was him, I'll be following. I'm intrigued but seen a few horrors of pumps gummed up, Think Mike (Britainca restorations on YouTube) had one in, but it had been on a bad unfiltered mix.

[David Yeates @davidbyeates]

@fesshole Probably just a design manager for a contractor. 'managing architects'

[David Yeates @davidbyeates]

@harrym_vids @ListerLawrence @TheRAC_UK Unfortunately you can be lucky or unlucky depending on timing, location etc. my experience was waiting 6 hours beside the road with a 6 month old before they could arrange a taxi for us and the car recovered even later. Most of the time the subcontract out recovery as well.

[David Yeates @davidbyeates]

@BashyMc1 Assuming like Caleb from Clarkson's farm doing a tour, telling you a bit out his tractor and how many haircuts he's had, big Jon giving you his Chinese order and how long it takes him to walk to the shitter after.

[David Yeates @davidbyeates]

I'm 3 stages deep in to the #TDFF2025
Gary starting strong with some classic lines, Pete taking it steady (it's a long race). Chris throwing caution to the wind with this number like it's a final hurrah. Where art thou @ImlachHair !!!

[Tom Newton Dunn @tnewtondunn]

A crucial but less discussed element of the immigration story is exactly when and precisely why legal visas exploded in number. The below table (from the OBR) tells all. It was just after Brexit, and because Boris Johnson’s government brought in a new points based system
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[Princess Pinocchio 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @PinocchPrincess]

Dear @Keir_Starmer,

There seems to be an issue with the council tax invoice that I received today from my local council.
It says I have a quite substantial increase, and yet here you are plainly telling me that I won't be paying a penny more from next month.

Did you lie?

Of course you do. You don't care about us, the hard working, white, British, tax payers.
We will never believe anything that comes out of your mouth.

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

DWP figures show that fraud in relation to PIP is so small its assessed at 0%. Meanwhile HMRC figures show in 2022-23 the tax gap, the difference between tax owed & collected, was £39.8bn

But its easier to scapegoat disabled people than go after super rich tax avoiders/evaders

[Daractenus @Daractenus]

Seeing how the USA now hellbent on emulating their newfound ally of Russia, both at home and abroad, I find myself obliged to repost my dive into Russia's posh cities, just to give your average MAGA a glimpse into the greatness Trump is sure to bring about! Do enjoy!🧵

[Nick Tyrone @NicholasTyrone]

I’m always amazed at the people in Britain who look at Ukraine being invaded and think they should just roll over to the Russians, when they themselves saw having to share regulations on cheese with the EU to be an unbearable sacrifice of UK sovereignty.

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

Some saying re yet another predicted energy price rise "why aren't you calling out corporate greed? " Well because it's irrelevant. An energy firms job isn't to keep our prices low, it's to make money for their shareholders (we as a nation sold them off in privatisation)

As it stands its the regulator Ofgem and government who's job is to protect consumers from overly high prices. And that's where the issues lie.

The price cap isn't set by firms, they aren't increasing it, its set by the regulator. It's a turgid system (that was pushed on the regulator by a past govt) and it's allowed firms to price to the max of the cap without pushing them hard enough to offer cheaper deals.

I've long campaigned for change both in public, through official submissions and in private (so much so I ended up losing my rag and publically apologised for swearing in a meet with ofgem).

We need a social tariff!

I've long also called out excessive standing charges. Long said the market stabilisation charge (now thankfully gone) should end, as should, temporarily, the ban on acquisition only tariffs. I've said the ombudsman is too weak to enforce. I've said what makes up the price lacks transparency... the direct debit system is abused by firms to sit on too much cash... smart meter roll out is mistargeted and more.

Yet of course my prime aim is to help consumers navigate this.

The real excess profits aren't made by energy retailers (the regulated ones who supply us as consumers) but by the generators who aren't regulated by Ofgem (though in some cases horizontal integration means they're the same firm but they aren't legally allowed to cross subsidise).

Our wholesale pricing structure has rewarded them by paying the highest price (eg gas) even when it's a far cheaper source (though that's outside my expertise area, so I don't comment much on it)

The whole consumer energy market is mostly broken. We have a model based on competition but then 80% of homes are on regulated pricing, possibly the worst of both worlds.

The issues are with the regulator and politicians (and govts of all colours have faded on this) to put the structures in place to protect consumers. It needs a fundamental rethink. Sadly, I don't see that happening no matter who is in govt. I won't stop pushing for change though

[Volcaholic 🌋 @volcaholic1]

In Russia, residents of Sokol are literally crawling through snowdrifts after record snowfall in the Dolinsky district. The village is facing snowdrifts several times higher than a person’s height, and locals are clearing the aftermath of the cyclone on their own.

[Tom Shugart @tshugart3]

As a DC area pilot, I'm stunned by the tragedy at DCA last night, & my thoughts go out to the loved ones of those who perished in the crash.

There's a fair bit of ill-informed opining going on about what happened, which is unhelpful.

Here's what looks to me like the best informed commentary I've seen thus far:

[Paul Lewis @paullewismoney]

I thought it said “Almost every major supermarket chain has publicly backed farmers in their fight against the government's inheritance tax increase…by promising to pay them properly for the food they produce” https://t.co/vEn1TmzlG3 But no. Just opposing the tax.

[Derek Brockway - weatherman @DerekTheWeather]

Satellite image from @NASA today shows snow cover over Wales, Dartmoor and Exmoor as well.
https://t.co/uyR6LYhEGU