gavin_clarke

Technology writer and content strategies so, obviously, Tweeting about these but also politics. Known to offer views on Eurovision, too.

[Ian Dunt @IanDunt]

Angela Rayner is outstanding. Very proud that this is the deputy prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. https://t.co/ouhakeSGj1

[gavin_clarke @gavin_clarke]

@TicketmasterUK: having slogged through today’s Oasis queue and come away empty handed it would be helpful if your site gave real-time updates on tickets left remaining & their price so customers can make an informed decision on whether it’s worth hanging on.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Carol Vorderman, "Still today I can't get over how deferential we are to certain politicians who are a disgrace"

"Kwasi Kwarteng was on GMB this morning.. Chatting about the newspapers.. What?!?"

"You crashed the economy mate.. You went off from the House of Commons to a drinks party with billionaires"

"And yet he's there as though this is perfectly normal"

"So I'm not surprised by people watching that going: hang on you're trying to tell me that I should accept him as a valid voice now? Sorry, I'm off to social media"

[gavin_clarke @gavin_clarke]

Tonight the part of the Queen will be played by Tom Cruise #olympic2024

[Hughes-on-the-Wold @NotThatHughes]

"I hear you're an anti-racist now, Father"

[gavin_clarke @gavin_clarke]

Curios and sneaky how Stephen Yaxley Lennon posts occasionally pop into my Twitter feed and he and they can’t be blocked. 🧐

[gavin_clarke @gavin_clarke]

Wow. Never heard Laura Kenny speak before. 👍

[gavin_clarke @gavin_clarke]

Question for you #BBCOlympics: often in gymnastics, the official feed deliberately hangs on the gymnasts sitting around at the expense of the action you can hear out of shot. This is periodically frustrating when you know team GB are in action. Why does this happen? Thanks! 😄

[gavin_clarke @gavin_clarke]

I have to wonder whether England bet against themselves during the World Cup. There does seem to be a lot of that going around.

[gavin_clarke @gavin_clarke]

So, that Tory manifesto in full: a blend of trust us - we’ll really do it this time - culture war for reactionaries, and more slash-and-burn dressed up as “efficiencies”.

[gavin_clarke @gavin_clarke]

@dave43law Mullins has been on quite the political journey. I remember Pimlico Plumbers once ran a rooftop banner outside Waterloo Station that was anti Brexit.

[gavin_clarke @gavin_clarke]

@FT Wow. Do centerist conservatives ever not think: this time will be different.

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

Rishi Sunak, you shirked D-Day, but you won’t be able to avoid B-Day. Time to take out the trash. It’s on.

[gavin_clarke @gavin_clarke]

Wow. Wonder who Liz Truss thinks is the worst PM now.

[gavin_clarke @gavin_clarke]

@implausibleblog Seriously the “I haven’t seen that” line of defence so as not engage needs to be stopped. There’s a lot of it about. Perhaps shaming is the answer. Come back with: “Then you’re not over your brief, minister.”

[gavin_clarke @gavin_clarke]

@RestIsPolitics Lactose the intolerant all over again.

[Rt Hon Sir Peter Mannion MP @MatthewHawxe]

One day after the Mickey Mouse degrees announcement, we have degrees of Mickey Mouse...
(📷 credit @aaronchown)

[gavin_clarke @gavin_clarke]

@Haggis_UK Yeah, I mean seriously: why bother?

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

It’s meant to be.