Guy Grandison

Cyber Security Consultant, CISSP, Retired Local Councillor, Husband, Father & Reading Uni graduate all views here are my own

[Guy Grandison @guygrandison]

@LukeThomsonLAB @lewis_goodall McDonald was expelled from the Labour party after the creation of the national govt in august 1931.
He became PM in June 1929 but was also PM for about 9 months in 1924 so he was PM as labour leader for about 2 years 10 months

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Hiking national insurance
The Family Farm Tax
Giving up on real welfare reform
Not funding our defence
Not drilling our own oil and gas
Appointing Peter Mandelson…then lying about what had happened

Britain is not ungovernable. Keir Starmer is a terrible Prime Minister. But the problem isn’t just Starmer.

Labour MPs only want higher taxes to hand out more benefits, as the Welfare Secretary has pointed out. These are Labour’s choices and their values, regardless of who is running the party.

We need to get Britain working again. We need the @Conservatives.

[Guy Grandison @guygrandison]

@59W00dy59 @StuartCan_NI @RWFP06008 @EastBelfastCA @ConserveHour @Kennedy_Speaks @ey_eball @JScott_Nottm @Joy378291Ellie @CllrPerrin Unexpected but welcome shout out and me wondering why my phone is going nuts while delivering.

[Portsmouth FC @Pompey]

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[Guy Grandison @guygrandison]

Semi unexpected snow in earley #rg6 5/10 #uksnowmap

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

This week the Government's failure to find a solution to the Maccabi ban was then overshadowed by the revelation a small boat migrant had returned after less than a month, which in turn was overshadowed by the collapse of the rape gang inquiry, which in turn was overshadowed by Labour's collapse in Wales, which in turn was overshadowed by the conclusive proof Starmer lied over China, which in turn has been overshadowed by the revelation the Epping sex offender is on the loose. One week. One. Week.

[Guy Grandison @guygrandison]

HOW ON Earth do you mess this up?
Also, 1 month of his sentence? If he was being transfered i hope to be deported.
But how on earth do you mess this up?
https://t.co/zXtUne1Y6L

[Portsmouth FC @Pompey]

We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our former chairman, Milan Mandarić, at the age of 87.

Rest in peace, Milan. 💙

[Nadhim Zahawi @nadhimzahawi]

Did you think about my children? @AngelaRayner breaks my heart seeing anybody distressed about their children, but, the hypocrisy really does hurt. 💔

[Guy Grandison @guygrandison]

@British_Airways heya
I have just done the process to upgrade my monday flight to world traveller+ and gone through whole process and paid and still no update on the App
Can you advise?

[Guy Grandison @guygrandison]

@British_Airways Latest version downloaded about an hour ago
No VPN as in UK
Both wifi and mobile networks tried on two seperate samsung phones
At bag drop someone said app was down?

[Guy Grandison @guygrandison]

@British_Airways any idea why your app isn't working at all?
Got two seperate phones and despite trying multiple installs, connections, cache clearing, logging out all i get is "unable to connect" or "unable to verify status" on both devices

[Laura Blumenthal 🇬🇧 @LauraBlumenthal]

The first step towards victory for the victims and making sure it never happen again. Well done to all the campaigners 👏 PM announces national inquiry into grooming gangs https://t.co/0RGKRvsPCH

[Met Office @metoffice]

We've received many reports of an illuminated swirl in the sky this evening 💫

This is likely to be caused by the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launched earlier today. The rocket's frozen exhaust plume appears to be spinning in the atmosphere and reflecting the sunlight, causing it to appear as a spiral in the sky 🚀

@Tobytobytobyy @SBillcliffe @albierowlett1 @ARWURZELBS3

[kettle @funtycunk]

@guygrandison Just seen the same thing here over East Midlands. What the WTF?

[Guy Grandison @guygrandison]

Ok the Power of the Internet
Can anyone explain this flying over berkshire england at about 8 pm local time this evening
A star that was spewing out in the shape of a spiral
Has a satellite broken somewhere as moved across the sky

[ENT - Education Not Taxation @EducationNotTax]

Seriously?! Let’s be clear...

🔹 The reality : Over 8,000 fewer pupils were in independent schools in September 2024, with an estimated 2,500 more believed to have transferred mid-year 2025.
Schools are closing, teachers are losing jobs, and the damage is already being felt. This is just Year 1 of the policy, and displacements have already exceeded the government’s projected 3,000.

🔹 The article focuses on students currently in independent Y6 applying for state Y7 places. But what about the state Y6 children who would have typically moved to independent schools at the Y7 transition, but are now staying in the state system due to VAT? (And for that matter other big transition years too Y9 and Y12) This policy drives both leavers and non-joiners — combined these add cost and stress to the state system.

🔹 Independent school parents have always applied to both state and independent schools at Year 6/7 to keep their options open. We will only know in September how many of those children take their state place and the impact on both sectors.

🔹 The article’s focus on first-choice placements is misleading. First-choice rates are influenced by many factors, such as birth rates (including a fall in this new Y7 cohort born in 2014 vs 2013), local state school performance, housing trends, and admission policies. To selectively use this as 'proof' that VAT isn’t having an impact in selected parts of the country is simply not accurate.

🔹 The IFS predicted the impact of VAT will grow as more families feel the squeeze from rising costs. We’re only starting to see the ripple effects, and yet the Labour government will be avoiding a full assessment beyond the first six months. Why? Because the truth is already uncomfortable.

📢 This article is Labour spin. Nice try, Bridget.

#StopSchoolTax #EducationNotTax

[West Berks Conservative Councillors @WBerksCons]

It’s taken the Liberal Democrats just 21 months to bring the Council to the brink of bankruptcy, as they ask the Government for an emergency bailout.

[Laura Blumenthal 🇬🇧 @LauraBlumenthal]

Great to have the brilliant @PennyMordaunt join us in Winnersh to support our superstar by-election candidate Nick Kilby 🌟 #ToryCanvass

[The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes]

🔺 Update: The anti-corruption minister is facing calls to resign after the leader of Bangladesh condemned the use of properties gifted to her and her family by its former regime ⬇️

https://t.co/h41Hqct373