Ian Mitchell

Husband. Father. Beer & wine drinking, somewhat geeky sailing enthusiast. Partial to watching cricket.

[Ian Mitchell @ianjmitchell]

Astonishing price increases on the latest @AnglianWater bill. Huge percentage rises presumably to keep the share price (and executive bonuses) up.

[Ian Mitchell @ianjmitchell]

I wonder if it’s OK to call Euston frequently unpleasant so long as one doesn’t: a) call it unsafe and; b) work in the rail industry.
Perhaps @LordPeterHendy could let us know.

[Ian Mitchell @ianjmitchell]

“Genius”

Elon Musk sues Unilever and Mars over X 'boycott' https://t.co/xyBOBxbUyb

[Ian Mitchell @ianjmitchell]

@surreycricket Sky Sports showing “match abandoned”

[Ian Mitchell @ianjmitchell]

@RHDmusic @surreycricket 2057

[Ian Mitchell @ianjmitchell]

It’s going to be strange day I think. “The end of an era” one of my colleagues has called it.

[Ian Mitchell @ianjmitchell]

I suppose when your party has taken £10m in donations from someone who says racist things you can afford to push three full colour leaflets through the doors.

[Ian Mitchell @ianjmitchell]

@Tringonometry Dr Feelgood

[Ian Mitchell @ianjmitchell]

In which @Middlesex_CCC thanks its members for understanding. Despite never asking members’ views and just announcing this.
As for “it’s just 20 minutes from Stratford” what’s the travel time from Lord’s to Stratford?
Utter joke announcement.

[Middlesex Cricket @Middlesex_CCC]

🗞️ | MIDDLESEX TO PLAY TWO HOME BLAST MATCHES AT CLOUD COUNTY GROUND
Our 2024 fixtures will be released at 10am, and ahead of this we can announce that we will play two of our home Blast matches at the Cloud County Ground in Chelmsford.

READ MORE ⬇️ | #OneMiddlesex

[Emily Darlington MP @emily4MK]

5 years ago Milton Keynes was dubbed ‘tent city’ by the media. Today, no one needs to sleep rough on our streets. How did we do it? A thread by the Cabinet Member responsible 👇

[Ian Mitchell @ianjmitchell]

@BobCywinski @RishiSunak “Asked by the BBC at the Conservative party conference in Manchester whether it was true he no longer had the WhatsApp messages, Sunak refused to be drawn,“
So no it isn’t true then. If it were it would have been easy to say “yes of course”

[Ian Mitchell @ianjmitchell]

Have I got this right @Ben_Everitt ?The Tory Party, which was about small government, now wants to tell schools about pupils’ mobile ‘phones and tell the rest of us how many babies to have.

[Ian Mitchell @ianjmitchell]

To give @msgtours credit it did not quibble over paying for individual rooms when the booked twins weren’t available, also gave us a nice upgrade on match tickets and offering compensation for an event that didn’t go as MSG had planned.
Decent people.

[Ian Mitchell @ianjmitchell]

Well @msgtours is certainly #deliveringtheunexpected with a late notice of change of accommodation.

[Ian Mitchell @ianjmitchell]

@YesterdayTweets @ltmuseum @siddyholloway @ChrisNixEsq King’s Cross St. Pancras

[Ian Mitchell @ianjmitchell]

Hey ⁦@RadissonRewards⁩ do you really think 5000km and on a different continent is “near”?

[Ian Mitchell @ianjmitchell]

What a glorious thing Test Match Cricket is.

[Andy Zaltzman @ZaltzCricket]

Result margins in this series: 2 wickets, 43 runs, 3 wickets and 49 runs.
In all 343 men’s Ashes Tests played before this series, there had been only 25 matches won by margins of under 50 runs or by three or fewer wickets (and none in the 1960s or 1970s).
Phenomenal series.

[Ian Mitchell @ianjmitchell]

The final Ashes test of the summer is underway.

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Like virtually everyone else, I know absolutely nothing about the events that have led to the statement by Huw Edwards’ wife. But I do know that he is a superb broadcaster. I know too that he has a long history of depression. He and I have spoken about it often, including in 1/4