Ian Kirk

the views expressed here are not necessarily my own

Migrating to Bluesky: @ianpkirk.bsky.social

[Ian Kirk @ianpkirk]

@jennyeclair Celebrity hand delivery should be +50% not -10%

[Ian Kirk @ianpkirk]

I mean, everyone's saying this one way or another

[Ian Kirk @ianpkirk]

@BylineTimes https://t.co/xFruDfRCsl

[Rishi Sunak @RishiSunak]

If you're a criminal, the law should show you no mercy.

[Ian Kirk @ianpkirk]

@AdamBienkov https://t.co/xFruDfRCsl

[Rishi Sunak @RishiSunak]

If you're a criminal, the law should show you no mercy.

[Ian Kirk @ianpkirk]

@sturdyAlex I'd like a Liz Truss version in which every week she accidentally kills the rest of the victim's family without solving anything.

[Ian Kirk @ianpkirk]

@jennyeclair @aliterative @sturdyAlex @LandunT @davidshrigley @mrjamesob @mrjohnofarrell @lizrenzetti @campbellclaret @PeterTatchell @ShappiKhorsandi @stephenkb @ZoeJardiniere Thanks for all the wit (width?) and wisdom. Plus all the gallery tips

[Ian Kirk @ianpkirk]

I'm finally leaving Xitter!
(Brazilian Portuguese tip: 'x' is 'sh')

Wanted to for ages but lacked willpower.

I'm taking advantage of X's requirement of a birthdate to allow myself to be forced off in the next day or so.

Glad to be going but it wasn't all bad…

[Ian Kirk @ianpkirk]

So I haven't been bumped off quite yet. It's supposed to be today

In anticipation I unfollowed everyone yesterday

Now my X feed is filling up with hate speech, extreme politics, rage farming & distressing images. It's ghastly.

Is that what all new or less curatorial users see?

[Ian Kirk @ianpkirk]

… and these too

@sturdyAlex
@lanDunt
@davidshrigley
@Mrjamesob
@Aliterative
@Mrjohnofarrell
@jennyeclair
@lizrenzetti
@Campbellclaret
@PeterTatchell
@Shappikhorsandi
@stephenkb
@ZoeJardiniere

So thanks from me to all of you

[Ian Kirk @ianpkirk]

@aliterative @sturdyAlex @LandunT @davidshrigley @mrjamesob @mrjohnofarrell @jennyeclair @lizrenzetti @campbellclaret @PeterTatchell @ShappiKhorsandi @stephenkb @ZoeJardiniere Thanks Alice - I love your work and will continue to listen and watch wherever I can

[Ian Kirk @ianpkirk]

@alextomo Here's the answer:

https://t.co/w0hdXssCwU

Even a group of four disenfranchised postal voters could do it.

[Ian Kirk @ianpkirk]

@alextomo Alex can only Labour push for a re-run or do the rules allow other groups or people to do so?

[Ian Kirk @ianpkirk]

This Microsoft CoPilot Recall fiasco is a total debacle.

Where did it all go wrong?

If only there was a way for the team to retrace their steps…

[Ian Kirk @ianpkirk]

@shashj Rees-Mogg famously had a copy of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations on his desk.

You can see it in this picture.

[Ian Kirk @ianpkirk]

@tomphillipsin Channel 4 x The Rest Is Politics might be a good option

https://t.co/h7lWpRzR7u

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

To those listeners and viewers overseas asking if the @RestIsPolitics tie up with @Channel4 can be seen outside the UK, the answer is yes. Go to Channel 4 YouTube channel from 950pm 🇬🇧 time tomorrow and stay with us through the night

[Ian Kirk @ianpkirk]

@tomphillipsin Try Sky News Live on YouTube.

https://t.co/8SEkBaVK9w

I'm in London now and as a test just VPNed to Sao Paulo and could still see it, so you may be able to watch it too.

[Ian Kirk @ianpkirk]

I'm very happy that, if the UK General Election goes as expected, an era of bad government for the UK and an era of futile irritation about bad government for me will end within a few days of each other.

[Ian Kirk @ianpkirk]

My New Year's Resolution was to give up Twitter/X

I tried app timers, removing from phone screen, Duolingo displacement, unfollowing lots of accounts, etc but have not yet broken the habit.

Luckily it turns out that X doesn't have my birth date so I will be kicked off on July 8

[Ian Kirk @ianpkirk]

This is a huge relief. I'm disappointed in my own lack of willpower but very happy to be out of here.

[Ian Kirk @ianpkirk]

@ArnoldLabour @SkyNews I think this chart supports your view and also mine. It was going wrong then got rapidly worse.

I still wish UK press mentioned bond yields when discussing mortgages.

The Truss effect may have rinsed out of mortgages by now, but impact on pensions (bonds again) may persist

[Ian Kirk @ianpkirk]

@ArnoldLabour @SkyNews Thanks I understand your point now. It's a series of loosely connected levers isn't it?

The interest rate impact of currency value was mitigated by quantitative easing, which lessened leading up to the budget. The drivers of devaluation for € + £ differ.