Ian Stanton

Doing a bad job of getting into the Twitterati. For me, Twitter = politics, food & sci-fi.

[Ian Stanton @ianstanton]

So exciting!

[Brian Herbert @DuneAuthor]

Cameras are rolling on the new DUNE movie, so we have a Greenlight. That is a really big step forward for Dune fans all over the world. I know Frank Herbert would be pleased, and I am proud of my father for creating such a great work of literature.
https://t.co/oWGjazDdBo

[Ian Stanton @ianstanton]

@ODEONHelp @ODEONCinemas Come on, you know that doesn't help me. I need to know when, so I can have my finger on the buzzer and book before skeletor swipes them out from under me!

[Ian Stanton @ianstanton]

@ODEONCinemas when are your MOTU tickets going to be onsale? I do not want to risk losing out on getting the King's seats at the Leicester Square Odeon.

[Ian Stanton @ianstanton]

@CliveBloor @DawnButlerBrent So it's just your idea (other people too) that its a front for crime, money laundering, right? But have you found any sources that investigate that topic?

[Socialist Opera Singer @OperaSocialist]

Who is funding Nigel Farage?

Who is funding Tommy Robinson?

More importantly, why?

Those are the questions journalists and citizens need to be asking.

[Julie Street 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @Juliest101]

No words required.

[Ian Stanton @ianstanton]

@DavidJ64284 @DawnButlerBrent David, I think Dawn's campaign against this, which she is running with the support of Brent Council, suggests that Labour are in fact trying to do something about it. How do you translate Labour people taking action, to Labour people doing nothing?

[Ian Stanton @ianstanton]

@CliveBloor @DawnButlerBrent I have seen this kind of speculation a few times on this topic. It's interesting. What's the story behind it? Is there something that you can recommend that explains this theory?

[Ian Stanton @ianstanton]

@claireharr @DawnButlerBrent Do you think that as a society, we can help people by reducing the amount of places that cause addiction? Or do you think that's not something we should try and help with?

[Ian Stanton @ianstanton]

@stuartfanning1 @DawnButlerBrent Hi Stuart, it's a question of regulation. Where we sit on the spectrum of regulation is just an opinion, of which there are many sides to the debate. It's a nuanced subject. Don't you think its a bit rude to accuse Dawn of being illiberal? Why straight away reach for an insult?

[Ian Stanton @ianstanton]

@DawnButlerBrent @DawnButlerBrent I found your petition online, but is it working? I got this error.

I also see that you only have 560 signatures. Surely 90% of Britain would sign this, given the chance? Are you promoting this anywhere?

[The Labour Party @UKLabour]

Reform are not on the side of workers.

[Ian Stanton @ianstanton]

@DawnButlerBrent Hi Dawn, I commented on a previous post of yours on this topic, asking how to help, and you didn't reply. Maybe you will reply to this one? I don't think the residents of our communities understand what is happening here. Perhaps you could do a talk for us?

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

Farage wants to privatise the NHS, he always has.

Can we retweet this video 10,000 times so everyone can see it?

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

I seem to have upset the @Nigel_Farage fan club - so let me be clear.

This man sows hate, lies and division.

He is a grifter and a conman.

He does not represent the vast majority of Britons.

RT if you agree

P.s. multiculturalism is great.

[Ian Stanton @ianstanton]

@DawnButlerBrent @DawnButlerBrent can the people living in Brent help to support you in this? What can we do to help. Our residents are crying out against these shops, and you are fighting for a way to get rid of them. What can we do to help?

[Ian Stanton @ianstanton]

@DawnButlerBrent Almost everyone agrees with you Dawn, how do we help raise awareness of what you are doing, and how can we support you in getting the relevant laws changed?

[Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger]

I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians.

I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor.

My time as Governor taught me to love policy and ignore politics. I’m proud of the work I did to help clean up our air, create jobs, balance the budget, make the biggest infrastructure investment in state history, and take power from the politicians and give it back to the people when it comes to our redistricting process and our primaries in California.

That’s policy. It requires working with the other side, not insulting them to win your next election, and I know it isn’t sexy to most people, but I love it when I can help make people’s lives better with policies, like I still do through my institute at USC, where we fight for clean air and stripping the power from the politicians who rig the system against the people.

Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now. My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime.

It is probably not a surprise that I hate politics more than ever, which, if you are a normal person who isn’t addicted to this crap, you probably understand.

I want to tune out.

But I can’t. Because rejecting the results of an election is as un-American as it gets. To someone like me who talks to people all over the world and still knows America is the shining city on a hill, calling America is a trash can for the world is so unpatriotic, it makes me furious.

And I will always be an American before I am a Republican.

That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

I’m sharing it with all of you because I think there are a lot of you who feel like I do. You don’t recognize our country. And you are right to be furious.

For decades, we’ve talked about the national debt. For decades, we’ve talked about comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border while fixing our broken immigration system. And Washington does nothing.

The problems just keep rolling, and we all keep getting angrier, because the only people that benefit from problems aren’t you, the people. The only people that benefit from this crap are the politicians who prefer having talking points to win elections to the public service that will make Americans’ lives better.

It is a just game to them. But it is life for my fellow Americans. We should be pissed!

But a candidate who won’t respect your vote unless it is for him, a candidate who will send his followers to storm the Capitol while he watches with a Diet Coke, a candidate who has shown no ability to work to pass any policy besides a tax cut that helped his donors and other rich people like me but helped no one else else, a candidate who thinks Americans who disagree with him are the bigger enemies than China, Russia, or North Korea - that won’t solve our problems.

It will just be four more years of bullshit with no results that makes us angrier and angrier, more divided, and more hateful.

We need to close the door on this chapter of American history, and I know that former President Trump won’t do that. He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American than he already has been, and we, the people, will get nothing but more anger.

That’s enough reason for me to share my vote with all of you. I want to move forward as a country, and even though I have plenty of disagreements with their platform, I think the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz.

Vote this week. Turn the page and put this junk behind us.

And even if you disagree with me, vote, because that’s what we do as Americans. https://t.co/eHFZ723I4H

[Ian Stanton @ianstanton]

@omorogiec @InternetH0F #batteriesnotincluded
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[Ian Stanton @ianstanton]

Ciao @PizzaExpress, when one ages ones near sight deteriorates. Please sacrifice a bit of the white space on the back of your boxes and increase the font size so that I am not required to reach for a monocle to read the cooking instructions. #noteveryonehasthesightofastudent

[Ian Stanton @ianstanton]

@wakehurst_kew Hey Wakehurst, do you by any chance have any pics of your Acer campestre hedge that is laid along the path once you enter the gardens from the shop/cafe/entrance building? It's beautiful in its autumn colour, but I don't have a picture of it. Do you have one?