Joe Armstrong 🇬🇧 🐿️

Funny how sometimes you just.. find things

[Joe Armstrong 🇬🇧 🐿️ @joeaarmstrong]

Maturing is realising you always were a Hamilton fan.

[Joe Armstrong 🇬🇧 🐿️ @joeaarmstrong]

@KarlTurnerMP Within two days you have shown both a fundamental misunderstanding of the UK constitution and a wilful ignorance of the UK tax system. That is thoroughly disappointing.

Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Land Tax are different taxes. That is something that I would expect an MP to know.

[Kingston Council @RBKingston]

Today is 1,100 years since King Athelstan’s coronation, right here in Kingston Town! 👑

Celebrations are underway in Kingston today - including the naming of the King Athelstan train at Kingston Station! 🚆

Thanks to all who came along 💜

@holland_tom @SW_help
#Kingston2025

[David Lawrence @dc_lawrence]

As Britain enters its third (fourth?) heatwave of the year, here's a short thread on why air conditioning is *actively good* for fighting climate change, and why we should stop banning it from new homes. 🧵

[Neil O'Brien @NeilDotObrien]

People aren't able to have the children they say they want to have. It's a huge problem we can't afford *not* to solve.
A short film with me, (aged 46),@PMArslanagic (aged 29) and Emina (age 0).

[Joe Armstrong 🇬🇧 🐿️ @joeaarmstrong]

@Strickland__Ben Enjoyed this mate. This season was absolutely a missed opportunity, but when you sell your £15+m striker mid-season and your manager doesn’t take that as a lack of faith in him, I think that says something very good about him, his character, and his humility. I’m pro-Carrick

[Miriam Cates @miriam_cates]

We hear a lot about Gen Z being ‘entitled.’ But it is Boomer entitlement that’s preventing a necessary and fair redistribution of state spending from old to young.

Full @ConHome piece in 🧵

[Joe Armstrong 🇬🇧 🐿️ @joeaarmstrong]

@journoramzy There’s currently a big pinch point at the very end of Upper Street with temporary lights. The day before there was also some JSO-type walking protests on the road to Kings Cross. Probably adds up to that

[The Anglofuturist 🇬🇧🐿️ @Anglo_Futurist]

Gareth Southgate in his speech about positive role models for men identifies his 3 key factors:

Identity 🇬🇧
Connection 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒
Culture 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

This message is ringing out all around the western world. Times are changing fast 🚀

[Looking for Growth @lfg_uk]

Momentum

is

Growing

[Joe Cohen @CohenSite]

This video from @ezraklein and the New York Times perfectly encapsulates my view on politics

[Sam Bowman @s8mb]

1) Americans need to get that if Putin wins in Ukraine with a peace deal that is good enough that it vindicates the invasion, World War 3 is far likelier.

2) Europeans need to get that the era of fantasy politics - being the “regulatory superpower”, giving up economic growth to “lead the world on Net Zero”, endlessly growing welfare states, elite consensus in favour of immigration policies that voters hate - is over.

We cannot rely on America anymore. Not in five years - now. Economic growth and self-defence override all other priorities.

[Ash @theashrb]

Student Finance in this country is a 360 deal… a tax marketed as a “loan” 🤣 they think they’re slick.

In school they tell kids “you don’t have to pay it back til you earn x amount, it’s only like £50 a month and it’s written off after 30+ years!1!!1”

They don’t tell kids that it becomes a burden the more you advance in your career, and you take home significantly less than your peers without a student loan!

[Joe Armstrong 🇬🇧 🐿️ @joeaarmstrong]

@triviumcolombia To be fair, that quote relates to the older animals with atrophied muscles that they tested this on, so the performance improvement wouldn’t be that stark for athletes doing this. The concerning part as always is that it it is likely already happening and it isn’t detectable.

[Lewis Hamilton @LewisHamilton]

New era @ScuderiaFerrari

[Britain Remade @BritainRemade]

Can you build a wind turbine in just one day?

We're in Hackney with @OctopusEnergy to prove we have the technology to tackle climate change and reduce energy bills.

We just need to eliminate the planning barriers holding us back.

[Tom Forth @thomasforth]

My preferred tax on wealth is building slightly too many houses.

[The Anglofuturist 🇬🇧🐿️ @Anglo_Futurist]

https://t.co/QPQJ136ak2

[Joe Armstrong 🇬🇧 🐿️ @joeaarmstrong]

@CPRELondon 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲

[Sam Bowman @s8mb]

Foundations: Why Britain Has Stagnated.

A new essay by @bswud, @SCP_Hughes & me.

Why the UK's ban on investment in housing, infrastructure and energy is not just a problem. It is *the* problem.

And how fixing it is the defining task of our generation.

https://t.co/N6McRZCOlx