Martin Monteiro

[Gordon Brown @GordonBrown]

I’ve seen a confidential document from Lynton Crosby’s lobbying firm which advises Boris Johnson to ride roughshod over every convention and standard of propriety to pack the House of Lords.
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https://t.co/iB23JdHqpJ

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is 'snollygoster' (19th century): an unprincipled person in office who is motivated by personal rather than public gain.

[Janne M. Korhonen is moving to BSky & LinkedIn! @jmkorhonen]

Many people have wondered how the Finns defend Finland today, so here's a very short introduction to modern Finnish defence policy - and a brief synopsis of how the Finnish military would probably fight if any hostile country decided to invade. 1/

[Carl Miller @carljackmiller]

When we say Kyiv is winning the information war, far too often we only mean information spaces we inhabit.

Pulling apart the most obvious RU info op to date (as we did using semantic modelling), very clear it is targeting BRICS, Africa, Asia. Not the West really at all.

[Secret Drug Addict @ScrtDrugAddict]

I've got an Eton-themed advent calendar, where all the doors are opened for me by my dad's contacts.

[James O'Brien @mrjamesob]

Can’t believe Priti Patel is a bully. She seems so nice.

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

Donald Trump’s coronavirus journey, from Covid is a “hoax” to needing supplementary oxygen. How a disaster unfolded. Sound on.

[Martin Monteiro @martinmonteiro]

@alexandrabulat Hi @alexandrabulat - thanks for posting. I have just emailed 6 peers. The URL in your email is slightly wrong (it shouldn't have the 'www' part before 't3m')!

[Lorna the Sloven @Duffycaramole]

I'm really confused.
Johnson sacked 21 of his MPs last year because they refused to vote for the WA.
Now he's saying the WA is flawed.
Does that mean they were right & he was wrong? So they shouldn't have been sacked?
@BorisJohnson

[Graemefowler @GFoxyFowler]

Barnard Castle is the new Lourdes. Hundreds are arriving, throwing their spectacles away, then driving home shouting “I’m cured”

[John Wilson (@tug.ook.org on BlueSky) @tug]

Wrote to my MP

[Martin Monteiro @martinmonteiro]

@UKMathsTrust 2.37

[Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @Haggis_UK]

#KayBurley - Are you comfortable with Andrew Sabisky, who openly believes in eugenics, working in Downing Street?

George Eustice(Environment Sec) - I'm not going to get drawn on that... that's a matter for Dominic Cummings.

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

On @AndrewMarr9 this morning, Home Secretary @patel4witham was allowed to claim, unchallenged, that she had “never in my time as a Member of Parliament been an advocate” for capital punishment.

Here is a clip of Priti Patel MP advocating for capital punishment in 2011:

[Erynn Brook @ErynnBrook]

Let’s talk about Russia, because I think there’s a real cultural difference in how we in the West understand surveillance and what’s actually happening with Russian efforts so we have a hard time believing the depth of what’s going on.

[Letters of Note @LettersOfNote]

Eton College writes to Boris Johnson's dad in 1982

[F*ck the NRA @FuckThe_NRA]

Just last night:

7 were shot at a party in IL.

6 were shot at a party in CA.

5 were shot outside a bar in FL.

5 were shot at a gathering in PA.

4 were shot at a b-day party in IN.

4 were shot at a grad party in NC.

3 were shot at a party in FL.

It's the f*cking GUNS.