Mat Roberts

People, politics, a sustainable future & fatherhood All my own opinions.

[Mat Roberts @matroberts]

Great to hear @bbcshetland #johnJohnson on @BBCFarmingToday this morning. Unst Show highlighted at its best.

[Mat Roberts @matroberts]

Love this

[Chidanand Tripathi @thetripathi58]

A Thread of the Most Surreal and Fascinating Maps

1. The Mississippi River and its tributaries

[Craig Bennett @CraigBennett3]

Yet again, @10DowningStreet shows itself to be trapped in a misinformation and disinformation bubble when it comes to nature laws, repeating tired old #TuftonStreet tropes that have been proved to be wrong time and again.

Meanwhile, the PM seems to have very little to say about housebuilders that are sitting on planning permissions already granted, but not building.

Perhaps it's just politically easier to criticise spiders, rather than housebuilders that buy big exhibition spaces at party conferences, I wonder?

[Mat Roberts @matroberts]

Another day trying to get @ee to honour agreed contract change but no luck. V. Polite call centre staff can do nothing @WhichUK and @Ofcom do something about this

[Mat Roberts @matroberts]

Agree new contract with @EE on 27/01  out of contract & move to SIM only  As of 14/03 they have failed to implement change & failed to tell me why. I spend hours talking to very polite people in call centres who do nothing @ofcom do something about these #villans stop @ee #ripoff

[Mat Roberts @matroberts]

Being given the run around by @EE again. @Ofcom how can you allow this level of dishonest behaviour from a business you regulate @WhichUK @bbcr4 #youandyours

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

I’ve had my team cataloguing Trump’s corruption campaign since the start. Here’s the chart I used in my Senate floor speech laying out the stunning graft from just the first 6 weeks of his presidency.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

6/ Maybe the most brazen of it all - Trump starts selling meetings with him to CEOs with business before the White House. The price? $5 million.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

I went to the Senate floor to lay out for my colleagues the stunning story of brazen, open corruption during the first 6 weeks of the Trump presidency.

I think it's a story everyone needs to know.

1/ So a🧵with the highlights from the speech.

[Stelios Koroneos @skoroneos]

This is probably one of the best speeches i have heard since the whole debacle with the US and Europe started.
It is by Claude Malhuret a French physician and politician who has been a member of the French Senate since 2014.

Personally the end of the speech sums up my views.
"Our parents defeated fascism and communism at the cost of great sacrifice. The task of our generation is to defeat totalitarianism of the 21st century."

To my European friends this is a manifesto for the future of Europe, our actions will guarantee a future for our children.
Failure to unite and act will bring the collapse of the European democratic states one by one and a very dark future for all.

To my US friends, USA is STILL one of the greatest cradles of democracy that have ever existed, BUT what is happening now is a mistake, a mistake we will ALL soon pay.

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

If you watch one thing today make it this remarkable speech by an independent French senator. It captures the moment @ClaudeMalhuret

[BBC Politics @BBCPolitics]

"The prime minister I think is actually doing a good job"

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey tells #BBCLauraK that President Trump's state visit should be used to "secure guarantees for Ukraine" and that the UK PM has "managed to play his cards well"

https://t.co/Qc14PAI113

[Anna Soubry 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇦🇪🇺🖤🤍 @Anna_Soubry]

This is what true leadership looks like.

[Paul Mason @paulmasonnews]

The UK is one of the most restrained and subtle diplomatic forces in the world. No need for a degree in semiotics to see what it did tonight 🇺🇦🇬🇧

[Catfella 📯 🇺🇦🤝🇩🇪🇨🇦 @SusanneM0905]

Based 👍
Bruce Springsteen, Stand Up For Ukraine
🥺🇺🇦

[Chris D. Jackson @ChrisDJackson]

📸 No one follows more etiquette rules than the Royal Family—but notice how King Charles didn’t make any smart-ass or demeaning comments about Zelensky’s attire today.

Why? Because respect isn’t about clothes—it’s about character. And that’s something money can’t buy.

[Ted Smith 🇪🇺 @TedUrchin]

Absolutely bloody brilliant @Keir_Starmer, walking up the street to meet @ZelenskyyUa, not waiting on the doorstep.
A very powerful message indeed to the #WankerInTheWhiteHouse
You have made me proud to be British, a very rare thing since 2016.
#FuckTrump
@realDonaldTrump

[UK Prime Minister @10DowningStreet]

The UK will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes.

[Brendan May @bmay]

Proper Prime Minister. Christ it’s been such an age since we had one. 👏