Matt Wilson

North Yorkshire

[Matt Wilson @mattbison]

@HeadWarriorTWM @SteveUnknown Hey Barry. No worries! I can't be 100% sure but almost certain it'll have been Ofcom, if not it'll have been the ITC who they took over TV ad regulation duties from. Ofcom contracted out day-to-day TV ad regulation to ASA in late 2004.

[Matt Wilson @mattbison]

@HeadWarriorTWM @SteveUnknown No, it wasn't. ASA didn't regulate TV ads in before 2004.

[Matt Wilson @mattbison]

@HighFarndale And my old scout hut in the background. First Vale of Pickering. Happy memories.

[Matt Wilson @mattbison]

@NotFarLeftAtAll It's not been banned by the ASA. The ad never aired on TV or radio. They don't pre-clear ads.

[Newcastle United @NUFC]

WE HAVE DONE IT!!!!!!!!!!!

[Newcastle United @NUFC]

WE ARE NEWCASTLE UNITED

CARABAO CUP WINNERS

#wedontdoquiet

[ꜱɪʀ ꜰʀᴇᴅ ʙᴏʏᴄᴏᴛᴛ @FredBoycott]

I've signed an executive order...

[Matt Wilson @mattbison]

One week later, the snow has stuck around. And a glorious winter sunlight. #uksnow #snow #northyorkshire

[Matt Wilson @mattbison]

Blissful winter walk

[Matt Wilson @mattbison]

A winter wonderland today. Deep snow, absolutely stunning out there #NorthYorkshire

[Matt Wilson @mattbison]

Still waters, autumn evening in Knaresborough #NorthYorkshire

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Most people don't realize that the actor that played Wilson in Castaway, is also the Top Gun actor in the 1986 volleyball scene

[Matt Wilson @mattbison]

Bench 2.0, Rosedale #NorthYorkshire

[Matt Wilson @mattbison]

Great hike to one of my favourite views, near Danby on the North Yorkshire Moors. Proper bench too @MyFaveBench #NorthYorkshire

[Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy]

Today is the 8th anniversary of the Brexit vote.

Eight years on from that date, an overwhelming majority think that Brexit has been detrimental for the UK.

Whether NHS, trade, travel, immigration, rights, water standards, business - Brexit has made them all worse.

All that is left is the intangible notion of “sovereignty” dangling in the air. But what is this sovereignty and how do we use it to make any practical gain?

If sovereignty is the power over our own affairs - we have clearly lost /mis-invested it through Brexit. Our businesses have lost their power to trade freely across Europe, our citizens lost the power to travel and work freely- and our government and public have lost their representation in the Council & Parliament where the shared affairs of our continent are discussed.

So by pulling all our sovereignty out of those investments and back into our English executive, what have we gained? Answer: The power to do things differently from the European consensus on matters that we used to agree we should decide multi-laterally.

Great, so then we come back to the 8-year-old question of “what do we want to do differently on matters where we used to agree?” — and over 8 years, we’ve had no pragmatic answer to that question.

Trade? We just copied the EU’s deals, apart from Australia where we signed a loss-making deal. Regulations? Our businesses don’t want to diverge (look at failure of UKCA and Labour saying they’d scrap UK-REACH for the same reason). Control of immigration? It’s gone up - and we don’t even get UK citizen travel rights in return.

On all fronts, the sovereignty we pulled out of our EU investment and put in executive hands has cost us big losses and gained us absolutely nothing. At the end of the day, many proponents of Brexit pushed the idea because it appealed to them aesthetically - an excited hope that by casting off a set of responsibilities they could pursue selfish interest and profit mightily. But, the gold they presumed was there just wasn’t. Only a mess.

And that is the summary of Brexit — a modern version of the fable of the goose that laid the golden egg.

Only in our case… this isn’t the end of the road. We can go back - wiser than before— and we will.

[watershed_investigations @WATERSHED_i]

Over 1bn litres of sewage released into the beautiful rivers Nidd & Wharfe - sludge of excrement, bacteria, antibiotics seeping it's way through the places people live, where they paddle, swim & boat, poisoning wildlife & fish as it oozes on

https://t.co/R7QA2wo97v

[Matt Wilson @mattbison]

Vibrant colour amidst the slate grey today at Brimham Rocks #NorthYorkshire

[Matt Wilson @mattbison]

Lazy stroll in Knaresborough along the River Nidd. #NorthYorkshire

[Matt Wilson @mattbison]

Sweltering day but stunning views, as ever, at Fountains Abbey #NorthYorkshire

[Matt Wilson @mattbison]

Looking down the Thames from Putney Bridge. Glorious evening.