Michael Butler

Software Developer for a big corporate. Mental Health advocate.

[Michael Butler @mpbutler71]

I stop reading after 140 characters.

[Michael Butler @mpbutler71]

Well Doctor Who 'Joy to the World' didn't disappoint. Great Christmas fun. Apart from the last bit. Bit cliche and lazy.

[Michael Butler @mpbutler71]

@MorrisBrightMBE @BBCFourTV Great writers and people. Could listen to them all day.

[Michael Butler @mpbutler71]

Excellent work on 'The War Games in colour'. A few confused edits, incongruous CGI base shots but the core of the story remains a lot of fun.

Not sure if the musical cues were trying to say the War Chief was the Master. But it certainly felt like it.

Another one please.

[Michael Butler @mpbutler71]

The War Games looks amazing. Great colourisation especially on the location footage.

[Michael Butler @mpbutler71]

@OldRoberts953 Really dislike CGI reanimation of dead actors. Ignoring that, seems a bit too religious for a series that was supposed to be about the human adventure and shagging alien women.

[Michael Butler @mpbutler71]

It took years to curate this Twitter block and mute list so I'm in no rush to move on and start again

[Michael Butler @mpbutler71]

RIP Timothy West. Too many great roles to name. I do love his Rumpole of the Bailey in the radio series though.

[Michael Butler @mpbutler71]

Wonderful Liberation documentary on the Blakes 7 Collection. Excellent work by all involved.

[Michael Butler @mpbutler71]

The trouble with democracy, you never know what you're going to get.

[Michael Butler @mpbutler71]

I can take the despair. It's the hope that kills you. #USAElection2024

[Michael Butler @mpbutler71]

I've been using block instead of mute for years. My feed is going to hell soon.

[Michael Butler @mpbutler71]

I think nothing has changed bar this government isn't "leaking" policy as much as the last lot so journalists are having to find easy wins to fill the airwaves and pages.

[Michael Butler @mpbutler71]

@OldRoberts953 Thanks for this. Must have missed this and it sounds a lot of fun.

[Michael Butler @mpbutler71]

The media in the UK is so out of touch. Going on about process stories involving Sue Gray whilst the rest of us struggle to pay our bills. As much as our governments have let us down over the last 20 years, so have our media.

[Michael Butler @mpbutler71]

Boris Johnson now trying to get a new book contract based on Laura Kuenssberg's briefing notes. Mainly because they contain more facts and information than his last several books.

[Michael Butler @mpbutler71]

I'm curious how often the interviewer has direct contact with the interviewee before the actual interview. Surely this is a job for the production team, to avoid the mistake made by Laura Kuenssberg.

[Michael Butler @mpbutler71]

Much less melodrama at 7.30pm then.

[TV Zone @tvukzone]

SCHEDULE CHANGES: #EastEnders returns to its usual Thursday 7:30pm slot tonight in place of the abandoned Boris Johnson interview.

[Michael Butler @mpbutler71]

@BBCNewsPR It wasn't journalism anyway. More PR. So nothing of value was lost. Although it gives an insight into the processes used to do these interviews.

[Michael Butler @mpbutler71]

Great article. The journey from fan to fanatic to extremist is a slippery slope for our culture.

[Gareth Roberts @OldRoberts953]

I wrote this article ⤵️ about how the fans of a thing can really put you off it (and then you discover it’s actually really good) -

[Michael Butler @mpbutler71]

All those people getting up early to buy tickets for Oasis, only to find it's for the weak fruit based drink.