Mat Thomas

[Mat Thomas @mtmoth]

@afneil Social security before National security…

This fails to recognize that without robust national security you cannot guarantee future social security.

But hey, surely no malign force would attack such a well meaning and virtuous social paradise as the UK so no need to worry.

[Mat Thomas @mtmoth]

@JeevunSandher I think most nowadays would welcome the peak Truss bounce levels as an improvement given the rates that Labour has delivered.

[Mat Thomas @mtmoth]

@afneil I find it hard to believe that Brexit cost GB a growth rate 4 to 5 times more than it ever achieved in the 40 years of membership.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

It has come to my notice (I'm a continent away) that Nicola Sturgeon has again claimed I'm obsessed with her. This is, of course, true. I hereby repost my adoring review of her magnum opus, in which I attempted to convey the full magnificence of La Sturge.
https://t.co/ztLqUqYPZY

[Mat Thomas @mtmoth]

@GoldnGuitars Interesting thank you. I had that May 4th low penciled in as a HCL with June 11th as the DCL though not at all confident of this, especially with current price action. What made 4th of May the DCL for you?

[Times Radio @TimesRadio]

Andrew Neil reveals there’s £9 billion ready to be spent on defence:

“There’s plenty of money around, if we had a government that had the guts to do it.”

@Afneil | @KateEMcCann | @StigAbell

[Mat Thomas @mtmoth]

@NorthstarCharts @GoldPredictors It’s an Elliot wave thing. Base channel is drawn from 0 to 2 with 1 as top (3 points). Wave 5 channel is drawn from 2 to 4 with 3 as the top. Helps identify what wave and aids with targets.

[Mat Thomas @mtmoth]

@baldwinbiogas @twallin_james I used to think this was the solution too. Unfortunately because the hydrogen molecule is much smaller than the natural gas molecule the pipe network is not up to containing it and it will just leak out.

[Mat Thomas @mtmoth]

@staylorish @scotfax In essence to pledge without delivery. The irony… the SNP in a nutshell.

[Mat Thomas @mtmoth]

@OnlineAccforweb @LizWebsterSBF @williamkeegan Excellent. Finally evidence and methodology. I will read through it tonight. Thanks for your help.

[Mat Thomas @mtmoth]

@OnlineAccforweb @LizWebsterSBF @williamkeegan Cheers. My point is that the actual data doesn’t bear this out. On the attached figures UK outgrew your example of Germany by 0.8 not the other way round. Looking at the last 10 years GDP growth rate doesn’t show a significant change pre and post vote though Covid can be seen.

[Mat Thomas @mtmoth]

@Garret_Beggan @LizWebsterSBF @williamkeegan Ah cheers. It would however suggest a change in GDP growth rate should be apparent and persistent some time after the Brexit vote surely. Used in the context given it would also suggest a persistent underperformance of the EU block in the same time frame. I can see none of those

[Mat Thomas @mtmoth]

@IngrameThomas Surely the correct question is where are the journalists holding the politicians to account for this?

[Dr Roddy Neilson @Roddy_Neilson]

This is a thread.

Today I carried out an enhanced appraisal on a colleague who I rate very highly. They are clearly able, skilled and caring. No issues as regards ability to practice. I myself would be ecstatic to be treated by them and my standards are stratospherically high.

[Rob Galloway @DrRobgalloway]

Im genuinely worried from a patient safety perspective, if we are going down this route of inexperienced staff having to make complex difficult diagnostic decisions.

I've been a doctor for over 22 years plus 6 years at medical school.

Undifferentiated abdominal pain is probably the most difficult thing to diagnose and manage

I'd hate to be responsible for it with just two years training

This is nothing against PAs who absolutely have an important part to play in the NHS.

This is about giving too much responsibility to anyone without sufficient experience and training.

It's about ensuring that as a patient you are diagnosed by someone not unconscious incompetence

If I had abdo pain I'd want to be seen by an experienced GP who knew me and who could make the best possible judgment calls on when to reassure and when to investigate

[ScotFax @scotfax]

@ronwindward “What’s not to like” is that you are talking absolute bollocks.