Nathan Mathiot

Views are my own, not that of my employer.

[Nathan Mathiot @nathanmathiot]

@AdmiralUK can’t access your website, won’t load. Need to go on live chat. Got a active claim, was hit by a third party insured by yourselves. My car is due for collection on Monday for repairs but need to resolve key details. When will your website be back online?

[Joe Hill @jo3hill]

Everythingism.

The belief that every policy is a means for promoting every other policy, all at the same time. Everythingism it’s why nothing works.

Defeating Everythingism is the only way we can start to fix everything.

This essay explains how.

[Oliver Carroll @olliecarroll]

This isn’t just a war. It is an *invasion*. So don’t ask to Ukraine “stop the war.” Ask it to “stop the invasion”. And then stop and have a think what that means.

[Michael Dnes @MichaelDnes1]

I’m tired of hearing about bats. Do you want to hear a story about jumping spiders and the town that disappeared?

I think I might be breaking this story – do come be the first to read it.

[Nathan Mathiot @nathanmathiot]

RT @ConGeostrategy: New #DefenceTalks episode out now!

🎙️ @nathanmathiot, Head of Policy, @ADSgroupUK, joins @StarychSam and @paulmasonnew…

[James Marriott @j_amesmarriott]

I reviewed Jordan Peterson's new book. Never read anything like it. Really quite mad.

https://t.co/trMPnT6cvm

[Sergey Radchenko @DrRadchenko]

For a discussion of what I would do if I were Putin and saw things going my way, see my recent piece in the Spectator: https://t.co/cQxoJBHb2s.

[Mike Martin MP 🔸 @ThreshedThought]

The UK immediately needs to:

- Increase defence spending rapidly (rather than shrinking its army)
- Focus its military strategy on deterring Russian aggression in Europe (rather than confronting ‘global threats’)
- Work with European allies to defend Europe under a NATO that doesn’t have US support (rather than assuming that America guarantees European security).

Anything less would be a government dereliction of duty.

[Nathan Mathiot @nathanmathiot]

@WokinghamBC had none of our waste/recycling collected yesterday (garden, recycling, food or rubbish) despite being put out correctly. Made a missing collection report just now but apparently that might miss the tight reporting deadline (COP next day). Really poor service.

[Nathan Mathiot @nathanmathiot]

Also have you see the new Osprey Daylite 26+6 and the 35?

[Nathan Mathiot @nathanmathiot]

@ChristianSelig saw your blog on travel backpacks, which was great, thank you! Any thoughts on the new Cotopaxi Allpas? Seemed to have answered some of your reservations

[Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office @FCDOGovUK]

At least 487 Ukrainian athletes and coaches have been killed since Russia’s invasion.

Here are some of their stories 🧵⤵️

#StandWithUkraine #Ukraine487 #Olympics

[Pjotr Sauer @PjotrSauer]

Kyiv children’s hospital strike

[Theo Bertram @theobertram]

WHAT HAPPENS NOW? Most political predictions are wrong (especially mine) but the process of trying to figure out future political battles & strategies is rarely wasted time. Assuming Labour win, I think there are five new strategic battlegrounds that shape the next six months.🧵

[createstreets @createstreets]

How do we create FAR more homes & how do we do so in ways that are more popular & boost healthy places & productive, sustainable living patterns? Our @createstreets manifesto for #HomesHopeHealth sets out our top 16 suggestions for more homes TOGETHER with healthier & happier places.

Based on over ten years' research, our proposals mainly rely not on increased budgets but on 'changing the wiring' & 'bringing the democracy forward'...

[Kira Malysheva @malysheva_kira]

After @StarlingBank days of waiting to receive an answer for a business account I had for 4 years, unprofessional service, so disappointing. Avoid for business use! Switched to @RevolutApp , which has been fantastic and a real life human manager available a phone call away.

[David Cameron @David_Cameron]

NATO’s 75th … a Foreign Ministers’ meeting … and what needs to happen next

[Nathan Mathiot @nathanmathiot]

@mav_2024 @Tesla They pushed the update again and that restored partial functionality (park assist, speed sign recognition) but autopilot still out, one of the processors now MIA. Now awaiting a visit by a mobile engineer in over a week’s time. Ridiculous situation.

[Samuel C W Hart @samuelcwhart]

As the only one in my friendship group who's single and without kids, I know what it's like to feel lonely.

I live alone and I'm a seasoned lone traveller, solitary cafe go-er and solo diner.

Here's 10 things I remind myself to do on those days when I'm feeling isolated.

🧵