Nick Maugham

Maybe, I don’t really wanna know.. how your garden grows… cos I just wanna fly

[Alexander @alexanderrX_]

one of the reasons i love canary wharf is that it is privately owned and actually gets things built.

it feels like a small city with its own budget, rules and standards. clean, safe, organised, constantly improving.

this is how the rest of london should function, but instead everything gets buried in bureaucracy, councils, consultations and excuses.

they are literally building a floating lido with saunas around it.

private ownership works.

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Identity politics divides our country whoever is doing it.

The Conservative Party rejects it.

We believe in universalism and equality under the law. We must not treat people differently on the basis of skin colour. We have to build faith and trust in our institutions.

If there is one thing that should come from Henry’s death, it is that we make things better, so that this does not happen to any of our boys again.

That is what I am committed to.

I do not want his death to be in vain.

Let’s do this for Henry. Let’s get this right.

[Nick Maugham @Nilschers4ever]

@proptechpioneer @MortgageMikeN2 @moving_charlie @ottaproperty Ashley, please send me details on here if you can. Thanks.

[Nick Maugham @Nilschers4ever]

@oliverbrown_tel From the newspaper that gave us Brexit and still can’t admit what a shambolic disaster it has been. Your opinions on football are irrelevant.

[Nick Maugham @Nilschers4ever]

@oliverbrown_tel Poor journalism and even worse headline Oliver. PSG are frighteningly good and Arsenal took them all the way without letting them look as good as they are. There’ll be another time.

[Mohamed ELNeny @ElNennY]

My beloved Arsenal fans.. Don’t be too disappointed… Be proud of this team and everything they’ve achieved. Keep believing and keep supporting them the way you always do. We are in the right direction. I’m so happy I got to experience this game from the stands with the Arsenal family for the very first time ❤️ Thank you for the incredible welcome and all the love. You made me feel like I’m really one of you, next year will be our time. Love you Gunners 🙏❤️

[Football Away Days @FBAwayDays]

Just moments after PSG made history and retained the Champions League, Marquinhos wasn’t leading the celebrations.

Instead, he headed straight over to Gabriel, whose missed penalty had just broken hearts, to put an arm around him and offer a few words of support.

At the biggest moment of his own career, his first thought was for someone else.

A real moment of class from him. 👏

[Nick Maugham @Nilschers4ever]

@arseblagger No need for you to comment

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

Nobody less deserving of that than @biel_m04 . He’s been an absolute hero all season.
I love you, Gabriel. ❤️

[Nick Maugham @Nilschers4ever]

@arseblagger Oh go away pal you’re boring. Gabriel replaced Senderos and Cygan. We had Chamakh now we have Trossard. Just sod off and support Blackburn

[Gooner Chris @ArsenalN7]

AN ABSOLUTE DISGRACE TO THE SPORT. I URGE UEFA TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION AND ISSUE THIS CORRUPT OFFICIAL A LIFETIME BAN!!!!!!

[ARSENE BERGKAMP @Arsene_Bergkamp]

No surprise the ref didn't give us the penalty. UEFA don't want 3 English clubs winning all the trophies

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

That was a blatant penalty on Madueke. This referee is a disgrace.

[Wilfred Frost @WilfredFrost]

“History is in our sights. It’s there for the taking. We are The Arsenal. And this is what we do.”
#COYG

[Matthew Syed @matthewsyed]

Superb intervention from Tony Blair. Agreed with almost every aspect of his analysis.

[Emma Fildes @emmafildes]

There maybe trouble ahead…the government braces for legal action against leasehold reform plans that will see freeholders out of pocket.
They were never going to go quietly when generating income for doing…well naught. Properties bought overtime have generally accumulating capital appreciation and income through ground rent. (Maybe less of the former in today’s market.) By the government forcing freeholders to turn the revenue tap off at ground level, many are left feeling aggrieved and thirsty.
Unfortunately court action could prove costly to the tax payer if they win but it will continue to cost leaseholders for generations to come if they don’t.

[Tim Shipman @ShippersUnbound]

Further to Blair. Literally every honest sensible person in all the main parties privately agrees with all these propositions:

- welfare spending is too high and is throwing good people on the scrapheap
- defence spending is too low
- the triple lock is unsustainable
- without cheap energy we cannot exploit the AI revolution
- we should be investing in EVERY form of energy: renewables, nuclear and the North Sea
- migration needs to be controlled to boost social cohesion and because the boats look like a huge failure of the state
- any new relationship with the EU will be imposed on us until we are stronger and cannot involve the closeness some desire without freedom of movement
- we are deeply embedded with America in ways which the public does not understand and cannot be told and however joyous it makes us feel to hate Trump, disengagement at the deep state level is not only wholly unrealistic but also undesirable
- Whitehall needs a total overhaul so specific project expertise and political appointees can be brought in quickly

Blair basically says all that.

The one thing he doesn’t say and which the same group of people agree on is this and it’s something Blair left behind:

- judges and quangos have too much power, are unaccountable and without redressing the balance in favour of parliament it is very difficult to do anything big fast
- the bare minimum that needs to change in this regard is to reform judicial review and planning law so we can put building and economic growth ahead of newts and NIMBYs

None of that above really ought to be up for discussion. It is all common sense but not one of our politicians will publicly say all of it

Whatever you think of Blair, engage with what he’s saying not how he makes you feel. The bare minimum we should expect from any leader is that they have an analysis of the current situation and a plan to deal with it which is as coherent and realistic as his intervention. Pretty well every critique I’ve read so far has failed to meet this requirement.

Over to Andy and Keir and Kemi and Nigel and Zack and all the others

[The Secret Landlord @landlord_secret]

So, Andy Burnham bought an ex-COUNCIL flat in 2005 (Kennington) & then partly paid the mortgage interest via MP's expenses. Continues to rent it out for profit while criticizing landlords. What have I missed about the continuing hypocrisy & one rule for them, one rule for others?

[Adam Keys @adamkeys_]

Pep Guardiola said that this was the toughest Premier League he has experienced. Slot echoed that. The floor of the league is so high West Ham were relegated on 39 points and three England clubs are in European cup finals. Don’t let anyone discredit this.

[Tony Adams @TonyAdams]

Champions. The Arsenal❤️🤍🏆