Ollie Willmott

Environmental and development economist, outdoor and mountain enthusiast. Views my own. RTs & likes = interest not agreement.

[emily m @maitlis]

I find it quite frustrating when we’re told “Now is not the time” to ask questions of our politicians. Seems cowardly. Of course it is! -why should we “ wait for the post mortem” when the whole strategy should be about saving lives now ??

[Chris Bryant @RhonddaBryant]

I can tell you now, this is the greatest emergency we’ve faced for many years, but I’m not voting for draconian emergency measures that last two years unless they require regular renewal by parliament. The Civil Contingencies Bill requires renewal every 28 days.

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

Huffington Post has an interesting report on the 130+ demands US business is making for a deal with post-Brexit UK. They include changing how NHS chiefs buy drugs in order to suit US pharma companies, and scrapping our safety-first approach to food standards.

[Humza Yousaf @HumzaYousaf]

310 vote against preventing No Deal?!

Anyone remember a time when we've had such a self-serving, incompetent shower as current UK Govt?

Anyone who knows anything about No Deal & facilitates it not only moronic but completely devoid of compassion for the people they represent.

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

Read that sentence. Then read it again. The government is planning to prioritise the imports of medicine over food. Yet there has been no natural distaster, no conflict, indeed no war in Western Europe for 70 years. It’s just politics. And it’s becoming normal. Extraordinary.

[Faisal Islam @faisalislam]

great news for UK ingenuity/tech/design Dyson, but the key Brexit business backer does not choose to site his new car factory manufacturing/assembly in the UK

[Faisal Islam @faisalislam]

NAO report on No Deal preparedness is terrible.

Every HMRC border system readiness for No Deal rated either Red or Red-amber - “successful delivery of the project appears unachievable”/ “delivery in doubt with major risks”, Defra not looking too hot. Only speck of Green for DiT

[Rupert Read 🌍 🔥 @GreenRupertRead]

BBC Radio wanted to have me on today to debate a climate-denier in the context of the drought/heatwave.
I said NO.
I told them it was a disgrace that they still give climate-deniers airtime at a time like this.
I won’t be part of such charades any longer.
Please RT if you agree.

[Leo Hickman @LeoHickman]

In January 2007, the BBC aired a special programme presented by Sir David Attenborough called "Climate Change - Britain Under Threat".

It included this imagined weather forecast for a "typical summer's day" in 2020...

[Duncan Weldon @DuncanWeldon]

Hearing that DD was going to resign but assumed he could keep his ministerial car and salary under a bespoke deal which turned out not to be available.

[Carbon Tracker @CarbonBubble]

.@Forbes: 'Call For Scenarios Standardization As #Shell Sees Off Climate Resolution' https://t.co/j74U9fpm3o via @decarbonizer #ShellAGM

[Tom Brake @thomasbrake]

Queen's Univ Belfast research shows 69% of people in Northern Ireland would now vote Remain. It was 56% in the EU Ref. They know better than anyone else that 'magical thinking' won't stop a hard border.

[Tom Brake @thomasbrake]

Mark Carney from the Bank of England has just confirmed that household incomes are now £900 lower than forecast just before the EU Referendum. Can't remember that being written on the side of that red bus! #Brexit

[John Deben @lorddeben]

I represented the EU in agricultural trade talks with US. The power of the lobbyists meant that the US was utterly unable to concede on higher standards for food safety, animal welfare, or environmental protection. It's now worse with Trump who only wants trade on his terms. https://t.co/1gyDHb5Tqt

[David Miliband @DMiliband]

This is SO muddled. Weak premises and vague conclusions. Handwringing not editorializing. The Brexiteers are not winning by sitting on the fence. The final deal should be put to the people. That is not to ignore the people; it is to protect them. https://t.co/gTClZCZBoZ

[Adam Bienkov @AdamBienkov]

If meeting with Russian spies is a "betrayal" of your country, what are we to make of Boris Johnson's repeated meetings with suspected Russian agents? https://t.co/2CSd2Cc6TZ

[Laura Kuenssberg @bbclaurak]

Here is the full regional breakdown of the economic impact assessments that MPs have now been able to see

[James O'Brien @mrjamesob]

What’s really astonishing here is that Downing Street accepted his version of events when it would have been very easy to check.
Rees-Mogg deserves more opprobrium imho for so blithely bringing demonstrable falsehoods on to the floor of the Chamber. https://t.co/bXVA48JTTi

[Anushka Asthana @AnushkaAsthana]

Downing Street has spoken to Steve Baker about his claim re Charles Grant and has “no reason to doubt his account”. Erm - Grant and several people at lunch have challenged it, including a Tory MP.

[Godspeed You Black Tamperer (ft Maya) @twlldun]

“And you are saying the Vileda super-mop does all this?”
“That’s right Piers. This magical invention reaches into all the nooks and crannies. And for just £19.99”
“Let me hear that price again, I can’t quite believe it”
“That’s £19.99, Piers”
“Amazing value”