Philip Middleton

ESL teacher, DoS, middle-aged punk, cider imbiber, grandfather & Saints fan (he/him).

[Philip Middleton @philmids]

@BBCScotland why does the Green Party party political broadcast have a Reform UK thumbnail on the now & next service on my tv?

[Philip Middleton @philmids]

@implausibleblog It seems that the Gambling Commission is the highest court in the land. Here’s an idea: withdraw from the ECHR and let the Gambling Commission take its place. Paddy Power could run a book on how long deportees survive in Rwanda, Ladbrokes could give us odds on asylum cases.

[Philip Middleton @philmids]

@nth09 @implausibleblog Perhaps we should’ve got them in for a reshuffle in 2015 - could’ve saved ourselves a lot of trouble.

[Philip Middleton @philmids]

@sharrond62 Fearmongering about Labour in an attempt to keep this criminally corrupt band of shysters in government. I had thought better of you. I am unfollowing.

[Philip Middleton @philmids]

@campbellclaret I can’t watch it any more.

[Philip Middleton @philmids]

@LondonEconomic @MarinaPurkiss @Ofcom They seem to be testing a point. If they are not a news channel, as @Ofcom seem to believe, they are not subject to impartiality rules. But surely in that case Trading Standards apply and they shouldn’t call themselves a news channel.

[Philip Middleton @philmids]

@SuellaBraverman Possibly the most insincere comment ever made. They drowned because of you. You vile hypocrite.

[Philip Middleton @philmids]

Now Sunak has “this great inflated elephantine buffoon prancing around outside Parliament” - @RoryStewartUK on #BorisJohnson Brilliant! @RestIsPolitics

[Philip Middleton @philmids]

@sportingintel @maxrushden @larssivertsen Brilliant. Absolutely hilarious “laughing emoji!!!”

[Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward]

THREAD: The Benefits of EU Membership

Let's remind ourselves of some of the things Brexit took from us when we left the EU. (Not an exhaustive list.)

1. No barriers to trade with the world's largest trading bloc. (Bristol, Berlin, Barcelona all equally accessible.)

[Philip Middleton @philmids]

Do people still say “telly”?

[Marion Langford 🌠💙🇺🇦 @LallyLangford]

This is dynamite from Kaveh Solhekol on Sky Sports News. Absolutely nails it. He has the Tories and BBC on toast. Well done!! 👏 Take 2 mins and watch👇#garylineker #ImWithGary #MOTD #ToryFascists

[Philip Middleton @philmids]

@mrjamesob I had the same thought while watching the news today. When they mentioned the warmth in the relationship between Sunak & van der Leyen, I thought that was only possible because, unlike Boris, he does not present as an oaf.

[Philip Middleton @philmids]

I just read #JewsDontCount by @baddiel. He’s vocalised thoughts I’ve had re the left: a worrying willingness to overlook #antisemitism if it’s in the name of anti-capitalism. A challenging, thoughtful, angry read, it’s also a real page-turner. That’s a real feat of authorship.

[Philip Middleton @philmids]

@AcWailing @fesshole As Sean Lock (RIP) would say , “That’s a challenging wank.”

[richard bacon @richardpbacon]

Children

[Professor Kishan Devani BEM @Kishan_Devani]

**RETWEET AFTER VOTING**

Is #RishiSunak simply not up to it?

[Philip Middleton @philmids]

@alexritman @peterkyle Wow, deflect much?

[Spudgun @SpudgunStreams]

@ThomasWPenny @peterkyle @adamboultonTABB Just for reference, I imagine it may have looked something like this