James Pirret

Surbiton resident, Owner of London web & graphic design company; Rubber Duckiee -

[Rachel Moiselle @RachelMoiselle]

Regardless of political persuasion and/or personal animus, I have to believe that the majority of people understand that this type of triumphalism *on the very same day* that Keir resigns is fundamentally indecent.

Starmer made many mistakes that I myself have publicly criticised him strongly for. Nonetheless, how Labour has treated him today has been absolutely diabolical. It’s been truly stunning to witness.

[James Esses @JamesEsses]

If you want to summarise just how messed up the United Kingdom is in a single sentence:

The UK government believes that 11 year olds are too young to watch YouTube but old enough to block their puberty and render themselves infertile.

[Bella Wallersteiner 🇺🇦 @BellaWallerstei]

Devastating news today: Thetford Grammar School - with origins dating back to around 631 AD (nearly 1,400 years ago!!!) and later re-founded in 1566 - is set to close due to Labour’s vindictive school tax. A school with over a millennium of history gone forever

[Steven Swinford @Steven_Swinford]

If the official line ends up being that Keir Starmer didn't know, his private office didn't know, that Number 10 didn't know, that the Cabinet Office didn't know, it poses so many questions

Taking that claim at face value for a moment:

1) Why did Starmer assert ***categorically*** that Mandelson had cleared security vetting when he hadn't?

2) Why did Starmer and No 10 repeatedly, over a period of many months, say that 'due process' had been followed when it hadn't?

3) Why did the Foreign Office not inform the prime minister that Mandelson had failed his vetting?

4) Is it really credible that the foreign office decided to take this decision in some kind of hermetic bubble - a decision of huge consequence, with direct ramifications for the prime minister? It seems insane

5) In February, when humble address was tabled including the request for all information about Mandelson's vetting, did nobody think to check that Mandelson had indeed passed his vetting?

6) Why were documents about Mandelson's security vetting withheld from the first tranche of the Mandelson files? They were specifically requested in the humble address and yet they are absent. The Guardian reports that there is a debate in government about whether they will be published?

The broader question for the prime minister is whether **not knowing** that Mandelson had failed his vetting was enough of an excuse for giving categoric public assurances that he had cleared vetting in public

[Miriam Cates @miriam_cates]

Today’s top news story: The British Prime Minister demands an apology from a billionaire who used a word he didn’t like. Meanwhile, the economy flatlines, our borders are being breached, the birthrate has collapsed and 6 million people are paid not to work.

[Ross Kempsell @RossKempsell]

Sir Jim Ratcliffe's entire net worth would only cover roughly 1.35% of 1 year's UK government spending - and he's very wealthy by UK standards. His entire net worth would fund the British state for no more than 3 days. The problem is not billionaires - it's UK public spending

[James Pirret @pirretjp]

@wallaceme The price rise is Mars and private equity buying up all the practices and putting the prices up.

[Robert Colvile @rcolvile]

I've signed. So should you https://t.co/p4d4lnJhjS

[Ellie-Ann Reynolds @EllieAnnRe71927]

Official joint statement from myself & other survivors. Let’s hope they do their job.

[Ambassador Warren Stephens @USAmbUK]

In my first meeting with Prime Minister Starmer, we discussed how the United Kingdom could attract more foreign direct investment from the United States. My response was simple: lower your energy costs. Read my op-ed in the @Telegraph about how the UK can secure affordable, reliable energy from its own resources: https://t.co/4HQc80XPj6

[James Price @jamespriceglos]

I have resigned as the honorary secretary of the Oxford Literary Debating & Union Trust, the charity that owns the @OxfordUnion’s buildings, and dispenses its charitable responsibilities onto the Union as its delegate.

The callousness of the Union’s President-Elect has shocked me, but I also can't accept the lack of intervention on the issue.

The trust is full of the most incredible people. I hope this ultimately helps, in a tiny way, a great British institution that I care so much about.

[Sam Ashworth-Hayes @SAshworthHayes]

For the original family, another way of expressing that £20,000 gap is as the reward for having two people both working (at least) 40 hour weeks in nominally high wage jobs. Relative to just claiming benefits, this work is effectively rewarded at less than £5 an hour.

[Joe Shalam @JoeShalam]

It was a privilege to have the opportunity to talk to @NickFerrariLBC this morning about the absence crisis unfolding in our education system.

@bphillipsonMP is making good progress, but 150,000 kids are still missing 50%+ of school.

It's time for a much bolder approach.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

Well what an incredible morning this is going to be.

Labour govt trumpeting a long list of stuff they claim they've done to deal with the water industry. Tories say they just nicked their old policies, thing is the Tories are right.

Example.

1. All sewage overflows to have monitors fitted. Tories announced that in Dec 2023. 👇

2. £104bn investment. Happened under the Tories. Water companies submitted their business plans to Ofwat in Oct 2023. It's all the result of work that had been going on for almost 2.5 years before the election.

3. Sewage Overflow Discharge Reduction Plan. Published by the Tories in Aug 2022.

1/3

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

I'm posting this again 👇 to remind you all of exactly how much @Defra are tying to misled you. 👇

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Expected to recommend that Ofwat should be abolished in its current form and replaced with a new regulator that would have more powers to improve the environmental performance of companies.."

Let's be very clear about this, any suggestion that @Ofwat lacks authority or power is a total smokescreen.

I challenge you, list one single power that Ofwat currently doesn't already have. The fact they choose not to use it, well that's a different story.

https://t.co/mgrV2nA0D8

[James Pirret @pirretjp]

Time for a reset at @Ofwat. David Black needs to start putting customers first. Water companies have been too greedy for too long, and unlike energy, we can’t switch providers. Without real accountability, @Ofwat is failing the public.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Water companies ‘to impose surge pricing’ in summer."

Oh dearie me, it's finally come to this. In an attempt to deflect from their own greed, incompetence and mismanagement water companies have come up with what they no doubt will think is an utterly brilliant strategy, blame their customers.

And @Ofwat does what exactly?

https://t.co/qy2AnUbeAZ

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Water companies ‘to impose surge pricing’ in summer."

Oh dearie me, it's finally come to this. In an attempt to deflect from their own greed, incompetence and mismanagement water companies have come up with what they no doubt will think is an utterly brilliant strategy, blame their customers.

And @Ofwat does what exactly?

https://t.co/qy2AnUbeAZ

[Harry Wallop @hwallop]

On the London Overground. I’ve just asked a young guy playing loud music out of his phone to turn his music down. He asked stroppily why he should. I said because it was uncivilised.
He then turned it off and said “yeah, that’s fair”

I HAVE NEVER FELT SO ALIVE

[The Centre for Social Justice @csjthinktank]

The Lancet Commission say we are now at a 'tipping point' for adolescents' mental health.

📖Our landmark report Change The Prescription identified the root causes driving this rise in mental ill-health.

Researcher Emily Wells on GB News highlighting our proposed solutions👇