Mark S.J. Ridley

Qualified philosopher and engineer working in props;
Magician.

[Mark S.J. Ridley @Real_MarkRidley]

@DockYardWall Seemed big enough as an 11-year old climbing the mast!
OH hang on it's a different Royalist now?
And there's no more STS Lord Nelson or SV Tenacious???

My plan for the SCC to nick HMS Surprise now seems dumb.

[Mark S.J. Ridley @Real_MarkRidley]

@CollinsMikeyc @IainDale Are you saying "Defund the Police"?

[Mark S.J. Ridley @Real_MarkRidley]

@elonmusk @kevinnbass Act your age ffs.

[Mark S.J. Ridley @Real_MarkRidley]

@AllisonPearson Why are you telling people that mug is their last hope?

Do you hate this country that much?

[Mark S.J. Ridley @Real_MarkRidley]

@C28862933 @pinstripedline Why immediately reach for the poorest to pay for defence?

What was the top rate of tax the last time we had a decent navy?

[Mark S.J. Ridley @Real_MarkRidley]

@nerdyjoe314 @DAaronovitch See look Joseph's actually researched it.
I just "reckoned" it.

[Oz Katerji @OzKaterji]

@connellyandrew Petition the Sultan to send the fabled weapon to aid the Cossack Hetmanate against the Tzar.

[Mark S.J. Ridley @Real_MarkRidley]

@Nikoochu @PaliNewsNetwork Why do you keep saying it?
Where do you say it?
What sort of facial expressions do people make when you say it?

Google says you're wrong btw. It's some sort of international football federation.

Hope that helps with the faces people make at you.

[Mark S.J. Ridley @Real_MarkRidley]

@Jeff_Niel @helenlewis They are currently represented by a massive heap of shit, so it would be an improvement.

[Mark S.J. Ridley @Real_MarkRidley]

@NavyLookout If this is replacing Storm Shadow it needs a better name.

Wasn't Stratos like a cologne in the 70s?

[Mark S.J. Ridley @Real_MarkRidley]

@GoodwinMJ Do you even maths?

[Mark S.J. Ridley @Real_MarkRidley]

"Bow-wow-wow, yippee-yo,
yippee-yay,
Let's all go to the dog cafe"
GOLDIE LOOKIN CHAIN - Puppuccino https://t.co/mX6OEFwM8H via @YouTube

[Mark S.J. Ridley @Real_MarkRidley]

@AC_NavalHistory If the initial order is for FOUR does that mean we eventually only get one because you know... cuts?

[Dr Francis Young @DrFrancisYoung]

Let’s not forget that even if England win against Norway on Saturday they will then immediately have to march 200 miles south and play France without so much as a hydration break

[Mark S.J. Ridley @Real_MarkRidley]

@cillianblack @holland_tom Honestly I am disappointed in you Cilla Black, I used to be a huge fan of Surprise-Surprise.

[Mark S.J. Ridley @Real_MarkRidley]

Right. I know nothing about football, a tiny bit more about the navy, but based on the Defence Investment Plan I presume the England Team can count on the use of 3 of the Norwegian players on Saturday.

@MarkUrban01 @AC_NavalHistory

[Mark S.J. Ridley @Real_MarkRidley]

https://t.co/B5j2S40M6S

Ken Burns finally exposed.

@TheRestHistory @dcsandbrook #youprobablybusy

[Mark S.J. Ridley @Real_MarkRidley]

@MarkUrban01 I don't think you appreciate what a game-changer this "torpedo" is for naval warfare. The era of big-ships is over!!! What's the point of building a massive battleship if it can be sunk by a small fast boat racing in to fire a torpedo?!?