Chris Salter

Retired computer prog & telecoms coordinator. Been 'On the Internet' since 1993; currently owner/editor of Post-Polio News (@postpolionews). #IVotedRemain

[Chris Salter @theott]

@SkyNews @skynewsSam Overseas development aid is not altruism but rather an essential 'soft power' component of our overall defence package. Cutting aid in order to increase defence spending is dangerously short sighted.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

BREAKING: ASOS co-founder Quentin Griffiths has died in Thailand after falling from the balcony of his apartment.

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[Sky News @SkyNews]

BREAKING: The lobbying firm founded by Peter Mandelson, Global Counsel, has entered administration as a direct consequence of his links to Epstein.

Live updates: https://t.co/S9adM2PXdi

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[Sky News @SkyNews]

BREAKING: Alexei Navalny died in prison after being poisoned with a deadly toxin found in Ecuadorian dart frogs, the UK and other allies have claimed.

Security and defence editor @haynesdeborah is live from Munich with more on this story ⬇️

https://t.co/fn7xKgL1Ik

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

One of the big problems with our politics is that we have a media, including and even especially in Westminster, that treats politics largely as a soap opera. Given this seems unlikely to change, I wonder if they couldn’t at some point turn to the episode about the man they seem desperate to make Prime Minister, electoral law breaking, Epstein file mentions not least of the billionaire helping to get him in loads of money from wherever they can find it, and his close connection with so many others in the files.

[Samantha Washington @skynewsSam]

Honoured to be appointed by the Secretary of State to the board of @I_W_M and its family of museums. Will be taking on this role in addition to my work @skynews.

[Reuters @Reuters]

TikTok will start rolling out new age-detection technology across Europe in the coming weeks, it told Reuters, as the ByteDance-owned platform faces regulatory pressure to better identify and remove accounts belonging to children under 13 https://t.co/YtEdOfw3Hr

[Rory Stewart @RoryStewartUK]

Perhaps people who are celebrating the cuts to Aid in the USA and Uk - and think that “it was all corruption and woke nonsense” would like to read this thread on the real world impacts of cuts to development for hundreds of millions 👇

[Chris Salter @theott]

@SkyNews @skynewsSam Overseas development aid is not altruism but rather an essential 'soft power' component of our overall defence package. Cutting aid in order to increase defence spending is dangerously short sighted.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

BREAKING: Anneliese Dodds, the development minister, has resigned over the government's cuts to the aid budget to fund a defence rise.

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[Chris Salter @theott]

@skynewsSam Welcome back! Don't follow Twitter hardly at all these days so it was a pleasant and unexpected surprise to see you anchoring the Sky News desk this morning. You return at turbulent times.

[Chris Salter @theott]

@skynewsSam @UniofOxford @SkyNews Not often one can write 'I am looking forward to the winter'! 😎Hope all goes well with the thesis.

[LTA @the_LTA]

That is special! @harriet_dart 🎯

Even Katie Boulter applauds a wonderful winner 👏

#RothesayOpen

[0patch @0patch]

0patch will issue critical security patches for Windows 10 until October 2028 (or longer) for a fraction of the cost of Extended Security Updates.
We adopted Windows 7 in January 2020 and are still supporting it with patches today.
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[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

Can highly recommend this piece in today’s Sunday Times if you’re looking for a facile misunderstanding of what a barrister actually does.

If Mr Syed had bothered to speak to a barrister, or indulge in the most cursory research, he would have learned at least two things: 🧵

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

In March, "Less Tax for Landlords" won a property industry award for the best tax firm. In October we reported its real business was flogging an incredibly duff tax avoidance scheme.

How did HMRC respond? A quick update thread:

[Edward Nirenberg 🇺🇦 @ENirenberg]

So this paper (https://t.co/oMblSL9IT3) about a link between hepatitis and COVID-19 is gaining some attention and I'm concerned that some are misrepresenting what it actually tells us so a quick thread about that🧵

[Ian Dunt @IanDunt]

Festering bullshit. Every single policy here is utterly deranged.

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: the problem with using simple polls to measure nuanced opinions

Ask Brits or Americans about immigration, and they’ll tell you it’s too high.

But ask about specific groups of immigrants, and only a minority want numbers reduced. Plenty want an increase!

So which is it?

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

This isn't right. An obscure loophole means Rishi Sunak's family won't benefit from the abolition of inheritance tax. They're already exempt.