david thompson

Retired civil engineer. Into horse-drawn carriages, sailing, good food, good wine and travel. Why are privatised utilities so poor at public service?

[david thompson @tomotheengineer]

@David_Davis_UK A bit like leaving EU. You lose the benfits!

[david thompson @tomotheengineer]

@jeremybear123 On other issues maybe, but on the subject of chemical weapons, it must be challenged. We should be asking why we continue to sell arms to the Middle East however, as these must get distributed to less than desirable end-users. Does your MP do this? No, and neither does mine!

[david thompson @tomotheengineer]

@jeremybear123 We live in a representative democracy. An elected government is mandated to take executive decisions within the legal frame set by Parliament. You know what happens when government asks people to decide issues upon which they have limited knowledge - the shambles that is Brexit.

[david thompson @tomotheengineer]

@DianeJamesMEP The only poll that would be meaningful would be ...................... a second referendum! Did just spot a unicorn?

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@campbellclaret Not sure you are correct, Mr Campbell. In the context, "few" is a singular collective noun and thus takes the singular verb "is", as used by Mr Crouch.

[david thompson @tomotheengineer]

@eileenjoan @bbcthisweek @afneil @leicesterliz Why Question Time? It's a boring shouting shop.

[david thompson @tomotheengineer]

@blowersh @bbctms Absolutely right. A lifetime ban from all forms of the game.

[david thompson @tomotheengineer]

@BBCSport @bbctms Not enough. They and the colluding managers should have received lifetime bans from any form of cricket.

[david thompson @tomotheengineer]

@MediaGuido @GuidoFawkes I hope Greggs won a properly conducted tender to operate this outlet. Was Pret-a-Manger invited to bid?

[david thompson @tomotheengineer]

@jeremybear123 @PaulMalyon Looks like you've been subject to this!

[david thompson @tomotheengineer]

@jeremybear123 And the hard Left too. Look at the seductive rubbish tweeted by Corbyn and Owen Jones for starters.

[The Pygge @ThePygge]

The First World War started with an assassination in Sarajevo. The way things are going, the Third might start with an attempted murder in the Salisbury branch of Zizzi, says @JonnElledge
https://t.co/IxIueSdts3

[david thompson @tomotheengineer]

@OwenJones84 I know pit closures caused severe hardship, but how many lives were saved from pneumoconiosis, accidents and death in one of the most dangerous occupations?

[Robert Peston @Peston]

Is Brexit a threat to women’s rights? Not an unreasonable question in light of recent events

[david thompson @tomotheengineer]

@petertimmins3 Sadly, you can only vote for one of the names on the ballot paper - a least worst choice!

[david thompson @tomotheengineer]

@askaggers @WokingTheatre @Aggerscricket Very entertaining evening last night in Woking. Sir Geoffrey on great form and very amusing. Well hosted by Aggers. What else would you expect?

[david thompson @tomotheengineer]

@Yowanda_san @OwenJones84 I abhor your politics @OwenJones84 but your piece on Remain is spot on.

[david thompson @tomotheengineer]

@Andrew_Adonis Please get your Labour, Tory, DUP and SNP friends to stand up and be counted and oppose this Brexit madness. Country matters more than party.

[Andrew Adonis @Andrew_Adonis]

Thanks to followers for cascade of support. Sorry I can’t reply to all personally. 2018 is when we end the Brexit nightmare & regain public confidence in the capacity of the state to tackle our social crisis without scapegoating Europe & foreigners!

[david thompson @tomotheengineer]

@GuidoFawkes Sorry, Guido. You are wrong and Adonis is right. As a lifelng Tory, I am appalled by this government's lack of attention to the major issues plaguing this country and its obsession with Brexit with no evidential basis as the best long term interest of the people of the UK.