Father, walks and rides bikes a lot and prefers not to be killed doing so, tweets mainly about the twin shambles of Brexit and UK travel infrastructure.
Crawley, South East
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Andrew retweeted
I can't stop thinking about 1 sentence in today's UN report regarding Israel's genocide in Gaza.
"Israeli security forces shot at & killed civilians, including children who were holding makeshift white flags. Some children, including toddlers, were shot in the head by snipers.”
Andrew retweeted
The Big Lie.
Tommy Robinson is trying his very hardest to gaslight the country.
The march on Saturday was NOT, in any way, attended by three million people. Not even in the same ballpark.
By constantly pushing the big lie, he's trying to create a narrative of the state against the people. That we're being lied to.
It's part of his plan to sow division and hatred across the nation … and people are falling for it. Not three million but around 150,000 people have fallen for it.
I wanted to check some figures because Yaxley-Lennon yesterday claimed that it was the largest protest in UK history.
Off I hobbled [bad back at the mo] to Wikipedia for a general overview of our history of protests, and lo and behold, what is the top of the list? Unite the Kingdom with its claim of 3,000,000 attendees.
Since I first checked, this has been edited, re-edited and deleted, before being reinstated at the top of the table again. At time of writing [6:58], it was still atop the table.
Robinson is utterly determined to keep that figure in the mind of his public. But why? We all know that it's a lie.
A test. He's testing his following and also the will of the people to shout him down.
The man is so versed as a liar, he's trying to pull off some Derren Brown shiz — to see if he can convince the people in the UK to disavow their own eyesight.
Hubris and formation of a parallel reality, in which his echo chamber becomes even angrier than they already are. They still couldn't explain why, though.
You see, this was a big deal to them. It's their Precious — Free Speech. Would the authorities shut them down?
As it turns out, no, they were not shut down. The march was allowed to go ahead [as is their right]. They had some truly vile guest speakers — from outright racists to a worryingly young child in a Union Jack dress, to a billionaire that tried to foment violence on the streets of the UK.
Was it shut down? No. It was allowed to be spoken in front of a crowd of thousands [not millions].
So now Robinson finds himself in a bit of a pickle. No free speech stormtroopers came rushing in to shut it down, so he has to create a new seam of division … the crowd numbers.
I have read my accounts of why it couldn't possibly be three million — from mathematical equations through to health and safety calculations. There is one surefire way though to work it out … our eyes.
Look at the Stop the War demo images below. There were between, 1 and 2 million people at that — the biggest protest in UK history. Saturday's march pales into insignificance in comparison.
They had a good turn out, but it still shows us that hate never trumps the good in people.
Sorry, Tommy, but your lie is destined to fail.
Images from the Imperial War Museum — :
iwm.org.uk/history/5-photogr…
Andrew retweeted
there it is.
Charlie Kirk was an unrepentant racist, transphobe, homophobe, and misogynist who often wrapped his bigotry in Bible verses because there was no other way to pretend that it was morally correct.
thenation.com/article/politi…
Andrew retweeted
I’d ask what kind of person would eulogize her husband by making thinly veiled threats against people who had nothing to do with his death, but the answer is the same type of woman who would marry Charlie Kirk.
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This depressingly sums up our decaying state. The utter “cannot be arsed” attitude of those trusted to look after the public realm. An attitude to work which is to do the absolute bare minimum. An attitude to expenditure which is process not outcome driven.
Andrew retweeted
Everyone knows Brexit is crap, no-one wants it, in any democracy it would be gone.
RT if you want an end to the Brexit Bollocks
Andrew retweeted
Things that the Government could do (and have said they would do), but haven’t, instead prioritising the creation of dangerous cycling laws:
- New laws for hit and run offenders, campaigned for by @RoadPeace
- Publishing of England road safety strategy
- Undertake full review of motoring offences and penalties, first promised in 2014
- Transport’s Roads policing review: call for evidence began in 13 July 2020 with recommendations due in Spring 2021; to date, no update has been published
- Pavement parking consultation review - closed November 2020. No update has been published
- Allowing death by careless driving sentences to be appealed by families under the unduly lenient sentences scheme
- Establishing the Road Crash Investigation Bureau: promised, then quietly shelved
- Clarify the difference between careless and dangerous driving
Andrew retweeted
During lockdown, I wrote 30k words about VAR and measurement theory. No-one wanted to publish it - they all said it was mad.
But offsides like this Coventry one mean I can't stop thinking about it.
3 major issues.
Andrew retweeted
Some of the most soulless, dreary, know the price of everything and value of nothing morons running a few select clubs have finally gotten their way with the FA Cup. A sad day for English football.
Andrew retweeted
This reads exactly like a party political ad. The independence of the Civil Service has been butchered.
We’re delivering the biggest-ever cut in legal migration - protecting worker’s wages and prioritising British talent.
Today we’ve...
⬆️ Raised skilled worker visa salary thresholds by 48%
❌ Abolished the Shortage Occupation List and 20% going rate salary discount
ALT A graphic that has the title: our biggest-ever cut in migration. Below it is a list of action taken.
Andrew retweeted
The Rocher de la Baume: Jurassic limestones, 145 million years old, that were folded and turned vertical when Corsica and Sardinia were pushed into the Provence, 50 million years ago or so!
(Thanks @DpDaaf!) – at Utrecht, The Netherlands
Andrew retweeted
My grandpa who is 85 started making this rock map of Scotland in 1992.He collected rocks during amateur geology trips over 30 years. He says it had to be geologically correct and also aesthetically pleasing.He asked if I could share online as He wants to go viral so please share
Andrew retweeted
This is absolutely fucking gorgeous (excuse my language)
Happy Fantastic Friday #TearsForFears
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