From the BEST WEE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD: Northern Ireland. Long in the tooth. Smarter than you. Better looking too. I'm always right. Not very tolerant.
Northern Ireland, UK.
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Booker Dewitt ๐ retweeted
The system itself is creating an incentive for landlords to profit from the housing crisis.
If a landlord can get ยฃ600 a month renting a house privately, but can get ยฃ1,600 a month or more by putting that same property into temporary accommodation or converting to a HMOโฆ.what do we think is going to happen?
And for much of this the taxpayer picks up the bill.
Itโs not just HMOs landlords are ENCOURAGED to profiteer from, itโs temporary accommodation in general and some of it is in utterly shocking conditions. Families in desperation are being put in houses we would not accept living in ourselves.
The Housing Executive and Department for Communities need to answer how this is happening on their watch.
First - who is checking the quality of the properties, secondly why isnโt there a cap on what can be paid for each property, linked to average local rental prices and the condition of the accommodation?
Nobody is saying landlords shouldnโt make a fair return.
But taxpayers should not be funding excessive profits.
The current system appears to reward landlords for exploiting a housing crisis โ while the Housing Executive signs the cheques and the Department for Communities does nothing to fix the problem.
The taxpayer is funding this negligence and mismanagement while local families and communities pay the price.
Booker Dewitt ๐ retweeted
Son: Dad, what's an โ80s song that sounds just as good today?
Dad: Son, these guys have been doing it for 40 years. See for yourself.
Booker Dewitt ๐ retweeted
I get more sectarian abuse from people from the Catholic and nationalist tradition, the tradition in which I was raised, than I do from Protestants and loyalists, writes Malachi O'Doherty ๐๏ธ
Read more: tinyurl.com/5xsct2ss
Booker Dewitt ๐ retweeted
So pleased Iโve just finished work and working again tomorrow morning. This makes it all worthwhile.
Booker Dewitt ๐ retweeted
Ziggy does it it with Evie and that is totally ok. He is her boss. He isn't allowed to do it with me, though, because I am his boss ๐
Booker Dewitt ๐ retweeted
It is genuinely stomach-churning to watch people turn a real tragedy into a game of online conspiracy theories.
Nine human beings lost their lives in that plane crash in Florida. Nine families just had their entire worlds shattered, left with empty chairs at their tables and an unbearable grief that will stay with them forever. Yet, within hours, the internet is flooded with callous claims that "it's not real," "it's fake," or that it was somehow staged.
It is utterly hideous.
There used to be a basic baseline of human decency a quiet respect for the dead and empathy for the grieving. Now, the moment lives are tragically cut short, people rush to farm engagement, chase clout, and spread reckless falsehoods without a second thought for the loved ones left behind. Imagine burying a family member only to scroll online and see strangers denying that your pain is real. It isn't just misguided; it is downright cruel and disgusting.
If you can see a human tragedy where nine souls were lost and your first instinct is to spin it into a fake conspiracy, you need to step back and examine what you've lost inside yourself.
Hold space for the victims. Rest in peace to the nine souls, and may their families find strength through this absolute nightmare.
Booker Dewitt ๐ retweeted
What a stupid day today has been for Britain.
Migrant home sec asks migrants about migration. Decides migration is fine and you can pay for it. Calls that fair because sheโs a migrant or something.
Descendants of freed slaves demand reparations from the descendants of the people who freed them. Usurper PM open to it. Becauseโฆ vibes?
Oh. And donโt forget to make sure youโve got 3 days worth of bottled water and baked beans in case everything youโve paid for stops working. Resilience something something.
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Booker Dewitt ๐ retweeted
Very encouraging comments, and even though I've not witnessed it myself, I suspect hordes are still queueing up ๐
Flu can be a serious illness, especially for vulnerable people.
UK CMOs urge eligible groups to get vaccinated.
Healthcare workers have a professional responsibility to protect patients from infectious diseases. We urge them to take up flu vaccination.
nhs.uk/nhs-services/vaccinatโฆ
Booker Dewitt ๐ retweeted
This is a real advert for a rental property in Leicester.
Gujarati Indian families ONLY ๐ฎ๐ณ
I'm almost tempted to fabricate a 'white only' property listing to prove how quickly I would be arrested for doing this.
Booker Dewitt ๐ retweeted
The former Chief Medical Officer of NHS Sussex asked a colleague who had prepared a report on the number of children being prescribed puberty blockers by local doctors to โkeep this audit to ourselves for the time beingโ. genderblog.net/did-nhs-chiefโฆ
Booker Dewitt ๐ retweeted
Remember when Henry Novak was stabbed to death and we were told by Hampshire Police that the first thought of his shattered grieving loved ones was to urge us not to let the slaughter cause division in our society?
Yeah right...That had Starmer's State Interference all over it.
This Thursday 5th November Henry Nowakโs family finally have their say in Dear Henry: Our Fight for Justice at 9pm on ITV
Henry's family claims they were manipulated by police
โWe have been failed multiple times and manipulated in our darkest hours. Some decisions were made to protect the police and their reputation rather than help us as a family.โ
telegraph.co.uk/gift/96263a5โฆ
Booker Dewitt ๐ retweeted
One of the weirdest things about X is the people you annoy the most rarely leave.
They tell everyone they can't stand you. They complain about your posts. They roll their eyes at everything you say.
Yet somehow they're always first in the comments, first to watch, first to react.
At some point it's worth asking: if someone genuinely irritates you, why dedicate so much time to following them?
Disagreement is normal.
Obsession is something else entirely.
The truth is, some people don't follow because they like you.
They follow because you've become part of their daily routine.
And that's a very strange relationship.
Booker Dewitt ๐ retweeted
The best tweet you will see all week. Big up Ziggy โฅ๏ธ
Let me explain why this is a big deal.
Ziggy, the jack russell is a rescue. My wife rescued him a year before she rescued me. 10 years now.
He was at risk of being shot by a farmer as he kept escaping and bothering his sheep. My wife was his third family.
He is cantankerous and unpredicatable. When on the lead he is very aggressive to other dogs.
For 2 years my wife and her daughter tried to persuade me to get another dog and I was convinced it could never work.
They wore me down (women!!) and I said I wasn't going to do it unless we got a dog that really needed a home.
Evie really needed a home.
But when they first met at the Dog's Trust they were great. They played together and did zoomies in the field.
We took him to see her twice a week for a month.
Then 6 weeks ago we took Evie home.
And Ziggy has totally stepped up to the plate. He has been amazing.
And tonight, after 6 very hard weeks he has decided he just doesn't want to be pack leader and alpha, he wants to be friends too.
This past 6 weeks has been amazing, both good and bad. From Evie arriving and hiding behind the shed. Me scaring her by knocking the metal towel rail down and she wet herself and spent 20 hours in her bed.
Her escape almost broke us it was so terrifying.
Slowly, it is all coming together.
I can't stress how nervous she still is but also can't stress how far she has come.
A 3 year old puppy that never saw daylight and was used and abused just to breed pups.
If one pic (out of many) does my heart good, it is this one.
I dedicate this tweet to Ziggy. He is a much better man than I gave him credit.
Sorry, Ziggy!
P.S. Now they are both on the sofa I really do have nowhere to sit ๐
Booker Dewitt ๐ retweeted
Thought of you and Evie yesterday when I saw these hounds while weโre out & about in Devon ๐ถ ๐
Booker Dewitt ๐ retweeted
The problem with celebrity traitors has always been that there is no jeapordy. No risk. No reason to win.
I suggest that if a celebrity is banished then they are actually banished. I hear Somalia is nice.
I also suggest that if a celebrity is murdered then we actually guillotine them. On Live TV.
I'd pay the BBC tax for such a show.