Colin Hicks

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@NiohBerg If we lose the Falklands, it'll be because the most powerful man in the world and his mates are shit-stirring morons, and nothing to do with our Prime Minister.

Britain could lose the Falklands because of weak leadership. It's not the 80s anymore, there's no Thatcher in charge and the UK is a depressing shell of its former self. If Argentina simply walks in and takes over, possibly soon with Trump's approval, what exactly will Keir Starmer do? Send an angry worded letter? Would he even care at all?

@SancastleAir @paspuggie48 @reece_dinsdale And half a dozen Doctor Who stories, including two of the very best ones.

@paspuggie48 @reece_dinsdale Michael Sheard. Been in everything virtually. Remembered for two roles. Hitler & Mr Bronson There's worse things to be remembered for

Someone having a go at me for my politics suggested it was poor form that the highlight of my career had only been Threads. It was A highlight, if not THE highlight. Imagine something akin to Threads being the highlight of anyone’s career… & it being a source of derision! 😄

@CrashedOnDido Fey and Destrii?

"Charley, C'rizz, Sam, Fitz, Audacity, Alfie, Chase, Izzy, Kroton, Lucie, Tamsin, Molly, Liv, Helen, Tania, Bliss, Alex - you from another timeline Cass - friends, companions I've known, I salute you. Does Mary Shelley count? I'm not sure that's *actually* still canonical."

@Osinttechnical Oh fuck off, you silly cunt.

Hegseth: “Our ungrateful allies in Europe should be saying one thing to President Trump: thank you.”

@JamesCleverly From a senior member of the last Tory government, that's extremely fucking rich.

What is the point of #PMQs? Starmer does not even engage with the questions, let alone attempt to answer them. He appointed Mandelson knowing he had remained friends with Epstein. He didn’t even bother to as Mandelson about it. Starmer never takes responsibility.

@IanLevine How the actual fuck is this about you?

Obviously I'm thrilled that part one and three of my all-time favourite Doctor Who story have successfully been returned. If this had happened three years ago, I would've not been able to sleep from excitement. But now I feel ambivalent.

@pastaquincy I'd much rather watch episodes that do the best they can with the effects they could manage at the time, than ones that are *still* shit despite having lots of money thrown at them, like a lot of the modern stuff.

people are way too harsh on the classic serials with the worst effects. like a majority of classic who effects are "bad" from today's standards, just have a little whimsy will you

@RebecTV At the risk of playing devil's advocate, and while I hated both the series endings/puzzlebox resolutions, there were some really good episodes amongst all the greater failure: Dot and Bubble, 73 Yards, Lux, The Story & the Engine, all really interesting ideas.

@MarkRich2013 @DublinFox98 @batmanmarch I think they might use it to plug a gap in the release schedule once S11 and 16 have been done, if they're still kicking their heels over the B&W sets. Or even sooner, depending on how long they take to sort out the colourisation on Invasion of the Dinosaurs.

@DublinFox98 @batmanmarch Wilderness might be the last release which would be a good few years away yet plus I’m sure they’ll have good stuff on there that will make fans want to buy it anyway.

Doctor Who fans today seeing a new version of the TV Movie is coming out...

@nadhimzahawi @UKLabour @LibDems @TheGreenParty Nobody's trying to discredit him. He's done that quite effectively himself.

The scoundrels in @UKLabour in Gov & the @LibDems & @TheGreenParty trying to attack & discredit Jim Ratcliffe are either deliberately missing the point or worst colluding in the collapse of our economy. Why? Because they say he is using inappropriate language on immigration, that his own Man U players are immigrants, yes they are but the big difference is they pay huge amounts of tax to the UK. They say he got his numbers wrong, well it’s still millions who came across. The millions who have come are low skilled & therefore are a huge burden on public services & the economy, and as @DuncanBannatyne says today are they not claiming benefits? Look at the countries who do attract the best immigrants - the UAE has 10 to 1 immigrant vs local population. The locals support this wholeheartedly. Why? Because if you are an immigrant you have to have a job & pay taxes. If you don’t have work you have to leave. I call that Smart Gov. We @reformparty_uk will change this, we will tackle the tough choices and deliver. The @Conservatives (which yes I was part of) made a huge error of judgement on this issue. @Nigel_Farage is determined to fix. I predict more & more smart loyal Brits will join us. @Keir_Starmer is yet again on the wrong side of history on this.

@miriam_cates So it's not the tax-dodging racists we should be bothered about, it's the foreigners and the unemployed? Have you heard of punching up?

Today’s top news story: The British Prime Minister demands an apology from a billionaire who used a word he didn’t like. Meanwhile, the economy flatlines, our borders are being breached, the birthrate has collapsed and 6 million people are paid not to work.

@DoctorWhoPN Not all of them, necessarily. I think a few two-parters is good - certainly for budgetary reasons if nothing else - but there's shouldn't be a requirement to force stories to stretch to that format where it's not required.

During the writers’ talk, Pete McTighe said that he wants to go back to all episodes ending in cliffhangers. #Gally1

@lelethubb "Oh yeah! I hadn't thought of that!"

@ZiaYusufUK Is it time for Karl Popper again?

The Vice Chancellor of Bangor University is paid £287,000 a year, and the university employs 32 people on more than £100k. All to indoctrinate their students so much they ban an MP from the party leading national polls from speaking at a debate. Why should taxpayers fund this?

Which fictitious characters would join Reform UK?

@TelepresenceLen @MetaLerner @TerwillikerInst Two of them. Emma Sidi and Ania Magliano.

@MetaLerner @TerwillikerInst At least one of them has been on Taskmaster, so pfft.

You can always tell when an ostensibly British thing is really being made for an American audience because the large diverse ensemble includes zero people from the UK's second-largest ethnic group.

@nashienet @BrianSpanner1 Paul Rhys. One of those really good actors that doesn't get talked about nearly enough.

@BrianSpanner1 Just get the guy who played him in The Deal.

Oh shit, not Catherine O’Hara. Oh damn damn damn. Oh balls. Such a fucking loss.

@BotFinderUK “Beware those men, the jokers and the tricksters and the clowns. They will laugh us into hell.” (Russell T Davies, Years and Years)

A caller on Nicky Campbell complains Starmer is boring. Boring is good. Look at the mess 'characters' like Trump, Truss, Putin, Boris Johnson and Farage have made of the world.

@GBNews23653867 @PeterSh90080307 @TwitDinosaur @SimonDanczuk This is up there with the bloke I know who claimed that he spent hours on the phone trying to get a Doctor's appointment, then when he eventually went to the surgery in person "the waiting room was full of black people".

@PeterSh90080307 @TwitDinosaur @SimonDanczuk We've witnessed prisoners, either being handcuffed to prison officers or police officers given priority. One prisoner begged for morphine for a sprained wrist, it was actually funny. BUT NEVER migrants or people of a different ethnicity, that's just blatant lies to create anger.

🚨We've been tipped off there's something fishy about this, we're told David Ingle is not only a right wing supporter of Reform, he collaborated with @SimonDanczuk, a political strategist for Reform UK. We think this is to turn opinion after the outrage when Tice defended Trump.