Doug Shaw

@RoryMaw @WestHamPlace When are you going back?!

Last time I was in Barcelona, I got mugged by a bunch of Romanians then assaulted by a policeman when I went up to him to report the theft. I had bruising on my legs for six weeks. Two Norwegian guys witnessed it and said they’d corroborate my complaint but we were told we’d all spend the night in the cells if we said anything. That’s Barcelona.

Dear Newcastle fans, It’s only football man. You’re in one of the best cities in Europe so just enjoy it Have the best night tonight and remember just how special football can be Take care and have one for me 🙌

@London_W4 Bought by the yard……

Sitting in a pub in Dalston, East London now and there’s a whole shelf of books here. I sat down and thought that’s amazing that they haven’t been nicked. Then, as I looked closer, I realised why. Reports of patent cases volumes 9 and 12, together with a book by Roy Hattersley, are safe from thieves anywhere.

@richard68864212 @NeilDotObrien @KemiBadenoch Less complexity? Who knew?!

@NeilDotObrien @KemiBadenoch The less complex solution would be to rollback minimum wage increase to younger workers and cut NI increases but that would be yet another u turn and those welfare claimants need paying for ? 🙄

Government is making an announcement on youth unemployment this morning - good that they have woken up the problem they have created: A quick thread: (1/9)

@yuanyi_z font and line spacing are equally alarming.

That letterhead is almost as bad as that message:

@MarcherReborn @SartorialThug Strong look

@SartorialThug I went for sedate and traditional. Moleskins and half-inch thick tweed

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Early reports of DISGUSTING SCENES at Cheltenham as the gates open. One eyewitness said "it's a men's toggery disaster zone. Bare ankles, tight strides and shit shoes all over the gaff... I feel sick even before forcing down a Guinness and pretending to like it".

@whippletom Small earthquake, no one killed, chimney wobbled, industry still born.

An idea I'm workshopping: if the earthquake magnitude scale wasn't logarithmic, we might have fracking in the UK now

@PaintingsLondon @OldLondonW14 Pete the Street is terrific. I have one of his!

'Fog, Hammersmith Bridge' (2020) by Peter Brown peterbrownneac.com

@NickBritton_ @TheFCA What happens to all the data contributed by fund managers to the FCA via ARMs , by end of t+1?

Yes, it sounds technical - but this was some very good news from @TheFCA yesterday.

@JakeWSimons White smoke or black?

Looks like the meeting to decide the next Ayatollah isn’t going that well

@DougShaw Over 110 years ago

Fitzjames Avenue, West Kensington.

@OldLondonW14 FitzJames and FitzGeorge Avenues please

If there’s a particular West London Street that you’d like me to focus on, let me know ….

@WarMonitor3 AFAIK!

Iranian FM-Ali Khamenei is alive as far as he knows.

4th update on the clubhouse refurb crowd funding campaign. We are trying to raise £30,000 on the campaign to fully refurb the clubhouse. Donate here crowdfunder.co.uk/.../clubhouse-… Paul Hogarth Club Chairman

@alexmassie @michaelgove We would hope him to be better than that

@michaelgove Tbf, I don't believe he is better than that.

You can only make the accusation of genocide if you deprive the word of its meaning. We all know why you’re doing this - appealing to prejudice to win an election. You are better than that

@WarMonitor3 Are they being asked to stop killing their own citizens?

Iran has reportedly offered new nuclear concessions to the US: -Moving half of its most highly enriched uranium from its territory. -Diluting the other half of highly enriched uranium. -Participating in regional enrichment collective monitoring.

@ChiswickW4 @nnhammersmith A Tesco Express store has just opened on High St Ken!

Tesco to Close Express Store on Chiswick High Road Local branch shutting later this year on a date to be confirmed chiswickw4.com/trading/contes…

@michaelgove She has the demeanour of one who hates their job.

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@TotoffromParis @novaramedia Have you been on a jury?

@novaramedia Would it be ok if I use "proportionate and necessary" force to break their windows because they are a bunch of cunts? Would I get off? Of course not. These juries are captured.

A jury has acquitted six medics who smashed windows at JP Morgan’s European headquarters in London to protest its role in funding the fossil fuel industry. The jury returned a unanimous not guilty verdict at Snaresbrook Crown Court after deliberating for just under four hours. The defendants did not dispute that they broke windows, but denied criminal damage on the grounds their action was “proportionate and necessary to save future lives”. A statement issued on their behalf said the defendants acted “amid a worsening climate and health emergency driven in part by JPMorgan’s extensive financing of fossil fuels extraction”. The July 2022 action at the Canary Wharf office came amid a record-breaking UK heatwave linked with over 1,200 excess deaths in four days. The medics cracked eight windows using small hammers and chisels before sitting in front of the office with signs that read “In case of medical climate emergency, break glass.” Following the verdict, defendant Dr Juliette Brown said: “Medicine says we are duty bound to intervene when we see a looming threat, to take the most effective action to save a life, even if it involves breaking the rules.” Maggie Fay, another acquitted defendant, said: “I am so very grateful to the jury for their bravery and really listening to us, and for their attention.” The other medics were Dr David McKelvey, Dr Alice Clack, Ali Rowe and Dr Patrick Hart. This was their second trial, after the first in 2024 ended in a hung jury. JPMorgan Chase contributes more money towards fossil fuel industries than any other bank, the defendants’ statement noted, having invested over $384bn into the sector since the Paris Climate Agreement in 2016.