Martin Dixon

@JamesBWatt This is absolute clown behaviour.

I’m sick of talking about how broken our government is. And I'm sure you're sick of hearing about it 😅. It’s time to actually do something. So, I am introducing Shadow Doge. You can think of it as the unofficial, underground cousin of America’s Department Of Government Efficiency. Here’s what we are going to do: - Using extensive Freedom of Information requests to public bodies to delve deeply into how carelessly our tax money is being spent. - Put an anonymous hotline in place for public sector workers to report waste (link in bio) - Publish a monthly report which shows all the ways we have found that the government could be more efficient with how they spend your hard-earned taxes. - Take an entrepreneurial approach to the public sector and highlight billions of pounds of potential savings. - Publish a league table of the worst offending public bodies when it comes to wasting our money. Labour inherited a mess—but Labour have made it worse: Hundreds of thousands of people are losing their jobs. Growth has tanked. Inflation is spiking. Our entrepreneurs are leaving in droves. Whilst today’s paltry growth numbers show the economy essentially flatlined for the last 6 months, the real story is that GDP per head dropped in Q4 2024 meaning that the standard of living dropped for everyone in the UK. As the government grapples with downgraded economic forecasts and higher borrowing costs, 0.1% growth in Q4 is not going to plug the serious gaps in our public finances. The government is facing 2 very difficult options: 1️⃣ Raise taxes→ which will further annihilate our economy and drive even more job creators out of the UK. 2️⃣ Cut spending→ which will make already failing public services even worse. Together with the business community, I want to show there is a better way. We want to show that if our government can become significantly more frugal with how it spends our money that will represent a far better solution than further increasing taxes which just leads to job losses and economic pain for everyone. The UK government will spend £1.276 trillion this year. If we save just 1%, we could fix our budget deficit. If we save 10%, we could build the strongest economy in the world. (A good place to start would be the £749 million the government blows on PR every year...) And by the way, this isn’t about party politics. I remain agnostic. 14 years of Conservative government left the country in a mess. Labour is making it worse. This is about fixing the system. I am open to work with any political party to help make our country better for everyone. The more badly spent tax money we can help identify and save, the more we can invest in the things that are most valuable to us – job creation, education, and our NHS. No more complaining. It's time to find a solution. Together we can save our country and help build a better future for everyone.

@emmalition Long may the sun shine

So much about being alive now feels anti-curiosity, anti-intellect, anti-community, anti-future. What exactly are we doing any of it for?

@elizacarthy I saw him in Winchester last February and his performance was elemental. I’ll never forget it.

@RoyalMailHelp Thanks, I’ll DM you. You should note that the website link you gave is useless. It’s a parcel so I can’t just put it in the post box, and the ‘Contact Us’ page has no category for this.

@RoyalMailHelp You’ve delivered someone else’s parcel to me. Similar sounding streets but different part of the city. Nowhere on your website to notify you. Will you pick it up or is it going in the bin?

@canelosdreams @dailyecho No

@canelosdreams @dailyecho It’s not behind a paywall

Man sent explicit ‘live’ video to ’12-year-old girl’ on Snapchat ift.tt/lTdIwNa

@jocelynseip David Cameron and the pig

need to do a Twitter post mortem. What’s everyone’s favourite day on this website? Tell me the lore

#SailorMoon ain’t got nothing on…

My first Ae album. This track remains one of my favourites. music.apple.com/gb/album/piezo…

@emmalition Bollo, the Gloam-Eyed Queen

@Jimllpaintit They’d never get away with such a suggestive orangutan these days

Someone told your dad that Labour are going to tax Babestation and now he's on a train to London to defend the Cenotaph and get our country back