Simon North

@robstaton That’s a fair point!

@SimonNorth White shorts though… looked like a cricket kit

Was sent this earlier. Nobody will care if England win the World Cup this summer but how do you go from perfection in 2013 (for one year) and follow it up with the rest? Should always be blue shorts, too.

@Rod_Studd Come on now!!

I successfully guessed what the mab would say every time bar one 😎

@MartinSLewis Government intervention is failing to address the actual issue. Of course we should protect the vulnerable, but another sticking plaster on its own will require yet more tax payer cash for our already bankrupt country. I despair with all the political classes. What a mess.

Today’s Poll: The Chancellor is today expected to discuss possible intervention if energy prices rise substantially in July or after. Do you support the use of State funds to subsidise bills - if so for who? Which of these is CLOSEST to your view...

@ToryMemo82 @DarrylWhitwort2 Sounds plausible. What a state we’re in.

The PM is probably consulting Lord Hermer on the correct level of compensation to offer Iran for the loss of their missile.

@timothy_stanley @Madz_Grant Monstrous.

The amendment has failed, which means the Lords approves of decriminalising abortion up to birth.

@thesundaysport @DarrylWhitwort2 😂🤣

Warm beer, scrapped juries, gulags, death pods, billions to give away islands we already own, nonce pals in the Washington embassy, no growth, higher taxes... I'm suprised anyone voted for that manifesto

@RachelReevesMP What companies in their right mind would want to pay our sky high energy prices to achieve this?

This government will make the UK the best place in the world for quantum and AI companies to start, scale and stay. In a changing world, our economic plan is the right one. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@MartinSLewis No doubt paid for by the ever decreasing working tax payers who are also struggling.

UPDATE: We're expecting to hear plans for government 'targeted support' for homes that use heating oil (& LPG?) at 10.30 this morning. No idea quite what it means but guessing from the phrasing I assume it means help for lower income and vulnerable homes.

@afneil @cmackinlay Yep. The guy’s so stuck to his own ideologies, that he’s blind to the realities of the situation. We’re all screwed.

He wants to deploy UK forces we don’t have to keep oil and gas flowing 3,000 miles away but forbids any new investment in our sector of the North Sea. Bonkers.

@OfficialPDC Was the press conference held in a bunker?

🗣️ "Two nightly wins in the first six nights, I didn't expect it!" Jonny Clayton talks to the PDC in an exclusive interview after victory in Nottingham! Head over to PDCTV to catch the full unedited interview with the current league leader! 👉 bit.ly/PDCTVLive

@JasonGroves1 Surely pursuing a strategy that bankrupts small businesses is bound to increase youth employment and raise more money for HM Treasury. Wonder what happened.

Asked about rising youth unemployment, Rachel Reeves concedes there is a 'valid argument' that she should not have hiked employers' NI in her first Budget, but insists the money was needed to repair public services like the NHS

@GBPolitcs @grok roughly how many study and work visas are issued for these countries in the uk?

🚨BREAKING: The UK government has suspended study and work visas for Afghanistan, Sudan, Cameroon and Myanmar in an "unprecedented move"

@TimScottUK @DarrylWhitwort2 @grok is this just an aspiration or likely to happen?

CANZUK: Canada 🇨🇦 , Australia 🇦🇺 , New Zealand 🇳🇿 , UK 🇬🇧 . 4 countries linked by history and heritage, law and language, culture and kinship. Combined populations 130m and combined economies 3rd only to USA and China.

@GuidoFawkes Paused and unpaused?! x.com/dominicfrisby/…

Chagos Surrender Paused order-order.com/2026/02/25/cha…

@GreatBritishPAC @PatrickChristys @grok what does this mean?

INJUNCTION FOR THE CHAGOSSIANS GRANTED! Thank you again to everyone who donated today - you’ve helped shield the Chagossian community from the threat of eviction from their islands. Huge thanks to Barrister James Tumbridge and the legal team at Keystone Law.

@FUDdaily Do you see that level of thinking with the Tories?

A party called Restore Britain is no doubt going to adopt all the usual restorationist shtick (Starkeyism) - which is all geared towards reversing Blair's constitutional meddling. This is central to Advance, Reform flirts with it, and since the Tories favour leaving the ECHR, it's the direction of travel for the whole of the right. I happen to think it's a suicide mission but I've lost that argument because it's an article of faith. We just don't do informed debate on these matters. My basic question to restorationists is what do you replace everything you're repealing with. You never get an intelligent question to than answer. Also, if you're unpicking it all, that means tanking the TCA and Windsor Framework, so what's the contingency plan? *Crickets*. Essentially, the right proposes a massive transition without a clear idea of what we are transitioning to, and that's what's going to put a lot of people off - especially if you're talking about abolishing rights frameworks and doing away with the minimum wage. You might get elected but you're not getting re-elected. This is why you need a convincing plan and and an alternative vision to the status quo. These are fundamental requirements for any movement for change. Here it helps to look at who succeeded and how. When Blair become leader of Labour, he installed his own personal philosphy at the core of Labour's constitution. He set out in clear terms what the party was actually for. He went on to make the party constitution the national constitution and we've been trying to get rid of it ever since. Essentially, your movement needs some root commands. When I set about writing manfiestoproject.org, I figured I can't be the only one who'd arrived at this conclusion and that some basic principles for the new right must be set out somewhere. The closest I found was on the US National Conservatism website which I adapted for British purposes. It's broken down into seven sections: 1. National independence 2. Real local democracy 3. The rule of law 4. Responsively governed free enterprise 5. Meritocracy 6. Family and children 7. Population (demographics) manifestoproject.org/values/ These are the foundation principles upon which all subsequent policies were based. This is what I mean by a structured approach to policy making rather than dipping into the suggestions tombola for bullet points. It is upon those principles you build your blueprint and you plan, ensuring all of your policies are geared towards implementing your bigger vision. This is the kind of structured thinking I don;t see anywhere on the right. Reform, Advance and Restore have all neglected to develop a founding philosophy which is why all the subsequent comms and policies are a disjointed, disorganised mess. Most of Reform's basic failings stem from this lack of an underlying philosphy. They bend to whatever is electorally convenient rather than setting out their stall and going out to persuade. As such, I think Restore will make the same errors. They're already walking into obvious ambushes that will split their support and sour their reputation. Would be nice if they didn't have to learn the hard way, but suggesting this kind of upfront thinking is boring, unconstructive and subversive (so I'm told). Have it your way.

@DPJHodges @Iromg Forensic.

He didn't know about Saville. He didn't know about Mandelson. He didn't know about Doyle. He didn't know about Labour Together. Does anything ever go across Keir Starmer's desk. Does he even have a desk...

@ross_baglin @PolitlcsUK x.com/dominicfrisby/…

@PolitlcsUK Cf “Britain is becoming an island of strangers” - K Starmer

🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer has called for Man United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying the UK has been “colonised” by immigrants “Offensive and wrong. Britain is a proud, tolerant and diverse country. Jim Ratcliffe should apologise”

@GeoffNorcott Enjoyed it, great to have a good old laugh! Cheers

Thanks to everybody that came to the tour Show in Spalding tonight. Me and Paul are off to go “fishing“.