Tim Hyde

@jmpey99 @mrmarksteel Ours are all part time. Maybe caught by the "lifetime allowance" pension trap?

My local doctors' surgery has a fun system for booking appointments. You have to call at exactly 8am and hope you get through. Almost certainly you won't, then by 8.05 all appointments have gone. It's exciting, like trying to buy a ticket to see One Direction.

@mrmarksteel Ours has had this for years. Hopeless.

Great organisation. Proper humanitarians and professional, honorable people. Not so with all charities sadly. Please take a look at how @React_Response works (re-act.org.uk) and make a donation today. #WorldhumanitarianDay2022 #WorldHumanitarianDay

@LucyGoBag I don't think it is a Health Service issue, more of a Public Service issue. Government, particularly of late, has built the inspection system so that officers have to mask the impact on services of underfunding. If they do not they risk special measures or career progress blocks.

I have not worked out how to do this but one of biggest fixes we need in our health service is to tackle the endemic defensiveness. SOMEHOW. I see it at every level - as patient, as daughter, as mother, as colleague, as external consultant, at inquest. Read this and weep

@TurkishAirlines poor first experience. First a leg of our trip was cancelled at a few weeks notice meaning 10 hr layover in Istanbul. You lost a bag of dive gear at the start of the holiday. Delayed on our return, both legs, now 90 mins to collect bags.

@LucyGoBag Simple fact is that train companies don't train enough drivers. Profit is king and the franchise system does nothing to address this. Ridiculous system.

I like my train drivers like my plane drivers - alert, rested, minimal worries, able to pay their bills and with a manageable shift pattern. We find they kill less people like that 🚆 ✈️

@REACT_Volunteer @LucyGoBag I've nearly finished it and I'm taking it on hols to read again. Brilliantly written and full of tips for humanitarians.

It’s finally arrived 📕 🙌 Really looking forward to reading this @LucyGoBag 📖 I have no doubt it will be relatable to some @reactdisasterresponse deployments my volunteering colleagues & I have undertaken over the years! #goodread #book

@MissGAtkinson If its too hot for you to walk barefoot it's too hot for your pet too. Play with them in some water (a bowl or bucket) and go for a walk at dusk.

#Heatwave 2022 may be here, but remember the water is still cold enough to cause cold water shock. If you get into trouble in the water, lean back and use your arms and legs to help you #FloatToLive.

@phelecPaul @TobyonTV Does "time in office" have an effect on his pension? Somehow I suspect the "CARE" means of calculating Public sector pensions doesn't apply to MP's. Happy to be corrected btw.

@TobyonTV What exactly is the point of Johnson staying on until September? Is it just to extend the apparent time he served before getting booted out?

Boris Johnson’s resignation speech, 7th July: ‘I want you to know that from now until the new Prime Minister is in place, your interests will be served and the government of the country will be carried on’ Boris Johnson, 16th July:

@JohnnyMercerUK I admire your dedication to a great cause. I disagree on one point: if you wait until you (judge) you are "good enough" you may realise you were actually just what was required some time ago.

Morning. Of course I’m not standing to be the next Prime Minister - I’m not good enough. I will in due course endorse a candidate. For now I am ensuring none of them resile from our current commitments on veterans. More later in the week.

@JohnnyMercerUK Congratulations. Is there any chance you could put your hat in the ring for new leader? You seem to be what is needed right now.

Delighted to be the UK’s first Cabinet Minister for Veteran’s Affairs, which together with the Office for Veterans Affairs, finally aligns us with our international allies in how veterans are represented across Government. Promises to our Veterans are important, and will be kept

@mercer_felicity @JohnnyMercerUK Any chance you can ask Johnny to stand for Leader? He seems to be exactly what we need right now. Good luck in the new role.

@REACT_Volunteer A well designed and brilliantly run learning experience. Thankyou to all of the staff and mentors who, once again, gave a huge amount so that we get the most from the course.

FUTURE LEADERS Where do future RE:ACT Disaster Response leaders come from? Currently running is the Operational Leadership Course (OLC) which develops future team leaders & Liaison Officers within the organisation. #DisasterResponse #Training

MPs should be made to live on the minimum wage. Attitudes would change quickly then.

@strategywoman We promise that, when this terrible war is over, we will visit your beautiful country as tourists. First, though, we will come as volunteers to help you rebuild.

2:44 pm in #Kyiv Let’s walk together. Nothing special. Just 1-minute walk me

@REACT_Volunteer @React_Response That's brilliant. We'll done to you all.

SPREADING THE LOVE 🧡 Whilst working at the Help Ukraine Centre warehouse today the @React_Response volunteers have been spreading a lot of humanitarian love 💙💛 They have been adding notes of support into the food boxes destined for Ukraine 📦🇺🇦 #humanity #Ukraine

@LukeVernon No need to start cross country Luke, the 150 drops per day will keep you fit! Just kidding , really pleased for you.

Doing a trail run with my tea and food flasks. Feeling like a proper working person

@CIJohnOwen @StaffsPolice Well done to you and your team John. Appalling behaviour such as that described is that of someone with little regard for decency or rules who blight our communities. Tackling them is exactly what is required.

A 61 yr old male from Stoke-on-Trent is currently helping with our investigation. Any further witnesses please contact 101 - quoting reference 283/21/5/22. @StaffsPolice

@MartinSLewis @andrewellson It begs the question: "Regulator of what, for whom?" Isn't the regulators job to ensure fair competition for the benefit of the people? It seems like it is "some (limited/regulated) competition for the benefit of the suppliers shareholders. I thought shareholders bore risk? No.

I think the best summary of why my frustration boiled over yesterday is the Ofgem quote pictured from @andrewellson's piece in The Times today. If a catastrophic cost of living crisis that risks lives isn't the time for the regulator to prioritise lowering prices, when is?