Steve J. Chandler

Those in Government are not “leaders” (inept or otherwise). Ministers are simply management. Who must navigate Whitehall’s death grip. | telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/1… | An ‘elite’ they’re not. And it’s time we reined in our expectations accordingly. #WednesdayThoughts

A summer break may be unwanted by Palmer and Foden but it is perhaps what’s needed. Psychologically & physically, the demands on young players are all too often overlooked. #TuesdayThoughts theguardian.com/football/2026/…

One can only be thankful that Enzo isn’t around to see this embarrassment. #TuesdayThoughts theguardian.com/business/2026/…

@Cointelegraph Or, as @Ford refer to it, the Capri.

🏎️ NEW: Ferrari officially unveiled its first fully electric car, the Ferrari Luce, featuring 1,050 horsepower, a $640,000 starting price, 2.4-second 0–60 mph acceleration, and U.S. deliveries beginning in Q2 2027.

The EU’s founders pursued a politics first policy failing to comprehend the need for fiscal integration. | telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/2… | 70 years on the ‘bloc’ remains 27 separate states pulling in 27 different directions. #TuesdayThoughts

@Cointelegraph The world’s economy is far more than oil. (The global defence industry alone is $3trillion - and growing - and remains US$ denominated).

🚨 TODAY: Robert Kiyosaki warns the US dollar is under threat as Iran begins accepting Chinese Yuan for oil payments, calling it the biggest news in world financial history.

The World’s finest athletes - the record breakers - don’t ‘dope’. They don’t need to. | telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2026… | It’s losers who dope. Desperation & frustration make for poor choices. #MondayThoughts

It’s increasingly obvious that #Farage is a front for overseas based financial players. The aim, not to build political consensus but, through disruption, sow political discord. See: @worcscc #MondayThoughts theguardian.com/politics/2026/…

@Cointelegraph "Always on My Mind"

Bitcoin is ___________.

@KemiBadenoch @Conservatives The answer is never more nationalisation. What’s required for critical infrastructure is better regulation. Privatisation didn’t created the fiasco that is @thameswater. @Ofwat stood idly by and let the executive bleed the business dry.

Starmer, Burnham, Farage, Polanski…These men have one thing in common. They all want nationalisation. That will mean companies run by politicians but paid for with YOUR money. There’s only one party that stands against their failed ideas and that’s the Conservatives.

Personal taxation should be based on a single, total-income basis. The current mix & match system is woefully open to abuse & error. | telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/2… | Like death and taxes, there will always be inequality. #SundayThoughts

#Putin has done more to defeat Russia (and destroy his own legacy) than Europe could hope to achieve. And China, his natural allay, knows it. "Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake" (Bonaparte). #SaturdayThoughts theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

@Cointelegraph China is the major buyer. (Subsidised EVs flood the EU market with the profits recycled to buy Russia’s gold).

🇷🇺 UPDATE: Russia’s gold reserves fell to their lowest level since February 2022 as the country continues selling gold to raise cash.

From the bridge of the Enterprise to the frontiers of real-world exploration, science fiction and science fact have long inspired one another. 🖖 We recently sat down with Ethan Peck, who portrays Spock in “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” to discuss curiosity, collaboration, and the shared spirit that connects sci-fi visionaries with today’s explorers.

@Starlink For those who watched the early Apollo flights the quality of video is as amazing as the rocket tech.

Starlink enabling real-time video streaming from space at hypersonic speeds 🛰️🚀

@oceana 🐙 - an alien intelligence under the waves.

Happy #BiodiversityDay! Show us with emojis — what's your favorite ocean species?🐙🦈🐋🦀🐠

#Tuchel’s football intelligence runs through this World Cup line up. And it’s a squad to surmount the unique demands of tournament football. #England will shine and (finally) lift the trophy in June. #FootballThoughts theguardian.com/football/2026/…

@JamesCleverly @KemiBadenoch @Conservatives While you’re at it scrap Stamp Duty Reserve Tax too.

Rachel Reeves thought that bringing more homes into the Stamp Duty bracket would raise more tax. It didn’t Stamp Duty is a bad tax, it stifles mobility and punishes aspiration. @Conservatives will scrap it for primary homes. telegraph.co.uk/money/property…

There was nothing “…broadly successful” about Sunak’s Covid recovery scheme. It was performative politics at its most expensive. | telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/la… | And now, courtesy of Reeves, tax-payers are funding days out for the comfortably off! #FridayThoughts

@Cointelegraph Running 24/7 for 200 hours without a break! The Humanoid Rights Council will be calling soon!!

🔥 NOW: Figure has wrapped its F.03 humanoid robot livestream after running 24/7 for 200 hours without a single failure, sorting 249,560 packages fully autonomously.

Government runs scared of gilt yields while the BoE runs scared of inflation. A contradictory Push-me-Pull-you of economic mismanagement. Central bank independence is anathema in a functioning democracy. #FridayThoughts theguardian.com/commentisfree/…