James Eller

The The. 2018

@Peston Almost every single person I've spoken to in real life supports how Keir Starmer is handling this situation; even people that really REALLY don't like him generally. The media have got this spectacularly wrong, and Keir Starmer has got this spectacularly right.

Britain’s military plight could never be reversed in 18 months. It is the consequence of decades of neglect of which the British right were the prime architects. As their bile pours on Starmer’s head the rank unfairness, hypocrisy and disowning of responsibility is breathtaking.

@timminchin I hope you folded the end of the toilet paper back into a triangle and made the bed?

I got upgraded to a nice suite, so my band did what all bands do in fancy hotel suites with shiny clean surfaces.

Literally EVERYONE wants the ultra-rich to pay more in taxes — left, right, blue-collar, white-collar, high earners, low earners. It's the rare issue that actually unites people. And yet it doesn't happen - funny how that works, isn’t it?

Our television licence fees are supposed to fund an impartial BBC. Not a blatantly partisan rightwing populist 'news channel'.

Spotlight on @jameseller – bass guitar. A key part of THE THE since 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝑜𝑚𝑏 in 1989, with appearances on 𝐷𝑢𝑠𝑘, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 and 𝐸𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡. Often called “the coolest man on 4 strings” – understated, effortless, essential. #thethe #mattjohnson #mattjohnsonthethe #JamesEller #BassGuitar

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

@BotFinderUK Baked beans and boiled potatoes, cold.

What if I told you that a single income once provided a home, a car, and a comfortable life for an entire family? One shift in the economy made sure that would never happen again. Here’s how they used feminism to double the workforce, slash wages, and turn two incomes into a necessity🧵

If Russia wants peace, they should end the invasion.

The richest 1% of people in the UK are worth £2.8 trillion. Tell me again why a Labour government needs to cut benefits for the disabled and the poor.

@EdwardJDavey Putin has been at war with the West for years. This is what comes from Western leaders (not Ed, not Eastern Europe) hiding their heads in the sand, also that Trump is a Kremlin asset. Europe must take this as seriously as Hitler's threat. Not 3% GDP. 5-10%? Frozen Russian 💰💰💰.

@DrNeilStone @jagxjr40 ✋

Who here has had an mRNA vaccine and is absolutely fine? ✋

🧵 Knowing a man’s history explains a lot about what he does: Elon Musk. This is an interesting timeline. Ones ties to one’s homeland can be grossly underestimated.

The richest person in the world stops aid to the poorest people in the world. nbcnews.com/politics/polit…

Spain built a 385.9 mile high speed train line from Madrid to Barcelona it cost £8.1bn. The UK is still building a 140 mile high speed train line which will cost over £100bn. Who is stealing all the money?

What’s the point of the Labour Party?

Five years since we left the EU and not one tangible benefit to have come from it. Most telling of all is how it has diminished our ability to generate wealth and thus provide for our defence and public services in challenging times. Far from getting rid of red tape there were 41 million customs declarations to be made for trade between the U.K. and EU in 2023. Not surprisingly over 16,000 SMEs have given up exporting to Europe and our goods exports are rising at the paltry rate of 0.3% per annum compared to the OECD average of of 4.3%. Margaret Thatcher helped create the Single Market in goods and services because she could see clearly the boost it could give to our economy and it bore fruit. Until reality dawns for our politicians we are back to the 1960s-constant failing initiatives to boost growth, stagflation and impoverishment. We deserve better and it is within our power to get better. But that means abandoning the politics of fantasy.

25 January 1993 The The released Dusk. You can find the replay here timstwitterlisteningparty.com/pages/replay/f…. Input from @thethe @dccollard @jameseller @Tim_Burgess #TimsTwitterListeningParty #ttlp425