Peter Cooper

@cavofficer6 @ChrisO_wiki As a Brit I truly believe that the US is the greatest country on earth. Unfortunately, the America first approach and Trump’s manner is losing friends. In times of genuine peril, the UK would always stand with the US

@ChrisO_wiki So funny how denying the United States the use of airspace and bases it pays for, is super righteous but the US stating the same neutrality it has maintained about the Falklands for basically ever, is beyond the pale. Hypocrisy, thy name is Britain.

1/ Today's British newspaper headlines show a unified wall of outrage against Donald Trump, across the political spectrum. It's a sign of how a reported plan to punish the UK by 'reassessing the status of the Falkland Islands' has crossed a line that's redder than red. ⬇️

@LordAshcroft It was obvious to even the village idiot, that engaging with Mauritius over the Chagos islands would open the door for discussions over other overseas territories. Once the principle is broken, the defence becomes more difficult. Fools!

Just watch as the Falkland Islands become the new Chagos Islands under this incompetent Government…

@SteveNomadic I’d go for these flyaspitfire.com/flights/30-min… Or flyaspitfire.com/flights/mustan…

I’ve done a lot of cool sh’t in my aviation career, but not weaseling my way into a B-25 check out and demo pilot gig will always be my biggest regret. My grandfather was a radioman on it, and I’ve stared at these pics since I was 5 - completely obsessed with the Mitchell. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@BareReality Are only cowboys allowed to wear jeans?

Who remembers when white people wearing sombreros was 'cultural appropriation'?

@Sargon_of_Akkad Much as I like Restore, itcan only ever be a pressure group, because sadly, unless a party can capture at least some of the centre ground it can’t be elected. There are too many Liberals in the UK for Restore to have electoral success

This is a very thorough and accurate post from Wolf. There are no concerns from the Restore Britain camp of "splitting the vote", which is only the concern of the current failing right-wing parties. We are getting to work to save the country from what they did to it.

@jan_murray @AllisonPearson Back in the 80s a friend of mine won a place at the Royal College of music to study the Organ. We both attended a private school with a fine 3 manual instrument in the chapel. I doubt any state school pupil would have such access so can’t compete

This row over five funded places at the Royal Academy of Music - reserved for state school pupils to “widen access”- definitely resonated with me. Because I had a place to study music at 18 - with practical tuition at the Academy. And I bottled it. Mainly because, as a working-class, state-educated kid- largely self-taught, only starting lessons in my teens - I felt completely out of my depth. At an audition at the Birmingham Conservatoire, I met two students from Chetham's School of Music who said they were using it as “practice” for Oxbridge. That level of confidence - and entitlement - felt worlds apart from my state school. Where I’d been lucky enough to get free lessons and instrument hire, after the director of the local music service heard me play at a primary school recorder festival and spotted something in me. He arranged for me to have free lessons and instrumental hire on an orchestral instrument. So I'd be able to play in the district and country orchestras. I had to learn the clarinet rather than the flute (which I wanted) because it was the only instrument available. That was in the 90s. From what I can see, those kinds of opportunities barely exist now. When my daughter was at school, music education had largely become the odd term of “creative arts.” So yes - I understand the intention behind the scheme. But focusing on five places at the end of the pipeline misses the point. Even with the support I had, by 18 I already knew I couldn’t compete. One moment sums it up. A wealthy friend lent me a clarinet when my music service one was on its last legs - an incredibly kind gesture, I thought. But when I returned it, he demanded to know why I hadn’t had it “serviced.” I didn’t even know that was a thing. And there’s no way I could have asked my parents for that kind of money - especially without warning. Then there was the moment that finished me off. I was chosen to play a solo at a prestigious county concert. Afterwards a young musician came up and said: “I’m better than you. I should have been chosen.” And she was. People often remarked on my musicality - but I knew I lacked the technical polish. I knew then that being surrounded by musicians like that at degree level would crush what little musical confidence I had. So I walked away - and studied English instead. That’s the real gap. Not just money - but knowledge, expectations, ease. If we’re serious about access to music, it’s not about who gets the final five places. It’s about who gets the years of tuition, support - and quiet confidence - needed to believe they belong there in the first place.

@Irish7Summits @annmcelhinney People will just watch BBC

@annmcelhinney The public would be in heavy agreement with this decision. Irish people don't much care for the massacre of 18,000 children and 30,000 women, and attempts to ethnically cleanse a people, steal their land and crush their identity. No amount of your propaganda will change that.

I’d love to understand how this decision can be made by the Public Broadcaster without asking the PUBLIC if they agree. The Public are quite fond of the silly song contest. They are also very fond of Israel’s songs, awarding 10 points the second highest vote in 2025 and 2024.

@PatrickGri7919 @ABridgen I don’t think anyone is being stopped. Yes the French stop some boats, but the migrants don’t just go home they retry multiple times until successful.

@ABridgen The fact that only 41,500 made it should actually suggest something rather different, compared to the overall number of people entering and leaving the UK that represents a very small percentage Maybe the French are actually preventing crossings. But not enough for some people😂

The new channel deal to ‘stop the illegal migrant boats’ . Last year we paid £500m to France and 41.500 illegal migrants crossed. Everything appears to be working well !

@Herrbitz515 @ABridgen If these boats contained, guns, drugs, or counterfeit Euros etc, you know damn well that not one would get beyond the surf! Imagine boats crossing full of weapons and the French escorting across to the UK! Never happen!

@ABridgen the Uk just has to sue France for breaching the Schengen rules , no one can leave the area with out a passport and passport check by border control , This does not happen on French soil ; they are there fore in breach , sue for that , be interesting in the EU courts

@pascoraldo7 @UnitedStandMUFC @JacobsBen Rashford’s problem is his crazy salary. His new contract must have felt like a triumph when agreed, but now it’s a millstone around his neck. He’s a rich man, he should now do what’s best for his career otherwise he’s a prisoner to his pay

@UnitedStandMUFC @JacobsBen Cos they don't want to pay the fee and are hoping united are stupid enough to sanction a second loan . Smh

🗣️ @JacobsBen on Rashford and Barcelona talks reportedly cooling down: "Cooled doesn't mean ended." [@UnitedStandMUFC] #mufc

@DanielJHannan This idea presupposes that the Tory party is worth keeping or has a right to exist. Tories recent record in government wa# appalling and deserves no such arrangement

@GBNEWS No. Imagine if they went on to win without actually qualifying by right

Donald Trump envoy makes controversial proposal that would see Italy play at World Cup gbnews.com/sport/football…

@robprogressive Need to tolerate risk. It’s easier to protect what you have when things get comfortable.

1: Never spend more than you earn 2: Save an increasing percentage of your income 3: Invest this surplus savings into assets 4: Reinvest income from assets back into assets until income replaces earnings The 4 habits required for riches are: 1. A plan. 2. Action. 3. Discipline. 4. Persistence

@LukeTryl Labour on 20%! No way!

Small changes in this week’s voting intention as Reform’s lead grows to 5pts over the Tories and 7 over Labour ➡️ REF UK 27% (+2) 🌳 CON 22% (nc) 🌹 LAB 20% (-1) 🌍 GREEN 12% (-1) 🔶 LIB DEM 11% (-1) ❓OTH 5% (+2) 🟡 SNP 3% (+1) N = 2,235 | Fieldwork 17-20/4 | Changes w/ 5/4

@LukeTryl Perhaps YouGov have accepted that their polling was off and have now changed their methodology

Good example of why attacking pollsters is like shouting at the rain, YouGov had one of the smallest Reform leads, it now has one of the largest, in both cases it was doing it's job and applying it's methodology like all good pollsters are.

@andrew_lilico How can someone be a top barrister, and have an “aversion to conflict “? That should be his very being

"Starmer, they say, has no ability to manage a team; an aversion to conflict; no guiding mission for power; no energy to drive change; little interest in people; and no interest in political strategy. " - Well, obviously. But apart from that...? politico.eu/article/keir-s…

@WalkerMarcus @serenelyjoyful Companies would just get around it by loading director earnings into bonuses, share options and allowances. (I feel quite nostalgic for the old Green Party, of organic farming, anti whaling, bicycles, nuclear disarmament, anti pollution and localism.)

The ‘welcome to the consequences of my own actions’ follow-up would be so fast and so total it would be hilarious to watch if it weren’t my country being obliterated by its own stupidity.

@GHWTowler @francessmith Only just been told?? When the Mandelson story kicked off if you were PM or Foreign Sec what the first thing you’d do? Go and find out what vetting was followed and whether he passed. You wouldn’t wait to be told surely?

@francessmith Looking down the cabinet table, I suspect there are a number of those positions.

This is literally, incredible.

@andrew_lilico I’m coming to the conclusion that Starmer doesn’t care about Labour reelection or indeed his own. He’s on a mission in one term, to irreversibly change Britain breaking down its traditions, economy and culture. Nothing will stop him

I guess some Labour MPs might be thinking Starmer will be chastened by these events, "learn his lesson" & "do better next time". But what if he learns the lesson that there are never any consequences, & he just gets more blasé?

@TheGriftReport When the price of fuel goes down, does Virgin give refunds back to passengers? Seems fair

Virgin Atlantic is hitting passengers with huge fuel surcharges, £50 extra on economy, £180 on premium economy and up to £360 on business class. The airline blames the Iran war, which has more than doubled jet fuel prices and blocked the Strait of Hormuz, cutting off 20% of global oil supplies. CEO Corneel Koster warned: “We have never seen jet fuel at this level… if the fuel price goes much higher, the surcharges may go higher.” Europe now faces real shortages in the near future. Another painful hit for British holidaymakers.