Rupert Taylor

Never forget how Israel murdered Palestinian First Responders on a literal live stream. Repost this. Please I beg you.

@implausibleblog He is 100% correct and the sad demise of welsh rugby is a clear illustration of the consequences of years of under-funding of state education.

Zack Polanksi, "Arts and culture in education, and how much budgets have been slashed" Daniel Kebede, "This is now a class issue" "If you are working class you just do not have access to arts, music in education" "It's become a real preserve for those who can afford fee paying schools" "That is horrific" "There's an awful lot of soft skills you learn taking part in theatre, or in a choir, or being able to explore creative subjects" "The system for education in mainstream comprehensive provision is so high stakes for schools in English and Maths exams" "When I was young, I remember the art the music, they made the school day really bearable" "We wonder why there is this crisis in child mental health when they have no fun in school" "We have some of the most unhappy teenagers in the OECD, and its because of the school system being so rigid" Zack Polanksi, "We should add sports in there, as a great avenue for kids to find community, physical exercise teamwork" Daniel Kebede, "Those who went to fee paying schools are dominant in politics, media, because the confidence you get from sport, drama, is immeasurable" "We've had successive governments focused on scores tests, and not on developing children as well rounded human beings"

@TorstenBell Well done and thank you. Sport England exists in England largely to protect football pitches, because football is England’s national game. But sadly nothing exists to protect Wale’s national game. And too many politicians have been silent on the subject.

Great turnout tonight by OSC for Swansea Council monthly meeting where an Emergency Motion was overwhelmingly passed to continue the fight to keep Wales most successful region and men's professional rugby in Swansea. #OurbloodisBlack

@Kasparov63 @peterjukes This is the crucial point. Terrifying.

Having lived through a similar, nationwide version of this in Trump's model, Putin's Russia, it’s not easy to fight against. And Trump and many of his gang have passed the point at which they feel they can afford to lose power, even in Congress. It’s a perilous moment.

Trying to predict the outrages of autocrats is hopeless because their superpower is to generate constant shocks to dominate the environment. But what’s happening in Minnesota is method, not madness. Trump wants violence, to radicalize & divide, to create pretext for crackdowns.

@NoContextBrits The Mini

Name something that feels British but isn’t…

@AmeliaERWood @ollieglass Irrelevant question. That is the home owners choice. Not the same as taking money from a tenant to provide a (safe) dwelling.

@KirstieMAllsopp What is the policy that has caused this in your view? I think the most likely explanation is the chilling effect of post Lehman banking regulations now kicking in as old mortgages roll off. The new rules limit risk so much it is resulting in a huge de-leveraging…

It is extraordinary how dead some parts of the housing market are. It’s not a part anyone cares about because it impacts “the wealthy” but I’d not have thought it was possible to do this much damage in such a short space of time. The long term loss of jobs be & revenue will 🧵

@RickyBobby1872 @meadwaj Because the remaining barrels, despite your valid points, are increasingly expensive to extract…

@meadwaj The infrastructure is there. The know how is there. The standards and regulations are there. Why wouldn't u do it?

The North Sea is an aging and declining field. Chasing every last drop of oil and gas out of it can be nothing other than an argument for bigger and bigger subsidies to fossil fuel producers. This is a mind-blowingly stupid policy. Unless you’re a fossil fuel company.

@englandislost @JohnMur24035538 Why mix the two? Makes the analysis completely spurious.

@tomhfh Sure because private sector principles are universally applicable. How would you measure a good a&e doctor Tom?

It's mad that we pay all resident doctors the same. The system is so centralised, we can't reward talent. The worst doctor is on exactly the same pay scale as the best. Decentralise and let good doctors negotiate their own salaries. Wages will rise, and so will productivity.

@Noahpinion Um short term v long term perspective? US has huge geographic advantages….

Now think about the fact that despite all this, Canada has less than 75% of America's income, its economy has barely grown in 30 years, and now it's going to start killing its depressed kids to save money. How bad do you have to be to lose to a bunch of retards like America.

@charlie10k @afneil @masermag There has never been a government more constrained by media dogma.

@afneil @masermag There has never been a less talented Government in our history.

Yes. But social mobility was meant to unleash more talent, not less.

@afneil Because obviously only the privileged are talented right Andrew?

@afneil Ah yes that old classic. The relative comparison! Allowing you to become an apologist for fascism. How elegant.

It sends a shiver down the spine but I’m not sure Farage and Le Pen would do a worse job than these two losers mol.im/a/14897691

@JohnSimpsonNews Because they are not ‘celebrating’ it

As a young reporter in Northern Ireland I twice saw kids squirming on the ground in agony after being shot in the knees by the IRA. The memory still haunts me. Kneecap should be free to sing whatever they want - but why do they choose to celebrate such a vicious form of torture?

@justinroias I don’t understand why the world indulges them by calling the Israeli Army the Israeli DEFENSE force. It is an army. And does more attacking than any other army, and more than is allowed under international law.

I've never seen a country bomb as many others in just 3 years as Israel has—Gaza, Syria, Lebanon, Iran. Any other nation would be called a threat to global stability. But Israel gets weapons, cover, and a blank check. How long can this go on?

@SaulStaniforth I don’t understand what is wrong with buying the debt for 10p in the £. These were bad investments. Investments are risky. These were bad ones.

Rob Rinder asks Steve Reed how much would it cost to renationalise the water industry? He says £100bn. Rinder points out this figure came from the water companies It wouldn't cost anything if we fined the companies into bankruptcy & then took them over. Why isn't Lab doing that?

@WillHayCardiff Is this the fault of the party in power in the Senedd or of the way devolution works? Ultimately the treasury is in Westminster. So in situations like this the Senedd has limited real power to intervene. It was Westminster that chose to ignore Port Talbot.

I think it’s hard to overstate the anger in parts of Wales that everything seems to be on the table with regards to saving steel making in Scunthorpe whereas this seemingly wasn’t the case for Port Talbot. Just 12 months till the Senedd election.

@TheChiefNerd @chamath So many MAGA donors demonstrating how weak the correlation is between wealth and intelligence…

.@chamath: “I was a megadonor to the Democrats … I couldn't get a phone call returned from the White House to save my life … The Trump administration is totally different. There's not a single person there you can't get on the phone and talk to.”

@afneil Presumably the new ones are identical to the old ones? Or do we not believe in progress? I won’t for a moment imagine you understand a cost curve but perhaps progress might be a concept you can fathom?

Aide memoire to Mr E Miliband: Germany’s first ever offshore wind farm, Alpha Ventus, is be dismantled after being in operation for only 15 years. Too unprofitable to operate now it can no longer pocket massive subsidies of 15.4 cents per KWh, which have run out. Forced from now on to exist on basic tariff of 3.9 cents per KWh, it will close down. Now remind me about renewables being so much cheaper …