Louise

@PipGradgrind @tomhfh NO it wasn’t. Get real.

@tomhfh The "past few decades" is a useful phrase for a Conservative politician to use. Because it allows them to forget that Britain was richer than the USA while Labour were in power

“It’s fair to say the battle of ideas is squarely back up and running” @jjpoconnell tells the packed TPA/IEA #CPC22 drinks reception.

@ESPNcricinfo Where on earth is short third?

Chris Woakes ends Shan Masood's innings on 56, Adil Rashid takes a blinder at short third! One over left, Pakistan 135/7 #PAKvENG

@jfwduffield What is it? Third man?

Short third what?

@john4brexit Liz Truss is a poor choice as PM and should go. Soonest .

Someone in politics who admits a mistake and knows she could do better. Look and learn Mr Gove

@RyanStess Good question. All very Ill advised in my view.

@slp111111 Whom was it exactly?

Indeed.

@belfastDGM @CatharineHoey @DarranMarshall @sylvesterhakin @SteveBakerHW Unfathomable!

@CatharineHoey @DarranMarshall @sylvesterhakin @SteveBakerHW This is desperately weak from Baker. A completely unnecessary move.

"I am sorry that we did not always respect your legitimate interests".  NIO Minister @SteveBakerHW says he recently apologised to leading Irish figures.

@RyanStess @jfwduffield “Far behind”. Whilst I disagreed with the wisdom of removing Boris - the alternative was not Truss.

@jfwduffield @slp111111 They were far behind under Boris and his 'One Nation' rule. The downward trend began with him.

@slimjim2025 @jfwduffield @RyanStess Me too. Discussing with my better half this afternoon.

@jfwduffield @RyanStess Totally agree. The whole nation is stunned .

@RyanStess Economic centrism & being half sane. Not hard. You can't credibly argue for public sector pay restraint, cuts in public services & cuts in welfare spending whilst borrowing billions for tax cuts for people who don't need them or even want them. It makes no political sense.

Nick Timothy says libertarian right think-tanks don't understand that a pro-growth agenda doesn't "come out of thin air" but has social foundations. Supports "capitalism constrained" "Capitalism unconstrained can destroy the things it relies on", says Timothy, citing Schumpeter

@TerraOrBust @researchsuperp1 @Otto_English He must know this?

@Otto_English The grant from the EU was in turn provided to the UK from UK taxpayer contributions to the EU, as the UK was a net contributor. Everything paid for in the UK from EU grants, was in fact paid for by UK taxpayers, whether they wanted it or not.

Conservative Party Conference is being held in the ICC which was built with a £49.7 million grant from the EU.

@ElanaMcdougall @chrisy84875917 @ArchewellBaby They just want the victim narrative and will bend facts to achieve it.

@chrisy84875917 @slp111111 @ArchewellBaby Hell, the will is online if you want to read it. It’s all laid out in law. Charles had nothing to do with this. livingtrustnetwork.com/estate-plannin…

The Royal Family acting like the boyfriend you break up with then goes to pretend like they broke up with you is so funny. Jan8th '20 Prince Harry and Meghan said they are "stepping back as senior members of the Royal Family & work to become financially independent" They LEFT!

@chrisy84875917 @ElanaMcdougall @ArchewellBaby No. It was governed by the terms of his mothers will trust. You need a better grip on the legal obligations of trustees. Second the terms of QM will also determine when Harry receives his testamentary disposition. For executors to not distribute is criminally sanctionable.

@slp111111 @ElanaMcdougall @ArchewellBaby You’ll find it was down to him when and how they got it .. Also Harry was left money from the queen mother.. I’m sure you guys will find fault in the queen leaving something for him too though!!!

@chrisy84875917 @ElanaMcdougall @ArchewellBaby Charles had nothing at all to do with Diana’s money. That was administered by a trust with its own trustees. In fact much of it was monies she obtained on divorce . The trust was set up by her will as part of her estate. Do please engage properly.

@ElanaMcdougall @ArchewellBaby So let’s not pretend that Harry was poncing off of daddy when he was probably getting what was left to him .. Charles is awful enough to have used it to try and control him

@post_liberal Low isn’t it ?

‘In some parts of the country, the clear-up rates are truly shocking. The Telegraph has revealed that 84 per cent of neighbourhoods failed to solve any personal thefts – such as bag snatches – over the past three years.’

@Strongarms12 @DerrickBerthel1 That is actually my point.

@slp111111 @DerrickBerthel1 Well, there's a big wide world out there......

Brilliant, informative thread - thank you (again) @DerrickBerthel1

@DerrickBerthel1 @Strongarms12 Yes. Also if there is a big contraction in EU markets and perhaps others, how does the U.K. remain unscathed say in terms of export impact?

@slp111111 @Strongarms12 A big "if"? As in "if" forecasts stay the same?

@DerrickBerthel1 @Strongarms12 It is a big “ if” Derrick. Meanwhile a narrative is being set by hostile forces.

@Strongarms12 Thanks

Polly is silly. She ignores the impact of training fewer doctors , engineers and computer scientists in the U.K. because we sell too many spaces abroad. She discounts the implications on U.K. students of fewer places in top institutions coz ditto ( 12.2 percent last year).