Jonathan West

@Mr_Andrew_Fox @MichaelRosenYes @jomanka100 @K4rmaRules This is a map of Jaffa-Tel Aviv in 1948. Clearly the area was significantly urbanised even then, and was not the malarial swamp you claim it consisted of. researchgate.net/figure/Jaffa-a…

@MichaelRosenYes @jomanka100 @K4rmaRules Yes. Those skyscrapers that sprung up from nothing but desert and malarial swamp.

Tel Aviv is a remarkable achievement. Israel has built one of the world’s most fun and thriving cities out of nothing.

@jonsopel @mehdirhasan Do you remember Sir Philip Rutnam? Or Sir Tom Scholar? Or Sir Mark Sedwill? Or several others forced out by the last government? Rutnam sued for constructive dismissal and settled for £340k. Scholar didn’t need to sue, he got a settlement of over £300k.

I have listened to Sir Olly Robbins evidence for last hour and forty minutes and am seeing the very best of the civil service. I am left incredulous that the decision was made to fire him. Has there been a more egregious and shameful decision by a political master desperate to save his own skin?

@soniasodha Unfair dismissal cases rarely come to tribunal. Like almost all other civil cases they are settled out of court. Under the last govt there were sackings of senior civil servants who subsequently brought an unfair dismissal case. They were all settled.

@MichaelRosenYes @shitterly There's an even greater irregularity with the French "hautbois", where we have largely kept the pronounciation but completely changed the spelling to "oboe".

@shitterly What can't be explained is the irregularity of it as with 'honour' and 'hour' 'honest' but 'habit', 'humour' (all derived from French words)

specifically that word or just because of widespread h-dropping? i’ve never met someone from the UK who pronounced it 'erb while not having h-dropping elsewhere the core difference between that and american ‘erb is because americans don’t tend to h-drop so their term is marked

@MichaelRosenYes @lingdiscovery I one heard that in the British army, when describing terrain you never refer to a “hedge”. It’s always something like “a row of bushes”. This is because some accents drop the h and so you can’t tell the difference between an edge and an ‘edge.

@lingdiscovery er...not all 'the British' pronounce 'herb' with an /h/. Many people in London and the South-East pronounce it 'erb'.

Why do the British pronounce “herb” with an /h/? (Or, why don’t Americans?)

@justinandkimsma @MichaelRosenYes In the view of many, abusive posts provide far more information about their author than about their subject. You might like to reflect on that.

@MichaelRosenYes If you weren't an idiot then I wouldn't have to call you an idiot.

Nearly a week since the event, 'Charlotte' stirs from her slumbers on a Sunday morning, conjures up a way of starting the day with a good deed, goes to her computer, calls someone an idiot, and all is well in the world for 'Charlotte'.

@gallowshumours @f_a_infinityy Ah yes PICNIC! Problem In Chair, Not In Computer.

@f_a_infinityy do on-site IT then you can look them in the eyes as they try to explain that it wasn't their fault even though you both know it definitely was.

I love working in IT, you can tell you’ve fixed a problem by the user suddenly never replying to you again

@f_a_infinityy @AllanForsyth The thing is, you can never tell whether their silence is because the problem is fixed, or because they have given up hope that it will ever be fixed.

This might explain why the government has chosen to implement a completely ineffective version of Mandatory Reporting, which looks designed not to produce any increase in reports of abused children.

@JohnSimpsonNews @MichaelRosenYes I’ve always taken the view that abusive posts tell me more about the author than about the subject.

I’ve just spent an enjoyable hour blocking people who can’t be polite when they disagree with me. If you’re rude, threatening, ageist or abusive, straight down the toilet you go. Simple pleasures... Why not just disagree without being offensive? That way I’ll listen to you.

@MichaelRosenYes No prizes for guessing which approach Netanyahu is taking.

@MichaelRosenYes If you reach the first conclusion, then you look to make a Jewish state invulnerable, and any action is justified in pursuit of making it so. If you reach the second conclusion, you look for a world in which we talk to and co-operate with each other and not kill each other.

Thoughts?

@AllanForsyth Are you going to repeat that tweet in half an hour?

Why am I seeing the exact same tweet on my timeline that I scrolled past 8 tweets ago?!

@MaggieOliverUK @thetimes @TMOFCharity The simple fact is that most charities are very lean, don’t spend much on management & admin. So in effect you can buy a charity’s public policy for about 10% of its turnover, because to lose that 10% would mean services have to be cut.

It was really interesting to read this article in today’s @thetimes The Times as it’s something I’ve thought about a lot, especially since my little charity @TMOFCharity The Maggie Oliver Foundation made the difficult decision to try to take the Government to a judicial review for their failure to act on the recommendations of @IICSAVSCP IICSA Statutory National enquiry. We had to find the money to pay for that, and we were blown away to find two special individuals who saw the importance of what we were trying to do on behalf of ALL victims and survivors of sexual abuse - past, present and future! And it reminds me how one influential national charity (who I won’t name) originally wanted to support our action but pulled away and I think probably got “cold feet” as they feared their funding from their commissioned money would be withdrawn if the challenged the government. That left us all alone, but we went forward anyway in the full belief it was the RIGHT thing to do! And this is a HUGE problem, and it’s EXACTLY the reason I made the decision on day 1 back in 2019 when I registered @TMOFCharity The Maggie Oliver Foundation as a charity - that we would never take commissioned money, or money from Police and crime Commissioners, all of whom are really only interested in keeping the lid on and any justifiably critical voices “under control”, as charities fear their funding will be withdrawn if they rattle cages! But we do rattle cages. And I don’t care one bit if it makes us unpopular with those in high places, or if they hate the sight of us! Because we try to give a voice to the voiceless. To speak the difficult truths those in power want to remain hidden. And it’s exactly why I stopped going to “Stakeholder groups” as I’m afraid I see them as just talking shops to keep people feeling “involved” but under control. And sadly it’s the money that ultimately calls the shots - what Charity is going to risk losing their funding and risking their staff losing their jobs when it comes down to it. This article is saying exactly that and it’s what I’ve believed for a long time ! I decided that if we couldnt find the funds through trusts, foundations and public support, I’d rather we dont exist than I have to compromise on speaking the truth and exposing the cover ups, corruption and failures that we see and hear of every day from those who come to us for help. And I still believe it was the right call even though I made it naively really as I didn’t see how tough it would be to raise funds. But we’re still here 7 years later, having helped almost 5000 survivors. And my amazing team does INCREDIBLE work every day! And now we have to raise more funds over the coming weeks to pay the cost of taking this government to the full Judicial Review later this year. It’s the only legal mechanism there is to do this. And it’s criminal that recommendations of a 7 year, national enquiry, costing £200 million pounds, which heard from 7500 victims of child sexual abuse, can just be ignored by the government and left in a shelf to rot!! But God Willing, once again those who believe in this action will get behind us and support us, and we will fight with every breath in our body to win this important David and Goliath fight! Please watch this space and please donate to help us fund the best legal brains/expertise we need to give this fight our best shot!! 🙏

@Drkmaher @MichaelRosenYes Smallpox, polio, diphtheria, measles, tetanus, rabies, rubella and Men C all used to be fairly common in the UK. How do you think they were eliminated or brought to their current very low levels?

@MichaelRosenYes Let me clarify my post. No vaccine is safe or effective. I’ll wager you took the Covid jabs for which ‘doctors’ assured the gullible , daily, through our tv screens and government propaganda, that they were safe and effective.

I'm always happy to hear explanations for how my son died. Usually I listen to doctors. They tell me that it was meningococcal septicaemia (sepsis). Can you explain why I should listen to you instead?

@Carl1411c @MichaelRosenYes I think you might want to consider your position in relation to the First Rule of Holes.

Silent Witnesses: Good to see @PrivateEyeNews covering the government’s failure to introduce a proper mandatory reporting law

@pmranimusanima @BirgitteUna @BDevlin1 But he resigned in disgust a few years later. ncronline.org/vatican/suspen…

@pmranimusanima @BirgitteUna @BDevlin1 The problem is that a great many people are seduced by an invitation into the papal presence, believing it means their concerns will be addressed. They went even further with Peter Saunders, he was invited onto a papal commission. theguardian.com/world/2014/dec…

This is monumental. Let’s hope this opens the door for members of other communities who have experienced similar things. Missing @BDevlin1 right now as we would have been messaging about this.