Neil Ford

Currently keeping a sketchbook over on bsky.app/profile/neilfo… - come visit!

@iainmartin1 What was the nature of their objection, it doesn't seem clearly explained? £1.5B investment for the Highlands, 1500 jobs... quite a prize!

Extraordinary naivety from Swinney.

@thinkdefence 😁

Have we let the Brazilians know 😀

@wsctb @CitySamuel Interesting how oil wasn't enough to sustain an indy Scotland in 2014, but is being framed as a saviour to the entire UK economy now?

@CitySamuel There's no oil left according to Labour, Conservatives, LibDems, Gordon Brown, and the BBC. We're too wee, too poor & too stupid in Scotland apparently.

Our North Sea oil giant isn’t dead, just sleeping

@BBCWorld She had consumed, "...MDMA and three litres of vodka." — she deserves a medal!

Graffiti conviction for Australian woman who stuck googly eyes on sculpture bbc.in/3PsyOMR

@writethewrongs2 @AndrewBowie_MP Jobs, supply chain [...that renewables will use too], tax revenue. All positive.

@AndrewBowie_MP Yes 1.4 m homes at peak performance for up to 10 years but it would still be sold on the International market and would not be cheaper for people. So what's your point?

The Jackdaw field alone could provide the equivalent of 250 million barrels of oil in natural gas, and could be up and running by Christmas. But because of Ed Miliband and the Labour Party it is stuck in limbo. Keeping us ever more reliant on imports. Madness.

@RealPaulPutner 26p... I remember saving up my lunch money!

Prog 471 This is a proper old school 2000AD body horror cover, but as usual the impact is undermined by another promotional banner "Aaaaargh! I'm exploding into atoms, but reader, you could nab yourself a free novelty clock, so it's not all searing agony and total obliteration."

@CraigHouston_ Takes years to design & build frigates. The first Type 26 is taking 10 years, with later versions taking 5 + years. Definitely the tories fault if navy is short of hullls today.

Let me get this right, after 18 months you say its the Tory governments fault that you've done nothing about under funded defence but you did manage in that time to 1) Rob pensioners of their heating allowance 2) Respect your promise to Ester Rantzen to get an assisted dying bill in to parliament. The Torys were bad but you are actually 10x worse.

@KevinBurns63 @Bounce_BackLoan If we don't have enough ships in 2026, it's because they were not planned and paid for in previous decades. Tories cut defence brutally, they even tried to cancel the carriers. Also put trident funding in core MoD budget - a huge, enduring cut.

@Bounce_BackLoan He,s still blaming the last Govt. Nearly 20 months on 🤡🤡🤡

Watch as Keir Starmer gets his arse handed to him on a plate in the Liaison Committee "You are at peace while we are actually at war" Even Winston Churchill gets a mention.

@Amelia558rs Nah, that makes that no sense at all. In the UK pension contributions up to £60,000 per year are not taxed, only taxed when drawn. And even then you can take 25% of your total pension pot as a tax-free lump sum.

Give me a Yes if you agree.

@UKBackintheDay2 It was very funny.

Once upon a time, breakfast television was worth watching…

@WarMonitor3 ...added to which budgets swap around. Trident renewal moved from treasury to core Mod funding in 2010, a defacto cut for the Royal Navy in practice.

@WarMonitor3 A direct comparison is quite tricky? The defence budget in 1980 was £10 Billion, it's nearly £70B today. ...also UK GDP was £206B in 1980, today it's £3 Trillion. 2026 UK military is much more capable than the 1980 version, in all but volume.

Britains military is completely degraded from years of chronic underfunding and is a shadow of even its Cold War Power: -Army just 72,000 personnel -Just 14 destroyers or frigates -Only 200 MBT and even less artillery -Only 2.3 percent GDP spending

@zoomafrika1 Show them this, it will explain everything: thetruesize.com/#?borders=1~!M…

How do I explain it to my kids?

@agbdrilling Great against soviet era bombers, useless for defending against ballistic missiles - if that's the comparison you're inviting?

When British Ground Based Air Defence was a thing 🇬🇧

@doomannihilator @JamesMelville How do you feel about your debt & deficit position? US debt has doubled since 2017.

Let [Us]🇺🇸 Count the Ways. -Egg prices down over 90% -Inflation is tracking low and steady at 2.4% -Scrapped EV mandates -The largest Tax Cut in US History -Eliminate taxes on tips -Balanced the cost of prescription drugs by including America as favored nations in drug pricing -Signed the Laken Riley Act -Universal school choice in every state (expand 529 accounts, support homeschooling equally) -Defund schools engaging in political indoctrination -Fire radical-left accreditors in higher education -End teacher tenure and adopt merit pay -Withdrew from the Paris Climate Accords -Secured $1 Trillion in AI investments -America is going back to the Moon -Border Wall construction is BACK -Reverse open-border policies, and carry out the largest deportation operation in American history -Strengthen ICE and increase penalties for illegal entry/overstaying visas -Reinstate "Remain in Mexico" policy -Canceled benefits 1.4 million illegal immigrants -Ended that trans troops crap -Established the MAHA Commission -Issued an Executive Order recognizing biological sex only -Returned federal workers to office 5 days/week -Cut $1.7B in DEI/Environmental Justice grants -Ended unchecked illegal entry -Signed the Working Families Tax Cuts Act with $50 billion for rural healthcare -Support baseline tariffs on foreign-made goods -NATO allies are paying their share now -Hold accountable those misusing government power for political prosecutions -Rein in wasteful federal spending -Declassify records, root out wrongdoers, and fire corrupt employees -Organize national celebration for the 250th anniversary of the U.S. founding There's more, but America haters don't really care about any of this👆anyhow. So, what difference at this point does it make -- to keep trying to enlighten them? What really matters is that [We]🇺🇸 the People Notice. [Our]🇺🇸 movement is about replacing a failed and corrupt political establishment with a government controlled by YOU🫵the American People, regardless of all of the doubters.

Quick question to MAGA supporters…how has Donald Trump made America great again?

@Danboats @GH81573850 @RobertJenrick Norwegian production is also taxed at 78% , the big difference is they've maintained a stable tax environment for 30+ years, allowing for exploration and decommissioning cost tax deductions. Labour cut all tax breaks for investment and will not issue licenses. Utter madness.

@GH81573850 @RobertJenrick He’s talking about gas. Also, we tax imports at 0% whilst UK production is currently taxed at 78%. How exactly would it not be beneficial to produce our own, and reap all the associated economic benefits?

Britain has paid Norway over £100 billion for gas since 2021. For gas they’re drilling in the North Sea, the same sea Ed Miliband has banned new drilling in on the British side. Madness.

@otokyo__ Delicious, if not over cooked.

Anyone?

@MittensOff Is there an irritating cunt in them?

WTF is going on with Jonathan Gullis's trousers at this Weight Watchers induction event? #ReformUK #Gullis

@SimulatedLion @Oceanbreeze473 A staggering talent.

@Oceanbreeze473 Honorable Mention “Jimmy Chamberlin” of the Smashing Pumpkins

Best drummer ever - I’ll go first: Neil Peart.

@DinnerWithBeans Abomination.

Fish, Chips, Peas and Beans