David Gates

We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham

Here's a 🎶 twist on @coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?" It reflects on the grotesque disrespectful media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with @ZelenskyyUa 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraini #Dontabandonthem

Rather striking, what’s happened since the 2016 Brexit referendum…

Unbelievably crass, unfair and sad decision not to grant the Gold medal men’s eight from Paris recognition in the New Year Honours list

Apparently at WH Smith station bookshop at Milton Keynes Central ... Fine work, people. Fine work.

Brexit is having “profound and ongoing” negative impact on UK goods exports and imports, latest @jundu_econ analysis finds. No one lives in the counter factual world, but leaving single marks continues to cost UK. And 2023 was worse! 1/2 on.ft.com/4gpd3qd

@KatharineMerry Women’s quad in the rowing. A young crew giving a massively gutsy performance for Gold

Your favourite overall performance from Paris 2024? Don’t over think it! What pops into your head 1st? Go! …

Here is the montage BBC Sport aired at the end of their Olympics coverage.

What an utterly inspiring performance by the W4x today. Their trust in each other and their joy in each other’s company shone through. And kudos to the Dutch; a race for the ages and real dignity in what must have been a heartbreaking finish for them.

@fatsculler @BBCSport @TeamGB bbc.com/sport/olympics…

Not a dickiebird on the @BBCSport website about some great performances by @TeamGB at the #rowing today - dominant wins by both M8 & W8 plus qualification from W2-. Only mention is a small paragraph on BBCScotland sports page 😡

A swimming related question: why do they not wear team branded kit? It’s only the swim caps not the swim suits. Pourquoi?

Sad to see so many empty seats at Paris Olympics. Too greedy on ticket pricing?

Congratulations @ThamesRC not only for a sensational set of results @HenleyRegatta across all club events but also for being the fastest VIII on Sunday at 6 mins 23s. Is that the first time @fatsculler that the fastest VIII in the finals came from the Thames Cup?

Sunak’s wine legacy. The highest rates of duty on wine in Europe, with 64 bands of duty (to replace just 2!) from 1 Feb 2025. Will the next government do the right thing - it’s a simple move - and help businesses and consumers? My monthly newsletter… newsletter.bauduc.com/t/y-e-mjyduyd-…

Need to get this flag for my office

Brilliant! 👏👏👏

@KHEF22 Oh that’s grim!!

@davidbgates I will see your Thames water 💩 David and raise you with a Northumbria water Northumberland coast effort

Seriously @thameswater this is an utter disgrace

Britain’s Brexit wine duty regime is ‘unworkable’, industry warns on.ft.com/3TUg88m

Just watched 20 Days in Mariupol. Truly painful and awful to watch … but as the months go by it’s so important to remember the ongoing horror of what is happening in Ukraine. 20daysinmariupol.com