Robert Rotchell

@Rawdogg15 They shouldn’t be on the pitch ! Entitled prat’s !

It’s not terribly deep, but I reckon this is poor form from all parties to be fair. Terrible timing/awareness from the production team. Parling understandably annoyed but huge overreaction if you ask me. Nobody looks good here.

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response: A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief. Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness. There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege. And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down. So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that: • Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are. • You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man. This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump. And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.

@HillF1 F1 used to be about fastest car and driver, now it’s about who spent more time on a Formula E simulator 🙄

OK. What do you really think about that quali session? And don't just parrot your favourite driver.

A list of everything they did to make sure harm was done to us all!

@LibDems Anyone who has actually been involved in the healthcare system knows that unless you sort out Social Care first the rest of the system will fail !

The government has walked away from cross-party talks on social care, kicking long-overdue reforms into the long grass while millions face soaring care costs. We must fix social care and fix it now.

@Charles83230639 He should be behind bars.

‘Full of excuses’: families condemn Matt Hancock’s testimony to Covid inquiry. theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j…

@SilverstoneUK Not overrated Raye !

Glastonbury 🤝 British Grand Prix Raye 🎤 Fat Boy Slim 🎤 Blossoms 🎤 Jade 🎤 Becky Hill 🎤 Who are you most excited to see perform at Silverstone this weekend? #BritishGP

@CornwallCouncil So now the real work begins. How do we solve the problems that haven’t gone away ?

🛣️ The Department for Transport has confirmed it will not provide funding for re-routing the A39 Atlantic Highway at Camelford, bringing an end to four years of uncertainty about the project’s future. More on this ➡️ orlo.uk/A39_Atlantic_H…

@LibDems This is the price to be paid for having people in charge ( Ministers) who don’t have a clue. Fix Social Care FIRST ! Anyone involved in the Care System knows this is the only way to begin to solve the problem.

This smoke and mirrors spending review was a huge missed opportunity to break with years of Conservative neglect and finally start delivering change. The investment in health announced today will simply go to waste if we don’t address the elephant in the NHS waiting room - the crisis in social care. The social care review must be completed this year - not in three years - and local authorities must be given the resources to care for people in the community, not in hospitals.

@LeeTrewhela Well done Leigh !👍

Lib Dem councillor Leigh Frost elected as the new leader of Cornwall Council. Again, Reform members abstained.

Recently elected Reform councillors, resigning, has now hit 22. Each by-election will cost £10,000 of taxpayers money. What a waste of cash..

Matt Hancock described his infidelity and corruption as impeccable behaviour. What a disgusting worm that 'man' is. He and Boris Johnson should be on trial for Murder x 40,000 for all the Care Home residents they killed.

@implausibleblog I’m available ! Massive experience in health and social care and I’m not tied to any particular political dogma.

Lady in teal, "Could we not have a politician in charge of our health service who has a background as a doctor or a nurse?" Conservative MP Luke Evans who used to be a GP, "I like this woman" #BBCQT

@plymouthcc Respectfully mind your own business ! Cornwall does not want to be a subsidiary of power hungry Devon councillors.

📢 Councils collaborate on devolution plans In a bold step towards local autonomy, the leaders of Plymouth City Council, Devon County Council, and Torbay Council are joining forces to explore the creation of a Mayoral Strategic Authority. More here ➡️ ow.ly/rTKF50V8gR8

@BenMaguireNC Same applies to Camelford, delay after delay for 15 years !!!

@LeeTrewhela I thought so, in the private sector the responsible individual would be out on their ear. But sadly in Local Authorities no one is held accountable for their actions.

@robrotchell I think this is officer-led. But of course the portfolio holder for transport will have to have agreed to it.

Cornwall Council spent almost £1m on installing barriers at six of its car parks. They’re now being removed and replaced by pay and display machines at a further cost of more than £40,000. cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-…

@Britain_People @MattHancock He should be in prison !

🔴@MattHancock gave his mate - pub landlord with NO previous experience making medical supplies - £40m Covid contract to produce vials for testing kits. He gave it to him after getting a WhatsApp. Alex Bourne BOUGHT £1.3m country manor house just months after landing contract. @ExcludedFighter @ChrisPDuck @MirrorPolitics

@CornwallCouncil Meanwhile uncollected black bags full of rubbish are piling up on the streets. Saying you should have read the leaflet is no answer !

📢 Mid West Cornwall - from March 10 we'll only be collecting rubbish from your new bin or protective sack. You can keep and repurpose your old rubbish bin or we can collect and recycle it. 🔗 For a collection book by March 12 at orlo.uk/Recycle_My_Bin…

@CornwallLive That’s a bit rich considering the previous Government turned a deaf ear to Cornwall’s request for fairer funding for over a decade !

Cornwall deputy leader hopes PM's turkey is 'burnt and destroyed' David Harris does NOT hold back as he shares his anger that the Government has ignored constant pleas for fairer funding and leaves Cornwall short by millions cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-…