
Robin Down 💙
@robindown5
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swim dad, petrolhead. Three kids. GP wife. Not necessarily in order of importance #the12
England, United Kingdom
Joined February 2016
Lord Sumption, former supreme court judge, says Robert Jenrick's plan for lord chancellor (justice sec) to appoint judges would be serious mistake. "If judges were appointed in today’s polarised world by the lord chancellor, I do not think the public would have the same
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C’mon the @Lionesses
@chloekelly Hanwells finest 🏴
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Britain pays wind farms to turn off when it’s windy and overpays gas plants to switch on instead. It'll cost bill payers up to £8b/yr by 2030. Zonal energy pricing would slash this. We’ve started tracking this (avoidable) waste live on our site: https://t.co/cSvypnOSQs
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I’m currently in position 621,282 in the queue to get Dolphins vs Commanders tickets. So that presumably means 50-60k tickets are about to go up on ticket tout websites at 3-4x the face value I give up #nfl #nfleurope #NotForTheFans #bots
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“Once. as an MP, I proposed that offshore billionaires pay just 25k a year to avoid all UK taxes and claimed this would benefit the poor”
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Ok @tfl if the driver knows that there are severe delays due to overhead powerline issues why doesn’t your website? Surely you should be letting people know so they can consider alternative routes?
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The Economist estimates that the annual costs of Reform UK’s manifesto would be around £200bn and savings around £100bn. The gap would amount to a colossal fiscal shock, blowing up the deficit and straining the gilt market to its limit
economist.com
Three choices: fiscal implosion, deep austerity or a hasty U-turn
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The short version: @alexdownswim is taking on the English Channel again 😮🏊♀️🥶 This summer. Not solo (yet!), but as part of another @cosmiccharity relay team. She’s still wary of jellyfish, still driven, and still as determined as ever to make a difference.
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Congratulations @tfl for completely cocking up the tube network and #lizzyline on the day of the #LondonMarathon when the whole world is watching
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Seriously if Trump doesn’t get that Russia started the war then that should be an automatic fail on his cognitive test
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Any retweets to help @metpoliceuk find this dangerous man who attacked my son and his car with his bike lock would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. The incident took place last night at Elephant & Castle.
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So pleased I renounced my US citizenship
The consequences of the US stopping intelligence sharing with Ukraine, as one Russian newspaper sees them: “Now we have a higher chance of finding the enemy’s weak spot and striking when they’re not expecting it.” #ReadingRussia
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When a clown moves into a palace he doesn’t become a king. The palace becomes a circus @POTUS
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Statement from the editors of Reuters, The Associated Press and Bloomberg News https://t.co/nOUWbW4uH6
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Dom’s rant tells you all you need to know about him - Firstly he always plays “the man not the ball”.That’s because of his deep insecurities and anger that the world doesn’t believe he is a guru. His tweet also reveals he is not the intellectual actual giant he thinks he is. 1/14
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Why are people so eager to believe bullshit on here ? It takes 30 seconds to investigate claims.
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