Jonathan Ford

This is such a depressing story. There might have been lots wrong with the rag trade in Leicester but is it really a great outcome to have simply closed it down and end up with customers importing single pieces all the way from China?

Ed Conway @EdConwaySky

🧵 You may recall a spate of stories a few years ago about appalling working conditions & abysmally low pay in Leicester's clothes factories. The hope was those stories would shame businesses into improving working conditions. But here's what ACTUALLY happened next... 👇

It's pronounced "Cove" but spelled "Cobh". And when the passengers joined, it was called Queenstown

Елена🌹 @ElennaVolkovsk1

Cove, Ireland is a small port town, overlooking the last breath of the Titanic... the last stop of the Titanic. On April 10, 1912, the legendary liner arrived here. 123 passengers boarded, heading to New York. Only 44 of them survived... https://t.co/jGs1TpX4VZ

Another steel plant closes... Source: The Star Shared via the Google app https://t.co/6bYNK8IfH9

Fantastic headline. Where were the subs?

Back in Time West London @OldLondonW14

This headline threw me. Exodus of dwarfs? Had to read it 3 times https://t.co/JEXsNyfkYE

RT @Critic_GStewart: June's @TheCriticMag has gone to press. Featuring Terence Kealey @WalkerMarcus @john_mcguirk @pastasnack_e @MahanEsfah…

Encouraging that it now takes >5 years for our boffins to attach a missile to an aircraft. Encouraging for our enemies that is.. https://t.co/EftASmhrDQ

The Sykes-Picot deal is interesting for largely ignoring what was ultimately the key strategic interest both countries had in the region: oil. When the Brits woke up to this towards the end of WW1, the first thing they did was redraw it.. https://t.co/0G8PiGcCL3

Revd Nicholas Pye @RevdPye

16 May 1916, UK & France concluded secret Sykes–Picot Agreement with assent of Russia & Italy, which was to divide Arab areas of Ottoman Empire into spheres of influence, following victory in #WW1. It led to creation of many of problems which still impact region today. https://t.co/vIhYv5nuLL

On #taxigate, I stand with Lammy

RT @reactionlife: A Long Time in Finance: Iraq, minerals and the art of the deal A podcast hosted by Neil Collins and Jonathan Ford (@Grep…

RT @ewangibbs: In April the government took over Britain’s last basic steelworks at Scunthorpe. I spoke to @ALTIFpodcast about the history…

Great to get the brilliant Ewan Gibbs back on to talk about the steel crisis and how we got here

A Long Time In Finance @ALTIFpodcast

Our latest on @ALTIFpodcast - MAKING PLANS FOR BRITISH STEEL - is out. In the wake of the crisis at Scunthorpe, we talk to historian @ewangibbs about steel, the state, and the importance of ownership and production in an uncertain world. https://t.co/dahDVIrXZ8 https://t.co/UuvO2WywzB

Coming up on ⁦@ALTIFpodcast⁩, we look at the history of British Steel.. https://t.co/eG0iY3vI6G

I fear he is right.

STV News @STVNews

'Scotland once again is a victim of industrial vandalism and devastation' Labour MP Brian Leishman hit out at his party's decision to allow Grangemouth oil refining to end. https://t.co/cZn05OIqW7 https://t.co/LmEMCuvFLI

No surprise as they didn't have a licensed design. But rumours rife that the government has cut funding so there will only be *enough* for one reactor design https://t.co/PVaNnkNIMm

As cunning plans go, this looks sub-Baldrick level. Serious question though: How can Britain on its own block the sun in ways that will influence the climate?

PeterSweden @PeterSweden7

Britain will begin experiments to BLOCK the sun to stop global warming. Do you trust that they will do this without causing any side effects?