Brian Monteith (@thebluetrot) 's Twitter Profile
Brian Monteith

@thebluetrot

Telegraph & Scotsman writin' Cigar smoking' Jaguar drivin' Vino quaffin' Hibees followin' Zeppelin lovin' Wagner goin' free-marketin' Ex MEP 2019-20 & MSP 99-07

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Lady C (@ladycolincampb) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I see the Animal Rights Terrorists are at it again. Peta has attacked the Prince and Princess of Wales for daring to breed from their dog. They commend (rightly) The King and Queen for rescuing dogs from Battersea Dogs Home, while condemning Wiliam and Catherine for allowing

petawatch.com (@petawatch_com) 's Twitter Profile Photo

PETA’s assault on the Royal Family is part of a wider pattern of behaviour prioritising protests over genuine animal welfare. Read more from our campaign adviser Brian Monteith below: telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/2…

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There would have been economic challenges under the Tories, but their choices would have been different than those of Reeves and hiking employers' NIC (which they had cut) would not have been one of them.

Heidi Bachram 🎗️ (@heidibachram) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is Inbar Heiman. She could easily be at Glastonbury Festival right now. But she was at Nova when monsters came and chased her down on motorbikes, murdered and dragged her to Gaza. She’s STILL there. Today those who support her killers are welcomed to applause. The world is MAD.

This is Inbar Heiman. She could easily be at <a href="/glastonbury/">Glastonbury Festival</a> right now. But she was at Nova when monsters came and chased her down on motorbikes, murdered and dragged her to Gaza. She’s STILL there. Today those who support her killers are welcomed to applause. The world is MAD.
Louise Distras (@louisedistras) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Bob Vylan calls for killing Jews at Glastonbury and gets hero worship while I face up to 5 years in prison for speaking at a women's free speech event. Absolute clown world

Louise Distras (@louisedistras) 's Twitter Profile Photo

...and now the rozzers say they won't prosecute Kneecap for the Kill your MP speech! Guess I should've swapped 'Let Women Speak' for 'Up Hamas, Up Hezbollah'!! 🤡🌎 24 July, Leeds Crown Court. Make your plans!!

Julian Jessop (@julianhjessop) 's Twitter Profile Photo

FYI, the lower US tariffs on the UK's auto and aerospace sectors come into effect today... 👍 🇬🇧 10% 🇪🇺 25% Talks continuing on US tariffs on steel and aluminium, which are still 25% for the 🇬🇧 (but 50% for the 🇪🇺) #brexitbenefits gov.uk/government/new…

Brian Monteith (@thebluetrot) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Another week, another headache with the Irish Sea border - this time it's tobacco "The UK government must either tear up the Windsor Framework so the UK can decide its own laws – or withdraw the Tobacco & Vape Bill" My take on the WF mess for Belfast News Letter bit.ly/4lzmHbE

Dan Salt (@danjsalt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

No doubt it will flail around The Windsor Framework will die in due course but not before Labour ties itself in knots over it and the Unionists fail to get their act together

Daniel Hodson (@dhhodson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"UK government.... is insisting on passing its new restriction into law despite being advised by British and Irish politicians that it conflicts with EU law and therefore cannot be enforced in Northern Ireland."

Sapere Aude (@thedissenter) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Yet Stormont gave legislative consent to this? Almost as if they don’t understand the legal outworkings of the Windsor Framework.

Brian Monteith (@thebluetrot) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How Keir Starmer’s biggest mistakes revived the SNP from the dead "The truth for Labour is his sidekicks are no better, it is the likes of Reeves, Miliband, Rayner, Streeting and Lammy who've sold him hospital pass policies." My latest The Scotsman column bit.ly/4nqrVrO

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Palm Oil saves forests "It may be hard to swallow for virtue signallers, but anyone wanting to protect the rainforest should be looking at ingredients and rejecting other oils in preference to palm oil" My latest for Country Squire UK might surprise some. bit.ly/45zI0oE

Andrew Griffith MP (@griffitha) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is grade A mission creep and a perfect example of the unintended consequences of having too many well paid, deeply ‘woke’, public sector regulators making work for themselves. Harassment, let alone violence, is already covered by the criminal, employment and contract law.

This is grade A mission creep and a perfect example of the unintended consequences of having too many well paid, deeply ‘woke’, public sector regulators making work for themselves.

Harassment, let alone violence, is already covered by the criminal, employment and contract law.
Brian Monteith (@thebluetrot) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just one more volte-face, Rachel, and it could be crisis averted "If Rachel Reeves wants to achieve higher tax revenues, she must cut Capital Gains Tax, not raise taxes even more." My latest for The Telegraph is about improving productivity The Productivity Institute bit.ly/3TR8ScC

Trevor Lloyd-Jones (@tlloydjones) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The increasing share of national resources taken by the public sector – about 45% of GDP – is a direct cause of UK's productivity problem. Productivity across the public sector is still 4.6% lower than 2019, with the health service in particular an amazing 10% less productive 👉

Julian Jessop (@julianhjessop) 's Twitter Profile Photo

One year on, Labour is claiming three big wins on the economy, but these are little to shout about... 🧵 1⃣ big increases in the National Minimum Wage This simply maintained the last government's policy of raising the NMW to 2/3 of median earnings and extending to younger

One year on, Labour is claiming three big wins on the economy, but these are little to shout about... 🧵

1⃣ big increases in the National Minimum Wage

This simply maintained the last government's policy of raising the NMW to 2/3 of median earnings and extending to younger
Clive Bates (@clive_bates) 's Twitter Profile Photo

My pitch at Institute of Economic Affairs yesterday… - UKTobacco & Vapes Bill is useless policy, I can’t believe anyone is backing it. - Tobacco Free Generation is a nothing-burger. Solves a problem solved by vapes, pouches well before anyone born after 2009 gets sick from smoking; - No effect on