Chair of Private, Public and Charitable Boards. Former Member of Parliament for Daventry and former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Now enjoying life!

Joined October 2009
Chris Heaton-Harris retweeted
A powerful intervention from the head of the Army. Something is coming, and government needs to wake up. He says the public will have to make sacrifices so we can prioritise defence and security. This is no time for “national security can’t come at the expense of social security”. Hard choices are coming whether ministers like it or not. I have been clear where I would start: cut welfare spending and put the money into defence.
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Andrew Neil
@afneilOct 9
A separate Scotland would be free to use whatever currency it wanted, including sterling. But it could not print sterling — indeed the Scottish banks would have to stop printing Scottish pound notes — and the Bank of England would not be lender of last resort. It has no need to be that to any foreign jurisdiction just because that jurisdiction uses sterling. So a separate Scotland using sterling would have no ability to create money and no central bank lender of last resort. But by far the biggest deficit in Europe to finance. Borrowing rates would be penal. It’s a Darien-style financial crash in the making which will pauperise the nation. And the real threat to Scotland’s pensions/pensioners.
Replying to @afneil
Would the Bank of England still be the lender of Last Resort?
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“The motion passed by the Green Party today is an attack on the Jewish community. It is an antisemitic platform, based on a grossly offensive distortion and erasure of Jewish experience and identity.” The full statement by the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council: @JLC_uk
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Chris Heaton-Harris retweeted
If Germany, or any other EU state, had truly wanted Britain in the EU, they would not have perfomatively sent David Cameron away empty-handed from the 2016 renegotiation. They were readier to lose their second-largest economy than to allow the slightest return of powers.
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From @chhcalling and Guarav Menon: The Long Read - 'Who cares?' Revisited conservativehome.com/2026/09…
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We wouldn't give much weight to the OECD's new GDP forecasts, but still interesting that... 1⃣ "Brexit Britain" is expected to grow as fast or faster than the euro area again in both 2026 and 2027 (France has now replaced Germany as Europe's "sick man") 2⃣ the euro area is expected to grow about half as fast as the US - why should the UK want to realign more closely with a failing economic bloc? 🤷‍♂️ oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en…
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Chris Heaton-Harris retweeted
People said "how can the Lords reject/delay something the Commons wants: isn't that un-democratic?" But the Commons, presented with the same bill, and having heard the Lords, thought again and voted it down. Ours is a deliberative democracy: argument, reason, checks & balance.
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🎙️ Saturday's football results read by the recreated voice of the legendary radio broadcaster James Alexander Gordon.
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Chris Heaton-Harris retweeted
Exciting day for NVIDIA and @huggingface. Open models strengthen safety and cybersecurity, accelerate innovation and diffusion, and enable sovereignty. They allow every developer, startup, university, industry and country to build with, customize and benefit from AI. Thank you @ClementDelangue for coming to me. NVIDIA is going to be a great home for Hugging Face, its community and the future of open models. 🤗 blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia…
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Chris Heaton-Harris retweeted
Interesting from Sir Anthony Seldon’s new book “Sunak at 10” (and also “Truss at 10”) that I was TWICE almost made Chief Whip in Autumn 2022. I would have been pleased to serve. But one thing’s for sure - I wouldn’t have published a tell-all memoir about it! #WhipsOmerta
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Chris Heaton-Harris retweeted
Reminder that Dolly Parton didn't leave this world as some fragile lady, she left like a hot rockstar in heels & leather.
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What a lady. In addition to the wonderful music, and the sharp wit, Dolly Parton’s literacy program, the Imagination Library, has sent *318 million* books to children under 5. Including 7 million in Britain alone. A fantastic legacy.
A message from the family of Dolly Parton.
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Chris Heaton-Harris retweeted
Bir Kere Girince Saatlerce Çıkamayacağınız 50 Site 1.) 'zoom.earth' — Dünyayı canlı uydu görüntüsüyle izleme 2.) 'flightradar24.com' — Şu an gökyüzündeki her uçağı görme 3.) 'marinetraffic.com' — Denizdeki tüm gemileri anlık takip 4.) 'windy.com' — Rüzgar ve fırtınaların canlı haritası 5.) 'lightningmaps.org' — Dünyaya düşen yıldırımları anlık izleme 6.) 'earthquake.usgs.gov' — Son depremlerin canlı listesi 7.) 'submarinecablemap.com' — İnterneti taşıyan okyanus kabloları 8.) 'globalforestwatch.org' — Ormanların yok oluşunu uydudan izleme 9.) 'worldometers.info' — Dünyanın istatistikleri saniye saniye 10.) 'internetlivestats.com' — Şu an atılan tweet ve arama sayısı 11.) 'thetruesize.com' — Ülkelerin gerçek boyutlarını karşılaştırma 12.) 'oldmapsonline.org' — Yüzyıllar öncesinin haritaları 13.) 'davidrumsey.com' — 150 bin tarihi harita arşivi 14.) 'openstreetmap.org' — Gönüllülerin çizdiği dünya haritası 15.) 'window-swap.com' — Rastgele birinin penceresinden dünyaya bakma 16.) 'virtualvacation.us' — Şehirlerde sanal yürüyüş 17.) 'mapcrunch.com' — Dünyanın rastgele bir noktasına ışınlanma 18.) 'atlasobscura.com' — Dünyanın en tuhaf yerlerinin kataloğu 19.) 'neal.fun' — Etkileşimli bilgi deneyimleri 20.) 'htwins.net/scale2' — Atomdan evrene ölçek yolculuğu 21.) 'eyes.nasa.gov' — Güneş sistemini 3B gezme 22.) 'stellarium-web.org' — Tarayıcıda gerçek gökyüzü haritası 23.) 'apod.nasa.gov' — NASA'nın günün astronomi fotoğrafı 24.) 'images.nasa.gov' — NASA'nın tüm görsel arşivi ücretsiz 25.) 'pudding.cool' — Veriyle anlatılan görsel makaleler 26.) 'ourworldindata.org' — Dünyanın gerçek verilerle hali 27.) 'gapminder.org' — Dünya hakkındaki yanlış bildiklerimiz 28.) 'informationisbeautiful.net' — Karmaşık veriyi görselleştirme 29.) 'data.worldbank.org' — Dünya Bankası'nın açık verileri 30.) 'data.tuik.gov.tr' — Türkiye'nin resmi istatistik veritabanı 31.) 'archive.org' — Milyonlarca kitap, film ve yazılım arşivi 32.) 'gutenberg.org' — Telifi düşmüş 70 bin ücretsiz kitap 33.) 'openlibrary.org' — Dünyanın her kitabının kaydı 34.) 'loc.gov' — ABD Kongre Kütüphanesi dijital arşivi 35.) 'europeana.eu' — Avrupa'nın kültürel miras arşivi 36.) 'dp.la' — Amerika'nın dijital kütüphane koleksiyonu 37.) 'artsandculture.google.com' — Müzeleri evden gezme 38.) 'rijksmuseum.nl' — Sanat eserlerini yüksek çözünürlükte indirme 39.) 'wikiart.org' — 250 bin sanat eserinin arşivi 40.) 'publicdomainreview.org' — Tarihin unutulmuş görsel hazineleri 41.) 'openculture.com' — Ücretsiz kültür ve eğitim arşivi 42.) 'metmuseum.org' — Met Müzesi'nin açık koleksiyonu 43.) 'musicmap.info' — Müzik türlerinin soy ağacı 44.) 'radiooooo.com' — Ülke ve on yıl seçip o dönemi dinleme 45.) 'listen.hatnote.com' — Wikipedia düzenlemelerini sese çevirme 46.) 'wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:R…' — Rastgele bilgi kuyusu 47.) 'timeanddate.com' — Zaman, gündoğumu ve gökyüzü olayları 48.) 'sciencedaily.com' — Bilim haberlerinin güncel akışı 49.) 'arxiv.org' — Bilimsel makalelerin ücretsiz ön baskıları 50.) 'observablehq.com' — Veriyi canlı kodla görselleştirme İnternet, algoritmanın önünüze koyduğu o beş siteden ibaret değil.
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Chris Heaton-Harris retweeted
Polymarket isn’t real life.
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Chris Heaton-Harris retweeted
The solar eclipse as seen from space!
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Sono favorevole alla chiusura dello spazio Schengen con la Spagna e ho piena fiducia nell’operato del Ministro Piantedosi. L’immigrazione irregolare e incontrollata rappresenta un pericolo per la sicurezza nazionale. Le immagini che arrivano da Ceuta dimostrano come la scelta del Governo di Madrid di dare la cittadinanza spagnola, quindi europea, ad oltre 500mila immigrati irregolari sia profondamente sbagliata e incentivi il traffico di essere umani.
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The late great Ann Widdecombe defending free speech at the Oxford Union. This is worth your time.
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fuck
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Crown Prince Haakon of Norway leading the people of Norway and the players as they row together at the palace. This is beautiful. 🇳🇴👏
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Chris Heaton-Harris retweeted
Jaw-dropping stat from @Paul_Swinney's latest. Something he and I have been looking for a long time. Britain outside of South England operates at fiscal deficits on the scale of Greece at the worst of its financial crisis. economicsobservatory.com/gre…
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