SOCIAL MEDIA
44 ASIAN TRADER 27 JUNE 2025
“We’ve always been an island of
strangers. Our national characteristic is
to be suspicious of anyone we don’t know. We
hung a monkey thinking it was a Frenchman.
I have absolutely no desire to get to know
everyone, or worse them know me.”
Burnside (@BurnsideWasTosh)
“Took a while. But everyone’s getting it
now. The nuclear renaissance is real.
Watch uranium.”
Merryn Somerset Webb (@MerrynSW)
“Spare a thought for hard-working
junior lawyers, who are having to cope
with their starting pay being frozen
at...£150,000.”
Harry Wallop (@hwallop)
“British welfare system encourages
idleness and bogus claims. A major
reason why taxes, govt debt and public
spending are so high, and productivity so low.
The left encourages people to become
dependent on the state. But this only leads to
misery.”
Luke Johnson (@LukeJohnsonRCP)
“It’s telling that the cities people love
the most tend to have been developed
before “Urban Planning” became formal
profession.”
Devon (@devonzuegel)
“A man on the train got really angry
because I was in his seat. I just wanted to
see what it was like to drive the train.”
Martin Pilgrim (@MartinPilgrim1)
“Strawberry jam pairs well with beef
burger. Marmalade with cheeseburger.”
Anon Opin. (@anon_opin)
“In Japan, the three major cell phone
networks have collaborated to create
an emergency use free WiFi open to
anyone to use even without a contract. If
an emergency happens and local or
national networks shut down or become
too congested to use, this WiFi will
automatically turn on for anyone”
Wrath Of Gnon (@wrathofgnon)
“The weirdest thing about much of
British infrastructure is that it is
“privatised” in the weirdest possible way
where the private company doesn’t actually
do anything, they just collect the profits.”
Tom Hatfield (@WordMercenary)
“Papers today. Do not slash cash ISA
allowance say banks that make money
from offering cash Isas at crap interest rates.
Do slash it say fund managers who make
money from asset gathering for equity
investments. File it all under well they would,
wouldn’t they. Incentives matter ...”
Merryn Somerset Web (@MerrynSW)
“I’ve telephoned the DVLA 11 times
today. My problem cannot be solved
online. They have been too busy each time to
answer. Are they all not working from home
in the sun? It’s quite irritating.”
Merryn Somerset Web (@MerrynSW)
“On their way through the Americas,
Asians lost a large part of their genetic
diversity: “Early Asians walked 20,000km
from North Asia to South America, reshaped
genetic landscape.”
Wrath Of Gnon (@wrathofgnon)
“Shoutout to the people on public
transport who unselfishly choose not to
use headphones so we can all enjoy the
music.”
VeryBritishProblems (@SoVeryBritish)
“The figures are hard to believe. A
quarter of Birmingham, UK’s second
city, now on out-of-work benefits? That’s
where unemployment peaked in 1933: and
we called that a Great Depression. And
Manchester: booming, employers desperate
for staff. Yet one in five on the dole.”
Fraser Nelson (@FraserNelson)
Nerdy point ... Council tax is not
included in the headline CPI measure of
UK inflation, but it is in CPIH, which is one
reason why the latter was even higher in April
(4.1% vs 3.5%). FWIW, the ONS argues that
CPIH is the better measure...”
Julian Jessop (@julianHjessop)
“Booked a non-refundable train ticket,
sadly had to cancel the trip. Accepted I
would lose the train fare. As luck would have it
the train I was due to travel on got cancelled.
So applied for a refund even though I’d no
intention of travelling. It’s the small wins.”
Fesshole (@fesshole)
“Giving a puppy an ice cube is one of the
best ways ever to spend 15 mins.”
Tom Goodwin (@tomfgoodwin)
“An asteroid the size of 12 and a half fully
grown gorillas is set to pass the Earth on
Wednesday, May 21, in a very close flyby.”
The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post)
“In the Cotswolds today? Why not come
to the Farmer’s Dog. Grab a pint and a
burger and enjoy the view. Bring the family and
the dog. Or don’t. We don’t mind either way.”
Jeremy Clarkson (@JeremyClarkson)
“Some of our country’s brightest minds
have been arguing about whether
Walkers’ Sensations Poppadoms are enough
like potato crisps to be subject to Value Added
Tax. That the design of our tax system makes
this an argument worth having is outrageous.”
Helen Miller (@HelenMiller_IFS)
“‘What’s that you’ve got there, mate?’
‘It’s a goldette and titanius statuette of
Luke Starman from off of Space Wars. I paid
five hundred quid for it because they’ve only
made—’ ‘We’re gonna need a bigger landfill.’
‘WWRRRRRRAAAAGGGGH IT’S NOT
LANDFILL HOW DARE YOU!’ ‘Ho ho!’”
Napoleon (@moanaparte)
“‘If you say so.’ Translation: You’re
wrong.”
VeryBritishProblems (@SoVeryBritish)
“‘Bumping’ the tube barriers is peak
anarcho-tyranny. Those with the least
regard for the law are allowed to break it,
while those who respect the law shoulder the
increasing costs of ever-worsening transport
services. Fare evasion should be policed with
heavy fines.”
Connor Tomlinson (@Con_Tomlinson)
Asian Trader has rounded up some comments from
our Twitter feed to give a vivid picture of retailers
and friends under inflationary conditions …
X: The World According
to “Not” Twitter
@NoContextBrits