Keir Giles
Twitter refugee #1,383,497
- Today in "things I never said but a journalist from a reputable news agency wants to ask me more about because their 'AI research' flagged it to them":
- Now our BA cabin crew are shocked, SHOCKED that some of my fellow travellers on this flight to northern parts where the temperature is 10 degrees below freezing have dared to come on board with winter coats and try to stow them in lockers.
- Convo with Heathrow parking people just now suggests my efforts to reduce travel have failed utterly. Me: Hi, I’m inbound, T2, ETA 30 mins. Them: Nah, you’re T3 today. T2 is Wednesday. Me: Oh yeah, right… Thanks. I’m at the right terminal and BTW these folks are great: triangleparking.co.uk
- Hello 2026, goodbye British Airways. We're among the exodus from BA following their changes to their frequent flyer scheme last year that made it virtually impossible for frequent flyers like us to earn the benefits that make constant business travel a little less miserable. [1/7]
- To be clear, that's frequent economy class travel, mostly to Europe and the US. For business/first class flyers, it makes no difference as they get the benefits anyway. (Still, Andrew Neil has some very entertaining rants about why he's no longer BA - x.com/afneil/statu... ) [2/7]
- BA won't notice losing our business. Our travel budget is in the low five figures annually. But if the exodus is real, and thousands of SMEs are in the same position, BA's profits are bound to feel the difference. I asked Rob at @headforpoints.com if he could make business sense of it - [3/7]
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View full threadAnyway, if you're still clinging to BA - join me in bailing out when they expire your frequent flyer status in April. You won't regret it. [7/7]
- This week I was in London for a live sequel to Sky News' podcast 'The Wargame'. On stage we had former British ministers Ben Wallace, Jack Straw and Amber Rudd, and former Commander of Joint Forces Command General Sir Richard Barrons, playing out another round of simulated attack from Moscow. [1/9]
- The audience was engaged, interested, and there because they know this is serious. This is the UK's national conversation on defence, security and resilience, in action. The problem is, it's not happening with the current British government, but without it and in spite of it. [2/9]
- Does anybody remember the flurry of defence warnings at the end of 2025, when it seemed the Chief of the Defence Staff, the Armed Forces Minister, and others, suddenly seemed to have been permitted to admit the UK has a serious conventional defence problem? [3/9] news.sky.com/story/uks-so...
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View full threadBut as we see from initiatives like Sky News allowing Deborah Haynes and Robert Johnson to lead the conversation where Keir Starmer hasn't, government isn't in the driving seat - it has missed the bus and is watching placidly as it heads off down the road. [9/9] podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
- Please, people, resist the temptation to let those pretty helium balloons just fly away. If they do, there's a fair chance they will end up in a field like this where animals can be grazing. And the results can be fatal for sheep, cows or wildlife. [1/2] www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-n...
- And if you are out and about and you do find one, please do pick it up and dispose of it safely. Mavis, Edna and Olive will thank you. [2/2]
- Yes but on which side of the table?
