Founder, Bannatyne Group. Author, 7 books. Father, 7 amazing children. Married to
@wnigora_nigora
. I thank the lord every day for the wonderful life I live
Oh bugger off. Why should Uk taxpayer bail out Billionaires? They can do that themselves. Tax payer needs to bail out the poor, the starving, the ill and the disabled that are most effected by this virus.
People are dying. People are losing jobs. People that have very little are losing what they have and before it is even close to being over a billionaire goes to the PM to beg for money for himself. This is distasteful.
Yep. Grew up in poverty. Not schooled. Dyslexic. Penniless at age 29. Opened my first bank account aged 30 & worked in a bakery loading bead onto vans, night shift. My mother cleaned schools
I am in Miami. Restaurants, bars, Hotels, gyms are all open. Neither death rate nor infection rate is much higher than UK. (actually it might be lower) why is UK in lockdown?
Ok so a man is walking into ladies changing area. Staff stop and he says I am transgender they say sorry and let him walk straight in amongst the ladies, young girls and children. Not in my world Mel. Not gonna happen when I am there
@DuncanBannatyne
I suppose when someone tells them that they are transgender, they should probably allow them to go into the change room they feel more comfortable going to 🤷♀️
When you consider I was born into and brought up in abject poverty, never received an education and started selling ice cream aged 29 and opened my 1st Bank account aged 30 I can only laugh in the face of your Tweet.
Deaths by Covid dropped by 37% in last week & new infections are dropping by huge amounts. It is seriously time to allow businesses to open in UK & contribute to the economy again. What are we waiting for
@10DowningStreet
???
If Nicola Sturgeon is a person of honour as she claims, then she surely must resign for her mask law breach?
She has been absolutely insistent that Boris Johnson must resign for his equally minor breach of lockdown laws.
What’s the difference?
Thank you NHS & Everyone at Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. My daughter arrived at your doors late yesterday afternoon and very soon after had a beautiful baby daughter. Thank you for working and being wonderful. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@DuncanBannatyne
Hi Duncan. Was just wondering whilst your Gyms are closed, do you operate any of the car parks and could they be used by NHS staff if near hospitals.
Dear members We closed our clubs last night & many of you will be wondering what happens next. 1st let me assure you that we will not be taking any money from your Bank accounts while we are closed. When we re-open we will credit any balances on your account to the first payment
To be clear… I will not be following any form of “firebreak” October lockdown.
SAGE even talking about it is madness.
The government even contemplating it is madness.
We must all now stand up for our right to return to our short and precious lives before we lose another year.
Thank you Thank you Thank you everyone at University Hospital of North Tees for looking after my baby granddaughter who arrived suffering from an upper respiratory virus & stayed with you for 2 nights. Mercifully her test for Covid was negative & she went home fit & well today
Proud to announce that The Bannatyne Group Have now granted 225 complimentary 12 months memberships to military veterans and we are still going through the list of applicants
Almost 23% of UK adult population have now received at least one vaccination jab. Surely it must be close to the time when some parts of lockdown starts to get disassembled ?
Me? Born into poverty. Never received an education, penniless aged 30. Opened first Bank Account aged 30 to get my wages from my manual labour in a Bakery Started a business aged 32. Work 12 hours per day 7 days a week. You mean me?
Health Clubs & many gyms have membership logging in systems that allow us to track members movements historically. The system tells us which other members were in the club at the same time. This gives us the best track & trace system in the world
@NicolaSturgeon
No pubs have this
Sorry but I have to choose my battles. Currently I am 72 yrs old, had my gallbladder removed less that 48 hours ago & find myself fighting a massive battle for women’s rights to safe women only changing areas
@TriciaFrasman
@TotalFitness
@DuncanBannatyne
can you please confirm that Bannatyne’s changing rooms are single sex & your gym policy aligns with the Equality act 2010 as changing room are places where females are vulnerable and in a state of undress so single sex exceptions can apply.
Thank you.
Our new Chancellor has just announced a minimum wage increase of 6.2% from £8.21p to £8.72p. That is great news & shows the new governments commitment to the lowest paid in the UK.
Excuse me for asking but I really want to know. Why does a single person with no responsibilities get £300-a-week benefits. Tax free. That is more than the minimum wage after tax and NI for 40 hours per week isn’t it
In these last four years, we’ve had to put up with an endless amount of bizarre ideas from the radical left, but this one might be the most insane. I’m talking about the Biden Administration abolishing Title IX which is an outright attack women's rights.
The wokeness has been
While it’s terrible Ngozi was made to feel uncomfortable at Buckingham Palace, it is surely the duty of any journalist to point out she has previously accused Charles and Camilla of “domestic violence” towards Meghan. A shocking unproven claim.
See her tweet from March 2021 below
HOW TO TREAT A TROLL. A troll threatened that I could never block him as he would just keep opening new accounts. So I made the sad idiot drive a wasted four hour return journey to meet me but I was not there. 😂😂😂😂😂 Trolls are not very clever you know. 👊👊👊
Having read the
@EHRC
’s new ‘guidance’ on single-sex spaces, there is clearly a case for it to be challenged through the courts. Even at a basic Equality Act level it is seriously flawed - if a lawyer signed off on this, they should be embarrassed.
#EHRC
#transrights
Listening to
@NicolaSturgeon
talking about the high number of cases in Scotland linked to pubs. But there have been no high numbers of cases linked to Health Clubs or Gyms in the world. So why is she keeping gyms closed knowing that she has opened pubs & knowing that is an issue?
@DuncanBannatyne
I got confused for a minute and thought you were choosing *not* to fight for women’s safe female only spaces. I can’t tell you my relief when I see you are still prioritising this fight. I can’t thank you enough. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Probably for the first time I agree with anti lockdown protesters. With over 50% of uk population vaccinated it is time to get businesses open, let the people out & learn to live with Covid
Why can’t the media stop asking Boris questions about Dominic and ask serious questions about the situation the country is in and what the R really is today
Another bloody extension from the EU. This time to January 31st 2020. We must come to a decision before then. For gods sake politicians get it done, one way or the other. Boris’s deal or May’s deal or no deal or stay in EU. Just make a bloody decision, we are sick of it.
You see what happens when I stand up for women. This paper writes an untrue headline. The paper must be controlled by women hating liars of the lowest order
@TriciaFrasman
@TotalFitness
@DuncanBannatyne
can you please confirm that Bannatyne’s changing rooms are single sex & your gym policy aligns with the Equality act 2010 as changing room are places where females are vulnerable and in a state of undress so single sex exceptions can apply.
Thank you.
How the fuck can the outgoing PM & the incoming PM think it is ok to each take separate private jets to Balmoral during this crisis?
#timeforarevolution
Clearly the building industry isn’t in lockdown. Most builders are self employed & not earning huge amounts so they have to go to work to survive. The answer is easy. The huge building companies, many listed on the stock exchange, should halt construction & pay the builders!!
There is no panic , the situation is simple, we believe biological women should not have to share changing rooms with women with penises And we believe many paedophiles will use the self representation law to abuse women or worse.
More fool me, I suppose, but I never imagined that so many people I've considered friends and political allies could end up buying into a moral panic against trans people so readily. I don't think they realise the impact of their words and actions. It is utterly heartbreaking.
Just to be clear. Neither my wife or I ever claimed to have helped the boys. We ran along the beach to see if we could help (I am trained in CPR) but when we got there the boys were already in the recovery position so our input was not required
We have all forgotten to put our masks on or back on at sometime. It is easily done. I always wear a mask but yesterday I walked into a supermarket only to stopped by staff asking me where my mask was. It was in my pocket. Easy mistake
#NicolaSturgeon
I will continue to support LGBT rights as I have done all of my life, whether stranger men say so or not. Erasure of women's views, voices, and work in the community is why feminism is now more important than ever and misogyny such as this is growing. We must always speak up 💜
What a pathetic & disgusting little girl. Bad language & an offensive jumper. I do hope she grows up soon & her parents find a reason to be proud of her.
It is sad that so many are laughing at this situation. Some men are not changing into women they are just claiming to be women. They then compete against biological women & walk away with prize money & they walk around naked in the ladies (& young girls) changing rooms.
"Genderqueer" comedian
@HannahGadsby
mocks female athletes who have spoken up about being made to compete against men - under the guise of mocking men who defend them.
"The idea that men are transitioning so they can dominate women's sports! Picking up all those amazing perks
We have 54 Health Clubs open Some since July 10 others since July 25 124,000 responsible members all wearing masks when not working out & temp tested on arrival No issues, no fighting in street, no abuse of social distancing but
@NicolaSturgeon
still refuses openings in Scotland
No matter how many trolls attack me I will continue to extend my view that nobody should start vaping, with the exception of addicted smokers that use vaping to help them stop smoking. Both vaping & smoking are bad for you
This is the full exchange with
@lisanandy
re transgenderism on today’s
@GMB
, as she seems very keen to only tweet out bits that suit her. You can all decide who was reasonable here & who was stark raving bonkers.
Please everyone. We are still in lockdown and it is important that we stay at home. Don’t be tempted to stand on a bridge with lots of other people clapping your hands. It is not smart. Don’t copy the covidiots, be better than them. Stay away from crowds, stay home, save lives.
@DuncanBannatyne
Yep, third spaces that would provide safety for all apparently are not validating. Which is infuriating because I would gladly campaign for third spaces if it meant everyone felt comfortable and women did not have to give up their single sex spaces that we fought hard to get.
So proud of my friend Ophelia for these inspiring words.✊
If we really care about equality, we need to find a way to stop working class people from voting.
@DuncanBannatyne
Baffles me. I’ve been back working at your Carlisle club since last weekend and it’s been amazing. Everyone following procedures we have put in place! The fact the Dumfries club I also work at can’t open is ridiculous.
Another 813 coronavirus deaths in UK today. And still people from around the world can fly into our Airports without checks, without self isolating. It is not going to get much easier anytime soon.
I am very happy to hear that Richard Osborn-Brooks has been released and I sincerely hope there are no charges pending against him in relation to his defence of his home
BREAKING: I'm beyond thrilled to announce that the magnificent Captain, Sir Tom Moore will be my guest on Life Stories in a special edition of the show to be aired next month. What a life, what a man! So looking forward to our chat
@captaintommoore
!
The police better not arrest the passerby. All he did was try to prevent criminal damage to historic buildings. It is time police were arrested for dereliction of duty for not tackling these “no oil” thugs.
This bystander who has had enough, tackled a Just Stop Oil criminal vandalising the MI5 building, leaving them covered in their own orange paint.
Well done that man! What I like to see.👏🏼
Theresa May is right to resign. She's now accepted what the country's known for months: she can't govern, and nor can her divided and disintegrating party.
Whoever becomes the new Tory leader must let the people decide our country’s future, through an immediate General Election.
Watching Sky news inside a hospital in Italy. Drs are choosing whose life to save. We must, must go into lockdown now or we will have a terrible situation in UK very soon. Why are we letting people from anywhere land in UK on planes without checks? Why Boris? Why?