Kris Lembrechts

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[The Irish Times @IrishTimes]

It’s almost unheard of in rock’n’roll, an industry littered with acrimonious splits and line-up changes: U2 as we know them now are U2 as they were 50 years ago. Four self-described chancers who made it big. https://t.co/9SlFbOU6hV

[U2 @U2]

What a privilege it was to return to Mount Temple where our journey first began, 50 years later, and share the stage with the extraordinary young musicians of Music Generation. ❤️

[Kris Lembrechts @K_Lembrechts]

@ATRightMovies The Deer Hunter (of course)

[BBC Archive @BBCArchive]

#OnThisDay 1966: Jeff Buckley was born. In 2007, Glen Hansard recalled encountering a young Buckley in New York, as part of Andrew Strong's backing band, while promoting the The Commitments movie.

[Cycling on TNT Sports @cyclingontnt]

💛 MATHIEU VAN DER POEL MAKES HISTORY IN PARIS 💛

This might just be the most dramatic and iconic of Van der Poel's glittering career 😲

[David Criekemans @DavidCriekemans]

Grote techbedrijven botsen op muren om verder te kunnen groeien omdat internet & andere data niet genoeg zijn. Groei enkel mogelijk door toegang tot alle andere data, inclusief deze behorende tot de privésfeer. Snelheid waarmee sommigen wetgeving erdoor willen duwen is niet okee.

[Welcome to Twin Peaks @ThatsOurWaldo]

The World Cup, but make it about Twin Peaks.

Belgian sports journalist and Twin Peaks fan Manuel Jous understood the assignment.

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

So much of my story—and Barack's—runs through the South Side of Chicago. We had so much fun going down memory lane with @People, sharing moments from the decades we've spent together, the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, and the work we still have left to do in our next chapter. We hope you'll check out the interview: https://t.co/N7HgrjrQRj

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Alistair Campbell after the 2016 Brexit referendum,

"Just shocked that we've made such a catastrophically stupid decision. And the world is looking on thinking: didn't you used to be a serious country?"

"I also think there's a lot of buyers remorse"

"On my way here.. A woman said she felt bad for voting leave. I asked: why did you do that then?"

"And she said: I didn't realise that if you voted leave you'd have to leave"

"And you think: oh my god"

"All these people who fell for these lies"

"It's a catastrophe and we're only at the beginning of the consequences playing out"

[Jack Dart @JackWDart]

If people genuinely believe Burnham won’t receive the exact same media onslaught, they’ve not been paying attention.

Starmer is not, objectively, bad. This idea that he is somehow the worst PM in British history is frankly laughable.

Liz truss lasted 49 days, crashed the pound and was laughed out of Downing Street.

Since Labour took office, Keir Starmer’s government has:

• Scrapped the two-child benefit limit, lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty and putting money back into some of the hardest-pressed households in the country.

• Expanded free school meals, cutting costs for families and making sure more children get a proper meal during the school day.

• Expanded funded childcare, reducing one of the biggest monthly costs facing working parents and making it easier for people to stay in work.

• Raised the National Living Wage, increasing pay for millions of low-paid workers.

• Strengthened workers’ rights, giving people greater protection against insecure work and bad employers.

• Introduced statutory sick pay from the first day of illness, so workers are less likely to choose between their health and their wages.

• Ended no-fault evictions, giving renters more security in their homes.

• Brought rail operators back into public ownership, taking key services out of failed private hands and giving the public a stronger stake in how they are run.

• Cut NHS waiting lists from their post-pandemic peak, meaning more patients are being seen sooner.

• Raised the state pension through the triple lock, protecting pensioners’ incomes against rising costs.

• Scrapped the old non-dom tax regime, making some of the wealthiest people in the country pay more fairly.

• Added VAT to private school fees, raising money from those most able to contribute.

• Removed business rates relief from private schools, ending an unjustified tax break.

• Increased neighbourhood policing, putting more officers and PCSOs back into communities.

• Helped bring knife crime down, meaning fewer families face the devastation of serious violence.

• Recorded the lowest homicide rate since the 1970s, a material improvement in public safety.

• Created Great British Energy, giving Britain a publicly owned clean energy company.

• Created the National Wealth Fund, backing investment in industry, infrastructure and clean energy.

• Passed planning reforms aimed at getting homes and major projects built faster.

• Improved relations with the EU, reducing diplomatic hostility and rebuilding practical cooperation.

• Agreed a UK-EU security partnership, strengthening cooperation on defence and European security.

• Signed a long-term partnership with Ukraine, reinforcing Britain’s support against Putin’s invasion.

• Secured new trade agreements, opening up markets for British businesses.

• Helped restore seriousness to government after years of scandal, chaos and decline.

People do not have to like Starmer. They do not have to vote Labour. But pretending this is the record of the worst Prime Minister in British history is absurd.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

More than 40 years ago, I arrived in Chicago in search of an idea. I was a young man looking for purpose, who believed deeply in America, was inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, and wanted to be a part of something larger. The America I believed in was one where everyone has opportunity, everyone is seen, everyone belongs—because that was an America that had a place for me, too.

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

Barack: You told me all those years ago that you couldn’t promise me the world, but you could promise me an interesting life. Of course, you outdid yourself and managed to give me both.

Eight years in the crucible, and not once did you melt from the heat. Not once did you let it harden you. Instead, you used it to reveal your truest essence: your stubborn optimism and unflinching courage, your dazzling brilliance and unpretentious decency, your ferocious work ethic and absolutely unshakable moral fiber.

[blur @blurofficial]

Graham Coxon has released his new album Castle Park. Listen now.

Watch the Easy video and purchase tour tickets at the link below.
https://t.co/tqjytu8ocr

[Lammert de Bruin @lammert]

Ik moest het even zoeken en ik dacht dat het dat Trouw-interview was van april maar dat was te kort geleden. Maar nu heb ik het. Het beste interview met Wim T. Schippers wat mij betreft. https://t.co/FlouaEPTUi

[Lost In Film @LostInFilm]

Isabella Rossellini with Martin Scorsese. Photographed by Wim Wenders, 1983.

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Remembering David Hockney, the painter known for his colorful, light-filled portraits, landscapes, and still-lifes, who died last week, at the age of 88. https://t.co/NJ65SeXVzG

[Chris Willman @ChrisWillman]

Bob Dylan in the NYT today, in a piece where artists in their 80s were asked to describe the best and worst parts of being that age, and whether they had advice for the president on his reaching the milestone. (Dylan apparently passed on the final question, not surprisingly.)

[Ally Smid @allysmid]

De meester van het absurdisme is niet meer. #WimT.Schippers, de grote ontregelaar en held van velen, overleed woensdag in zijn huis in Amsterdam. Hij werd 83. Op 30 maart kon ik hem nog interviewen. https://t.co/YZy6ejvgtQ

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Next week’s cover, “After the Comeback,” by Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet, captures the joy on the streets of New York City after the Knicks’ historic win in Game Four of the N.B.A. Finals. https://t.co/zLRZzgL83N

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

David Hockney has died aged 88. The Bradford-born artist spoke to Newsnight several times over the years including these two interviews with Kirsty Wark and Stephen Smith.

#Newsnight