James Phillips

Writer-Director.
Flood, City Stories, @McQueenThePlay, The Rubenstein Kiss etc. Rep @ITG_Ltd.
Have, on occasion, been seen with a camera.

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

To be fair given recent performance of Russian military am backing Alan and Jane

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

There is a whale known as the “52 Hz Whale” (sometimes called the loneliest whale in the world) that has been swimming the oceans for decades calling out at a frequency of 52 Hertz, a pitch no other known whale species uses or responds to.
Scientists first detected it in the 1980s, and it has been tracked sporadically ever since. While most whales communicate in the 10–40 Hz range, this individual sings alone in its own unique “voice.” It travels vast distances, often following migration routes but never seeming to find companions.

[Gerard Baker @gerardtbaker]

Same administration that called on the Iranian people to rise up and rid themselves of their oppressors now offering prospect of $300bn to said oppressors to presumably oppress more lavishly.

[James Phillips @MrJPhill]

JD Vance would rather give money to the mullahs than Ukraine

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

CBS: The Iranians are saying they're gonna have access to a $300 billion reconstruction fund. True or false?

JD VANCE: That's the sort of things they could have access to so long as they honor their end of the obligation

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

February 2026: HELP IS ON THE WAY!

March 2026: NO DEAL OTHER THAN UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!!

June 2026: I quit, have whatever you want. Screw the Iranian people anyway.

[James Phillips @MrJPhill]

The biggest international humiliation in US history. Remarkable. Everything Trump touches dies.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

“The Deal with Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete. Congratulations to all!” President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸

[Lewis Hamilton @LewisHamilton]

REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE

[Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot]

One MP says of the potential ban on social media for under 18s past 8.30pm:

"Are we giving votes to 16 year olds but banning them from watching the election results on YouTube?"

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

Extraordinary from the (now ex) Secretary of State for Defence, "Since then, you have been unable, and the Treasury has been unwilling, to commit the resources that the nation needs to defend the country at this time of rising threats"

[James Phillips @MrJPhill]

Something must be done about the glazing crisis in Moscow. Surely a national scandal at this stage

[Olena Rohoza @OlenaRohoza]

🇷🇺In Moscow, General Leonov, the commander of Russia’s air defense forces, fell out of a window.

[S Sebag Montefiore @simonmontefiore]

It continues.

[Branislav Slantchev @slantchev]

“Zelenskyy Signs the Decree Granting Russia Permission to Hold a Parade in Moscow,” oil on canvas.

[olexander scherba🇺🇦 @olex_scherba]

Ukraine’s mothers. Carrying the heaviest burden.

#Mother

[James Phillips @MrJPhill]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 -> 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
15 days in Scotland. Not one drop of rain.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

'To Jewish families, more than 1000 years of history is bleak evidence that they are right to fear they will once again be on their own.'

@TrevorPTweets reflects on antisemitism in Britain, after a swathe of violence against the Jewish community

https://t.co/ANZKBjl0HG

[Ben Judah @b_judah]

I am, like most British Jews, growing really frustrated with this vague talk about “division and unity and hate.”

We have a very specific problem here. An IRGC cut out is recruiting disaffected Islamist-radicalised men, many long known to the police and negligently left ambling about, to a conduct a targeted intifada against the London Jewish community. And both our counter intelligence and counter terror forces are failing to intercept them.

I don’t need a mass London rally of well wishers or cultural luminaires to post their wishes — nice as that is — I need an actual security strategy to clamp down on this so my community can go about our lives in peace as is our absolute minimum right. And I need politicians to call the problem for what it is — not good vibes.

[Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis @chiefrabbi]

Following the antisemitic stabbing of two Jewish people on the streets of Golders Green this morning, words of condemnation are no longer sufficient. This must be a moment that demands meaningful action from every institution, every community, every leader, and every decent person in our country. This is a hatred that we must face down together.

[Hadley Freeman @HadleyFreeman]

An antisemite can’t bear the idea of Jews as victims. It’s why antisemites protested against Israel after October 7, before Israel had even responded - they had to demonise the victims. Anyone who refuses to acknowledge that today’s victims are Jews is showing who they really are

[Ben Judah @b_judah]

Imagine a small town — something like the size of Worcester — was repeatedly under attack by an IRGC-linked group. That’s the amount of Jews that live in the small area of London that’s repeatedly under attack.

[James Phillips @MrJPhill]

Rewatching the greatest screen performance of the 90s.