Neil McCaul

Actor, Father, Grandad and Old Fart.

[Neil McCaul @MrNeilMcCaul]

@JVAgency Aw shucks, you guys.
Thanks a load. Xxx

[Neil McCaul @MrNeilMcCaul]

@TillyVosburgh @JVAgency Thanks so much Tilly.
I can’t believe I've had so many of them.

Neil x

[John Graham-Hart @JohnGHart]

This needs reposting every hour until the polls open.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

The US can see exactly what is wrong with the UK.

Why can't we?

[Brendan May @bmay]

Watching mealy mouthed, lost, pathetic Tory politicians pandering to extremists by being weather vanes instead of being signposts and leading from the front is always a good reason to post this take down of Enoch Powell by the great late Jonathan Miller.

[Sam Bright @WritesBright]

Zinger from Private Eye

[Richard Corbett @RichardGCorbett]

Remember the lies:

[Gainward @Gainward4]

Reform's Manifesto has just been published...

[The RSC @TheRSC]

🧚 Introducing the #AMidsummerNightsDream company 👋

[Evan Davis @EvanHD]

Everyone one of us who has ever worked on @BBCNewsnight are proud to have been associated with it.. It has always attracted some of the very best in British journalism - with some stunning films, prescient analysis and brilliant reporting. All with flair and wit.

1/3

[Dr Julia Grace Patterson💙 @JujuliaGrace]

Suella Braverman does not speak for me 🚨

If she does not speak for you either, retweet. Let’s send her a message💥

https://t.co/pLzTWomnwj

[Neil McCaul @MrNeilMcCaul]

@JVAgency Congratulations Guys. Xxx

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

-Nate White

[Neil McCaul @MrNeilMcCaul]

@JVAgency Thanks Guys. Xxx

[Just Voices Agency @JVAgency]

A wonderful weekend birthday to the equally wonderful Neil McCaul (@MrNeilMcCaul).

Neil is best known for his regular TV roles in Holby City and Doctors, as well as the films Speed Love and Pleasure Island.

https://t.co/endr4nnBKM

#JustVoices #VoiceOver #VoiceOvers #VO #VOLife

[Brian Cox @ProfBrianCox]

Brexit is now, in a majority of voters minds, linked with high interest rates, trade friction, travel friction and general incompetence. The reality may be more complex, but that doesn’t matter - it’s about perception, and the perception is that Brexit is not only a failure but a liability. And there is more pain to come. This is why in my view, coupled with demographic change, it is inevitable that we will soon begin the process of rejoining the single market and customs union no matter what Labour or the Conservatives say at the next election. This irresistible pressure will probably split the Conservative Party, which is ironic because Cameron’s only strategic aim in calling the referendum in the first place was to placate fringe elements of the Party. Thanks Dave! https://t.co/WuIz8UIyxp

[Charlie Falconer @LordCFalconer]

Kangaroo courts don’t allow defendant to be advised by best KC in England, paid for in full by state, with full opportunity to argue their case, before tribunal advised by and acting upon advice of Court of Appeal judge. Kangaroo no. Sour grapes yes.

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

This - from Max Hastings in @thetimes - is absolutely the first, last and only word on that reprobate of a prime minister, Boris Johnson 👇

[Deal Town @Deal_Town]

As widely predicted but still outrageous...

James Wallace & Mark Digweed have let the Regent Cinema rot until it requires demolition and now propose building nine townhouses & three apartments. @reopentheregent @NeilStuke @MikeTappTweets @NatalieElphicke

https://t.co/y55AzSw8le

[Neil McCaul @MrNeilMcCaul]

@LaurenceConnor1 @charli_eglinton @johnrigbymusic @BenMarkTurner @JRobyns @Aimieatkinson @LaurenDrew2 @NoahKey23 @MadsBulleyment @amywebb08 It was an absolute privilege to be in the room with such a group of stellar talents. What a great week! Thank you all so much. You made an old git VERY happy. Xxx