David Oates

Children's book writer and illustrator. DM for commissions or workshops.
All views my own.

[David Oates @Oates27]

I think a bear is living in my loft, I'm gonna investigate...

[David Oates @Oates27]

Narrator: And they did.

[Stephen Flynn @StephenFlynnSNP]

Time to make history.

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[David Oates @Oates27]

It's not the fact that summer hasn't arrived yet that is the problem.
It's the constant teasing.
Summer: oh look temps going up, it's going up maybe it's time to put on shorts.... Psych! Flash floods.

[David Oates @Oates27]

@imagineinquiry Wow, this would be huge.

[David Oates @Oates27]

He's not the Messiah, he's a very racist boy.

https://t.co/rT8shDzUY0

[David Oates @Oates27]

Breaking news: Tories warn that if Labour get into power their MPs will start hiding in your wardrobe and jumping out in the middle of the night.

[Rebecca Butler @rebeccabutlerm2]

**Quick reminder for @UKLabour**

The @Conservatives paid every single person £6000 during the pandemic.

That’s £410 billion.

You were perfectly happy to sit at home on your arse doing nothing then, most of your voters will continue to do so now.

@RishiSunak #furlough

[David Oates @Oates27]

@PieCorbett One of the first (according to my younger self anyway) proper chapter books I read. It like I as the reader was being treated with more respect , like I wasn't been spoken down to. The themes felt important but it was still exciting.

[David Oates @Oates27]

@NickCorston @warwickmansell Well they don't do they is the simple answer. They created a very safe manifesto. With the majority they're being forecast, it could be a very interesting few years for education.

[David Oates @Oates27]

Stepdaughter put lettuce in the pasta salad...

[Suffolk Virtual School @SuffolkVirtual]

An equally amazing day 2 of our conference! Tara @TheAdultsChange showed us the impact of when adults change their language & behaviour, whilst @JohnLewisRetail, @UniofSuffolk & our own Family Business highlighted some pathways for care leavers. A big thank you to all who came!

[David Oates @Oates27]

Labour's manifesto for education once again does nothing to persuade me to vote for them on the strength of that alone.
More of the same, nothing radical and dancing around the edges of issues with education. 😡

[David Oates @Oates27]

Bubba: X squash a spider at school today.
Wife (without thinking): X is a dick.
Bubba: X is a dick! Why is he a dick?
Me to wife: you're dealing that phone call tomorrow then...

[David Oates @Oates27]

Man I thought I had it tough as a child. We didn't pay for the sky movie upgrade, still had the other channels though.

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

BREAKING: UK economy flatlined in April - with growth slowing to 0% - as signs of recovery from last year’s recession fade.

A blow to Rishi Sunak’s hopes of signalling strong bounceback before general election next month @phillipinman reports https://t.co/OGIVXOlSSZ

[David Oates @Oates27]

Darn significant tributes to huge historical events, you'd think that they'd be able to stick to the timetable.

[ITV News @itvnews]

‘It was incredible, but it just ran over. Apologies for keeping you’

@RishiSunak sits down for an interview with @PaulBrandITV last week after leaving D-Day events in France early

Watch full interview on the Tonight programme on ITV at 7pm

https://t.co/WN3WqEFirH

[David Oates @Oates27]

How many more weeks of this do we have to suffer?

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

In his interview with @PaulBrandITV Rishi Sunak says that he had to go without “lots of things” as a child growing up, including “Sky TV”. Will do little to convince voters he can relate.

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

In his interview with @PaulBrandITV Rishi Sunak says that he had to go without “lots of things” as a child growing up, including “Sky TV”. Will do little to convince voters he can relate.

[Schools Week @SchoolsWeek]

🔥 Breaking: The Conservatives’ manifesto pledge to protect per-pupil funding in real terms could lead to the biggest school budget reduction for fifty years and result in workforce cuts and school closures, @theIFS has warned

https://t.co/xUH4yfDX2A