Philippa Jones

After 31 years at Bromford I’ve decided to extend indefinitely my gap year in Bordeaux so I live here now. It’s wonderful.

[Philippa Jones @PhilippaJones2]

@englishmaninBX I will neeeeeeed a slice of that pretty please!!!

[Philippa Jones @PhilippaJones2]

@MrDaveConroy Good decision !

[Philippa Jones @PhilippaJones2]

Refreshing to hear a sensible balanced view from a serious businessman about the budget on @BBCr4today. @johnrobertsAO says Dyson is talking nonsense. Already a fan of @ao. Now see why.

[Philippa Jones @PhilippaJones2]

@MrDaveConroy @BBCr4today Just realised it was @johnrobertsAO , now I’m even more a fan of @ao

[Philippa Jones @PhilippaJones2]

@MrDaveConroy Good, measured interview just now on @BBCr4today with Bolton business owner. He obviously has some concerns regarding budget but said Dyson is talking nonsense. Didn’t get his name but he needs wider media exposure

[Philippa Jones @PhilippaJones2]

@englishmaninBX Best bit so far is headless Marie Antoinette listening to awful heavy metal band. I don’t think she deserved that

[Philippa Jones @PhilippaJones2]

@libe Nous avons vu la même chose au Royaume Uni avec Reform. Regardez #ghostcandidates

[Alison Inman @Alison_Inman]

Excellent thread. I was a JP for over fifteen years, the contrast between the early 2000s, with a resourced and respected Probation service, and the impact of austerity, an obsession with punishment and, well, Chris Grayling, was both stark and grim.

[Philippa Jones @PhilippaJones2]

Congratulations to @JamesTCobbler on appointment as Prisons Minister. An inspired choice that will deliver real change to our broken prisons system. Bravo!

[Philippa Jones @PhilippaJones2]

@IanDunt @JamesTCobbler is an inspired choice !

[Philippa Jones @PhilippaJones2]

@englishmaninBX Nads and Campbell will come to blows before the night is out!

[Philippa Jones @PhilippaJones2]

@stanscafe Brilliant to see you doing this! 👏

[Philippa Jones @PhilippaJones2]

@Mij_Europe @IanDunt Trouble is LFI people insisting publicly that if Republican Front beats RN the Prime Minister must come from LFI. Some even say it should be Mélenchon even though he’s not even standing! That will push centre voters to vote for RN if centre stands down. Idiotic stance.

[Philippa Jones @PhilippaJones2]

@benfenton @IanDunt Anecdotal from a Brit living in France. 2 French people separately approached me about D Day today at the food bank where I volunteer and an elderly Algerian gent actually saluted me saying he is an ancien combattant.

[Philippa Jones @PhilippaJones2]

@englishmaninBX Impressive. But who or what are you trying to keep out - or in?

[Philippa Jones @PhilippaJones2]

@russ63ok @fasc1nate Thanks Russ, as you know Charles Joughin was my disreputable but heroic ancestor !

[Save Station Street, Birmingham @OldStationSt]

Save The Electric, The Crown and Station Street from demolition. Tell @BhamCityCouncil @andy4wm our cultural history is not for erasure.

Designate Birmingham's Old Station Street a Historic, Cultural and Civic Asset - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/OVBalahm8T via @UKChange

[Philippa Jones @PhilippaJones2]

This little animated video should be being very widely shared.

[Jane 🌱💙🇺🇦💚 @localnotail]

"things fall apart, the centre cannot hold" (W.B. Yeats, 1919)

Here is @MargaretAtwood explaining the perils we face from dictatorships & chaos
#Resist

[Élysée @Elysee]

EN DIRECT | Conférence de presse du Président @EmmanuelMacron à l'issue du Conseil européen. https://t.co/hfvqoV0Ura

[Philippa Jones @PhilippaJones2]

@englishmaninBX Congratulations - go celebrate in someone else’s pub!🍻🥂