Richard Frost

Second hand bookseller and generally grumpy Gooner. Golf and Bridge widower. Litter Picker. Former organiser of the Berkhamsted and Gerrards Cross Book Fairs

[Julia Hartley-Brewer @JuliaHB1]

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[Roger Helmer ☀️🏴‍☠️ @RogerHelmerMEP]

I used to be proud of my 60 year old Cambridge degree. But then this once-great institution went woke. Then it appointed a self-evident fantasist to a chair in a non-subject. Stark, staring mad.

[Kelvin MacKenzie @kelvmackenzie]

In a successful marketing ploy, insurance bosses draped their company in patriotism by choosing the name Churchill ( our greatest wartime leader) and then used the bulldog ( first bred in England in the 13th century) as the face of the business.
Therefore I was disappointed to discover when unusually contacting Churchill by phone ( normally online) that they had moved their call centre to South Africa and that I had the most enormous difficulty understanding the lady.
She even asked me if it was her accent that was proving to be a barrier.
You would have thought that despite the commercial attractions of paying only a fifth of the wages the management of a company called Churchill would give work to Brits rather than people 6,000 miles away.
And you as British customers might take the view that under these circumstances they can do without your business.

[Andrew Bridgen @ABridgen]

Hilarious video.
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[Richard Frost @RichardFrost13]

@kelvmackenzie So disappointed. I though he was another Ali G.

[Allison Pearson @AllisonPearson]

Devastating news. A brilliant journalist and mighty warrior in the cultures wars is gone.

Rod Liddle’s byline was a guarantee of hilarity allied to lethal skewering of the latest leftie idiocy.
The people never had a better champion.

https://t.co/XqyRiZt2sH

[The Alford Arms @alfordarmsHP1]

After almost 28 years, the time has come for us to hang up our aprons at The Alford Arms. 💛

The very best news? The Alford is in wonderful hands. New custodians Jack and Millie plan only to build upon all the special qualities— and the whole team that you know is staying on.

[Kelvin MacKenzie @kelvmackenzie]

Rod Liddle, a Sun and Sunday Times columnist ( but at his best in the Spectator) has died at 66. He leaves a wife and three children.
Sun editors were often concerned his views would lead to problems with advertisers so effectively barred him from writing about Islam or trans. Quite wrong.
When Emma Tucker was Editor of the Sunday Times she tried to have him sacked as a columnist because he was white and Right.
Really great credit to owner Rupert Murdoch who blocked the sacking with Liddle ( he joined in 2005) lasting a lot longer than Tucker who was moved to the Wall Street Journal.
Loved the statement from his children who said; “ He raised us much as you might imagine, to be inquisitive, brave and always humorous.”
A free spirit in a controlled world. RIP Rod.

[now.arsenal @now_arsenaI]

Turned up at 31-years-old. Played Champions League football for the first time in his career. Became a Premier League champion.

One year well spent.

Thank you, Christian. ❤️

[Kelvin MacKenzie @kelvmackenzie]

I salute @BoyGeorge for voicing his support ( through song) for Israel against the Islamic terrorists of Gaza.
Already he has paid a big price by being forced to pull out of playing a flamboyant King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Palladium.
His manager said in a statement it was his decision. Don’t believe a word of it. I’m sure the bed wetters at the Palladium put the hard word on him fearing Muslim protests outside the theatre.
And we all know if you bow to Muslim protests you get a Batley.
Imagine if a Muslim star supported Gaza you can be sure BBC producers would be lined up ten deep to invite him on shows.
I salute Boy George. It takes real courage to stand up for Israel, surrounded by its anti-democratic enemies whose main policy is wiping the Jewish state off the face of the earth.

[Stephen Rench Books @StephenRench]

Getting ready for next week’s PBFA Bath Book Fair - July 31st and August 1st
Always some new stock to take.

[Richard Frost @RichardFrost13]

@GoonerGirl1969 Surely you can live without air con! There are lots of old cars driving around without it.
Love your tweets by the way!

[Emma Woolf @EJWoolf]

With my favourite patriot @LeeAndersonMP_ 🇬🇧

[Roger Helmer ☀️🏴‍☠️ @RogerHelmerMEP]

Allison Pearson: “VAT on electricity bills is not the problem. Net Zero is the problem”. https://t.co/2oBAfcLBe2

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

When I acquire another loveliness of Ladybirds, the best bit is spreading them out on the floor and sorting.
The collectors among you will understand

[Nile Gardiner @NileGardiner]

Let's hope so.

[Watford Observer @Observer_Owl]

Long M25 delays between London and Hertfordshire after crash https://t.co/h1vg7UY9Gf

[Oaks And Lions 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @oaksandlions]

When his beloved wife died in 1290, King Edward I built 12 magnificent crosses to mark her final journey across England.

Eleanor of Castile had been at Edward's side for 36 years when she died near Lincoln.

The king was devastated.

Her body was carried south to Westminster Abbey in a solemn procession, stopping overnight at towns along the route.

At each of the 12 stops, Edward ordered an elaborate stone cross in Eleanor's memory, decorated with intricate carvings and statues of the queen.

The 12 crosses were built at Lincoln, Grantham, Stamford, Geddington, Hardingstone near Northampton, Stony Stratford, Woburn, Dunstable, St Albans, Waltham, Westcheap in London, and Charing.

The last stood at Charing, near today's Trafalgar Square, and gave Charing Cross its name.

More than seven centuries later, three of the original medieval crosses still survive, at Geddington, Hardingstone and Waltham Cross.

A king's grief, carved into stone across England over 700 years ago.

📷: Original cross at Hardingstone, Northampton.

Follow @oaksandlions for more on England’s history and heritage.

[Watford Observer @Observer_Owl]

'Severe delays' as Hertfordshire M25 traffic slows to 5mph - live updates https://t.co/4PK0eAnPwE

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage says Ann Widdecombe murder suspect Joshua Kerry is a "hard-left activist" who expressed hatred of him many times

"I have it on good authority that the murder suspect was a hard-left activist. He attended various marches and hated anyone with an opposing view. He had expressed his hatred of me on more than one occasion. He was an intolerant individual obsessed with Soviet communism"