Tony Roe

Journalist. Trustee CMT. Mostly in record shops, small music venues & cinemas. BBC 84-24 East Mids Political Editor 2015-24🦊⚽️🎵🏊🏻🖼️🎭🏃🏻🎞️

[Tony Roe @tonyroe]

“I like a lot of them artists but I thought it was crap” Well said Rooney at half time. As for that BBC advert same thought…no mention of local or regional stuff which should be celebrated as lifeblood of communities. Own goal.

[Tony Roe @tonyroe]

Leeds fans booing the ramadan break is just very sad. Some haven’t advanced much in their tolerance of others it seems since an unfortunate filming experience on an Air India flight about 25 years ago. I now want Leeds to lose.

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

“We just want them home.”

Lindsay and Craig Foreman had been travelling the world on motorbike when they were arrested and imprisoned for espionage in Iran.

Joe Bennett, Lindsay's eldest son, tells @emmabarnett about his campaign to get them back to the UK.

#R4Today

[BBC Breakfast @BBCBreakfast]

'They are not spies, they are just a mum and a dad'

Joe Bennett spoke to #BBCBreakfast after his mother Lindsey Foreman and her partner Craig were arrested by Iranian authorities in January accused of entering the country under the guise of tourists to gather information

https://t.co/SMwTlOKoRo

[Tony Roe @tonyroe]

One last film out of retirement as offered a chance to talk to a ninth prime minister for @politicseastmid East Midlands Politics https://t.co/7YS1ggTsUV

[Tony Roe @tonyroe]

Just a reminder it’s happened before.

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

No one seemed to object when Churchill turned up at the White House in his war-fighting gear.

[Tony Roe @tonyroe]

For the British children forcibly removed from
UK childrens homes to the other side of the world two different reactions to official apologies.
From the Australian Labor Government: a renewal of the apology. From the @UKLabour government: silence. This matters.
Forgotten again.

[Tony Roe @tonyroe]

We must keep saying again and again that Trump's rhetoric about Ukraine — and Gaza — is a tissue of lies and fantasies. There is no plausible mitigation for the president's language and for his apparent personal sympathy for the murderous Putin.
👏🏼Max Hastings in @thetimes

[Tony Roe @tonyroe]

@SkyHelpTeam Yes but I’d like to watch a game on my TV not my phone. That’s what I pay for and it’s not been working now for several days.

[Tony Roe @tonyroe]

@DavidOlusoga Top work as usual.

I made a film on Frezenburg Ridge to mark the centenary of the battle. My adoptive Dad survived it. One of the few. So that account of the battle sent a shiver up the spine.

[Marianna Spring @mariannaspring]

@elonmusk @Keir_Starmer I investigate social media at the BBC. I've repeatedly asked you for an interview. You accuse the media of not holding power to account. I want to ask you questions about your site and its role fanning the flames of UK riots. Will you speak to me?@elonmusk https://t.co/O4sEm4wnOQ

[Tony Roe @tonyroe]

@mxrtinezz_ Tammy might be best to remove the street signs if you can from the picture.

[geeta pendse @geetapendse]

It’s been so disturbing to watch scenes of violence over the last week. But this interview brings a small chink of hope in a dark time.

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

These mindless riots are doing untold damage to the UK’s reputation right across the world. And yet the secret sympathisers still say ‘Of course I disapprove of what’s happening, but…’ And then they make the racists’ case for them.

[Dominic Grieve @dominicgrieve_]

It's impossible to view the postings of Farage, without utter revulsion.
He masquerades as a " reasoned commentator" on what he claims to be a national crisis linked to immigrants while claiming he deplores any lawlessness. Then he hints at more lawlessness if his warnings are not heeded.
The reality is that his entire political future is dependent on fomenting confrontation and division. It is by creating a climate of crisis that he has got where he has.
And some of my former Conservative colleagues have argued the Conservatives should be linking up with Reform! Perhaps this shameful episode will open their eyes to his malevolence.

[Alfie @alfie_watts11]

I’m not a Tweeter. I’m a scroller. But I really want to share what I’ve done since winning #RaceAcrossTheWorld. It’s something I’m really proud of.

A thread 🧵

RTs appreciated x