RL Aitken

Journalist, editor, ex-FT writer, sometime Forbes blogger + PR. Awarded press prizes from State Street bank + Czech Republic.

[RL Aitken @AitkenRL]

Just in case anyone missed this...Czech Beer Day in London's Notting Hill at the embassy was a grand affair with attendees outstripping the previously held one...#beer #CzechRepublic #Budweiser #Budvar #brewery #Czechia

https://t.co/MQAbxHds7p

[Dr. John Rigby @johnrigbymusic]

The end of an era! Classical Spectacular has left the building! Thanks for the memories @RoyalAlbertHall and thank you, thank you THANK YOU!!! @rpoonline @RaymondGubbay Onwards an upwards - well up to Manchester at 6am to open @JosephMusical this week! Bring it on ❤️🌈🐪 💥

[RL Aitken @AitkenRL]

@johnrigbymusic @RoyalAlbertHall @rpoonline @RaymondGubbay @JosephMusical What an absolutely brilliant show!!! Thank you John for leading a group of very talented musicians and singers...

[RL Aitken @AitkenRL]

The Independent writes: “What were hoped to be #Brexit “teething problems are in danger of becoming permanent, systemic ones”, group representing small businesses warns. And they haven’t got down to financial services yet. #trade #UK #EU @BBCKasiaMadera
https://t.co/l1G3S2yJjk

[RL Aitken @AitkenRL]

@BBCKasiaMadera Looking forward to the next paper review on BBC World News with my cheese and onion crisps at the ready hearing about more #Brexit red tape and shelf stable products in #UK #supermarkets. Good show as usual. #BBCNews #retail #EU @christopherhope

[RL Aitken @AitkenRL]

@katycarrmusic No worries @katycarrmusic Trust all is well!

[RL Aitken @AitkenRL]

With West Ham FC standing nicely in 4th place in English Premiership + a couple of #Czech footballers having a hand in that here’s some footie speculation via #Kafkadesk. #Czechia
#CzechRepublic #Slovakia #FIFA #WorldCup #Bohemia #Czechoslovakia #westham
https://t.co/oK6UM82wfQ

[Katy Carr Singer Songwriter 🇬🇧🇵🇱 🇺🇦 4freedom @katycarrmusic]

Thank you so much for the article @AitkenRL ❤️❤️

[RL Aitken @AitkenRL]

Award-winning songwriter Katy Carr’s latest #album, Providence, gets my review - thumbs up. #Songs inspired by dream sequence. Refs to George Orwell,
Oscar Wilde, #Polish legends + Queen Boudicea set in post WW2 #Hampstead. @BBCKasiaMadera @katycarrmusic
https://t.co/96ChDjks6P

[Annejackson @Annejac46006161]

@AitkenRL @SeanFletcherTV Agreed. I think at this point we should vaccinate the most vulnerable because vaccines are limited. When Astro is approved ( which should be soon) they absolutely should prioritise essential workers.

[RL Aitken @AitkenRL]

@Annejac46006161 @SeanFletcherTV Well, I would say that citizens like your mother should have the absolute top priority, should they wish to get the vaccine. But front-line workers should be protected in addition.

[RL Aitken @AitkenRL]

@SeanFletcherTV Perhaps with debate raging over students returning or not to school in early Jan 2021 in a “staggered return”, what about giving the frontline workers - critically important teachers - actually getting the vaccination. #Covid #schoolsreopening #health #education

[RL Aitken @AitkenRL]

@JeremyVineOn5 Re #Brexit - should a trade deal ever be struck + agreed between #UK + #EU then perhaps final deal should be voted on by #British public - Yes or No. Not like in first #referendum on European Union membership we knew exact terms of actual deal?!? @BBCKasiaMadera

[RL Aitken @AitkenRL]

Wonder if Elon Musk has seen this? The world is certainly having a “rapid unscheduled disassembling” of late on a few fronts. @RebeccaJonesBBC
https://t.co/w9bChhmPTx

[RL Aitken @AitkenRL]

Wonder if Elon Musk has seen this?https://t.co/w9bChhmPTx

[RL Aitken @AitkenRL]

Arguing over Scotch egg: Tory MP & govt min. Michael Gove quizzed on Good Morning Britain today w/ Piers Morgan on what constituted a ‘substantial meal’ (for pubs) couldn’t describe it - except was “well defined under law.” Does he have any clue? You’d think he’d have the facts.

[RL Aitken @AitkenRL]

Re #Covid cases in England dropping: Worth pointing out deaths from pandemic across UK now stand at 58,245. Not gr8 picture. Concerning that even as cases dip (by 30% - report) lockdown is ending this week with Tier system re-introduction. Lifting too early? @RebeccaJonesBBC

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

We face a jobs emergency and a climate emergency.

It's time for a bold and ambitious plan to deliver hundreds of thousands of jobs which can also tackle the climate crisis.

https://t.co/9uUxI0nEQw