Excellent work by dynamic duo @toby_n and @Louis_Ashworth debunking the weird WSJ column that argued LDImageddon was an "inside job" by the Bank of England, which Liz Truss naturally grasped at like a drowning person after flotsam. https://t.co/2P2HABNoWC
For me, @andy_murray is the greatest individual British sportsman of all time, Playing an internationally popular worldwide sport, from a country with very little tennis tradition, and winning at the highest level against three of the sport's all time greats. 👏👏👏
I’m giving my talk about Alex Ledingham, Photo Artist of Grantown on Spey, to the @RPShistgroup on Weds 8th May, 1800.
It’s a study of a Highland provincial photographic business and postcard publisher, in the first half of the C20
Tickets available from
https://t.co/h6QQdLKL2h
My reaction to hearing about Shane MacGowan's death was the same as my reaction to Lemmy's, which was, how the f**k did he make it past 60? Glad he did though. I life very well lived.
Here's a fabulous anecdote about the great man from Kiefer Sutherland. Worth a watch.
My full response to Sunak & critics of HS2 who trashed Britain’s future 🧵
You would think, from Sunak & the media, that HS2 was dead & deserved its fate. But as HS2’s main architect back in 2009/10 I only wish Labour had stayed stayed in office long enough to see it through 1/
@noeasythis Scotland benefits hugely. When the full line is complete to Manchester/Leeds, HS2 trains will get to Glasgow and Edinburgh in a little over 3 hours, eliminating most domestic aviation
I sometimes think this conference is simply designed to drive the last moderate Tories out. The Conservative Party was the traditional defender of small family farms and rural traditions. How is this globalised hormone-pumped rhetoric conservative?
We were delighted to support the great work of @emptykitchens with a recent delivery of venison from our Creag Meagaidh National Nature Reserve. #Venison is a sustainable, healthy & delicious meat & we were pleased to donate 80kg for nourishing meals for people in need (1/4)
This isn't a resignation statement; it's a temper tantrum.
And its central claim is untrue.
Johnson says he was "forced out anti-democratically" by a "kangaroo court".
So let's remind ourselves of the process from which he has chosen to run away... 🧵
https://t.co/l6mAxp65jP
South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol grabbed a mic and sang the Don Mclean classic “American Pie” to an astonished audience at the White House state dinner.
“I had no damn idea you could sing,” Biden told his counterpart. https://t.co/MIYlQuZvwk
I ❤️ @FTAlphaville so it’s a career high point that @RobinWigg agreed to publish my rant about the nonsense spouted about UK pensions/UK equities
- the data shows they’re not the culprits
- changing regs will do nowt
- and everyone’s forgetting about DC
https://t.co/lwS11gWsto
Lucky there are no producer guidelines on whether you need to declare facilitating an £800k loan to a prime minister while applying for a job as chairman of a broadcasting organisation….