Dominic Standish

University of Iowa lecturer, TV & radio commentator, author 'Venice in Environmental Peril? Myth and Reality' & more on my website, QPR fan

[Dominic Standish @domstandish]

1 upside of the crazy #UKsocialmediaban: can anyone see many 14/15 year old teenagers voting Labour when they are 16 in their first general election vote?

[Dominic Standish @domstandish]

The #Venice entrance fee continues to boost the budget of the City Council & restrict free travel, while doing nothing to manage #tourism better: https://t.co/fAEVBfKA5b As I argued here: https://t.co/YPj6KMGcl8 #Overtourism

[Laura Ceccato @laurac2605]

Trekking Among Italy’s Winter Olympic Venues? You’d Better Not Be in a Hurry. https://t.co/RTHgODDqbp via @NYTimes

[Dominic Standish @domstandish]

Candidates to be next #Venice Mayor speaking positively about increasing the 'access' entry ticket for day-trippers to €35: https://t.co/u8rtV9CdDA I did warn it could increase from €5: https://t.co/iamVnILZhl

[Dominic Standish @domstandish]

Delusional reaction in #Italy to US ICE agents protection for US delegations at #MilanoCortina2026. Rome protest tomorrow. They have had this role at previous events and Olympics. All about reacting to US ICE events, which will not happen here in Italy https://t.co/4KG1tNN5U8

[spiked @spikedonline]

Trump’s bid to take over Greenland is not just a mad dash for resources. Yes, there are rare earths and other vital minerals, but there is far more to geopolitics than material concerns. It’s a battle for control over the Arctic, says James Woudhuysen
https://t.co/yGxGZeW59i

[Dominic Standish @domstandish]

@spikedonline Great article, thanks James

[Dominic Standish @domstandish]

‘Venice: entry tickets and other proposals,’ a chapter by me published by @ElgarPublishing in the book ‘A Research Agenda for Overtourism,’ Edited by Butler, R. and Dodds, R. #Venice #tourism #overtourism #management #vacation #holiday https://t.co/YPj6KMGcl8

[Wolfgang Munchau @EuroBriefing]

And here is my latest column in UnHerd on how Bardella's agenda is not consistent with French membership of the EU. The issue is not whether he advocates departure. The issue is whether his policies will lead to a break. You cannot negotiate free movement. Or tell the ECB to buy your debt.
https://t.co/AALifVZPLI

[MCC Brussels @MCC_Brussels]

Alongside @furedibyte, MCC Brussels reports from Washington as Trump meets PM Orbán.

The goal: a renewed US–Hungary partnership. Yet DC a swamp, like Brussels, remains trapped in its woke bubble.

Here to challenge it with our American friends and present another vision.

[Dominic Standish @domstandish]

I greatly enjoyed the stimulating debate while speaking, chairing and attending sessions at the twentieth Battle of Ideas London festival last weekend #BattleFest @acadofideas

[Dominic Standish @domstandish]

'Battle Book Club: Running the Risk – From Shark Attacks to Nuclear Disaster'. I will be chairing the discussion about this fascinating new book by David Reid at #BattleFest next Saturday by @acadofideas : https://t.co/WHnelAy7gr

[Dominic Standish @domstandish]

'From Saudi to Sheffield: is football still the beautiful game?' This will be a great discussion and I will be one of the speakers next Sunday at #BattleFest @acadofideas https://t.co/xt6A20EE14

[Dominic Standish @domstandish]

‘Tourism’s Horizon: Travel for the Millions’ book published today, edited by Jim Butcher including a contribution from me on #Venice @tourismshorizon #holidays #tourism #overtourism https://t.co/z9MrWeQtOV

[Dominic Standish @domstandish]

The parliament of #Italy today approved a government resolution on the conditional recognition of a #Palestinian state needing the return of all hostages to #Israel & no #Hamas governmental role: https://t.co/GEsPPrtyh0 & @spikedonline https://t.co/MZ0GjRAvJG

[Dominic Standish @domstandish]

A general strike has been announced by labour unions in #Italy for public & private sectors on 3 October over the war in #Israel, #Gaza & the Israeli intervention of #GSF boats: https://t.co/bL34Edhu1j & @spikedonline https://t.co/MZ0GjRAvJG

[Dominic Standish @domstandish]

Activists in boats in #Venice flying the Palestinian flag attempt to block a ship they claim is carrying cargo to #Israel . Blocking ports continues: https://t.co/K1TOjpqz8Q & @spikedonline https://t.co/MZ0GjRzXU8

[Dominic Standish @domstandish]

Terrible anti-semitism in #Italy alongside protests & strikes against Israel: poll finds 15% see attacks on Jewish people as 'justifiable' https://t.co/5DHqiXh2xD & @spikedonline https://t.co/MZ0GjRAvJG

[spiked @spikedonline]

Italy is convulsing with anti-Israel hatred. Protests and strikes have ground the country to a halt. Meloni is under huge pressure to recognise Palestine, even though this would reward Hamas’s evil. She must not give in to the mob, says Dominic Standish
https://t.co/79iBQXusyS

[spiked @spikedonline]

Giorgia Meloni has rightly dismissed talk of a ‘genocide’ in Gaza. But even she is struggling to hold the line as Italy is rocked by pro-Palestine protests and riots. She must not give in to the mob, says Dominic Standish
https://t.co/79iBQXusyS