Eddie Ansell

I do random creative content things & occasionally stare at the maelstrom of twitter thoughts like a confused dog staring at a man juggling poisoned sausages

[Eddie Ansell @EdAnsell]

@Ren_Leite Urgh hard to take but Spain were the better team so deserved champions. Didn't help with kane being err broken or it was in fact a comedy double of him but nonetheless well done Spain

[dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 @mrdavemacleod]

Ollie Watkins goal with commentary by Alan Partridge #EURO2024 you're welcome

[Bryan’s Gunn @bryansgunn]

Who’s on the plane?

The very unofficial England squad announcement

[rin ☾⋆⁺₊⋆🇵🇸 @rinnystarr]

my neighbour craig

[Ben Ansell @benwansell]

This evening I will be giving my last Reith Lecture on the Future of Prosperity in that most prosperous of American cities, Atlanta. And tomorrow morning at 9AM UK time my first Reith Lecture, on the Future of Democracy will be on Radio 4. Please tune in!

https://t.co/LG5E4ETrtr

[Eddie Ansell @EdAnsell]

Well, this is glorious. I'm sure Dylan signed this off with his renowned glee

[Ray Padgett @rayfp]

Happy anniversary to The Times They Are a-Changin', the truly cursed Bob Dylan Broadway musical that opened on this date in 2006 (and closed a couple weeks later). For "Like a Rolling Stone," they had the whole cast—wait for it—roll around on stones.

[Ben Ansell @benwansell]

🚨LAST CALL🚨
The lottery for tickets to my first Reith Lecture on 'The Future of Democracy' in the BBC Radio Theatre in London on Oct 30, CLOSES TODAY at 10PM!
Book now, or regret it forever (or alternatively just listen when it hits the airwaves later)

https://t.co/ysQWO7wyBg

[Ben Ansell @benwansell]

I am deeply grateful and honoured to have been asked to give this year's Reith Lectures by the BBC. The title of the series is 'Our Democratic Future', which is no simple topic but I hope to do it justice. A v quick thread on details. 1/n

https://t.co/WL9pqAMmCQ

[Eddie Ansell @EdAnsell]

I have no idea how these stats are collated but very much enjoying Palace randomly being in 15th.

We are massive in an entirely inconclusive, possibly spurious way. https://t.co/C3vtupXjLe

@HLTCO

[Oz Katerji @OzKaterji]

People keep changing Les Dennis’ Wikipedia to claim that he’s actually a horse, so they’ve locked the page for vandalism.

[Mascots Minute Silence @MascotSilence]

Good Lord.

[Eddie Ansell @EdAnsell]

Have you ever looked back on the past couple of years and thought 'there must be a better way?' ... well this book is a fantastic place to start:

[Ben Ansell @benwansell]

🌟WHY POLITICS FAILS LAUNCH DAY🌟

Delighted that Why Politics Fails is out today in the UK. I've written a Substack that sets out why I wrote the book and why I hope you all buy it! And for those who don't want to stop scrolling Twitter, a quick thread.

https://t.co/HNhThkuzGV

[Ben Ansell @benwansell]

🚨 ONE WEEK TO GO TO WHY POLITICS FAILS!
🚨 NEW SUBSTACK ON SUNAK'S TAXES!

Does Why Politics Fails help us think about Rishi Sunak's taxes? I'd like to think so ;)

My Substack post on Sunak's taxes and equalising CGT with income just came out. 🧵 1/n
https://t.co/KbdhYQNpQO

[Carl Hendy @carlhendy]

The strangest Rightmove listing you will ever see.

https://t.co/u4WfYbtqij

[Dust-to-Digital @dusttodigital]

Happy birthday to Quincy Jones, born on this day in 1933 in Chicago. Here he is receiving a demonstration of the Fairlight CMI synthesizer, sampler, and digital audio workstation by Herbie Hancock in 1984.

[Eddie Ansell @EdAnsell]

@benwansell "we should expect a whole host of Lee Anderson friendly followups" - well that's my 2023 ruined

[Eddie Ansell @EdAnsell]

This is epic

[PDC Darts @OfficialPDC]

THE BEST LEG OF ALL TIME! 🤯🔥

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN MISSES D12 FOR A NINE-DARTER, AND THEN SMITH PINS A PERFECT LEG HIMSELF!

ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS YOU'LL EVER SEE IN SPORT.

[Eddie Ansell @EdAnsell]

Now that's some great timing.

Massive congrats bro

[Ben Ansell @benwansell]

So on the one hand there’s <gestures at everything>… all this.

But on the other hand I have a book coming out next year called Why Politics Fails.

🤷‍♂️

https://t.co/UoZg0LqxKY

[Stan's Account @tristandross]

liz truss presiding over the deaths of the queen, the pound and the conservative party.... the sort of record thousands of would-be revolutionaries spent their entire lives hoping to achieve and got nowhere near, and she pulled it off in a mere 6 weeks. unsurpassable legacy