EliteWokeLondoner

Being woke is good.
Being elite is good.
Never aplogise for being either. Proud Londoner 🇬🇧 and EU citizen 🇪🇺 - can't wait until we rejoin.

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

You are now embarrassing yourself. Is the pay check really worth this level of abasement at the feet of narcissism and sovereign individualism?

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

Graham Thorpe, England cricketer, with beautiful daughters, loving wife, family and friends.

Took his own life.

Too many men in particular, at a time when information is plentiful, charities on standby, text, phone and email services ready, are deciding to end their lives.

Many reading this, like me will have hit very close to where Graham got but stopped short, just. It's a desperate, confusing and frightening experience mixed with a matter of factness that at the time feels sobering, you feel you're thinking and acting clearly but you're not.

Graham's wife took the decision to tell the world of how Graham both lived and sadly died, in the hope that if you or someone you know are struggling you'll grab one of the branches set out below and contact someone who can and will help.

When someone takes their life, there's a trail of pain, questions and few answers, but many of us know that anxiety and depression gets so bad that life simply doesn't feel worth living. In my case I was lucky, very lucky. I ran, and ran some more until clouds lifted, the anxiety moved away and I could think straight. Looking back I've been seconds away from death several times, so reading about Graham is incredibly confronting, upsetting and sobering as I'm sure it is for many.

I didn't know Graham but his story is all too familiar. Anxiety and depression for men, particularly men, hides invisible as the forced machismo creates a mask, a shield. You laugh, you crack a joke, you "look" ok and you carry on. But then one day as if you were preparing a meal, you take stock, prepare your deed and,

You take your life.

Leaving others with a lifetime of pain.

You don't mean to, it's the last thing you want, but it's the unintended consequences of a decision made, nonetheless.

If you're reading this, and can relate to any of the above, firstly have 5 minutes to think of Graham, his children and his wife, they need all the love and support that can be sent their way.

Then, if you're anxious, depressed, really struggling, ease know that my email is open to sound off, that charities such as the Samaritans are there 24/7, SANE charity phone line is open from 4pm to 10pm daily, MIND have drop in centres nationally and emergence services will always help on 999 or NHS 111.

To Graham and his family, you're on my mind and the mind of many, and to those struggling, you're a second away from help even in your darkest hour.

Protect life. Yours.

Stand up. Speak out.

[David Leavitt 🎲🎮🧙‍♂️🌈 @DavidLeavitt]

How many innocent people will die because Elon Musk brought Donald Trump back onto Twitter?

🤔

[NigeH64 @nige_h64]

We ran the country for years and years but, hey Labour,get a grip!
Pathetic innit?
Not very Cleverly.

[VoteVets @votevets]

🚨Trump may be back on this platform, but he still has @VoteVets blocked. The voice of 1.5M military Veterans, families, and supporters will NOT be silenced.

Not now. Not ever.

[Tottenham Hotspur @SpursOfficial]

Dane Scarlett has joined Championship side Oxford United on loan for the 2024/25 season.

Good luck, Dane! 👊

[Bishop Talbert Swan @TalbertSwan]

Elon Musk was raised by Afrikaners in South Africa during apartheid. Donald Trump was raised by a member of the Ku Klux Klan. This is the legacy of those who reared them. There’s nothing they have to say that I want to hear. Anti-Blackness is in their DNA.

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: Republicans are in full panic mode as Donald Trump’s poll numbers are in free fall and Trump refuses to come out of hiding from Mar a Lago.

[Rory Stewart @RoryStewartUK]

Elon Musk seems to be struggling to construct concise, articulate questions for Donald Trump. It’s almost as though he hasn’t really thought about what he wants to ask or how to structure the interview and is instead just revelling in being with his hero…

[Rob Israel @robisraelart]

Not weird at all……

[Faith Back Rub @FaithRubPol]

Yeah I don't think Trump coming back to X is going to help him...

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Interesting

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

Musk didn't buy twitter to promote free speech.

He bought it to buy political influence.

#BlockMusk #BlockElonMusk

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Trump praises billionaire Elon Musk for firing workers who were striking for better pay and working conditions

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: Reporters are calling out Donald Trump for his slurring of words tonight. It’s clear to the American people that Donald Trump is not cognitively or physically well enough to be President of the United States.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

With summer winding down, I wanted to share some songs that I’ve been listening to lately – and it wouldn’t be my playlist if it didn’t include an eclectic mix. I hope you find something new to listen to!

[Will @willglloyd]

Didn’t we just have a far bigger petition which made him Prime Minister in the first place?

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

We're going to listen to the Elon/Trump train wreck later so you don't have to. We'll report back. You're welcome.