alan james

Left of centre,

empathic,ambivert,francophile.

'Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans' Lennon.

[alan james @fcbaej]

I worked with many people like this. Normally they use their charm and so called charisma to get themselves out of the shit their crap organising and people skills got them and the organisation into. Normally male, narcissistic and in essence a sociopath. Dangerous if in power.

[David Baddiel @Baddiel]

Here was @RoryStewartUK on Boris Johnson, last October.

[alan james @fcbaej]

@alstewartinfo great show at the Pavilion tonight.

Excellent support from the band.
I first listened to Orange as a student in 1973, so would always like something from that. Amsterdam or I'm falling, if the Night of the fourth of May is too long.
Loved the show

[alan james @fcbaej]

@springmeister I'm still enjoying going through you tube videos of the last day/game.
So very pleased that Tim Cahill gave Bill a 'shoutout'.

[alan james @fcbaej]

@springmeister Great, I'm glad. It was emotional. Take care

[alan james @fcbaej]

@springmeister Hi Jenny, don't know what you're doing today.
Hope the memories of Bill are cherished as Everton men play their last game at Goodison
Best wishes

[alan james @fcbaej]

@springmeister Nice one. Jenny
I've just bumped into the Echo article about Bill's statue.
I don't do X as a rule, since It changed from twitter, but wanted you to know that it was a very good dedication to him and nice that David Moyes was present.

[Labi Siffre @labisiffre]

Elon Musk has stepped up his attacks on the UK since the election of Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government, branding the country “a police state”
Elon Musk continues to demonstrate that a genius in his line of work can be a wilfully ignorant, dangerously dishonest or stupid dunce about the real world. If he thinks the UK is a police state he insults the millions of people unfortunate enough to have lived in or live in a police state, for example: Apartheid South Africa (he might have noticed that one), Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, Russia under Putin, Belarus and North Korea.
#ElonMusk #Musk #UK

[James O'Brien @mrjamesob]

Despite all the precedents, it is incredible to watch media figures & outlets who were supremely comfortable with a Prime Minister breaking all manner of rules, regulations & conventions hysterically attacking a Prime Minister who has broken precisely none.

[alan james @fcbaej]

@TonyKnox15 @SheilaW56439125 @afneil Yes,you are correct... despite Labour saying in 1997 they wouldn't.
However by 2010 they were not much above £3.5k pa.
The Tories (plus Lib Dems) on the back of the 2008 financial crash played 'call my bluff' with middle class parents and increased the fees to £9k

[alan james @fcbaej]

#Paralyrics
.. and in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make...( the Beatles)

[Dr Jonny Smith @JSmithy64]

The Oasis ticket debacle a fine reminder that all bands & artists should be more like Paul Heaton

[alan james @fcbaej]

@rotherwell @PeterStefanovi2 You have a point re left field thinking....I am no fan of JRM nor Trump ( COVID disinfectant) but sometimes out of naïve questions comes the germ of a good idea. As a generalist manager I used to do it all the time. I didn't have the media trying to trip me up mind you!

[Brendan May @bmay]

No idea how yesterday happened. None at all.

[alan james @fcbaej]

@davidkshull @7Veritas4 Same thing happened in UK before 2019 election. Cummings reduced Johnson's role in the campaigning. Unfortunately he still won.

[alan james @fcbaej]

@springmeister Jenny, had a wonderful time watching 'Boys from the Blackstuff' at the Garrick this afternoon.
I'd forgotten how very sad the original was.
I unashamedly cried my way though the second half.
Thanks for keeping the memory of Bill and Liverpool alive

[alan james @fcbaej]

In the words of the irrepressible Elvis Costello anti Thatcher song, 'Tramp the dirt down', I wish the same for the Tory party.

[alan james @fcbaej]

@mrjamesob Is this a ' cameo' thing where for money he speaks what you want to hear.
He's one of the most significant reasons why the Tory party are going down the drain so fast. Not that I'm bothered about that!

[Martin Davies 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 🇨🇦 @martindvz]

Excellent reply to Sunak…

[Jenny Jones @GreenJennyJones]

Here @GaryLineker speaks for millions of us.