Jonathan Gornall

Journo, 'sailor', daddy. I wanted my daughter to love the sea, so I decided to build her a traditional boat. What could possibly go wrong? Read my book ...

[Jonathan Gornall @howtobuildaboat]

I started reading this article by @cassidyjrandall in @atavist mag with five minutes to spare, and just couldn't stop. A brilliant, gripping, and perfectly judged piece of long-form journalism that offers a refreshingly insightful take on a story of great derring-do.

[Jamie Glackin @JamieGlackin1]

“What did I say?”

- “Don’t mislead the Queen.”

“And what did you do?”

-“I misled the Queen.”

[Tim Walker @ThatTimWalker]

The right, proper and honourable thing for @BorisJohnson to do is to resign now. He’s disgraced his office. Do please retweet if you agree.

[Jonathan Gornall @howtobuildaboat]

So, @Bp_plc, you do realise that no-one’s taken in by your pretty logo and faux green posturing, right? https://t.co/5DFTcey4n1

[bp @bp_plc]

The world needs far fewer emissions. But it’s also demanding more energy. Is it possible to achieve both? Watch here 👇

[Jonathan Gornall @howtobuildaboat]

I think you’ll find it’s the timing that stinks like a month-old kipper dropped behind a radiator.

[Jonathan Gornall @howtobuildaboat]

Faux surprise does not become you.

[Daniel Hannan @DanielJHannan]

I have had constituency cases of EU nationals being denied settled status despite living here for years. This is a breach of the assurances I and other Leavers gave during the referendum. Please help sort this out @patel4witham before we end up with another Windrush scandal.

[Jonathan Gornall @howtobuildaboat]

Perhaps it’s an operational issue ...

[Ash @Safetyconundrum]

@howtobuildaboat For some reason the people at the BBC and the media in general, like pictures of school girls stood next to Yewtrees?

[Jonathan Gornall @howtobuildaboat]

Seriously @darrengrimes? I guess Eton teaches modern languages. So impressive that he attended class?

[Jonathan Gornall @howtobuildaboat]

Yes. Isn’t that called journalism?

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

Should politicians be called out on air as liars if they say things which aren't true? #r4today

https://t.co/1vPipeexQP

[Jonathan Gornall @howtobuildaboat]

Can anyone explain why the media always, and without exception, illustrates stories about exam results with pictures of girls, but never boys? https://t.co/FI0BkBCFMk

[Keith Burge @carryonkeith]

Truss: "I can't hear a word you're saying Mr Hiroshige."
Hiroshige: "Are you sure you're not holding the receiver upside down?"

[Jonathan Gornall @howtobuildaboat]

By petulant child you mean Trump, right?

[Jonathan Gornall @howtobuildaboat]

I expect he means girls like @BriannaStubbs, who rowed the Channel aged 12, matching three grown men stroke for stroke https://t.co/mL5LCX3Jp1

[Jonathan Gornall @howtobuildaboat]

From Pin Mill, Suffolk, to Vancouver Island, western Canada. Who knew a little lapstrake boat could travel so far? Thanks to @VI_Library for giving us a berth!

[VI_Library @VI_Library]

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[Jonathan Gornall @howtobuildaboat]

Oh perlease...

[Jonathan Gornall @howtobuildaboat]

Great news and so well deserved!

[Food Behind Bars @foodbehindbars]

Beyond excited to announce that I've been accepted onto the Lloyds Bank Social Entrepreneurs Start-up Programme 2019-20. It means some much-needed mentoring, funding + project development to launch a pilot Food Behind Bars scheme in a prison in the next year. Watch this space!⭐️

[Jonathan Gornall @howtobuildaboat]

@foodbehindbars Great news and so well deserved!

[Jonathan Gornall @howtobuildaboat]

You can actually see the confusion in his eyes each time he’s asked a pointed question that challenges the script he’s practised in front of his loyal staff ...

[Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy]

Those big books behind Dominic Raab don’t make him any brighter.

How daft as a brush to say that the EU is inflexible & intransigent when you’re stumped by the simple question of what flexibility you have shown.

[Jonathan Gornall @howtobuildaboat]

Good grief. https://t.co/VWKyvgPyWG

[Jonathan Gornall @howtobuildaboat]

Perhaps this is nature’s way of persuading us to take fewer climate-changing flights? Anyway, that’s my excuse for avoiding airports like the nightmarish plague pits they are ... https://t.co/i8RgoOq3YJ