Torun Dewan

LSE Prof. CFC Shed End.

[Torun Dewan @t_dewan]

@florianederer Why on earth do you want drums and instruments Florian? It’s not a bloody orchestra.

[Torun Dewan @t_dewan]

@dirk7890 Should have been the country’s anthem during lockdown, social distancing and washing your hands to a pulp.

[Torun Dewan @t_dewan]

@GeorgeSmileyOBE I know it’s warm outside but can that wet wipe get any wetter.

[Torun Dewan @t_dewan]

Shedintears. What a legend. So much loved by fans as a player and the coach who delivered that night in Stockholm.

[Shedintears @Shedintears]

Our current players could do with listening to this about what we value. As perhaps could some of our newer fans...

[Hanno Lustig @HannoLustig]

If you have not invested in defense, and, to be fair, Denmark is not one of the biggest offenders, then yes, you're pretty much dependent on the support of the U.S. Rutte is a typical Dutch pragmatist who acknowledges that and he is willing to do what it takes in order to keep the U.S. engaged in European security. Europeans owe him a great debt.

[Torun Dewan @t_dewan]

@James_J_Marlow It’s getting harder and harder to hate Argentina: Messi’s leadership; Enzo scoring the winner; and this. But I’ll manage it somehow.

[Torun Dewan @t_dewan]

A true legend. Adored from the moment he arrived from Parma. The mark of the man is how he left: He could have signed a new contract in 2004 but had given his word to Cagliari. On my wall, a picture of him giving thanks (and receiving adulation) to the MH on his testimonial.

[Rubin Weston @RubinWeston]

Can’t believe Franco is 60. What a player and what a great guy. Much happier times. That goal against Wimbledon seared in my memory.

[Saul Sadka @Saul_Sadka]

Happy 250th birthday to the USA, by far the greatest, freest, richest, and most beautiful nation the world has ever seen. You are the capstone of human accomplishment.

The late Lord Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the UK, explained it best: more than 100 years before the movement to revive the ancient Israelite homeland, the American Founding Fathers and the 13 colonies sought to replicate the glory of ancient Israel and its 13 tribes on the vast new continent.

Take 13 minutes to watch this; you won’t regret it.

[Torun Dewan @t_dewan]

Private passions @BBCRadio3 is such a joy. But today’s encounter with Leslie Cavendish, on cutting Paul McCartney’s hair, meeting Isaac Stern in Be’er Sheva during the 67 war, Margot Fonteyn, Hendrix—was exemplary👏

[Richard Schaller⭐️⭐️ @richschaller54]

Flag Memorial Day for those supporters of our club no longer with us. Marvellous tribute. Proper Chelsea fans are the best in the world. Heritage and legacy never forgotten.

[Torun Dewan @t_dewan]

@henrywinter Ten men went to carry …

[Torun Dewan @t_dewan]

@jonnyrmitch Cock Sparrer

[Torun Dewan @t_dewan]

I hear this argument “we had enormous sympathy …) a lot. And this is the best rebuttal that I have read.

[Rachel Moiselle @RachelMoiselle]

‘Enormous global sympathy?’ Is this a joke?

This is either a very malicious lie or the earnest opinion of someone illustrating how woefully out of touch he is. In either case, and I speak as a former admirer, Nicholas has proven that his opinions should be broached with a heavy amount of skepticism.

Let me speak to my own country, Ireland:

1. On October 9th, 2023 there was a march on the Israeli embassy in ‘solidarity with Palestine’. This march included members of Irish parliament, from the People Before Profit party specifically.

2. On the 9th of October, 2023 Trinity College Student’s Union (TCDSU) sent a college-wide email in conjunction with Trinity’s BDS campaign stating:

‘Last week Hamas launched a military operation in response to atrocities that Palestinians have faced over decades’, and that ‘TCDSU stands in solidarity with Palestine, and [implores] you all to do the same’.

3. On the morning of October 7th, while the massacre was still ongoing, a lecturer at Trinity (indeed, an esteemed fellow) posted on on X:

‘Solidarity and strength with those who demand to be free’ accompanied by an image of a Palestinian militant holding up a Palestinian flag with a text underneath saying ‘Free Palestine’.

This post is still up. To my knowledge, he has faced no repercussions for this. By contrast, I was immediately dragged into a meeting with the Junior Dean when I posted about Jewish student’s horror that this lecturer celebrated the largest single-day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. I was forced to remove my post and was given a condescending talking to on online conduct.

The lecturer in question continues to be heavily platformed and lauded in his School: the School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies. Yes, you read that correctly.

4. The president of the Postgraduate Workers Organisation of Ireland also celebrated October 7th on X. He wrote:

‘Decolonisation should be celebrated and supported. Liberation from occupation and torturous imprisonment should be embraced by everyone who values justice. Resistance grows out of barbarous oppression, it is beautiful.’

This man was subsequently elected as a local councillor. Yes, *after* he publicly celebrated a massacre he was elected councillor in Ireland.

5. On Instagram, people I’ve known all my life were sharing posts on their stories that served to *at best* justify the massacre. Two of my closest friends didn’t think to message asking if my loved ones were safe, even though they had met and spent the evening with my Israeli best friend the year before. When I messaged one of them on the 12th of October to say how heartbreaking this was, she didn’t respond. We haven’t spoken since.

6. Irish women’s organisations and so-called feminists were completely silent on the use of rape as a weapon of war against Israeli women. Not a whisper. Despite being silent on this subject, Ireland’s National Women’s Council has been extremely vocal in their public statements against Israel. In a statement on October 5th, 2024 they wrote:

‘As the one-year anniversary of Israel’s war on Gaza approaches, the National Women’s Council (NWC) has called on the government to impose sanctions on Israel, and to push for sanctions at EU and UN level. The organisation, which represents almost 200 women’s groups across Ireland, condemned the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people by the Israeli State at its annual general meeting in June.’

Zero mention of October 7th and the gender-based brutality inflicted on women that day.

7. Posters of Israeli hostages, including children, were viciously ripped down and defaced in my hometown.

I could go on and on.

Nicholas, forgive me: you are either a malicious liar or pitifully ignorant. Perhaps both.

There was precious little sympathy for Israel after October 7th: not for the raped Israeli women, nor the butchered Israeli children. Indeed, the demonic reaction to that day has changed my view on the world forever.

[Torun Dewan @t_dewan]

In Italy with angry Inter fans. “You already have ten central defenders” they tell me. Which is probably true. But first, we are Chelsea and we sign who we want. Second, we are the club of Dessaily and Terry. If one of ours can hold a candle to those legends we stop our search.

[Torun Dewan @t_dewan]

@joshi @TheFP The idea that “Andy” is anywhere near Clinton, or Blair for that matter, on any dimension of leadership is ludicrous.

[Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon]

A demanding audience! Live from Alghero.

[Torun Dewan @t_dewan]

@colwight Correct. It’s councils and courts do not deliberate to reach informed decisions. They have been captured and their proclamations ignored.

[Torun Dewan @t_dewan]

@GeorgeSmileyOBE With Ricky Gervais at the other side helping the “lads” off the dinghies.

[Joachim Voth @joachim_voth]

From the land that pioneered cars, Zeppelins, nitrogen fixation, x-rays, dies, TV, jets, liquid fuel rockets….

[Torun Dewan @t_dewan]

@GeorgeSmileyOBE Perhaps George. But a game theorist will tell the government to prepare for war both on and off the equilibrium path, while a sensible policy analyst would say the spending ratio on (by definition welfare) unproductive to productive (defense) is not sustainable.