Ben Briggs

Dad. Partner. Nurse. Tweeting in a personal capacity.

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

The latest episode of everyone's favourite show: Things that Bobby Jenrick didn't do anything about when he was in government that are suddenly very important

[No Context Brits @NoContextBrits]

Let’s go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of this to blow over.

[Tim Burgess @Tim_Burgess]

Happy birthday North Country Boy

Released on March 24th 1997 - a banger then and still a banger today

[Ben Briggs @TheRealSprigger]

@BoneheadsPage @liamgallagher will be glad you’re on your way home!

[Philip Proudfoot @PhilipProudfoot]

I want there to be a day when I don’t have to share this speech anymore

[Roy Lilley 💙 @RoyLilley]

People with learning disabilities die more than twenty years earlier than the rest of us, and around 40% of those deaths are judged potentially avoidable https://t.co/zujRFQ0wri

[Reverend&TheMakers @Reverend_Makers]

Had the best time with @lauradorothymcclure @stevebracknall @bob__the_bucket @ @djagonline

Sheffield vibes ❤️

[Roy Lilley 💙 @RoyLilley]

Their work was being downgraded and their department ‘thinned out’.
It became too much. The result, an empty chair. A vacant space. A void, tears will never fill. https://t.co/0F7R9MWyDJ

[Reverend&TheMakers @Reverend_Makers]

Can I borrow your attention for two minutes ? Wrote this out 200 times and it still feels wrong but here goes.

As a lot of you know my Dad passed on a while back. It massively derailed the recording and release of this forthcoming album (it’s now coming out in May)

But it also really derailed me. My Dad was a complex fella. Full of good and bad traits (aren’t we all). Anyway I wanted to do something that sums up the grief process. How it feels when a particular person enters your head. It isn’t a linear thing is it? It comes and goes.

The album isn’t remotely doomy and im not even sure the original concept was about my Dad, but because I recorded it during his final weeks, it shall, in my mind at least always be about him.

I’ve been told that I should release a different song to this because it’s a bit depressing to be on @bbcradio2 and whilst I love being on the radio, some things are about being true to yourself aren’t they?

When we toured recently loadsa people cried when we played this one and so that gave me the confidence to put it out.

Also my dad would have loved the attention 🤣. He was the bands biggest fan. Always letting me know if we’d had a spin on the radio or where the albums had got to in the chart and giving me his feedback on my demos.

I miss him terribly and if you too are struggling with grief there is a helpline you can ring on 08088081677 where the folks at Cruse can advise and assist you.

Without trying to commercialise something tragic l, we do have a limited number of McClure family front covers of the new album which, my dad would be buzzing about. He predicted I’ll have a no1 day, which is sentimental bollocks but we can but try. 🤣

I appreciate you reading and hopefully you’ll watch the full thing on YouTube

Big love
Jon

[Matthew S. Robinson @robinsonishyde]

Still processing the news about Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle. It made me think about the video he did with his father Carl Reiner, right before he passed away.

[Alejandro Villarreal @alamofilmguy]

An anecdote I cherish is Mandy Patinkin once asked Rob Reiner what The Princess Bride was about. Reiner said it’s about a grandfather telling his grandson that the most important thing in in the world is love. I think that’s beautiful.

[Romantik Kurbağa @RomantikKurbaa]

@StephenKing Thank you both for teaching us this:

[Richard Roeper @RichardERoeper]

It’s like God gave you something, man. All those stories that you can make up. And he said, ‘This is what we’ve got for you, kid. Try not to lose it’ —“Stand by Me,” based on a ⁦@StephenKing⁩ novella, directed by Rob Reiner, a great storyteller.

[Ben Briggs @TheRealSprigger]

@Reverend_Makers Alright Rev. Thanks for tonight. Needed it.

[Ben Briggs @TheRealSprigger]

@gingerrtom Farage. Please.

[Ben Briggs @TheRealSprigger]

@parthaskar @NHSEngland Thank you @parthaskar

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

This is the power of justice, access and inclusion. We all benefit when we all support each other.

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[The Jazz Estate @thejazzestate]

Drummer Sota Sakai performing a solo on “Strasbourg / St. Denis“ by Roy Hargrove.

[Reverend&TheMakers @Reverend_Makers]

HULL is the only place with tickets left

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