William French
@wtfrench76
Head of Communications at @theelders.bsky.social. Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before. 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇪🇺
Whatever one thinks of Starmer and his record, it's preposterous for The Guardian to include these lines in its reporting, as if the "accusations" [sic] were ever made in good faith.
Bring back the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive and this fella, I say. And link up the Eurostar to New Street as was originally planned - call it the Mendelssohn Line in honour of Felix's love of the second city.
A quote worthy of a Doris Lessing novel at the end of this depressing article. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
He needs someone who understands business and values hard graft, I say I say.
On this grimmest of anniversaries, and after a decade of lies, waste and hate, this by @rafaelbehr.bsky.social gets to the heart of the matter. The closing paragraph should be framed on the wall of Number Ten for the new PM to heed on a daily basis. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #Brexit
Read in isolation, it's impossible to tell whether this quote refers to the US or Iran. What's the Farsi for les extrêmes se touchent? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Shot/chaser, or is it the other way round? Lebanon pays the price in any case. 🇱🇧
South Africa’s anti-migrant rallies trigger repatriations - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... <- Just had to check this was a quote from 2026, not 1966.
When 340,000 CHF got you £28,000. (The Glass Pearls, E. Pressburger, 1966.) #forex #autrestempsautresmœurs
Glad to see this article includes my favourite Hockney (mère) quote.
Pick a Bond villain from the photos you already have on your phone. (In this case, villain and hapless henchman.)
Much more interested in a Christopher Nolan remake of this classic of European modernism.
This is what people in Weimar Germany must have felt like in November 1923. #inflation
Started reading this about 18 months ago. Put it down in the chaos of new house unpacking and renovation, and only just picked it up again. A race of time to finish it before his term is up? Many passages bitterly ironic with the benefit of hindsight.