Dr Will(iam)
@WillJColes
PhD in Classics (Rhetoric), now working in comms | Research Associate @ClassicsRHUL | Speaks 🇳🇴, learning 中文 | Personal account
If you’re curious about what the hell I’ve been up to for the past few years, my PhD thesis is now available to read (for free!) here: pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles…
In Feb 2024 a track topped the Israeli charts; it called for Dua Lipa & Bella Hadid to be killed for their ‘pro-Palestinian’. Some of the reporting suggests the rap split public opinion in Israel. Sounds familiar… #BobVylan #Glastonbury.
They were at the negotiating table before bombs started dropping
Keir Starmer calls on Iran to "return to negotiating table" after US bombs nuclear sites bbc.in/4ndyj5y
Something completely different - a trip to Windsor Castle this week to receive an OBE for "services to the community in North London and to education." It's been a privilege to volunteer in NW6 and as a school governor for many years, but the recognition is nice too!
We should trust Nancy here. Her stock forecasting skills (insider trading) tell us what we need to know
NANCY PELOSI: RELEASE THE FILES
.@SadiqKhan has been informally advising @ZohranKMamdani on how to win his election, per @thetimes in the UK. Khan sources tell the outlet Mamdani needs to moderate thetimes.com/uk/london/arti…
.@SadiqKhan has been informally advising @ZohranKMamdani on how to win his election, per @thetimes in the UK. Khan sources tell the outlet Mamdani needs to moderate thetimes.com/uk/london/arti…
'They should be people's homes!' More than 6,000 properties in Camden used for holiday short lets: camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/they-s…
Trying to recycle the CCHQ soundbites of 2008-2010 is going to backfire on Badenoch. The public has moved on; most feel that Britain is "broken" after 16-years of austerity. There's a totally different dynamic to the final years of the Brown government.
Rachel Reeves is maxing out Britain’s credit card— and handing you the bill. £100bn in debt interest already. Growth’s flat. Inflation’s back. And tax hikes are coming. Only the @Conservatives will stop the spending spree and get Britain back on budget.
How Britain privatised itself into failure Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the-s…
I advise Spectator readers to read the report themselves. The fair-minded ones will see that it is not a cover-up in any way
The BBC Gaza documentary report is a cover-up. ✍️ Jonathan Sacerdoti spectator.co.uk/article/the-bb…
Keep it. Long live King Harald Hardrada.
We are lending Britain an iconic jewel of our shared history: the Bayeux Tapestry. This is the first time this national treasure will leave French soil. It marks an unprecedented cultural partnership between our two countries — a powerful symbol of our Entente amicale.
Rightists: "Those going on strike are holding the nation to ransom due to their selfish demands." Also Rightists: "We could not possibly increase taxes on the top 1%; they are threatening to leave if we do." The double standards make me want to scream.
In the 1970's, the Young Liberals underwent an investigation by the federal party as to whether the organisation had been infiltrated by communists. Young Labour could never.
Why is Israel still fighting in Gaza, when it was able to bring its wars against Iran and Hizbullah to swift ends? econ.trib.al/uZGV2L6?taid=3… Photo: Getty Images
I see huge chunks of the Mildmay Line are shut again this Sunday, @TfL. What's the point of having this line on your network, if it's only working part-time?
Govt’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action dangerously conflates direct action with terrorism, risking a chilling effect on free speech and protest. It also cynically lumps them in with two genuine extremist groups, and shamefully denied MPs a proper vote on each organisation.
we need a slur for people who constantly use AI and ChatGPT
Thinking that Reform UK has a chance of winning any seats on Westminster City Council is a sure sign that you haven't been doing enough canvassing.
Welcome to Reform UK, @PolicyLaila!
The other week I made Spanish omelette for the first time and now I’m never going back to potato-less omelettes.