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William Atkinson retweeted
Best anecdote in Carol Thatcher's book about her father is when Sir Denis boarded a train at Paddington in which the only empty compartment was reserved for Rosewood Psychiatric Hospital.
Denis travelled alone and in comfort as far as Reading when "all these chaps piled in", accompanied by a male nurse, who counted them before the train moved off.
'One, two, three, four ... who are you?"
"I'm the Prime Minister's husband."
"Six, seven, eight, nine..."
William Atkinson retweeted
The year is 2026
Martin Lewis is master of Britain
Mental health hubs are now battlefields
William Atkinson retweeted
The Government claims that closer ties with the EU would boost growth.
How disingenous.
There is no reason to suggest that we would not face the same low-growth, low-productivity future as France and Germany if we were to rejoin.
Rather than face facts, Burnham hides his head in the sand.
My latest for @CityAM👇
William Atkinson retweeted
Britain is £3 trillion in the red.
The amount we pay on servicing this debt is absurd. We must get ourselves into a position where we can spend sensibly on defence, education and healthcare without further indebting ourselves.
This requires tough cost-saving measures.
But is Labour up to the task?
My latest in The @DailyMail👇
William Atkinson retweeted
“Everything changed when that container full of Barbour jackets washed up on the island. Completely changed the social hierarchy.”
William Atkinson retweeted
Every academic claiming Scruton was a fraud or a pseud or "massively overrated" or whatever has roughly the same bio - "Age: 39. Deputy assistant interim professor of theory (part-time), University of Gravesend. Author of Was Thatcher Pure Evil? (forthcoming). Patreon..."
William Atkinson retweeted
Sir Cliff Richard, 86, aiming for fourth Christmas No1 with surprise REGGAE version of The Lord is My Shepherd.
#CliffRichard
thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/40…
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Since 2022, Civic Future has grown from a single Fellowship into policy courses, workshops, crisis simulations and two Talent Programmes.
It’s a school in all but name.
So today we’re making it official: the Civic Future School for Government 🏛️🧵
civicfuture.org/school-for-g…
William Atkinson retweeted
"Since 2019, the National Living Wage (NLW) has risen by 48 per cent, whilst output per hour has increased by a meagre 2.9 per cent. As of April 2026, the minimum cost of hiring a new full-time equivalent employee in Britain is £28,308.52."
Businesses cannot absorb the continuous price hikes of labour whilst the economy remains stagnant.
My latest for @TheCriticMag👇
Ministers want businesses to hire young people, yet keep making them too expensive to hire. @Matthew__Bowles proposes a solution: freeze the wage, free the young.
thecritic.co.uk/freeze-the-w…
William Atkinson retweeted
Went to a student party in St Hughes College, Oxford in the mid 1990s. A random petite blonde girl I didn't know invited me to go and "frolic on the lawn". I don't really remember her name or what she looked like, but I am now perpetually worried I may have snogged Liz Truss.
William Atkinson retweeted
The Canary didn’t give us much but it did give us perhaps the greatest bio of all time
The Canary will be closed for the foreseeable future.
As of today (Monday 19 October), the Canary will be closed indefinitely.
After multiple attacks this year, from Lloyds debanking us to former employees spreading malicious lies on social media, the situation has become unsustainable, both financially and operationally.
After 11 years, we take this action with deep sadness and regret. The extent of the lies, defamation, and harassment by ex-staff - coupled with the constant attacks by the state and those who’d see us destroyed - has become too much.
However, it is not over. This week, we will publish what really happened at the Canary and push back against the vicious campaign against our team and us.
We may be down, but we’re not out yet.
ALT The Canary will be closed for the foreseeable future. As of today (Monday 19 October), the Canary will be closed indefinitely. After multiple attacks this year, from Lloyds debanking us to former employees spreading malicious lies on social media, the situation has become unsustainable, both financially and operationally. After 11 years, we take this action with deep sadness and regret. The extent of the lies, defamation, and harassment by ex-staff - coupled with the constant attacks by the state and those who’d see us destroyed - has become too much. However, it is not over. This week, we will publish what really happened at the Canary and push back against the vicious campaign against our team and us. We may be down, but we’re not out yet.
William Atkinson retweeted
The British nightlife industry is being squeezed out by rising taxes, exorbitant energy and employment costs, and a growing burden of regulation.
The number of nightclubs has fallen by almost a third since 2020 and pubs are vanishing up and down the country. It’s time to stop making a night out harder to afford.
My latest for the @spectator, featuring a trip to Northallerton's Club Amadeus, supposedly the 'Northeast's premier nightspot'👇
William Atkinson retweeted
I am pretty supportive of legal restrictions on obscene material. However, "porn is fine but we are going to micromanage the specific fantasies you can indulge" is such a great microcosm of the 21st century progressive mind.
Porn showing choking or incest to be banned from early November, government says bbc.in/3TF2Ijx
