Julian Grail
@JulianGrail
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Divorced dad, PhD student, geek and outdoor lover.
Joined October 2009
The First World War miraculously produced all sorts of high culture. But every year on this day it is worth watching the ending of the greatest sitcom, which somehow managed to catch the tone of remembrance exactly, perfectly right.
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RT @RobbieRinder: On the holiest day of the year we are attacked at a Manchester synagogue. Our children walk to school behind barbed wire…
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If you believe free speech is for you but not your political opponents, you're illiberal. If no contrary evidence could change your beliefs, you're a fundamentalist. If you believe the state should punish those with contrary views, you're a totalitarian. If you believe
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Looks like I am theic...
Word of the Day is ‘theic’ (19th century), defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as ‘one given to immoderate tea-drinking; a tea drunkard’.
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Labour has shelved what limited inquiries it was prepared to mount into the industrial scale child abuse by Pakistani-heritage rape gangs over several decades. It is fitting that this shameful surrender was made by vacuous ministerial show pony Jess Phillips, who announced it as
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Time for King Charles to visit Canada, where he is head of state and has every right to go whenever he wants. I have no doubt the welcome would be ecstatic. And very symbolic. Retweet if you agree.
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Worth a listen for anyone who follows USA affairs
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How it feels to be a Krikkiter. #NicheReference
this is the bortle scale. it's used to measure how dark the night sky is in a given place. until relatively recently in human history i imagine every human being who ever lived could see a bortle 1 sky every night of their lives, weather permitting. i personally have never seen
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I am sick and tired of seeing men writhing around the pitch in apparent agony when replays show they haven’t even been touched. The men’s game needs to learn from the women’s game. #EURo2024
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Some policy ideas for Sunak to kick around over the weekend, keep up momentum: - ban all dogs as pets; - tax on nurses; - cancel David Attenborough; - compulsory chimney sweeping for the under-10s; - make patriotism illegal.
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At this rate, I’m wondering if Rishi Sunak might announce he’s standing down as an MP
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"Wine, drunk at the right time, in the right place, and with the right company, is the path to meditation, and the harbinger of peace" I Drink Therefore I Am
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The idea that Humza Yousaf's political fate may now lie in the hands of Ash Regan, the woman who left the SNP in disgust at its plans for gender self-ID, reminds me...
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I have the privilege of working with some amazing people. Here is a podcast I recorded with two impressive senior leaders whom I have supported through their Senior Leader Aporenticeship. https://t.co/12IDwqM8Y9
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@cmi_managers
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#Apprenticeships #SLA #Education #UniversityofGloucestershire #MBA
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NEW: Met Police into BBC Presenter’s behaviour has concluded and they’ve determined “there is no information to indicate that a criminal offence has been committed…there is no further police action.” Big questions for The Sun.
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Thread will only work for me if @janole adds it to Gravity. You forget how ghastly native apps are!
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Since saying "SORRY" only a month ago 3 of the water companies have already paid shareholders £670m in dividends and just 2 of the industry's fat cat bosses have been paid £4,800,00 in salary and bonses. Think on that the next time the industry asks you for another £10bn.
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