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You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a baby with no teeth, no job, and no idea who Barbara Ann is absolutely losing their mind to “Ba ba ba, ba Barbara Ann!” by The Beach Boys! 😂🎶
An enlightening conversation with Sir John Curtice at the Harrogate Literature Festival. It is a rarity these days to listen a genuine expert. We were privileged to be guests of the sponsors @Raworths. Thank you for a lovely evening #RaworthsLitFest
Thank you for this photo, Sharon @houseofstories and thank you for inviting me to speak at your lovely bookshop 📚
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S’il n’y a qu’un tweet à lire sur les saccages et pillages qui dévastent les commerces, et plus largement sur les manifestations de dimanche, il me semble que c’est celui-ci.
Même si les assurances remboursaient chaque centime de perdu (ce qu'elles ne font pas) et même si on enlevait l'impact émotionnel de voir sa vie pro détruite (ce qui est une illusion), il reste deux choses que personne ne semble comprendre.
1) un commerce achète (matière première, stocks, etc.) et vend (produits finis). J'étais avec un cousin, artisan boulanger, ce week-end, qui a acheté 1,5 tonne de chocolat. Le tarif est négocié bien en amont pour préparer les fêtes de fin d'année et anticiper le besoin.
S'il avait à repasser commande aujourd'hui parce que sa matière a été détruite, déjà pas sûr que le fournisseur puisse prendre sa commande et ensuite, pas sûr qu'il l'ait ni au même prix, ni au bon moment.
Et la marge, c'est pas sale, c'est ce qui fait vivre une famille et des salariés. Vous pouvez retourner le problème dans tous les sens, si vous ne margez pas, vous faites pas une activité commerciale, vous faites du passage de plat. Et construire une marge, ça s'anticipe.
2) Chaque jour perdu à reconstruire ou retrouver un stock, c'est du manque à gagner. Vous êtes indé, vous ne vendez pas une journée, c'est une journée de perte sèche. Vous vous souvenez le "pognon de dingue" qui a été dépensé pour soutenir tous les commerces pendant le Covid ? C'est ça compenser le manque à gagner, c'est une logique que seul un État peut encaisser à moyen ou long terme, les assurances s'en fichent.
Je sais que la France est mal éduquée financièrement, mais ce qui s'est passé samedi, ce n'est pas « pas grave car de l'argent magique va aider à payer une baie vitrée ».
Cela étant dit, je suis convaincu qu'il y avait 3 phénomènes samedi : des manifestations légitimes parce que le pays va mal et les gens en souffrent - et elles se sont plutôt bien passées -, des débordements violents politisés, côté manifestants et FDO, dont l'ampleur reste à mesurer mais que vous avez toutes et tous vus sur les RS... et un pillage pur et simple qui n'avait ni rapport avec la première manif, ni avec la seconde, ni avec « l'ultra-gauche ».
Brouiller les pistes en mettant tout le monde dans le même sac, c'est du travail d'amateur de politicien ou de plateau TV et ça n'arrangera rien.
Pour ma part, je ne partagerai aucune image de destruction, ce n'est pas la violence que je veux pour mon pays : force au personnel qui est en première ligne pour nettoyer ce carnage et qu'on applaudit jamais.
What a fabulous time I had presenting Grey Matters to a full room at House of Stories in Morpeth. Thank you all for coming on this dark and wet evening, and making it special with your contributions and wonderful support #WritingCommunity
Delighted to give an author talk about Grey Matters, at House of Stories,’ the new indie bookshop in Morpeth. #WritingCommunity
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Imagine if everyone stopped the wars and we just looked after everyone.
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The Sussexes’ Nottingham charity event exposes a truth the Royal Rota would rather avoid: you cannot manufacture public affection through favourable headlines, managed appearances, or endless attempts to control the narrative.
Genuine connection cannot be scripted, and authenticity cannot be faked.
The world has changed. The public no longer relies on a handful of royal correspondents to decide whom it should admire. Social media has broken that monopoly. People can witness events, share experiences, challenge narratives, and form their own opinions.
Instead of endlessly scrutinising Harry and Meghan, perhaps the real question is why William and Kate’s carefully managed public image inspires such relentless efforts at comparison.
You cannot lecture people into admiration or manufacture warmth through PR.
The greatest threat to a carefully curated image is a public that no longer needs permission to see through it.
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🔴 Zelenskyy: "Don't attack us, don't kill our children. We will stop attacking your diesel.
I think it's a fair deal."
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Tea for Two in Support of Malala Fund. This International Day of the Girl, in partnership with Archewell Philanthropies will be donating 100% of net proceeds from their jams and teas in support of the Malala Fund and its vital work to ensure that every girl has access to free, safe, quality education.
Archewell Philanthropies
is home to the charitable work of H&M and their children. Malala Fund's mission is to ensure every girl's right to 12 years of education, and to create a more equal, safer & healthier world by making sure all girls can go to and complete school.
Now this is what we can all call charitable work. Giving to important causes. Not PR, not lip service but real and effective service. H&M have always supported and promoted chosen and important charities and their involvement has made a big difference to the communities the charities serve. When will the leftovers ever understand what their role is supposed to be, because all they currently do is done to benefit themselves. Shame on them for not using their platform to do good.
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So £300,000 compensation for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and no compensation whatsoever for the WASPI women. Even though none of them appeared in the Epstein files.
Just seen this post on Instagram. I am honoured to talk about Grey Matters in House of Stories in Morpeth on 19 October. Can’t wait to meet my readers. #writingcommunity #indiebookshops
Adding two hours to our normally three hour journey. ☹️
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A dear friend of mine handed me this writing found from a nursing home resident and I want to share it with you...
“I am 82 years old, I have 4 children, 11 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren and a room of 12 square meters.
I no longer have a home or expensive things, but I have someone who will clean my room, prepare food and change my bedding, measure my blood pressure and weigh me.
I no longer have the laughter of my grandchildren around me, I don't see them growing, hugging and arguing. Some come to me every 15 days, some every three or four months, and some never.
I don't bake cakes anymore, I don't dig up the garden. I still have hobbies and I like to read, but my eyes quickly hurt.
I don’t know how much longer, but I have to get used to this loneliness. Here at this home, I lead group work and help those who are worse than me as much as I can.
Until recently, I read aloud to an immobile woman in the room next to me, we used to sing together, but she died the other day.
They say life is getting longer. Why? When I’m alone, I can look at photos of my family and memories I brought from home. And that's all. I miss them.
I hope that the next generations will understand that families are born to have a future (with children) and that they do not forget about the family even in old age.”
PLEASE DON'T FORGET YOUR LOVED ONES.
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Remember when we were told the EU would never want Britain back?
Macron: “Welcome back.”
Spain: its arms are open.
The European Commission: ready to talk.
Britain is changing its mind about Brexit.
And Europe has noticed.
theguardian.com/world/2026/s…


























