Passion for rowing, biking, history, books and booze. All in moderation these days. 🇪🇺
Cambridge, London, Piedmont
Joined December 2012
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Here's a 🎶 twist on @coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?" It reflects on the grotesque disrespectful media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with @ZelenskyyUa 🇺🇦
#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem
David Gates retweeted
Unbelievably crass, unfair and sad decision not to grant the Gold medal men’s eight from Paris recognition in the New Year Honours list
David Gates retweeted
Brexit is having “profound and ongoing” negative impact on UK goods exports and imports, latest @jundu_econ analysis finds. No one lives in the counter factual world, but leaving single marks continues to cost UK. And 2023 was worse! 1/2
on.ft.com/4gpd3qd
What an utterly inspiring performance by the W4x today. Their trust in each other and their joy in each other’s company shone through. And kudos to the Dutch; a race for the ages and real dignity in what must have been a heartbreaking finish for them.
A swimming related question: why do they not wear team branded kit? It’s only the swim caps not the swim suits. Pourquoi?
Congratulations @ThamesRC not only for a sensational set of results @HenleyRegatta across all club events but also for being the fastest VIII on Sunday at 6 mins 23s. Is that the first time @fatsculler that the fastest VIII in the finals came from the Thames Cup?
David Gates retweeted
Sunak’s wine legacy.
The highest rates of duty on wine in Europe, with 64 bands of duty (to replace just 2!) from 1 Feb 2025.
Will the next government do the right thing - it’s a simple move - and help businesses and consumers?
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David Gates retweeted
Britain’s Brexit wine duty regime is ‘unworkable’, industry warns on.ft.com/3TUg88m
Just watched 20 Days in Mariupol. Truly painful and awful to watch … but as the months go by it’s so important to remember the ongoing horror of what is happening in Ukraine. 20daysinmariupol.com/
David Gates retweeted
There now follows a Party Political Broadcast by Count Binface. And quite frankly it's a banger. Help me run for mayor here. Under £5k to go! gofundme.com/f/countbinface2… #BinDay #LoveDemocracy
