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Ben Thompson
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Ben Thompson
@BenThompsonTV
News Presenter & Correspondent | Former New York & Middle East | Northern | Links below ⤵️
Joined February 2009
- LGBT ‘issues’? Like what? That we exist? One of them, RIGHT HERE, is on your TV every morning. I held back on this, hoping it was clumsy writing, done in haste. But it’s still online. Would you ask if it’s ‘morally right’ to learn about gender/race/religion/disability ‘issues’?Our final question is about learning about relationships at school. #bbcqt
- Happy last day @mrdanwalker! Thanks for all the @BBCBreakfast lols and for your services to tall people everywhere. 🤪
- I’m hanging up my @BBCBreakfast hard hat and hi-vis in the New Year, so here’s a little thread of some of my ten years on the road, getting access to some of the most interesting and amazing businesses, and taking you with us...
- Re stockpiling: when I lived in New York, Hurricane Sandy hit. They ordered 500,000 to evacuate, it did $70 billion in economic damage, was fourth-worst storm in U.S. history. I lost power, heat & water for two weeks but stayed. At no point did I run out of toilet paper. 🤷🏼♂️
- Sources at Morgan Stanley tell BBC it's already begun process of moving 2,000 London based investment banking staff to Dublin or Frankfurt
- Trying - and failing - to fit this lot into ONE picture 🤣 Morning!
- Replying to @BenThompsonTVI've loved every minute and i'm not going far. They're just letting me in from the cold and rain. I’ll keep the @BBCBreakfast sofa warm at weekends and during the week, I’m (re)joining our global channel @BBCWorld and @BBCNews. So here's some nice pics they took. See you soon!
- It’s been a long day that started with @BBCBreakfast this morning and ended with @BBCNews tonight. But I get to work with THE best people. Now for a 🍷
- Our neighbours just got their new puppy. LOOK HOW GORGEOUS SHE IS. 😍 (my massive hand for scale...)
