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The US Edition of HITLER, STALIN, MUM AND DAD is now available for ordering. TWO ROADS HOME is coming to the US on September 19: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/704980/t… #TwoRoadsHome”
Daniel Finkelstein
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Daniel Finkelstein
@Dannythefink
Times columnist, Conservative peer, Director Chelsea FC, Chair @cfcfoundation, Dad of 3. Author of Hitler, Stalin, Mum & Dad linktr.ee/tworoadshomebo…
Born August 30
Joined July 2009
- This is my youngest son, Isaac. It is his Barmitzvah tomorrow and there was to have been a party afterwards. But now the party has had to be postponed. But he will still be reading from the Torah, albeit online from home. I know how much he’d love to see your likes and messages.
- My friend was in an airport lounge when a man came in and said “is there an economist in this lounge?” My friend, startled but pleased, announced proudly: “Actually yes I’m an economist”. The man gave him an odd look and said: “...the magazine”.
- I’m so proud to have been named a director of @chelseafc. Serving on the Board of the club I have always loved is a privilege I take very seriously. I will read & reflect on fan messages, but it will often not be possible to indicate assent or dissent. chelseafc.com/en/news/2022/0…
- I’m in an unaccustomed position with Katie Hopkins. My normal attitude is sympathy to almost anyone in trouble. But she’s different. She hypothesised she could make a fortune by saying awful things, becoming a horrible racist. It’s important for public discourse that she failed.
- Thinking of Mum today #HolocaustRemembranceDay This is her star, which she always took with her for school talks.
- To try to suggest that what Mr Cummings did was not a breach of the lockdown is never going to work. It drags everyone into making completely unconvincing statements and (ludicrously) claiming the issue is being politicised. This diminishes everyone.
- FIFA project our logo into the Manhattan night sky in a drone display as the final approaches.
- Replying to @CharlieBeckettHome of great football. Home of Osgood and Nevin and Zola and Vialli and Hazard and Lampard and JT. Home of the team that’s won it all and is going all out to win it all again. Home of the Shed End and Matthew Harding. Home of the Pride of London. Home.
- The Rt Hon Sir Jake Berry went to private school, became a lawyer, was in Cameron’s No 10, was a remainer, was chairman of the Conservative Party & was knighted for his services. It is embarrassingly ridiculous for him to start attacking “the establishment” as if that wasn’t him.Your elected parliament voted for the Rwanda Policy - the establishment blocked it. Who’s in charge - the voters or the blob? #blobonomics #Rwanda
- The man who wrote this poem, Pastor Martin Niemöller, wrote it as a confession. He became a friend of my grandfather, Alfred Wiener, and they corresponded about racism and the Pastor’s errors. I think he would have viewed this use of his words with disgust.First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade
- Welcome home, Enzo.
- We are looking to the future. And what a future we have.Aston Villa and Chelsea can confirm that the clubs have reached an agreement for the permanent transfer of Carney Chukwuemeka. The 18-year-old has been given permission to travel to London to discuss both personal terms and undergo a medical.
