Giles MacDonogh @GilesMacDonogh Twitter profile

Last Seen Profiles

@catholichiara

@nadiyaaayu

@Viat_on

@cheongxiao

@binarydances

@kazumitico

@MazMHussain

@Ryan_Kreidler

@_RXGE

@MinimieNigeria

@JeffSonnenfeld

@looneydoomed

@DetectiveRawl

@FreedomFujii

@MartinCloake

@mura_buta

@evilmadss

@Chrisssmustang

@CrushDaddy

@wolpis_kater

@BorowskiJoyce

@MercedesAMGF1BR

@JJVILLARD

@Cake_BFDI

@Neodyme

@NoStaticAtAll

@saintmcleod3

@SalinasMari_3

@TallShadowstarr

@bondress

@cat_afonina

@jkyles10

@UCLABaseball

@DenisefromCali

@CULT1VATE

@benze_13z

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

4 years

A friend of mine died at home of the plague this week: City financier, Oxford DPhil. He called 111: no response. He called 999: none there either. He was quite alone. He won't even figure in the government's statistics.

638

3K

8K

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

5 years

Speaking on France Info radio, Amelie de Montchalin said it’s still possible for Britain to revoke Article 50, meaning the U.K. would remain in the EU and cancel Brexit. Montchalin said “the prime minister can pick up his phone and call Brussels to say: “I stop everything.”

149

1K

3K

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

4 years

Boris Johnson's woes escalate as video emerges of Steve Bannon saying he helped write speech

Boris Johnson's Woes Escalate As Video Emerges Of Steve Bannon Saying He Helped Write Speech

Johnson denied any links with the far-right US figure last year.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

73

2K

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

"My England would be the one that recognises its place in the EU. The jingoistic England that is trying to march us out of the EU, that is an England I don't want to know." David Cornwell, alias John Le Carré, 1931 - 2020.

15

367

2K

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 months

Hallelujah! Over three years after our initial applications, and nearly eight years after Brexit, my children and I have become Austrian. We have won back our freedom of movement. Felix austria!

163

119

1K

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

2 years

The Russian Laundry

17

383

977

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

Bring mal dem Hund was zum fressen!

188

203

970

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

1 year

“A tenner?? But this dog is absolutely amazing! Why on earth are you selling him so cheaply?" "Because he's a lying bastard. He's never been out of the garden!"

28

23

999

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

1 year

An Irish friend has sent me a joke: A Dublin man sees a sign outside a Kerry farmhouse: 'Talking Dog For Sale'... He rings the bell, the owner appears and tells him the dog can be viewed in the back garden The man sees a nice looking Black Labrador Retriever sitting there

35

228

999

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

5 years

BBC News - EU subsidy loss could wipe out farms, farmers say amid Brexit uncertainty

Brexit: EU subsidy loss 'could wipe out farms'

Farmers say they are still to receive long term guarantees over EU subsidies worth £3.5bn a year.

www.bbc.co.uk

350

907

917

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

5 years

@JimMFelton @Andrew_Adonis It is a proper tribute to the great democracy we live in that someone as utterly brainless and as incredibly ill-informed as Nadine could be elected to represent us.

20

43

669

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

Ma mère Lisa Zirner MacDonogh, agée de 94 ans, disparue près de son appartement jeudi 9 septembre #Montparnasse #Paris vers 16h. @prefpolice

84

541

429

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

2 years

'Downing Street boys!'

26

32

428

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

I wonder if... ordinary Nigerians are now receiving e.mails from British businessmen asking them if they might use their bank accounts to launder a bit of dosh?

13

56

412

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

2 years

In Odessa, soldiers building defences unearth amphorae:

13

49

406

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

The greatest charlatan of our time:

33

62

340

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

Good news: she has been found. She is in the Hopital Cochin in Paris.

56

18

330

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

4 years

The German President nails it here, I think.

Antonello Guerrera

@antoguerrera

4 years

The most thunderous Easter message of recent times 🇩🇪

184

4K

11K

13

141

302

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

4 years

Bromley man heads for the Weald and freedom in the European Zone.

20

64

284

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

5 years

@martinkettle In Morecambe they are Wise.

7

17

264

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

Just a little prick:

31

40

261

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

14 days

The final components are here: freedom again!

58

18

269

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

5 years

@PhilipSime I am sure before February 1933 Nazi members of the Reichstag did something very similar. They too entered parliament to destroy it. And they succeeded. The rest (as they say) is history.

59

43

248

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

My daughter, fumbling around in a derelict e.mail box, has just informed me that I have been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. It was a very pleasant surprise. Thank you @RoyalHistSoc

45

14

258

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

Is Britain now morally, ethically and financially bankrupt?

63

73

234

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

Who wears his suits before he does? #Borage

131

24

230

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

5 years

@seddonnews Arron Banks may have to buy him a new suit.

6

14

215

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

4 years

How ghastly that this picture represents London - the worst modern architecture in the world, and the legacy of Mayor #Borage . How many brown envelopes here?

43

217

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

4 years

Here's a bit of fun. My mother's wedding certificate arrived this morning. She was eight months pregnant with my brother the devil when she wed. Who can spot the best man?

43

15

213

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

2 years

The French may be pretty silly sometimes, but they are not half as silly as we are.

11

21

213

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

4 years

Spiegel:

15

76

204

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

5 years

'Late last night the Prime Minister gave a bizarre speech to the UN, comparing Brexit to having your liver pecked out by an eagle for all eternity.' #Borage Prometheus! As some Berlin wit put it: 'Poor eagle - every day is liver!'

8

60

198

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

1 year

@DavidGauke @SieurdePonthieu We were not in Schengen, We always had to show our passports when we entered a Schengen country. On the other hand they did not need to be stamped! That must take up a hell of a lot more time.

56

10

205

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

11 months

@LondonEconomic She did the shredding?

8

1

199

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

4 years

Just found this nice picture of my great-grandfather's shop:

14

22

193

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 months

On 14 February, Navalny sent a St Valentine's day message to his wife, Yulia, with a photo: "Between us there are cities [and] thousands of kilometres, but I feel that you are near every second, and I love you more and more."

8

60

199

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

6 years

This is the ugliest, most ill-executed and most vulgar thing I have seen in a very long time:

47

43

184

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

4 years

Breaking: Madame Arcate to be elevated to the Lords and appointed to the Cabinet as Minister of Dancing and Technology

21

59

178

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

2 years

@bmay His role model:

5

6

179

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

2 years

@Eyeswideopen69 @etxberria55 They would have voted for this if it wore a blond wig and a blue rosette:

19

11

170

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

'We've got them cornered. We might have to parley with them a bit before we can bring them in.'

38

49

170

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

2 months

Cat stands guard at the place where Caesar was killed:

15

34

183

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

4 months

The Rise and Fall of Boris Johnson:

Sylvia

@eoff_sylvia

4 months

0

2

17

4

31

182

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

All because the lady loves...

25

22

173

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

1 month

House of Lords rejects government Rwanda Bill again - well done your Lordships.

4

34

179

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

2 years

The winning French Rugger team yesterday:

2

19

172

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

1 year

'Have you thought about what subjects you'd like to do for A-Level?'

13

32

166

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

2 years

A day to remember a dead Brazilian plumber:

10

21

162

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

Dropped into @waitrose Holloway Road to buy French butter. One out of three fresh fruit and veg lines was absent and replaced by an upside-down crate. What is amiss?

50

54

157

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 months

RIP Alexei Navalny, bravest of the brave.

8

36

163

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

2 years

'We found 'im in a ditch. Bloke says 'e's the "prime monster" or some crap. Do I charge 'im chief?'

11

37

154

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

11.00 pm tonight: #OdeToJoy Pass it on.

15

100

155

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

4 years

BBC News - Yvette Lundy: French Resistance member who survived Nazi camps dies at 103

Yvette Lundy: French Resistance member who survived Nazi camps dies at 103

Schoolteacher Yvette Lundy was sent to a concentration camp for her role in the French Resistance.

www.bbc.co.uk

5

53

148

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

1 year

'Where's the dosh? I've brought a bag.'

14

48

157

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

4 years

The Wolf's Lair in East Prussia, where Stauffenberg detonated his bomb 76 years ago today.

8

54

148

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

5 years

Great Britain is ruled by ten Orangemen who do not even represent the majority of Northern Irish people:

Brexit: DUP welcomes 'renewed focus' on their concerns after talks

The Democratic Unionists welcome a "renewed focus" on their objections ahead of third Commons vote.

www.bbc.co.uk

14

82

147

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

4 years

Where were you when the Wall came down?

85

30

149

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

5 years

@welcomet0nature Anyone seen a dentist from Minnesota?

7

139

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

2 years

Polish PM Morawiecki writes to Zelensky : 'We will never desert you. We will be with you because we know that you are not just fighting for your liberty, for your own home and your own security, but also for ours.'

9

45

144

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

Sophie was a wonderful girl, but should we not raise a cheer for her brother, his tutor and the other members of the gang too?

7

28

144

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

At last some good news:

11

13

148

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

Honeymooners at last alone...

16

25

144

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 months

Lost Klimt found in Vienna:

Gustav Klimt portrait found after almost 100 years

The Portrait of Fraulein Lieser' - last seen in public in 1925 - has been discovered in Vienna.

www.bbc.co.uk

10

38

146

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

4 years

I understand there is to be a rally in Parliament Square later?

22

41

133

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

Behind this door in an secret world comprised of 100 + unelected SPADs and courtesans formed into factions. They rule our lives. They take the decisions that become law. We have the right to know what goes on in there and judge whether this form of government is appropriate.

7

62

142

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

4 months

I understand why this particular CBE rankles so, but these baubles have lost so much value and become so utterly meaningless that it might be less painful for everyone if they were to scrap them altogether?

Paula Vennells: Ex-Post Office boss handing back CBE over IT scandal

Paula Vennells says she has "listened" to those calling for her to return the honour.

www.bbc.co.uk

20

33

148

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

9 months

@Richardvines What very sad news. Certainly in part another 'Brexit benefit', as Roux was unable to find skilled staff. Le Gavroche was to some extent the last of its kind, having begun life as the first great French restaurant on British soil that was not in a hotel dining room.

7

21

144

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

4 years

Grimy Darren: has anyone ever before been projected so far beyond the confines of his abilities?

45

11

129

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

The politics of the boudoir:

42

20

139

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

#Borage 's age: 56. #Carrie 's age: 33. Adolf's age at time of marriage: 56. Eva's age at time of wedding: 33. #JustSaying

19

33

137

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

2 years

61 Canadians banned from Russia. Britain only merited 13. Putin hates Canada four times as much.

22

15

140

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

5 years

@Gabriel_Pogrund Revolting spectacle.

3

0

127

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

4 years

Avoid the crowds in the streets and parks, stay at home and read (never was there a better moment):

21

34

136

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

2 years

'That's my girl!'

18

50

134

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

5 years

The English are basically Belgian:

Myths of British ancestry

Everything you know about British and Irish ancestry is wrong. Our ancestors were Basques, not Celts. The Celts were not wiped out by the Anglo-Saxons, in fact neither had much impact on the genetic...

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

17

33

129

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

Suspicious man seen in the vicinity of Buckingham Palace. He is believed to be dangerous. Members of the public are advised to maintain their distance and report any sightings to the Metropolitan Police.

18

24

133

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

@terrychristian The new Secretary of State for Technology:

21

34

129

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

'The decision to learn a foreign language is to me an act of friendship. It is indeed a holding out of the hand. It’s not just a route to negotiation. It’s also to get to know you better, to draw closer to you and your culture, your social manners and your way of thinking.

12

25

128

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

5 years

@Lisamboo

1

127

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

1 year

Antiques Road Show?

OSINTtechnical

@Osinttechnical

1 year

The only Russian tank present at today’s Victory Day parade in Moscow was a single T-34.

1K

4K

37K

19

18

127

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

Abusive drunk removed from G20 meeting.

4

26

120

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

4 years

The British Civil Service must realise by now what is planned for them. They are going to be castrated. Henceforth they will be associated with the acts and policies of a gangster government. It might be wiser to resign en masse before it's too late?

26

42

109

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

4 years

#Borage demonstrates what it really means to be forever #alert :

10

44

114

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

5 years

@Munir566 @justinterject she's drunk.

15

0

114

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

May he be next:

22

10

117

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

2 years

The first prisoners land in the new British penal colony in Rwanda:

10

22

118

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

4 years

Just packed my boy off to university. Strangely draining, emotional experience.

23

3

114

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

6 years

The new baby has been delivered:

19

26

115

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

4 years

'An appeal has been launched in the Czech Republic to "save" the equivalent of 1,305,552 pints of craft beer that will go off "within weeks" if it is not drunk.The beer is languishing undrunk in barrels in 32 craft breweries across the country.

21

50

112

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

4 years

I have fallen in love... with Princess Anne.

15

22

113

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

2 years

Tory rebels were equally unhappy. Andrew Brigden, the MP for North West Leicestershire, tweeted the article by Lord Hague in which the former Tory leader called for Johnson to resign. "The prime minister should now leave with honour and residual affection for what he has

5

27

112

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

Just heard a lovely story from #Vienna . The opera ended at 9.45 but the audience were locked in. The bars were opened, but some members of the #VPO decided to play Schubert quartets in the auditorium, and the public drifted back to listen. They were all let out at midnight. #Wien

7

19

109

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

7 years

Anyone who has any religious or ethical objections to £5 notes can simply send them to me.

11

48

108

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

That's the Hot-Cross buns done for tomorrow:

13

6

107

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

5 years

@IvankaTrump Where next? The Tower? Might be good to look at Sir Thomas More's cell?

4

2

91

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

4 years

Breaking: I give you the first page of the Russia Report:

9

28

106

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

4 years

Once again the German President strikes the right tone in his speech to mark the 75th Anniversary of Europe's liberation - and Germany's too.

5

23

106

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

3 years

As I was passing through St Ives I gave a bloke a bunch of fives; A big fat chap with yellow hair, Lord knows what he was doing there. They said this man had seven wives, His pride had ruined many lives, And now he'd come to wreck St Ives.

5

25

106

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

2 years

Berdiansk, Russian ship burning (Le Monde):

9

15

97

Giles MacDonogh

@GilesMacDonogh

5 years

@back_fights @MikeStuchbery_ @metpoliceuk @BBCBreaking @Channel4News @cnnbrk @guyverhofstadt @eucopresident @IanBlackfordMP @joswinson @EdwardJDavey @tom_watson @IrishTimes Is Steve Bray and the other SODEM people alright?

6

5

97