Alan White @aljwhite Twitter profile | Pikagi

Pikagi

Alan White

@aljwhite

46,414

Followers

5,016

Following

8,818

Media

82,947

Statuses

Editor in Chief @politicshome / @TheHouseMag . Fmr Lord Chief Justice of Twitter. RTs ≠ Endorsements. Listen to The Rundown podcast:

https://t.co/gO6ffGBXeX

Joined March 2009

Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.

Pinned Tweet

@aljwhite

Alan White

4 months

In a major new investigation, @TheHouseMag reveals how the children's care business is dragging councils towards bankruptcy while failing the most vulnerable

Tweet card media

Profit and loss: How children's care is failing our most vulnerable

Demand is rising, costs are spiralling and profit-maximising private equity and sovereign wealth funds are piling in. The children’s care business is a huge policy failure that is dragging councils...

www.politicshome.com

6

14

21

Last Seen Profiles

@McKenzieMil10

@torllybo

@StonerXDrizzo

@braverangels

@bittrfridgetrol

@wegos2

@MrCooperWTF

@thekapman

@shesood

@nunez_jay

@nicopuchi_info

@Bean_D10S

@skinworms

@truzkyu

@StockCharts

@RobinRysav64416

@ShyyFab

@FANEXPONOLA

@TheRealDaytime

@Hayabusa_MMA

@sandeep_PT

@MassageJulio

@sol_acad_fc_JPL

@crotatas

@TerrySinnett

@eyll_frtnsi

@gokuiru

@Kojima_oresama

@itsyolie

@NYChismosa

@people

@ColoradoDPC

@MSTRVLDZ

@davidlaud

@fplsverigetv

@silbasso

@aljwhite

Alan White

6 years

This is one of the most terrifying things I’ve seen in all my life

7K

55K

116K

@aljwhite

Alan White

2 years

Incredible scenes on channel 4. Worth staying for the last five seconds of this

1K

17K

87K

@aljwhite

Alan White

7 years

My favourite subset of internet video is dogs that think their owners are drowning and this one is gold

842

33K

76K

@aljwhite

Alan White

4 years

This is the best and clearest explanation of why people need to stay at home you could ever wish to see

468

41K

66K

@aljwhite

Alan White

3 years

haven't seen a more aggressive British assault on Italy since the 1943 Allied landing on Sicily

@ratemyplatenow

Rate My Plate

@ratemyplatenow

3 years

Pepperoni Yorkshire pudding pizza by Kye W

Tweet media one

386

199

2K

260

7K

57K

@aljwhite

Alan White

2 years

Absolutely incredible content from @SamCoatesSky here

2K

10K

53K

@aljwhite

Alan White

6 years

This should be a GCSE module

684

9K

37K

@aljwhite

Alan White

2 years

Rory Stewart with one of the all time 🔥 intros.

Tweet media one

366

8K

36K

@aljwhite

Alan White

7 years

BORIS JOHNSON ASKED A FORTUNE TELLER FOR A PREDICTION AND THIS HAPPENED

422

19K

32K

@aljwhite

Alan White

1 year

They call him the postman because he always delivers

Tweet media one

178

2K

27K

@aljwhite

Alan White

6 years

Happy Lenny Kravitz scarf day.

Tweet media one

169

9K

25K

@aljwhite

Alan White

1 year

never misses

Tweet media one

255

1K

25K

@aljwhite

Alan White

6 years

I see this press conference couldn’t be going better.

1K

9K

24K

@aljwhite

Alan White

5 years

2019 has barely begun and if I see a better act of trolling I'll be stunned.

Tweet media one

123

5K

23K

@aljwhite

Alan White

7 years

This guy should be knighted

461

13K

22K

@aljwhite

Alan White

4 years

Absolutely dead, watching through my fingers, my god

680

4K

22K

@aljwhite

Alan White

6 years

Oh man this is too much

348

8K

21K

@aljwhite

Alan White

7 years

An important component of dramatic tragedy is a brutal plot twist

212

11K

21K

@aljwhite

Alan White

4 years

If you want an indication of how much of a hellscape this is going to be, last night a mate told our friendship group he couldn’t do a virtual dinner on Friday because he had “other digital commitments.”

126

2K

20K

@aljwhite

Alan White

7 years

I see Theresa May met some children today.

Tweet media one

Tweet media two

272

9K

19K

@aljwhite

Alan White

2 years

I’m old enough to remember three weeks ago

Tweet media one

182

3K

19K

@aljwhite

Alan White

5 years

On balance this is actually one of the best media performances by a Tory politician in the last 24 hours

246

4K

19K

@aljwhite

Alan White

6 years

the crowdfunder to make this fly over central London during Trump's visit has, I am not entirely surprised to report, smashed its target

Tweet media one

298

6K

17K

@aljwhite

Alan White

7 years

Literally me attempting to pass GCSE physics

325

10K

17K

@aljwhite

Alan White

7 months

A hall of fame community note

94

815

16K

@aljwhite

Alan White

2 years

Martin Lewis says it’s not true that the government can’t take action on the energy crisis

297

5K

15K

@aljwhite

Alan White

7 years

Look forward to Trump having a shitfit over Kristen Stewart in a few hours

47

7K

14K

@aljwhite

Alan White

6 years

Here’s what it looks like when a political party explodes.

331

7K

14K

@aljwhite

Alan White

5 years

I think it's just that it's been a long week, but this has made me have a meltdown at my desk

364

6K

14K

@aljwhite

Alan White

4 years

This is it. This is the exact moment, after years of turmoil, that Britain finally lost its collective mind

580

2K

13K

@aljwhite

Alan White

3 years

This is my favourite Craig David thing

Tweet media one

Tweet media two

83

908

13K

@aljwhite

Alan White

4 years

I think we might be in shitshow territory.

Tweet media one

Tweet media two

Tweet media three

Tweet media four

130

3K

13K

@aljwhite

Alan White

4 years

Hmm. Weird silence on the timelines of certain media commentators who have been very vocal about a lack of social distancing at recent BLM protests

@nick_mcavaney

Nick McAvaney

4 years

Violence erupts in Parliament Square as people gathered erupt and charge at police and a cyclist, throwing bottles and swearing, but no fighting.

116

291

431

107

4K

12K

@aljwhite

Alan White

5 years

This is the most captivating 15 seconds of political drama I’ve seen in years

333

2K

12K

@aljwhite

Alan White

4 months

This is probably the greatest entrance in the history of home improvement television

46

659

12K

@aljwhite

Alan White

8 years

THE REPORTER AND HIS CHICKEN #Ripvine

118

7K

11K

@aljwhite

Alan White

4 years

I think Dan Hodges’ defence of Dominic Cummings might carry a little more weight if last week his paper hadn’t gone after Keir Starmer for buying his elderly mother a field with some donkeys in it

66

1K

11K

@aljwhite

Alan White

6 years

This website remains freeeeeee

Tweet media one

Tweet media two

23

4K

11K

@aljwhite

Alan White

3 years

Everything about this video is perfect

291

2K

11K

@aljwhite

Alan White

6 years

this is a very good boy

63

3K

11K

@aljwhite

Alan White

6 months

This is as much of a masterpiece as everyone says

83

2K

11K

@aljwhite

Alan White

7 years

This video made me do a fist pump

140

5K

10K

@aljwhite

Alan White

3 years

I refuse to ever let this video appear on my timeline without giving it the like it deserves

@MahyarTousi

Mahyar Tousi

3 years

🚨 Adam Boulton is leaving Sky News Let’s never forget how he once gave us the best thing that’s ever happened on a British news channel.

277

7K

55K

24

677

10K

@aljwhite

Alan White

7 years

This is absolutely superb content

184

6K

10K

@aljwhite

Alan White

6 years

Can someone pls fetch a bodybag for Steve Baker we have a casualty here

441

5K

10K

@aljwhite

Alan White

8 years

New favourite meme.

107

6K

9K

@aljwhite

Alan White

2 years

It is perhaps a little unfortunate for Nadhim Zahawi that this was published at the exact moment Boris pulled out.

Tweet media one

253

1K

9K

@aljwhite

Alan White

5 years

There’s a lot of “the Internet was always bad” chat around but literally all I remember from 2011 is Fenton.

260

2K

9K

@aljwhite

Alan White

2 years

All going well on Piers Morgan’s show

281

1K

9K

@aljwhite

Alan White

1 year

Tweet media one

@BBCPolitics

BBC Politics

1 year

Former Home Secretary Priti Patel unveils memorial bench to swans killed in catapult attack

93

90

330

35

1K

9K

@aljwhite

Alan White

5 years

Every media person who thinks they’ve solved Brexit on their skiing holiday should be made to transport a lorry full of insulin back the other way and livetweet the process

@JuliaHB1

Julia Hartley-Brewer

5 years

Just approaching the border between France and Switzerland...

389

79

446

76

2K

8K

@aljwhite

Alan White

2 years

This is it. British politics has peaked. Dissolve Parliament and call it a day.

Tweet media one

116

867

9K

@aljwhite

Alan White

5 years

Every time the British government says it’s secured meaningful concessions from Europe

97

2K

8K

@aljwhite

Alan White

3 years

Bold choice to film it on a Nokia 3310

@GBNEWS

GB News

3 years

This is @afneil . Welcome To GB News

2K

3K

16K

171

278

8K

@aljwhite

Alan White

5 years

One and a half million views of @rafaelbehr ’s Brexit rant now. I think people may feel he has a point

163

2K

8K

@aljwhite

Alan White

5 years

Can confirm Theresa May getting locked in her car is much better when you put the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme over it

180

2K

7K

@aljwhite

Alan White

7 years

This has made my morning tolerable

183

4K

7K

@aljwhite

Alan White

5 years

current status of british politics:

122

2K

7K

@aljwhite

Alan White

3 years

Brutal Times cartoon

Tweet media one

37

2K

7K

@aljwhite

Alan White

4 years

I remember turning up at the private eye office for work experience as a 23 year old and Hislop telling me I was going to get paid a decent salary for it: "well you're going to be working for us so it's... work, isn't it." It really shouldn't be more complicated than that

@The_Crox

Rianna Croxford

4 years

Also, shoutouts to orgs like @FT who actually pay interns enough to live on during placements!

5

13

325

39

539

7K

@aljwhite

Alan White

7 years

Imagine being owned so bad that even children's book publishers are coming for you on the internet

Tweet media one

37

3K

7K

@aljwhite

Alan White

6 years

A story about digital journalism in 2018 in three parts.

Tweet media one

Tweet media two

Tweet media three

56

3K

7K

@aljwhite

Alan White

2 years

Sue Gray, sighing, adds another column to her excel document

59

429

6K

@aljwhite

Alan White

1 year

Gold class Brexit beef

279

1K

6K

@aljwhite

Alan White

8 months

At some point the governing party might have to give the fact its deputy chair appears on this channel some consideration.

@AvaSantina

Ava-Santina

8 months

Laurence Fox just did a whole speech on GB News on why men apparently won’t shag me ?

8K

3K

27K

248

917

6K

@aljwhite

Alan White

2 years

I endorse this public health messaging format

41

2K

6K

@aljwhite

Alan White

3 years

Spurs in the European Super League

Tweet media one

48

599

6K

@aljwhite

Alan White

2 years

when the center parcs cops come to remove me from the pancake house on Monday

Tweet media one

57

449

6K

@aljwhite

Alan White

3 years

Easiest deal in history, all it took was five years, two prime ministers, and a border in the Irish Sea.

171

649

6K

@aljwhite

Alan White

2 years

Interesting point from @MarinaHyde

Tweet media one

75

2K

6K

@aljwhite

Alan White

6 years

There’s absolutely nothing Oxfam’s management could do from this point that could make things wor-

Tweet media one

141

2K

6K

@aljwhite

Alan White

7 years

If you're looking for reasons to love Twitter, there's a bookshop currently tweeting an entire Harry Potter novel at Piers Moron.

Tweet media one

37

3K

6K

@aljwhite

Alan White

7 years

this might be the best picture of Jeremy Corbyn I've ever seen

Tweet media one

123

2K

5K

@aljwhite

Alan White

4 years

fair play Burger King, fair play

@stu_bot3000

Stu Royall

4 years

OH MY GOD 🔥🔥🔥

Tweet media one

385

9K

41K

24

919

6K

@aljwhite

Alan White

5 years

I know there's a lot going on but have we found who it was that shut down Gatwick over Christmas with a drone or are we just letting that one slide

133

893

5K

@aljwhite

Alan White

7 years

Weird how none of this lot have shared the latest reports on the Dortmund bus attack.

Tweet media one

Tweet media two

Tweet media three

Tweet media four

106

5K

5K

@aljwhite

Alan White

1 year

They’ll be teaching this one at the city uni ethics in journalism course for years to come

Tweet media one

60

602

5K

@aljwhite

Alan White

6 years

Jesus CHRIST.

127

1K

5K

@aljwhite

Alan White

8 years

Woah. #savetwitter

Tweet media one

44

4K

5K

@aljwhite

Alan White

7 years

However bad a weekend you had at least you're not the guy on Robot Wars who lost to a team of kids and stormed off

90

3K

5K

@aljwhite

Alan White

8 months

Have to admire how well the Mirror masked his identity, in retrospect

@DailyMirror

The Mirror

8 months

Shock as top UK celeb faces Channel 4 Dispatches show that could end their career #Dispatches

Tweet media one

72

43

94

41

118

5K

@aljwhite

Alan White

4 years

The Chair of the Bar council has written to Boris Johnson over his remarks about lawyers at Conservative Party Conference

Tweet media one

Tweet media two

70

2K

5K

@aljwhite

Alan White

7 years

On balance I'm thinking chaos with Ed Miliband might have been the simpler option

Tweet media one

36

3K

5K

@aljwhite

Alan White

5 years

Lots of respect for Joe Root for this

58

1K

4K

@aljwhite

Alan White

6 years

I've just been reminded of one my favourite Twitter moments ever #mastertwat

Tweet media one

29

1K

4K

@aljwhite

Alan White

3 years

My drug of choice? watching every single video of this hustle that social media has to offer

381

224

4K

@aljwhite

Alan White

2 years

“I thought I was at a work meeting”

28

922

4K

@aljwhite

Alan White

2 months

An excellent visualisation of why millennials need to spend less on avocado

80

980

4K

@aljwhite

Alan White

6 years

Realised Id never actually made one of these memes before

Tweet media one

32

1K

4K

@aljwhite

Alan White

6 years

It’s performance art it has to be

Tweet media one

Tweet media two

Tweet media three

78

1K

4K

@aljwhite

Alan White

5 months

Please tell me she didn’t try to contest a community note and got community noted in the process. This can’t have happened

@MichelleMone

Lady Michelle Mone

5 months

This label by @CommunityNotes is biased and factually incorrect. An email sent in 2020 by the Cabinet Office to PPE Medpro said our gowns had been “approved by technical”. We dispute all claims by the government that the product was defective, and intend to clear our name.

3K

221

567

44

418

4K

@aljwhite

Alan White

2 months

It is a truly incredible infrastructure achievement to run out of water on an Island where rain falls around a third of the year

@ianwalker

Prof. Ian Walker

2 months

The UK risks running short of water and the goal is to get consumption down to 110 litres/person/day

139

40

364

25

583

4K

@aljwhite

Alan White

1 year

Possibly the single greatest short story in this website’s history

Tweet media one

Tweet media two

Tweet media three

25

492

4K

@aljwhite

Alan White

4 years

Wow deadly giant Asian hornet day again? Seems to come earlier every year @DailyMirror

Tweet media one

Tweet media two

Tweet media three

Tweet media four

91

716

4K

@aljwhite

Alan White

5 years

“How’s it gone so far?” “Well Jacob Rees Mogg decided to insult the Grenfell victims, one of our ads was called out for being doctored and the ex Chancellor says he doesn’t want anything to do with us.” “Ah well, it‘ll get better, what’s next?” “Andrew Bridgen’s on Radio 4”

66

983

4K

@aljwhite

Alan White

7 years

I'm dead

107

2K

4K

@aljwhite

Alan White

7 months

@MaryRob59944406 @hansmollman @petercardwell Me, dragged away by the gender police for eating a succulent Muller Corner

13

63

4K

@aljwhite

Alan White

3 years

They got done by a Mike Oxlong. Incredible

122

539

4K

@aljwhite

Alan White

5 years

I don't say this lightly, but this is the worst British political crisis since Wednesday.

20

799

4K

@aljwhite

Alan White

6 years

It appears @MarinaHyde has delivered one of the single most devastating responses to a tweet in journalistic history

Tweet media one

Tweet media two

41

2K

4K