Zoe Williams
@zoesqwilliams.bsky.social
Guardian writer, but one time I said something inflammatory to the US right & they called me a Diseased Pitmommy. So that's what I go by now
Comments under my pig column much funnier than the column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I would never go on holiday to France and come back with a pig. But I’ll admit I was tempted | Zoe Williams
The animal was no bigger than a pug and, when you scratched it, lay on its side and snorted with joy, writes Zoe Williams. Who could ask for more?
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If Rod Liddle, RIP, were editing this Today obituary about himself, he would say 'what the fuck are you thinking, having two bros agree what a great guy I was? You're not even going to include a voice that mildly objected to me? Have you forgotten that my life's work was as a contrarian?'
Wrote a thing about London and shamefully included a thing about Gary Young that I've written before and ofc _he's_ written before and this is like repeating yourself to a friend x1000. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Does Andy Burnham really hate London? He wouldn’t be the only one | Zoe Williams
Both left and right have it in for Britain’s capital. But is London a stabby wasteland, a den of faceless bureaucrats, or just a mess of overprivileged wokerati, asks Zoe Williams
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Tune in to Sky News from 10pm to join me and @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social on #thewrap #skypapers
Chris Farley: It's Go Time!
ALT: Chris Farley: It's Go Time!
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I have the saltiest work experience kid. First thing she did when she walked in was say my dog looked like Jimothy the misshapen Seattle racoon. (she isn't wrong)
Unbelievable and yet entirely believable detail in Anna Moore's brilliant drug-facilitated rape piece www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com sorry to bug you out of the blue, I have a young French person staying with me and I want to find out for here where all the French people in London are watching the football?
I don't suppose I have any air stewards following, do I? I want to interview you if so. DMs open (so you can be anonymous in the piece)
Absolutely ❤️ having a work experience young 'un who's French
My observation on British cultural life of the 21st century is that whenever a Real Person is pitched against Something Ridiculous (Attenborough v Boaty McBoatface, Liz Truss v a lettuce, Nigel Farage v Binface), Something Ridiculous wins
I loved this conversation, even the inconclusivity felt like part of its value
LSE Inequalities@lseinequalities.bsky.social · last mo.Do disparities between generations drive populism? Does geographical exclusion – such as the infrastructure lacking in rural vs urban areas – alter one’s relationship to politics? Guardian columnist @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social discusses in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/41DMCaN
Long shot, but if anyone in North #Oxford has lost a tortoise with a surprising turn of speed in the heat, do get in touch..
I even like the typo in the headline, the way it conveys Dunt outrage: it's it's UTTERLY MAD
Tim Bale@timbale.bsky.social · last mo.Hard not to regard this as a classic example of a pre-emptive campaign by certain sectors, along with their media sympathisers, to discourage a new prime minister from appointing someone who might damage their interests in the long and short term. And it will almost certainly work.
At some point this Government will come to its moral senses and realise that retrospectively denying people settled status/citizenship is wrong. With Reform on the horizon that moral imperative is even more urgent. It should be encouraging people to become citizens. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Keir Starmer and home secretary in row over minister's future
Shabana Mahmood believes Mike Tapp should be sacked for writing an article but No 10 say he remains in post.
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Having your very major, emotional, scarce-to-be-believed announcement totally eclipsed by the weather feels very Keir Starmer
It's dumb as all get out but the World Cup just keeps putting me in a good mood
TW@twesq.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Dutch doing this in fuckin Dallas, Texas is very funny to me, an American who has seen Cowboys fans who represent one of the most valuable sports teams on earth never approach this level of enthusiasm this century.
I have finally defeated the algorithm. I have never thought about buying a slate snooker table. Didn't even know they were a thing
Morning everyone: I am looking for people whose adult kids still live at home, for a piece in the Guardian: I want to interview both sides, you don't have to be mean about each other if you don't want to. DMs open
This is definitely what they teach in journalism school, 'make sure to use an ink pen when you're vox popping in the rain'
I would actually sue her again for spelling my name two different ways but that's just me
Zarah Sultana MP@zarahsultana.bsky.social · 3mo agoPlease retweet.
In which I think @sturdyalex.bsky.social sounds thoughtful, measured, authoritative and mellifluous, and I sound hurried and WAY TOO LOUD, so if you can cope with me to get him, hard recommend
Quiet Riot@quietriotpod.bsky.social · 3mo ago🗳️ SPECIAL: From Landslide to Mudslide 🥀 After Labour's Red Wedding @sturdyalex.bsky.social & QR fave @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social discuss the (still incomplete) election results and give their (also incomplete) reactions. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/3M9M... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
lol I'm dormant on insta for 10 years and then I pop up mansplaining the Strait of Hormuz www.instagram.com/reel/DYE8vk7...
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Season 2 of Criminal Record is amazing, by the way. Genuinely prescient in an eerie way.
Who wants to see the cart full of staffies I met today?
What is driving the rise in populism - and how can we stop it? Join us for the launch of the latest book by @liambyrnemp.bsky.social with @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social and @sarahobolt.bsky.social. Our speakers will draw connections between growing inequality and the populist surge. 🎟️ buff.ly/TUHgfDI
I would be very worried by this photo if I were any other political party. And not just about the locals
Some things that struck me, listening to R4 Today this morning, which I really try hard not to do. 1. Presenters describe Russia's invasion of Ukraine and then in the adjacent sentence "the war in Iran" as if it was something that randomly broke out and isn't, also, a war of aggression. Daft.
